1970 Topps #305 World Series Game 1 - Buford Belts Leadoff Homer!
About this card
Cards #305-310 follow the 1969 World Series, the New York Mets over the Baltimore Orioles, game by game - Games 1 through 5 - and close with #310, the Mets' celebration.
The story on this card
Don Buford's leadoff home run opened the 1969 World Series at Memorial Stadium on October 11. He hit the second pitch Tom Seaver threw, a drive that carried just past the leaping Ron Swoboda. Card #305 in the third series opens the 1970 Topps World Series subset, #305-310, with a card for each game. Baltimore added three runs in the fourth: Mark Belanger and pitcher Mike Cuellar drove in runs with singles, and Buford doubled home Belanger. Cuellar went the distance, allowing only a seventh-inning sacrifice fly by Al Weis, and the Orioles won 4-1. Seaver took the loss. The Mets then won the next four games and the Series.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 502 | 5 | 100 | 281 | 63 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 1 |
| SGC | 25 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 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 1970 Topps #305 card?
It is card #305 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, World Series Game 1 - Buford Belts Leadoff Homer!. Cards #305-310 follow the 1969 World Series, the New York Mets over the Baltimore Orioles, game by game - Games 1 through 5 - and close with #310, the Mets' celebration.
How many cards are in the 1970 Topps Baseball set?
720 cards, tracked as 726 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 720 with none skipped, issued in seven series - #1-132, #133-263, #264-372, #373-459, #460-546, #547-633 and the high numbers, #634-720; 6 cards, all of them checklists, carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
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.