1958 Topps #231 Lloyd Merritt
About Lloyd Merritt
Merritt's rookie card #231 belongs to Series 3 and lists him with the St. Louis Cardinals. It reflects his 1957 debut season, when he led the club with 44 relief appearances and went 1-2 with a 3.31 ERA, 35 strikeouts and 65 1/3 innings as the Cardinals stayed in the pennant race into August. No variation of the card is catalogued.
Lloyd Merritt was born and raised in St. Louis, about a mile and a half from Sportsman's Park, and starred at Beaumont High School. At 17 he pitched his Stockham American Legion team to the national championship game. He signed with the Yankees in 1951 and won 20 games at Norfolk in 1953 after manager Mickey Owen reworked his delivery into a side-arm sinkerball style. Army service cost him nearly two years, and the St. Louis Cardinals took him in the December 1956 Rule 5 draft. In 1957 he made the Cardinals bullpen and led the staff with 44 relief appearances, going 1-2 with a 3.31 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 65 1/3 innings. That was his only major league season, and he was a right-hander who threw to contact. Merritt attended Washington University in St. Louis, and after two decades away he returned to the Cardinals organization as a minor league manager in the early 1980s and also scouted for two other clubs.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 235 | 0 | 6 | 77 | 87 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 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 Lloyd Merritt card?
It is card #231 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 Lloyd Merritt, St. Louis Cardinals.
Is the 1958 Topps Lloyd Merritt #231 a rookie card?
Yes - #231 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Lloyd Merritt #231 are there?
PSA has graded 235 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.