1958 Topps #325 Joe Adcock
About Joe Adcock
Topps numbered Adcock #325 in the fourth series of its 494-card 1958 set, showing him with the Milwaukee Braves. The card follows a season cut short by injury: he tore knee ligaments on May 26, 1957, then fractured his right fibula on June 23, and finished with 65 games, a .287 average, 12 home runs and 38 RBIs. Platooned with Frank Torre at first base, he went 3-for-15 as Milwaukee beat the Yankees in the World Series.
Joseph Wilbur Adcock was born October 30, 1927, in Coushatta, Louisiana, and led the Southeastern Conference in scoring for the LSU basketball team before a walk-on tryout there turned him into a slugging first baseman. Signed by Cincinnati in 1947, he debuted with the Reds in 1950 but was blocked at first base by Ted Kluszewski and was traded to the Braves in February 1953, weeks before the franchise moved from Boston to Milwaukee. Nicknamed "Billy Joe" after a Vanderbilt basketball player and popularized by Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, Adcock became one of the era's most feared long-ball hitters, highlighted by a four-home-run, 18-total-base game against Brooklyn at Ebbets Field on July 31, 1954. He anchored Milwaukee's lineup alongside Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews, helped the Braves win the 1957 World Series, and made his only All-Star team in 1960. Injuries and platooning cost him at-bats, yet he finished with 336 home runs, 1,122 RBIs and a .277 average over 17 seasons with the Reds, Braves, Indians and Angels, retiring with the third-highest career fielding percentage (.994) among first basemen. A 1975 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee and a 2022 Braves Hall of Fame selection, he retired to his Coushatta ranch and died there on May 3, 1999.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 304 | 0 | 8 | 102 | 98 | 45 | 32 | 19 | 0 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 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 Joe Adcock card?
It is card #325 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 Joe Adcock, Milwaukee Braves.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Joe Adcock #325 are there?
PSA has graded 304 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.