1965 Topps #509 Red Sox Rookie Stars - Bob Guindon / Gerry Vezendy
On this card: Bob Guindon, Gerry Vezendy
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
Guindon's rookie card, number 509, arrived the spring after his brief September 1964 callup, during which he went 1-for-8 with a double in five games as a first baseman, outfielder, pinch hitter, and pinch runner for the Red Sox. Topps paired him on a Boston Red Sox Rookie Stars card with fellow prospect Gerry Vezendy, part of the 1965 set's seventh and final print series, a high number issued late in the year. A record-bonus Red Sox signee out of Boston English High, Guindon got a nine-day taste of the majors in September 1964 before a decade in the minors.
Card #509, part of print series 7, a high number and a recognized rookie card, pairs Vezendy with fellow Red Sox farmhand Bob Guindon as Red Sox Rookie Stars. Both men represent the Boston Red Sox on the card. It came out as Vezendy was already struggling: after a promising 1964 with Wellsville and Winston-Salem, he opened 1965 at Double-A Pittsfield with an 0-3 record and 26 walks in just 22 innings, was waived by Boston that June, and finished the year in the Cardinals' Class A system at Raleigh. Right-handed pitcher from Pennsylvania whose strong 1964 debut for the Red Sox organization was undone by wildness and arm trouble before he reached the majors.
Sources: SABR BioProject · SABR Games Project
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 334 | 1 | 42 | 169 | 82 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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 #509 card?
It is card #509 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Guindon and Gerry Vezendy. 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 #509 a rookie card?
Yes - #509 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Bob Guindon and Gerry Vezendy.
Is 1965 Topps #509 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.
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.