1979 Topps #659 Seattle Mariners / Darrell Johnson
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
Seattle's second season ended in the American League West cellar at 56-104, the franchise's first last-place finish. The Mariners scored 614 runs, allowed 834 and drew 877,440 to the Kingdome. Leon Roberts led the club with 22 home runs and 92 RBI, and shortstop Craig Reynolds, with a team-high 160 hits, was Seattle's All-Star representative. Topps #659 is the Mariners team card, listed with Johnson as the manager.
Darrell Johnson - a reserve catcher for seven big-league clubs in the 1950s and 1960s, best known as the manager who took the 1975 Red Sox to a seven-game World Series.
Sources: Wikipedia (1978 Seattle Mariners season) · Wikipedia (Darrell Johnson) · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 67 | 11 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 #659 card?
It is card #659 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing the Seattle Mariners. 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.