1958 Topps #359 Billy Loes
About Billy Loes
Billy Loes is a Baltimore Orioles right-hander on 1958 Topps card #359, from the fifth series of the 494-card set. In 1957 with Baltimore he went 12-7 with a 3.24 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 155 and a third innings across 31 games, 18 of them starts. That earned him a place on the 1957 American League All-Star team, and he had pitched in three World Series with Brooklyn.
Billy Loes, born William Loes in Long Island City, New York, in 1929, was a right-handed pitcher who spent eleven seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles and San Francisco Giants between 1950 and 1961, with 1951 lost to Army service. Brooklyn signed him out of Bryant High School for a $21,000 bonus, the largest the club had paid at the time. He broke through in 1952 at 13-8 with a 2.69 ERA, then won a career-high 14 games in 1953. He started Game Six of the 1952 World Series with Brooklyn a win from the title and took the loss, after a balk and a grounder he said he lost in the sun. He beat the Yankees in Game Four in 1953 for his only Series win, and was on the 1955 champions, though he lost his only start that October. Shoulder trouble led the Dodgers to sell him to Baltimore in May 1956; he rebounded to make the 1957 All-Star team, and a trade sent him to San Francisco for his last two seasons. He finished 80-63 with a 3.89 ERA and 645 strikeouts in 1,190 1/3 innings, and in 1990 was inducted into the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 226 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 85 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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 Billy Loes card?
It is card #359 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 Billy Loes, Baltimore Orioles.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Billy Loes #359 are there?
PSA has graded 226 copies and SGC 15 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.