1971 Topps #52 Braves Rookie Stars - Oscar Brown / Earl Williams
On this card: Oscar Brown, Earl Williams
About this card
This is one of the 44 Rookie Stars cards in the 1971 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club, league or position title. All 44 count as rookie cards.
The story on this card
Brown hit .383 in 1970, with 18 hits in 47 at-bats. He added one home run and 7 RBI over 28 games, 25 of them in the outfield. His rookie card, #52 in the first series, is a Rookie Stars card shared with Earl Williams, also a rookie, and both men are printed with the Atlanta Braves. Oscar Brown was a Long Beach-born outfielder who played 160 games for the Atlanta Braves from 1969 to 1973, hitting .244 with four home runs. His brothers Willie F. Brown and Ollie Brown also played professionally, in the NFL and in the majors.
Williams opened 1971 as a backup infielder, hit his first two major league home runs at Veterans Stadium on April 17, and started his first game at catcher on June 20. He finished with 33 home runs and 87 RBI and took 18 of 24 first-place votes for Rookie of the Year. Card #52, from the first series, is the Rookie Stars card he shares with Oscar Brown; both men are listed with the Braves, and it is the rookie card of each. Catcher, first baseman and slugger for the Braves, Orioles, Expos and Athletics from 1970 to 1977. The 1971 National League Rookie of the Year hit 138 home runs in eight seasons, 33 of them in 1971.
Sources: Wikipedia (Oscar Brown) · Wikipedia (Earl Williams (1970s catcher)) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 321 | 0 | 10 | 150 | 129 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 1971 Topps #52 card?
It is card #52 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Oscar Brown and Earl Williams. This is one of the 44 Rookie Stars cards in the 1971 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club, league or position title. All 44 count as rookie cards.
Is 1971 Topps #52 a rookie card?
Yes - #52 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Oscar Brown and Earl Williams.
How many cards are in the 1971 Topps Baseball set?
752 cards, tracked as 761 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 752 with none skipped, issued in six print series (132/131/130/130/120/109 cards), the sixth (#644-752) the high numbers; seven cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - the #42, #265 and #306 photo pairs and the #123, #206, #369 and #619 checklists, #369 and #619 in three printings each.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA (its price guide, master set registry and set article), 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.