1958 Topps #481 Frank Malzone
Part of the Sport Magazine All-Star Selection subset (#475-495) — the first time Topps printed separate All-Star cards, closing the 1958 set with a Hall of Fame-dense 21-card run.
About Frank Malzone
Cards #260, from the third series, and #481, in the Sport Magazine All-Star Selection subset, both show Frank Malzone with the Boston Red Sox. They follow his first full season: .292 with 15 home runs and 103 RBI, all 153 games at third base, a reserve spot on the 1957 American League All-Star team and the inaugural Gold Glove at his position.
Frank Malzone was born in the Bronx on February 28, 1930, the son of an Italian immigrant father from Salerno and an American-born mother. A New York Giants tryout told him he was too small, but Red Sox bird-dog scout Cy Phillips pushed his name up the chain, and Malzone signed out of Samuel Gompers High School to become its first graduate to reach the majors. Six minor-league seasons across eight years, interrupted by a dislocated ankle that cost him nearly all of 1950 and by two years in the Army, ended with his Boston debut on September 17, 1955. He took over third base in 1957, hit .292 with 103 RBIs, and won the inaugural Gold Glove at the position, the first of three straight. Eight All-Star selections followed, and he led American League third basemen in double plays five years running, tying Ken Keltner's record. Malzone batted .274 with 133 home runs and 728 RBIs in 1,441 games, closed his playing days with the 1966 California Angels, then scouted for Boston for 28 years. The Red Sox named him to the inaugural class of their own Hall of Fame in 1995. He died in Needham, Massachusetts, on December 29, 2015.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 514 | 0 | 13 | 143 | 181 | 85 | 44 | 48 | 0 |
| SGC | 78 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 1 |
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 Frank Malzone in this set: #260
More Boston Red Sox cards:
- #1 Ted Williams
- #18 Frank Sullivan
- #29 Ted Lepcio
- #38 Dick Gernert
- #59 Dave Sisler
- #73 Pete Daley
- #89 Billy Klaus
- #130 Jackie Jensen
- #148 Billy Consolo
- #167 Frank Baumann
- #189 George Susce
- #197 Haywood Sullivan
- #204 Leo Kiely
- #220 Tom Brewer
More from the All-Star subset:
- #475 All-Star Managers
- #476 Stan Musial
- #477 Bill Skowron
- #478 Johnny Temple
- #479 Nellie Fox
- #480 Eddie Mathews
- #482 Ernie Banks
- #483 Luis Aparicio
- #484 Frank Robinson
- #485 Ted Williams
- #486 Willie Mays
- #487 Mickey Mantle
- #488 Hank Aaron
- #489 Jackie Jensen
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Frank Malzone card?
It is card #481 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 Frank Malzone, Boston Red Sox.
What is the 1958 Topps All-Star subset?
Cards #475-495 are the Sport Magazine All-Star Selection subset - the first time Topps printed separate All-Star cards. The 21-card run is dense with Hall of Famers: Musial, Mathews, Banks, Aparicio, F. Robinson, Williams, Mays, Mantle, Aaron and Spahn.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Frank Malzone #481 are there?
PSA has graded 514 copies and SGC 78 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.