1958 Topps #171 Harry Anderson
About Harry Anderson
Card #171 in the 1958 Topps set, a 494-card issue, shows Harry Anderson with the Philadelphia Phillies. It sits in the second series, between Vic Wertz and Don Gross. The left-handed slugger had just finished his first big-league season, 1957: 118 games, .268, 17 home runs and 61 RBI, splitting left field with Rip Repulski. He made the 1957 Rookie All-Star team, and in 1958 he hit .301 with 23 homers and 97 RBI.
Harry Walter Anderson, a left-handed hitting outfielder and first baseman from North East, Maryland, played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds from 1957 through 1961. The Phillies signed him out of West Chester State Teachers College in 1952 for a $40,000 bonus, and Phillies broadcaster Gene Kelly soon hung the Guys and Dolls nickname Harry the Horse on the 6-foot-3 slugger. He drew National League MVP votes as a rookie in 1957 and again in 1958, when he hit .301 with 23 home runs and 97 RBI and was voted the league's Sophomore of the Year by the Baseball Writers' Association. He also led the NL with 95 strikeouts in 1958 and remains the last player to lead a league in strikeouts with fewer than 100 in a full season. His bat cooled in 1959, and on June 15, 1960 the Phillies traded him, Wally Post and minor leaguer Fred Hopke to Cincinnati for Tony Gonzalez and Lee Walls. He hit .167 in 66 at-bats as a Red, was optioned to Indianapolis in May 1961 and never returned. Anderson finished with 419 hits, 60 home runs and a .264 average, was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 1992, and died of a heart attack in 1998 at 66.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 284 | 0 | 6 | 90 | 104 | 42 | 23 | 19 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 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 Harry Anderson card?
It is card #171 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 Harry Anderson, Philadelphia Phillies.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Harry Anderson #171 are there?
PSA has graded 284 copies and SGC 16 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.