1961 Topps #435 Orlando Cepeda
The front misspells San Francisco as "San Francis." Topps never corrected it, so every copy of the card carries the error.
Uncorrected error: The front misspells San Francisco as "San Francis".
About Orlando Cepeda
His only 1961 card is #435, and the front misspells his club as "San Francis" - a slip Topps never corrected, and the first thing a collector looks for here. The back covers 1960, when Cepeda hit .297 with 24 home runs and 96 RBIs in 151 games, back at first base for good after Willie McCovey was sent down to the minors and the job Cepeda actually wanted came open again.
Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes was the son of Pedro "Perucho" Cepeda, a Puerto Rican star known at home as the Bull, which made the son the Baby Bull. He passed a New York Giants tryout camp in 1955 and signed for a $500 bonus, then reached the majors with the San Francisco Giants in the franchise's first West Coast season and was voted National League Rookie of the Year unanimously, hitting .312 with 25 home runs and a league-leading 38 doubles. A free-swinging right-handed first baseman, he led the league in home runs once and in runs batted in twice, was chosen for seven All-Star squads and played in 11 All-Star Games. Knee trouble that started with a boyhood basketball injury shadowed the rest of it, costing him most of one season and finally his place in San Francisco. Traded to St. Louis for pitcher Ray Sadecki, he became the loose, jazz-loving center of a Cardinals clubhouse that won a World Series, and took the Most Valuable Player award unanimously. He later helped Atlanta to a division title, was the first man signed purely to be a designated hitter, and finished with 2,351 hits, 379 home runs and a .297 average. The Veterans Committee elected him to the Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,327 | 0 | 24 | 281 | 428 | 328 | 127 | 137 | 2 |
| SGC | 293 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 65 | 62 | 63 | 66 | 2 |
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 #435 card?
It is card #435 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Orlando Cepeda of the San Francisco Giants.
Does 1961 Topps #435 have an error?
The front misspells San Francisco as "San Francis". It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #435 reads the same way.
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.