1968 Topps #287 White Sox Rookie Stars - Mickey Abarbanel / Cisco Carlos
On this card: Mickey Abarbanel, Cisco Carlos
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
Abarbanel's card year finds him in his third White Sox farm season, having spent all of 1968 with the Double-A Evansville White Sox after strong strikeout numbers as a rookie with Fox Cities in 1966. Topps paired him with fellow White Sox farmhand Cisco Carlos on card #287, a Rookie Stars entry from the set's fourth series. It is a recognized rookie card for both pitchers, issued while Abarbanel was still working his way through Chicago's minor league chain rather than pitching in the big leagues. Left-handed White Sox farmhand out of Monmouth University in New Jersey who fired a Midwest League no-hitter in his 1966 debut season but never got past Triple-A to reach the majors.
Carlos's 1968 Topps card, #287, is a Rookie Stars issue in the fourth print series, sharing the card with fellow White Sox farmhand Mickey Abarbanel. The card catches him as a White Sox right-hander in the 1968 season, when he worked mostly as a starter, going 4-14 with a 3.90 ERA over 29 appearances, 21 of them starts, striking out 57 in 122.1 innings. Cisco Carlos was a right-handed pitcher who broke in with the Chicago White Sox in 1967, beating the Tigers and Indians in a September pennant race before four big-league seasons split between Chicago and Washington.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 388 | 21 | 108 | 168 | 56 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| SGC | 18 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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. 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 #287 card?
It is card #287 of the 598-card 1968 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mickey Abarbanel and Cisco Carlos. 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 #287 a rookie card?
Yes - #287 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Mickey Abarbanel and Cisco Carlos.
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.