1965 Topps #41 White Sox Rookie Stars - Bruce Howard / Marv Staehle
On this card: Bruce Howard, Marv Staehle
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
Howard appeared again in a Topps Rookie Stars subset in 1965, sharing card #41 from the set's first series with infielder Marv Staehle of the White Sox. Howard broke out that year, making 22 starts among 30 appearances, a career high in starts, going 9-8 with a 3.47 ERA over 148 innings for Chicago and establishing himself as a rotation regular. Bruce Howard was a right-handed pitcher who spent six seasons, 1963-1968, with the White Sox, Orioles and Senators, posting a 26-31 record and 3.18 ERA before his son David also reached the majors.
Staehle's 1965 Topps card followed his September 1964 debut with the Chicago White Sox, a brief six-game trial in which he hit .400 in five at-bats. Card #41 sits in the Rookie Stars subset of the set's first print series, a horizontal front that pairs him with Bruce Howard. It is an early-series card, recognized as Staehle's rookie card. He got into seven games for Chicago that summer. Marv Staehle was a light-hitting infielder who broke in with the White Sox in 1964, resurfaced with the expansion Montreal Expos and split second base with Gary Sutherland in 1970, then finished his career with Atlanta in 1971.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bruce Howard) · Wikipedia (Marv Staehle)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 358 | 4 | 53 | 189 | 73 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| SGC | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 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 #41 card?
It is card #41 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bruce Howard and Marv Staehle. 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 #41 a rookie card?
Yes - #41 is the rookie card of Marv Staehle. Bruce Howard 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.