1958 Topps #335 Ruben Gomez
About Ruben Gomez
Card #335 in the fourth series of the 494-card 1958 Topps set shows Ruben Gomez in the uniform of the San Francisco Giants, the club's first West Coast season. The numbers behind it come from 1957, his last year in New York: 15-13 with a 3.78 ERA, 36 starts, 16 complete games and 238 1/3 innings. In April 1958 he threw the shutout that won the first major league game played on the West Coast.
Ruben Gomez Colon (1927-2004) was a Puerto Rican right-hander from Arroyo who debuted with the New York Giants in 1953 and went 13-11 as a rookie. In 1954 he went 17-9 with a 2.88 ERA, then started and won Game 3 of the World Series at Cleveland, the first Puerto Rican pitcher to start and win a Series game, as the Giants swept the 111-win Indians. He was 15-13 for the 1957 Giants, and on April 15, 1958 he won the first Major League game played on the West Coast, an 8-0 shutout of the Dodgers at Seals Stadium that beat future Hall of Famer Don Drysdale. Traded to the Phillies for Jack Sanford after that season, he faded quickly, spent 1961 in the minors and went 2-3 in a 1962 return split between Cleveland and Minnesota. He finished 76-86 with a 4.09 ERA over ten big league seasons. At home he pitched 28 winter seasons between 1947 and 1977, mostly for the Santurce Cangrejeros, setting league marks for wins (174), innings and games pitched (417). Nicknamed El Divino Loco, he entered the Puerto Rico Sports Hall of Fame in 1985, the Puerto Rican Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991 and the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 233 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 87 | 34 | 24 | 16 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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 Ruben Gomez card?
It is card #335 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 Ruben Gomez, San Francisco Giants.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Ruben Gomez #335 are there?
PSA has graded 233 copies and SGC 10 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.