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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

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1979 Topps Burger King Phillies #13 Pete Rose

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 *
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Yankees

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 *
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