1958 Topps #29 Ted Lepcio
About Ted Lepcio
Ted Lepcio is a Boston Red Sox second baseman on 1958 Topps card #29, from the first series of the 494-card set. In 1957 he hit .241 with nine home runs and 37 RBI in 79 games, 68 of them at second base. That followed his 1956 career highs of 15 home runs and 51 RBI, and SABR notes limited playing time in 1957 and 1958, when he hit .199.
Thaddeus Stanley Lepcio, born July 28, 1929, in Utica, New York, was a utility infielder who spent ten major league seasons with the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, and Minnesota Twins. The seventh and last child of Eastern European immigrants, he played amateur and semipro ball around Utica, often under assumed names, before a baseball scholarship took him to Seton Hall and coach Owen "Ownie" Carroll, who called him the best player he ever had there. The Red Sox signed him as an amateur free agent, and he broke in as one of three rookies manager Lou Boudreau started on Opening Day 1952. Lepcio could handle second base, third base, or shortstop, and his best year came in 1956, when he hit 15 home runs, nine of them in an eighteen-day stretch. He roomed with Jimmy Piersall during Piersall's difficult 1952 season and is mentioned in Piersall's memoir Fear Strikes Out. He retired after 1961 with a .245 average, 69 home runs, and 251 RBIs in 729 games, then spent 22 years at St. Johnsbury Trucking, finishing as a vice president. Seton Hall's athletics hall of fame took him in 1973 and the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He died December 11, 2019, in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 240 | 1 | 8 | 89 | 79 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 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 Ted Lepcio card?
It is card #29 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 Ted Lepcio, Boston Red Sox.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Ted Lepcio #29 are there?
PSA has graded 240 copies and SGC 19 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.