1958 Topps #69 Wally Burnette
About Wally Burnette
Burnette's 1958 Topps card, #69, sits in Series 1 (#1-88) of the 494-card set, between Daryl Spencer (#68) and Al Kaline (#70). He is pictured as a Kansas City Athletic. His season was brief: 12 games, four starts, a 1-1 record and 3.49 ERA in 28.1 innings, the last of them on June 28, following a 7-12 year in 1957.
Wallace Harper Burnette was born June 20, 1929, in Blairs, Virginia, and died February 12, 2003, in Danville, Virginia. A right-handed pitcher whose key pitch was the knuckleball, he was signed as an amateur free agent by the New York Yankees and was traded to the Kansas City Athletics on July 11, 1956, in a deal that sent future Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda the other way. He pitched for Kansas City in each of his three big league seasons, 1956 through 1958, working as both starter and reliever. Across 68 games and 27 starts he went 14-21 with a 3.56 ERA, 122 strikeouts in 262.2 innings, five complete games, one shutout and one save. His best work came in 1956, when he won six games with a 2.89 ERA. He never reached the postseason or an All-Star team. His daughter later recalled that he thought modern salaries were ridiculous and that he played for the love of the game.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 300 | 1 | 8 | 121 | 95 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 Wally Burnette card?
It is card #69 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 Wally Burnette, Kansas City Athletics.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Wally Burnette #69 are there?
PSA has graded 300 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.