1958 Topps #20 Gil McDougald
About Gil McDougald
McDougald played 138 games for the Yankees in 1958, mostly at second base, batting .250 with 14 home runs and 65 RBI, and earned an All-Star selection. He hit two home runs in the World Series as New York beat Milwaukee in seven games, and received the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award. His Series 1 card #20 was printed with white lettering, and a second version prints his name in yellow.
Gil McDougald was a San Francisco-born infielder who spent all ten of his major league seasons, 1951 through 1960, with the New York Yankees. A former All-City high school basketball player, he signed with the club in 1948 and rose quickly, learning under Rogers Hornsby at Beaumont before winning the 1951 American League Rookie of the Year award. He hit a World Series grand slam that October, the first by a rookie. Manager Casey Stengel prized his versatility, and McDougald played second base, third base and shortstop, hitting from a splayed, bat-cocked stance that looked odd but worked. He was a five-time All-Star, played on eight American League pennant winners and five World Series champions, and retired with a .276 average, 112 home runs and 576 RBI. His name is also tied to the 1957 line drive that struck Cleveland pitcher Herb Score in the eye. Hearing loss from an earlier batting-practice injury followed him for decades. Later he coached baseball at Fordham and spoke on behalf of hearing organizations.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Variations & how to tell them apart
Yellow Name (YN) #20
Nineteen Series 1/early-2 cards exist with the player name printed in yellow instead of white, including stars Aaron (#30), Kaline (#70) and McDougald (#20).
- #20 — base card: the lettering is printed in WHITE — the base, more common version. (this page)
- #20B — Yellow Name: the player name is printed in YELLOW — the scarcer version, roughly 2-2.5x tougher than white per PSA populations. — see the card page
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 585 | 0 | 11 | 136 | 180 | 135 | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| SGC | 77 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 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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More Gil McDougald in this set: #20B Yellow Name
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- #9 Hank Bauer
- #20B Gil McDougald (Yellow Name)
- #43 Sal Maglie
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- #61 Darrell Johnson
- #61B Darrell Johnson (Yellow Name)
- #87 Johnny Kucks
- #101 Bobby Richardson
- #101B Bobby Richardson (Yellow Name)
- #127 Tom Sturdivant
- #142 Enos Slaughter
- #150 Mickey Mantle
- #161 Don Larsen
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Gil McDougald card?
It is card #20 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 Gil McDougald, New York Yankees.
Does the 1958 Topps Gil McDougald #20 have a yellow variation?
Yes - #20 is one of the 33 cards that also exist with yellow lettering. This page covers the common white-letter version; the yellow version runs roughly 2-2.5x scarcer per PSA population data.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Gil McDougald #20 are there?
PSA has graded 585 copies and SGC 77 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.