1965 Topps #282 Giants Rookie Stars - Dick Estelle / Masanori Murakami
On this card: Dick Estelle, Masanori Murakami
Masanori Murakami, who shares this card with Estelle, was the first Japanese player in the major leagues, and this is his rookie card.
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
Estelle's first card is 1965 Topps #282, a Rookie Stars pairing from the fourth print series - a mid-run number. He shares it with Masanori Murakami, who had become the first Japanese player in the major leagues; it is also Estelle's rookie card. The picture arrives on the heels of his September 1964 call-up, when he started all six of his games for San Francisco and went 1-2 with a 3.02 ERA over 41.2 innings. A left-handed San Francisco Giants pitcher who worked parts of 1964 and 1965 in the majors, going 1-2 with a 3.23 career ERA over 53.0 innings, and who appears on two shared Rookie Stars cards.
1965 Topps #282 pairs Murakami with fellow Giants left-hander Dick Estelle on a Rookie Stars card out of the fourth print series - an ordinary series-four number. It is his rookie card and his only card in Topps' run of 1960s issues. It covers his second and final major league season, when he worked 45 games for San Francisco, went 4-1 with a 3.75 ERA and eight saves, and struck out 85 batters in 74.1 innings. On June 29, 1965, in a 9-3 home loss to the Dodgers, he dropped a leadoff bunt single on Sandy Koufax, one of only two hits he ever collected in the majors. The first Japanese player in the major leagues: a 20-year-old left-handed reliever on loan from the Nankai Hawks who pitched two seasons for the Giants before a contract fight sent him home to a long career in Japan.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dick Estelle) · Wikipedia (Masanori Murakami) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 1,087 | 3 | 40 | 306 | 277 | 187 | 133 | 138 | 3 |
| SGC | 195 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 52 | 38 | 30 | 54 | 2 |
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 #282 card?
It is card #282 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Estelle and Masanori Murakami. 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 #282 a rookie card?
Yes - #282 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Dick Estelle and Masanori Murakami.
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.