1966 Topps #511 Giants Rookie Stars - Bob Barton / Tito Fuentes
On this card: Bob Barton, Tito Fuentes
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
Card #511 is Barton's rookie card, a series-6 issue in the 'Giants 1966 Rookie Stars' subset, a multi-player card shared with fellow San Francisco rookie Tito Fuentes. It follows a four-game September call-up in 1965 that was Barton's only big-league action to that point: 4-for-7 with a run batted in, a .571 average across a seven at-bat sample, the only big-league line on his record before this card went to print. Bob Barton was a defense-first catcher who worked behind Tom Haller and Johnny Bench across ten big-league seasons with the Giants, Padres and Reds, and in 1971 led National League catchers in runners caught stealing as San Diego's regular receiver.
Fuentes's 1966 Topps card, #511, is a multi-player Rookie Stars issue shared with Bob Barton, part of the set's sixth print series - a recognized rookie card for Fuentes. That season, his first full year, he split time between shortstop and second base for the Giants and batted .261 with 9 home runs, showing solid defense at both spots. Cuban-born second baseman who anchored the Giants' infield through the 1970s, set an NL fielding record in 1973, and played the game with a flashy, headband-wearing flair.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bob Barton) · Wikipedia (Tito Fuentes)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 265 | 3 | 10 | 82 | 88 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 4 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 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 #511 card?
It is card #511 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Barton and Tito Fuentes. 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 #511 a rookie card?
Yes - #511 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Bob Barton and Tito Fuentes.
Why is #511 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series, #447-522 - noticeably tougher than the first five. Nothing in #447-522 is short-printed.
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.