1958 Topps #24 Hobie Landrith
About Hobie Landrith
Hobie Landrith's 1958 Topps #24 comes from the first series and shows him with the St. Louis Cardinals. It exists in the common white lettering and in a yellow-name version, where his name is printed in yellow. In 1957 he backed up starter Hal Smith, catching 67 of his 75 games and batting .243 with three home runs and 26 RBI.
Hobie Landrith was a left-handed-hitting, right-handed-throwing catcher who spent parts of fourteen big league seasons, from 1950 through 1963, mostly as a second- or third-string receiver. Born in Decatur, Illinois on March 16, 1930, he grew up in Detroit, where his family all but monopolized the catching job at Northwestern High School, and he played a season at Michigan State before Cincinnati signed him. He debuted with the Reds in July 1950 and singled in his first at-bat. Stints with the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals followed, then San Francisco, where 1959 gave him his best year as the Giants' regular catcher. At 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds he was prized less for his bat than for his ceaseless chatter and his handling of pitchers, a habit of constant mound visits he traced to Birdie Tebbetts, his favorite manager in Cincinnati. In October 1961 the expansion New York Mets made him the first player their franchise ever selected, on the reasoning long attributed to Casey Stengel that a club without a catcher spends the day chasing passed balls. He batted .233 with 34 home runs and 203 RBIs in 772 games, coached the Senators in 1964, and died in 2023 at 93.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Variations & how to tell them apart
Yellow Name (YN) #24
Nineteen Series 1/early-2 cards exist with the player name printed in yellow instead of white, including stars Aaron (#30), Kaline (#70) and McDougald (#20).
- #24 — base card: the lettering is printed in WHITE — the base, more common version. (this page)
- #24B — Yellow Name: the player name is printed in YELLOW — the scarcer version, roughly 2-2.5x tougher than white per PSA populations. — see the card page
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 224 | 0 | 5 | 65 | 80 | 34 | 17 | 23 | 0 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 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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Related cards
More Hobie Landrith in this set: #24B Yellow Name
More St. Louis Cardinals cards:
- #8 Eddie Kasko
- #8B Eddie Kasko (Yellow Name)
- #24B Hobie Landrith (Yellow Name)
- #53 Morrie Martin
- #53B Morrie Martin (Yellow Name)
- #60 Del Ennis
- #60B Del Ennis (Yellow Name)
- #65 Von McDaniel
- #65B Von McDaniel (Yellow Name)
- #97 Larry Jackson
- #97B Larry Jackson (Yellow Name)
- #106 Dick Schofield
- #114 Irv Noren
- #125 Alvin Dark
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Hobie Landrith card?
It is card #24 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 Hobie Landrith, St. Louis Cardinals.
Does the 1958 Topps Hobie Landrith #24 have a yellow variation?
Yes - #24 is one of the 33 cards that also exist with yellow lettering. This page covers the common white-letter version; the yellow version runs roughly 2-2.5x scarcer per PSA population data.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Hobie Landrith #24 are there?
PSA has graded 224 copies and SGC 20 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.