1958 Topps #278 Mack Burk
About Mack Burk
Burk's 1958 was a single game for the Phillies: he pinch hit for pitcher Ray Semproch in the 14th inning against the San Francisco Giants and struck out looking against Johnny Antonelli, his last major league appearance. He spent the rest of the year in the minors. His Topps card, #278, is a single-player card in Series Four, the 1958 run that spans #265-352.
Mack Burk was a 6-foot-4 right-handed catcher from Nacogdoches, Texas, who attended the University of Texas at Austin and signed a $40,000 bonus contract with the Philadelphia Phillies in September 1955. Under the bonus rules of the day he had to spend his first two professional seasons on a big league roster. He debuted May 25, 1956, as a pinch runner for Andy Seminick, and in his third game singled off Joe Nuxhall of Cincinnati for his first hit. He caught one inning that July, handling his only chance cleanly. Military service took his 1957 season. Of his 16 major league games, 13 came as a pinch runner and two as a pinch hitter, and he finished with three runs scored and a .500 career average on two at-bats. After his last big league game in 1958 he played on in the Phillies farm system through 1960.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 272 | 1 | 9 | 105 | 88 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 Mack Burk card?
It is card #278 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 Mack Burk, Philadelphia Phillies.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Mack Burk #278 are there?
PSA has graded 272 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.