1958 Topps #152 Johnny Antonelli
About Johnny Antonelli
Card #152 in the second series of the 1958 Topps set, a 494-card issue, shows Antonelli with the San Francisco Giants, the club.s first season after the move west. His last New York season, 1957, went 12-18 with a 3.77 ERA in 40 games, 30 starts, 212.1 innings and 114 strikeouts. Those 18 losses tied for second in the National League. He took the loss in the final Polo Grounds game on September 29.
Johnny Antonelli was a left-handed pitcher from Rochester, New York, who signed with the Boston Braves in June 1948 for $52,000, the largest bonus in baseball history at the time. The era's bonus rule barred such signings from the minor leagues, so the eighteen-year-old went from high school straight onto a pennant-winning big league roster and never pitched an inning in the minors. Two years in the Army during the Korean War cost him 1951 and 1952. He came back to the Braves, by then in Milwaukee, for a 12-12 season in 1953, and the following February went to the New York Giants in a six-player trade that sent popular outfielder Bobby Thomson the other way. Antonelli answered with a 21-7 year in 1954, leading the National League in ERA at 2.30 and in shutouts with six, then beat Early Wynn in Game Two of the World Series and saved Game Four as the Giants swept Cleveland. He won twenty again in 1956 and was a six-time All-Star. He moved west with the club in 1958, but booing followed his complaints about the wind at Seals Stadium, and he was mostly a reliever by 1960. His contract went to the expansion New York Mets in October 1961; he retired instead and ran a Rochester Firestone tire business for forty years.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 339 | 0 | 13 | 132 | 115 | 42 | 27 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 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 Johnny Antonelli card?
It is card #152 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 Johnny Antonelli, San Francisco Giants.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Johnny Antonelli #152 are there?
PSA has graded 339 copies and SGC 21 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.