1979 Topps #277 Tom Grieve
About Tom Grieve
With the Mets in 1978, Grieve was the sixth outfielder on a roster Joe Torre wanted to hold six deep. He hit .208 in 54 games, and 27 of them were as a pinch-hitter. Traded to St. Louis that December, he was released after a month. His #277 shows him with the Mets.
Tom Grieve was an outfielder who played nine major league seasons, 1970 through 1979, for the Washington Senators and Texas Rangers, then the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals. The Senators took him sixth overall in the 1966 draft out of Pittsfield High School in Massachusetts, and he held out until they agreed to let him finish his college degree at Michigan. His best year was 1976 with Texas, when he hit .255 with a team-leading 20 home runs and 81 RBI. He finished with a .249 average, 65 home runs and 254 RBI in 670 games, and he was known as a streaky hitter who also played winter ball in Venezuela. The initials T-A-G gave him the nickname Tag, and his place on the Rangers' 1972 inaugural team, then in the front office and the broadcast booth, made him Mr. Ranger. He became Rangers general manager in 1984 at age 36, the youngest in the majors, and held the job until 1994, then worked as the team's television color commentator from 1995 through 2022. The Rangers inducted him into their Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 85 | 6 | 47 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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 #277 card?
It is card #277 of the 726-card 1979 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tom Grieve of the New York Mets.
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.