1979 Topps #140 Don Gullett
About Don Gullett
Shoulder trouble cut Gullett to eight starts in 1978, and he went 4-2 with a 3.63 ERA before surgery for a double tear of the rotator cuff. He last pitched on July 9, and he was left off the World Series roster. His #140 shows him with the Yankees.
Don Gullett was a left-handed pitcher from Lynn, Kentucky, who spent 1970 through 1976 with the Cincinnati Reds and 1977 and 1978 with the New York Yankees. He went 109-50 with a 3.11 ERA and 921 strikeouts, and was on six World Series teams, pitching in five of them, with titles for the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and the Yankees in 1977 and 1978. The Reds drafted him in the first round in 1969, and he reached the majors a year later at 19, after a three-sport high school career in which he once struck out 20 of 21 batters in a perfect game. Sparky Anderson predicted a Hall of Fame career, and writers compared him to Sandy Koufax. Injuries ended that path, and his last game came at 27. He later served as Reds pitching coach from 1993 to 2005 and entered the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2002. He died in 2024 at age 73.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 174 | 34 | 105 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 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 #140 card?
It is card #140 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Gullett of the New York Yankees.
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.