1979 Topps #615 Ken Singleton
About Ken Singleton
Singleton's 1979 season produced a career-high 35 home runs, a franchise record for a switch-hitter at the time, along with 111 RBI and a Sporting News All-Star selection in the outfield. In the postseason he went 6-for-16 against California in the ALCS and 10-for-28 in the seven-game World Series loss to Pittsburgh. His 1979 Topps card is #615.
Ken Singleton was a switch-hitting outfielder who played 15 seasons, 1970 to 1984, for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos and Baltimore Orioles. Raised in Mount Vernon, New York, he took up switch-hitting in the Bronx Federation League and spent a year on a Hofstra basketball scholarship before the Mets took him third overall in the January 1967 draft. He debuted on June 24, 1970, and his best Montreal season was 1973. He spent ten years in Baltimore, where he was an All-Star in 1977, 1979 and 1981 and finished second to Don Baylor in the 1979 American League MVP vote. He played on the 1979 and 1983 Orioles pennant winners; the 1983 club won the World Series. He won the Roberto Clemente Award in 1982 and entered the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in 1986. His career line was 2,029 hits and a .282 average in 2,082 games. He hit 246 home runs and drove in 1,065 runs. He then broadcast for the Yankees from 1997 to 2021.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 90 | 9 | 49 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 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 #615 card?
It is card #615 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken Singleton of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.