1969 Topps #439 White Sox Rookie Stars - Ed Herrmann / Dan Lazar
On this card: Ed Herrmann, Dan Lazar
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
After a season back in the minors in 1968, Herrmann rejoined the White Sox in 1969 and took over as their starting catcher, replacing Duane Josephson, hitting .231 with 8 home runs in 102 games. His 1969 Topps card is a Rookie Stars subset issue shared with Dan Lazar, both pictured as Chicago White Sox prospects. It is a recognized rookie card for Herrmann. A knuckleball specialist behind the plate, Herrmann caught Hoyt Wilhelm, Wilbur Wood and Eddie Fisher for a decade with the White Sox and made the 1974 All-Star team.
1969 Topps #439 is a Rookie Stars card from the set's fifth series, pairing Dan Lazar with fellow White Sox rookie Ed Herrmann under the shared Chicago White Sox banner. Lazar's featured season came out of the White Sox bullpen and rotation, appearing in nine games with three starts and posting a 6.53 ERA over 20.2 innings with nine strikeouts; it proved to be the final year of his brief big-league career. Left-handed pitcher John Daniel Lazar spent 1968-1969 with the Chicago White Sox after a record-setting run at Indiana State, later joining that school's athletics Hall of Fame.
Sources: Wikipedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 261 | 5 | 38 | 112 | 56 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 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 #439 card?
It is card #439 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ed Herrmann and Dan Lazar. 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 #439 a rookie card?
Yes - #439 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Ed Herrmann and Dan Lazar.
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.