1958 Topps #239 Chuck Stobbs
About Chuck Stobbs
1958 Topps #239 shows Chuck Stobbs, a left-handed pitcher, with the Washington Senators, in the third series. The card follows a rough 1957 in which he went 8-20 with a 5.36 ERA and led the American League in losses. A slow starter because of asthma, he was 2-6 by late June of 1958, and the Cardinals bought him during the All-Star break, so the card shows him in Washington colors just before the sale.
Chuck Stobbs was a lefthander born in Wheeling, West Virginia, whose family settled in Norfolk, Virginia, where he starred in football, basketball and baseball at Granby High School. One of baseball's original bonus babies, he turned down college offers and signed with the Boston Red Sox in May 1947 for a reported $50,000, then debuted at 18 on September 15 of that year. Over fifteen seasons he pitched for the Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Washington club that moved to Minnesota, going 107-130 with a 4.29 ERA and 897 strikeouts in 459 games. He won a career-high 15 games in 1956 and went 12-7 in 1960, but he also led the American League with 20 losses in 1957 for a last-place club. He is best remembered for the pitch Mickey Mantle drove completely out of Griffith Stadium on April 17, 1953, a blast estimated at 565 feet and often called the first tape-measure home run of the live-ball era. Stobbs later coached at George Washington University and worked at a Kansas City Royals baseball academy in Florida. The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame inducted him in 2002; he died in Sarasota, Florida, in 2008, and was never elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 249 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 118 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 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 Chuck Stobbs card?
It is card #239 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 Chuck Stobbs, Washington Senators.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Chuck Stobbs #239 are there?
PSA has graded 249 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.