1958 Topps #18 Frank Sullivan
About Frank Sullivan
1958 Topps #18 is a first-series card of Frank Sullivan of the Boston Red Sox. The card reports his 1957: 14 wins, 11 losses and a 2.73 ERA over 240.2 innings as the 6-foot-6 right-hander anchored a Boston club that finished third. A two-time American League All-Star in 1955 and 1956, he also appeared in Norman Rockwell's 1957 painting The Rookie.
Frank Sullivan, born Franklin Leal Sullivan on January 23, 1930, in Hollywood, California, grew up in nearby Burbank, where he starred in baseball and basketball at Burbank High. Baseball writers called him the Boston Skyscraper: he was one of the tallest pitchers of his era, and he said the height was a big advantage because he usually came in sidearm. Signed by the Red Sox in 1948, he lost two years to Army service in the Korean War, including four and a half months on the front line that earned him the Combat Infantryman Badge. He reached Boston in July 1953 and became the staff workhorse, winning in double figures five straight seasons from 1954 through 1958 and making the American League All-Star team in 1955 and 1956. His best year was 1955, when he tied for the league lead with 18 wins and topped it in innings pitched and games started. Boston traded him to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gene Conley in December 1960, and he closed an eleven-season career in relief with the Minnesota Twins in 1963, finishing 97-100 with a 3.60 ERA and 959 strikeouts. He settled on Kauai, was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2008, and died in Lihue, Hawaii, in January 2016.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 269 | 0 | 11 | 88 | 100 | 43 | 15 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Frank Sullivan card?
It is card #18 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 Sullivan, Boston Red Sox.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Frank Sullivan #18 are there?
PSA has graded 269 copies and SGC 14 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.