1958 Topps #92 Clint Courtney
About Clint Courtney
Topps put Courtney on #92 in its 1958 second series, pictured with the Washington Senators. That summer he was the club's starting catcher, playing a career-high 134 games and setting career bests with 46 runs, 8 home runs and 62 RBI while hitting .251. Collectors can chase the usual white-lettered version or the tougher variation with his name in yellow.
Clinton Dawson Courtney, born March 16, 1927 in Hall Summit, Louisiana, was a left-handed-hitting, right-handed-throwing catcher whose eleven American League seasons were built on hard slides and a short fuse. Drafted into the Army in 1944, he served in Korea, the Philippines and Japan, switching from the outfield to catcher and teaching himself to throw right-handed. The Yankees signed him in 1947; he debuted on September 29, 1951, likely the first big-league catcher ever to work a game in eyeglasses. Traded to the St. Louis Browns that November, he hit .286 as their 1952 starter and was named The Sporting News American League Rookie of the Year, finishing second to Harry Byrd in the writers' vote. A spring-training spill through a railway yard that year left him cut up and bandaged but playing the next day, and the nickname Scrap Iron stuck; so did a brawling feud with Billy Martin. He caught for the Browns as they became the Orioles in 1954, then for the White Sox, Senators and Baltimore again, where in 1960 he was the first catcher to use Paul Richards' oversized knuckleball mitt. A .268 lifetime hitter, he later coached for Houston and managed four Atlanta farm clubs, dying at 48 in 1975 while managing Richmond.
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Variations & how to tell them apart
Yellow Name (YN) #92
Nineteen Series 1/early-2 cards exist with the player name printed in yellow instead of white, including stars Aaron (#30), Kaline (#70) and McDougald (#20).
- #92 — base card: the lettering is printed in WHITE — the base, more common version. (this page)
- #92B — Yellow Name: the player name is printed in YELLOW — the scarcer version, roughly 2-2.5x tougher than white per PSA populations. — see the card page
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 269 | 0 | 5 | 99 | 92 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 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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Related cards
More Clint Courtney in this set: #92B Yellow Name
More Washington Senators cards:
- #15 Jim Lemon
- #31 Tex Clevenger
- #44 Washington Senators Team
- #58 Art Schult
- #58B Art Schult (Yellow Team)
- #72 Bud Byerly
- #92B Clint Courtney (Yellow Name)
- #109 Herb Plews
- #124 Bob Usher
- #137 Russ Kemmerer
- #156 Dick Hyde
- #173 Eddie Yost
- #188 Milt Bolling
- #219 Camilo Pascual
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Clint Courtney card?
It is card #92 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 Clint Courtney, Washington Senators.
Does the 1958 Topps Clint Courtney #92 have a yellow variation?
Yes - #92 is one of the 33 cards that also exist with yellow lettering. This page covers the common white-letter version; the yellow version runs roughly 2-2.5x scarcer per PSA population data.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Clint Courtney #92 are there?
PSA has graded 269 copies and SGC 15 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.