1958 Topps #348 Chico Fernandez
About Chico Fernandez
1958 Topps #348 shows Chico Fernandez with the Philadelphia Phillies, in the fourth series of a 494-card set. It reports his 1957 season as the club's regular shortstop after the April trade that sent five players and $75,000 to Brooklyn: 149 games, a .262 average, 131 hits and 18 steals, fifth best in the National League. The 1958 season that followed brought a .230 average and 12 steals, ninth in the league.
Humberto "Chico" Fernandez was a Cuban-born shortstop who played in the majors from 1956 to 1963 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers and New York Mets. Born in Havana on March 2, 1932, he batted and threw right-handed and stood an even 6 feet. Signed by the Dodgers in 1951, he was the International League's All-Star shortstop at Montreal in 1954 and batted a career-best .301 there in 1955, but Pee Wee Reese blocked the road to Brooklyn. In April 1957 the Dodgers sent him to Philadelphia for five players and $75,000, and on Opening Day he became the first player of color to take the field for the Phillies; he held their shortstop job for two seasons. A December 1959 trade brought him to Detroit, where he was the club's first Latin regular position player and its shortstop for three years. He closed out in the majors with the 1963 Mets, a .240 hitter with 666 hits and 40 home runs, then kept playing in Japan, Mexico and the minors. He made his home in Detroit, sold insurance, and died June 11, 2016, in Sunrise, Florida.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 234 | 2 | 11 | 78 | 76 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 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).
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Chico Fernandez card?
It is card #348 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 Chico Fernandez, Philadelphia Phillies.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Chico Fernandez #348 are there?
PSA has graded 234 copies and SGC 13 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.