1958 Topps #346 Steve Bilko
About Steve Bilko
Steve Bilko's 1958 Topps card, #346, comes from the set's fourth series and pictures him with Cincinnati. The season before it, 1957, he spent with the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League, hitting 56 home runs. In 1958 itself he split the year between the Redlegs and the Dodgers, batting .234 with 11 home runs and 35 RBI in 78 games. The set runs 494 cards, numbered 1 to 495.
Stephen Thomas Bilko, born November 13, 1928, in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was a right-handed first baseman who played parts of ten major league seasons between 1949 and 1962 for the Cardinals, Cubs, Redlegs, Dodgers, Tigers, and Angels. Signed by St. Louis out of the Pennsylvania coal country at sixteen, he got his one long look as a regular in 1953, hitting 21 home runs with 84 RBI in 154 games while leading the National League with 125 strikeouts. His real fame came in the Pacific Coast League, where he won three straight MVP awards with the Los Angeles Angels from 1955 through 1957 and took the 1956 PCL Triple Crown with a .360 average, 55 home runs, and 164 RBI. Listed at 6-foot-1 and 230 pounds, he was nicknamed Stout Steve for his ample girth, and the Sgt. Bilko character on Phil Silvers' television show was reportedly named for him. He closed out in the majors with a .249 average, 76 home runs, and 276 RBI in 600 games, and died in 1978 at 49. The Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame took him in 2003, the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2015.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 198 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 65 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 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 Steve Bilko card?
It is card #346 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 Steve Bilko, Cincinnati Reds.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Steve Bilko #346 are there?
PSA has graded 198 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.