1977 Topps #371 Kansas City Royals Team
Hall of Famers on the 1976 Kansas City Royals roster: George Brett and Whitey Herzog.
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
Kansas City won its first division title in 1976, finishing 90-72 atop the American League West, 2 1/2 games ahead of Oakland, in Whitey Herzog's first full season as manager. George Brett hit .333 to become the first Royals player to win a league batting title. Royals Stadium drew 1,680,265 that summer, and the club scored 713 runs while allowing 611. The ALCS against the New York Yankees opened at Royals Stadium on October 9 and ran the full five games, with the Yankees taking it 3-2. In Game 5 at Yankee Stadium, the Royals rallied from 6-3 down with three runs in the eighth, but Chris Chambliss won it 7-6 with a ninth-inning home run off Mark Littell. Team card #371 in the 1977 Topps set pictures the club with Herzog in the manager's inset.
Sources: Wikipedia (1976 Kansas City Royals season) · Wikipedia (1976 New York Yankees season) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 131 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 #371 card?
It is card #371 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Kansas City Royals. 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.
Which club is on the 1977 Topps #371 team card?
The Kansas City Royals, with manager Whitey Herzog. One catalog labels #371 a Texas Rangers card; the Rangers team card is #428, with Frank Lucchesi.
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.