A year after the shared rookie, Ryan finally got a card of his own — 1969 Topps #533, carrying the gold All-Star Rookie cup and a young Met still learning to harness the fastest arm anyone had seen.

It is the first card that is his alone — the moment the hobby’s eye moved from “the other rookie on the Koosman card” to the pitcher himself.

The overlooked step between the famous rookie and the legend to come.

High-grade copies are genuinely scarce and quietly prized by the collectors who want the whole arc, not just the headline.