1977 Topps #58 Chet Lemon
About Chet Lemon
Playing for manager Bob Lemon, Chet hit .273 with 19 home runs and a career-high 99 runs in 1977. He played for the club White Sox fans dubbed the South Side Hit Men, which scored 884 runs, won 90 games and finished third. His #58 card carries the All-Star Rookie trophy for his 1976 season.
Chet Lemon was an outfielder who played 16 seasons, seven with the Chicago White Sox and nine with the Detroit Tigers. Oakland drafted him 22nd overall in 1972 as an infielder, and the White Sox acquired him in a June 1975 trade for Stan Bahnsen and Skip Pitlock. Manager Paul Richards moved him to center field in spring 1976, and in 1977 he set an American League mark with 512 outfield putouts. On July 24, 1983, he leaped to rob Rod Carew of a game-winning home run in the 12th inning. The Tigers got him from Chicago for Steve Kemp in November 1981, and he started in center for their 1984 World Series champions and for the American League in that year's All-Star Game. He finished with 215 home runs and a .273 average. He was diagnosed with polycythemia vera, a blood disorder, in spring 1990, and Detroit waived him on April 5, 1991. He later ran a baseball school in Florida and coached Eustis High School to the 2003 state title. He died in 2025.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 124 | 5 | 48 | 41 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1977 Topps #58 card?
It is card #58 of the 660-card 1977 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chet Lemon of the Chicago White Sox.
Is 1977 Topps #58 a rookie card?
No. #58 carries the Topps All-Star Rookie Cup, which honors the previous season's rookie class, but Chet Lemon's first Topps card came earlier, so this is not his rookie card.
How many cards are in the 1977 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, numbered 1 through 660 with none skipped and distributed as a single series. No card carries a catalogued print variation, so the base set and the master set are the same 660 cards.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, 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 2026-10-25.