1977 Topps #549 Jerry Royster
About Jerry Royster
His 1977 Braves card, #549, carries the All-Star Rookie cup that Topps gave him for his 1976 season. In 1977 Royster hit .216 in 140 games, split between third base and shortstop. Baseball-Reference later rated his season at minus 4.0 batting wins above replacement, the lowest single-season total on record.
Jerry Royster was an infielder and outfielder who played 16 seasons in the majors between 1973 and 1988, mostly at third base and second base. The Dodgers signed him in 1970 at age 17 and called him up in 1973. He went to Atlanta on November 17, 1975, in the trade that sent Dusty Baker and Ed Goodson to Los Angeles, and he spent nine years with the Braves. He later played for San Diego, the White Sox and the Yankees, returned to Atlanta in 1988, and retired with a .249 average and 40 home runs. His one postseason series was the 1982 NLCS, which St. Louis swept. As a coach he served the Rockies, Brewers and Red Sox, and he took over the Brewers 15 games into the 2002 season after Davey Lopes was fired, going 53-94 before his own dismissal. Late in 2007 he was signed to manage the Lotte Giants in Busan, South Korea; he is the first non-Korean to manage a KBO team and received honorary Busan citizenship in 2008.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 79 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 1977 Topps #549 card?
It is card #549 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jerry Royster of the Atlanta Braves.
Is 1977 Topps #549 a rookie card?
No. #549 carries the Topps All-Star Rookie Cup, which honors the previous season's rookie class, but Jerry Royster's first Topps card came earlier, so this is not his rookie 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.