1969 Topps #637 Padres Rookie Stars - Jerry DaVanon / Frank Reberger / Clay Kirby
On this card: Jerry DaVanon, Frank Reberger, Clay Kirby
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
DaVanon made the Padres' inaugural Opening Day roster as San Diego joined the National League in expansion, debuting as a pinch hitter that April. He took over at shortstop in place of demoted Rafael Robles but struggled at the plate and was traded back to the Cardinals in late May. This card, a high number from the set's seventh series, catches him as a Padre in the multi-player Rookie Stars subset, sharing the frame with fellow rookies Frank Reberger and Clay Kirby; it is recognized as his rookie card. San Diego-bred utility infielder who broke in with the 1969 expansion Padres and spent parts of eight seasons filling in at shortstop, second, and third base for five different clubs.
That October the expansion San Diego Padres took Reberger in the 1968 draft, and he worked as a busy reliever for the first-year club through 1969. This high number card, part of the seventh print series, is a Padres Rookie Stars subset entry shared with Clay Kirby and Jerry DaVanon. It marks Reberger's rookie card. A right-hander out of Caldwell, Idaho, Reberger pitched for the Cubs, Padres and Giants from 1968-1972 before a long career as a coach and manager.
Card #637 is a Rookie Stars San Diego Padres card from the 1969 Topps series 7 high-number run, a rookie card shared with fellow Padres rookies Jerry DaVanon and Frank Reberger. It captures Kirby's debut season, when the 20-year-old right-hander made the first-year Padres' rotation and started 35 games, throwing 215.2 innings while leading the National League in losses despite a 3.80 ERA. Original Padres starter who carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Mets in 1970 before being pulled for a pinch-hitter, then pitched two years for Cincinnati's pennant-winning 1975 Big Red Machine.
Sources: Wikipedia (Jerry DaVanon) · Wikipedia (Frank Reberger) · Wikipedia (Clay Kirby) · SABR BioProject (Jerry Davanon) · SABR BioProject (Clay Kirby)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 334 | 4 | 79 | 139 | 53 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 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 #637 card?
It is card #637 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jerry DaVanon, Frank Reberger and Clay Kirby. 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 #637 a rookie card?
Yes - #637 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Jerry DaVanon, Frank Reberger and Clay Kirby.
Why is #637 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.