1979 Topps #725 Padres Prospects - Jim Beswick / Steve Mura / Broderick Perkins
On this card: Jim Beswick, Steve Mura, Broderick Perkins
About this card
Cards #701-726 are the 26 three-player Prospects cards, one per club - AL clubs first, each league in alphabetical order by city - with black-and-white player photos on the front. A Prospects card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card. On #703, #705, #712, #718 and #723, one or two of the players never reached the major leagues.
The story on this card
With the 1978 Padres, Beswick had one hit in 20 at-bats, scored twice and played the outfield in six games. Card #725 is the San Diego entry in the 1979 Topps Prospects subset, which he shares with Steve Mura and Broderick Perkins. It is the rookie card for all three. Jim Beswick, a switch-hitting outfielder from Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, played 17 games for the 1978 San Diego Padres, mostly as a pinch hitter and pinch runner, then spent 1979 through 1983 in the minors before his American career ended at 25.
Mura made 5 appearances for San Diego in 1978 before working 73 innings with a 3.08 ERA and 2 saves in 1979. He appeared in 38 games, 5 of them starts. The Padres Prospects rookie card in 1979 Topps, #725, paired him with Jim Beswick and Broderick Perkins. San Diego pitcher Steve Mura drove in 8 runs in 1980, collecting 7 hits in 51 at-bats. On the mound that season, he won 8 games and struck out 109 batters.
Perkins debuted with San Diego on July 7, 1978, and hit .240 with 2 home runs and 33 RBI that season. He shared the Padres Prospects rookie card, 1979 Topps #725, with Jim Beswick and Steve Mura, both listed with San Diego. In 1979 he batted .264 in 57 games. On September 26, 1980, Padres first baseman Broderick Perkins took Ozzie Smith's throw on Steve Yeager's sixth-inning grounder. The out gave Smith his 602nd assist, breaking the single-season record for shortstops.
Sources: Wikipedia (Jim Beswick) · Wikipedia (Steve Mura) · Wikipedia (Broderick Perkins) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 166 | 33 | 95 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 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 #725 card?
It is card #725 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Beswick, Steve Mura and Broderick Perkins. Cards #701-726 are the 26 three-player Prospects cards, one per club - AL clubs first, each league in alphabetical order by city - with black-and-white player photos on the front. A Prospects card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card. On #703, #705, #712, #718 and #723, one or two of the players never reached the major leagues.
Is 1979 Topps #725 a rookie card?
Yes - #725 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Jim Beswick, Steve Mura and Broderick Perkins.
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.