1977 Topps #259 New York Mets Team
Hall of Famers on the 1976 New York Mets roster: Tom Seaver and Joe Torre.
About this card
This is one of the 26 team cards, one for each club. Twenty-four carry their manager; the two clubs that debuted in 1977, #113 Toronto Blue Jays and #597 Seattle Mariners, carry the manager and his coaches instead.
The story on this card
The Mets of 1976 won 86 games and lost 76 under manager Joe Frazier, the best record the club posted in the 1970s. They finished third in the National League East, fifteen games behind the Philadelphia Phillies. Tom Seaver and Joe Torre, both Hall of Famers, were on the roster. The staff ERA was 2.94, and Shea Stadium drew 1,468,754. On September 16, before 5,472 fans, Jerry Koosman beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 for his 20th win, going the distance despite a home run by Keith Hernandez, a future Met. He was the second pitcher in Mets history to win 20 games in a season. Topps card #259 in the 1977 set pictures the team with Frazier in an inset photo.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 21 | 122 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 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 #259 card?
It is card #259 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing the New York Mets. This is one of the 26 team cards, one for each club. Twenty-four carry their manager; the two clubs that debuted in 1977, #113 Toronto Blue Jays and #597 Seattle Mariners, carry the manager and his coaches instead.
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.