1963 Topps #190 Minnie Minoso
The back's November 29, 1922 birth date is wrong; Minoso was born November 29, 1925.
Uncorrected error: The back says born 11/29/1922; his birth date is 11/29/1925.
About Minnie Minoso
Series-2 card #190 still lists him with the Cardinals, and it was out of date on arrival: St. Louis sold his contract to the expansion Washington Senators on April 2, 1963, before the season began. The back carries a wrecked year. Minoso crashed into the outfield wall against the Dodgers on May 11, 1962, fracturing his skull and breaking his wrist, and finished at .196 with one home run in 39 games. Topps backdated him again here, to 1922.
Saturnino Orestes Armas Arrieta Minoso, known as Minnie and the Cuban Comet, came out of Perico, Cuba, played third base for the New York Cubans of the Negro National League, and signed with Cleveland in 1948. A three-team trade sent him to the Chicago White Sox on April 30, 1951; the next day he became the first Black player in franchise history, homering in his first Comiskey Park at-bat. He hit .326 that season, second in the AL, and was runner-up for Rookie of the Year. Minoso was an All-Star in seven seasons and a three-time Gold Glove left fielder, led the league in steals and triples three times each and in hits, doubles and total bases once apiece, the engine of the Go-Go White Sox. Crowding the plate cost him: he led the AL in times hit by pitch a record ten times and held the career mark from 1959 to 1985. After a second Cleveland stint and stops in St. Louis and Washington, he finished in Chicago in 1964, then made celebrated cameos in 1976 and 1980 that left him the second man to play in five decades. He died in March 2015; the Golden Days Era Committee voted him into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in December 2021, and he was inducted in 2022.
Sources: SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 475 | 0 | 5 | 74 | 128 | 112 | 74 | 82 | 0 |
| SGC | 138 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 43 | 38 | 4 |
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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #190 card?
It is card #190 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Minnie Minoso of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Does 1963 Topps #190 have an error?
The back says born 11/29/1922; his birth date is 11/29/1925. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #190 reads the same way.
How many cards are in the 1963 Topps Baseball set?
576 cards, tracked as 583 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 576 with no gaps and no number used twice, and seven cards carry a catalogued print variation - three checklists, the two Rookie Stars cards also printed with a "1962" heading, and the #341 Jack Baldschun and #454 Art Fowler print states - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: 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.