1967 Topps #589 Dave Ricketts
One of the high numbers Topps double-printed in 1967, so it turns up more easily than most cards in the set's final series.
About Dave Ricketts
This Cardinals card, #589, sits in the tough seventh series, but it is one of the twenty-two high numbers Topps double-printed that year, so it surfaces more readily than its neighbors. The season behind it was the best of his career: he stuck as McCarver's backup, made sixteen starts, threw out half the runners who tested him, and batted .273 with 14 runs batted in over 52 games. He went hitless in three pinch-hit trips in the World Series win over Boston.
David William Ricketts was a bespectacled, switch-hitting catcher who played parts of six major league seasons between 1963 and 1970 for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates. Born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in 1935, he starred in baseball and basketball at Duquesne University, won a National Invitation Tournament title alongside his older brother Dick, and graduated in 1957 with an education degree he later put to work teaching mathematics and social studies in the offseasons. He signed with St. Louis that June, missed 1958 and 1959 on Army duty, and spent most of a decade in the minors before a .327 year at Tulsa in 1966 finally earned him a big league job he never gave back. He caught behind Tim McCarver on the 1967 world champions, dropped to third catcher once Johnny Edwards arrived in 1968, and was traded to Pittsburgh after the 1969 season. His only home run came off Bob Veale in September 1967. Ricketts then built a longer second career in uniform, coaching the Pirates bullpen from 1971 through 1973, including a championship club, and the Cardinals bullpen across parts of two decades, one of the few Black coaches in the game when he started. He died of renal cancer in 2008, a day after his 73rd birthday.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 403 | 2 | 34 | 185 | 100 | 50 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| SGC | 29 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 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 #589 card?
It is card #589 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dave Ricketts of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Is 1967 Topps #589 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.