1972 Topps #232 Giants Rookie Stars - Chris Arnold / Jim Barr / Dave Rader
On this card: Chris Arnold, Jim Barr, Dave Rader
About this card
This is one of the 29 Rookie Stars cards in the 1972 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club title (#724, #741 and #761 are league-wide), and all 29 are rookie cards.
The story on this card
Arnold reached the Giants on September 7, 1971 and hit his first home run in his third big-league at-bat, off future Hall of Famer Phil Niekro on September 10. He appeared in 51 games in 1972, 17 of them at third base. Card #232, from the second series, is his rookie card, the Giants Rookie Stars card he shares with Jim Barr and Dave Rader, who are also on their own rookie cards. Chris Arnold was a utility infielder and pinch hitter for the San Francisco Giants from 1971 to 1976, hitting .237 with four home runs in 273 games, and later spent three seasons with the Kintetsu Buffaloes in Japan.
Barr moved into the Giants rotation in mid-1972 and finished 8-10 with a 2.87 ERA in 44 games. On August 23 he retired the last 21 Pirates he faced, and on August 29 he retired the first 20 Cardinals before Bernie Carbo doubled in the seventh. Topps #232, a second-series Rookie Stars card, groups him with Giants teammates Chris Arnold and Dave Rader and is a rookie card for all three men. Jim Barr was a Giants right-hander who retired 41 straight batters over two starts in August 1972, a major-league record at the time, won ten or more games five years running from 1973 to 1977, and also pitched for the Angels.
Manager Charlie Fox told Rader he had the Giants' catching job in mid-March 1972, the same day his wife gave birth to a son. He played 133 games, hitting .259 with six home runs, the first off Tom Seaver. His #232 is a second-series Rookie Stars card shared with Chris Arnold and Jim Barr, all three printed with San Francisco, and the rookie card for each of them. Dave Rader caught for the Giants from 1972 to 1976, finishing second in the 1972 NL Rookie of the Year voting. He later played for the Cardinals, Cubs, Phillies and Red Sox, retiring with a .257 average in 846 games.
Sources: Wikipedia (Chris Arnold) · Wikipedia (Jim Barr) · Wikipedia (Dave Rader) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 413 | 17 | 122 | 201 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 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 1972 Topps #232 card?
It is card #232 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chris Arnold, Jim Barr and Dave Rader. This is one of the 29 Rookie Stars cards in the 1972 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club title (#724, #741 and #761 are league-wide), and all 29 are rookie cards.
Is 1972 Topps #232 a rookie card?
Yes - #232 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Chris Arnold, Jim Barr and Dave Rader.
How many cards are in the 1972 Topps Baseball set?
787 cards, tracked as 794 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 787 with none skipped, in six print series (#1-132, #133-263, #264-394, #395-525, #526-656 and #657-787, the high numbers); 7 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - four Chicago Cubs cards with yellow or green under the "C" and "S" of the team name, the #251 and #478 checklists with smaller or larger print on the front, and the #604 checklist with its copyright line aligned right or left.
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.