1963 Topps #558 1963 Rookie Stars
On this card: Bill Faul, Ron Hunt, Bob Lipski, Al Moran
About this card
The twenty Rookie Stars cards, four players each and all titled "1963 Rookie Stars", carry the rookie class - Pete Rose on #537, Willie Stargell on #553, Tony Oliva and Ed Kranepool on #228, Rusty Staub on #544, Bill Freehan on #466 and Dave McNally on #562. Three of them (#169, #208, #544) are rookie cards for only some of the men pictured.
The story on this card
Faul's recognized rookie card is a four-player Rookie Stars panel, #558 in the seventh series, a true high number. He shares the front with Ron Hunt, Al Moran and Bob Lipski, the four split across the Tigers, Mets and Indians. Behind it sat his first full season in the majors: Faul spent all of 1963 with Detroit as a swing man, appearing in 28 games with ten starts, finishing eight more out of the bullpen, completing two, saving one, and going 5-6 with a 4.64 ERA and 64 strikeouts in 97 innings. Cincinnati-born right-hander who worked parts of six seasons (1962-66, 1970) for the Tigers, Cubs and Giants, and who drew national press less for his fastball than for the self-hypnosis, karate and divinity studies he brought to the mound.
Hunt's rookie card is #558, a series-7 high number from the 1963 Rookie Stars run that packs him in with Bill Faul, Bob Lipski and Al Moran across three organizations -- Detroit, Cleveland and the Mets. He reached base three times in his April 16 debut at Crosley Field, and on April 19 at the Polo Grounds, with New York still winless at 0-8, he doubled off Claude Raymond into the left-field corner to bring home the tying and winning runs. The Braves still technically owned him: the Mets had bought him only conditionally, and that swing settled it. Ron Hunt was a hard-nosed second baseman for the Mets, Dodgers, Giants and Expos, a two-time All-Star and 1963 Rookie of the Year runner-up who turned a plate-crowding, never-duck approach into the modern record for hit by pitches: 50 in 1971.
This card catches Lipski right at his major-league moment: the Indians had taken him from the Phillies in the Rule 5 draft, and he opened 1963 on Cleveland's roster, appearing in two games that spring before being returned to the Phillies. Topps grouped him with three other first-year players on a Rookie Stars card in the set's seventh series, a high number now recognized as his rookie card, alongside fellow rookies Bill Faul, Ron Hunt, and Al Moran. A Scranton, Pennsylvania catcher who signed with the Phillies in 1956 and reached the majors only briefly, via a Rule 5 pick by Cleveland, before a long career as a Pennsylvania State Trooper.
Card #558 is a four-player Rookie Stars panel from Topps' seventh print series in 1963 - a high number, issued in smaller quantity than the cards ahead of it in the set. The panel spans three clubs: Bill Faul with Detroit, Moran and Ron Hunt with the Mets, Bob Lipski with Cleveland. Hunt is the name that carries it, having finished runner-up to Pete Rose for 1963 National League Rookie of the Year, but Moran earned his corner of the card - he started 112 games at shortstop that season and hit .193 with 64 hits in 331 at-bats for a club that lost 111 games. Detroit-born shortstop Al Moran came to the Mets in the Felix Mantilla trade, opened 1963 as their regular at short on a 111-loss club, lost the job to Roy McMillan in May 1964, and was out of pro ball by 1966.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bill Faul) · Wikipedia (Ron Hunt) · Wikipedia (Bob Lipski) · Wikipedia (Al Moran) · SABR BioProject (Bill Faul) · SABR BioProject (Ron Hunt)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 415 | 0 | 19 | 144 | 149 | 64 | 22 | 14 | 3 |
| SGC | 49 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #558 card?
It is card #558 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Faul, Ron Hunt, Bob Lipski and Al Moran. The twenty Rookie Stars cards, four players each and all titled "1963 Rookie Stars", carry the rookie class - Pete Rose on #537, Willie Stargell on #553, Tony Oliva and Ed Kranepool on #228, Rusty Staub on #544, Bill Freehan on #466 and Dave McNally on #562. Three of them (#169, #208, #544) are rookie cards for only some of the men pictured.
Is 1963 Topps #558 a rookie card?
Yes - #558 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Bill Faul, Ron Hunt, Bob Lipski and Al Moran.
Why is #558 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the seventh print series, #512-576 - the last and scarcest run in the set. Price guides often band the highs as #523-576, but the printing break falls between #511 and #512.
How many cards are in the 1963 Topps Baseball set?
576 cards, tracked as 583 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 576 with no gaps and no number used twice, and seven cards carry a catalogued print variation - three checklists, the two Rookie Stars cards also printed with a "1962" heading, and the #341 Jack Baldschun and #454 Art Fowler print states - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: 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.