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1978 Papa Gino’s Discs Specs
Year: 1978
Title: Papa Gino’s
Size: 3-3/8 inches in diameter.
Number in Set: 40
1978 Papa Gino’s Discs Overview
A regional promotion, Papa Gino’s released these discs with the purchase of a soft drink. 25 of the 40 cards are Red Sox players since the restaurants were primarily in the Boston area.
A blue border surrounds the player portraits with the player’s name and team above and below the photo. The backs have usual player information and a short advertisement for Papa Ginos at the bottom.
MSA had to airbrush team logos out of the player images since they had a deal to print regional oddballs with the players union and not Major League Baseball.
1978 Papa Gino’s Discs Sales
Complete sets are really affordable, this one sold on eBay at the end of August 2025 for just $25.
PSA has slabbed 430 discs with most being ultra-high-grade PSA 9’s and 10’s, but luckily, just like raw sets, they’re relatively affordable
Here are a few examples:
- 1978 Papa Gino’s Discs #36 Geroge Brett PSA 10: $178 in April 2025
- 1978 Papa Gino’s Discs #27 Thurman Munson PSA 9: $125 in March 2023
- 1978 Papa Gino’s Discs #35 Rod Carew PSA 10: $100 in May 2021
- 1978 Papa Gino’s Discs #8 Carl Yastrzemski PSA 10: $79.99 in October 2023
- 1978 Papa Gino’s Discs #26 Reggie Jackson PSA 9: $22.95 in November 2021
1978 Papa Gino’s Discs Key Cards
The key discs are George Brett, Reggie Jackson, and Carl Yastrzemski.
1978 Papa Gino’s Discs Checklist
1 Allen Ripley
2 Jerry Remy
3 Jack Brohamer
4 Butch Hobson
5 Dennis Eckersley
6 Sam Bowen
7 Rick Burleson
8 Carl Yastrzemski
9 Bill Lee
10 Bob Montgomery
11 Dick Drago
12 Bob Stanley
13 Fred Kendall
14 Jim Rice
15 George Scott
16 Tom Burgmeier
17 Frank Duffy
18 Jim Wright
19 Fred Lynn
20 Bob Bailey
21 Mike Torrez
22 Bill Campbell
23 Luis Tiant
24 Dwight Evans
25 Carlton Fisk
26 Reggie Jackson
27 Thurman Munson
28 Ron Guidry
29 Bruce Bochte
30 Richie Zisk
31 Jim Palmer
32 Mark Fidrych
33 Frank Tanana
34 Buddy Bell
35 Rod Carew
36 George Brett
37 Ralph Garr
38 Larry Hisle
39 Mitchell Page
40 John Mayberry