1979 Topps #101 Roy Howell
About Roy Howell
Howell hit 15 home runs and drove in 72, the second-highest totals on the Blue Jays, while batting .247 in 138 games, and the team named him its Player of the Year. A three-run homer off Boston's Bill Campbell on May 26 turned a deficit into a 7-6 win. Topps put him at #101 with Toronto.
Roy Howell was a left-handed-hitting third baseman who played 11 major league seasons, 1974 to 1984, for the Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays and Milwaukee Brewers. Texas took him fourth overall in the 1972 draft out of Lompoc High School in California, and he reached the majors in September 1974 under Billy Martin. He became the Blue Jays' everyday third baseman in 1977 and made the 1978 American League All-Star team. He signed with Milwaukee as a free agent in December 1980 and played in the 1981 division series and the 1982 pennant and World Series run. He finished with a .261 average, 80 home runs and 454 RBI in 1112 games. A stranger shot him in the left arm on the last day of deer season in the offseason after he signed with Texas, and the nickname Target stuck for the rest of his career. He later managed in the Atlantic League and, in 2014, the Tacoma Rainiers.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 85 | 16 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 1979 Topps #101 card?
It is card #101 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Roy Howell of the Toronto Blue Jays.
How many cards are in the 1979 Topps Baseball set?
726 cards, numbered 1 through 726 with none skipped and issued as a single series, tracked as 727 collectible states: #369 Bump Wills comes with a Rangers or a Blue Jays team banner, and the master set counts both.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA, 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.