1967 Topps #253 Indians Rookie Stars - Bill Davis / Gus Gil
On this card: Bill Davis, Gus Gil
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
Bill Davis's 1967 Topps card is a third-series Cleveland Indians Rookie Stars issue, shared with Gus Gil, and is Gil's rookie card; Davis had already appeared on 1965 Topps #546. It reports Davis's abbreviated 1966 season, the last stats Topps had on hand, because Davis spent the entire 1967 campaign sidelined after rupturing his Achilles tendon in a January pick-up basketball game, a season-ending injury that cost him his best shot at Cleveland's starting first-base job. A 6-foot-7 first baseman from Minnesota who reached the majors with Cleveland in 1965, Davis hit his only career home run as a pinch hitter in 1966 and started the Padres' first-ever regular season game in 1969.
1967 Topps #253, part of the card's third print series, is a Cleveland Indians Rookie Stars card shared with Bill Davis -- Gil's rookie card. It arrives during his first big league season: the 27-year-old second baseman opened at the position on Opening Day and started Cleveland's first 19 games, finishing with a .115 average in 51 games (96 at-bats, 5 RBI, 11 runs), playing 49 games at second base and one at first. Venezuelan second baseman whose glove far outran his bat over four big league seasons with Cleveland, Seattle, and Milwaukee; a .982 fielding percentage and a long, decorated career in Venezuelan winter ball.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bill Davis) · Wikipedia (Gus Gil) · SABR BioProject (Bill Davis) · SABR BioProject (Gus Gil)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 343 | 2 | 109 | 163 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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. 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 #253 card?
It is card #253 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Davis and Gus Gil. 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 #253 a rookie card?
Yes - #253 is the rookie card of Gus Gil. Bill Davis had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
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.