1958 Topps #39 Bob Martyn
About Bob Martyn
Martyn's 1958 season was his busiest: 95 games for the Kansas City Athletics, a .261 average, two home runs and 23 RBI, with seven triples that ranked sixth in the American League. His Topps card, #39 in the first series, shows him as an Athletic and is a recognised rookie card, sitting among the set's Series One rookies alongside Roger Maris and John Roseboro. It is a plain number with no catalogued variation.
Bob Martyn was a left-handed-hitting outfielder from Weiser, Idaho, who spent parts of three seasons, 1957 to 1959, with the Kansas City Athletics. A high school shortstop in Twin Falls, he became an outfielder when his coach noticed his bowlegs, and he starred at Linfield College, where he was a three-time Northwest Conference all-star and graduated cum laude with a double major in mathematics and sociology. Signed by the Yankees in 1952, he hit .298 with 48 home runs in seven minor league seasons and won MVP honors in the 1956 American Association All-Star Game with two homers. The Yankees sent him to Kansas City in the June 1957 deal that included Billy Martin, and he made his debut days later. In 154 major league games he hit .263 with three home runs and 35 RBI. He earned a master's degree in education while playing, later worked 23 years at Tektronix, and entered the Linfield College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 231 | 0 | 9 | 62 | 78 | 47 | 19 | 16 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 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 Bob Martyn card?
It is card #39 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 Martyn, Kansas City Athletics.
Is the 1958 Topps Bob Martyn #39 a rookie card?
Yes - #39 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Bob Martyn #39 are there?
PSA has graded 231 copies and SGC 13 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.