1978 Topps Baseball cards use a simple, elegant design that has rarely been matched since. Several Hall of Fame players are featured on the 726 card checklist including Lou Brock, Willie McCovey, and Nolan Ryan.
The reverse of some cards included a baseball play which allowed two people to “Play Ball”. For example, the owner of a Phil Niekro card would be awarded a single in the game.
This checklist is organized by teams. You can scroll through the entire list or jump to a preferred team by selecting them from the list below. Clicking a link within this checklist will direct you to an affiliate retailer or to relevant eBay listings.
1978 Topps Baseball Checklist
6 Nolan Ryan 18 Bobby Grich 48 Don Baylor 71 Terry Humphrey 115 Gary Nolan 150 Bobby Bonds 178 Dave Chalk 206 Nolan Ryan 207 Frank Tanana 214 California Angels 239 Dyar Miller 268 Gil Flores RC 291 Gary Ross 313 Andy Etchebarren 339 Mario Guerrero 368 Balor Moore 400 Nolan Ryan 429 Mike Barlow RC 454 Dave LaRoche 478 Jerry Remy 503 Ike Hampton RC 529 Paul Hartzell 557 Tony Solaita 579 Rance Mulliniks RC 600 Frank Tanana 619 Thad Bosley RC 635 Joe Rudi 655 Lyman Bostock 656 Dave Garcia RC 682 Ken Brett 718 Ron Jackson
13 Art Howe RC 39 Floyd Bannister RC 64 Gene Pentz 91 Oscar Zamora 112 Houston Astros 132 Enos Cabell 158 Joaquin Andujar 181 Ken Forsch 226 Joe Ferguson 263 Danny Walton 279 Bill Virdon 306 Joe Niekro 330 Bob Watson 358 Mark Lemongello 389 Julio Gonzalez RC 437 Bo McLaughlin 470 J.R. Richard 498 Joe Sambito 514 Rob Sperring 534 Wilbur Howard 553 Terry Puhl RC 625 Jose Cruz 650 Cesar Cedeno 677 Ed Herrmann 697 Roger Metzger 705 Dave Bergman RC 711 Roy Thomas RC
29 Bob Lacey RC 55 Mitchell Page RC 78 Pablo Torrealba 102 Matt Alexander 139 Wayne Gross 163 Bill North 191 Rodney Scott RC 224 Jerry Tabb RC 261 Tim Hosley 298 Tony Armas 327 Rick Langford RC 353 Doug Bair RC 378 Bobby Winkles 406 Mike Jorgensen 434 Mike Norris 458 Jeff Newman 487 Jim Tyrone 507 Willie Crawford 528 Rob Picciolo RC 554 Joe Coleman 577 Oakland A\’s 604 Earl Williams 613 Marty Perez 647 Steve Dunning 658 Manny Sanguillen 680 Vida Blue 701 Steve McCatty RC 709 Matt Keough RC 711 Craig Mitchell RC
33 Dave Lemanczyk 59 Otto Velez 85 Ron Fairly 103 Tom Murphy 121 Alvis Woods 144 Jesse Jefferson 169 Jerry Johnson 196 Bob Bailor 241 Pete Vuckovich 267 Doug Ault 293 Mike Willis 319 Alan Ashby 344 Sam Ewing RC 369 Tim Nordbrook 394 Roy Howell 419 Jerry Garvin RC 444 Roy Hartsfield 469 Rick Cerone 496 Jim Clancy RC 521 Steve Staggs RC 547 John Scott 573 Luis Gomez 599 Gary Woods 626 Toronto Blue Jays 651 Doug Rader 667 Jeff Byrd RC 704 Garth Lorg RC 708 Ernie Whitt RC
10 Phil Niekro 38 Willie Montanez 75 Dick Ruthven 93 Bobby Cox 130 Jeff Burroughs 156 Andy Messersmith 187 Jerry Royster 206 Phil Niekro 217 Rod Gilbreath 242 Barry Bonnell RC 264 Jamie Easterly 296 Biff Pocoroba 322 Tom Paciorek 349 Rick Camp 372 Brian Asselstine 402 Dave Campbell 443 Darrel Chaney 475 Gary Matthews 502 Pat Rockett RC 527 Vic Correll 551 Atlanta Braves 578 Buzz Capra 598 Eddie Solomon 617 Joe Nolan RC 632 Rowland Office 681 Rob Belloir 703 Mickey Mahler RC 708 Dale Murphy RC 716 Clarence Gaston
24 Don Money 51 Charlie Moore 77 Ed Kirkpatrick 95 Jamie Quirk 108 Von Joshua 133 Jerry Augustine 154 Cecil Cooper 173 Robin Yount 212 Mike Caldwell 243 Bob McClure 265 Sal Bando 303 Sam Hinds RC 328 Milwaukee Brewers 355 Bill Travers 376 Jim Wohlford 391 Larry Haney 415 Ray Fosse 448 Bill Castro 474 Jim Slaton 516 Gary Beare RC 520 Larry Hisle 542 Tim Johnson 569 Lary Sorensen RC 595 Sixto Lezcano 623 Eduardo Rodriguez 649 Moose Haas RC 673 Steve Brye 707 Paul Molitor RC
1 Lou Brock 32 Garry Templeton 58 Bob Forsch 88 Mike Phillips 111 Mike Tyson 143 Keith Hernandez 170 Lou Brock 195 Larry Dierker 230 Al Hrabosky 257 Hector Cruz 281 Eric Rasmussen 301 Buddy Schultz RC 324 Vern Rapp RC 352 Tony Scott RC 380 Ted Simmons 405 Rawly Eastwick 431 Butch Metzger 452 Jerry Mumphrey 479 St. Louis Cardinals 504 Roger Freed 531 Tom Underwood 563 Dave Rader 587 John Urrea RC 609 John Denny 644 Jim Dwyer 669 Pete Falcone 692 Ken Reitz 710 Rick Bosetti RC 714 Mike Anderson
17 Mike Krukow 50 Rick Reuschel 76 Steve Ontiveros 99 Willie Hernandez RC 123 Manny Trillo 152 Ivan DeJesus RC 175 Jerry Morales 234 Herman Franks 252 Steve Swisher 302 Chicago Cubs 325 Bruce Sutter 346 Larry Biittner 371 Ray Burris 397 Greg Gross 423 Dave Rosello 473 Bill Buckner 489 Rudy Meoli 501 Dave Roberts 523 Donnie Moore RC 541 Larry Cox 564 Mick Kelleher 570 Dave Kingman 585 Woodie Fryman 590 Bobby Murcer 614 Joe Wallis 639 Gene Clines 663 Paul Reuschel 688 George Mitterwald 711 Dennis Lamp RC 722 Pete Broberg
22 Charlie Hough 41 Burt Hooton 104 Lee Lacy 128 Bill Russell 145 Rick Monday 168 Reggie Smith 189 Tommy Lasorda 228 Manny Mota 259 Los Angeles Dodgers 285 Steve Yeager 310 Don Sutton 347 Terry Forster 350 Steve Garvey 375 Tommy John 417 Mike Garman 440 Davey Lopes 464 Jerry Grote 508 Johnny Oates 539 Vic Davalillo 546 Ted Martinez 562 Glenn Burke RC 586 Ed Goodson 605 Rick Rhoden 630 Ron Cey 641 Doug Rau 668 Dusty Baker 694 Elias Sosa 709 Lance Rautzhan RC 412 N.L. Championships
15 Tony Perez 43 Bill Atkinson RC 72 Andre Dawson 97 Stan Bahnsen 120 Gary Carter 185 Ellis Valentine 221 Chris Speier 244 Montreal Expos 269 Wayne Twitchell 294 Larry Parrish 321 Santo Alcala 348 Del Unser 374 Jose Morales 399 Pete Mackanin 414 Darold Knowles 425 Steve Rogers 449 Tim Blackwell RC 468 Warren Cromartie RC 495 Dave Cash 522 Dick Williams 549 Joe Kerrigan 576 Sam Mejias 603 Will McEnaney 629 Don Stanhouse 654 Pepe Frias 679 Wayne Garrett 699 Jackie Brown 701 Larry Landreth RC 709 Dan Schatzeder RC
3 Willie McCovey 8 Mike Sadek 34 Willie McCovey 62 Jim Barr 82 San Francisco Giants 107 Ed Halicki 142 John Montefusco 167 Tim Foli 194 Derrel Thomas 215 Darrell Evans 236 Terry Whitfield 256 Joe Altobelli 284 Randy Moffitt 312 Greg Minton 338 Dave Heaverlo 359 Marc Hill 384 Jack Clark 410 Bill Madlock 436 Vic Harris 461 Rob Andrews 486 John Curtis 512 Larry Herndon 538 Johnnie LeMaster 561 Charlie Williams 581 Lynn McGlothen 589 Bob Knepper RC 624 Gary Alexander 648 Gary Thomasson 671 Gary Lavelle 719 Randy Elliott RC
11 Rick Manning 37 Rick Waits 61 Larvell Blanks 87 John Lowenstein 101 Sid Monge 122 Dennis Eckersley 148 Andre Thornton 174 Wayne Garland 198 Ron Pruitt 227 Al Fitzmorris 253 Jim Kern 280 Buddy Bell 305 Rico Carty 332 Duane Kuiper 351 Jeff Torborg 398 Don Hood 426 Fred Kendall 459 Charlie Spikes 484 Jim Norris RC 511 Frank Duffy 537 Bruce Bochte 575 Pat Dobson 608 Johnny Grubb 636 Jim Bibby 662 Paul Dade RC 689 Cleveland Indians 703 Larry Andersen RC 704 Dave Oliver RC 706 Wayne Cage RC 711 Cardell Camper RC
31 Glenn Abbott 57 Dan Meyer 79 Darrell Johnson 117 John Montague 141 Ruppert Jones 166 Carlos Lopez 199 Craig Reynolds 233 Dick Pole 254 Dave Collins 278 Enrique Romo RC 311 Jose Baez RC 333 Jim Todd 366 Larry Milbourne 396 Bob Stinson 422 Steve Braun 447 Leroy Stanton 476 Bill Stein 499 Seattle Mariners 532 Skip Jutze 558 Paul Mitchell 584 John Hale 596 Gary Wheelock 643 Tom House 687 Julio Cruz RC 698 Juan Bernhardt 702 Kevin Pasley RC 709 Steve Burke RC
25 Jon Matlack 49 Ed Kranepool 69 Mike Vail 109 Joe Torre 134 Steve Henderson RC 147 Lee Mazzilli 171 Pat Zachry 197 Nino Espinosa 229 Leo Foster 277 Bruce Boisclair 304 John Milner 334 John Stearns 356 New York Mets 379 Skip Lockwood 403 Bud Harrelson 428 Joel Youngblood 442 Elliott Maddox 453 Doug Flynn 481 Jackson Todd RC 505 Felix Millan 544 Len Randle 565 Jerry Koosman 592 Bob Apodaca 621 Craig Swan 653 Ron Hodges 676 Bob Myrick 712 Bobby Valentine
4 Brooks Robinson 9 Doug DeCinces 36 Eddie Murray RC 65 Ken Singleton 96 Baltimore Orioles 119 Denny Martinez 160 Jim Palmer 188 Al Bumbry 205 Jim Palmer 211 Earl Weaver 237 Rich Dauer 262 Rudy May 287 Kiko Garcia 315 Mark Belanger 341 Mike Flanagan 367 Rick Dempsey 393 Tippy Martinez 418 Tony Muser 466 Dennis Blair 491 Scott McGregor 517 Andres Mora 543 Larry Harlow RC 593 Dave Skaggs RC 616 Pat Kelly 640 Lee May 666 Billy Smith RC 691 Ross Grimsley 717 Nelson Briles
30 George Hendrick 56 Randy Jones 86 Dave Tomlin 116 Tucker Ashford RC 140 Rollie Fingers 164 Bob Owchinko RC 192 San Diego Padres 208 Rollie Fingers 240 Gene Tenace 266 Bob Shirley RC 292 Gene Richards 318 Tom Griffin 364 Jerry Turner 390 Oscar Gamble 392 Bill Almon 445 Mike Ivie 467 Alvin Dark 488 Dan Spillner 509 Brent Strom 530 Dave Winfield 566 Merv Rettenmund 594 Dave Freisleben 611 Pat Scanlon RC 683 Mike Champion 702 Rick Sweet RC 713 Bob Davis
26 Richie Hebner 52 Jim Lonborg 90 Larry Bowa 118 Terry Harmon 136 Ted Sizemore 161 Bob Boone 177 Gene Garber 205 Steve Carlton 210 Jose Cardenal 222 Jerry Martin 235 Tim McCarver 247 Larry Christenson 271 Randy Lerch 297 Warren Brusstar RC 317 Dave Johnson 340 Bake McBride 360 Mike Schmidt 381 Philadelphia Phillies 420 Greg Luzinski 446 Tug McGraw 472 Ron Reed 513 Barry Foote 540 Steve Carlton 568 Tom Hutton 610 Garry Maddox 631 Danny Ozark 675 Jay Johnstone 715 Jim Kaat
28 Ed Ott 53 Phil Garner 84 Kent Tekulve 138 Larry Demery 165 Rennie Stennett 190 John Candelaria 201 Dave Parker 204 Frank Taveras 207 John Candelaria 223 Bruce Kison 255 Jerry Reuss 283 Omar Moreno 308 Jim Rooker 323 Jim Fregosi 383 Mario Mendoza 407 Odell Jones RC 430 Al Oliver 433 Fernando Gonzalez 455 Bill Robinson 483 Ken Macha RC 494 Chuck Tanner 510 Willie Stargell 560 Dave Parker 606 Pittsburgh Pirates 637 Duffy Dyer 661 Grant Jackson 685 Frank Taveras 703 Tim Jones RC 705 Miguel Dilone RC 710 Mike Easler RC
23 Bump Wills 44 Toby Harrah 67 Claudell Washington 92 Adrian Devine 110 Richie Zisk 131 Bert Blyleven 146 Doyle Alexander 172 Mike Hargrove 209 Dock Ellis 238 Juan Beniquez 260 Bert Campaneris 290 Willie Horton 314 Paul Lindblad 337 Tom Grieve 362 Dave May 388 Bill Fahey 438 John Ellis 462 Rogelio Moret 492 Jim Sundberg 518 Tommy Boggs 533 Sandy Alomar Sr. 548 Billy Hunter 583 Doc Medich 588 Jim Mason 612 Ken Henderson 634 Len Barker 659 Texas Rangers 686 Gaylord Perry 706 Pat Putnam RC 710 Keith Smith RC 725 Kurt Bevacqua
12 Don Aase 40 Carl Yastrzemski 63 Don Zimmer 83 Bob Montgomery 105 Reggie Cleveland 125 George Scott 155 Butch Hobson 186 Bob Stanley RC 202 Jim Rice 208 Bill Campbell 216 Mike Paxton RC 245 Rick Burleson 270 Carlton Fisk 295 Bill Lee 320 Fred Lynn 345 Luis Tiant 373 Jim Willoughby 416 Jack Brohamer 424 Boston Red Sox 457 Bob Bailey 482 Rick Miller 524 Bernie Carbo 545 Bill Campbell 567 Dick Drago 572 Rick Wise 597 Steve Dillard 618 Tommy Helms 642 Denny Doyle 645 Mike Torrez 670 Jim Rice 695 Dwight Evans 706 Ted Cox RC 708 Bo Diaz RC 720 Fergie Jenkins
5 Pete Rose 20 Pete Rose 47 Jack Billingham 74 Checklist 1-121 80 Ken Griffey Sr. 106 Bill Plummer 126 Paul Moskau RC 149 Dale Murray 180 Dave Concepcion 202 George Foster 203 George Foster 220 Pedro Borbon 246 Dan Driessen 273 Fred Norman 276 Bill Bonham 300 Joe Morgan 326 Mike Lum 354 Cesar Geronimo 377 Manny Sarmiento 401 Sparky Anderson 427 Mario Soto RC 450 Tom Seaver 477 Doug Capilla RC 500 George Foster 526 Cincinnati Reds 556 Ed Armbrister 622 Champ Summers 646 Rick Auerbach 674 Ray Knight RC 700 Johnny Bench 701 Tom Hume RC 702 Don Werner RC 706 Dave Revering RC
19 Darrell Porter 46 Al Cowens 73 Andy Hassler 100 George Brett 129 Jim Colborn 157 Pete LaCock 183 Doug Bird 204 Freddie Patek 205 Dennis Leonard 218 Marty Pattin 248 Frank White 274 Freddie Patek 299 Whitey Herzog 331 Mark Littell 336 Steve Busby 343 John Wathan 357 Tom Poquette 382 Joe Lahoud 408 Joe Zdeb RC 441 Larry Gura 465 Hal McRae 490 Amos Otis 525 Jerry Terrell 550 John Mayberry 571 Buck Martinez 638 Paul Splittorff 665 Dennis Leonard 696 Steve Mingori 705 Clint Hurdle RC 707 U.L. Washington RC 724 Kansas City Royals
21 Steve Kemp 45 Mark Fidrych 68 Steve Foucault 94 Chuck Scrivener 124 Dave Rozema RC 151 Milt Wilcox 176 Milt May 232 Mickey Stanley 258 John Hiller 286 Ben Oglivie 342 Aurelio Rodriguez 370 Rusty Staub 385 Tito Fuentes 404 Detroit Tigers 456 Vern Ruhle 480 Ron LeFlore 515 Tim Corcoran RC 536 Roric Harrison 559 Phil Mankowski 607 Fernando Arroyo 633 Tom Veryzer 660 Jason Thompson 684 Ralph Houk 701 Bruce Taylor RC 703 Jack Morris RC 704 Lou Whitaker RC 707 Alan Trammell RC 708 Lance Parrish RC 723 John Wockenfuss
27 Geoff Zahn 54 Tom Johnson 81 Pete Redfern 113 Don Carrithers 137 Craig Kusick 162 Paul Thormodsgard RC 193 Rich Chiles 201 Rod Carew 203 Larry Hisle 205 Dave Goltz 219 Mike Cubbage 249 Dave Goltz 275 Dan Ford 307 Glenn Borgmann 363 Bob Randall 386 Bob Gorinski RC 432 Terry Bulling RC 451 Minnesota Twins 471 Roy Smalley 497 Glenn Adams 555 Butch Wynegar 580 Rod Carew 601 Gene Mauch 627 Dave Johnson 657 Bombo Rivera 678 Tom Burgmeier 704 Sam Perlozzo RC 705 Willie Norwood RC
14 Lerrin LaGrow 42 Jorge Orta 66 Chicago White Sox 98 Jim Essian 127 Chet Lemon 153 Steve Stone 182 Jim Spencer 213 Alan Bannister 231 Wayne Nordhagen RC 251 Don Kirkwood 272 Royle Stillman 288 Dave Hamilton 316 Henry Cruz 329 John Verhoeven 361 Chris Knapp 395 Jim Hughes 409 Ron Schueler 421 Junior Moore RC 439 Ken Kravec 463 Kevin Bell 493 Steve Renko 506 Ron Blomberg 519 Brian Downing 552 Francisco Barrios 574 Bob Lemon 602 Eric Soderholm 615 Clay Carroll 628 Ralph Garr 672 Don Kessinger 693 Lamar Johnson 702 Bill Nahorodny RC 726 Wilbur Wood
2 Sparky Lyle 7 Reggie Jackson 16 Roy White 35 Sparky Lyle 60 Thurman Munson 70 Rich Gossage 89 Ken Clay RC 114 Paul Blair 135 Ron Guidry 159 Lou Piniella 179 Dick Tidrow 200 Reggie Jackson 225 Don Gullett 250 Graig Nettles 282 New York Yankees 309 Cliff Johnson 335 Bucky Dent 365 Ed Figueroa 387 Ken Holtzman 413 Reggie Jackson 460 Jim Hunter 485 Chris Chambliss 582 Fran Healy 591 George Zeber RC 620 Willie Randolph 664 Fred Stanley 690 Mickey Rivers 707 Mickey Klutts RC 710 Dell Alston RC 721 Billy Martin 411 A.L. Championships
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