1969 Topps #16 Giants Rookie Stars - Cesar Gutierrez / Rich Robertson
On this card: Cesar Gutierrez, Rich Robertson
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
Gutierrez's 1969 Topps card, #16, is a Rookie Stars issue from the set's first print series, shared with fellow rookie Rich Robertson and picturing Gutierrez with the San Francisco Giants, the club he opened that season with before a midseason trade sent him to the Tigers. He split the year between both teams, batting .236 in 32 games with 9 runs while playing mostly shortstop. It stands as his recognized rookie card. Venezuelan shortstop Cesar Gutierrez played for the Giants and Tigers from 1967 to 1971. On June 21, 1970, he went seven-for-seven in a doubleheader game, becoming only the second major leaguer in history to do so without making an out.
Rich Robertson's 1969 Topps card, #16, is a Rookie Stars issue from the set's first print series - a regular-run card. Shared with fellow Giants prospect Cesar Gutierrez, it is Robertson's recognized rookie card and first Topps issue. He worked into the San Francisco rotation and bullpen that season, going 1-3 over 44.1 innings in 17 appearances with 7 starts. Paired rookie-stars cards like this one were Topps' standard way of introducing multiple unproven players from one club on a single card. Right-handed pitcher who spent his whole big-league career with the San Francisco Giants from 1966 to 1971, topping out with 183.2 innings in his busiest 1970 season.
Sources: Wikipedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 201 | 2 | 42 | 65 | 47 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 #16 card?
It is card #16 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Cesar Gutierrez and Rich Robertson. 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 #16 a rookie card?
Yes - #16 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Cesar Gutierrez and Rich Robertson.
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.