1979 Topps Burger King
Description
1979 Topps Burger King are two, 23-card, regionally-distributed, sets: one for the New York Yankees and one for the Philadelphia Phillies. Again the cards were virtually identical to the 1979 Topps base set and were distributed at Burger King restaurants in the New York and Philadelphia areas, respectively. The Phillies set is notable as it featured the first Topps-issued card of Pete Rose depicted as a Phillie.
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NOTE: Cards with an asterisk feature a different photo than that of the 1979 Topps base set.
Phillies
- 1 Danny Ozark MGR *
- 2 Bob Boone
- 3 Tim McCarver
- 4 Steve Carlton
- 5 Larry Christenson
- 6 Dick Ruthven
- 7 Ron Reed
- 8 Randy Lerch
- 9 Warren Brusstar
- 10 Tug McGraw
- 11 Nino Espinosa *
- 12 Doug Bird *
- 13 Pete Rose * (first Topps card as a Phillie)
- 14 Manny Trillo *
- 15 Larry Bowa
- 16 Mike Schmidt
- 17 Pete Mackanin *
- 18 Jose Cardenal
- 19 Greg Luzinski
- 20 Garry Maddox
- 21 Bake McBride
- 22 Greg Gross *
- NNO Checklist Card TP
Yankees
NOTE: Card #16 in both the 1979 Topps and the '79 Burger King Yankee sets is Fred Stanley. There is no obvious differentiator between the two Stanley cards; however, the Burger King card has a noticeable green "tint" and is slightly off-register.
- 1 Bob Lemon MGR
- 2 Thurman Munson
- 3 Cliff Johnson
- 4 Ron Guidry *
- 5 Jay Johnstone
- 6 Jim Hunter
- 7 Jim Beattie
- 8 Luis Tiant *
- 9 Tommy John *
- 10 Goose Gossage
- 11 Ed Figueroa
- 12 Chris Chambliss
- 13 Willie Randolph
- 14 Bucky Dent
- 15 Graig Nettles
- 16 Fred Stanley
- 17 Jim Spencer
- 18 Lou Piniella
- 19 Roy White
- 20 Mickey Rivers
- 21 Reggie Jackson
- 22 Juan Beniquez *
- NNO Checklist Card TP