Mickey Mantle - 1958 Topps #487
1958 Topps #487 Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle All-Star, a triple print (TP). Musial's #476 and Mantle's #487 were each printed three times on the last sheet; the cards they displaced (#443, #446, #450, #462) became the set's four short prints.
Triple print: Musial and Mantle each appear three times on the final All-Star press sheet - the cause of the four Series-6 short prints.
Part of the Sport Magazine All-Star Selection subset (#475-495) — the first time Topps printed separate All-Star cards, closing the 1958 set with a Hall of Fame-dense 21-card run.
About Mickey Mantle
Mickey Charles Mantle (1931-1995) was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, and raised in the mining town of Commerce, the source of his nickname "the Commerce Comet." His father, an amateur player, named him after catcher Mickey Cochrane and taught him to switch-hit. Signed by the Yankees in 1949, Mantle debuted in 1951 and grew into the game's premier center fielder. A switch-hitting slugger, he won the Triple Crown in 1956 (.353, 52 home runs, 130 RBIs) and was a three-time AL MVP (1956, 1957, 1962). Entering 1958 he was the two-time reigning MVP and the sport's biggest star. Over 18 seasons, all with New York, he was an All-Star in 16 of them and won seven World Series titles, hitting a record 18 postseason home runs. He retired with 536 home runs, 2,415 hits, and a .298 average, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974.
Sources: Baseball-Reference · Wikipedia · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 14,018 | 0 | 51 | 702 | 1,435 | 2,308 | 2,488 | 6,964 | 70 |
| SGC | 7,134 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 296 | 584 | 1,332 | 4,680 | 180 |
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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Related cards
More Mickey Mantle in this set: #150
More New York Yankees key cards:
- #142 Enos Slaughter
- #150 Mickey Mantle
- #246 New York Yankees Team
- #320 Whitey Ford
- #370 Yogi Berra
- #418 World Series Batting Foes
- #475 All-Star Managers All-Star
More from the All-Star subset:
- #475 All-Star Managers
- #476 Stan Musial
- #479 Nellie Fox
- #480 Eddie Mathews
- #482 Ernie Banks
- #483 Luis Aparicio
- #484 Frank Robinson
- #485 Ted Williams
- #486 Willie Mays
- #488 Hank Aaron
- #494 Warren Spahn
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Mickey Mantle card?
It is card #487 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 Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees.
Is the 1958 Topps Mickey Mantle All-Star #487 a triple print?
Yes - Musial (#476) and Mantle (#487) each appear three times on the final All-Star press sheet. The cards they displaced (#443, #446, #450, #462) became the set's four short prints.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Mickey Mantle #487 are there?
PSA has graded 14,018 copies and SGC 7,134 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 2026-07-10.