1958 Topps #399 Marv Grissom
About Marv Grissom
Marv Grissom's 1958 Topps card is #399, a Series Five card that shows him with the San Francisco Giants. That was the franchise's first season in San Francisco and Grissom's last full year in the majors: 51 relief appearances, a 7-5 record, a 3.99 ERA and 10 saves in 65 1/3 innings. He was traded to the Cardinals in October.
Marv Grissom, a 6-foot-3 right-hander from Los Molinos, California, never pitched until adulthood; his brother Lee, a big-league lefty, brought him to a 1938 Cincinnati tryout and he was sent home. After World War II service as a medic in the Pacific, he signed with the New York Giants on Johnny Mize's recommendation and debuted in 1946. Years of minor league work followed, including a 20-win 1951 for Seattle, and he became a major leaguer in earnest with the 1952 White Sox (12-10, 3.74). Claimed by the Giants in 1953, he became a bullpen ace beside Hoyt Wilhelm in 1954: a 2.35 ERA, an All-Star selection, and the winning pitcher in World Series Game 1 after Willie Mays's catch, with 2 2/3 scoreless innings before Dusty Rhodes's tenth-inning homer. He finished 47-45 with a 3.41 ERA and 58 saves over 356 games, retiring in 1959 with a back injury. He then spent 15 years as a major league pitching coach with the Angels, White Sox, Twins and Cubs, and died in Red Bluff in 2005.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 324 | 0 | 9 | 97 | 128 | 53 | 22 | 15 | 0 |
| SGC | 24 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 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 Marv Grissom card?
It is card #399 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 Marv Grissom, San Francisco Giants.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Marv Grissom #399 are there?
PSA has graded 324 copies and SGC 24 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.