1966 Topps #356 Red Sox Rookie Stars - Owen Johnson / Ken Sanders
On this card: Owen Johnson, Ken Sanders
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 #356 pairs Johnson with fellow Red Sox farmhand Ken Sanders in a Rookie Stars issue from the 1966 Topps set. Johnson was in Boston's catching pipeline that year; within months the Orioles would select him away from the Red Sox in the Rule 5 draft, but he never reached a major league box score with either club. TCDB counts this as his rookie card. Catcher Lawrence Owen Johnson spent thirteen pro seasons with the Phillies, Red Sox and Orioles organizations without a big league regular-season game, then left baseball in 1968 to become a Southern Baptist minister, pastoring a South Carolina church for nearly four decades.
Drafted by the Red Sox from Kansas City in the November 1965 Rule 5 draft, Sanders opened 1966 in Boston's bullpen before a June trade sent him back to the Athletics along with Jim Gosger and Guido Grilli. Across the two stops he went 6-10 with a 3.75 ERA and three saves in 62 games, and on August 27 made his only career start, working four innings against the Angels. His 1966 Topps Rookie Stars card, #356, shows him with the Red Sox; it is from print series 4, is a recognised rookie card, pairing him with fellow Rookie Star Owen Johnson, who never appeared in a major league game. A well-traveled relief pitcher for eight clubs across ten seasons, best remembered for his record-setting 1971 with the Milwaukee Brewers, when he led the majors in appearances, games finished and saves.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 173 | 1 | 7 | 70 | 33 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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 #356 card?
It is card #356 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Owen Johnson and Ken Sanders. 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 #356 a rookie card?
Yes - #356 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Owen Johnson and Ken Sanders.
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.