1958 Topps #248 Herm Wehmeier
About Herm Wehmeier
Wehmeier's 1958 Topps card, #248, shows him as a St. Louis Cardinal and sits in the third series between Casey Wise and Ray Moore. The season it heralds went badly: after three Cardinal appearances he was put on waivers to Detroit, missed a month with a sore elbow and pitched only seven times for the Tigers. It followed a 1957 in which he opened the Cardinals' season and beat his old Cincinnati club.
Herm Wehmeier was a right-handed pitcher from Cincinnati who signed with his hometown Reds out of Western Hills High School and reached the majors as an 18-year-old in 1945. Over 13 seasons he pitched for the Reds, Phillies, Cardinals and Tigers, finishing 92-108 with a 4.80 ERA and 794 strikeouts in 1,803 innings. In Cincinnati he was a favorite target of Crosley Field boo-birds, and wildness was part of the trouble: he led the National League in walks three times, in wild pitches twice and in earned runs allowed once. Sold to the Phillies in 1954, he pitched better for Philadelphia and St. Louis, and on the next-to-last day of 1956 he went 12 innings against Milwaukee, allowing only a first-inning homer, as the Cardinals beat Warren Spahn and the Braves in extra innings during a pennant race. A sore elbow ended his career at 32. He later worked in the trucking industry and died in 1973 at age 46 while testifying at a trial in Dallas.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 223 | 0 | 5 | 84 | 75 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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 Herm Wehmeier card?
It is card #248 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 Herm Wehmeier, St. Louis Cardinals.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Herm Wehmeier #248 are there?
PSA has graded 223 copies and SGC 11 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.