1958 Topps #373 Joe Pignatano
About Joe Pignatano
Joe Pignatano's 1958 Topps card, #373, is a rookie card from the fifth series, showing him with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the club's first West Coast season. The card reports his 1957 debut year with Brooklyn: eight games and a .214 average. He caught the final five innings of the last Ebbets Field game on September 24, 1957.
Joe Pignatano was a Brooklyn-born catcher who signed with his hometown Dodgers after a 1948 tryout and spent almost seven years in their farm system, interrupted by two years of military service, before reaching Brooklyn in April 1957. That September he caught the last five innings of the final game played at Ebbets Field. Across six big-league seasons he backed up John Roseboro in Los Angeles, then finished with the Kansas City Athletics, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. His signature moment came in the 1959 National League playoff against Milwaukee, when his 12th-inning single kept the pennant-winning rally alive, and he earned a ring that fall as the Dodgers beat the White Sox in six games. He batted .234 with 161 hits, 16 home runs and 62 runs batted in over 307 games, and remains the only major leaguer to end his career by hitting into a triple play. He then coached 20 straight seasons - for the Senators under Gil Hodges, the Mets from 1968 through 1981 and the Braves from 1982 through 1984 - working the bullpen for the 1969 champion Mets, where he raised a vegetable garden from a wild tomato plant he found out there.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 275 | 0 | 9 | 85 | 92 | 46 | 25 | 18 | 0 |
| SGC | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 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 Pignatano card?
It is card #373 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 Pignatano, Los Angeles Dodgers.
Is the 1958 Topps Joe Pignatano #373 a rookie card?
Yes - #373 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Joe Pignatano #373 are there?
PSA has graded 275 copies and SGC 25 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.