1958 Topps #455 Hal Griggs
About Hal Griggs
Hal Griggs is #455 in the 1958 Topps set, a Series Six rookie card showing him with the Washington Senators. The season it reflects was his busiest: 32 games, 21 of them starts, 137 innings, 69 strikeouts and a 3-11 record with a 5.52 ERA. Authors Boyd and Harris later ran this card in their card-collecting book with a blunt caption.
Hal Griggs, a right-handed pitcher born in Shannon, Georgia, was named for silent film star Harold Lloyd. After a Coast Guard stint he was a bellhop in Miami when a minor league owner invited him to try out; he had never played organized baseball but made the Hickory Rebels in 1950. He led the Western Carolina League with 195 strikeouts in 1952, the year he married on the Hickory pitcher's mound, quipping that he could not hit, so there was no sense marrying at home plate. He pitched for the Washington Senators from 1956 to 1959 on cellar-dwelling clubs and went 6-26 with a 5.50 ERA. In 1957 he ended Ted Williams's record streak of consecutive times on base. His last win, a 7-0 two-hitter at Yankee Stadium on May 9, 1959, struck out Mickey Mantle. A clubhouse prankster, he pitched in the minors through 1963, was listed as a missing ballplayer in 1993, and died in Tucson in 2005.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 288 | 1 | 4 | 91 | 97 | 57 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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 Hal Griggs card?
It is card #455 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 Hal Griggs, Washington Senators.
Is the 1958 Topps Hal Griggs #455 a rookie card?
Yes - #455 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Hal Griggs #455 are there?
PSA has graded 288 copies and SGC 8 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.