1979 Topps #356 San Francisco Giants / Joe Altobelli
Hall of Famers on the 1978 San Francisco Giants roster: Willie McCovey.
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
Joe Altobelli's 1978 Giants won 89 games and finished third in the NL West, six games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, up from 75-87 in 1977. They played their 19th season at Candlestick Park and set a major league record by winning 42 games by a single run. Willie McCovey, a Hall of Famer, played first base in 108 games and hit 12 home runs. Vida Blue had arrived from Oakland before the season in a multi-player trade after Commissioner Bowie Kuhn vetoed Charlie Finley's attempt to send him to Cincinnati for lesser talent and cash. Topps combined the club and its manager on team card #356.
Joe Altobelli played 166 games as a first baseman and outfielder for Cleveland and Minnesota, then managed the San Francisco Giants from 1977 to 1979 and the 1983 World Series champion Baltimore Orioles. Rochester's Red Wings retired his number 26.
Sources: Wikipedia (1978 San Francisco Giants season) · Wikipedia (1977 San Francisco Giants season) · Wikipedia (1978 Oakland Athletics season) · Wikipedia (Joe Altobelli) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 60 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #356 card?
It is card #356 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing the San Francisco Giants. 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.