1970 Topps #573 Padres Rookie Stars - Mike Corkins / Rafael Robles / Ron Slocum
On this card: Mike Corkins, Rafael Robles, Ron Slocum
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
Corkins came to 1970 after a September 1969 debut stretch of 1-3 and an 8.47 ERA. He spent the year in the Padres' rotation, making 24 appearances and 18 starts and striking out 75. He went 5-6 with a 4.62 ERA over 111 innings. His #573 Rookie Stars card, from the sixth series, groups him with fellow Padres Rafael Robles and Ron Slocum, and it is the rookie card for Corkins and Slocum. Right-hander who pitched six seasons for the San Diego Padres, 1969-74, and started 44 of his 157 games. He went 19-28 with a 4.39 ERA and gave up Willie Mays's 600th home run on September 22, 1969.
Rafael Robles played for the Salt Lake City Bees of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 1970 and had nine hits in a doubleheader at Eugene by early May. He batted .261 for Salt Lake City, ranked second on the club with 22 doubles, and led the league's shortstops with a .957 fielding percentage. Card #573 in the sixth series is a Padres Rookie Stars card shared with Mike Corkins and Ron Slocum, each of whom has a rookie card here. Dominican shortstop who batted first in San Diego Padres history in 1969, reaching on a Joe Morgan error and stealing second before his brief three-season big-league career wound down.
Slocum played all of 1970 with San Diego, 60 games and 10 hits in 71 at-bats, with 19 games at catcher and 17 at shortstop. On July 21 he started at second base when manager Preston Gomez pinch-hit for Clay Kirby in the eighth inning while Kirby was throwing a no-hitter against the Mets. Card #573 in the sixth series is the Padres Rookie Stars card he shares with Mike Corkins and Rafael Robles, and it is his rookie card. Utility infielder and catcher who played 80 games for the San Diego Padres between 1969 and 1971, hitting .150 with 2 home runs. He was an expansion-draft pick from the Pirates' system and retired in 1972.
Sources: Wikipedia (Mike Corkins) · Wikipedia (Rafael Robles) · Wikipedia (Ron Slocum) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 411 | 18 | 136 | 204 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| SGC | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 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 #573 card?
It is card #573 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Mike Corkins, Rafael Robles and Ron Slocum. 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 #573 a rookie card?
Yes - #573 is the rookie card of Mike Corkins and Ron Slocum. Rafael Robles had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
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.