1958 Topps #7 Dale Long
About Dale Long
Dale Long is pictured with the Chicago Cubs on 1958 Topps #7, the seventh card of Series One in a 494-card set. After a May 1957 trade to the Cubs, the left-handed first baseman finished that year at .298 with 21 home runs and 67 RBI in 130 games, split between Pittsburgh and Chicago.
Richard Dale Long was born February 6, 1926, in Springfield, Missouri, and grew up in Wisconsin and western Massachusetts before a wartime U.S. Navy hitch that a noncombat injury cut short in May 1944. A left-handed first baseman listed at 6-foot-4, Long was the property of six big-league clubs and, after a 1951 cup of coffee with the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Browns, waited three and a half more years for a steady job. He got it in Pittsburgh in 1955. The following May he homered in eight consecutive games, a major-league record later matched but never broken, and that summer he started the All-Star Game at first base for the National League. Long later played for the Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, New York Yankees and Washington Senators, and in 1958 he became the majors' first left-handed-throwing catcher since 1902. He won a World Series ring with the 1962 Yankees and finished ten big-league seasons at .267 with 132 home runs and 467 RBIs. After his playing career ended in 1964 he umpired in the minors, sold sporting goods and pharmaceuticals, ran a tavern, and supervised nuclear-submarine work before returning to baseball in the mid-1980s as a field representative for the National Association. He died of cancer on January 27, 1991, in Palm Coast, Florida.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 200 | 0 | 8 | 55 | 57 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 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 Dale Long card?
It is card #7 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 Dale Long, Chicago Cubs.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Dale Long #7 are there?
PSA has graded 200 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.