1978 Topps #466 Dennis Blair
About Dennis Blair
Card #466 in the 1978 Topps set prints Blair with the Baltimore Orioles. His 1980 Padres line was 0-1 with a 6.43 ERA and 11 strikeouts, including one start, and his final major league game came on July 4 of that year.
Dennis Blair was a 6-foot-5 right-handed starter who pitched for the Montreal Expos from 1974 to 1976 and for the San Diego Padres in 1980. Raised in Rialto, California, where he attended Eisenhower High School, he reached the majors on May 26, 1974, at age 19 and went 11-7 with a 3.27 ERA in 22 starts. The next year he went 8-15 with a 3.80 ERA in 27 starts. His 1976 work was five games for Montreal, and his last five games came with San Diego in 1980. Career totals were 19-25 with a 3.69 ERA and 178 strikeouts. After baseball he earned a degree at Cal State San Bernardino in 1993, finished a master's at Lamar University, and taught special-needs students in Garland and Mesquite, Texas, until 2016.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 103 | 3 | 43 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 1978 Topps #466 card?
It is card #466 of the 726-card 1978 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dennis Blair of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.
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.