1964 Topps #448 Cookie Rojas
About Cookie Rojas
Card #448, a series-6 issue in the 1964 set, reports Rojas' first season in Philadelphia: 64 games backing up second base and the outfield in 1963, a .221 average, and his first major-league home run, hit September 17 off the Mets' Tracy Stallard.
Octavio Victor (Rivas) Rojas was born March 6, 1939, in Havana, Cuba, and signed with the Cincinnati Reds in 1956 at age 17, climbing through their system to the Triple-A Havana Sugar Kings. He debuted in the majors on April 10, 1962, then was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitcher Jim Owens and spent 1963-1969 as Philadelphia's do-everything infielder-outfielder. Rojas is one of a handful of major leaguers to have played every position on the field, including pitcher, and the only one of that group to also make both the National League and American League All-Star teams; he was a five-time All-Star, once with the 1965 Phillies and four straight years (1971-1974) with the Kansas City Royals after a brief stop with the St. Louis Cardinals. In the 1972 All-Star Game he hit a pinch-hit home run, the first by a foreign-born player for the American League in the game's history. Over 16 seasons he batted .263 with 1,660 hits, 54 home runs and 593 RBI in 1,822 games. He later managed the California Angels, coached for four other clubs, and broadcast Marlins games. His mother's nickname for him, 'Cuqui,' became 'Cookie' in pro ball. He belongs to Cuba's Baseball Hall of Fame and the Royals Hall of Fame (1987), not the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 200 | 2 | 19 | 103 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #448 card?
It is card #448 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Cookie Rojas of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Why is #448 harder to find?
It is a series 5-6 card. Cards from the fifth and sixth print series (#371-522) are a step tougher to find than #1-370; availability in 1964 runs in three tiers, not a cliff.
How many cards are in the 1964 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 589 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 587 with no gaps, and no number carries two different cards; two cards - #4, the A.L. Pitching Leaders, and #517, the seventh-series checklist - carry a catalogued back variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, Baseball Almanac, 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 2026-10-11.