1969 Topps #536 Padres Rookie Stars - Danny Breeden / Dave Roberts
On this card: Danny Breeden, Dave Roberts
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
Danny Breeden's 1969 Topps card is #536, a Rookie Stars issue from series six shared with fellow rookie Dave Roberts of the San Diego Padres. Breeden had been purchased by the Reds from the Padres that June, and within weeks he made his major league debut on July 24, 1969 at Shea Stadium, starting at catcher against the Mets while regular Johnny Bench was unavailable. He collected his only hit of the season in that first game, a second-inning single, as the Reds beat the Mets 4-3 in 12 innings on a Tony Perez home run. Breeden appeared in just three games for Cincinnati that year, going 1-for-8 at the plate, and this rookie card is the lone Topps issue commemorating his brief 1969 debut season. Georgia-born catcher who bounced through four organizations before finally reaching the majors with the Reds in 1969, then closed out his brief big-league career with the Cubs in 1971.
Roberts made his major league debut with the San Diego Padres in 1969, the expansion club's inaugural season, after the Padres chose him in the 1968 expansion draft. 1969 Topps #536 is a Rookie Stars card from the sixth print series, pairing him with fellow Padres rookie Danny Breeden under the San Diego banner. It is a recognized rookie card for Roberts, whose full workload as a big-league starter and reliever would follow the next year. Left-handed pitcher who spent thirteen big-league seasons with eight clubs, 1969-1981, won 103 games, and was a 1979 World Series champion with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Sources: Wikipedia (Danny Breeden) · Wikipedia (Dave Roberts (pitcher))
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 338 | 6 | 94 | 178 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 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 #536 card?
It is card #536 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Danny Breeden and Dave Roberts. 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 #536 a rookie card?
Yes - #536 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Danny Breeden and Dave Roberts.
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.