1958 Topps #489 Jackie Jensen
Part of the Sport Magazine All-Star Selection subset (#475-495) — the first time Topps printed separate All-Star cards, closing the 1958 set with a Hall of Fame-dense 21-card run.
About Jackie Jensen
Two Topps cards, #130 from the second series and #489 in the Sport Magazine All-Star Selection subset, show Jensen as a Red Sox outfielder after 1957, when he hit .281 with 23 home runs and 103 RBI. In 1958 he had his best season: 35 homers, a league-leading 122 RBI, a .286 average, his first All-Star start in right field and the American League MVP award.
Jack Eugene Jensen, born in San Francisco on March 9, 1927, grew up mainly in Oakland and entered the University of California after a Navy hitch. He was the Golden Bears' ace pitcher and a .385 hitter on the 1947 club that won the first College World Series, outdueling Bobby Layne's Texas and beating Yale, and in 1948 he was a consensus All-American halfback who ran for more than 1,000 yards and carried an unbeaten regular season into a Rose Bowl loss to Northwestern. He left Cal after his junior year for the Oakland Oaks, and the Yankees bought his contract along with Billy Martin's. Blocked by Joe DiMaggio and then Mickey Mantle, he was traded to Washington in May 1952 and to Boston that December, where general manager Joe Cronin told him Fenway Park was made for his right-handed power. Cronin was right: Jensen led the American League in RBIs three times (1955, 1958, 1959), stole a league-best 22 bases in 1954, made three All-Star teams, and won the 1958 AL Most Valuable Player award plus a 1959 Gold Glove for his arm before a fear of flying pushed him out at 32. He is in the College Football Hall of Fame and the Red Sox Hall of Fame, not the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 502 | 0 | 11 | 86 | 147 | 96 | 78 | 84 | 0 |
| SGC | 88 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 1 |
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 Jackie Jensen in this set: #130
More Boston Red Sox cards:
- #1 Ted Williams
- #18 Frank Sullivan
- #29 Ted Lepcio
- #38 Dick Gernert
- #59 Dave Sisler
- #73 Pete Daley
- #89 Billy Klaus
- #130 Jackie Jensen
- #148 Billy Consolo
- #167 Frank Baumann
- #189 George Susce
- #197 Haywood Sullivan
- #204 Leo Kiely
- #220 Tom Brewer
More from the All-Star subset:
- #475 All-Star Managers
- #476 Stan Musial
- #477 Bill Skowron
- #478 Johnny Temple
- #479 Nellie Fox
- #480 Eddie Mathews
- #481 Frank Malzone
- #482 Ernie Banks
- #483 Luis Aparicio
- #484 Frank Robinson
- #485 Ted Williams
- #486 Willie Mays
- #487 Mickey Mantle
- #488 Hank Aaron
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Jackie Jensen card?
It is card #489 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 Jackie Jensen, Boston Red Sox.
What is the 1958 Topps All-Star subset?
Cards #475-495 are the Sport Magazine All-Star Selection subset - the first time Topps printed separate All-Star cards. The 21-card run is dense with Hall of Famers: Musial, Mathews, Banks, Aparicio, F. Robinson, Williams, Mays, Mantle, Aaron and Spahn.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Jackie Jensen #489 are there?
PSA has graded 502 copies and SGC 88 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.