1967 Topps #137 Twins Rookie Stars - Ron Clark / Jim Ollom
On this card: Ron Clark, Jim Ollom
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
Card #137, a Rookie Stars issue pairing Clark with fellow Twins prospect Jim Ollom, part of Topps' second print series. Clark entered 1967 as the favorite to win the third-base job, having won a minor-league Gold Glove at the position and shared the Pacific Coast League RBI title the year before. He did not start until April 30, after an injury sidelined regular third baseman Rich Rollins, and hit .167 in 20 games before elbow surgery at the Mayo Clinic limited him to a handful of late-season appearances. A tough Fort Worth infielder who split a seven-year career between Minnesota, Seattle, Oakland, Milwaukee and Philadelphia before a long run as a coach and scout.
Card #137 in the 1967 Topps set is a Rookie Stars issue from the second series, pairing Ollom with fellow Twins prospect Ron Clark. It is Ollom's rookie card, arriving after his 20-win 1966 season for Denver earned him a late-season callup. He opened 1967 on Minnesota's roster and spent the year mostly in relief, making 21 appearances and two starts, going 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA. A hard-throwing Snohomish, Washington left-hander who won 20 games for Denver in 1966 and earned Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year, Jim Ollom pitched two seasons for the Twins before retiring in 1969 at age 24.
Sources: Wikipedia (Ron Clark) · Wikipedia (Jim Ollom) · SABR BioProject (Ron Clark) · SABR BioProject (Jim Ollom)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 390 | 1 | 47 | 222 | 70 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 3 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 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 #137 card?
It is card #137 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ron Clark and Jim Ollom. 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 #137 a rookie card?
Yes - #137 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Ron Clark and Jim Ollom.
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.