1964 Topps #125 Pete Rose
Front carries Topps' small All-Star Rookie trophy, engraved TOPPS 1963 ALL-STAR ROOKIE. The back mistakenly gives Rose's birth year as 1942; he was born April 14, 1941.
Uncorrected error: Back gives Rose's birth year as 1942; he was born April 14, 1941.
About Pete Rose
Card #125 lands in Topps' second series of 1964 and is the first card in the set Rose had to himself. It carries the small trophy icon engraved TOPPS 1963 ALL-STAR ROOKIE, which Topps added to the cards of the players it named to its rookie team the fall before; Al Weis, from Rose's shared rookie card, picked up one of his own. The back is known for a slip: it gives his birth year as 1942, a year late. The season itself was a step back. Rose hit .269 in 136 games and lost playing time to a late slump, then spent the winter in Venezuela with the Leones del Caracas working on his swing.
Peter Edward Rose Sr. (April 14, 1941 - September 30, 2024) grew up in Cincinnati and signed with his hometown Reds out of Western Hills High School in 1960, at the urging of his uncle Buddy Bloebaum, a bird-dog scout for the club. He reached the majors in 1963 and won National League Rookie of the Year, by then already carrying the nickname Charlie Hustle. A switch-hitter who played 24 seasons for the Reds, Phillies and Expos, he came up at second base and later worked in left field, right field, third base and first base, making 17 All-Star teams at an unequaled five different positions. He was the leadoff man and the engine of the Big Red Machine, taking the 1973 NL MVP award, three batting titles, two Gold Gloves and back-to-back championships in 1975 and 1976, then a third with the 1980 Phillies. On September 11, 1985, as Reds player-manager, he passed Ty Cobb, and he left the game with 4,256 hits, 3,562 games and 14,053 at-bats, all still records. He managed Cincinnati until August 1989, when a gambling investigation put him on baseball's permanently ineligible list. The Reds Hall of Fame took him in 2016, and Major League Baseball removed him from that list posthumously in May 2025.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 8,479 | 0 | 36 | 369 | 800 | 1,385 | 1,477 | 4,343 | 69 |
| SGC | 3,835 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 150 | 318 | 702 | 2,463 | 152 |
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 #125 card?
It is card #125 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds.
What are the key cards in the 1964 Topps set?
The #50 Mickey Mantle anchors the set, with #150 Willie Mays, #200 Sandy Koufax, #300 Hank Aaron, #440 Bob Clemente, #55 Ernie Banks and #125 Pete Rose (wearing the All-Star Rookie trophy) among the stars, the #331 A.L. Bombers card gathering Mantle with Roger Maris, Norm Cash and Al Kaline, the #423 Tops in NL card pairing Aaron and Mays, and the #243 Richie Allen and #541 Phil Niekro Rookie Stars cards.
Does 1964 Topps #125 have an error?
Back gives Rose's birth year as 1942; he was born April 14, 1941. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #125 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.