1970 Topps #96 Cards Rookie Stars - Leron Lee / Jerry Reuss
On this card: Leron Lee, Jerry Reuss
About this card
This is one of the forty Rookie Stars cards, each showing two or three rookies from one club; #654 (National League) and #702 (American League) each mix three clubs. A Rookie Stars card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #36, #74, #109, #154, #267, #317, #429, #573, #669 and #683 one of them had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
The story on this card
Lee's first full year in the majors, 1970, brought 121 games for the Cardinals and a .227 average with 6 home runs. One of the homers, his first in the majors, came off Ferguson Jenkins. Topps gave him #96, a two-man Rookie Stars card in the first series, the rookie card for both Lee and pitcher Jerry Reuss, each printed with St. Louis. Leron Lee was a left-handed-hitting outfielder who hit .250 over eight seasons with the Cardinals, Padres, Indians and Dodgers, then played eleven years for Japan's Lotte Orions, winning the 1980 batting title and four Best Nine awards.
Reuss shares Rookie Stars card #96 with Leron Lee, and it is a rookie card for both Cardinals. Lee is the man who scored from third on Reuss's seventh-inning single in the pitcher's debut on September 27, 1969, when Reuss threw seven shutout innings in Montreal and won 2-1. The 20-year-old had come up from Tulsa after a 13-11 season. Left-hander Jerry Reuss won 220 games over 22 seasons from 1969 to 1990 with eight clubs. He started the 1975 All-Star Game for Pittsburgh, threw a no-hitter for the Dodgers on June 27, 1980, and won Game 5 of the 1981 World Series.
Sources: Wikipedia (Leron Lee) · Wikipedia (Jerry Reuss) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 207 | 0 | 19 | 83 | 46 | 35 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. 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 1970 Topps #96 card?
It is card #96 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Leron Lee and Jerry Reuss. This is one of the forty Rookie Stars cards, each showing two or three rookies from one club; #654 (National League) and #702 (American League) each mix three clubs. A Rookie Stars card is a rookie card for the players on it who had no earlier Topps flagship card - on #36, #74, #109, #154, #267, #317, #429, #573, #669 and #683 one of them had already appeared on one, and the rookie-card answer on each card names the players it counts for.
Is 1970 Topps #96 a rookie card?
Yes - #96 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Leron Lee and Jerry Reuss.
How many cards are in the 1970 Topps Baseball set?
720 cards, tracked as 726 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 720 with none skipped, issued in seven series - #1-132, #133-263, #264-372, #373-459, #460-546, #547-633 and the high numbers, #634-720; 6 cards, all of them checklists, carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-25.