1979 Topps #600 George Foster
About George Foster
Foster batted .302 with 30 home runs and 98 RBI. He pulled a thigh in the All-Star Game and missed a month, then returned as the Reds took the division and hit a tying home run in Game 1 of the NLCS before Pittsburgh swept. His cards are the League Leaders pair #2 and #3, both shared with Boston's Jim Rice, and his All-Star card #600.
George Foster was the left fielder and cleanup hitter of Cincinnati's Big Red Machine. The San Francisco Giants, the club of his boyhood hero Willie Mays, drafted him in the third round in 1968 out of El Camino Junior College and later sent him to the Reds for Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert. After years as a reserve, he took over left field in 1975 and helped Cincinnati win the 1975 and 1976 World Series. In Game 6 of the 1975 Series he caught Fred Lynn's drive and threw Denny Doyle out at the plate to send the game to extra innings. He won the 1977 National League MVP award and was a five-time All-Star. Foster was traded to the New York Mets on February 10, 1982, and signed a five-year, $10 million contract the next day. The Mets released him in August 1986, and he finished with the White Sox. He retired with 348 home runs and 1,239 RBI, and was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 329 | 28 | 123 | 88 | 38 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 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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Related cards
More George Foster in this set: #2 League Leaders, #3 League Leaders
Team card: #259 Cincinnati Reds / Sparky Anderson
More Cincinnati Reds cards:
- #2 1978 Home Run Leaders
- #3 1978 RBI Leaders
- #20 Joe Morgan
- #47 Fred Norman
- #73 Ken Henderson
- #100 Tom Seaver
- #126 Doug Bair
- #149 Manny Sarmiento
- #174 Rick Auerbach
- #200 Johnny Bench
- #204 Pete Rose
- #220 Cesar Geronimo
- #281 Vic Correll
- #301 Tom Hume
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1979 Topps #600 card?
It is card #600 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing George Foster of the Cincinnati Reds.
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.