1958 Topps #220 Tom Brewer
About Tom Brewer
Brewer's 1958 Topps card is #220, from the third series of a 494-card set, sitting between Camilo Pascual and Jerry Kindall. The Red Sox righthander had gone 16-13 with a 3.85 ERA in 1957, throwing 15 complete games and striking out 128 in 238 1/3 innings. He started that year 6-2 with a 2.18 ERA, including a May 12 two-hitter against the Senators, then cooled off and missed the All-Star team.
Tom Brewer was a right-handed pitcher who spent his entire eight-season major league career with the Boston Red Sox, from 1954 through 1961. He was born September 3, 1931, in Wadesboro, North Carolina, the nearest hospital town, and was a lifelong resident of Cheraw, South Carolina, just across the state line. Brewer signed with Boston in April 1951 out of Elon College, won 19 of 22 decisions in the Class D North Carolina State League that summer in what proved to be his only minor league season, then served two years in the Army during the Korean War before making the Red Sox staff in 1954. He went 10-9 as a rookie and ran off seven straight seasons of double-digit wins. His finest year came in 1956, when he went 19-9 with a 3.50 earned run average, 15 complete games and a career-high four shutouts, was named to the American League All-Star team, and drew Most Valuable Player votes. He finished with a 91-82 record, an even 4.00 earned run average, 75 complete games and 733 strikeouts across 241 games. Afterward he coached pitchers at Cheraw High School, which named its baseball field for him in 2009; he died in Cheraw in 2018.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 293 | 0 | 5 | 103 | 110 | 47 | 18 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 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 Tom Brewer card?
It is card #220 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 Tom Brewer, Boston Red Sox.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Tom Brewer #220 are there?
PSA has graded 293 copies and SGC 23 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.