1958 Topps #233 Mickey Vernon
About Mickey Vernon
Card #233 in the third series of 1958 Topps shows first baseman Mickey Vernon with the Cleveland Indians. The season it reports was spent in Boston, where the left-handed hitter played 102 games for the 1957 Red Sox, batting .241 with seven home runs and 38 RBI in 270 at-bats, a drop from the .310 he hit for Boston in 1956.
James Barton Vernon was called Mickey from about age three, when an aunt in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania borrowed the name from a song the boy played over and over on the family Victrola. Tall, lean and left-handed, he was a first baseman of unusual grace. He spent a year at Villanova, signed first with the St. Louis Browns organization, and became Washington property when Senators super-scout Joe Cambria signed him after the 1937 season. He debuted on July 8, 1939 and lasted 20 big league seasons, losing 1944 and 1945 to the Navy. He won the American League batting title in 1946 at .353, eleven points clear of Ted Williams, then again in 1953 at .337, one point ahead of Al Rosen and enough to deny Rosen the Triple Crown. A seven-time All-Star, he finished with 2,495 hits and a .286 average and held American League career records for first basemen in games, putouts, assists and total chances, plus the major league record for double plays at the position. After stops in Cleveland, Boston and Milwaukee he coached first base for the 1960 champion Pirates, pinch-hit in nine September games to close out his playing days, and took a World Series ring without being eligible to play in the Series itself.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 309 | 0 | 20 | 119 | 89 | 43 | 28 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 26 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 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 Mickey Vernon card?
It is card #233 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 Vernon, Cleveland Indians.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Mickey Vernon #233 are there?
PSA has graded 309 copies and SGC 26 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.