1979 Topps #287 Andres Mora
About Andres Mora
The Orioles optioned Mora to Rochester in their second-last round of cuts before Opening Day 1979, and Rochester sent him back to Saltillo, where he hit 23 home runs with 102 RBI and a .344 average. Cleveland took him in the major league draft on December 3. His Orioles card is #287.
Andres Mora was a Mexican right-handed outfielder who played parts of four major league seasons, 1976 to 1980, for the Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians, hitting 27 home runs. He won his first Mexican League home run title in 1975 with Saltillo, and Baltimore bought his contract that August. After a 1980 spell in Cleveland he returned home by choice, still 24, and played in the Mexican League until 1997 for Saltillo, Nuevo Laredo and Monterrey. He retired with 419 Mexican League home runs, behind only Hector Espino at the time, and won four summer home run crowns and three in the Mexican Pacific League. He reached a personal best of 41 homers in 1985 with the Tecolotes and hit over .300 for eight straight seasons from 1983 to 1990. He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 and was named left fielder of the league's centennial all-time team in 2025. Mora died in Saltillo in 2015.
Sources: SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 50 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1979 Topps #287 card?
It is card #287 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Andres Mora of the Baltimore Orioles.
How many cards are in the 1979 Topps Baseball set?
726 cards, numbered 1 through 726 with none skipped and issued as a single series, tracked as 727 collectible states: #369 Bump Wills comes with a Rangers or a Blue Jays team banner, and the master set counts both.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA, 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.