1977 Topps #5 1976 Victory Leaders - Jim Palmer / Randy Jones
On this card: Jim Palmer, Randy Jones
About this card
Cards #1-8 are the League Leaders subset: each pairs the 1976 American League leader with the National League leader - batting, home runs, RBI, stolen bases, victories, strikeouts, ERA and firemen, two men on each card.
The story on this card
Card #5 in the 1977 Topps League Leaders subset (#1-8) is the 1976 wins board, with Randy Jones of the San Diego Padres and Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles sharing the front. Both won 22 games that year. Palmer went 22-13 with a 2.51 ERA and led the American League in victories, while Jones went 22-14 with a 2.74 ERA over 315 1/3 innings. Each man took the Cy Young Award in his league.
Jim Palmer was Baltimore's ace right-hander, a three-time Cy Young winner and four-time Gold Glover who worked on three World Series champions, beat Sandy Koufax in Koufax's final appearance, and reached the Hall of Fame in 1990. Sinkerball left-hander Randy Jones won the 1976 NL Cy Young Award for the Padres after a 20-win 1975. A nerve injury ended his peak, and he finished 100-123 with a 3.42 ERA, a Padres Hall of Famer.
Sources: Wikipedia (Jim Palmer) · Wikipedia (Randy Jones) · SABR BioProject (Jim Palmer) · SABR BioProject (Randy Jones) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 239 | 16 | 81 | 102 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 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 1977 Topps #5 card?
It is card #5 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Palmer and Randy Jones. Cards #1-8 are the League Leaders subset: each pairs the 1976 American League leader with the National League leader - batting, home runs, RBI, stolen bases, victories, strikeouts, ERA and firemen, two men on each card.
How many cards are in the 1977 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1 through 660 with none skipped and distributed 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.