978 Topps Baseball Card Set includes 726 standard size cards, which measure 2" by 3". All Rights Reserved, Paul Molitor RC, Alan Trammell RC #707 Rookie Shortstops, 703 Rookie Pitchers - Jack Morris, Larry Anderson, Mickey Mahler, Tim Jones, 704 Rookie 2nd Basemen - Lou Whitaker, Garth Iorg, Dave Oliver, Sam Perlozza, 707 Rookie Shortstops - Paul Molitor, Alan Trammell, U.L. Top Cards: #350 Mickey Mantle, #477 Fritz Ackley/Steve Carlton RC, #16 Joe Morgan RC/Sonny Jackson RC DP, #170 Hank Aaron, #207 Pete Rose, #250 Willie Mays, #300 Sandy . This site contains links to affiliate websites, and we may receive an affiliate commission for any purchases made on the affiliate website using such links. And because the gum wasnt very good, the trading cards were a key selling point. - Inserts and Related Sets While J.R. had the highest body count that season, it was Gaylord Perry that had the biggest smile. Conversely, sports trading cards might have a piece of the players uniform or memorabilia. 10 Best 1978 Topps Baseball Cards & Error Cards - Gold Card Auctions Other tobacco companies joined in, depicting footballers, cricketers, sailors, ships, ice hockey pros, and the military. Still is, which means all his cards remain . Topps Rookie Single Baseball Cards, Topps Baseball Cards 1978 Season, Rookie Grade 10 Professional Sports PSA Baseball Cards; Additional site . One of my favorite sets also part of 77-79 run. Goose Gossage was the best relief pitcher and was tagged as the Relief Man of the Year. The subsets for the 1978 Topps baseball cards are the Record Breakers (1-7), League Leaders (201-208), Playoff and World Series Highlights (276-277), and Rookie Stars (701-711) with four players. The rest of the card's story is told on the reverse which contains a wealth of information. Then there are special issues like the 1978s that present condition nightmares out of all proportion with any layout-induced flaws. Andrea Lauterbach was born in 1978 in Treuchtlingen, Bavaria, Germany.