1958 Topps #277 Virgil Trucks
About Virgil Trucks
Trucks spent his last big-league season in 1958 at age 41, splitting it between Kansas City and the New York Yankees. Every one of his 41 appearances came in relief; he went 2-2 with a 3.65 ERA and four saves. His Topps card, #277 in the fourth series, pictures him with the Kansas City Athletics.
Virgil Trucks, a Birmingham, Alabama, right-hander, earned the nickname Fire in 1938 when he struck out more than 400 batters for Andalusia in the Alabama-Florida League. He reached Detroit in 1941, lost two seasons to Navy service, and won Game 2 of the 1945 World Series over the Cubs less than two weeks after his discharge. He was an All-Star in 1949 and 1954. In 1952 he went 5-19 for a last-place Tigers club yet threw two 1-0 no-hitters, beating Washington on May 15 and the Yankees on August 25. Traded from the Browns to the White Sox in 1953, he won 20 games that year. He finished with 177 wins, a 3.39 ERA and 1,534 strikeouts over 17 seasons, then coached for Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Detroit. He is in the Alabama and Michigan sports halls of fame.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 270 | 0 | 8 | 77 | 113 | 42 | 16 | 13 | 1 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 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 Virgil Trucks card?
It is card #277 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 Virgil Trucks, Kansas City Athletics.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Virgil Trucks #277 are there?
PSA has graded 270 copies and SGC 16 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.