1962 Topps #598 Rookie Parade Outfielders
On this card: Al Luplow, Manny Jimenez, Ed Olivares, Jim Hickman, Howie Goss
About this card
Cards #591-598 are the eight-card Rookie Parade that closes the set - three cards of pitchers, one of catchers, three of infielders and one of outfielders - printed in the scarce seventh series and short-printed on every number. Bob Uecker (#594), Sam McDowell and Dick Radatz (#591), Jim Bouton (#592), Bob Veale (#593) and Joe Pepitone, Phil Linz and Rich Rollins (#596) are among the names.
The story on this card
Card 598 is Luplow's rookie card, one of the Rookie Parade cards that close Topps' 1962 set in the short-printed seventh series, so it is both a high number and a genuinely tough one. He shares the front with Manny Jimenez, Ed Olivares, Jim Hickman and Howie Goss. The card followed a monster 1961 at Triple-A Salt Lake City, where Luplow hit .302 with 91 runs batted in and led the Pacific Coast League in triples and total bases, then earned a September look with Cleveland. He debuted on September 16, 1961, batting cleanup in right field, and finished that late-season stint 1-for-18 in five games. Al Luplow, a Michigan State football star turned Cleveland Indians outfielder, played seven big-league seasons, 1961 to 1967, with the Indians, Mets and Pirates and made a leaping catch over the Fenway Park bullpen wall in 1963.
In his 1962 rookie season with the Kansas City Athletics, Jimenez hit .301 with 11 home runs and 69 RBIs in 139 games, taking over left field for good after a 3-for-4 debut against Minnesota ace Camilo Pascual, and he still led the American League batting race as late as August 1 before a closing slump. His 1962 Topps card, number 598, is a short-printed high number from the seventh series and sits in the Rookie Parade subset, shared with Al Luplow, Ed Olivares, Jim Hickman, and Howie Goss - the card collectors recognize as his rookie. Kansas City Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs outfielder Manny Jimenez, a Dominican native nicknamed "El Mulo" for his strength, became the first Dominican-born player to homer three times in a single major league game during his seven-season career.
Houston drafted Olivares 33rd overall out of the Cardinals organization on October 10, 1961, so this card caught him mid-move - two short trials in St. Louis behind him, five singles in 35 at-bats to show for them, and a new expansion club ahead. Topps put him on #598, a Rookie Parade card from the seventh and final series, which places it squarely among the short-printed high numbers collectors chase last. It is a recognized rookie card, shared with Al Luplow, Manny Jimenez, Jim Hickman and Howie Goss. It is also the only card Topps gave him across its nine sets of the decade: a fractured ankle in spring training wiped out his 1962, and he never played for the Colt .45s. Brooklyn-born Ed Olivares was the 1960 Carolina League Most Valuable Player at Winston-Salem, hitting 35 homers, then managed five singles in 35 at-bats over two brief Cardinals trials; his son Omar later pitched a dozen big-league seasons.
Hickman's rookie card is 1962 Topps #598, a Rookie Parade panel from the short-printed seventh series that crowds five prospects onto one front: Al Luplow, Manny Jimenez, Ed Olivares, Howie Goss and Hickman. As a high number it reached packs late in the summer, by which point the Tennessean had long since stopped being a prospect. He broke in on April 14, 1962, pinch-hitting at the Polo Grounds and popping out to short, then settled into center field for the brand-new Mets - 84 games there, more than any other man on the roster - while also filling in at both corners. Casey Stengel called him one of the best-looking young ballplayers around. Jim Hickman, "Gentleman Jim," was an original Met out of the expansion draft and the first Met to hit for the cycle, a first baseman and outfielder whose .315, 32-homer, 115-RBI 1970 season made him a Cubs All-Star at 33.
This one sits at #598, deep in the seventh series, and the 1962 seventh series is the short-printed high-number run that stops most set builds cold - which makes a modest name a genuinely hard card to land. It is a Rookie Parade issue, Goss sharing the front with Al Luplow, Manny Jimenez, Ed Olivares and Jim Hickman, and it is his recognized rookie card. He got there the slow way, debuting April 10, 1962 at 27 years old, then hitting .243 with two home runs and 10 RBI over 89 games for a Pittsburgh club that went 93-68 and finished fourth in the National League. A rangy 6-foot-4 outfielder who hit 172 home runs across nine minor-league seasons before reaching the majors as a 1962 Pittsburgh reserve, then spent 1963 as Houston's regular center fielder in the trade that brought Manny Mota to Pittsburgh.
Sources: Wikipedia (Al Luplow) · Wikipedia (Ed Olivares) · Wikipedia (Jim Hickman (1960s outfielder)) · Wikipedia (Howie Goss) · SABR BioProject (Al Luplow) · SABR BioProject (Manny Jimenez) · SABR BioProject (Jim Hickman 2)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 624 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 159 | 155 | 114 | 134 | 8 |
| SGC | 117 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 33 | 29 | 11 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-09-24. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Slabs of the three cards printed #139 are joined by description, never by number alone. PSA registers the green tints as a separate set; a tint's population is listed under that state of the card it belongs to.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #598 card?
It is card #598 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Luplow, Manny Jimenez, Ed Olivares, Jim Hickman and Howie Goss. Cards #591-598 are the eight-card Rookie Parade that closes the set - three cards of pitchers, one of catchers, three of infielders and one of outfielders - printed in the scarce seventh series and short-printed on every number. Bob Uecker (#594), Sam McDowell and Dick Radatz (#591), Jim Bouton (#592), Bob Veale (#593) and Joe Pepitone, Phil Linz and Rich Rollins (#596) are among the names.
Is 1962 Topps #598 a rookie card?
Yes - #598 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Al Luplow, Manny Jimenez, Ed Olivares, Jim Hickman and Howie Goss.
Why is #598 harder to find?
It is a high number card (cards 523-598) from the seventh print series, distributed last and in the smallest quantity - the toughest cards in the set and home to all 42 short prints and the Rookie Parade. It is also a short print card (42 cards, all in 523-598). Printed in smaller quantity than the rest of the seventh series.
How many cards are in the 1962 Topps Baseball set?
600 cards, tracked as 708 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps, but three different cards were printed #139 - two Hal Reniff poses, catalogued 139a and 139b, and the Babe Hits 60 Babe Ruth Special, 139c - so 598 numbers make 600 cards; 93 cards carry catalogued print variations, the series-2 green tints among them, that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Baseball Almanac, Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, The Topps Archives, 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 2026-10-03.