1964 Topps #538 Minnie Minoso
The back again dates his birth to November 29, 1922; the Hall of Fame and Baseball-Reference give 1923 and MLB gives 1925.
Uncorrected error: The back says born November 29, 1922; the Hall of Fame and Baseball-Reference give 1923 and MLB gives 1925, so his true birth year is disputed.
About Minnie Minoso
#538 is a seventh-series high number, and it catches the last turn of his career: Washington released him on October 14, 1963, and Chicago signed him again on April 8, 1964. The back's line is his only Senators season, .229 with 4 home runs and 30 RBIs in 109 games. He got into 30 games for the White Sox in 1964, mostly as a pinch-hitter, before a July 17 release ended his original career. Topps still had him born in 1922; the Hall of Fame and Baseball-Reference give 1923 and MLB gives 1925.
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 · National Baseball Hall of Fame · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2) · MLB.com
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 402 | 1 | 20 | 116 | 105 | 72 | 33 | 55 | 0 |
| SGC | 92 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 2 |
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 #538 card?
It is card #538 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Minnie Minoso of the Chicago White Sox.
Does 1964 Topps #538 have an error?
The back says born November 29, 1922; the Hall of Fame and Baseball-Reference give 1923 and MLB gives 1925, so his true birth year is disputed. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #538 reads the same way.
Is 1964 Topps #538 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh print series, #523-587, distributed last. Scarcer than the rest of the set but only mildly so - the high premium runs roughly 55-60 percent, far milder than the 1952-62 highs.
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.