1979 Topps #541 Jim Slaton
About Jim Slaton
Card #541 lists Slaton with the Tigers, though he was back in Milwaukee for the 1979 season. He went 15-9 with a 3.63 ERA over 213 innings. Twelve of his 31 starts that year were complete games, and three of them were shutouts.
Jim Slaton was a right-handed pitcher who worked 16 seasons, 1971 to 1986, mostly for the Milwaukee Brewers, with the Tigers and Angels in between and at the end. A Long Beach native who attended Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, he moved on to Antelope Valley College, and the Seattle Pilots took him in the 15th round, 357th overall. Milwaukee put him on its 1971 opening roster at age 20 without a pitch thrown above Class A, and Frank Lane, a former Brewers general manager, said he reminded him of Tom Seaver in the way he worked. He finished 151-158 with a 4.03 ERA and 1,191 strikeouts. His Brewers totals of 2,025 1/3 innings and 268 starts are franchise records. In 1982 he moved to the bullpen and saved six games. After retiring he coached in the minors, including the Tacoma Rainiers from 1999 to 2003, and served as Seattle's bullpen coach from 2005 to 2007.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 51 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 1 | 0 | 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 #541 card?
It is card #541 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Slaton of the Detroit Tigers.
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.