1965 Topps #544 Howie Reed
About Howie Reed
Reed won a roster spot with the 1965 Dodgers and turned in his best big-league season, going 7-5 with a 3.12 ERA across 38 games, five as a starter. Los Angeles won the National League pennant, and Reed pitched in the World Series against the Minnesota Twins, throwing scoreless relief in Game 1 before the Dodgers won the title in seven games. This card is part of print series 7, a high number inside the short-print zone, and it is also recognized as his rookie card.
Howard Dean Reed was a right-handed pitcher from Dallas, Texas who spent ten seasons in the majors between 1958 and 1971. Signed by the Kansas City Athletics, he debuted in relief in September 1958 and, in his first big-league start later that month, threw a complete-game win over Early Wynn, but did not stick in Kansas City and spent most of the early 1960s winning games for Spokane in the Pacific Coast League. The Dodgers acquired him in a trade for Ed Rakow in 1961 and recalled him in June 1964. He wore Roy Campanella's old No. 39 in Los Angeles and pitched a career-high seven wins for the pennant-winning 1965 club before a May 1966 trade sent him to the Angels. After more minor league seasons with Houston's system, he found a longer big-league home with the expansion Montreal Expos from 1969 to 1971, working mostly in relief. He finished with a 26-29 record, 268 strikeouts and nine saves over 229 games. After retiring he worked for Seagram's and in Expos broadcasting before returning to his family farm in Texas, where he died in 1984 at age 47.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 293 | 2 | 45 | 152 | 60 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 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 #544 card?
It is card #544 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Howie Reed of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Is 1965 Topps #544 a rookie card?
Yes - #544 is the 1965 Topps rookie card of Howie Reed.
Is 1965 Topps #544 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.