1965 Topps #116 Cards Rookie Stars - Dave Dowling / Bob Tolan
On this card: Dave Dowling, Bob Tolan
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
Dowling's 1965 Topps card is card 116, a Rookie Stars issue in the set's second series. It is his rookie card, shared with Bob Tolan, both pictured as Cardinals. The back reflects his 1964 rookie season, when St. Louis recalled him in September and used him for a single relief outing against the Mets in the next-to-last game of the year, days before the Cardinals clinched the pennant and went on to win the World Series. A left-handed pitcher out of Chehalis, Washington who reached the majors in just two games, with St. Louis in 1964 and the Cubs in 1966, before a shoulder injury ended his career.
1965 Topps #116 is a Rookie Stars card shared with fellow Cardinals farmhand Dave Dowling, part of the set's second print series. Tolan made his major league debut with St. Louis on September 3 of that year, appearing in 17 games as a September call-up while the Cardinals were still building the outfield depth that would carry them to the pennant two years later. A speedy left-handed outfielder who blossomed into an everyday center fielder with Cincinnati's Big Red Machine after years as a Cardinals reserve, leading the National League in stolen bases in 1970.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 457 | 2 | 62 | 248 | 89 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| SGC | 26 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 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. 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 #116 card?
It is card #116 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Dowling and Bob Tolan. 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.
Is 1965 Topps #116 a rookie card?
Yes - #116 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Dave Dowling and Bob Tolan.
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.