1976 Topps #599 Rookie Pitchers - Rob Dressler / Ron Guidry / Bob McClure / Pat Zachry
On this card: Rob Dressler, Ron Guidry, Bob McClure, Pat Zachry
About this card
Cards #589-599 are the eleven four-player Rookie Prospects cards. A Rookie Prospects card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #590, #593, #597 and #598 one of the four had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
The story on this card
Dressler went 3-10 with a 4.43 ERA in 1976, starting 19 of his 25 games for the Giants. His #599 is a Rookie Prospects card shared with Ron Guidry of the Yankees, Bob McClure of the Royals and Pat Zachry of the Reds, and it is the rookie card for all four men. Rob Dressler was a Portland right-hander, a first-round Giants pick in 1972, who pitched for San Francisco, St. Louis and Seattle from 1975 to 1980 and finished 11-23 with a 4.17 ERA in 82 games.
Guidry pitched in seven games for the 1976 Yankees, going 0-0 with a 5.62 ERA, after the club sent him to Syracuse out of spring training and recalled him on May 20. He sat through 47 straight games without being used before another demotion on July 6. Card #599 is the four-man Rookie Prospects card, printed with Rob Dressler of the Giants, Bob McClure of the Royals and Pat Zachry of the Reds, and it is the rookie card for all four. Left-hander for the New York Yankees from 1975 to 1988 who went 25-3 with a 1.74 ERA and won the Cy Young Award in 1978. He finished 170-91, won five Gold Gloves, and had his number 49 retired in 2003.
Four rookies share #599: Ron Guidry with the Yankees, Rob Dressler with the Giants, Pat Zachry with the Reds, and McClure with the Royals. McClure had debuted in August 1975 and won his first game by working six scoreless innings against Texas. In 1976 he spent most of the year at Triple-A Omaha and threw 4 innings in 8 games for Kansas City, with a 9.00 ERA. Left-handed pitcher for the Royals, Brewers, Expos, Mets, Angels, Cardinals and Marlins from 1975 to 1993. He went 12-7 as a Brewers starter in 1982, saved two World Series games that fall, and finished 68-57 with 52 saves and a 3.81 ERA.
Zachry spent 1975 in Triple-A, where he and teammate Santo Alcala ranked one-two in the American Association in ERA. After the 1975 season the Reds traded veterans Clay Carroll and Clay Kirby to clear room for him and Alcala. His 1976 Topps card, #599, is a four-player Rookie Prospects card, a rookie card for all four men: Rob Dressler of the Giants, Ron Guidry of the Yankees, Bob McClure of the Royals and Zachry of the Reds. It is among the key rookie cards of the set. Pat Zachry was a right-handed pitcher who shared the 1976 National League Rookie of the Year award with Butch Metzger while pitching for the Reds, came to the Mets in the 1977 trade for Tom Seaver, and finished 69-67 with a 3.52 ERA.
Sources: Wikipedia (Rob Dressler) · Wikipedia (Ron Guidry) · Wikipedia (Bob McClure) · Wikipedia (Pat Zachry) · SABR BioProject (Ron Guidry) · SABR BioProject (Pat Zachry) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,802 | 4 | 154 | 586 | 424 | 292 | 176 | 166 | 0 |
| SGC | 289 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 73 | 67 | 38 | 44 | 3 |
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 1976 Topps #599 card?
It is card #599 of the 660-card 1976 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rob Dressler, Ron Guidry, Bob McClure and Pat Zachry. Cards #589-599 are the eleven four-player Rookie Prospects cards. A Rookie Prospects card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #590, #593, #597 and #598 one of the four had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
Is 1976 Topps #599 a rookie card?
Yes - #599 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Rob Dressler, Ron Guidry, Bob McClure and Pat Zachry.
What are the key cards in the 1976 Topps set?
#19 George Brett is the top card of the set. The other major keys are #98 Dennis Eckersley (his rookie card), #240 Pete Rose, #316 Robin Yount, #330 Nolan Ryan, #550 Hank Aaron, #592 1976 Rookie Infielders (the Willie Randolph rookie) and #599 1976 Rookie Pitchers (the Ron Guidry rookie). The set was printed as one series in equal quantities, so it has no high-number or short-print run.
How many cards are in the 1976 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1 through 660 with none skipped and printed in equal quantities as a single series. No card carries a catalogued print variation, so the base set and the master set are the same 660 cards.
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.