1965 Topps #304 Dave Stenhouse
About Dave Stenhouse
Card #304 sits in Topps' fourth series, the fourth and last Stenhouse card of the 1960s Topps run. The Senators cap is still there, but by the time this one reached collectors he was no longer a major leaguer. His career had closed the previous October at 16-28 with a 4.14 ERA, 12 complete games and 214 strikeouts across 76 games and 372 innings. He spent 1965 with the York White Roses and pitched for the Hawaii Islanders through 1967 before retiring, then turned to coaching. It is an ordinary series-four card of a pitcher whose best work was already three seasons behind him.
Dave Stenhouse was a right-handed pitcher born September 12, 1933, in Westerly, Rhode Island. A basketball and baseball standout at the University of Rhode Island, he signed with the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in June 1955, was taken out of the Cubs chain by Cincinnati in the December 1958 minor league draft, and climbed through Lafayette, Seattle and Jersey City. On December 15, 1961, Cincinnati traded him and catcher Bob Schmidt to the Washington Senators for Johnny Klippstein and Marty Keough. He debuted April 18, 1962, at 28, and went 11-12 with a 3.65 ERA over 197 innings as a rookie, earning a place on the American League All-Star squad in a summer when the majors staged two All-Star Games. He started the second of them, July 30 at Wrigley Field, and is credited as the first rookie to start a major league All-Star Game. His last big league game came October 4, 1964, and he finished 16-28 with a 4.14 ERA and 214 strikeouts in 76 games. He later coached at Rhode Island College and Brown University, and belongs to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, not the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He died November 11, 2023.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 257 | 3 | 41 | 131 | 49 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 #304 card?
It is card #304 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Stenhouse of the Washington Senators.
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.