1958 Topps #423 Phil Clark
About Phil Clark
Clark's 1958 rookie season was a brief Cardinals bullpen stint: seven relief appearances, 7.2 innings, a 3.52 ERA, one save and an 0-1 record, after an April 15 debut against the Cubs. His 1958 Topps #423 shows him with the St. Louis Cardinals and is a single-player rookie card from Series Five, the fifth of six regular series in a 494-card set that also introduced the Sport Magazine All-Star cards.
Phil Clark was a right-handed pitcher from Albany, Georgia, born October 3, 1932. A 6-foot-3, 210-pound product of Albany High School and Georgia Southern, he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent and spent his entire big-league time with them. He debuted on April 15, 1958, working two innings against the Cubs, and pitched his last game on April 29, 1959. In between he made 14 relief appearances, never starting a game, and finished 0-2 with a 7.98 ERA, six strikeouts in 14.2 innings and one save. At the plate he went hitless in his lone at-bat. He never reached the postseason or an All-Star team and is not in the Hall of Fame. Clark died September 14, 2018, in Nashville, Tennessee, and is buried in Albany.
Sources: Baseball-Reference · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 284 | 0 | 6 | 104 | 102 | 39 | 17 | 16 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
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 Phil Clark card?
It is card #423 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 Phil Clark, St. Louis Cardinals.
Is the 1958 Topps Phil Clark #423 a rookie card?
Yes - #423 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Phil Clark #423 are there?
PSA has graded 284 copies and SGC 15 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.