1967 Topps #526 Tigers Rookie Stars - Pat Dobson / George Korince
On this card: Pat Dobson, George Korince
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
Dobson opened 1967 with Triple-A Toledo and, after a strong start there, was called up to Detroit, making his major league debut on May 31 against Cleveland. Used mostly in relief as a rookie, he worked 28 games for the Tigers, picking up his first big-league win in September against the White Sox, and closed the year with a 2.92 ERA. This card is a multi-player Rookie Stars issue shared with fellow Tigers rookie George Korince, from the sixth print series, and a recognized rookie card for Dobson. A right-hander who toiled seven years in the minors before sticking with Detroit in 1967, Pat Dobson later won twenty games for the 1971 Orioles' record four-20-game-winner staff.
Korince's first Topps card, #72, is a series 1 Rookie Stars issue shared with fellow Tigers prospect John Matchick, a recognized rookie card released as Korince broke camp in Detroit's bullpen to open the season. The photo on that card shows another player, identified by the Trading Card Database and Baseball Card Pedia as James M. Brown and by Korince's SABR biography as Ike Brown, an error Topps never corrected. A second card, #526, is a series 6 Rookie Stars issue shared with Pat Dobson, giving Korince two rookie cards from the same season covering his active relief stint with the Tigers. Canadian right-hander George Korince pitched eleven games for the Detroit Tigers in 1966-67, earning his only major league win in relief at Fenway Park before control problems and an ailing arm ended his career in the minors.
Sources: Wikipedia (Pat Dobson) · Wikipedia (George Korince) · SABR BioProject (Pat Dobson) · SABR BioProject (George Korince)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 296 | 0 | 21 | 124 | 62 | 43 | 23 | 22 | 1 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 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 #526 card?
It is card #526 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Pat Dobson and George Korince. 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 #526 a rookie card?
Yes - #526 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Pat Dobson and George Korince.
Why is #526 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series, #458-533 - noticeably tougher than the first five.
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.