1969 Topps #592 Padres Rookie Stars - Rafael Robles / Al Santorini
On this card: Rafael Robles, Al Santorini
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
Robles broke camp as San Diego's Opening Day shortstop in the Padres inaugural season and became the first man to bat in franchise history, leading off against Houston's Don Wilson on April 8, 1969. This high-number Topps card, part of the set's seventh print series, is a multi-player Rookie Stars issue shared with fellow Padres rookie Al Santorini, making it a recognized rookie card for both players. Robles played 6 games for San Diego before a midseason assignment to Double-A Elmira, where a Padres coaching staff void left veterans like Elmira first baseman Jeff Pentland crediting him with teaching infield fundamentals. Dominican shortstop who batted first in San Diego Padres history in 1969, reaching on a Joe Morgan error and stealing second before his brief three-season big-league career wound down.
1969 Topps #592 is a high number from the set's seventh print series, a Rookie Stars card and Al Santorini's rookie card, pairing him with fellow Padres rookie Rafael Robles, both pictured with San Diego. It captures Santorini heading into his first full big-league season, in which he went 8-14 with a 3.95 ERA over 184.2 innings and tied Joe Niekro for the team lead in wins as the expansion Padres' rotation took shape. Right-hander who broke in with Atlanta in 1968 for a single game, then anchored San Diego's rotation before finishing his career with St. Louis in 1973.
Sources: Wikipedia (Rafael Robles) · Wikipedia (Al Santorini) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 312 | 5 | 78 | 171 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 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 #592 card?
It is card #592 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rafael Robles and Al Santorini. 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 #592 a rookie card?
Yes - #592 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Rafael Robles and Al Santorini.
Why is #592 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.