1967 Topps #287 Mets Rookie Stars - Greg Goossen / Bart Shirley
On this card: Greg Goossen, Bart Shirley
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
In 1967 Goossen split time between the Mets and Triple-A Jacksonville, batting .159 in 37 games for New York while catching in most of them. His 1967 Topps rookie card, #287, is a multi-player Rookie Stars issue shared with fellow Mets prospect Bart Shirley, part of the set's fourth series. Journeyman catcher-first baseman for the Mets, Pilots, Brewers, and Senators whose 1969 platoon season in Seattle was his career peak; later spent decades as actor Gene Hackman's stand-in and bit-part regular in Hollywood films.
1967 Topps #287 is a Rookie Stars card pairing Shirley with Greg Goossen, both shown with the New York Mets, issued in the set's fourth print series. The card marked Shirley's move from the Dodgers to the Mets that season, in which he appeared in six games, going hitless in 12 at-bats with one run scored, seeing time at second base. A right-handed reserve infielder who played four seasons for the Dodgers and Mets in the 1960s, then two seasons in Japan with the Chunichi Dragons before managing in the Dodgers' Class-A farm system.
Sources: Wikipedia (Greg Goossen) · Wikipedia (Bart Shirley) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 246 | 2 | 31 | 134 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| SGC | 33 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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 #287 card?
It is card #287 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Greg Goossen and Bart Shirley. 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 #287 a rookie card?
Yes - #287 is the rookie card of Greg Goossen. Bart Shirley 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.