1958 Topps #191 Art Ceccarelli
About Art Ceccarelli
Topps #191 pictures Ceccarelli as a Baltimore Oriole and is his rookie card. It sits in Series 3 of the 494-card 1958 Topps set, on a single-player card between Red Schoendienst at #190 and Milt Graff at #192. The season it reports is 1957, when he went 0-5 with a 4.50 ERA in 20 games, eight of them starts, covering 58 innings for Baltimore.
Art Ceccarelli was a left-handed pitcher from New Haven, Connecticut, who worked in the majors for the Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago Cubs between 1955 and 1960. A star at West Haven High School, he signed a bonus contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948 and struck out 294 batters in the 1949 Georgia-Florida League, a league season record. Korean War service from 1950 through 1952 interrupted his climb. He reached Kansas City in 1955 and finished with a 9-18 record and 5.05 ERA in 79 games, 42 of them starts. His best year was 1959 with the Cubs, when he went 5-5 with four complete games and two shutouts, including a 10-inning 3-0 win over the Dodgers that made him the only left-hander to beat Sandy Koufax in the Coliseum. Ted Williams was his idol. He later taught history and English at Milford and Foran high schools and coached pitchers at Southern Connecticut State. He died in 2012.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 261 | 0 | 5 | 78 | 91 | 59 | 16 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 Art Ceccarelli card?
It is card #191 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 Art Ceccarelli, Baltimore Orioles.
Is the 1958 Topps Art Ceccarelli #191 a rookie card?
Yes - #191 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Art Ceccarelli #191 are there?
PSA has graded 261 copies and SGC 11 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.