1963 Topps #349 Zoilo Versalles
The printed birth date reads December 18, 1940; he was born December 18, 1939.
Uncorrected error: The back says born Dec. 18, 1940; his birth date is Dec. 18, 1939.
About Zoilo Versalles
Card #349 comes from the fourth series of the 1963 Topps set, issued as Versalles turned into an All-Star. He pulled his average back to .261, led the American League with 13 triples - the first of three straight seasons he would - and was voted onto his first All-Star team. He also took the Gold Glove at shortstop, ending Luis Aparicio's five-year hold on it, though the leather was still shaky at 30 errors. One detail on the card runs a year late: the printed birth date reads December 18, 1940, while he was born December 18, 1939 - an error that followed him into print elsewhere, including a 1967 book about his life.
Zoilo Casanova Versalles Rodriguez, born December 18, 1939 in Havana, Cuba, was a shortstop signed by the Washington Senators in 1958. He debuted on August 1, 1959, hit just .153 in that trial, and went back to the minors before returning for good in 1961, the season the franchise settled in Minnesota as the Twins. He gave the position uncommon offense for the era, pacing the American League in triples three times and reaching double figures in home runs four straight years. The peak came in 1965: he led the league in runs, doubles, triples, extra-base hits and total bases, won a second Gold Glove, and was a near-unanimous American League Most Valuable Player, the first Latin American-born player to take the award. A hematoma in his lower back in 1966 never fully healed and his hitting collapsed. Minnesota traded him to the Los Angeles Dodgers after 1967; he later played for Cleveland, the expansion Washington Senators and Atlanta, spent a season in the Mexican League, and closed out in Japan with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 1972. He died in Bloomington, Minnesota in 1995 at 55. He was elected to the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame in 2006; he is not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 219 | 0 | 23 | 89 | 64 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #349 card?
It is card #349 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Zoilo Versalles of the Minnesota Twins.
Does 1963 Topps #349 have an error?
The back says born Dec. 18, 1940; his birth date is Dec. 18, 1939. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #349 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.