1961 Topps #348 Steve Boros
About Steve Boros
Card 348, a fourth-series issue, catches Boros in his first full major league season, holding down third base for a Tigers club that won 101 games and chased the Yankees all summer. He opened scorching, batting .341 in late May, and on May 23 his home run fell between those of Norm Cash and Dick Brown as Detroit tied a major league record with three in a row against Minnesota. A collision with pitcher Frank Lary on a bunt play in late July broke his collar bone and cost him six weeks; he had 53 runs batted in at that point, one more than Al Kaline. He came back to finish at .270 with 62 RBIs and a .382 on-base percentage.
Steve Boros grew up in Flint, Michigan, the eldest of five children in a Hungarian-American family; his father had arrived from Hungary alone as a teenager, and his parents opened a small grocery in 1946, with the family living above the store. He played football, basketball and baseball at Flint Northern High School, then hit .324 and .381 in two varsity seasons at the University of Michigan and was an All-Big Ten third baseman in 1957. Teammates elected him captain for the following year, but that June he signed with the Detroit Tigers for a $25,000 bonus, finishing a bachelor's degree in English at odd hours between seasons. He played all or parts of seven major league seasons at third base for the Tigers, Cubs and Reds, batting .245 with 26 home runs and 149 RBIs. His life in the game ran close to fifty years in all: minor league manager, base-stealing instructor, big-league coach, manager of the Athletics and the Padres, then scout and executive, closing with Detroit in 2004. He died in 2010.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 250 | 0 | 11 | 103 | 91 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. PSA counts are straight grades only; PSA half grades (PSA 1.5 among them) and qualified slabs are not included. SGC half grades fold down (8.5→8). Slabs of the two cards printed #463 are joined by description, never by number alone.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #348 card?
It is card #348 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Steve Boros of the Detroit Tigers.
How many cards are in the 1961 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 596 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 589, but #426, #587 and #588 were never issued and two different cards were printed #463 - Jack Fisher and the Milwaukee Braves Team card, catalogued 463b - and eight cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-05.