1969 Topps #31 Mets Rookie Stars - Gary Gentry / Amos Otis
On this card: Gary Gentry, Amos Otis
About this card
This is one of the 52 Rookie Stars cards in the 1969 Topps set, each carrying two or three young players under a club or league title. A Rookie Stars card is a rookie card only for the players pictured who had no earlier Topps flagship card - the rookie-card answer on each card names them.
The story on this card
Card #31 in the 1969 set is Gentry's lone card in Topps' 1960s run, a series-1 'Mets 1969 Rookie Stars' issue shared with Amos Otis and his recognized rookie card. It reached packs as he claimed a rotation spot alongside Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman: 35 starts, a 13-12 record, 3.43 ERA, 154 strikeouts and three shutouts across 233.2 innings. On September 24 he four-hit St. Louis 6-0 to clinch the NL East, then beat Jim Palmer 5-0 in World Series Game 3, doubling home two runs himself. Gary Gentry was the hard-throwing Arizona State product who made 35 starts for the 1969 Mets as a rookie, then shut out Baltimore for six-plus innings and doubled in two runs to win Game 3 of that World Series.
After brief looks with the Mets in 1967 and 1968, Otis made New York's roster for good in 1969, playing mostly outfield with a handful of games at third base as manager Gil Hodges experimented with him at the position. He appears on this card as part of the multi-player Rookie Stars subset, sharing space with fellow Mets prospect Gary Gentry. Within months of the season's end, the Mets traded Otis to Kansas City, where he would build the rest of his career. Kansas City Royals center fielder for most of the 1970s, a five-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner known for his speed and range in the outfield.
Sources: Wikipedia (Gary Gentry) · Wikipedia (Amos Otis) · SABR BioProject · Baseball Almanac (Gary Gentry) · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (2)
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 497 | 4 | 135 | 219 | 70 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 2 |
| SGC | 48 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #31 card?
It is card #31 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gary Gentry and Amos Otis. This is one of the 52 Rookie Stars cards in the 1969 Topps set, each carrying two or three young players under a club or league title. A Rookie Stars card is a rookie card only for the players pictured who had no earlier Topps flagship card - the rookie-card answer on each card names them.
Is 1969 Topps #31 a rookie card?
Yes - #31 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Gary Gentry and Amos Otis.
How many cards are in the 1969 Topps Baseball set?
664 cards, tracked as 696 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 664 with none skipped and no printed number shared by two cards; 32 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately, 23 of them the yellow- and white-letter name pairs of #440-511.
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 2026-10-12.