1965 Topps #181 Senators Rookie Stars - Don Loun / Joe McCabe
On this card: Don Loun, Joe McCabe
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
Don Loun's 1965 Topps card, #181, is a Washington Senators Rookie Stars panel he shares with Joe McCabe, drawn from the set's third series -- his recognized rookie card. It followed his brief 1964 debut, when he threw a complete-game shutout in his first major league start against the Red Sox before making one more appearance for the club that October, closing his career at 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA over those two games. A left-hander who threw a complete-game shutout in his big league debut for the Senators, then made just one more major league start before finishing out his career in the minors.
Traded to the expansion Washington Senators over the winter, McCabe played his final big-league season there in 1965, catching in 11 of his 14 games before his last game on May 22. Card #181 is a Rookie Stars card shared with fellow Senators prospect Don Loun. It closed out a short two-year major league career that began the year before with the Twins. Purdue-bred catcher who set a Pacific Coast League hitting-streak record in the minors before a brief big-league stop, then flew commercial airliners for decades afterward.
Sources: Wikipedia (Don Loun) · Wikipedia (Joe McCabe)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 362 | 3 | 78 | 183 | 65 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 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 #181 card?
It is card #181 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Loun and Joe McCabe. 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 #181 a rookie card?
Yes - #181 is the rookie card of Don Loun. Joe McCabe had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
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.