1979 Topps #17 Donnie Moore
About Donnie Moore
Card #17 carries Moore's 1978 season with the Cubs, when he went 9-7 in 71 games with one start. He pitched 103 innings and hit .267 in 15 at-bats. In 1979, the season the card was issued for, he went 1-4 with a 5.18 ERA in 39 games, and by 1980 he was with St. Louis.
Donnie Moore was a right-handed reliever who pitched 13 major league seasons between 1975 and 1988 for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves and California Angels. Born in Lubbock, Texas, and a cousin of Hubie Brooks, he attended Paris Junior College and Ranger College before the Cubs took him in the first round of the January secondary phase of the 1973 draft. His best years came as a closer, with 16 saves for Atlanta in 1984 and then 31 saves and a 1.92 ERA for the Angels in 1985, when he made the American League All-Star team after developing a splitter. In Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS, Dave Henderson homered off him with the Angels one strike from the pennant, and Boston won the series. Shoulder trouble followed, the Angels released him after 1988, and he died on July 18, 1989, at age 35. He finished 43-40 with a 3.67 ERA and 89 saves.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 65 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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 #17 card?
It is card #17 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Donnie Moore of the Chicago Cubs.
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.