1958 Topps #268 Granny Hamner
About Granny Hamner
Hamner's 1958 season with the Phillies was a part-time one: 35 games, a .301 average, two home runs and 18 RBI, mostly at third base with some time at second. His 1958 Topps #268 shows him with the Philadelphia Phillies and sits in Series Four of the 494-card set, between Sherm Lollar (#267) and Paul Smith (#269), a few numbers before Warren Spahn's #270. It is his only Topps card of the era.
Granville Wilbur Hamner was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1927 and reached the Philadelphia Phillies as a 17-year-old in 1944. The next year he became the youngest player ever to start an Opening Day game. A right-handed shortstop and later second baseman, he was a leader of the 1950 pennant-winning Whiz Kids, played all 157 games that season, and hit .429 in the World Series sweep by the New York Yankees. Named team captain in 1952, he was an All-Star in 1952, 1953 and 1954, and hit 17 home runs as a shortstop in 1952, a Phillies record then. He spent roughly sixteen years in Philadelphia before a May 1959 trade to Cleveland, and even pitched in a handful of games, finishing with a .262 average and 104 home runs over 17 seasons. He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1981 and died in Philadelphia in 1993.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 252 | 0 | 5 | 97 | 78 | 41 | 18 | 13 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 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).
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Granny Hamner card?
It is card #268 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 Granny Hamner, Philadelphia Phillies.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Granny Hamner #268 are there?
PSA has graded 252 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.