1966 Topps #568 Athletics Rookie Stars - Paul Lindblad / Ron Stone
On this card: Paul Lindblad, Ron Stone
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
Lindblad shares this high-number Rookie Stars card with fellow Kansas City Athletics prospect Ron Stone; card 568 falls in the seventh series and stands as Lindblad's rookie card. On the field in 1966 the 24-year-old moved between starting and relieving for Kansas City, going 5-10 with a 4.17 ERA over 38 games, 14 as a starter, striking out 69 in 121 innings and picking up his first career save. A left-handed relief specialist for 14 major league seasons, mostly with the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Paul Lindblad won three World Series rings and set a big league record with 385 consecutive errorless games between 1966 and 1974.
Stone's rookie card arrives in the 1966 Topps set's seventh series as card #568, a high number in the Kansas City Athletics Rookie Stars subset shared with pitcher Paul Lindblad. That season Stone made his major-league debut in April, appearing in 26 games for Kansas City, mostly as a pinch-hitter or defensive replacement, before being returned to the Orioles organization in June. A left-handed outfielder from Corning, California, Ron Stone reached the majors in 1966 with Kansas City after a Rule 5 selection, then spent three seasons as Philadelphia's dependable fourth outfielder, valued for speed, defense and a strong arm.
Sources: Wikipedia (Paul Lindblad) · Wikipedia (Ron Stone) · SABR BioProject (Paul Lindblad) · SABR BioProject (Ron Stone)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 398 | 0 | 41 | 201 | 98 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
| SGC | 26 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 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. 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 #568 card?
It is card #568 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Paul Lindblad and Ron Stone. 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 1966 Topps #568 a rookie card?
Yes - #568 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Paul Lindblad and Ron Stone.
Why is #568 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last print series, #523-598 - the scarce end of the set. Forty-three of its 76 cards are short prints, so scarcity is stated for the series as a whole.
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.