1958 Topps #21 Curt Barclay
About Curt Barclay
Card #21 in the first series of the 1958 Topps set, a 494-card issue, shows Barclay with the San Francisco Giants; the checklist prints the name as Curt Balay. It sits between Gil McDougald at #20 and Hal Naragon at #22. Coming off his 1957 season in New York, he made just six appearances for the Giants in 1958 and went 1-0 with a 2.81 ERA over 16 innings, hampered by a sore shoulder that had him splitting the year between San Francisco and Phoenix.
Curtis Cordell Barclay was a 6 ft 3 in, 210 pound right-handed pitcher born in Chicago on August 22, 1931. He attended the University of Oregon, where he played baseball and basketball, and signed with the Giants in 1952. In three minor league seasons he won 19, 16 and 15 games, losing 11 each year, before reaching the majors with the New York Giants in 1957. That was his only full big league season: 37 games, 28 of them starts, a 9-9 record and a 3.44 earned run average that led the club's starters. He threw two shutouts that year, back-to-back blankings of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies in August, the only shutouts of his career. A sore shoulder then slowed him, and he split 1958 and 1959 between San Francisco and the Phoenix Giants. He retired after the 1960 minor league season with a major league record of 10-9, 3.48, and 73 strikeouts in 199 1/3 innings across 44 games. Barclay died of cancer at 53 in Missoula, Montana, on March 25, 1985.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 256 | 0 | 5 | 83 | 97 | 44 | 12 | 14 | 1 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 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 Curt Barclay card?
It is card #21 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 Curt Barclay, San Francisco Giants.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Curt Barclay #21 are there?
PSA has graded 256 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.