1979 Topps #379 Dale Murray
About Dale Murray
The Mets are his team on card #379. In his first game with the club he took the loss, giving up five earned runs to the Phillies, then went 8-4 with a 3.20 ERA the rest of 1978 for a last-place team. He led the Mets' bullpen with 58 appearances in 1979 before his contract was sold to Montreal in August.
Dale Murray was a right-handed reliever who pitched twelve major league seasons, from 1974 to 1985, for the Expos, Reds, Mets, Blue Jays, Yankees and Rangers. Montreal drafted him out of Blinn College in the eighteenth round in 1970, tried him as a starter at Triple-A Peninsula in 1973 (8-13, 4.26 ERA), and returned him to the bullpen. He reached the majors in 1974 and went 1-1 with a 1.03 ERA. Toronto signed him to a minor league contract in January 1981, and after he saved sixteen games at Syracuse he earned a September call-up. In 1982 he led the Blue Jays with eleven saves, then went to the Yankees in the trade that sent Fred McGriff to Toronto. The Yankees released him in April 1985 and he made one appearance for Texas. At the plate he went 5 for 65, and his one RBI was a two-out single on September 1, 1975 that beat the Phillies 6-5.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 76 | 15 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 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 #379 card?
It is card #379 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dale Murray of the New York Mets.
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.