1979 Topps #479 San Diego Padres / Roger Craig
Hall of Famers on the 1978 San Diego Padres roster: Rollie Fingers, Gaylord Perry, Ozzie Smith and Dave Winfield.
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 1978 Padres posted the first winning season in franchise history, 84-78 under Roger Craig, good for fourth in the National League West and eleven games behind the Dodgers. San Diego stood 23-31 on June 9, then went 61-47 the rest of the way. A ten-game winning streak ran from July 25 to August 4. San Diego went 51-30 at home. Gaylord Perry took the Cy Young Award with 21 wins, and Rollie Fingers led the league with 37 saves. Dave Winfield hit .308 with 24 home runs and 97 RBI, and Ozzie Smith finished second in Rookie of the Year voting. All four reached the Hall of Fame. Craig's team card is #479.
Roger Craig won a World Series game for Brooklyn in 1955, then led the National League in losses for the first two Mets teams, and later became a pitching coach known for the split-finger fastball.
Sources: Wikipedia (1978 San Diego Padres season) · Wikipedia (Roger Craig) · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 141 | 6 | 76 | 40 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 #479 card?
It is card #479 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing the San Diego Padres. 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.