1964 Topps #325 Hector Lopez
This card's back printed Lopez's birth year as 1932; he was born July 8, 1929, the same error repeated on his 1965 Topps card.
Uncorrected error: Back gives Lopez's birth year as 1932; he was born July 8, 1929 (the same error repeats on his 1965 card).
About Hector Lopez
#325 lands in the fourth series of the 1964 Topps set and looks back on 1963, when Lopez hit .249 with 14 homers and 52 RBIs in 130 games. He loved Tiger Stadium: on three straight June days he homered off Hank Aguirre, Don Mossi and Tom Sturdivant. The Yankees took a fourth straight pennant and were swept by the Dodgers. Lopez became Sandy Koufax's eleventh strikeout in Game One, doubled twice off Johnny Podres in Game Two, and replaced the injured Roger Maris in the finale.
Hector Headley Lopez Swainson, born July 8, 1929, in Colon, Panama, was a third baseman and outfielder who played twelve major league seasons with the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees from 1955 to 1966. The son of a pitcher, he signed out of Panama with a Quebec club in the Class C Provincial League and reached the Athletics organization from there. He became Kansas City's regular third baseman, a right-handed batter who hit to all fields with good power even as he led American League third basemen in errors. Traded to New York in May 1959, he handled all four infield and all three outfield positions over his career and settled in as the Yankees' third outfielder behind Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. Nicknamed "Hector the Hit Collector" by writer George Vecsey, he batted .269 with 136 home runs and 591 RBIs, played on five straight pennant winners and two World Series champions, and later became the first Black manager of a Triple-A club, piloting the Buffalo Bisons in 1969. He died September 29, 2022, at 93.
Sources: SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 285 | 7 | 40 | 131 | 65 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| SGC | 23 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 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 #325 card?
It is card #325 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Hector Lopez of the New York Yankees.
Does 1964 Topps #325 have an error?
Back gives Lopez's birth year as 1932; he was born July 8, 1929 (the same error repeats on his 1965 card). It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #325 reads the same way.
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.