1958 Topps #276 Bobby Avila
About Bobby Avila
Avila's 1958 Topps card is #276, part of the fourth series of the 494-card set, and pictures him with the Cleveland Indians. He arrived at the year off a .268 season and played under new general manager Frank Lane and manager Bobby Bragan, splitting his time between second base (82 games) and third (33) while batting .253. Lane often used his name in trade talk that summer. Topps also added the Sport Magazine All-Star subset (#475-495) this year.
Roberto Francisco Avila, known as Beto in Mexico and Bobby in the United States, was a second baseman from Veracruz, Mexico, and the first Mexican-born player to succeed in the major leagues. After hitting for average with Puebla in the Mexican League, he signed with Cleveland for a $17,500 bonus and spent ten seasons with the Indians, becoming their regular second baseman in 1951. He was an American League All-Star in 1952, 1954 and 1955, the first Mexican-born player picked for the game, and in 1954 he won the league batting title at .341, the first Mexican-born player to do so, earning The Sporting News player of the year award. He hit .281 with 80 home runs in 1,300 games and closed out 1959 with Baltimore, Boston and Milwaukee. Back home he owned the Veracruz Eagles, served as president of the Mexican League, became mayor of Veracruz and sat in the national legislature. He entered the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971 and the Latino Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 306 | 1 | 6 | 108 | 104 | 48 | 21 | 18 | 0 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 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 Bobby Avila card?
It is card #276 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 Bobby Avila, Cleveland Indians.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Bobby Avila #276 are there?
PSA has graded 306 copies and SGC 21 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.