1971 Topps #79 Wade Blasingame
About Wade Blasingame
Blasingame's 1970 was split between Houston and a 16-game stint with Triple-A Oklahoma City. With the Astros he started all 13 of his games, going 3-3 with a 3.48 ERA over 77 2/3 innings. Card #79, in the first series, lists him with Houston. In 1971 he went 9-11 with a 4.60 ERA in 30 games, 28 of them starts.
Wade Blasingame was a left-hander out of Fresno, California, who signed with the Milwaukee Braves in 1961 for a $125,000 bonus after a perfect 26-0 prep career at Theodore Roosevelt High School. He debuted with the Braves in September 1963, and in 1965 he went 16-10 with 224 2/3 innings and was the National League's top-fielding pitcher, in the club's final Milwaukee season. Finger and shoulder trouble followed in 1966, and a June 1967 trade sent him to the Houston Astros, where he pitched through the 1971 season as a starter and reliever. He closed his career with the New York Yankees in 1972. Over ten major league seasons he went 46-51 with a 4.52 ERA in 222 games. In 1985 he was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 237 | 0 | 6 | 106 | 83 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 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 1971 Topps #79 card?
It is card #79 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wade Blasingame of the Houston Astros.
How many cards are in the 1971 Topps Baseball set?
752 cards, tracked as 761 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 752 with none skipped, issued in six print series (132/131/130/130/120/109 cards), the sixth (#644-752) the high numbers; seven cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - the #42, #265 and #306 photo pairs and the #123, #206, #369 and #619 checklists, #369 and #619 in three printings each.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA (its price guide, master set registry and set article), 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.