1962 Topps #339 Jose Valdivielso
About Jose Valdivielso
Card 339 sits in the fourth series of the 1962 Topps set, mid-run. It pictures him with the Minnesota Twins, though by the time a fourth-series card reached the shelves he was no longer in the major leagues. Minnesota cut him from the roster at the end of spring training in 1962, a move that caught him off guard, and sent him to Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League. Two seasons with the Indianapolis Indians followed, the last of them 24 games and a .216 average in 1964, and Topps did not picture him again for the rest of the decade.
Jose Valdivielso was a Cuban-born shortstop from Matanzas, found at seventeen by Joe Cambria, the scout who fed Washington a steady pipeline of Latin American talent; his mother signed the professional contract because he was still too young to sign it himself. He broke into pro ball with the Class C Lubbock Hubbers in 1953 and reached Class A Charlotte in 1954, where manager Ellis Clary, unable to pronounce the surname, called him Valdosta after his own Georgia hometown. Valdivielso debuted for the Senators on June 21, 1955, won the Opening Day shortstop job in 1956, then spent two full seasons in the minors before returning to Washington in 1959. In 1960, the franchise's last year in the capital, he was the club's most-used shortstop, and on July 23 he took the back end of the only all-Cuban triple play in major league history, Pedro Ramos to Julio Becquer to Valdivielso. He moved with the team to Minnesota for 1961 and finished out his playing days in the minors through 1964. He later spent decades on Spanish-language broadcasts for the Yankees and Mets. His major league line: 401 games, 213 hits, nine home runs, 85 runs batted in, a .219 average.
Sources: Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 178 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 75 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-09-24. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Slabs of the three cards printed #139 are joined by description, never by number alone. PSA registers the green tints as a separate set; a tint's population is listed under that state of the card it belongs to.
Find this card
Search T206 Cards Live auctions Buy It Now on eBay Sold prices
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Related cards
Team card: #584 Minnesota Twins Team
More Minnesota Twins cards:
- #21 Jim Kaat
- #70 Harmon Killebrew
- #84 Lenny Green
- #102 Al Schroll
- #124 Bill Pleis
- #164 Hal Naragon
- #166 Don Lee
- #180 Bob Allison
- #208 Billy Martin
- #222 Jerry Zimmerman
- #230 Camilo Pascual
- #298 Bill Tuttle
- #316 Harmon Killebrew
- #321 Lee Stange
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #339 card?
It is card #339 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jose Valdivielso of the Minnesota Twins.
How many cards are in the 1962 Topps Baseball set?
600 cards, tracked as 708 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps, but three different cards were printed #139 - two Hal Reniff poses, catalogued 139a and 139b, and the Babe Hits 60 Babe Ruth Special, 139c - so 598 numbers make 600 cards; 93 cards carry catalogued print variations, the series-2 green tints among them, that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Baseball Almanac, Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-03.