1969 Topps #468 Pirates Rookie Stars - Bruce Dal Canton / Bob Robertson
On this card: Bruce Dal Canton, Bob Robertson
Rookie card for Bruce Dal Canton.
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
In 1969, his third season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Dal Canton worked almost exclusively out of the bullpen, appearing in 57 games and going 8-2 with a 3.34 ERA and five saves. This Rookie Stars card pairs him with fellow Pirates prospect Bob Robertson, both pictured in Pittsburgh uniforms, and comes from print series 5 of the 1969 Topps set. It is a recognized rookie card for Dal Canton. Collectors track two printing states of the card, distinguished by the color of the players' printed names: one with names in yellow, the other with names in white. A knuckleballer signed off an open tryout while teaching high school, Bruce Dal Canton pitched eleven big league seasons and later coached pitchers for years in the Braves system.
Robertson returned to the Pittsburgh lineup in 1969 after missing all of 1968 with a kidney ailment, appearing sparingly as a part-time first baseman in 32 games. His 1969 Topps card, #468, is a series-five Rookie Stars issue, shared with pitcher Bruce Dal Canton; it was Dal Canton's rookie card rather than Robertson's, since Robertson's own rookie card had already come the year before. The card was printed in two collectible name-color states, with the players' names appearing in yellow on one and white on the other. Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman whose six home runs in the 1971 postseason, three in one NLCS game, set a single-postseason record that lasted three decades; anchored the Pirates' 1970-75 division-title era and their 1971 World Series title.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bruce Dal Canton) · Wikipedia (Bob Robertson)
Print variations
Two states of #468 are tracked individually: 468a - Names In Yellow and 468b - 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.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 468a - Names In Yellow | |||||||||
| PSA | 253 | 1 | 37 | 114 | 47 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 468b - Names In White | |||||||||
| PSA | 172 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 41 | 38 | 27 | 28 | 1 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #468 card?
It is card #468 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bruce Dal Canton and Bob Robertson. 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 #468 a rookie card for both players?
No - for Bruce Dal Canton only, not for Bob Robertson.
Does 1969 Topps #468 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 468a - Names In Yellow ("Dal Canton and Robertson" prints in yellow letters on the front - the common state of this fifth-series card) and 468b - Names In White ("Dal Canton and Robertson" prints in white letters - the scarce state of the pair; white letters are the premium side on all 23 of the set's name-color variations (#440-511)). Owning any one of them fills the #468 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.