1979 Topps #202 Ron Guidry
About this card
Cards #201-206 are the Record Breakers subset: Mike Edwards (#201), Ron Guidry (#202), J.R. Richard (#203), Pete Rose (#204), John Stearns (#205) and Sammy Stewart (#206).
About Ron Guidry
Four Guidry cards appear in the 1979 set. Cards #5 and #7 are League Leaders, the first sharing space with Gaylord Perry of the Padres and the second with Craig Swan of the Mets. Card #202 sits in the Record Breakers subset and #500 is his standard card. The 1979 season that followed brought an 18-8 record, a 2.78 ERA and 15 complete games.
Ron Guidry was a left-handed starter who spent all 14 of his major league seasons, 1975 to 1988, with the New York Yankees. A Cajun from Lafayette, Louisiana, he pitched at the University of Southwestern Louisiana before the Yankees took him in the third round of the 1971 draft. His slider, developed with Sparky Lyle, turned a bullpen arm into the ace of the 1977 and 1978 World Series champions. His 1978 season, 25-3 with a 1.74 ERA, nine shutouts and 248 strikeouts, brought a unanimous Cy Young Award and a second-place finish in the MVP vote. He made four All-Star teams (1978, 1979, 1982, 1983), won five straight Gold Gloves from 1982 to 1986, led the league with 22 wins in 1985 and took the Roberto Clemente Award in 1984. Shoulder and elbow trouble shortened the end of his career, which closed at 170-91 with a 3.29 ERA. He was named Yankees co-captain with Willie Randolph in 1986, coached the club's pitchers in 2006 and 2007, and had number 49 retired in Monument Park in 2003.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 229 | 13 | 79 | 80 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 20 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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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Related cards
More Ron Guidry in this set: #5 League Leaders, #7 League Leaders, #500
Team card: #626 New York Yankees / Bob Lemon
More New York Yankees cards:
- #5 1978 Victory Leaders
- #7 1978 ERA Leaders
- #8 1978 Leading Firemen
- #16 Fred Stanley
- #35 Ed Figueroa
- #60 Mickey Rivers
- #89 Dick Tidrow
- #114 Cliff Johnson
- #140 Don Gullett
- #159 Roy White
- #179 Jim Beattie
- #225 Rich Gossage
- #250 Willie Randolph
- #278 Andy Messersmith
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1979 Topps #202 card?
It is card #202 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees. Cards #201-206 are the Record Breakers subset: Mike Edwards (#201), Ron Guidry (#202), J.R. Richard (#203), Pete Rose (#204), John Stearns (#205) and Sammy Stewart (#206).
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.