1978 Topps #153 Steve Stone
About Steve Stone
Stone's salary rose to $125,000 for 1978. He went 12-12 with a 4.37 ERA over 212 innings. He reached free agency again at season's end with five offers on the table and chose Baltimore, signing a four-year, $760,000 contract in November. Topps numbered his 1978 card #153, with the White Sox.
Steve Stone was a right-handed starter who pitched for the Giants, White Sox, Cubs and Orioles from 1971 to 1981 and finished 107-93 with a 3.97 ERA. Over his first nine seasons he was 78-79. In 1980 he went 25-7 with a 3.23 ERA for Baltimore, led the American League in wins and took the Cy Young Award and The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year award. He worked three scoreless innings in the All-Star Game. At Kent State his catcher was Thurman Munson. He was an unconventional ballplayer who wrote poetry, played chess and ran restaurants, and Chicago newspapers called him the Galloping Gourmet. He deliberately threw many more curveballs in 1980 than before, knowing the strain on his arm; tendinitis followed in 1981, and he retired as a player in June 1982. Broadcasting came straight after: ABC's Monday Night Baseball, then Cubs television on WGN from 1983 to 2004, beside Harry Caray until Caray's death in 1998 and with a break for illness, and the White Sox television booth from 2009.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 108 | 9 | 62 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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.
Find this card
Search T206 Cards Shop 1978 Topps cards Live auctions Buy It Now on eBay Sold prices
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Related cards
Team card: #66 Chicago White Sox Team
More Chicago White Sox cards:
- #14 Lerrin LaGrow
- #42 Jorge Orta
- #98 Jim Essian
- #127 Chet Lemon
- #182 Jim Spencer
- #213 Alan Bannister
- #231 Wayne Nordhagen
- #251 Don Kirkwood
- #272 Royle Stillman
- #288 Dave Hamilton
- #316 Henry Cruz
- #329 John Verhoeven
- #361 Chris Knapp
- #395 Jim Hughes
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1978 Topps #153 card?
It is card #153 of the 726-card 1978 Topps Baseball set, picturing Steve Stone of the Chicago White Sox.
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.