1958 Topps #51 Del Rice
About Del Rice
Del Rice appears in 1958 Topps as card #51, part of the first series of the 494-card set, wearing a Milwaukee Braves uniform. The catcher's 1957 season was a part-time one, 54 games with a .229 average, nine home runs and 20 RBI. He caught Bob Buhl's 18-win, 2.74 ERA year, and the Braves beat the Yankees in that fall's World Series.
Del Rice was a tall, right-handed catcher who spent 17 major league seasons, from 1945 through 1961, prized far more for his glove and his handling of pitchers than for his bat. Signed by the Cardinals as an 18-year-old in 1941, he broke in with St. Louis in 1945 and caught all three of Harry Brecheen's victories in the 1946 World Series, a seven-game win over the Red Sox. He had his best year in 1952, batting .259 with 11 home runs and a career-high 65 runs batted in while leading National League catchers in games, putouts, assists and runners caught stealing, and in 1953 he was named a National League All-Star reserve, though a finger injury kept him out of the game. Traded to the Milwaukee Braves in June 1955, he became right-hander Bob Buhl's personal catcher and won a second championship with the 1957 Braves. He passed through the Cubs, Cardinals and Orioles in 1960, catching Don Cardwell's no-hitter along the way, and finished at .237 with 79 home runs over 1,309 games. He later coached for the Angels and Cleveland and managed the 1972 Angels.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 310 | 0 | 11 | 109 | 103 | 49 | 21 | 17 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 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 Del Rice card?
It is card #51 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 Del Rice, Milwaukee Braves.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Del Rice #51 are there?
PSA has graded 310 copies and SGC 16 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.