1977 Topps #29 Bucky Dent
About Bucky Dent
In his first Yankee season Dent wore uniform number 20 and took over at shortstop from Fred Stanley. He played 158 games and hit .247 with 8 home runs. In the playoffs he batted .214 against Kansas City and went 5-for-19 as New York beat the Dodgers in a six-game World Series. His 1977 Topps card, #29, carries the Chicago White Sox.
Bucky Dent was a shortstop who played 12 American League seasons for the White Sox, Yankees, Rangers and Royals between 1973 and 1984, hitting .247 with 40 home runs. The White Sox took him sixth overall in the 1970 draft. In 1975 he led American League shortstops with a .981 fielding percentage and made the first of three All-Star teams, adding selections in 1980 and 1981. Chicago traded him to the Yankees on April 5, 1977 for Oscar Gamble, LaMarr Hoyt, minor-league pitcher Bob Polinsky and $250,000, and he started at short for New York's 1977 and 1978 champions. On October 2, 1978, batting ninth in the one-game AL East tie-breaker at Fenway Park, he hit a seventh-inning three-run home run off Mike Torrez with a bat borrowed from Mickey Rivers, giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead. New York won 5-4. He went to Texas in August 1982 in a trade for Lee Mazzilli and finished with Kansas City. Dent later managed the Yankees for part of 1989 and 1990, going 18-22 and then 18-31, and coached for the Cardinals, Rangers and Reds. His grandmother gave him the name Bucky.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 100 | 6 | 44 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 #29 card?
It is card #29 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bucky Dent of the Chicago White Sox.
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.
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