1958 Topps #66 Lee Walls
About Lee Walls
1958 Topps #66, a first-series card, shows Lee Walls with the Chicago Cubs. It reports his 1957, a season split between two clubs: he began with the Pirates, went to the Cubs with Dale Long on May 1, and hit for the cycle on July 2 against Cincinnati. He finished at .237 with 6 home runs and 33 RBI in 125 games.
Ray Lee Walls Jr., born January 6, 1933 in San Diego and raised in Pasadena, played ten National League seasons (1952, 1956-1964) as an outfielder and utility man for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers. A right-handed hitter and thrower listed at 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds, he wore eyeglasses on the field, a rarity in his era, and was nicknamed "Captain Midnight" because of them. His best year came in 1958 with the Cubs: .304 with 24 home runs, 72 RBIs and a spot on the National League All-Star team, a season after he hit for the cycle at Wrigley Field. Left unprotected in the October 1961 expansion draft, he was taken by the new Mets and flipped to Los Angeles that December, and he spent three seasons there as a reserve and one of the best pinch hitters of the day. He finished at .262 with 670 hits, 66 home runs and 284 RBIs in 902 games, played 1965 in Japan for the Hankyu Braves, later coached for the Oakland Athletics and followed Billy Martin to the Yankees, and worked as an agent for athletes including Don Drysdale. He died October 11, 1993 in Los Angeles.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 240 | 1 | 9 | 97 | 64 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 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 Lee Walls card?
It is card #66 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 Lee Walls, Chicago Cubs.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Lee Walls #66 are there?
PSA has graded 240 copies and SGC 16 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.