1978 Topps #544 Len Randle
About Len Randle
Randle's #544 shows him as a Met after a 1977 in which he ended a 17-inning game with Montreal on July 9 with a home run off Will McEnaney. Four days later he was at bat when the power went out at Shea Stadium in the New York blackout. Joe Torre had moved him to third base that summer, and in 1978 he played 124 of his 132 games there, hitting .233 with 35 RBI.
Lenny Randle was a switch-hitting infielder and outfielder who played 12 major league seasons, 1971 to 1982, for the Senators/Rangers franchise, the Mets, the Yankees, the Cubs and the Mariners. He captained the baseball and football teams at Centennial High School in Compton, played second base on Arizona State's 1969 NCAA championship team, and was taken 10th overall by Washington in the secondary phase of the June 1970 draft. He finished with 1,016 hits, 27 home runs and 156 steals in 1,138 games. On May 27, 1981, in the Kingdome, he got down on his hands and knees and blew a slow roller by Amos Otis foul, but the umpires ruled the ball fair. In 1983 he became the first American major leaguer to play in Italy, where he won a batting title with a .477 average. MLB Network premiered a documentary on him in 2015, Lenny Randle: The Most Interesting Man in Baseball. He died in Murrieta, California, on December 29, 2024. Arizona State inducted him into its sports hall of fame.
Sources: Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 339 | 110 | 160 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 2 | 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 #544 card?
It is card #544 of the 726-card 1978 Topps Baseball set, picturing Len Randle of the New York Mets.
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.