1979 Topps #393 Scott McGregor
About Scott McGregor
Elbow tendonitis carried into 1979 and put McGregor on the disabled list for nearly a month. Beginning with a June 11 shutout in Chicago, he went 13-4 the rest of the way and led the majors in strikeout-to-walk ratio at 3.52. From June 29 to July 29 he went 47 innings without issuing a walk. His first playoff start came the day after Al Bumbry's two-run ninth-inning error cost Baltimore a sweep of the Angels, and he later won Game 3 of the World Series in Pittsburgh. Card #393 shows him with Baltimore.
Scott McGregor was a left-hander who spent all 13 of his big-league seasons, 1976 to 1988, with the Baltimore Orioles, finishing 138-108 with a 3.99 ERA. The Yankees took him 14th overall in the 1972 draft out of El Segundo High School, where George Brett was his teammate, and he reached Baltimore in the ten-player trade of June 1976. He was known for constantly changing the speeds of his pitches. McGregor won 20 games in 1980, was an American League All-Star in 1981, and went 18-7 in 1983. He clinched the 1979 ALCS with a Game 4 shutout of the California Angels and the 1983 World Series with a complete-game shutout of the Phillies in Game 5. The Orioles inducted him into the team Hall of Fame in 1990. After playing he became a youth pastor, then returned to baseball as a minor league pitching coach and served as Baltimore's interim bullpen coach in 2013.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 68 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| SGC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 #393 card?
It is card #393 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Scott McGregor of the Baltimore Orioles.
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.