1958 Topps #35 Don Mossi
Uncorrected error (per Beckett): born 1930; should be 1929. Yellow-letter variation tracked by Beckett as YT. It was never corrected, so there is only one version of the card.
About Don Mossi
Don Mossi's 1958 Topps card is #35, from the first series, and it shows him with the Cleveland Indians. It carries a misprinted birth year of 1930, and it exists in the common white lettering and a yellow team-name variation. The 1957 season behind it: moved into the rotation, he went 11-10 with a 4.13 ERA in 22 starts and was an American League All-Star.
Don Mossi pitched twelve big-league seasons, from 1954 to 1965, as a left-handed control specialist for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Athletics, finishing 101-80 with 50 saves and a 3.43 ERA. Born January 11, 1929 in St. Helena, California and raised in Daly City, he signed with Cleveland out of Jefferson High School and began his pro career at Class C Bakersfield in 1949. Five minor-league seasons went into taming his control before his 1954 debut, when the pennant-winning Indians paired him in the bullpen with roommate Ray Narleski. Mossi posted a 1.94 ERA that rookie year and worked four scoreless innings in the 1954 World Series, the only one he ever reached. Cleveland moved him into the rotation in 1957; he was named an American League All-Star and, entering that game in the ninth, struck out Eddie Mathews. Traded to Detroit after the 1958 season, he became a full-time starter and had his best year in 1961, leading the league in strikeout-to-walk ratio. Arm trouble shortened his later Tiger seasons, and he closed out as a short reliever with the White Sox and Athletics. His .990 career fielding percentage was the best any pitcher had recorded when he retired, and Cleveland later named him one of its 100 Greatest Indians.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Variations & how to tell them apart
Yellow Team (YT) #35
Fourteen Series 1/early-2 cards exist with the team/city name printed in yellow instead of white. The white version is the common counterpart; yellow variants run roughly 2-2.5x scarcer.
- #35 — base card: the lettering is printed in WHITE — the base, more common version. (this page)
- #35B — Yellow Team: the team/city name is printed in YELLOW — the scarcer version, roughly 2-2.5x tougher than white per PSA populations. — see the card page
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 240 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 85 | 51 | 20 | 32 | 0 |
| SGC | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 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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Related cards
More Don Mossi in this set: #35B Yellow Team
More Cleveland Indians cards:
- #2 Bob Lemon
- #2B Bob Lemon (Yellow Team)
- #22 Hal Naragon
- #35B Don Mossi (Yellow Team)
- #47 Roger Maris
- #55 Chico Carrasquel
- #79 Dick Williams
- #79B Dick Williams (Yellow Team)
- #102 George Strickland
- #123 Dick Tomanek
- #133 Russ Nixon
- #158 Cleveland Indians Team
- #170 Vic Wertz
- #182 Joe Caffie
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Don Mossi card?
It is card #35 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 Don Mossi, Cleveland Indians.
Does the 1958 Topps Don Mossi #35 have a yellow variation?
Yes - #35 is one of the 33 cards that also exist with yellow lettering. This page covers the common white-letter version; the yellow version runs roughly 2-2.5x scarcer per PSA population data.
What is the error on the 1958 Topps
Per Beckett it is one of the set's 11 uncorrected errors (UER): born 1930; should be 1929. Yellow-letter variation tracked by Beckett as YT. It was never corrected, so there is only one version and no error premium.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Don Mossi #35 are there?
PSA has graded 240 copies and SGC 24 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.
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.