1979 Topps #526 Los Angeles Dodgers / Tom Lasorda
Hall of Famers on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers roster: Tom Lasorda and Don Sutton.
About this card
This is one of the 26 team cards, one for each club, and each also carries the club's manager - there are no separate manager cards in 1979.
The story on this card
The Dodgers of 1978 won a second straight National League pennant under Tom Lasorda, finishing 95-67 and beating the Phillies three games to one in the NLCS. The World Series went the same way as the year before, with the Yankees winning in six. Reggie Smith led the club with 29 home runs, after four Dodgers had reached 30 the previous year. Coach Jim Gilliam died at season's end and his number 19 was retired before Game 1 of the World Series. On August 20, before a game in New York, Steve Garvey and Don Sutton wrestled in the clubhouse over a newspaper article in which Sutton was quoted calling Smith the team's best player. Card #526 pairs the team with its manager.
Tom Lasorda - left-handed pitcher turned Hall of Fame manager who ran the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1976 to 1996, winning four National League pennants and the 1981 and 1988 World Series. He later led the United States to Olympic gold at Sydney in 2000.
Sources: Wikipedia (1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season) · Wikipedia (Tommy Lasorda) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 225 | 11 | 133 | 58 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 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 #526 card?
It is card #526 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is one of the 26 team cards, one for each club, and each also carries the club's manager - there are no separate manager cards in 1979.
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.