1958 Topps #37 Mike McCormick
Uncorrected error (per Beckett): photo is actually Ray Monzant. It was never corrected, so there is only one version of the card.
About Mike McCormick
Mike McCormick's 1958 Topps card is #37, a Series 1 rookie card showing him with the San Francisco Giants. As a bonus player he had to stay on the roster, so he spent most of 1957 in the bullpen, going 3-1 with a 4.10 ERA in 24 appearances. In 1958, the Giants' first year in San Francisco, the 19-year-old became their third starter and went 11-8 with a 4.59 ERA.
Mike McCormick was born September 29, 1938, in Pasadena, California, and signed with the New York Giants on August 31, 1956, for a $50,000 bonus out of Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra. The bonus rule kept such a signing on the big-league roster, so the left-hander debuted four days later at seventeen, having never pitched in the minors. Sixteen seasons followed: the New York and San Francisco Giants (1956-1962 and 1967-1970), the Baltimore Orioles (1963-1964), the Washington Senators (1965-1966), the New York Yankees (1970) and the Kansas City Royals (1971). He led the National League with a 2.70 earned run average in 1960 and made all four All-Star squads of 1960 and 1961, when the majors staged two games a summer. A ruined shoulder nearly finished him at twenty-four; he rebuilt himself around a screwball and went 22-10 in 1967 to win San Francisco's first Cy Young Award and The Sporting News awards for Pitcher of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year. He retired with 134 wins, 128 losses, a 3.73 ERA, 1,321 strikeouts and 23 shutouts in 484 games, sold securities and then office equipment, and died June 13, 2020, at 81 in North Carolina. He is not a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee; the Giants honor him on their Wall of Fame.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 237 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 86 | 53 | 24 | 22 | 1 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 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 Mike McCormick card?
It is card #37 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 Mike McCormick, San Francisco Giants.
Is the 1958 Topps Mike McCormick #37 a rookie card?
Yes - #37 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
What is the error on the 1958 Topps
Per Beckett it is one of the set's 11 uncorrected errors (UER): photo is actually Ray Monzant. It was never corrected, so there is only one version and no error premium.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Mike McCormick #37 are there?
PSA has graded 237 copies and SGC 12 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.
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.