1964 Topps #270 Rich Rollins
About Rich Rollins
Two 1964 cards. #8 is a series-one League Leaders card ranking the American League's best hitters of 1963, Rollins's .307 placing him behind Carl Yastrzemski and Al Kaline; his own card, #270, is a series-three Twins issue. Between the seasons Rollins went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to have a calcium deposit on his hip treated. His average fell to .270 across 148 games in 1964, but he batted .319 with runners in scoring position and led the American League with 10 triples.
Richard John Rollins was born April 16, 1938, in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, and grew up in the Cleveland suburbs, where he played second base, third base and catcher at Parma High School. A scholarship took him to Kent State, where he was a three-time All-Mid-American Conference pick at second base with future major leaguer Gene Michael beside him at shortstop. Undrafted - there was no amateur draft then - he signed with the Washington Senators in 1960 for a $6,000 bonus and reached the majors with the relocated Minnesota Twins on June 16, 1961. Handed the third-base job in 1962, he hit .298 with 16 home runs and 96 RBIs, was voted the Twins' team MVP by his teammates, and started both All-Star Games ahead of Brooks Robinson. A broken jaw, an arthritic hip and chronic knee trouble wore down the rest of a ten-year career that also took in the Seattle Pilots, Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians. He finished at .269 with 77 home runs and 399 RBIs, later worked in the Indians front office and for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, and was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1976. Rollins died May 13, 2025, in Akron, Ohio.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 247 | 1 | 41 | 122 | 53 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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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Related cards
More Rich Rollins in this set: #8 League Leaders
Team card: #318 Minnesota Twins
More Minnesota Twins cards:
- #2 1963 American League E.R.A. Leaders
- #4 1963 American League Pitching Leaders
- #6 1963 American League Strikeout Leaders
- #8 1963 American League Batting Leaders
- #10 1963 American League Home Run Leaders
- #12 1963 American League R.B.I. Leaders
- #15 Zoilo Versalles
- #34 Jim Perry
- #54 Sam Mele
- #73 Jimmie Hall
- #81 All-Star Vets
- #90 Earl Battey
- #116 Twins 1964 Rookie Stars
- #156 Bill Dailey
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #270 card?
It is card #270 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rich Rollins of the Minnesota Twins.
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.