1969 Topps #646 Expos Rookie Stars - Dan McGinn / Carl Morton
On this card: Dan McGinn, Carl Morton
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
Card #646 is a high number from the seventh print series, pairing McGinn with fellow Expos pitcher Carl Morton in a Rookie Stars subset issue. McGinn had just come over from Cincinnati in the expansion draft, and this card catches him on the brink of a landmark day: on Opening Day 1969 he became the first relief pitcher to take the mound for the Expos and hit the first home run in franchise history, a solo shot off Tom Seaver. He went on to post a 7-10 record with a 3.94 ERA and six saves that season. Left-hander from Omaha and Notre Dame who broke in with Cincinnati, then became the first relief pitcher to take the mound for the expansion Montreal Expos.
Morton's rookie card appears in the seventh series of 1969 Topps as card #646, a high number shared with fellow Expos rookie Dan McGinn on a multi-player Rookie Stars card. The pictured season was Morton's first in the majors: he started the Expos' fourth game in franchise history, pitching nine scoreless innings before Montreal fell 1-0 in the 12th to the Cubs, and finished the year 0-3 with a 4.60 ERA over eight games. He won NL Rookie of the Year honors the following season. Right-hander who won the 1970 NL Rookie of the Year with Montreal, then anchored the Braves' rotation for four seasons, finishing 87-92 over an eight-year career.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dan McGinn) · Wikipedia (Carl Morton) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 455 | 8 | 117 | 225 | 69 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| SGC | 22 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #646 card?
It is card #646 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dan McGinn and Carl Morton. 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 #646 a rookie card?
Yes - #646 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Dan McGinn and Carl Morton.
Why is #646 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last print series, #589-664 - the scarce end of the set.
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.