1979 Topps #142 Charlie Williams
About Charlie Williams
The 1978 season was Williams's last: he went 1-3 with a 5.44 ERA in 25 games. He started one of them and struck out 22 in 48 innings. His final game came on September 11 against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Candlestick Park. Topps listed him with the Giants once more on card #142.
Charlie Williams was a right-handed pitcher from Flushing, Queens, who worked eight seasons in the majors, one with the Mets and seven with the San Francisco Giants, and is best known as the player New York traded for Willie Mays. He went 23-22 with a 3.97 ERA in 268 games, 33 of them starts, and saved four. The Mets took him in the seventh round of the 1968 draft out of Parsons College, and he made their roster from spring training in 1971. After splitting 1973 between Triple-A Phoenix and San Francisco, he made the Giants for good in 1974 and pitched for them through the 1978 season. Once his career ended he drove a New York City taxi for a short time, then settled in Port Orange, Florida. He died on January 27, 2015, from complications of heart surgery.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 58 | 10 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 #142 card?
It is card #142 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Charlie Williams of the San Francisco Giants.
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.