1965 Topps #386 Cubs Rookie Stars - Paul Jaeckel / Fred Norman
On this card: Paul Jaeckel, Fred Norman
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
This is card #386 in the fifth print series of the 1965 Topps set, a multi-player Rookie Stars card with a horizontal front that he shares with Fred Norman. It followed his September 1964 debut with the Cubs, where he went 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA over four relief appearances. Injury trouble struck that spring, when he hurt his rotator cuff, and he never got back to the majors. The card is recognized as his rookie card. Right-handed pitcher Paul Jaeckel, known as Jake Jaeckel, went 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA over four games for the 1964 Chicago Cubs, his only big-league trial.
This 1965 Topps card again catches Norman with the Chicago Cubs, for whom he made two brief relief appearances in 1966 and one more in 1967 before the club moved on from him. Card #386 is a print-series-five Rookie Stars issue shared with fellow Cubs prospect Paul Jaeckel, and it is Jaeckel's rookie card. A 5-foot-8 screwball pitcher who remade himself after a shoulder injury and became a durable Big Red Machine starter, winning two World Series with Cincinnati in the mid-1970s.
Sources: Wikipedia (Jake Jaeckel) · Wikipedia (Fred Norman) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 427 | 5 | 71 | 243 | 67 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 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. 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 #386 card?
It is card #386 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Paul Jaeckel and Fred Norman. 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 #386 a rookie card?
Yes - #386 is the rookie card of Paul Jaeckel. Fred Norman had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
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.