1977 Topps #34 California Angels Team
Hall of Famers on the 1976 California Angels roster: Nolan Ryan and Dick Williams.
About this card
This is one of the 26 team cards, one for each club. Twenty-four carry their manager; the two clubs that debuted in 1977, #113 Toronto Blue Jays and #597 Seattle Mariners, carry the manager and his coaches instead.
The story on this card
The 1976 Angels went 76-86 and finished fourth in the AL West, 14 games behind Kansas City. Dick Williams managed the club to 39-57 before Norm Sherry took over and went 37-29 the rest of the way, and Sherry is the manager named on #34. Nolan Ryan went 17-18 with a 3.36 ERA. He struck out 327 batters, 18 of them in one game on September 10. His 2,000th career strikeout came on August 31. Frank Tanana went 19-10 with a 2.43 ERA and 261 strikeouts. Hank Aaron hit his final home run, number 755, against the Angels' Dick Drago on July 20. After a March concert at Anaheim Stadium, groundskeepers reported more than 100 marijuana plants sprouting on the field.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 145 | 19 | 55 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1977 Topps #34 card?
It is card #34 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing the California Angels. This is one of the 26 team cards, one for each club. Twenty-four carry their manager; the two clubs that debuted in 1977, #113 Toronto Blue Jays and #597 Seattle Mariners, carry the manager and his coaches instead.
How many cards are in the 1977 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1 through 660 with none skipped and distributed as a single series. No card carries a catalogued print variation, so the base set and the master set are the same 660 cards.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-25.