1958 Topps #353 Stan Lopata
About Stan Lopata
Lopata's 1958 with the Phillies was a struggle. Slowed by a bad right knee, he was hit in the head by a Larry Jackson pitch on June 8 and lost most of July to injury, finishing at .248 with 9 home runs and 33 RBI in 86 games. His 1958 Topps card, #353, sits in the fifth series and shows him as a Phillie.
Stan Lopata was a Detroit-born catcher who spent 13 seasons in the National League, almost all of them with the Philadelphia Phillies, finishing with the Milwaukee Braves. Signed out of the Detroit sandlots after Army service in Europe that earned him a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart, he reached the Phillies in 1948 and backed up Andy Seminick on the 1950 Whiz Kids pennant winner. In 1954 he adopted a low semi-squat stance after advice from Rogers Hornsby, and Dizzy Dean joked that he looked like a man hitting from an easy chair. He also became the first National League catcher to wear glasses. His power peaked in 1956, when he hit 32 home runs with 95 RBI, and he was an All-Star in 1955 and 1956. He finished with 116 home runs in 853 games and a .254 average.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 199 | 0 | 10 | 60 | 73 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 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 Stan Lopata card?
It is card #353 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 Stan Lopata, Philadelphia Phillies.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Stan Lopata #353 are there?
PSA has graded 199 copies and SGC 11 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.