1958 Topps #313 Bob Rush
About Bob Rush
Rush opened 1958 with a new club after the December 1957 trade that sent him from the Cubs to the defending champion Braves. He went 10-6 with a 3.42 ERA, starting 20 of his 28 games with five complete games and two shutouts. He started Game 3 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium and lost 4-0. His 1958 Topps #313 card shows him with Milwaukee, in the fourth series, following the Red Sox team card.
Bob Rush was a 6-foot-4 right-handed pitcher from Battle Creek, Michigan, raised in South Bend, Indiana. After combat service in Germany with Patton's Third Army, he reached the Chicago Cubs in 1948 after one minor-league season. For ten years he was the workhorse of poor Cub teams that never had a winning record, averaging about 222 innings a season after his rookie year. He lost 20 games in 1950, an All-Star year, and in 1952 went 17-13 with a 2.70 ERA and made a second All-Star team, earning credit for the National League win when rain ended the game. A heavy sinking fastball and a willingness to knock hitters down were his trademarks. Traded to Milwaukee in December 1957, he finally reached the postseason with the 1958 Braves. In 1959 he threw scoreless relief in the playoff with the Dodgers before the pennant-deciding run scored on an error. He finished 127-152 with a 3.65 ERA, 118 complete games and 16 shutouts, and died in Mesa, Arizona, in 2011.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 215 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 73 | 42 | 24 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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).
Find this card
Search T206 Cards Live auctions Buy It Now Sold prices
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Related cards
More Milwaukee Braves cards:
- #10 Lou Burdette
- #17 Felix Mantilla
- #30 Hank Aaron
- #30B Hank Aaron (Yellow Name)
- #51 Del Rice
- #78 Ernie Johnson
- #78B Ernie Johnson (Yellow Name)
- #83 Bob Hazle
- #110 Johnny Logan
- #117 Frank Torre
- #140 Wes Covington
- #147 Don McMahon
- #164 Bob Taylor
- #176 Bob Buhl
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Bob Rush card?
It is card #313 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 Rush, Milwaukee Braves.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Bob Rush #313 are there?
PSA has graded 215 copies and SGC 11 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.