1970 Topps #599 Senators Rookie Stars - Dick Stelmaszek / Gene Martin / Dick Such
On this card: Dick Stelmaszek, Gene Martin, Dick Such
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
Stelmaszek spent 1970 at Double-A Pittsfield, where he played 128 games and made the league all-star team for the second straight year. He hit .246 with four home runs and 47 RBI. His major league debut came the next June. Washington listed him with Gene Martin and Dick Such on #599, a three-man Rookies card from the sixth series, and it is the rookie card for each of the three. Catcher who appeared in 60 major league games for the Senators, Rangers, Angels and Cubs between 1971 and 1974, then coached for the Minnesota Twins for 32 straight seasons and was on the 1987 and 1991 World Series champion staffs.
Topps put Martin on #599 in 1970, a sixth-series Rookie Stars card that groups him with fellow Washington Senators Dick Stelmaszek and Dick Such. It is the rookie card of all three men, and Martin is listed with Washington, the club he played for in 1968. Gene Martin, a left-handed-hitting outfielder from Georgia, played nine games for the 1968 Washington Senators and hit .364 with a home run off Stan Bahnsen. He later hit 189 home runs in six seasons in Japan, mostly with the Chunichi Dragons.
Such debuted on April 6, 1970, and pitched in 21 games for Washington, five of them starts. He went 1-5 with a 7.56 ERA. He struck out 41 in 50 innings, and his last game came on July 17. His Topps rookie card, #599 in the sixth series, is a Rookie Stars card shared with Dick Stelmaszek and Gene Martin, all three printed with the Senators. Right-hander who pitched 21 games for the 1970 Washington Senators, then spent 1986 through 2001 as pitching coach of the Minnesota Twins, including their 1987 and 1991 World Series championship seasons.
Sources: Wikipedia (Rick Stelmaszek) · Wikipedia (Gene Martin) · Wikipedia (Dick Such) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 259 | 3 | 90 | 110 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| SGC | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 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 #599 card?
It is card #599 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Stelmaszek, Gene Martin and Dick Such. 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 #599 a rookie card?
Yes - #599 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Dick Stelmaszek, Gene Martin and Dick Such.
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.