1963 Topps #562 1963 Rookie Stars
On this card: Randy Cardinal, Dave McNally, Don Rowe, Ken Rowe
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
Card #562 in the 1963 Topps set groups Cardinal with Dave McNally, Don Rowe and Ken Rowe under the Rookie Stars banner, part of the Series 7 high numbers. It is recognized as his rookie card, issued during his rookie season with the Houston Colt .45's, for whom he debuted that April against the Giants and made his only big-league start against the Dodgers before an early trip to Double-A that spring. Conrad 'Randy' Cardinal, a right-handed pitcher of Italian and Jewish descent from Valley Stream, New York, reached the majors with the 1963 Houston Colt .45's, striking out Willie Mays in his debut before a brief six-game career.
McNally's first Topps card is the four-man Rookie Stars issue #562, a series-7 high number that puts him alongside three other rookie pitchers from three other organizations: Randy Cardinal of the Houston Colt .45's, Don Rowe of the Mets and Ken Rowe of the Dodgers. His entire major-league resume going into 1963 was a single September start the autumn before, nine innings, two hits, no runs and the last 17 men he faced retired in order, for a 1-0 record and a 0.00 ERA. Dave McNally was Baltimore's durable left-hander, a three-time All-Star who won 20 games in four straight seasons from 1968 through 1971, shut out the Dodgers to clinch the 1966 World Series, and lent his name to the 1975 ruling that broke the reserve clause.
Card-back season: Rowe's rookie 1963 campaign with the New York Mets, appearing in 26 games out of the bullpen and posting a 4.28 ERA over 54 and two-thirds innings without ever earning a decision. It is a multi-player Rookie Stars subset entry, pairing Rowe with fellow rookies Randy Cardinal, Dave McNally and Ken Rowe, each representing a different club that year. A left-handed reliever who spent nine years in the minors before one season with the 1963 Mets, then built a long second career as a big league pitching coach.
Card 562 is a high-number Rookie Stars issue from the set's final print series, grouping Ken Rowe with Randy Cardinal, Dave McNally and Don Rowe as a high-number rookie card. It catches Rowe in his first big-league season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, for whom he made his debut that April, returned to Spokane in midseason, and came back in late July to help the club win the National League pennant, picking up his first major-league win in relief that September. A Michigan-born right-hander who logged just 26 relief innings in the majors for the Dodgers and Orioles, Ken Rowe went on to a decades-long coaching career, including two seasons as the Orioles' big-league pitching coach.
Sources: Wikipedia (Don Rowe) · Wikipedia (Ken Rowe) · Wikipedia (Dave McNally) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 533 | 3 | 29 | 181 | 140 | 95 | 42 | 34 | 9 |
| SGC | 111 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 3 |
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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Related cards
Team cards: #312 Houston Colt .45's, #377 Baltimore Orioles, #473 New York Mets, #337 Los Angeles Dodgers
More Houston Colt .45's cards:
- #9 1962 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #24 Bob Bruce
- #45 Bob Aspromonte
- #77 Al Spangler
- #99 Jim Umbricht
- #119 Bob Lillis
More Baltimore Orioles cards:
- #4 1962 American League Home Run Leaders
- #6 1962 American League E.R.A. Leaders
- #12 Steve Barber
- #19 Pete Burnside
- #41 Charlie Lau
- #65 Jackie Brandt
More New York Mets cards:
- #27 Choo Choo Coleman
- #43 Veteran Masters
- #59 Craig Anderson
- #68 Friendly Foes
- #78 Marv Throneberry
- #93 Galen Cisco
More Los Angeles Dodgers cards:
- #1 1962 National League Batting Leaders
- #5 1962 National League E.R.A. Leaders
- #7 1962 National League Pitching Leaders
- #9 1962 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #11 Lee Walls
- #53 Joe Moeller
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1963 Topps #562 card?
It is card #562 of the 576-card 1963 Topps Baseball set, picturing Randy Cardinal, Dave McNally, Don Rowe and Ken Rowe. 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 #562 a rookie card?
Yes - #562 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Randy Cardinal, Dave McNally, Don Rowe and Ken Rowe.
Why is #562 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.