1978 Topps #471 Roy Smalley
About Roy Smalley
Smalley hit 19 home runs in 1978, up from 6 the year before, and drove in 77. He batted .273 and scored 80 runs while playing 157 games at shortstop for Minnesota. His Topps card that year, #471, pictures him with the Twins.
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 | 16 | 63 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 1978 Topps #471 card?
It is card #471 of the 726-card 1978 Topps Baseball set, picturing Roy Smalley of the Minnesota Twins.
How many cards are in the 1978 Topps Baseball set?
726 cards, numbered 1 through 726 with none skipped and issued as a single series, and 728 collectible states: #23 Bump Wills comes with or without a black circle, and #374 Jose Morales with or without black stitching over the red laces, so the master set counts both states of each.
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.