1970 Topps #477 Orioles Rookie Stars - Al Severinsen / Roger Freed
On this card: Al Severinsen, Roger Freed
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
Severinsen spent 1970 at Triple-A Rochester, where his 22 saves led the International League, after coming home early from winter ball in Puerto Rico with an injured arm. His Rookie Stars card, #477 in the fifth series, pairs him with Roger Freed; both men are printed with Baltimore, and it is a rookie card for each. Al Severinsen was a Brooklyn-born right-handed reliever from Long Island who pitched for the 1969 Baltimore Orioles and the 1971-72 San Diego Padres before settling in Mystic, Connecticut.
Freed's first card, #477 in the fifth series, is a Rookie Stars issue shared with Al Severinsen. At Rochester in 1970 he hit .334 with 24 home runs and 130 RBI, earning International League MVP honors and Topps Player of the Year recognition. He debuted for the Orioles on September 18 and went 2-for-13 in four games. Outfielder and first baseman who won two minor league Player of the Year awards and played for five major league clubs. He hit .398 for the 1977 Cardinals and won a game with a walk-off grand slam in 1979.
Sources: Wikipedia (Al Severinsen) · Wikipedia (Roger Freed) · SABR BioProject (Al Severinsen) · SABR BioProject (Roger Freed) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 208 | 1 | 37 | 113 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 #477 card?
It is card #477 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Severinsen and Roger Freed. 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 #477 a rookie card?
Yes - #477 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Al Severinsen and Roger Freed.
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.