1961 Topps #391 Winston Brown
About Winston Brown
Card #391 sits in the fifth series of a 587-card set Topps issued in seven waves - the scarce run is series seven, #523 and up. It is a plain closeup portrait, Brown's only card across Topps' 1961-1969 sets, and collectors count it as his rookie card. Topps listed him with the Chicago White Sox, an odd line for a pitcher coming off two seasons at Sacramento, the Milwaukee Braves' Pacific Coast League club, where he went 12-14 with a 3.36 ERA over 225 innings in 1960. He opened 1961 back in the Braves system at Louisville and never pitched an inning in the majors for Chicago or anyone else.
Winston Alfaro Brown was a right-handed pitcher, listed at 5-foot-10 and 165 pounds, born September 17, 1932, in Almirante, Bocas del Toro, Panama. He broke into organized ball in 1953 with the Fort Lauderdale Lions of the Class B Florida International League, going 18-8 with a 2.78 ERA over 217 innings. The next four summers scattered him across Class B, Class A and Class C stops - Miami Beach, Portsmouth, Corpus Christi, Evansville, Jacksonville and Boise - with 1956 missing from his record entirely. He reached Double-A at Austin in 1958 (17-10), then spent 1959 and 1960 as a workhorse starter for the Sacramento Solons, the Milwaukee Braves' Pacific Coast League club. He stayed in the Braves chain at Louisville in 1961 and split 1962 between Louisville and the Hawaii Islanders, the relocated Sacramento franchise. From 1963 through 1970 he pitched for the Poza Rica Petroleros of the Mexican League. Brown never appeared in a major league game. His professional ledger across seventeen seasons: 153-143, 3.76 ERA, 518 games with 336 starts, plus scattered duty at first base and in the outfield.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 395 | 1 | 51 | 206 | 102 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 17 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. PSA counts are straight grades only; PSA half grades (PSA 1.5 among them) and qualified slabs are not included. SGC half grades fold down (8.5→8). Slabs of the two cards printed #463 are joined by description, never by number alone.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #391 card?
It is card #391 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Winston Brown of the Chicago White Sox.
Is 1961 Topps #391 a rookie card?
Yes - #391 is the 1961 Topps rookie card of Winston Brown.
How many cards are in the 1961 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 596 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 589, but #426, #587 and #588 were never issued and two different cards were printed #463 - Jack Fisher and the Milwaukee Braves Team card, catalogued 463b - and eight cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, 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 2026-10-05.