1966 Topps #244 Astros Rookie Stars - Chuck Harrison / Sonny Jackson
On this card: Chuck Harrison, Sonny Jackson
Rookie card designation on this shared card applies to Harrison, not to Jackson.
About this card
The 46 Rookie Stars cards group a club's prospects under one number - except #553, which mixes Braves and Angels, and #591 NL Rookie Stars, which mixes Dodgers and Phillies. The class is headlined by #254 (Ferguson Jenkins, with Bill Sorrell) and #288 (Don Sutton, with Bill Singer).
The story on this card
Harrison appears on this 1966 Topps Rookie Stars card, an issue from the set's third series, representing the Houston Astros and sharing the card with fellow Astros rookie Sonny Jackson. It is a recognized rookie card for Harrison. That season he turned in his best all-around year, setting career highs across the board: a .256 average, 111 hits, 52 runs and 52 RBI in 119 games. A sure-handed first baseman who broke in with the Houston Astros in 1965, Chuck Harrison posted his best season in 1966 before finishing his career with the Kansas City Royals in 1969 and 1971.
The 1966 Topps set puts Jackson at #244, a Houston Rookie Stars card from the third print series, and one he shares with Chuck Harrison. The season behind it was his best: 150 games, every one of them at shortstop, 596 at-bats, a .292 average, 80 runs scored and 25 driven in. His three home runs that summer stood as a career high for a season, the mark of a contact hitter who beat out infield hits and then ran. Sonny Jackson was a speed-first shortstop for Houston and Atlanta whose 1966 rookie season brought a .292 average, a league-leading 160 singles and 49 stolen bases, tying a major league rookie record that had stood since 1910.
Sources: Wikipedia (Chuck Harrison) · Wikipedia (Sonny Jackson)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 345 | 1 | 50 | 180 | 69 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 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. Where SGC registers no separate row for a variation state, its slabs of that card are listed under the base state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #244 card?
It is card #244 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chuck Harrison and Sonny Jackson. The 46 Rookie Stars cards group a club's prospects under one number - except #553, which mixes Braves and Angels, and #591 NL Rookie Stars, which mixes Dodgers and Phillies. The class is headlined by #254 (Ferguson Jenkins, with Bill Sorrell) and #288 (Don Sutton, with Bill Singer).
Is #244 a rookie card for both players?
No. #244 is the rookie card of Chuck Harrison only; Sonny Jackson is not credited with a rookie card on it.
How many cards are in the 1966 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 613 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no number used twice, and 14 cards carry catalogued print variations - five checklists, the trade and sold statement backs, the three-state #43 Don Landrum, three team-card dot pairs and the #161 Jerry Lumpe white streak - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, 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.