1958 Topps #296 Ryne Duren
About Ryne Duren
Ryne Duren's rookie card is #296, from the fourth series of 1958 Topps, and it shows him as a Yankee. The season it reports was spent largely in the minors: he went 0-3 with a 5.27 ERA in 14 games for Kansas City, was traded to New York on June 15, and never pitched for the Yankees that year. At Denver under Ralph Houk he went 13-2 with a 3.16 ERA.
Rinold George Duren pitched ten major league seasons between 1954 and 1965, a reliever whose thick glasses, poor eyesight and fastball reported at 100 miles an hour left hitters unwilling to dig in. The St. Louis Browns signed him in 1949, and he spent eight years in the minors fighting wildness that at times cost him a walk an inning, until Lefty O'Doul at Vancouver and Ralph Houk at Denver taught him how to pitch. He broke through with the 1958 New York Yankees, anchoring their bullpen with a 2.02 ERA and a share of the American League save lead, then cut his ERA to 1.88 in 1959. He was an All-Star in 1958 and 1959, and once more in 1961 after the Angels acquired him. In the 1958 World Series he saved Game Three and won Game Six, striking out 14 in 9 1/3 innings as New York beat Milwaukee. Alcoholism took the rest: stops with the Angels, Phillies, Reds and Senators ended in August 1965, leaving him 27-44 with a 3.83 ERA, 630 strikeouts and 57 saves. Sober from May 1968, he spent the rest of his life as an addiction counselor and told his story in the book I Can See Clearly Now.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 374 | 0 | 8 | 63 | 102 | 96 | 49 | 56 | 0 |
| SGC | 49 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 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 Ryne Duren card?
It is card #296 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 Ryne Duren, New York Yankees.
Is the 1958 Topps Ryne Duren #296 a rookie card?
Yes - #296 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Ryne Duren #296 are there?
PSA has graded 374 copies and SGC 49 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.