1958 Topps #28 Jim Busby
About Jim Busby
Busby's 1958 Topps card is #28, part of the first series (#1-88) of a 494-card set, and shows him with the Baltimore Orioles. He played 113 games for Baltimore that year, mostly in the outfield, but batted only 215 times and hit .237 with 3 home runs and 19 RBI. 1957 had been his last year as a regular, and by now he was a defensive replacement. He also appears on a Billy Klaus, Jim Busby and Larry Jackson salesman sample.
Jim Busby was a right-handed center fielder from Kenedy, Texas, who played football, baseball and track at Texas Christian University before signing with the White Sox in 1948. He won the Chicago job in 1951, stole 26 bases, made the American League All-Star team and became one of the early Go-Go Sox. Traded to Washington, he hit a career-best .312 in 1953 and drove in 80 or more runs in both 1953 and 1954. Known for sprinter's speed and a glove that covered vast outfields, he later played for Cleveland, Baltimore, Boston and the Houston Colt .45's, retiring in 1962 with a .262 average, 48 home runs and 97 steals over 1,352 games. He then coached for Houston, Atlanta, the White Sox and Seattle through 1978, and died in 1996.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 237 | 0 | 7 | 69 | 95 | 31 | 20 | 15 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Jim Busby card?
It is card #28 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 Jim Busby, Baltimore Orioles.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Jim Busby #28 are there?
PSA has graded 237 copies and SGC 15 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.