1958 Topps #139 George Brunet
About George Brunet
Card #139 in the 1958 Topps set, a second-series issue and George Brunet's rookie card, pictures him with the Kansas City Athletics. It reports his September 1957 call-up: four games, two starts, 11.1 innings, three strikeouts and an 0-1 record with a 5.56 ERA. That followed a year at Double-A Little Rock, where he led the league with 235 strikeouts in 213 innings. The set runs 494 cards, because #145 was never issued.
George Stuart Brunet, a left-handed pitcher born June 8, 1935, in Houghton, Michigan, signed with Detroit for $500 after a Briggs Stadium tryout in the fall of his senior year at Calumet High School and reached the majors with the Kansas City Athletics in September 1956. Over parts of 15 seasons through 1971 he also pitched for the Milwaukee Braves, Houston Colt .45's, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles and California Angels, Seattle Pilots, Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals, finishing 69-93 with a 3.62 ERA and 921 strikeouts in 324 games. His prime came in the Angels rotation from 1965 through 1968, when he twice led the American League in losses, 19 in 1967 and 17 in 1968, behind ERAs of 3.31 and 2.86. Brunet then went to Mexico and stayed, pitching there from 1973 through 1989 and drawing the nickname El Viejo, the Old Man, for working into his fifties. He threw a no-hitter at 42, set a Mexican League record with 55 shutouts, and closed a professional career of roughly 36 years. He died of a heart attack on October 25, 1991, in Poza Rica, Veracruz, and was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac · Retrosheet · National Baseball Hall of Fame · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 281 | 1 | 7 | 114 | 91 | 41 | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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).
Find this card
Search T206 Cards Live auctions Buy It Now Sold prices
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Related cards
More Kansas City Athletics cards:
- #3 Alex Kellner
- #23 Bill Tuttle
- #23B Bill Tuttle (Yellow Name)
- #39 Bob Martyn
- #62 Joe DeMaestri
- #69 Wally Burnette
- #98 Billy Hunter
- #98B Billy Hunter (Yellow Name)
- #119 Harry Chiti
- #155 Hector Lopez
- #169 Ralph Terry
- #174 Kansas City Athletics Team
- #192 Milt Graff
- #202 Woodie Held
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps George Brunet card?
It is card #139 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 George Brunet, Kansas City Athletics.
Is the 1958 Topps George Brunet #139 a rookie card?
Yes - #139 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps George Brunet #139 are there?
PSA has graded 281 copies and SGC 10 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.