1958 Topps #166 Danny O'Connell
About Danny O'Connell
Danny O'Connell's 1958 Topps card, #166, is a second-series issue showing him as a San Francisco Giant. The 1957 season it reports was split: 143 games, a .256 average and 8 home runs between Milwaukee and the Giants, who acquired him at the June deadline. On April 15, 1958, he scored the first run in the first big-league game played on the West Coast.
Danny O'Connell was an infielder who played ten major league seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Braves, New York/San Francisco Giants and Washington Senators. A Paterson, New Jersey, product signed by Brooklyn, he was dealt to Pittsburgh after the 1949 season and broke in at Forbes Field in July 1950, batting .292 and finishing third in National League Rookie of the Year voting before two years of Army service during the Korean War. He came back to hit .294 in 1953 behind a 26-game hitting streak, then went to Milwaukee that December in a deal that brought the Pirates six players and $100,000. He was the Braves' regular second baseman until June 15, 1957, when Milwaukee packaged him with Bobby Thomson and Ray Crone to land Red Schoendienst for the pennant drive. As a Giant he scored the first run in the first major league game played on the West Coast, on April 15, 1958. He spent all of 1960 at Triple-A Tacoma, hit .312 there, and took his unconditional release to sell himself to a new expansion club. Over 1,143 games he batted .260 with 1,049 hits, 39 home runs and 320 RBIs. He died in October 1969 at 40, of a heart attack at the wheel of his car near his New Jersey home.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 401 | 3 | 21 | 167 | 120 | 51 | 25 | 14 | 0 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 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 Danny O'Connell card?
It is card #166 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 Danny O'Connell, San Francisco Giants.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Danny O'Connell #166 are there?
PSA has graded 401 copies and SGC 21 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.