1958 Topps #466 Pete Whisenant
About Pete Whisenant
Topps #466 in the 1958 set, from the sixth series, shows Pete Whisenant with the Cincinnati Redlegs. The right-handed outfielder, largely a reserve and utility man in the big leagues, hit .211 with 5 home runs and 11 RBI in 67 games for Cincinnati in 1957. The card sits in a 494-card issue that introduced the Sport Magazine All-Star Selection subset at #475-495.
Thomas Peter Whisenant, born in Asheville, North Carolina, on December 14, 1929, was a right-handed hitting and throwing outfielder who played all or parts of eight major league seasons (1952, then 1955 through 1961) as a reserve outfielder and utility man for the Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds, Cleveland Indians and the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins franchise. Listed at 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds, he appeared in 475 games, collecting 221 hits in 988 at-bats for a .224 average with 37 home runs and 134 RBI. His one year as a semi-regular came in 1956 with the Cubs, when he played 103 games and set career highs of 11 homers, 46 RBI and a .239 average. He is believed to be the only player ever announced in a box score for a club he no longer belonged to: on May 15, 1960, Cleveland sent him up to pinch hit minutes after trading him to Washington for Ken Aspromonte, and the White Sox played the game under protest. He later coached for the Reds under Fred Hutchinson in 1961 and 1962, managed in the Oakland Athletics farm system in 1982 and 1983, and founded a Christmas-week boys' baseball clinic in Punta Gorda, Florida. He died in Port Charlotte, Florida, on March 22, 1996.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 329 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 147 | 75 | 34 | 19 | 0 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 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 Pete Whisenant card?
It is card #466 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 Pete Whisenant, Cincinnati Reds.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Pete Whisenant #466 are there?
PSA has graded 329 copies and SGC 18 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.