1969 Topps #454 Phillies Rookie Stars - Larry Colton / Don Money
On this card: Larry Colton, Don Money
This card is also Don Money's rookie card.
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
Colton's card is again a Rookie Stars issue, this time shared with fellow Phillies prospect Don Money. The back reflects his 1968 season, in which he was called up to Philadelphia and made his only major league appearance, a relief outing against Cincinnati on May 6. An off-field shoulder injury that June sent him back to the minors, where he closed out the year with San Diego before returning to the Eugene Emeralds' roster in 1969. A California-born right-hander who set a Cal Berkeley strikeout record before a single big-league relief outing for the Phillies; later a magazine writer and author.
Money's 1969 Topps card is #454, a multi-player Rookie Stars issue from the fifth print series shared with Larry Colton, each pictured with his own club, Money with the Philadelphia Phillies. It is a recognized rookie card for Money, issued the year he was recalled to Philadelphia and took over as the club's regular shortstop, batting .229 over 127 games. Two collectible states exist, distinguished by the color of the printed names: yellow or white. Don Money was a four-time All-Star third baseman for the Phillies and Brewers, remembered for a major league record 86-game errorless streak at the hot corner and a sixteen-season career spent mostly in Milwaukee.
Sources: Wikipedia (Larry Colton) · Wikipedia (Don Money) · SABR BioProject (Larry Colton) · SABR BioProject (Don Money)
Print variations
Two states of #454 are tracked individually: 454a - Names In Yellow and 454b - Names In White. The difference is on the front of the card (name color).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry and the Trading Card Database; each is tracked here individually.
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 454a - Names In Yellow | |||||||||
| PSA | 359 | 2 | 46 | 182 | 72 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 2 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 454b - Names In White | |||||||||
| PSA | 176 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 41 | 40 | 25 | 32 | 1 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation.
Find this card
Search T206 Cards Shop 1969 Topps cards Live auctions Buy It Now on eBay Sold prices
As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, T206Cards.com may earn from qualifying purchases.
Related cards
More Philadelphia Phillies cards:
- #6 National League 1968 Home Run Leaders
- #28 Mike Ryan
- #51 Woody Fryman
- #73 Johnny Briggs
- #108 Tony Taylor
- #133 Johnny Callison
- #174 Grant Jackson
- #188 Rick Wise
- #206 Phillies 1969 Rookie Stars
- #229 Don Lock
- #253 Jerry Johnson
- #276 Gary Wagner
- #297 Deron Johnson
- #329 Rick Joseph
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #454 card?
It is card #454 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Larry Colton and Don Money. 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 #454 a rookie card for both players?
No - for Don Money only, not for Larry Colton.
Does 1969 Topps #454 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 454a - Names In Yellow (Printed with the players' names in yellow lettering) and 454b - Names In White (Printed with the players' names in white lettering). Owning any one of them fills the #454 slot; the master set counts each state.
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.