1958 Topps #380 Charlie Maxwell
About Charlie Maxwell
Card #380, from the fifth series of the 1958 Topps set, shows Charlie Maxwell with the Detroit Tigers. It reports his 1957 season: a second straight All-Star selection, a .276 average with 24 home runs and 82 RBI, and the best fielding percentage among American League outfielders at .997, with a single error in more than 300 chances.
Charles Richard "Charlie" Maxwell, a left-handed hitting and throwing outfielder from Lawton, Michigan, played fourteen major league seasons between 1950 and 1964 for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox. He pitched for Western Michigan College and served two years in the Army before Boston signed him, and a minor league manager moved him to the outfield in 1947, his bat being further along than his control. Stuck behind Ted Williams in Boston, he was sold to Baltimore after the 1954 season, and Detroit bought his contract for the waiver price in May 1955. In Detroit he became an everyday left fielder, an All-Star in 1956 and 1957, a .326 hitter in 1956, and the owner of career bests of 31 home runs and 95 RBIs in 1959; he twice led American League outfielders in fielding percentage. He hit home runs on Sundays at a rate nobody could explain, 40 of his 148 career homers landing on that one day, which made him Sunday Charlie; southwest Michigan knew him as Ol' Paw Paw, after the town he lived in. He finished at .264 with 148 home runs and 532 RBIs, later sold die castings in Kalamazoo, entered the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1997, and died in 2024 at 97.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 354 | 0 | 8 | 119 | 134 | 54 | 24 | 15 | 0 |
| SGC | 37 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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 Charlie Maxwell card?
It is card #380 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 Charlie Maxwell, Detroit Tigers.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Charlie Maxwell #380 are there?
PSA has graded 354 copies and SGC 37 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.