1965 Topps #398 Reds Rookie Stars - Dan Neville / Art Shamsky
On this card: Dan Neville, Art Shamsky
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 398, from Topps' fifth 1965 series, is a Reds Rookie Stars card shared with fellow Cincinnati prospect Art Shamsky. It is Neville's only Topps card, arriving the year after his best professional season, a 14-win 1964 with the Pacific Coast League champion San Diego Padres, the Reds' top affiliate. He pitched for the Padres again in 1965, and unlike Shamsky, he never reached the majors. A Reds farmhand who never reached the majors, Dan Neville had his best season in 1964, winning 14 games for the Pacific Coast League champion San Diego Padres before pitching four more minor league seasons.
1965 Topps #398 is a Rookie Stars card shared with fellow Reds prospect Dan Neville, from the set's fifth print series. Shamsky made the Cincinnati Reds out of spring training as a 23-year-old reserve outfielder, debuting on April 17 as a pinch hitter against Bob Gibson, and appeared in 64 games while hitting .260 with 2 home runs. It is a recognized rookie card for Shamsky. A left-handed Reds and Mets outfielder who tied a major league record with four straight home runs in 1966 and helped the 1969 Mets win the World Series.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 384 | 2 | 65 | 191 | 80 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 1 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 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 #398 card?
It is card #398 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dan Neville and Art Shamsky. 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 #398 a rookie card?
Yes - #398 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Dan Neville and Art Shamsky.
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.