1958 Topps #473 Bill Renna
About Bill Renna
Renna came back to the majors with Boston after a 1957 spent with the San Francisco Seals. He appeared in 39 games, mostly pinch-hitting and filling in for Ted Williams in left, and hit .268 with four home runs and 18 RBI, including a pinch-hit homer at Washington on May 14. His 1958 Topps #473 card, with the Red Sox, comes from the sixth series, listed between Joe Jay and Ray Semproch.
Bill Renna was a 6-foot-3, 218-pound right-handed outfielder from Hanford, California. He served in the Marine Corps in the South Pacific, then starred in baseball and football at Santa Clara, where coach Paddy Cottrell tipped off the Yankees. Signed for $5,000 in 1949, he hit .385 with 21 home runs for Twin Falls in the Pioneer League that summer. Teammates there called him "Bull" because he was a big guy, according to his manager Charlie Metro. He reached New York in 1953 and hit .314 in 61 games, but was part of an 11-player trade to the Athletics that winter. His busiest year was 1954 in Philadelphia: 123 games, 13 home runs, 53 RBI, and the most double plays by an American League right fielder. He moved with the franchise to Kansas City, was traded back to the Yankees in June 1956, and went to Boston in March 1957. After a year with the San Francisco Seals, he returned to the majors with the 1958 Red Sox as a Ted Williams backup. His big-league career closed in May 1959 with a .239 average, 28 home runs and 119 RBI in 370 games. He later worked in concrete sales in San Jose and died there in 2014.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 395 | 1 | 4 | 148 | 144 | 54 | 27 | 17 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 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 Bill Renna card?
It is card #473 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 Bill Renna, Boston Red Sox.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Bill Renna #473 are there?
PSA has graded 395 copies and SGC 19 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.