1967 Topps #581 Mets Rookie Stars - Bill Denehy / Tom Seaver
On this card: Bill Denehy, Tom Seaver
Mets Rookie Stars card shared by Bill Denehy and Tom Seaver, the rookie card of both; a high number from the scarce seventh series.
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
Denehy broke camp in 1967 as the Mets' fifth starter after a spring in which he struck out 20 batters in 20 innings under pitching coach Harvey Haddix. In his April 16 debut at Philadelphia he fanned eight, tying the franchise debut record Tom Seaver had set three days earlier, but lost 2-0. He went 1-7 with a 4.70 ERA in 15 games for a last-place club and was sent to Triple-A Jacksonville on June 28. His 1967 Topps #581 is the Mets Rookie Stars card, Denehy on the left and Seaver on the right, and it is his rookie card. A high number from the seventh series, it is a key rookie card of the set. A Connecticut right-hander best known as the young pitcher the Mets sent to Washington, along with $100,000, in the November 1967 deal that brought manager Gil Hodges to New York.
Card #581 is Tom Seaver's rookie card and a key card of the 1967 set: a Mets Rookie Stars card he shares with fellow prospect Bill Denehy, issued as a high number in series 7. He debuted on April 13 against Pittsburgh. By July he had an All-Star spot, and he ended the game at Anaheim by pitching a scoreless 15th inning. He finished 16-13 with a 2.76 ERA, 18 complete games and 170 strikeouts for a last-place club, all new Mets records. Tom Seaver was the Mets' ace right-hander, the 1967 NL Rookie of the Year who won three Cy Young Awards and pitched the 1969 Miracle Mets to a title on the way to 311 wins and a first-ballot Hall of Fame election.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bill Denehy) · Wikipedia (Tom Seaver) · SABR BioProject (Bill Denehy) · SABR BioProject (Tom Seaver)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 4,226 | 3 | 98 | 678 | 776 | 789 | 599 | 1,257 | 26 |
| SGC | 1,483 | 0 | 13 | 78 | 182 | 176 | 267 | 679 | 88 |
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 #581 card?
It is card #581 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Denehy and Tom Seaver. 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 #581 a rookie card?
Yes - #581 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Bill Denehy and Tom Seaver.
What are the key cards in the 1967 Topps set?
The #150 Mickey Mantle anchors the set, with #200 Willie Mays, #250 Hank Aaron, #400 Bob Clemente, #430 Pete Rose and #600 Brooks Robinson, a tough high-series card, among the keys. The two Hall of Fame rookies sit in the scarce high series: #569 A. League Rookie Stars (Rod Carew) and #581 Mets 1967 Rookie Stars (Tom Seaver).
Why is #581 harder to find?
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.
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.