1967 Topps #542 Athletics Rookie Stars - Rick Monday / Tony Pierce
On this card: Rick Monday, Tony Pierce
A seventh-series high number, one of the 22 accepted high-series double prints of the 1967 set.
About this card
This is one of the 43 Rookie Stars cards in the set, each pairing two prospects. Thirty-nine are titled by club; #569, #576, #587 and #592 carry a league title and cover two clubs each.
The story on this card
1967 was Monday's first full big league season, played with the Kansas City Athletics in the team's last year before the move to Oakland; he hit .251 with 14 home runs and 58 RBI in 124 games, 113 of them in the outfield. This card, #542 in the set's seventh print series, is a Rookie Stars issue shared with fellow A's outfielder Tony Pierce, making it a recognized rookie card for Monday. It is a high number, one of the accepted high-series double prints from that series. First pick in MLB's 1965 draft, this two-time All-Star outfielder starred for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers before winning a 1981 World Series ring with the Dodgers.
Pierce's rookie season came out of the Kansas City bullpen, where he pitched in 49 games with 6 starts, going 3-4 with a 3.04 ERA over 97.2 innings and 7 saves. His 1967 Topps card, a recognized rookie card, is #542 from series 7, a high number in the multi-player Rookie Stars subset he shares with outfielder Rick Monday; it was also double-printed, one of 22 confirmed high-series double prints that year. A left-handed reliever for the Athletics in 1967-68, Tony Pierce went 4-6 with a 3.25 ERA and 8 saves across 66 games in his brief two-season career.
Sources: Wikipedia (Rick Monday) · Wikipedia (Tony Pierce)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 730 | 1 | 78 | 321 | 193 | 72 | 37 | 25 | 3 |
| SGC | 88 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
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. PSA registers a row for every one of the 624 states; SGC lists no separate row for the #149 white-streak state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #542 card?
It is card #542 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rick Monday and Tony Pierce. This is one of the 43 Rookie Stars cards in the set, each pairing two prospects. Thirty-nine are titled by club; #569, #576, #587 and #592 carry a league title and cover two clubs each.
Is 1967 Topps #542 a rookie card?
Yes - #542 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Rick Monday and Tony Pierce.
Is 1967 Topps #542 a scarce card?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last print series, #534-609 - the scarce end of the set, holding both Hall of Fame rookies (Carew #569, Seaver #581). Twenty-two of the 76 are accepted double prints, so scarcity varies card by card inside the run. It is also a double print card (26 cards: #1, #30, #100, the #531 checklist and 22 high numbers). Cards printed twice on the sheet, so more plentiful than their neighbours: #1 The Champs, #30 Al Kaline, #100 Frank Robinson, the #531 seventh-series checklist, and 22 of the 76 high numbers (#534, 537, 539, 542, 547, 548, 550, 551, 554, 556, 559, 562, 564, 566, 569, 582, 588, 589, 596, 599, 601, 608), Carew #569 included. A high number that is also a double print is easier than its series suggests.
How many cards are in the 1967 Topps Baseball set?
609 cards, tracked as 624 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 609 without a gap - no number was skipped and none was used twice - and 15 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-12.