1958 Topps #430 Bobby Thomson
About Bobby Thomson
Thomson began 1958 in Chicago after the Giants, who had just moved to San Francisco, traded him to the Cubs. He played 152 games and hit .283 with 21 home runs and 82 RBIs, almost all of it in the outfield, where he appeared in 148 games. His Topps #430 pictures him with the Cubs and falls in Series Five, the fifth of the six numbered series in a 494-card set that also carried the first Sport Magazine All-Star Selection cards.
Robert Brown Thomson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised on Staten Island, which earned him the sportswriters' label "the Staten Island Scot". He signed with the New York Giants out of Curtis High School in 1942, served in the Army Air Forces, and reached the majors late in 1946. As an outfielder and third baseman he hit 29 home runs as a 1947 regular, drove in 109 runs at .309 in 1949, and made three All-Star teams (1948, 1949 and 1952). On October 3, 1951, his ninth-inning home run off Ralph Branca won the pennant playoff against Brooklyn, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", one of the most famous moments in baseball history. He later played for the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles, and finished a 15-season career with 264 home runs and 1,026 RBIs in 1,779 games. A final season followed with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan. He was inducted into the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. He died in Savannah, Georgia, in 2010.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 516 | 1 | 19 | 135 | 193 | 90 | 45 | 33 | 0 |
| SGC | 53 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 1 |
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 Thomson card?
It is card #430 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 Thomson, Chicago Cubs.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Bobby Thomson #430 are there?
PSA has graded 516 copies and SGC 53 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.