1964 Topps #548 N. League Rookie Stars - Wayne Schurr / Paul Speckenbach
On this card: Wayne Schurr, Paul Speckenbach
Paul Speckenbach, who shares this card, never appeared in a major league game.
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
In 1964, his only major league season, Schurr worked 26 games out of the Cubs bullpen, striking out 29 over 48.1 innings with a 3.72 ERA. His card that year is 1964 Topps #548, a Cubs / Dodgers Rookie Stars card from the set's final series, series 7, a high number. He shares it with Paul Speckenbach, and it is a recognised rookie card for Schurr. Wayne Schurr, a 6-foot-4 right-hander from Garrett, Indiana, pitched one season for the Chicago Cubs in 1964, appearing in 26 relief outings and posting a 3.72 ERA over 48.1 innings.
This high-number card comes from the final series of the 1964 Topps set and pairs two National League Rookie Stars: pitchers Wayne Schurr of the Chicago Cubs and Paul Speckenbach of the Los Angeles Dodgers, each shown with his own club affiliation. The previous season, 1963, Speckenbach had gone 5-4 with a 4.86 ERA for the Dodgers' Santa Barbara Rancheros in the California League. By the time this card appeared he had moved into the St. Louis Cardinals system, and arm trouble would soon end his playing career. A Brooklyn-born right-hander whose brief pro career in the Dodgers and Cardinals systems gave way to a decades-long second act coaching high school and college baseball on Long Island.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 226 | 2 | 33 | 104 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 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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Related cards
Team cards: #237 Chicago Cubs, #531 L. A. Dodgers
More Chicago Cubs cards:
- #1 1963 National League E.R.A. Leaders
- #29 Lou Brock
- #55 Ernie Banks
- #78 Merritt Ranew
- #96 Bob Buhl
- #111 Don Elston
More Los Angeles Dodgers cards:
- #1 1963 National League E.R.A. Leaders
- #3 1963 National League Pitching Leaders
- #5 1963 National League Strikeout Leaders
- #7 1963 National League Batting Leaders
- #14 Dodgers 1964 Rookie Stars
- #30 Ron Perranoski
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #548 card?
It is card #548 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wayne Schurr and Paul Speckenbach. 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 #548 a rookie card?
Yes - #548 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Wayne Schurr and Paul Speckenbach.
Is 1964 Topps #548 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.