1967 Topps #442 Yankees Rookie Stars - Bill Robinson / Joe Verbanic
On this card: Bill Robinson, Joe Verbanic
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 Robinson arrived in New York after an offseason trade that sent Clete Boyer to Atlanta, winning the James P. Dawson Award as Yankees camp's top rookie and homering in the season opener. He lost the right-field job to Steve Whitaker within a month and finished at .196 with 7 home runs and 29 RBIs in 116 games. His Topps #442 Yankees Rookie Stars card, shared with pitcher Joe Verbanic, is a recognized rookie card from the set's fifth print series. Bill Robinson broke in as a Braves pinch runner for Hank Aaron in 1966, later anchored Pittsburgh's We Are Family 1979 champions, and became a respected big-league hitting coach after his playing days ended.
In 1967, his first year with the Yankees after a June recall from Triple-A Syracuse, Verbanic moved into the starting rotation and won his first two decisions, including a complete-game shutout of Washington on June 8 in which he also drove in two runs at the plate. He finished 4-3 with a 2.80 ERA and two saves over 28 games. This card, #442 in the Rookie Stars subset shared with Bill Robinson, marked his first Topps issue as a Yankee and is recognized as his rookie card. A slim Western Pennsylvania right-hander who won his first two Yankees starts in 1967 before a rotator cuff injury cut his career short by age 30.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bill Robinson (outfielder)) · Wikipedia (Joe Verbanic) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 280 | 1 | 27 | 120 | 69 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 2 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 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 #442 card?
It is card #442 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bill Robinson and Joe Verbanic. 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 #442 a rookie card?
Yes - #442 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Bill Robinson and Joe Verbanic.
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.