1978 Topps #586 Ed Goodson
About Ed Goodson
Card #586 came out after Goodson's final big league season. In 1977 he played 61 games for the Dodgers, 46 of them as a pinch hitter, and batted .167 with one home run and five RBI. His postseason work was one at-bat in the NLCS, a pinch-hit grounder against Gene Garber in Game 3, and one in the World Series. The Dodgers released him on March 17, 1978.
Ed Goodson was a left-handed hitting first and third baseman who played eight seasons, 1970 to 1977, for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants made him the third overall pick of the June 1968 draft out of East Tennessee State, where he played shortstop. He hit .260 with 30 home runs and 170 RBI in 515 major league games, and knee and finger injuries cut into several seasons. The Giants sent him to Atlanta in June 1975, and the Dodgers acquired him that winter, after which he worked mostly as a pinch hitter. His last major league at-bat was a strikeout against Mike Torrez in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. A fractured skull from a pitch while with Portland in 1978 ended his playing days. He became head baseball coach at Grayson County High School in Virginia in 1982, the year of his induction into the East Tennessee State athletic hall of fame, and entered the Pulaski County Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 134 | 21 | 84 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 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 #586 card?
It is card #586 of the 726-card 1978 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Goodson of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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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