1958 Topps #218 Dick Rand
About Dick Rand
Rand's 1958 Topps card, #218 in the third series, pictures him as a Pittsburgh Pirate and is his rookie card. It follows his one season with the club, 1957, when he caught 57 of his 60 games and hit .219. The card is numbered right after Jack Harshman, #217, and just before Camilo Pascual, #219, and it falls two numbers past the St. Louis Cardinals card, #216, the team that first signed him.
Dick Rand was a right-handed-hitting catcher born in South Gate, California, who stood 6 feet 2 inches and weighed 185 pounds. His professional career stretched over twelve seasons, 1949 through 1959 and 1961. Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals, he had two late-season trials with the club, in 1953 and 1955, and started every one of his dozen games behind the plate, collecting 12 hits in 41 at bats. St. Louis traded him to Pittsburgh after the 1956 minor-league season, and in 1957 he backed up starting catcher Hank Foiles, playing in 60 games and starting 34. He hit only .219 that year and went back to the minors for the rest of his active career. In 72 major-league games he batted .240 with 35 hits, two home runs and 13 runs batted in. He died in Moreno Valley, California, in 1996.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 219 | 0 | 7 | 71 | 80 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 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 Dick Rand card?
It is card #218 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 Dick Rand, Pittsburgh Pirates.
Is the 1958 Topps Dick Rand #218 a rookie card?
Yes - #218 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Dick Rand #218 are there?
PSA has graded 219 copies and SGC 13 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.