1979 Topps #434 Ken Clay
About Ken Clay
Clay pitched in 32 games for the 1979 Yankees, five of them starts, and saved two. He went 1-7 with a 5.40 ERA, and by season's end he was working mop-up innings, with 26 of those appearances coming in Yankee losses. His 1979 Topps card, #434, lists him with New York.
Ken Clay was a right-handed pitcher who won two World Series rings with the New York Yankees in 1977 and 1978, then pitched for the Texas Rangers in 1980 and the Seattle Mariners in 1981. A Lynchburg, Virginia, native, he was the Yankees' second-round pick in 1972 out of E. C. Glass High School and was called up in early June 1977 from Syracuse, where he had gone 5-1 with a 1.68 ERA. On June 17 at Fenway Park he came in with two out in the first inning after Catfish Hunter allowed four home runs, and held Boston scoreless through the fourth. New York traded him to Texas on August 14, 1980, for Gaylord Perry, and a trade that winter sent him on to Seattle. He finished 10-24 with a 4.68 ERA in 111 games, and died in 2026.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 134 | 24 | 73 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 1 | 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 #434 card?
It is card #434 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken Clay 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.