1979 Baseball Cards

Vintage Era

Complete guide to 1979 MLB baseball cards — rookie cards, notable sets, player debuts, and current collectible values.

1979

MLB Season

123

Players Debuted

1

Notable Card Sets

Notable 1979 Card Sets

1979 Topps Baseball (Ozzie Smith RC)

Vintage Era Context

1979 falls in the Vintage Era of baseball cards (pre-1981). Cards from this period were printed in smaller quantities and have survived decades with natural attrition — making high-grade copies genuinely scarce and valuable.

1979 MLB Debuts 123 players

Debut 1979-05-21

Debut 1979-08-08

Debut 1979-04-15

Debut 1979-04-08

Debut 1979-09-18

Debut 1979-07-22

German Barranca

Debut 1979-09-02

Debut 1979-07-21

Debut 1979-07-13

Debut 1979-06-28

Debut 1979-09-11

Tony Brizzolara

Debut 1979-05-19

Debut 1979-07-10

Debut 1979-04-05

Debut 1979-04-24

Debut 1979-04-06

Debut 1979-05-12

Craig Chamberlain

Debut 1979-08-12

Debut 1979-04-05

Debut 1979-09-13

Debut 1979-07-31

Gary Christenson

Debut 1979-09-01

Debut 1979-08-21

Debut 1979-04-04

Debut 1979-09-01

Debut 1979-09-11

Debut 1979-09-23

Debut 1979-04-06

Debut 1979-09-04

Debut 1979-09-05

Debut 1979-06-13

Debut 1979-08-13

Debut 1979-04-22

Debut 1979-09-28

Debut 1979-09-12

Debut 1979-06-12

Debut 1979-09-03

Debut 1979-06-19

Debut 1979-09-08

Jerry Don Gleaton

Debut 1979-07-11

Debut 1979-04-07

Debut 1979-06-08

Debut 1979-07-23

Debut 1979-09-17

Bill Gullickson

Debut 1979-09-26

Debut 1979-09-29

Debut 1979-09-29

Debut 1979-09-26

Showing 48 of 123 players who debuted in 1979.

← 1978 MLB Hub 1980 →

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