1966 Topps #139 Cubs Rookie Stars - Byron Browne / Don Young
On this card: Byron Browne, Don Young
About this card
The 46 Rookie Stars cards group a club's prospects under one number - except #553, which mixes Braves and Angels, and #591 NL Rookie Stars, which mixes Dodgers and Phillies. The class is headlined by #254 (Ferguson Jenkins, with Bill Sorrell) and #288 (Don Sutton, with Bill Singer).
The story on this card
Browne's 1966 season was his most productive, appearing in 120 games for the Cubs with a .243 average, 16 home runs, and 51 RBI, though he also led the National League in strikeouts with 143. His 1966 Topps #139, a plain second-series issue, shares space with fellow Cubs rookie Don Young in the Rookie Stars subset and is a recognized rookie card. Byron Browne was an outfielder from St. Joseph, Missouri, whose major-league debut in 1965 came against Sandy Koufax's perfect game; he went on to play for the Cubs, Astros, Cardinals, and Phillies through 1972.
Young's 1966 Topps card, #139, is a Rookie Stars issue from print series 2, shared with fellow Cubs prospect Byron Browne. It followed Young's brief 1965 debut, when he appeared in just 11 games and famously made the first out of Sandy Koufax's perfect game. He would not return to the majors until 1969, spending the intervening seasons in the minors. Don Young was a Chicago Cubs outfielder whose brief two-season career is remembered for a defensive mishap in the 1969 pennant race that drew public criticism from his own manager and teammate.
Sources: Wikipedia (Byron Browne) · Wikipedia (Don Young)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 302 | 4 | 42 | 162 | 49 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. Where SGC registers no separate row for a variation state, its slabs of that card are listed under the base state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #139 card?
It is card #139 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Byron Browne and Don Young. The 46 Rookie Stars cards group a club's prospects under one number - except #553, which mixes Braves and Angels, and #591 NL Rookie Stars, which mixes Dodgers and Phillies. The class is headlined by #254 (Ferguson Jenkins, with Bill Sorrell) and #288 (Don Sutton, with Bill Singer).
Is 1966 Topps #139 a rookie card?
Yes - #139 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Byron Browne and Don Young.
How many cards are in the 1966 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 613 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no number used twice, and 14 cards carry catalogued print variations - five checklists, the trade and sold statement backs, the three-state #43 Don Landrum, three team-card dot pairs and the #161 Jerry Lumpe white streak - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, 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 2026-10-11.