1958 Topps #294 Hal Jeffcoat
About Hal Jeffcoat
Jeffcoat's 1958 Topps card is #294, printed in Series Four and showing him with Cincinnati. That summer he worked strictly out of the bullpen, 49 games without a start, going 6-8 with a 3.72 ERA, 35 strikeouts in 75 innings and nine saves. He told the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1958 that his sinker came naturally. It is one of 494 cards in the 1958 set, and it sits in the same series as Warren Spahn at #270.
Hal Jeffcoat, born in West Columbia, South Carolina, in 1924, spent twelve major league seasons with the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Redlegs and St. Louis Cardinals. A paratrooper in World War II, he was wounded in Italy and earned a Purple Heart before turning professional in 1946. A speedy center fielder, he led the Double-A Southern Association in hits in 1947, reached the Cubs in 1948 and hit .279 as a rookie, earning a spot on The Sporting News rookie all-star team. When his bat faded, Cubs coach Bob Scheffing pushed him to the mound, and in 1954 he became a pitcher, working mostly in relief with a natural sinker. He was traded to Cincinnati, where he moved into the rotation in 1957 and completed ten games. He finished with a 39-37 record, 25 saves and a 4.22 ERA in 245 games on the mound, plus a .248 average as a hitter. He died in Tampa in 2007.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 0 | 12 | 75 | 73 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 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 Jeffcoat card?
It is card #294 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 Jeffcoat, Cincinnati Reds.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Hal Jeffcoat #294 are there?
PSA has graded 218 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.