1964 Topps #561 Phillies Rookie Stars - Dave Bennett / Rick Wise
On this card: Dave Bennett, Rick Wise
The back gives his age as both 19 and 18 in the same sentence; he was 18.
Uncorrected error: The back calls Dave Bennett "the 19-year-old righthanded curveballer" and then says he "is just 18 years old"; Bennett (born November 7, 1945) was 18.
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
Bennett's rookie card arrived the same year he made his only major-league appearance, called up from Chattanooga in June for a short-term pitching shortage and thrown into a relief inning against the Mets at Connie Mack Stadium at age eighteen. This high-number card is a multi-player Rookie Stars issue shared with fellow Phillies farmhand Rick Wise, pairing two prospects the club had signed as untested teenagers. The card's back calls him a 19-year-old and then says he is just 18; Bennett was actually eighteen when the card came out. A hard-throwing 6-foot-5 righty who signed for a $70,000 bonus and pitched a single relief inning for the 1964 Phillies, striking out one batter, alongside his brother Dennis.
Wise made the Phillies out of spring training in 1964 at age 18, his second professional season, and appeared in 25 games, going 5-3 with a 4.04 ERA. His first big-league win came in the second game of a June 21 doubleheader against the Mets, right after teammate Jim Bunning threw a perfect game earlier that day. This shared, multi-player Philadelphia Phillies Rookie Stars card, numbered 561, is a high number from the set's seventh print series and stands as his recognized rookie card; it pairs him with fellow young pitcher Dave Bennett. Right-handed pitcher, 1964-1982, best known for no-hitting Cincinnati while homering twice in the same game and for winning Game Six of the 1975 World Series in relief for Boston.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject (Dave Bennett) · SABR BioProject (Rick Wise)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 313 | 1 | 18 | 155 | 89 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 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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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #561 card?
It is card #561 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Bennett and Rick Wise. 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 #561 a rookie card?
Yes - #561 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Dave Bennett and Rick Wise.
Does 1964 Topps #561 have an error?
The back calls Dave Bennett "the 19-year-old righthanded curveballer" and then says he "is just 18 years old"; Bennett (born November 7, 1945) was 18. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #561 reads the same way.
Is 1964 Topps #561 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.