1964 Topps #355 Vic Power
The card back lists Power's birth year as 1931; he was actually born November 1, 1927.
Uncorrected error: The back says born November 1, 1931; his birth date is November 1, 1927.
About Vic Power
Number 355 sits in the fourth series of the 1964 Topps set and turned out to be Vic Power's last card in a Minnesota uniform. He opened the season as a reserve, got into only 19 games and hit .222 before the Twins moved him on June 11, sending him and outfielder Lenny Green to the Los Angeles Angels in a three-club swap that also involved Cleveland. Clearing first base let Minnesota slide Harmon Killebrew in from the outfield and hand the open outfield job to Tony Oliva. The back of the card repeats the 1931 birth year that should read 1927.
Victor Felipe Pellot Pove, who played as Vic Power, was a Puerto Rican first baseman born November 1, 1927, in Arecibo. He led the American Association in hitting at .349 in 1953 for the Yankees' Kansas City farm club, yet New York never promoted him; general manager George Weiss said he was not the Yankee type, and the club chose Elston Howard instead to integrate its roster. Traded to the Philadelphia Athletics in December 1953, Power became the first Puerto Rican to play for that franchise and spent his first spring training barred from his teammates' hotels and restaurants. Over twelve seasons with the Athletics, Indians, Twins, Angels and Phillies he won seven straight Gold Gloves, from the award's 1958 debut through 1964, and was an American League All-Star in four seasons. Power finished at .284 with 1,716 hits, 126 home runs, 658 runs batted in and only 247 strikeouts in 6,046 at-bats.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 260 | 7 | 45 | 142 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 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 #355 card?
It is card #355 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Vic Power of the Minnesota Twins.
Does 1964 Topps #355 have an error?
The back says born November 1, 1931; his birth date is November 1, 1927. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #355 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.