1958 Topps #62 Joe DeMaestri
About Joe DeMaestri
Joe DeMaestri appears at #62 in Series 1 of the 494-card 1958 Topps set, pictured with the Kansas City Athletics. The year before was a high point: he made the American League All-Star team, played 134 games at shortstop, hit .245 with 9 home runs and 33 RBI, and led league shortstops in fielding at .980. The A's were in their third season in Kansas City after leaving Philadelphia.
Joseph Paul DeMaestri (December 9, 1928 - August 26, 2016) was a San Francisco-born shortstop who spent 11 seasons in the major leagues. The only child of parents who had emigrated from Italy, he played at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley and signed with the Boston Red Sox organization, which later left him unprotected in the Rule 5 draft; the Chicago White Sox claimed him in November 1950. After a rookie season in Chicago and a year with the St. Louis Browns, he settled in as the regular shortstop for the Philadelphia and Kansas City Athletics, leading American League shortstops with a .980 fielding percentage in both 1957 and 1958 and representing the A's on the 1957 All-Star team, though he never got into that game. In December 1959 he went to the New York Yankees in the seven-player deal that brought Roger Maris to New York. His signature game came on July 8, 1955, when he went 6-for-6, all singles, in an 11-inning loss at Detroit. He played four games in the 1960 World Series, was a member of the 1961 championship club without appearing in that Series, and finished with a .236 average and a .967 fielding percentage.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 283 | 2 | 10 | 113 | 89 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 DeMaestri card?
It is card #62 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 DeMaestri, Kansas City Athletics.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Joe DeMaestri #62 are there?
PSA has graded 283 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.