1971 Topps #559 American League Rookie Stars - Terry Cox / Bill Gogolewski / Gary Jones
On this card: Terry Cox, Bill Gogolewski, Gary Jones
About this card
This is one of the 44 Rookie Stars cards in the 1971 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club, league or position title. All 44 count as rookie cards.
The story on this card
Cox shares #559 with Bill Gogolewski and Gary Jones, a three-man Rookie Stars card in the fifth series of the 1971 Topps set, and it is a rookie card for all three. Cox is printed with the California Angels, Gogolewski with the Washington Senators and Jones with the New York Yankees. Terry Cox, a 6-foot-5 right-hander from Odessa, Texas, pitched in three games for the California Angels in September 1970. He worked 2 1/3 innings in relief, struck out three and posted a 3.86 ERA.
Denny McLain's spikes nearly ruptured Gogolewski's Achilles tendon at the start of 1971. He moved into the Senators' rotation on July 6, made 16 straight starts at a 2.67 ERA and threw his first shutout, a four-hitter against the Yankees on September 1. He finished 6-5 with a 2.75 ERA in Washington's last season. His rookie card, #559 in the fifth series, is shared with Terry Cox of the Angels and Gary Jones of the Yankees; he is printed with the Senators. Bill Gogolewski, a right-hander from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, pitched for the Senators, Rangers, Indians and White Sox from 1970 to 1975, finishing 15-24 with a 4.02 ERA before a back injury ended his career.
Out of the Yankees bullpen in 1971, Jones allowed 14 earned runs over 14 innings for a 9.00 ERA. His Rookie Stars card #559, from the fifth series, shares a front with Terry Cox of the Angels and Bill Gogolewski of the Senators, with Jones printed as a Yankee. Left-handed reliever Gary Jones pitched 14 games for the 1970 and 1971 Yankees. He was traded twice on December 2, 1971, from New York to Texas to Cleveland, and finished his career at Triple-A Portland in 1972.
Sources: Wikipedia (Terry Cox) · Wikipedia (Bill Gogolewski) · Wikipedia (Gary Jones (pitcher)) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 349 | 1 | 13 | 124 | 161 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 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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Related cards
Team cards: #442 California Angels, #462 Washington Senators, #543 New York Yankees
More California Angels cards:
- #15 Andy Messersmith
- #43 Steve Kealey
- #61 1970 American League Batting Leaders
- #67 1970 American League ERA Leaders
- #78 Jim Spencer
- #105 Tony Conigliaro
More Washington Senators cards:
- #11 Elliott Maddox
- #33 Del Unser
- #60 Dick Bosman
- #63 1970 American League RBI Leaders
- #65 1970 American League Home Run Leaders
- #82 Casey Cox
More New York Yankees cards:
- #5 Thurman Munson
- #28 Ron Klimkowski
- #51 Steve Kline
- #111 Yankees 1971 Rookie Stars
- #131 Curt Blefary
- #146 Ralph Houk
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1971 Topps #559 card?
It is card #559 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Terry Cox, Bill Gogolewski and Gary Jones. This is one of the 44 Rookie Stars cards in the 1971 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club, league or position title. All 44 count as rookie cards.
Is 1971 Topps #559 a rookie card?
Yes - #559 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Terry Cox, Bill Gogolewski and Gary Jones.
How many cards are in the 1971 Topps Baseball set?
752 cards, tracked as 761 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 752 with none skipped, issued in six print series (132/131/130/130/120/109 cards), the sixth (#644-752) the high numbers; seven cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - the #42, #265 and #306 photo pairs and the #123, #206, #369 and #619 checklists, #369 and #619 in three printings each.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA (its price guide, master set registry and set article), 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.