1958 Topps #228 Duke Maas
About Duke Maas
Topps #228 in the third series of the 1958 set lists Duke Maas with the Kansas City Athletics. The season behind it was 1957 with Detroit: 10-14 with a 3.28 ERA in 45 games, 26 of them starts, plus six saves. The Tigers sent him to Kansas City on November 20, 1957, in a 13-player trade that brought Billy Martin to Detroit. The set runs 494 cards and includes the first Sport Magazine All-Star Selection subset.
Duane Frederick "Duke" Maas was a right-handed pitcher from Utica, Michigan, who pitched seven seasons in the majors from 1955 to 1961 with the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, and New York Yankees. He grew up doing chores on his father's 60-acre dairy farm and did not play organized ball until his senior year at Utica High School; his coach arranged a tryout at Briggs Stadium, and Detroit signed him in the fall of 1948. Maas won a spot in the Tigers' rotation out of spring training in 1955, went 0-7 in 1956, then came back with a 3.28 ERA and 10 wins over a career-high 219 1/3 innings in 1957 before a 13-player November trade sent him to Kansas City. The Athletics shipped him and Virgil Trucks to New York on June 15, 1958, for Harry Simpson and Bob Grim; Maas went 7-3 down the stretch, started and won the pennant-clincher, and relieved once in the World Series the Yankees took from Milwaukee. He was 14-8 as a swingman in 1959 and pitched two innings in the 1960 Series against Pittsburgh. Arthritis in his pitching arm finished him at 32; he retired 45-44 with a 4.19 earned run average and 356 strikeouts in 195 games.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 251 | 0 | 15 | 93 | 74 | 37 | 20 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 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 Duke Maas card?
It is card #228 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 Duke Maas, Kansas City Athletics.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Duke Maas #228 are there?
PSA has graded 251 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.