1969 Topps #376 Royals Rookie Stars - Mike Fiore / Jim Rooker
On this card: Mike Fiore, Jim Rooker
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
Selected by Kansas City from Baltimore in the 1968 expansion draft, Fiore became the Royals' first-string first baseman in the franchise's inaugural 1969 season. He hit a leadoff home run in just the team's fifth game ever, the first home run in Royals history, off Blue Moon Odom. He appeared in 107 games, batting .274 with 12 home runs and 35 RBIs, his most productive big-league season. This 1969 Topps rookie card, #376 in the fourth print series, is a multi-player Rookie Stars issue shared with fellow Kansas City Royal Jim Rooker. Brooklyn-born first baseman who signed with the Mets as a teenager, later starred for the expansion Kansas City Royals, and closed his career with Boston, St. Louis and San Diego.
Rooker's first season in Kansas City after the Royals took him from Detroit in the 1968 expansion draft; he cracked the starting rotation and went 4-16 with a 3.75 ERA over 28 games, 22 as a starter. On July 7 against Minnesota he became the first Royal to hit two home runs in a game, both off Jim Kaat. Card #376, from the fourth print series, is a Rookie Stars issue pairing him with fellow first-year Royal Mike Fiore, and it is recognized as Rooker's rookie card. Left-hander who bounced from Detroit to Kansas City before finding his best years with the Pittsburgh Pirates, pitching in two NLCS runs and the 1979 World Series title.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject (Mike Fiore) · SABR BioProject (Jim Rooker)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 301 | 3 | 55 | 152 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 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 #376 card?
It is card #376 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mike Fiore and Jim Rooker. 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 #376 a rookie card?
Yes - #376 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Mike Fiore and Jim Rooker.
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.