1969 Topps #576 Phillies Rookie Stars - Ron Stone / Bill Wilson
On this card: Ron Stone, Bill Wilson
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
Card #576 in the 1969 Topps set's sixth series groups Stone with Bill Wilson under the Phillies Rookie Stars banner, part of the regular print run. It arrives just after Philadelphia acquired him from Baltimore that January in exchange for catcher Clay Dalrymple. Stone opened the season as the Phillies' starting left fielder on Opening Day and went on to appear in 103 games, hitting .239 in his first full big-league season. A left-handed outfielder from Corning, California, Ron Stone reached the majors in 1966 with Kansas City after a Rule 5 selection, then spent three seasons as Philadelphia's dependable fourth outfielder, valued for speed, defense and a strong arm.
1969 was Wilson's rookie major league season: after seven years in the minors he made the Phillies' Opening Day roster and worked exclusively out of the bullpen, appearing in 37 games. Topps pictured him on card #576, a Rookie Stars card from the set's sixth series shared with fellow Phillies prospect Ron Stone. Wilson is not enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. A Marshall University product who spent seven minor league seasons in the Phillies system before sticking as a Philadelphia relief pitcher from 1969 through 1973.
Sources: Wikipedia (Ron Stone) · Wikipedia (Bill Wilson (pitcher)) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 237 | 5 | 58 | 108 | 39 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| SGC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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 #576 card?
It is card #576 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ron Stone and Bill Wilson. 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 #576 a rookie card?
No. Neither Ron Stone nor Bill Wilson counts #576 as a rookie card: Stone was on 1966 Topps #568 and 1968 #409, Wilson on 1967 #402.
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.