1969 Topps #624 National League Rookie Stars - Darrel Chaney / Duffy Dyer / Terry Harmon
On this card: Darrel Chaney, Duffy Dyer, Terry Harmon
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
Chaney reached the majors in 1969 after his 23-home-run season at Double-A Asheville, sharing the Reds' shortstop job with Woody Woodward and Chico Ruiz as a rookie. He hit .191 with no home runs in 93 games, a year that convinced him to shorten his swing and give up on power hitting. His 1969 Topps Rookie Stars card, a high number from the set's seventh series, is his recognized rookie card, shared with Duffy Dyer of the Mets and Terry Harmon of the Phillies. A switch-hitting Reds utility infielder of the Big Red Machine era, Darrel Chaney filled in at short, second and third before a 1976 season as Atlanta's regular shortstop.
As a rookie third-string catcher behind Jerry Grote, Dyer opened the season with a pinch-hit, three-run homer and closed it with a World Series ring. Card 624 is a Rookie Stars subset entry, a high number from the set's seventh print series, pairing Dyer with Cincinnati's Darrel Chaney and Philadelphia's Terry Harmon; it is a recognized rookie card for all three players. A steady-handed Mets backstop who homered in his first Opening Day at-bat and helped anchor the 1969 championship club before a long run as a coach and minor league manager.
1969 Topps #624 is a Rookie Stars card from the set's seventh series, a high number recognized as Harmon's rookie card. He shares it with Darrel Chaney of the Reds and Duffy Dyer of the Mets. It marked Harmon's first Topps card after a two-game cameo in 1967; in 1969 he returned to stay, appearing in 87 games at shortstop and second base and hitting .239 with 16 RBI and 25 runs. A Toledo-born utility infielder who spent his entire big-league career with the Phillies, holding down short and second as a steady reserve into the club's mid-1970s division-winning teams.
Sources: Wikipedia (Darrel Chaney) · Wikipedia (Duffy Dyer) · Wikipedia (Terry Harmon) · SABR BioProject (Darrel Chaney) · SABR BioProject (Duffy Dyer)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 402 | 6 | 94 | 197 | 62 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 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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- #6 National League 1968 Home Run Leaders
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #624 card?
It is card #624 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Darrel Chaney, Duffy Dyer and Terry Harmon. 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 #624 a rookie card?
Yes - #624 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Darrel Chaney, Duffy Dyer and Terry Harmon.
Why is #624 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.