1965 Topps #589 Giants Rookie Stars - Frank Linzy / Bob Schroder
On this card: Frank Linzy, Bob Schroder
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
Card #589 in Topps' final 1965 series is a high number inside the short-print zone, part of a two-man Giants Rookie Stars subset pairing Linzy with fellow righty Bob Schroder. The card captures Linzy in his first full season, when he emerged as San Francisco's dominant relief option, working 57 games and racking up 21 saves with a 1.43 ERA as the Giants chased the pennant. That performance drew notice league-wide, placing him third in Rookie of the Year voting and inside the top fifteen for NL MVP. A right-handed San Francisco Giants fireman who entered games whenever a rally threatened, not only the ninth inning, Frank Linzy anchored two pennant-race bullpens in 1965-66 before finishing his career with three more clubs.
Schroder's 1965 Topps card is a shared Rookie Stars issue from the set's seventh series of high numbers, pairing him with fellow San Francisco Giants prospect Frank Linzy. The card arrived as Schroder, then 20, was carrying a spot on San Francisco's roster for the full season under the era's bonus rule, appearing in 31 games with limited playing time behind the Giants' regular infielders. That August he had his signature moment, pinch-hitting for Juan Marichal after Marichal was ejected for striking Dodgers catcher John Roseboro with a bat during the teams' brawl. A San Francisco Giants infielder for four seasons in the mid-1960s, playing mostly second base and shortstop while topping out at 135 at-bats in his busiest year.
Sources: Wikipedia (Frank Linzy) · Wikipedia (Bob Schroder)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 461 | 3 | 54 | 220 | 112 | 39 | 15 | 15 | 3 |
| SGC | 32 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 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 #589 card?
It is card #589 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Linzy and Bob Schroder. 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 #589 a rookie card?
Yes - #589 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Frank Linzy and Bob Schroder.
Is 1965 Topps #589 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last series, #507-598. Unlike most 1960s Topps sets the 1965 highs are not scarce as a run - the premium sits on the short-printed cards inside #523-598. It is also a short-print zone card. Forty-four of the 76 cards in #523-598 were short-printed; #507-522 was not. The zone is stated as a range because the catalogs disagree on exactly which cards, so no single card is marked.
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.