1958 Topps #165 Bob Nieman
About Bob Nieman
Bob Nieman's 1958 Topps card, #165, appears in the second series and pictures him with the Baltimore Orioles. It reports a 1957 season of 129 games, a .276 average, 13 home runs and 70 RBI for the Orioles, where the outfielder had settled after arriving in 1956. The set numbers 1-495 with #145 never issued.
Bob Nieman was a right-handed-hitting corner outfielder who spent a dozen major league seasons, from 1951 through 1962, with the Browns, Tigers, White Sox, Orioles, Cardinals, Indians and Giants. He announced himself on September 14, 1951 at Fenway Park, homering off Mickey McDermott in each of his first two big league at-bats; he is one of only three players in major league history to do it. He batted .295 for his career with 125 home runs, 544 RBI and 1,018 hits in 1,113 games, and his best work came for the Browns-Orioles franchise, where he hit .301 across 609 games. He hit .320 in 1956, was voted Most Valuable Oriole and finished seventh in the American League MVP vote, then hit .325 in 1958, yet he was never picked for an All-Star team. Later he was mostly a pinch-hitter, and eight pinch hits helped the 1962 Giants to the pennant; he drew a walk in his only postseason plate appearance. He closed his playing days in Japan with the Chunichi Dragons in 1963, then scouted for nearly two decades for the Indians, Dodgers, Athletics, White Sox and Yankees. He died in 1985 at 58.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 287 | 0 | 10 | 143 | 63 | 44 | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 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 Nieman card?
It is card #165 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 Nieman, Baltimore Orioles.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Bob Nieman #165 are there?
PSA has graded 287 copies and SGC 14 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.