1958 Topps #347 Don Rudolph
About Don Rudolph
1958 Topps #347 is the rookie card of Don Rudolph, a left-hander from Baltimore, shown with the Chicago White Sox in the fourth series. It reports his September 1957 call-up: five relief appearances, a 1-0 record and a 2.25 ERA over 12 innings. The win came on September 24, when he pitched six innings against the Kansas City Athletics.
Frederick Donald Rudolph, a left-hander out of Baltimore, turned pro in 1950 and won 41 games in two seasons for Class D Jesup before the White Sox bought his contract. Army service cost him the 1953 season, and he did not reach the majors until a September 1957 call-up in Chicago. He shuttled between the White Sox, Indianapolis and Louisville before a May 1959 trade sent him to Cincinnati, then rebuilt his stock in the minors, leading the Pacific Coast League with a 2.42 ERA for Seattle in 1960 and taking American Association Player of the Month honors for August 1961 at Indianapolis. Cleveland grabbed him in the Rule 5 draft after 1961 and dealt him to the expansion Washington Senators in May 1962, where he finally won a rotation spot. He was one of the quickest workers in the league - seven of his 23 starts in 1962 took under two hours - and is credited with inspiring the 1963 rule that cut warm-up pitches between innings to five. Off the field he was the husband and manager of burlesque dancer Patti Waggin. He went 18-32 with a 4.00 ERA over six big-league seasons, pitched two more years in the minors, and was killed in 1968, at 37, when his truck overturned near his Granada Hills, California, home.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 243 | 0 | 9 | 75 | 89 | 40 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 Don Rudolph card?
It is card #347 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 Rudolph, Chicago White Sox.
Is the 1958 Topps Don Rudolph #347 a rookie card?
Yes - #347 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Don Rudolph #347 are there?
PSA has graded 243 copies and SGC 8 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.