1970 Topps #716 Cards Rookie Stars - Sal Campisi / Reggie Cleveland / Santiago Guzman
On this card: Sal Campisi, Reggie Cleveland, Santiago Guzman
About this card
This is one of the forty Rookie Stars cards, each showing two or three rookies from one club; #654 (National League) and #702 (American League) each mix three clubs. A Rookie Stars card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #36, #74, #109, #154, #267, #317, #429, #573, #669 and #683 one of them had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
The story on this card
Campisi made the Cardinals out of spring training in 1970 after a strong winter in the Dominican League with Licey. He pitched in 37 games, finishing 15 of them, with a 2.92 ERA, but walked 37 batters, 11 of them intentionally, against 26 strikeouts. A bad back sent him to Tulsa in August. His card, #716, is a Rookie Stars triple from the high-number seventh series, printed with Cardinals teammates Reggie Cleveland and Santiago Guzman; it is the rookie card for all three. Sal Campisi, a Brooklyn-born right-handed reliever, pitched 50 games for the Cardinals and Twins from 1969 to 1971, finishing 3-2 with a 2.70 ERA and four saves after winning the 1969 Allie Reynolds Award at Triple-A Tulsa.
Cleveland had thrown four innings in one game for the 1969 Cardinals, then stayed in the majors from August 1970. That year he went 0-4 with a 7.62 ERA over 16 games and 26 innings, striking out 22. His first Topps card is #716, a Rookie Stars card in the seventh series, a high number, shared with Sal Campisi and Santiago Guzman. All three are shown with the Cardinals and all three are rookie cards. Reggie Cleveland, a Saskatchewan-born right-hander, pitched 13 seasons for the Cardinals, Red Sox, Rangers and Brewers, winning 105 games. He was the 1971 Sporting News NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year and a member of the 1975 Red Sox pennant team.
Guzman made the Cardinals out of spring training and pitched seven early-season games. On May 19, in his second major-league start, he went the distance in a five-hit, 12-3 win over the Houston Astros, his only major-league victory. Most of the summer went to Triple-A Tulsa before one more September appearance. His 1970 Topps card is #716, a high-number Rookie Stars card shared with Sal Campisi and Reggie Cleveland, all three printed with the Cardinals, and the rookie card for each. Santiago Guzman was a Dominican right-hander from San Pedro de Macoris who pitched 12 games for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1969 to 1972. He went 16-3 with a 1.74 ERA at Class A St. Petersburg in 1967.
Sources: Wikipedia (Sal Campisi) · Wikipedia (Reggie Cleveland) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 266 | 2 | 53 | 144 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. 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 1970 Topps #716 card?
It is card #716 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Sal Campisi, Reggie Cleveland and Santiago Guzman. This is one of the forty Rookie Stars cards, each showing two or three rookies from one club; #654 (National League) and #702 (American League) each mix three clubs. A Rookie Stars card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #36, #74, #109, #154, #267, #317, #429, #573, #669 and #683 one of them had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
Is 1970 Topps #716 a rookie card?
Yes - #716 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Sal Campisi, Reggie Cleveland and Santiago Guzman.
Why is #716 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last series, #634-720 - the high numbers, and the toughest series of the set to find.
How many cards are in the 1970 Topps Baseball set?
720 cards, tracked as 726 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 720 with none skipped, issued in seven series - #1-132, #133-263, #264-372, #373-459, #460-546, #547-633 and the high numbers, #634-720; 6 cards, all of them checklists, carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-25.