1961 Topps #110 Vada Pinson
About Vada Pinson
Both 1961 cards report the 1960 season, when Pinson hit .287 with 187 hits, a league-leading 37 doubles, 20 home runs, 61 RBI and 32 steals, was named to both All-Star Games, and led NL outfielders in putouts for the second year running while the Reds fell to sixth at 67-87. Card #25, 'Reds' Heavy Artillery,' is a series-1 trio of Pinson with Gus Bell and Frank Robinson, printed just as that sixth-place lineup turned into a pennant winner. Card #110 is his own portrait from the second series.
Vada Pinson was born in Memphis and raised in Oakland, where he played trumpet in the McClymonds High School band and seriously weighed music as a career until coach George Powles steered him toward baseball. The same school produced Frank Robinson, Curt Flood and Bill Russell. Cincinnati signed Pinson for a $4,000 bonus before his eighteenth birthday, and two minor league seasons later he was the club's center fielder at nineteen. A left-handed hitter who paired speed with power, he became Robinson's roommate and running mate in a lefty-righty duo that tormented National League pitching. Pinson was a four-time All-Star and a Gold Glove center fielder who led NL outfielders in putouts three straight years, and he reached 200 hits four times, batting over .300 in each of those seasons. He is one of the few players with at least 250 home runs and 300 stolen bases, and he held the Reds' career hits record until Pete Rose passed him. Eighteen seasons with Cincinnati, St. Louis, Cleveland, California and Kansas City left him 2,757 hits, 485 doubles, 256 home runs and a .286 average. The Reds elected him to their own Hall of Fame in 1977, and he coached for four clubs before a stroke killed him in 1995 at 57.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 488 | 2 | 13 | 135 | 173 | 81 | 42 | 42 | 0 |
| SGC | 65 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 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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Related cards
More Vada Pinson in this set: #25 Reds' Heavy Artillery
Team card: #249 Cincinnati Reds Team
More Cincinnati Reds cards:
- #9 Bob Purkey
- #25 Reds' Heavy Artillery
- #66 Bill Henry
- #76 Harry Anderson
- #97 Jerry Lynch
- #135 Fred Hutchinson
- #162 Jay Hook
- #166 Danny Kravitz
- #175 Gene Freese
- #194 Gordy Coleman
- #215 Gus Bell
- #233 Joe Jay
- #244 Chico Cardenas
- #276 Ray Rippelmeyer
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #110 card?
It is card #110 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Vada Pinson of the Cincinnati Reds.
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.