1967 Topps #179 Braves Rookie Stars - Charles Vaughan / Cecil Upshaw
On this card: Charles Vaughan, Cecil Upshaw
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
Card #179 is a Rookie Stars issue shared with fellow Braves prospect Cecil Upshaw, from the set's second print series. It is Vaughan's rookie card, issued the year after his headline debut, when he started the opener of a Houston doubleheader in 1966 and picked up the win in seven innings, striking out six. He spent the winter back home in Brownsville hoping to stick on Atlanta's roster for 1967. A hard-throwing left-handed pitcher out of Brownsville, Texas, who signed with the Milwaukee Braves for a $25,000 bonus out of high school and won his major-league debut for Atlanta as an eighteen-year-old in September 1966.
Upshaw opened 1967 in the minors at Richmond, where 25 games and 14 saves earned a June call-up to Atlanta. He won his first major league decision on July 22 against St. Louis and finished the year 2-3 with a 2.58 ERA and eight saves in 30 games. This Rookie Stars card, part of the set's second print series, pairs him with fellow Braves rookie Charles Vaughan and is a recognized rookie card for Upshaw. A 6-foot-6 sidearm reliever who anchored the Atlanta Braves bullpen, Cecil Upshaw racked up 86 career saves before a freak awning injury derailed his prime.
Sources: Wikipedia (Charlie Vaughan) · Wikipedia (Cecil Upshaw) · SABR BioProject (Charlie Vaughan) · SABR BioProject (Cecil Upshaw)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 265 | 2 | 42 | 130 | 50 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 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. 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 #179 card?
It is card #179 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Charles Vaughan and Cecil Upshaw. 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 #179 a rookie card?
Yes - #179 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Charles Vaughan and Cecil Upshaw.
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.