1964 Topps #572 A. League Rookie Stars - Dave Gray / Dick Egan
On this card: Dave Gray, Dick Egan
About this card
This is one of the fifty-seven two-player Rookie Stars cards in the 1964 Topps set: fifty-three pair two prospects from one club, and the four league cards (#548, #564, #568 and #572) pair prospects from two clubs. Every one of them is a rookie card for at least one of its two players.
The story on this card
Card #572, a high number in the final print series, is a multi-player Rookie Stars card shared with Detroit Tigers prospect Dick Egan, recognized today as Gray's rookie card. It captured the moment Boston kept four first-year men on the roster all season to protect them under the Bonus Rule; Gray made nine appearances, going 0-0 with a 9.00 ERA over 13 innings and 17 strikeouts, and singled off Milt Pappas for the only hit of his career. Ogden, Utah right-hander whose overpowering fastball and brief 1964 rookie season with the Boston Red Sox were shadowed by chronic control trouble that never let him stick in the majors.
Card #572 sits in the seventh and final series of the 1964 set, a high number. It pairs Egan, still a Tiger, with Boston's Dave Gray, and set checklists carry it as a rookie card, though Egan's own first Topps card had come a year earlier. The season behind it was his busiest in the majors: 23 games out of the Detroit bullpen, no starts, two saves, 21 strikeouts and a 4.46 ERA over 34 1/3 innings. In June, Jim Gentile drove a home run off him onto the Tiger Stadium roof; the ball bounced back to Al Kaline, who handed it to Egan as a souvenir and noted that it was flat on one side. Detroit optioned him to Triple-A Syracuse in late July, and 1964 proved his last season in a Tigers uniform. Dick Egan was a tall left-handed reliever from Berkeley, California, who pitched four big-league seasons for the Tigers, Angels and Dodgers, picking up the only win of his career in relief in 1967, then spent decades as a coach and scout.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dave Gray) · Wikipedia (Dick Egan (pitcher)) · SABR BioProject (Dave Gray) · SABR BioProject (Dick Egan) · Baseball Almanac (Dick Egan) · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 200 | 2 | 18 | 84 | 54 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 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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Team cards: #579 Boston Red Sox, #67 Detroit Tigers
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- #6 1963 American League Strikeout Leaders
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #572 card?
It is card #572 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Gray and Dick Egan. This is one of the fifty-seven two-player Rookie Stars cards in the 1964 Topps set: fifty-three pair two prospects from one club, and the four league cards (#548, #564, #568 and #572) pair prospects from two clubs. Every one of them is a rookie card for at least one of its two players.
Is 1964 Topps #572 a rookie card?
Yes - #572 is the rookie card of Dave Gray. Dick Egan had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
Is 1964 Topps #572 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh print series, #523-587, distributed last. Scarcer than the rest of the set but only mildly so - the high premium runs roughly 55-60 percent, far milder than the 1952-62 highs.
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.