1972 Topps #14 Phillies Rookie Stars - Pete Koegel / Mike Anderson / Wayne Twitchell
On this card: Pete Koegel, Mike Anderson, Wayne Twitchell
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
Koegel played 41 games for the Phillies in 1972, hitting .143 in 49 at-bats, and his last game came on October 2. Mike Anderson and Wayne Twitchell share his 1972 Topps card, #14, a first-series Rookie Stars issue, and all three players are printed with the Philadelphia Phillies. Pete Koegel, a 6-foot-6 right-handed hitting catcher, first baseman and outfielder, played 62 games for the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies between 1970 and 1972, the last of them in Philadelphia.
A Clay Carroll pitch hit Anderson in the head during spring training in 1972 and he was carried off the field on a stretcher, but he recovered in time to open the season as the Phillies' everyday right fielder. He hit .194 through May and went down to Triple-A Eugene. His 1972 Topps #14 is a three-man Rookie Stars card with Pete Koegel and Wayne Twitchell, all printed with the Phillies, and it is Anderson's rookie card. Mike Anderson was the sixth overall pick of the 1969 draft, an outfielder from Timmonsville, South Carolina, who played for the Phillies, Cardinals and Orioles from 1971 to 1979. He hit .246 with 28 home runs in 721 major league games.
Twitchell stayed with the 1972 Phillies, who lost 97 games, and pitched in 49 games with 15 starts for a 5-9 record and a 4.06 ERA. On June 10 he gave up Hank Aaron's grand slam, and on August 19 he shut out Houston 4-0 with eight strikeouts and no walks. Card #14 is a Rookie Stars card in the first series, shared with Pete Koegel and Mike Anderson. Wayne Twitchell, a 6-foot-6 right-hander drafted third overall in 1966, pitched for five clubs from 1970 to 1979. His 1973 season with the Phillies produced a 2.50 ERA and an All-Star selection before a knee injury ended it.
Sources: Wikipedia (Pete Koegel) · Wikipedia (Mike Anderson (outfielder)) · Wikipedia (Wayne Twitchell) · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 240 | 11 | 40 | 130 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 #14 card?
It is card #14 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Pete Koegel, Mike Anderson and Wayne Twitchell. 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 #14 a rookie card?
Yes - #14 is the rookie card of Mike Anderson. Pete Koegel and Wayne Twitchell had already appeared on earlier Topps cards, so it is not their rookie card.
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.