1977 Topps #66 Roy Smalley
About Roy Smalley
Smalley played all 150 of his games at shortstop for the 1977 Twins and scored 93 runs while batting .231. Topps #66 was his first card in a Minnesota uniform, after the 1976 set had pictured him only as a Ranger.
Roy Smalley was a switch-hitting shortstop who played 13 big-league seasons, 1975 to 1987, for the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox. The son of a major-league shortstop and a nephew of longtime manager Gene Mauch, he won College World Series titles at USC in 1972 and 1973 and was the first overall pick of the January 1974 draft, taken by Texas. He manned shortstop for Minnesota from 1976 until 1982, when the Twins sent him to the Yankees. His best season was 1979, when he set career highs in runs, home runs and RBI. He returned to the Twins in 1985 and appeared in the 1987 World Series, which Minnesota won over St. Louis. His career line was .257 with 163 home runs and 694 RBI in 1,653 games. He later worked as a Twins television analyst and was inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007 and the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 123 | 18 | 61 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 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 #66 card?
It is card #66 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing Roy Smalley of the Minnesota Twins.
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.
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