1969 Topps #552 Dodgers Rookie Stars - Ted Sizemore / Bill Sudakis
On this card: Ted Sizemore, Bill Sudakis
About this card
This is one of the 52 Rookie Stars cards in the 1969 Topps set, each carrying two or three young players under a club or league title. A Rookie Stars card is a rookie card only for the players pictured who had no earlier Topps flagship card - the rookie-card answer on each card names them.
The story on this card
Sizemore's card, #552 in the set's sixth print series, is a multi-player Rookie Stars issue shared with fellow Dodger Bill Sudakis, a recognized rookie card. It comes from his first Dodgers season, when he split time between shortstop and second base before settling in at second and batting .271 with 46 RBIs and 69 runs, earning the National League Rookie of the Year award. Second baseman for five clubs from 1969-1980, Ted Sizemore won the 1969 NL Rookie of the Year award and later anchored the Cardinals infield in front of Lou Brock.
Card #552, a print series 6 Rookie Stars card shared with Ted Sizemore, both shown with the Los Angeles Dodgers. It is a recognized rookie card for Sudakis. In his rookie season he took over at third base and hit fourteen home runs, four of them in four consecutive games in mid-August, and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated that May with the Dodgers' young core nicknamed "The Mod Squad." Switch-hitting infielder who broke in with the Dodgers as a September call-up in 1968 and became part of the club's young "Mod Squad" core the following season, playing three infield positions plus catcher across eight big league seasons.
Sources: Wikipedia (Ted Sizemore) · Wikipedia (Bill Sudakis) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 547 | 7 | 137 | 298 | 59 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| SGC | 23 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #552 card?
It is card #552 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ted Sizemore and Bill Sudakis. This is one of the 52 Rookie Stars cards in the 1969 Topps set, each carrying two or three young players under a club or league title. A Rookie Stars card is a rookie card only for the players pictured who had no earlier Topps flagship card - the rookie-card answer on each card names them.
Is 1969 Topps #552 a rookie card?
Yes - #552 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Ted Sizemore and Bill Sudakis.
How many cards are in the 1969 Topps Baseball set?
664 cards, tracked as 696 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 664 with none skipped and no printed number shared by two cards; 32 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately, 23 of them the yellow- and white-letter name pairs of #440-511.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, 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.