1969 Topps #82 Pirates Rookie Stars - Rich Hebner / Al Oliver
On this card: Rich Hebner, Al Oliver
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 #82, a Rookie Stars card from the set's first print series, pairs Hebner with fellow Pirates rookie Al Oliver. Hebner stepped in at third base in 1969 after the Pirates lost Maury Wills to Montreal in the expansion draft, and hit .301 with 8 homers and 47 RBI. Oliver tied for second in the Rookie of the Year vote; Hebner got no votes despite being the only rookie to hit above .300. Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman of the 1970s who homered off Marichal, Perry and Palmer in the 1971 postseason, and an offseason gravedigger known as "Digger."
Oliver's 1969 Topps #82 is his rookie card, a two-player Pirates Rookie Stars card shared with Rich Hebner. It arrived during his official rookie season, when he became Pittsburgh's primary first baseman after Donn Clendenon was lost to Montreal in the expansion draft, hitting .285 with 17 home runs and 70 RBI and tying for second in the NL Rookie of the Year voting. A .303 career hitter over 18 seasons with 2,743 hits, Al Oliver made seven All-Star teams and helped the 1971 champion Pirates before starring for Texas and Montreal.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject (Richie Hebner) · SABR BioProject (Al Oliver)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 828 | 1 | 38 | 273 | 238 | 136 | 61 | 79 | 2 |
| SGC | 87 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 1 |
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 #82 card?
It is card #82 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Rich Hebner and Al Oliver. 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 #82 a rookie card?
Yes - #82 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Rich Hebner and Al Oliver.
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.