1958 Topps #177 Al Smith
About Al Smith
Card #177 in the 1958 Topps set, from print series 3, shows Al Smith in a Chicago White Sox uniform. In 1957 he hit .247 with 11 home runs and 49 RBI for Cleveland, then went to Chicago in December with Early Wynn for Minnie Minoso and Fred Hatfield, a swap White Sox fans disliked.
Alphonse Eugene Smith, nicknamed "Fuzzy" as a teenager for being the first of his friends to sprout a beard, was born February 7, 1928 in Kirkwood, Missouri. He signed with the Negro American League's Cleveland Buckeyes in 1946, joined the Cleveland Indians organization in July 1948, and reached the majors on July 10, 1953. Across twelve big-league seasons with the Indians, White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox he played six positions, mostly the outfield corners and third base, and finished with a .272 average and 164 home runs. He was the everyday leadoff man for the 1954 Indians team that won a then-American League record 111 games, and homered on the first pitch of Game Two of that World Series. In 1955 he batted .306, led the league with 123 runs scored, made the first of his two All-Star teams and placed third in the MVP voting. He reached a second World Series with the 1959 White Sox, where a fan's spilled beer in Game Two doused him and produced one of the sport's most reprinted photographs. Smith ran the Chicago park district's baseball program from 1966 through 1981, and was enshrined in the Ohio Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. He is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame member. He died January 3, 2002.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 297 | 0 | 14 | 103 | 89 | 52 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-07-09. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8). PSA counts are straight-graded (the +/Q qualifier rows are excluded).
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Al Smith card?
It is card #177 of the 1958 Topps Baseball set - Topps' sixth flagship issue: 494 cards numbered 1-495 (#145 was never issued), with die-cut player photos on solid-color backgrounds and the first team logos on Topps fronts. It pictures Al Smith, Chicago White Sox.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Al Smith #177 are there?
PSA has graded 297 copies and SGC 14 as of the 2026-07-09 snapshot. Population is a scarcity guide, not a price - high-grade 1958s are notoriously tough because of the set's chronic centering and print-quality issues.
How many cards are in the 1958 Topps set?
494 issued cards, numbered 1-495 - #145 (Ed Bouchee) was pulled before release and never issued, leaving a permanent gap. The PSA master census counts 534 items: the 494 base cards plus 33 yellow-letter variations, 4 numerical checklist-back team cards, the 'Herrer' #433 error, and 2 unnumbered ad cards.
Sources: PSA CardFacts, Beckett, BaseballCardPedia, Baseball-Reference, PSA & SGC population reports, and hobby press-sheet research (Topps Archives, 2026). Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-09-30.