1958 Topps #329 Bob Cerv
About Bob Cerv
Card #329 in the fourth series of 1958 Topps shows Cerv with the Kansas City Athletics, who bought him from the Yankees in October 1956. His 1957 season, the first as a regular, brought a .272 average, 11 home runs and 44 RBI in 124 games, only 77 of them starts, while an ankle injury slowed him and he weighed nearly 240 pounds. The set runs 494 cards, numbered 1-495, with #145 never issued.
Bob Cerv was born in Weston, Nebraska, in 1925 and grew up in a Bohemian-American community before serving as a Navy radarman aboard the destroyer USS Claxton, which was struck by a kamikaze during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. At the University of Nebraska he became the school's first baseball All-American and the only Husker to earn four letters each in baseball and basketball. The Yankees signed him in 1950, and for most of the decade he shuttled between New York and their Kansas City farm club, unable to beat out Gene Woodling, Irv Noren, or Elston Howard for a starting outfield job despite piling up big minor-league numbers. He won a World Series ring with the Yankees in 1956, then was sold outright to the Kansas City Athletics, where everyday playing time finally let him produce: his 38 home runs in 1958 set the Athletics' club record and earned him an All-Star start over Ted Williams. He returned to the Yankees for stretches from 1960 to 1962, finishing a twelve-year career with 105 home runs. Cerv later coached college baseball at John F. Kennedy College in Wahoo, Nebraska, and managed the semipro Liberal BeeJays to a national championship in 1979; he entered the University of Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021 and died in 2017.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 317 | 0 | 19 | 124 | 91 | 38 | 30 | 15 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 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 Bob Cerv card?
It is card #329 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 Bob Cerv, Kansas City Athletics.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Bob Cerv #329 are there?
PSA has graded 317 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.