1980 Topps
Description
1980 Topps is a 726-card set released in April. This would be the final year Topps had a defacto monopoly on officially licensed Major League Baseball cards until again in 2010.
As it had the last two years, Topps again double-printed 66 cards in the set; they are noted by DP in the checklist below.
The player's name appears over the picture and his position and team are found in "double pennant" design. Every card carries a facsimile autograph.
Team cards feature a team checklist of players in the set on the back and the manager's name on the front.
Cards 1-6 show Highlights (HL) of the 1979 season, cards 201-207 are League Leaders, and cards 661-686 feature American and National League rookie "Future Stars," one card for each team showing three young prospects.
The key Rookie Card in this set is Rickey Henderson.
Distribution
Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: .25¢). 20 boxes per case
Wax Rack: Three .25¢ packs housed in a rack pack (MSRP .75¢)
Wax Tray: Three .25¢ packs housed in a tray (MSRP .75¢)
Cello: 24 packs per box, 25 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: .39¢)
Super-Pack (Cello): 28 cards plus three sticks of "Super-Soft" gum wrapped separately per pack plus a baseball strach-off game piece (MSRP: .59¢)
Rack: 24 packs per box, 42 cards plus three sticks of gum per pack (MSRP: .69¢)
500 card Vending Boxes
Vending Cases (24 Vending Boxes) were sold to dealers by Topps for $79, minimum purchase of 5.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards |
|---|---|
| Base | 726 |
Checklist
Base Set
1 Lou Brock/Carl Yastrzemski HL
2 Willie McCovey HL
3 Manny Mota HL
4 Pete Rose HL
5 Garry Templeton HL
6 Del Unser HL
7 Mike Lum
8 Craig Swan
9 Steve Braun
10 Denny Martinez
11 Jimmy Sexton
12 John Curtis DP
13 Ron Pruitt
14 Dave Cash
15 Bill Campbell
16 Jerry Narron RC
17 Bruce Sutter
18 Ron Jackson
19 Balor Moore
20 Dan Ford
21 Manny Sarmiento
22 Pat Putnam
23 Derrel Thomas
24 Jim Slaton
25 Lee Mazzilli
26 Marty Pattin
27 Del Unser
28 Bruce Kison
29 Mark Wagner
30 Vida Blue
31 Jay Johnstone
32 Julio Cruz DP
33 Tony Scott
34 Jeff Newman DP
35 Luis Tiant
36 Rusty Torres
37 Kiko Garcia
38 Dan Spillner DP
39 Rowland Office
40 Carlton Fisk
41 Texas Rangers CL
42 Dave Palmer RC
43 Bombo Rivera
44 Bill Fahey
45 Frank White
46 Rico Carty
47 Bill Bonham DP
48 Rick Miller
49 Mario Guerrero
50 J.R. Richard
51 Joe Ferguson
52 Warren Brusstar
53 Ben Oglivie
54 Dennis Lamp
55 Bill Madlock
56 Bobby Valentine
57 Pete Vuckovich
58 Doug Flynn
59 Eddy Putman RC
60 Bucky Dent
61 Gary Serum
62 Mike Ivie
63 Bob Stanley
64 Joe Nolan
65 Al Bumbry
66 Kansas City Royals CL
67 Doyle Alexander
68 Larry Harlow
69 Rick Williams
70 Gary Carter
71 John Milner DP
72 Fred Howard RC DP
73 Dave Collins
74 Sid Monge
75 Bill Russell
76 John Stearns
77 Dave Stieb RC
78 Ruppert Jones
79 Bob Owchinko
80 Ron LeFlore
81 Ted Sizemore
82 Houston Astros CL
83 Steve Trout RC
84 Gary Lavelle
85 Ted Simmons
86 Dave Hamilton
87 Pepe Frias
88 Ken Landreaux
89 Don Hood
90 Manny Trillo
91 Rick Dempsey
92 Rick Rhoden
93 Dave Roberts DP
94 Neil Allen RC
95 Cecil Cooper
96 Oakland Athletics CL
97 Bill Lee
98 Jerry Terrell
99 Victor Cruz
100 Johnny Bench
101 Aurelio Lopez
102 Rich Dauer
103 Bill Caudill RC
104 Manny Mota
105 Frank Tanana
106 Jeff Leonard RC
107 Francisco Barrios
108 Bob Horner
109 Bill Travers
110 Fred Lynn DP
111 Bob Knepper
112 Chicago White Sox CL
113 Geoff Zahn
114 Juan Beniquez
115 Sparky Lyle
116 Larry Cox
117 Dock Ellis
118 Phil Garner
119 Sammy Stewart
120 Greg Luzinski
121 Checklist 1-121
122 Dave Rosello DP
123 Lynn Jones
124 Dave Lemanczyk
125 Tony Perez
126 Dave Tomlin
127 Gary Thomasson
128 Tom Burgmeier
129 Craig Reynolds
130 Amos Otis
131 Paul Mitchell
132 Biff Pocoroba
133 Jerry Turner
134 Matt Keough
135 Bill Buckner
136 Dick Ruthven
137 John Castino RC
138 Ross Baumgarten
139 Dane Iorg RC
140 Rich Gossage
141 Gary Alexander
142 Phil Huffman RC
143 Bruce Bochte DP
144 Steve Comer
145 Darrell Evans
146 Bob Welch
147 Terry Puhl
148 Manny Sanguillen
149 Tom Hume
150 Jason Thompson
151 Tom Hausman DP
152 John Fulgham RC
153 Tim Blackwell
154 Lary Sorensen
155 Jerry Remy
156 Tony Brizzolara RC
157 Willie Wilson DP
158 Rob Picciolo DP
159 Ken Clay
160 Eddie Murray
161 Larry Christenson
162 Bob Randall
163 Steve Swisher
164 Greg Pryor
165 Omar Moreno
166 Glen Abbott
167 Jack Clark
168 Rick Waits
169 Luis Gomez
170 Burt Hooton
171 Fernando Gonzalez
172 Ron Hodges
173 John Henry Johnson
174 Ray Knight
175 Rick Reuschel
176 Champ Summers
177 Dave Heaverlo
178 Tim McCarver
179 Ron Davis RC
180 Warren Cromartie
181 Moose Haas
182 Ken Reitz
183 Jim Anderson DP
184 Steve Renko DP
185 Hal McRae
186 Junior Moore
187 Alan Ashby
188 Terry Crowley
189 Kevin Kobel
190 Buddy Bell
191 Ted Martinez
192 Atlanta Braves CL
193 Dave Goltz
194 Mike Easler
195 John Montefusco
196 Lance Parrish
197 Byron McLaughlin
198 Dell Alston
199 Mike LaCoss
200 Jim Rice
201 Batting Leaders
202 Home Run Leaders
203 RBI Leaders
204 Stolen Base Leaders
205 Victory Leaders
206 Strikeout Leaders
207 ERA Leaders
208 Wayne Cage
209 Von Joshua
210 Steve Carlton
211 Dave Skaggs DP
212 Dave Roberts
213 Mike Jorgensen DP
214 California Angels CL
215 Sixto Lezcano
216 Phil Mankowski
217 Ed Halicki
218 Jose Morales
219 Steve Mingori
220 Dave Concepcion
221 Joe Cannon RC
222 Ron Hassey RC
223 Bob Sykes
224 Willie Montanez
225 Lou Piniella
226 Bill Stein
227 Len Barker
228 Johnny Oates
229 Jim Bibby
230 Dave Winfield
231 Steve McCatty
232 Alan Trammell
233 LaRue Washington RC
234 Vern Ruhle
235 Andre Dawson
236 Marc Hill
237 Scott McGregor
238 Rob Wilfong
239 Don Aase
240 Dave Kingman
241 Checklist 122-242
242 Lamar Johnson
243 Jerry Augustine
244 St. Louis Cardinals CL
245 Phil Niekro
246 Tim Foli DP
247 Frank Riccelli
248 Jamie Quirk
249 Jim Clancy
250 Jim Kaat
251 Kip Young
252 Ted Cox
253 John Montague
254 Paul Dade DP
255 Dusty Baker DP
256 Roger Erickson
257 Larry Herndon
258 Paul Moskau
259 New York Mets CL
260 Al Oliver
261 Dave Chalk
262 Benny Ayala
263 Dave LaRoche DP
264 Bill Robinson
265 Robin Yount
266 Bernie Carbo
267 Dan Schatzeder
268 Rafael Landestoy
269 Dave Tobik
270 Mike Schmidt DP
271 Dick Drago DP
272 Ralph Garr
273 Eduardo Rodriguez
274 Dale Murphy
275 Jerry Koosman
276 Tom Veryzer
277 Rick Bosetti
278 Jim Spencer
279 Rob Andrews
280 Gaylord Perry
281 Paul Blair
282 Seattle Mariners CL
283 John Ellis
284 Larry Murray RC DP
285 Don Baylor
286 Darold Knowles DP
287 John Lowenstein
288 Dave Rozema
289 Bruce Bochy
290 Steve Garvey
291 Randy Scarbery RC
292 Dale Berra
293 Elias Sosa
294 Charlie Spikes
295 Larry Gura
296 Dave Rader
297 Tim Johnson
298 Ken Holtzman
299 Steve Henderson
300 Ron Guidry
301 Mike Edwards
302 Los Angeles Dodgers CL
303 Bill Castro
304 Butch Wynegar
305 Randy Jones
306 Denny Walling
307 Rick Honeycutt
308 Mike Hargrove
309 Larry McWilliams
310 Dave Parker
311 Roger Metzger
312 Mike Barlow
313 Johnny Grubb
314 Tom Stoddard
315 Steve Kemp
316 Bob Lacey
317 Mike Anderson
318 Jerry Reuss
319 Chris Speier
320 Dennis Eckersley
321 Keith Hernandez
322 Claudell Washington
323 Mick Kelleher
324 Tom Underwood
325 Dan Driessen
326 Bo McLaughlin
327 Ray Fosse DP
328 Minnesota Twins CL
329 Bert Roberge
330 Al Cowens
331 Rich Hebner
332 Enrique Romo
333 Jim Norris
334 Jim Beattie
335 Willie McCovey
336 George Medich
337 Carney Lansford
338 Johnny Wockenfuss
339 John D'Acquisto
340 Ken Singleton
341 Jim Essian
342 Odell Jones
343 Mike Vail
344 Randy Lerch
345 Larry Parrish
346 Buddy Solomon
347 Harry Chappas RC
348 Checklist 243-363
349 Jack Brohamer
350 George Hendrick
351 Bob Davis
352 Dan Briggs
353 Andy Hassler
354 Rick Auerbach
355 Gary Matthews
356 San Diego Padres CL
357 Bob McClure
358 Lou Whitaker
359 Randy Moffitt
360 Darrell Porter
361 Wayne Garland
362 Danny Goodwin
363 Wayne Gross
364 Ray Burris
365 Bobby Murcer
366 Rob Dressler
367 Billy Smith
368 Willie Aikens
369 Jim Kern
370 Cesar Cedeno
371 Jack Morris
372 Joel Youngblood
373 Dan Petry RC
374 Jim Gantner
375 Ross Grimsley
376 Gary Allenson RC
377 Junior Kennedy
378 Jerry Mumphrey
379 Kevin Bell
380 Garry Maddox
381 Chicago Cubs CL
382 Dave Freisleben
383 Ed Ott
384 Joey McLaughlin
385 Enos Cabell
386 Darrell Jackson
387 Fred Stanley (yellow name)
388 Mike Paxton
389 Pete LaCock
390 Fergie Jenkins
391 Tony Armas DP
392 Milt Wilcox
393 Ozzie Smith
394 Reggie Cleveland
395 Ellis Valentine
396 Dan Meyer
397 Roy Thomas DP
398 Barry Foote
399 Mike Proly DP
400 George Foster
401 Pete Falcone
402 Merv Rettenmund
403 Pete Redfern DP
404 Baltimore Orioles CL
405 Dwight Evans
406 Paul Molitor
407 Tony Solaita
408 Bill North
409 Paul Splittorff
410 Bobby Bonds
411 Frank LaCorte
412 Thad Bosley
413 Allen Ripley
414 George Scott
415 Bill Atkinson
416 Tom Brookens
417 Craig Chamberlain RC DP
418 Roger Freed DP
419 Vic Correll
420 Butch Hobson
421 Doug Bird
422 Larry Milbourne
423 Dave Frost
424 New York Yankees CL
425 Mark Belanger
426 Grant Jackson
427 Tom Hutton
428 Pat Zachry
429 Duane Kuiper
430 Larry Hisle DP
431 Mike Krukow
432 Willie Norwood
433 Rich Gale
434 Johnnie LeMaster
435 Don Gullett
436 Billy Almon
437 Joe Niekro
438 Dave Revering
439 Mike Phillips
440 Don Sutton
441 Eric Soderholm
442 Jorge Orta
443 Mike Parrott
444 Alvis Woods
445 Mark Fidrych
446 Duffy Dryer
447 Nino Espinosa
448 Jim Wohlford
449 Doug Bair
450 George Brett
451 Cleveland Indians CL
452 Steve Dillard
453 Mike Bacsik
454 Tom Donohue RC
455 Mike Torrez
456 Frank Taveras
457 Bert Blyleven
458 Billy Sample
459 Mickey Lolich
460 Willie Randolph
461 Dwayne Murphy
462 Mike Sadek
463 Jerry Royster
464 John Denny
465 Rick Monday
466 Mike Squires
467 Jesse Jefferson
468 Aurelio Rodriguez
469 Randy Niemann RC DP
470 Bob Boone
471 Hosken Powell
472 Willie Hernandez
473 Bump Wills
474 Steve Busby
475 Cesar Geronimo
476 Bob Shirley
477 Buck Martinez
478 Gil Flores
479 Montreal Expos CL
480 Bob Watson
481 Tom Paciorek
482 Rickey Henderson RC UER (7 steals at Modesto should be Fresno)
483 Bo Diaz
484 Checklist 364-484
485 Mickey Rivers
486 Mike Tyson DP
487 Wayne Nordhagen
488 Roy Howell
489 Preston Hanna DP
490 Lee May
491 Steve Mura DP
492 Todd Cruz RC
493 Jerry Martin
494 Craig Minetto RC
495 Bake McBride
496 Silvio Martinez
497 Jim Mason
498 Danny Darwin
499 San Francisco Giants CL
500 Tom Seaver
501 Rennie Stennett
502 Rich Wortham RC DP
503 Mike Cubbage
504 Gene Garber
505 Bert Campaneris
506 Tom Buskey
507 Leon Roberts
508 U.L. Washington
509 Ed Glynn
510 Ron Cey
511 Eric Wilkins RC
512 Jose Cardenal
513 Tom Dixon DP
514 Steve Ontiveros
515 Mike Caldwell UER (1979 loss total reads 96 instead of 6)
516 Hector Cruz
517 Don Stanhouse
518 Nelson Norman RC
519 Steve Nicosia RC
520 Steve Rogers
521 Ken Brett
522 Jim Morrison
523 Ken Henderson
524 Jim Wright DP
525 Clint Hurdle
526 Philadelphia Phillies CL
527 Doug Rau DP
528 Adrian Devine
529 Jim Barr
530 Jim Sundberg DP
531 Eric Rasmussen
532 Willie Horton
533 Checklist 485-605
534 Andre Thornton
535 Bob Forsch
536 Lee Lacy
537 Alex Trevino RC
538 Joe Strain
539 Rudy May
540 Pete Rose
541 Miguel Dilone
542 Joe Coleman
543 Pat Kelly
544 Rick Sutcliffe RC
545 Jeff Burroughs
546 Rick Langford
547 John Wathan
548 Dave Rajsich
549 Larry Wolfe
550 Ken Griffey
551 Pittsburgh Pirates CL
552 Bill Nahorodny
553 Dick Davis
554 Art Howe
555 Ed Figueroa
556 Joe Rudi
557 Mark Lee
558 Alfredo Griffin
559 Dale Murray
560 Dave Lopes
561 Eddie Whitson
562 Joe Wallis
563 Will McEnaney
564 Rick Manning
565 Dennis Leonard
566 Bud Harrelson
567 Skip Lockwood
568 Gary Roenicke
569 Terry Kennedy
570 Roy Smalley
571 Joe Sambito
572 Jerry Morales DP
573 Kent Tekulve
574 Scot Thompson
575 Ken Kravec
576 Jim Dwyer
577 Toronto Blue Jays CL
578 Scott Sanderson
579 Charlie Moore
580 Nolan Ryan
581 Bob Bailor
582 Brian Doyle
583 Bob Stinson
584 Kurt Bevacqua
585 Al Hrabosky
586 Mitchell Page
587 Garry Templeton
588 Greg Minton
589 Chet Lemon
590 Jim Palmer
591 Rick Cerone
592 Jon Matlack
593 Jesus Alou
594 Dick Tidrow
595 Don Money
596 Rick Matula RC
597 Tom Poquette
598 Fred Kendall DP
599 Mike Norris
600 Reggie Jackson
601 Buddy Schultz
602 Brian Downing
603 Jack Billingham DP
604 Glenn Adams
605 Terry Forster
606 Cincinnati Reds CL
607 Woodie Fryman
608 Alan Bannister
609 Ron Reed
610 Willie Stargell
611 Jerry Garvin DP
612 Cliff Johnson
613 Randy Stein
614 John Hiller
615 Doug DeCinces
616 Gene Richards
617 Joaquin Andujar
618 Bob Montgomery
619 Sergio Ferrer
620 Richie Zisk
621 Bob Grich
622 Mario Soto
623 Gorman Thomas
624 Lerrin LaGrow
625 Chris Chambliss
626 Detroit Tigers CL
627 Pedro Borbon
628 Doug Capilla
629 Jim Todd
630 Larry Bowa
631 Mark Littell
632 Barry Bonnell
633 Bob Apodaca
634 Glenn Borgmann
635 John Candelaria
636 Toby Harrah
637 Joe Simpson
638 Mark Clear RC
639 Larry Biittner
640 Mike Flanagan
641 Ed Kranepool
642 Ken Forsch DP
643 John Mayberry
644 Charlie Hough
645 Rick Burleson
646 Checklist 606-726
647 Milt May
648 Roy White
649 Tom Griffin
650 Joe Morgan
651 Rollie Fingers
652 Mario Mendoza
653 Stan Bahnsen
654 Bruce Boisclair DP
655 Tug McGraw
656 Larvell Blanks
657 Dave Edwards
658 Chris Knapp
659 Milwaukee Brewers CL
660 Rusty Staub
661 Orioles Future Stars
662 Red Sox Future Stars
663 Angels Future Stars
664 White Sox Future Stars
665 Indians Future Stars
666 Tigers Future Stars
667 Royals Future Stars
668 Brewers Future Stars
669 Twins Future Stars
670 Yankees Future Stars
671 Athletics Future Stars
672 Mariners Future Stars
673 Rangers Future Stars
674 Blue Jays Future Stars
675 Braves Future Stars
676 Cubs Future Stars
677 Reds Future Stars
678 Astros Future Stars
679 Dodgers Future Stars
680 Expos Future Stars
681 Mets Future Stars
682 Phillies Future Stars
683 Pirates Future Stars
684 Cardinals Future Stars
685 Padres Future Stars
686 Giants Future Stars
687 Mike Heath DP
688 Steve Stone
689 Boston Red Sox CL
690 Tommy John
691 Ivan DeJesus
692 Rawly Eastwick
693 Craig Kusick
694 Jim Rooker
695 Reggie Smith
696 Julio Gonzalez
697 David Clyde
698 Oscar Gamble
699 Floyd Bannister
700 Rod Carew
701 Ken Oberkfell RC
702 Ed Farmer
703 Otto Velez
704 Gene Tenace
705 Freddie Patek
706 Tippy Martinez
707 Elliott Maddox
708 Bob Tolan
709 Pat Underwood RC
710 Graig Nettles
711 Bob Galasso
712 Rodney Scott
713 Terry Whitfield
714 Fred Norman
715 Sal Bando
716 Lynn McGlothen
717 Mickey Klutts DP
718 Greg Gross
719 Don Robinson
720 Carl Yastrzemski DP
721 Paul Hartzell
722 Jose Cruz
723 Shane Rawley
724 Jerry White
725 Rick Wise
726 Steve Yeager
Errors
164 Greg Pryor: No name listed on front.
387 Fred Stanley: Name on front appears in Yellow. Base (non-error) is RED
424 Yankees Team card: Billy Martin shown on front (error). Dick Howser (non-error)
547 John Wathan: Name on front appears in Yellow. Base (non-error) is RED
597 Tom Poquette: Name on front appears in YELLOW. Base (non-error) is RED
Inserts
Retail Promo Cards
This set features special promotional redemption cards that could be redeemed for an unopened pack of three standard 1980 Topps/OPC Baseball cards. Hunt's Bread did the same promotion up in Canada. The promotion was limited to certain states and to certain stores.
1 Mrs. Butterworth's
2 K-mart
3 Squirt Soda
4 Hunt's Bread (OPC)
Team Checklist Uncut Sheet
As part of a mail-away offer, Topps offered all 26 team checklist cards on an uncut sheet. These cards enabled the collector to have an easy reference for which card(s) he/she needed to finish their sets. When cut from the sheet, all cards measure the standard size.