1969 Topps #662 Royals Rookie Stars - Dick Drago / George Spriggs / Bob Oliver
On this card: Dick Drago, George Spriggs, Bob Oliver
Rookie card for Dick Drago and Bob Oliver; George Spriggs had an earlier Topps 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
Drago made his major league debut with the Kansas City Royals in 1969, the franchise's inaugural season, going 11-13 with a 3.77 ERA across 41 appearances, 26 of them starts, after Kansas City took him from the Detroit Tigers organization in the expansion draft. His card is #662, a high number in the Rookie Stars subset shared with fellow Royals George Spriggs and Bob Oliver, and it stands as Drago's own rookie card. A Toledo-born right-hander who became the Kansas City Royals' first workhorse starter, then a mainstay of the Boston Red Sox bullpen during their 1975 pennant chase.
Back with the Pirates organization after his stint away, Spriggs saw his contract purchased by the Kansas City Royals that October. His 1969 Topps card is a Rookie Stars share with Dick Drago and Bob Oliver, part of the seventh print series, a high number; his first Topps card was 1967 #472. A speedy reserve outfielder who stole 170 bases in the minors for Columbus, George Spriggs played for the Pirates and Royals between 1965 and 1970.
Card #662, a high-number Royals Rookie Stars card from Topps' seventh series, pictures Oliver alongside fellow Royals Dick Drago and George Spriggs and is recognized as Oliver's rookie card. It arrived as he took over as a regular outfielder for the expansion Royals in their inaugural 1969 season, batting .254 with 13 home runs and 43 RBI in 118 games. Kansas City Royals first baseman and outfielder who broke in with Pittsburgh in 1965, then anchored the expansion Royals' lineup with career-best power in 1970.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dick Drago) · Wikipedia (George Spriggs) · Wikipedia (Bob Oliver) · SABR BioProject (Dick Drago) · SABR BioProject (Bob Oliver)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 239 | 2 | 23 | 128 | 52 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 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 #662 card?
It is card #662 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Drago, George Spriggs and Bob 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 #662 a rookie card?
Yes - #662 is the rookie card of Dick Drago and Bob Oliver. George Spriggs had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
Why is #662 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last print series, #589-664 - the scarce end of the set.
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.