1958 Topps #154 Harry Byrd
About Harry Byrd
Byrd's last big-league season, 1957, found him in a Detroit Tigers bullpen role after years as a starter: 37 appearances, one start, 59 innings, a 4-3 record, a 3.36 ERA and five saves. Topps pictured him with the Tigers on a single-player card, #154, in Series Two of its 494-card 1958 set (#89-176), the same series that carries Mickey Mantle at #150.
Harry Byrd was a right-handed pitcher from Darlington, South Carolina, who was born in the logging village of Mont Clare and worked logging jobs every offseason, earning sportswriters' labels of lumberjack and woodsman. He pitched in the majors from 1950 to 1957 for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers. His best year came in 1952, when he went 15-15 with a 3.31 ERA for the Athletics and was voted American League Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association. He worked 237 innings in 1953 despite an 11-20 record, then moved to the Yankees in a ten-player trade and on to Baltimore in a 17-player deal. He finished 46-54 with a 4.35 ERA, and returned home to Darlington after baseball, where a stretch of South Carolina highway carries his name.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 219 | 0 | 12 | 75 | 60 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 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 Harry Byrd card?
It is card #154 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 Byrd, Detroit Tigers.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Harry Byrd #154 are there?
PSA has graded 219 copies and SGC 9 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.