1965 Topps #286 Athletics Rookie Stars - Jim Dickson / Aurelio Monteagudo
On this card: Jim Dickson, Aurelio Monteagudo
About this card
This is one of the 55 Rookie Stars cards in the 1965 Topps set, each picturing two to four young players - 126 players in all - under a team banner, except #577 and #581, which carry American League and National League banners over players from three clubs. Joe Morgan (#16), Steve Carlton (#477), Jim (Catfish) Hunter (#526) and Tony Perez (#581) make their Topps debuts on these cards.
The story on this card
Dickson's 1965 Topps card, #286, is a Rookie Stars subset issue in print series four, shared with fellow Athletics pitcher Aurelio Monteagudo; his rookie card had already appeared in 1964. Picked up by Kansas City in the prior November's Rule 5 draft, Dickson appeared in 68 games in 1965, fourth-most in the American League, and won three of five decisions for a 103-loss, last-place club without registering a save. Jim Dickson, a Portland-born relief pitcher, worked four big-league seasons for Houston, Cincinnati and Kansas City from 1963 to 1966, highlighted by a 68-game workload for the 1965 Athletics before later coaching in Italy.
Monteagudo spent most of 1965 starting for the Pacific Coast League's Vancouver Mounties before a September call-up to Kansas City, where he worked four relief outings. He was on the mound for the Athletics on September 8, 1965, the day Bert Campaneris played all nine positions in a single game. This shared Rookie Stars card, from the set's fourth print series, pairs him with fellow Athletics pitching prospect Jim Dickson. Cuban right-hander who pitched for five big-league clubs across seven seasons, then built a long second career pitching and coaching in the Mexican League and Venezuelan winter ball.
Sources: Wikipedia (Jim Dickson) · Wikipedia (Aurelio Monteagudo)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 346 | 3 | 51 | 175 | 76 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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. The two checklist variations, #79 and #508, are listed under the wording PSA uses for each state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #286 card?
It is card #286 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Dickson and Aurelio Monteagudo. This is one of the 55 Rookie Stars cards in the 1965 Topps set, each picturing two to four young players - 126 players in all - under a team banner, except #577 and #581, which carry American League and National League banners over players from three clubs. Joe Morgan (#16), Steve Carlton (#477), Jim (Catfish) Hunter (#526) and Tony Perez (#581) make their Topps debuts on these cards.
How many cards are in the 1965 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 600 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no printed-number collisions, and two checklist cards - #79 and #508 - carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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.