1977 O-Pee-Chee
Description
1977 O-Pee-Chee is a 264-card abridgement of the annual Topps Baseball set, produced under license for the Canadian market. Despite the addition of a second Canadian MLB Team (Toronto Blue Jays), OPC decided to cut the size of their annual set by 60%. Despite this, the Blue Jays and Expos are overrepresented in the set.
There are no Team Checklists in the set. Instead, both the Jays and Expos' managers and coaching staffs have their own cards.
Our Favorite Card
Card #175 depicts John Lowenstein as a Toronto Blue Jay, a team he would never play for. On December 6th, 1976, the Indians traded Lowenstein (along with Rick Cerrone) to Toronto for Rico Carty -- whom the Jays selected from Cleveland in the 1976 Expansion Draft. Lowenstein went to Spring Training with his new team; however, on March 29th, 1977 -- about a week before opening day -- The Jays traded Lowenstein back to Cleveland for pitcher Hector Torres.
(Lowenstein is still depicted with Cleveland on card #393 in the 1977 Topps set.)
Since this was the Blue Jays' first season, OPC made sure to include as many Jays (in uniform) as possible. And since O-Pee-Chee went to press months after Topps, it was common for OPC to notate late trades. Hence John Lowenstein's 1977 O-Pee-Chee card: A card for a team he never played for, with a notation for a team he never really left.
Distribution
48 packs per box, eight cards plus one stick of gum per pack (C$0.10).
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Base Set
League Leaders
- 1 George Brett / Bill Madlock LL BA
- 2 Graig Nettles / Mike Schmidt LL HR
- 3 George Foster / Lee May LL RBI
- 4 Davey Lopes / Bill North LL SB
- 5 Randy Jones / Jim Palmer LL W
- 6 Nolan Ryan / Tom Seaver LL SO
- 7 John Denny / Mark Fidrych LL ERA
- 8 Bill Campbell / Rawly Eastwick LL REL
- 9 Mike Jorgensen
- 10 Jim Hunter
- 11 Ken Griffey, Sr.
- 12 Bill Campbell
- 13 Otto Velez
- 14 Milt May
- 15 Dennis Eckersley
- 16 John Mayberry
- 17 Larry Bowa
- 18 Don Carrithers
- 19 Ken Singleton
- 20 Bill Stein
- 21 Ken Brett
- 22 Gary Woods RC
- 23 Steve Swisher
- 24 Don Sutton
- 25 Willie Stargell
- 26 Jerry Koosman
- 27 Del Unser
- 28 Bob Grich UER (Birthdate missing)
- 29 Jim Slaton
- 30 Thurman Munson
- 31 Dan Driessen
- 32 Tom Bruno RC
- 33 Larry Hisle
- 34 Phil Garner
- 35 Mike Hargrove
- 36 Jackie Brown
- 37 Carl Yastrzemski
- 38 Dave Roberts
- 39 Ray Fosse
- 40 Dave McKay
- 41 Paul Splittorff
- 42 Garry Maddox
- 43 Phil Niekro
- 44 Roger Metzger
- 45 Gary Carter
- 46 Jim Spencer
- 47 Ross Grimsley
- 48 Bob Bailor RC
- 49 Chris Chambliss
- 50 Will McEnaney
- 51 Lou Brock
- 52 Rollie Fingers
- 53 Chris Speier
- 54 Bombo Rivera RC
- 55 Pete Broberg
- 56 Bill Madlock
- 57 Rick Rhoden
- 58 Don Leppert / Bob Miller / Jackie Moore / Harry Warner CO
- 59 John Candelaria
- 60 Ed Kranepool
- 61 Dave LaRoche
- 62 Jim Rice
- 63 Don Stanhouse
- 64 Jason Thompson RC
- 65 Nolan Ryan
- 66 Tom Poquette
- 67 Leon Hooten RC
- 68 Bob Boone
- 69 Mickey Rivers
- 70 Gary Nolan
- 71 Sixto Lezcano
- 72 Larry Parrish
- 73 Dave Goltz
- 74 Bert Campaneris
- 75 Vida Blue
- 76 Rick Cerone RC
- 77 Ralph Garr
- 78 Ken Forsch
- 79 Willie Montanez
- 80 Jim Palmer
- 81 Jerry White
- 82 Gene Tenace
- 83 Bobby Murcer
- 84 Garry Templeton RC
- 85 Bill Singer
- 86 Buddy Bell
- 87 Luis Tiant
- 88 Rusty Staub
- 89 Sparky Lyle
- 90 Jose Morales
- 91 Dennis Leonard
- 92 Tommy Smith
- 93 Steve Carlton
- 94 John Scott
- 95 Bill Bonham
- 96 Dave Lopes
- 97 Jerry Reuss
- 98 Dave Kingman
- 99 Dan Warthen
- 100 Johnny Bench
- 101 Bert Blyleven
- 102 Cecil Cooper
- 103 Mike Willis
- 104 Dan Ford
- 105 Frank Tanana
- 106 Bill North
- 107 Joe Ferguson
- 108 Dick Williams MGR
- 109 John Denny
- 110 Willie Randolph
- 111 Reggie Cleveland
- 112 Doug Howard RC
- 113 Randy Jones
- 114 Rico Carty
- 115 Mark Fidrych RC
- 116 Darrell Porter
- 117 Wayne Garrett
- 118 Greg Luzinski
- 119 Jim Barr
- 120 George Foster
- 121 Phil Roof
- 122 Bucky Dent
- 123 Steve Braun
- 124 Checklist #1 (1-132)
- 125 Lee May
- 126 Woodie Fryman
- 127 Jose Cardenal
- 128 Doug Rau
- 129 Rennie Stennett
- 130 Pete Vuckovich RC
- 131 Cesar Cedeno
- 132 Jon Matlack
- 133 Don Baylor
- 134 Darrel Chaney
- 135 Tony Perez
- 136 Aurelio Rodriguez
- 137 Carlton Fisk
- 138 Wayne Garland
- 139 Dave Hilton
- 140 Rawly Eastwick
- 141 Amos Otis
- 142 Tug McGraw
- 143 Rod Carew
- 144 Mike Torrez
- 145 Sal Bando UER RevNeg
- 146 Dock Ellis
- 147 Jose Cruz
- 148 Alan Ashby
- 149 Gaylord Perry
- 150 Keith Hernandez
- 151 Dave Pagan
- 152 Richie Zisk
- 153 Steve Rogers
- 154 Mark Belanger
- 155 Andy Messersmith
- 156 Dave Winfield
- 157 Chuck Hartenstein
- 158 Manny Trillo
- 159 Steve Yeager
- 160 Cesar Geronimo
- 161 Jim Rooker
- 162 Tim Foli
- 163 Fred Lynn
- 164 Ed Figueroa
- 165 Johnny Grubb
- 166 Pedro Garcia
- 167 Ron LeFlore
- 168 Richie Hebner
- 169 Larry Herndon RC
- 170 George Brett
- 171 Joe Kerrigan RC
- 172 Bud Harrelson
- 173 Bobby Bonds
- 174 Bill Travers
- 175 John Lowenstein (Depicted as a Blue Jay; has "Traded to Cleveland Indians, Mar. 29/77" notation)
- 176 Butch Wynegar RC
- 177 Pete Falcone
- 178 Claudell Washington
- 179 Checklist #2 (133-264)
- 180 Dave Cash
- 181 Fred Norman
- 182 Roy White
- 183 Marty Perez
- 184 Jesse Jefferson
- 185 Jim Sundberg
- 186 Dan Meyer
- 187 Fergie Jenkins
- 188 Tom Veryzer
- 189 Dennis Blair
- 190 Rick Manning
- 191 Doug Bird
- 192 Al Bumbry
- 193 Dave Roberts
- 194 Larry Christenson
- 195 Chet Lemon
- 196 Ted Simmons
- 197 Ray Burris
- 198 Jim Brewer / Billy Gardner / Mickey Vernon / Ozzie Virgil CO
- 199 Ron Cey
- 200 Reggie Jackson
- 201 Pat Zachry
- 202 Doug Ault RC
- 203 Al Oliver
- 204 Robin Yount
- 205 Tom Seaver
- 206 Joe Rudi
- 207 Barry Foote
- 208 Toby Harrah
- 209 Jeff Burroughs
- 210 George Scott
- 211 Jim Mason
- 212 Vern Ruhle
- 213 Fred Kendall
- 214 Rick Reuschel
- 215 Hal McRae
- 216 Chip Lang RC
- 217 Graig Nettles
- 218 George Hendrick
- 219 Glenn Abbott
- 220 Joe Morgan
- 221 Sam Ewing RC
- 222 George Medich
- 223 Reggie Smith
- 224 Dave Hamilton
- 225 Pepe Frias
- 226 Jay Johnstone
- 227 J.R. Richard
- 228 Doug DeCinces
- 229 Dave Lemanczyk
- 230 Rick Monday
- 231 Manny Sanguillen
- 232 John Montefusco
- 233 Duane Kuiper
- 234 Ellis Valentine
- 235 Dick Tidrow
- 236 Ben Oglivie
- 237 Rick Burleson
- 238 Roy Hartsfield MGR
- 239 Lyman Bostock
- 240 Pete Rose
- 241 Mike Ivie
- 242 Dave Parker
- 243 Bill Greif
- 244 Freddie Patek
- 245 Mike Schmidt
- 246 Brian Downing
- 247 Steve Hargan
- 248 Dave Collins
- 249 Felix Millan
- 250 Don Gullett
- 251 Jerry Royster
- 252 Earl Williams
- 253 Frank Duffy
- 254 Tippy Martinez
- 255 Steve Garvey
- 256 Alvis Woods RC
- 257 John Hiller
- 258 Dave Concepcion
- 259 Dwight Evans
- 260 Pete Mackanin
Record Breakers
- 261 George Brett
- 262 Minnie Minoso
- 263 Jose Morales
- 264 Nolan Ryan
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