1969 Topps #206 Phillies Rookie Stars - Larry Hisle / Barry Lersch
On this card: Larry Hisle, Barry Lersch
Rookie card for Barry Lersch, not for Hisle.
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
Handed the Phillies' everyday center field job after Tony Gonzalez was left exposed in the expansion draft, Hisle played his first full big-league season in 1969, batting .266 with 20 home runs and 56 RBI. A hairline fracture in his thumb limited him down the stretch, but he still finished fourth in National League Rookie of the Year voting and was named to the Topps Rookie All-Star Team. Card #206, from Topps' second series, is a multi-player Rookie Stars issue pairing him with fellow Phillies farmhand Barry Lersch; it is recognized as Lersch's rookie card, while Hisle's own rookie card had already appeared in the 1968 set. A two-time All-Star outfielder who led the American League in RBI in 1977 with the Minnesota Twins after rebuilding his career following a rough start in Philadelphia.
Barry Lersch shares this 1969 Topps #206 Rookie Stars card with fellow Phillies rookie Larry Hisle. Lersch made his major league debut that April, working almost exclusively out of the Phillies bullpen as a rookie; his first outing came on Opening Day, when he surrendered a walk-off two-run homer to the Cubs' Willie Smith at Wrigley Field. It is a recognized rookie card for Lersch. Denver-born right-hander who made his 1969 debut with the Philadelphia Phillies, working mostly as a reliever over four full seasons before closing out his career with a single 1974 appearance for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Sources: Wikipedia (Larry Hisle) · Wikipedia (Barry Lersch) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 398 | 4 | 61 | 208 | 73 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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 #206 card?
It is card #206 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Larry Hisle and Barry Lersch. 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 #206 a rookie card?
Yes - #206 is the rookie card of Barry Lersch. Larry Hisle had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
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.