1978 Topps #335 Bucky Dent
About Bucky Dent
Dent batted .243 in 123 games during the 1978 regular season. He drove in 4 runs in the ALCS as the Yankees beat Kansas City in four games. Against the Dodgers he then hit .417, going 10-for-24 with 7 RBI, and was named MVP of the six-game World Series; he also received the Babe Ruth Award. Card #335 shows him with the New York Yankees.
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 | 360 | 42 | 202 | 84 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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 1978 Topps #335 card?
It is card #335 of the 726-card 1978 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bucky Dent of the New York Yankees.
How many cards are in the 1978 Topps Baseball set?
726 cards, numbered 1 through 726 with none skipped and issued as a single series, and 728 collectible states: #23 Bump Wills comes with or without a black circle, and #374 Jose Morales with or without black stitching over the red laces, so the master set counts both states of each.
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