1966 Topps #254 Phillies Rookie Stars - Ferguson Jenkins / Bill Sorrell
On this card: Ferguson Jenkins, Bill Sorrell
Rookie card. Jenkins shares this Phillies Rookie Stars card with Bill Sorrell.
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 #254 is Jenkins' rookie card and one of the 1966 set's three Hall of Fame rookie cards, a third-series Phillies Rookie Stars pairing shared with Bill Sorrell. Topps still had Jenkins in Philadelphia, though the Phillies had already traded him to Chicago on April 21, 1966, sending him along with Adolfo Phillips and John Herrnstein for Larry Jackson and Bob Buhl. All he had pitched in the majors to that point was seven relief games. Fergie Jenkins was the control artist at the front of the Cubs rotation, winning 20 games in six straight seasons and the 1971 National League Cy Young Award on his way to 284 wins, 3,192 strikeouts and a 1991 Hall of Fame plaque.
Card #254 in the 1966 Topps set pairs Sorrell with Ferguson Jenkins on a Phillies Rookie Stars card from the third series - a mid-run card. Both men were Tony Lucadello signings, and both reached Philadelphia together when rosters expanded in September 1965; Sorrell's ten-game trial produced five hits, a .385 average and a 13th-inning home run on the last day of the season. It is one of the key rookie cards of the set, and the reason is the other name on it: Jenkins went to Cooperstown. Sorrell made the 1966 Opening Day roster but was optioned to Triple-A San Diego inside the first week and never got into a game that year. Third baseman and outfielder from Morehead, Kentucky who played parts of three big-league seasons between 1965 and 1970 for the Phillies, Giants and Royals, then two more in Japan with the Hankyu Braves.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject (Fergie Jenkins) · SABR BioProject (Billy Sorrell)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 3,446 | 7 | 69 | 408 | 581 | 694 | 573 | 1,100 | 14 |
| SGC | 1,159 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 121 | 205 | 275 | 483 | 27 |
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 #254 card?
It is card #254 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ferguson Jenkins and Bill Sorrell. 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 #254 a rookie card?
Yes - #254 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Ferguson Jenkins and Bill Sorrell.
What are the key cards in the 1966 Topps set?
#1 Willie Mays opens the set and #598 Gaylord Perry closes it. The #50 Mickey Mantle anchors it, with #30 Pete Rose, #100 Sandy Koufax (his last solo Topps card), #300 Bob Clemente, #500 Hank Aaron (his first base card as an Atlanta Brave) and #215 National League 1965 Batting Leaders (Clemente, Aaron and Mays on one card) among the headliners, and three Hall of Fame rookies: #126 Jim Palmer, #254 Phillies Rookie Stars (Ferguson Jenkins) and #288 Dodgers Rookie Stars (Don Sutton). The 76-card high series (#523-598) is the hardest run to complete - 43 of its cards are short prints.
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.