1965 Topps #226 Yankees Rookie Stars - Elvio Jimenez / Jake Gibbs
On this card: Elvio Jimenez, Jake Gibbs
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
Jimenez had made his lone major league appearance for the Yankees the previous October, going 2-for-6 in a start against Cleveland. This 1965 Topps Rookie Stars card, shared with fellow Yankees farmhand Jake Gibbs, introduced him to collectors as New York looked to its next wave of outfield depth. He spent the 1965 season himself back in the minors, batting .297 for Toledo before the Yankees outrighted him that fall. Dominican outfielder who batted .333 in his only major-league game for the 1964 Yankees, then spent years starring in Triple-A before becoming a scout back home in the Dominican Republic.
'Yankees 1965 Rookie Stars,' card #226 in the third series, teams Gibbs with outfielder Elvio Jimenez. The 1964 line on the back is a three-game, six-at-bat, one-hit cameo wrapped around a fourth straight year in the minors, and broken fingers kept him out of that October's World Series. At 26 he was a rookie in name only, and this was the last Topps card to bill him as one. Jake Gibbs was Ole Miss's All-America quarterback and the 1961 Sugar Bowl MVP, who passed up pro football for a six-figure Yankees bonus, caught in the Bronx from 1962 to 1971, and went home to coach the Rebels' baseball team for 19 seasons.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac (Jake Gibbs) · Retrosheet
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 310 | 0 | 27 | 142 | 87 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 2 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 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 #226 card?
It is card #226 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Elvio Jimenez and Jake Gibbs. 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 #226 a rookie card?
Yes - #226 is the rookie card of Elvio Jimenez. Jake Gibbs 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.