7th Series

With the addition of the Tony Perez rookie card (#581) on December 3, 2022 at the Philly Show, we finished off the 1965 Topps set's seventh and final series.  The high numbers in the 1965 Topps set aren't necessarily any harder to find than other series in the set.  Topps went with 92 cards for this final series, the most of any series in the set.  Here's a break-down of those 92 cards:

Overall Breakdown
68 - Players
18 - Rookie Stars
3 - Team Cards
2 - Managers
1 - Checklist

The 18 Rookie Stars cards squeezed in a total of 52 players, with five four-player cards, six three-player cards and seven two-player cards.

A.L. Teams
7 - Detroit Tigers
6 - Cleveland Indians
6 - New York Yankees
5 - Baltimore Orioles
5 - Boston Red Sox
5 - Los Angeles Angels
5 - Minnesota Twins
4 - Kansas City Athletics
3 - Chicago White Sox
2 - Washington Senators

N.L. Teams
6 - Chicago Cubs
6 - San Francisco Giants
6 - St. Louis Cardinals
5 - Los Angeles Dodgers
5 - Pittsburgh Pirates
4 - Cincinnati Reds
4 - Milwaukee Braves
4 - New York Mets
4 - Philadelphia Phillies
3 - Houston Astros

Positions
52 - Pitcher
21 - Outfield
16 - Catcher
8 - First Base
6 - Infield
5 - Second Base
5 - Shortstop
2 - Manager
2 - Outfield-First Base
1 - Second Base-Outfield
1 - Third Base-Outfield
1 - Third Base-Shortstop
1 - Catcher-Infield
1 - Infield-Outfield-Catcher

Subsets
38 - First Topps Card
23 - Phillies Alumni
14 - First and Last Topps Card
10 - Last Topps Card
5 - Hall of Fame (see below)
1 - All-Star Rookie

Earliest MLB Debut
4/17/25 - #538 Chuck Dressen MG
4/17/45 - #556 Red Schoendienst MG
4/21/49 - #574 Roy Sievers
6/11/50 - #515 Vern Law
9/17/53 - #510 Ernie Banks

Most Recent MLB Debut
4/12/66 - #517 Jack Warner RS
9/16/65 - #546 Bill Davis RS
9/1/65 - #577 Richie Schienblum RS
9/1/65 - #581 Kevin Collins RS
6/9/65 - #561 Mike Kekich RS

Longest Active - Last Game
10/5/86 - #581 Tony Perez RS
9/25/84 - #533 Tug McGraw RS
9/21/83 - #537 Rudy May RS
9/10/80 - #526 Skip Lockwood RS
4/18/80 - #577 Darold Knowles RS

Topps Flagship Set Appearances
25 - Tony Perez
24 - Red Schoendienst
21 - Lou Brock
21 - Tug McGraw
20 - Ernie Banks
19 - Jeff Torborg
17 - Claude Osteen

Earliest Baseball Card
1940 - Chuck Dressen
1948 - Red Schoendienst
1950 - Roy Sievers
1951 - Vern Law
1953 - Ed Bailey
1954 - Ernie Banks

Most Recent Topps Flagship Card
2010 - Tony Perez
2003 - Jeff Torborg
2001 - Lou Brock
1993 - Jim Lefebvre
1993 - Rene Lachemann
1990 - Red Schoendienst
1988 - Mike Ryan
1986 - Jackie Moore

Oldest Players
38 - #574 Roy Sievers
35 - #532 Hector Lopez
35 - #584 Harry Bright
35 - #569 Gino Cimoli
35 - #515 Vern Law

Youngest Players
18 - #561 Dennis Daboll RS
18 - #533 Jim Bethke RS
18 - #526 Skip Lockwood RS
18 - #546 Mike Hedlund RS
18 - #573 Gerry Moses RS

Country of Birth
84 - United States
6 - Puerto Rico
4 - Cuba
3 - Dominican Republic
1 - Bahamas
1 - Canada
1 - Panama

Top States of Birth
18 - California
8 - Ohio
7 - Illinois
6 - Missouri
6 - North Carolina
6 - New York
6 - Pennsylvania
5 - New Jersey
5 - Texas

Hall of Fame Gallery

Inducted 1977 - #510

Inducted 1985 - #540

Inducted 1987 - #526

Inducted 1989 - #556

Inducted 2000 - #581