1958 Topps #387 Wally Post
About Wally Post
Card #387 in the fifth series of 1958 Topps shows Wally Post as a Philadelphia Phillie. The Cincinnati Reds traded him to Philadelphia for Harvey Haddix on December 16, 1957, after a season in which he hit .244 with 20 home runs and 74 RBI. Fans had also voted him an All-Star starter that summer before the commissioner removed him from the ballot.
Walter Charles Post was a right-handed outfielder who played fifteen major-league seasons between his 1949 debut and 1964, most of them with Cincinnati. Born in Wendelin, Ohio, in 1929 and raised near St. Henry, he signed with the Reds at sixteen as a pitcher and moved to the outfield in the minors. He stuck in the majors for good in 1954 and became one of the hardest hitters in franchise history, pairing with Frank Robinson in a power tandem that carried Cincinnati's lineups of the 1950s and early 1960s. His best year was 1955: .309 with 40 home runs and 109 RBI, all career highs and the first 40-homer season by a right-handed Reds batter. In 1956 his 36 homers helped the club total 221 and tie the major-league team record. Fan ballot stuffing put him on the 1957 All-Star starting lineup until Commissioner Ford Frick removed him. He also played for the Phillies, the Twins and the Indians, and finished at .266 with 210 home runs, 172 of them for Cincinnati, and 699 RBI in 1,204 games. He later worked for his father-in-law's Minster Canning Company in Minster, Ohio, and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame elected him in 1965. He died in 1982 at fifty-two.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 301 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 110 | 68 | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 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 Wally Post card?
It is card #387 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 Post, Philadelphia Phillies.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps Wally Post #387 are there?
PSA has graded 301 copies and SGC 20 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.