1967 Topps #439 Byron Browne
Topps All-Star Rookie trophy, honoring his 1966 rookie season
About Byron Browne
After his strong 1966 rookie year, Browne spent most of 1967 back in the minors with the Double-A Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs, appearing in only 10 games for the Cubs and batting .158. His 1967 Topps #439, a fifth-series card, carries the Topps All-Star Rookie trophy design marking his 1966 selection.
Byron Browne was an outfielder from St. Joseph, Missouri, signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in September 1962 and drafted by the Chicago Cubs from the Pirates in the 1963 first-year draft. He debuted with the Cubs on September 9, 1965, facing Sandy Koufax during the future Hall of Famer's perfect game. Browne split parts of three seasons with the Cubs before being traded to the Houston Astros in May 1968 for Aaron Pointer. The Cardinals purchased him in February 1969, and that October he moved to the Philadelphia Phillies in the multi-player deal that sent Curt Flood, Tim McCarver, and Joe Hoerner to Philadelphia for Dick Allen, Cookie Rojas, and Jerry Johnson. He closed out his career with the Phillies through 1972, finishing with a .236 average, 30 home runs, and 102 RBI over 349 games. His son, Byron Browne Jr., later spent ten seasons in the Milwaukee Brewers farm system.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 276 | 7 | 44 | 137 | 54 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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. PSA registers a row for every one of the 624 states; SGC lists no separate row for the #149 white-streak state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #439 card?
It is card #439 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Byron Browne of the Chicago Cubs.
How many cards are in the 1967 Topps Baseball set?
609 cards, tracked as 624 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 609 without a gap - no number was skipped and none was used twice - and 15 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-12.