1964 Topps #368 White Sox Rookie Stars - Fritz Ackley / Don Buford
On this card: Fritz Ackley, Don Buford
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
Topps put Ackley in the 1964 set at #368, a Rookie Stars card shared with White Sox teammate Don Buford, and it is his recognized rookie card. He opened the year on Chicago's staff but lasted three games and two starts, an 8.53 earned run average across 6 1/3 innings, and made his final major league appearance on May 9. His lone at-bat that season was a hit that drove in a run. Fritz Ackley won 18 games and a Pitcher of the Year award for Indianapolis in 1963, then pitched five times for the Chicago White Sox, beating Washington that September for his only major league victory.
In his 1964 Topps Rookie Stars card, #368, Buford shares the frame with fellow White Sox rookie Fritz Ackley. Buford broke in as a 27-year-old rookie infielder after leading the International League in hitting at Indianapolis, and split time at second base with Al Weis while filling in at third whenever Pete Ward needed a rest, hitting .262 in his first full season. A slap-and-walk infielder for the White Sox before Baltimore moved him to the outfield, where his patient bat sparked three straight Orioles pennant-winners and earned him his only All-Star selection in 1971.
Sources: Wikipedia (Fritz Ackley) · Wikipedia (Don Buford)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 250 | 2 | 39 | 116 | 54 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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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Related cards
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- #81 All-Star Vets
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- #107 White Sox 1964 Rookie Stars
- #130 Gary Peters
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- #168 Al Weis
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #368 card?
It is card #368 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Fritz Ackley and Don Buford. 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 #368 a rookie card?
Yes - #368 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Fritz Ackley and Don Buford.
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.