1958 Topps #418 World Series Batting Foes - Mickey Mantle / Hank Aaron
'World Series Batting Foes' - Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron together, marking the 1957 World Series (won by Aaron's Braves over Mantle's Yankees). One of the set's marquee combination cards.
One of the nine multi-player combination cards in the 1958 set — the format Topps had introduced a year earlier with the 1957 Dodgers' Sluggers and Yankees' Power Hitters.
About this card
This combination card commemorates the 1957 World Series by pairing its two biggest stars: the Yankees' Mickey Mantle and the Braves' Hank Aaron. That October, Aaron's Milwaukee Braves upset Mantle's New York Yankees four games to three for the franchise's first title in Milwaukee. Both were reigning league MVPs - Aaron won the 1957 National League award (44 homers, 132 RBI), while Mantle had claimed back-to-back American League MVPs in 1956 and 1957. As 'World Series Batting Foes,' the card frames two of the game's premier sluggers as head-to-head adversaries. Both are Hall of Famers, and they would meet again in the 1958 World Series, won by the Yankees.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 6,785 | 0 | 15 | 163 | 487 | 1,111 | 1,196 | 3,781 | 32 |
| SGC | 3,362 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 112 | 206 | 513 | 2,386 | 129 |
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 World Series Batting Foes card?
It is a multi-player combination card in 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.
How many graded copies of the 1958 Topps World Series Batting Foes #418 are there?
PSA has graded 6,785 copies and SGC 3,362 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 2026-07-10.