1958 Topps #433D Pancho Herrera
Pancho Herrera ROOKIE CARD, famous for a progressive front-nameplate error. The corrected card reads 'HERRERA'; error copies show the last letters dropping off ('HERRER', then 'HERRE', then 'HERR') from a print blockage. PSA and SGC recognize a single 'Herrer' error plus the corrected card; Beckett tracks the finer degrees.
Nameplate error: this copy's front reads "HERR" instead of HERRERA. PSA and SGC recognize a single "Herrer" error plus the corrected card; Beckett tracks the finer truncation degrees.
About Pancho Herrera
Topps #433, from the fifth print series, is Pancho Herrera's rookie card. He made the Phillies' Opening Day roster in 1958 but went hitless in 11 at-bats and was back at Miami by May. Recalled in September, he hit his first big-league home run off Bill Henry and finished at .270. Collectors prize the nameplate error, where letters drop off the end of HERRERA and the first stage reads HERRER.
Juan Francisco Herrera Villavicencio, the Cuban-born first baseman known in the United States as Pancho or Frank, played parts of three major league seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies (1958, 1960-1961). Born June 16, 1934 in Santiago de las Vegas, near Havana, he signed his first professional contract in Cuba in 1950 and was picked up in 1952 by the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League, where he caught alongside Ernie Banks and was chosen for the 1953 East-West All-Star Game. The Phillies purchased him from the Monarchs in 1954, making him the first Afro-Latino to play for the club. He also played Cuban League winters for the Habana Lions and Cienfuegos, and won the 1959 International League Triple Crown and MVP award at Buffalo (.329, 37 home runs, 128 RBIs). Listed at 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, he opened as a catcher, played third base for the 1958 Phillies, was tried at second base in 1960 and settled at first. He batted .271 with 31 home runs and 128 RBIs in exactly 300 major league games, and died in Miami on April 28, 2005. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in Miami in 1997 and the International League Hall of Fame in 2008.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac
Variations & how to tell them apart
Pancho Herrera #433 error #433
The #433 rookie has a progressive front-nameplate error from a print blockage: the corrected card reads "HERRERA," while error copies drop the trailing letters ("HERRER" -> "HERRE" -> "HERR"). PSA and SGC recognize a single "Herrer" error (spec 26468) plus the corrected card; Beckett tracks the three degrees. PSA pop for the error is roughly 72 (finest a single PSA 9, 2026 snapshot); the corrected card is a common.
- #433 — base card: the nameplate reads the corrected "HERRERA" — the base card, a common. — see the card page
- #433B — HERRER Error: the nameplate reads "HERRER" — the single grader-recognized error (PSA spec 26468, pop about 72, finest a lone PSA 9). — see the card page
- #433C — HERRE Error: the nameplate reads "HERRE" — a Beckett-granular truncation degree; graders slab it under the "Herrer" label. — see the card page
- #433D — HERR Error: the nameplate reads "HERR" — a Beckett-granular truncation degree; graders slab it under the "Herrer" label. (this page)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
This item is not separately graded in the PSA or SGC population reports.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1958 Topps Pancho Herrera card?
It is card #433 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 Pancho Herrera, Philadelphia Phillies, and this is the HERR Error lettering variation.
Is the 1958 Topps Pancho Herrera #433 a rookie card?
Yes - #433 is a rookie card, one of 103 in the 1958 Topps set.
What is the 1958 Topps Pancho Herrera error?
The #433 rookie has a progressive front-nameplate error from a print blockage: the corrected card reads HERRERA, while error copies drop the trailing letters (HERRER, then HERRE, then HERR). PSA and SGC recognize one 'Herrer' error (PSA pop about 72) plus the corrected card; Beckett tracks the finer degrees.
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.