1967 Topps #598 White Sox Rookie Stars - Walt Williams / Ed Stroud
On this card: Walt Williams, Ed Stroud
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
Traded from St. Louis to the White Sox that December, Williams returned to the majors in 1967 and hit .240 in a pitching-dominated season, playing mostly outfield for a Chicago club that stayed in the pennant race into September before fading to fourth. Card #598 is a high number from the final series and a recognized rookie card, shared with fellow White Sox outfielder Ed Stroud under the Rookie Stars banner. A hustling outfielder known for diving stops and a batting title at Tulsa, he became a Chicago White Sox fan favorite and hit a career-high .304 in 1969.
Stroud split 1967 between the White Sox and Senators, playing 107 games and hitting .212 with 42 runs scored as a rookie outfielder. His first Topps card, #598, is a shared Rookie Stars issue with the Chicago White Sox, pairing him with fellow outfielder Walt Williams. Edwin "Ed" Stroud was a speedy White Sox and Senators outfielder nicknamed "The Streak" for his base-stealing; his top year came in 1970 with Washington, batting .266 with 29 steals over a six-season career from 1966 to 1971.
Sources: Wikipedia (Walt Williams) · Wikipedia (Ed Stroud)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 478 | 4 | 49 | 210 | 117 | 58 | 24 | 14 | 2 |
| SGC | 50 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 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 #598 card?
It is card #598 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Walt Williams and Ed Stroud. 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 #598 a rookie card?
Yes - #598 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Walt Williams and Ed Stroud.
Why is #598 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.