1968 Topps #348 Phillies Rookie Stars - Larry Colton / Dick Thoenen
On this card: Larry Colton, Dick Thoenen
About this card
Thirty Rookie Stars cards carry two players each on a horizontal front. The class is headlined by the two Hall of Fame rookies, #177 Nolan Ryan (with Jerry Koosman) and #247 Johnny Bench (with Ron Tompkins), with #384 Hal McRae (with Bill Henry) the other rookie card collectors chase.
The story on this card
Larry Colton's card is part of the Rookie Stars subset, shared with fellow Phillies pitching prospect Dick Thoenen. The back reports his 1967 season at Class AAA San Diego, where he started 31 games, tying for the Pacific Coast League lead, and posted a 14-14 record with a 3.09 ERA while helping his club to the PCL championship. Colton opened 1968 back in the minors before an April call-up led to his major league debut with the Phillies that May. A California-born right-hander who set a Cal Berkeley strikeout record before a single big-league relief outing for the Phillies; later a magazine writer and author.
Dick Thoenen's only card appearance came in the 1968 Topps set, on card #348 from the fourth print series, a Rookie Stars issue shared with fellow pitcher Larry Colton, both pictured as Phillies. It is a plain series-four card, and it stands as a recognized rookie card for Thoenen, arriving the year after his single major-league outing in 1967 and giving collectors their one printed record of him. A towering 6-foot-6 right-hander from Mexico, Missouri, born in 1944, who pitched exactly one big-league game for the 1967 Phillies before his career quietly ended, never returning to the majors.
Sources: Wikipedia (Larry Colton) · Wikipedia (Dick Thoenen) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 352 | 15 | 96 | 163 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 2 |
| SGC | 30 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 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. Slabs of the yellow team-letter #49 and #66 are 1968 Milton Bradley game cards and are not counted here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1968 Topps #348 card?
It is card #348 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Larry Colton and Dick Thoenen. Thirty Rookie Stars cards carry two players each on a horizontal front. The class is headlined by the two Hall of Fame rookies, #177 Nolan Ryan (with Jerry Koosman) and #247 Johnny Bench (with Ron Tompkins), with #384 Hal McRae (with Bill Henry) the other rookie card collectors chase.
Is 1968 Topps #348 a rookie card?
Yes - #348 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Larry Colton and Dick Thoenen.
How many cards are in the 1968 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 606 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 without a gap and no printed number carries two different cards; eight cards - six of the seven checklists, #10 AL Pitching Leaders and #400 Mike McCormick - carry a catalogued print variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, Baseball Almanac, Beckett, 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.