1966 Topps #333 Senators Rookie Stars - Joe Coleman / Jim French
On this card: Joe Coleman, Jim French
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
Coleman spent most of the 1966 season pitching for the York White Roses in the Eastern League, with only a brief midseason look from the Senators. He shares this Rookie Stars card, #333, with fellow Washington farmhand Jim French, part of Topps' fourth print series that year. As a multi-player rookie subset card issued the spring after his September 1965 major league debut, it counts among his recognized rookie cards. A first-round bonus baby who reached the majors at eighteen, Coleman blossomed into a 20-game winner with Detroit and started a shutout in the 1972 ALCS.
French's 1966 Topps card, #333, is a multi-player Rookie Stars issue from the fourth print series, pairing him with fellow Senators prospect Joe Coleman. He had debuted with Washington the previous September, hitting .297 in a brief look, and entered 1966 as a young catcher the club hoped could eventually develop into an everyday player behind the plate. A Washington Senators backup catcher from an Ohio dairy farm, Jim French debuted with a two-hit game in 1965, built a reputation for his arm and pitch-calling, then became a securities trader and, later, a practicing attorney.
Sources: Wikipedia (Joe Coleman (baseball, born 1947)) · Wikipedia (Jim French) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 206 | 3 | 20 | 80 | 61 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 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 #333 card?
It is card #333 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Coleman and Jim French. 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 #333 a rookie card?
Yes - #333 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Joe Coleman and Jim French.
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.