1964 Topps #253 Wally Post
About Wally Post
Card 253 belongs to the third series of 1964 Topps and shows Post with the Cleveland Indians. His debut was fifteen years behind him. Minnesota released him in October 1963 and Cleveland signed him as a free agent that November, so the card catches a 34-year-old slugger on his last roster. He got into five games. On May 9, 1964, pinch-hitting for Pedro Ramos against the Yankees at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, he flied out to right against Whitey Ford in his final major-league at-bat. The Indians released him a week later, and 27 games at Syracuse in the International League closed out his playing days.
Walter Charles Post was a right-handed outfielder who played fifteen major-league seasons between his 1949 debut and 1964, most of them with Cincinnati. Born in Wendelin, Ohio, in 1929 and raised near St. Henry, he signed with the Reds at sixteen as a pitcher and moved to the outfield in the minors. He stuck in the majors for good in 1954 and became one of the hardest hitters in franchise history, pairing with Frank Robinson in a power tandem that carried Cincinnati's lineups of the 1950s and early 1960s. His best year was 1955: .309 with 40 home runs and 109 RBI, all career highs and the first 40-homer season by a right-handed Reds batter. In 1956 his 36 homers helped the club total 221 and tie the major-league team record. Fan ballot stuffing put him on the 1957 All-Star starting lineup until Commissioner Ford Frick removed him. He also played for the Phillies, the Twins and the Indians, and finished at .266 with 210 home runs, 172 of them for Cincinnati, and 699 RBI in 1,204 games. He later worked for his father-in-law's Minster Canning Company in Minster, Ohio, and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame elected him in 1965. He died in 1982 at fifty-two.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 213 | 1 | 21 | 105 | 53 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 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 #253 card?
It is card #253 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wally Post of the Cleveland Indians.
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.