1958 Topps #352 Herb Score
About Herb Score
Herb Score's two 1958 Topps cards, #352 in the fourth series and #495 in the Sport Magazine All-Star Selection subset, both show him with Cleveland. They report a 1957 that ended almost before it began: five starts, a 2-1 record and a 2.00 ERA with 39 strikeouts in 36 innings, before Gil McDougald's line drive struck him in the face on May 7 and ended his season.
Herbert Jude Score, born June 7, 1933, in Rosedale, a Queens neighborhood of New York City, was a hard-throwing left-hander who signed with the Cleveland Indians on his 19th birthday in 1952 for a $60,000 bonus, after pitching Lake Worth Community High School in Florida to a state championship. He reached the majors on April 15, 1955, and was an instant sensation, going 16-10 with a 2.85 ERA and 245 strikeouts, a major-league rookie record that stood until 1984, and taking American League Rookie of the Year honors. He followed with a 20-9, 2.53 campaign and a league-best 263 strikeouts in 1956, an All-Star in each of his first two seasons. On May 7, 1957, a line drive off the bat of the Yankees' Gil McDougald struck him in the face, breaking facial bones and injuring his right eye. His vision returned, but a torn elbow tendon in 1958 and the altered delivery that followed cost him his velocity. Cleveland traded him to the Chicago White Sox on April 18, 1960, for Barry Latman; his last big-league outing came on May 4, 1962, leaving him 55-46 with a 3.36 ERA and 837 strikeouts. He broadcast Cleveland games from 1964 to 1997 and entered the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 331 | 0 | 6 | 76 | 105 | 67 | 46 | 31 | 0 |
| SGC | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 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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More Herb Score in this set: #495 All-Star
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- #35B Don Mossi (Yellow Team)
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- #55 Chico Carrasquel
- #79 Dick Williams
- #79B Dick Williams (Yellow Team)
- #102 George Strickland
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Herb Score card?
It is card #352 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 Herb Score, Cleveland Indians.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Herb Score #352 are there?
PSA has graded 331 copies and SGC 38 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.