1971 Topps #204 Brewers Rookie Stars - Bernie Smith / George Kopacz
On this card: Bernie Smith, George Kopacz
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
Smith shares #204 with George Kopacz in the Rookie Stars subset, and it is the rookie card for each player. Both men are printed with the Milwaukee Brewers, though Kopacz's last major-league game, on September 29, 1970, came with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Smith's own 1971 was brief: a .139 average with one home run and three RBI. Bernie Smith, a 5-foot-9 right-handed outfielder from Ponchatoula, Louisiana, reached the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970 after eight years in the Mets farm system, and his big league career ended in April 1971.
Rookie Stars card #204, from the second series, pairs Kopacz with Bernie Smith, and both men are printed with the Milwaukee Brewers. Kopacz himself had batted .188 for Pittsburgh in 1970, going 3-for-16 at the plate. First baseman George Kopacz played 16 major-league games for the 1966 Braves and 1970 Pirates. Across 14 minor-league seasons he won the 1970 International League MVP award with a .310 average, 29 home runs and 115 RBI.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bernie Smith) · Wikipedia (George Kopacz) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 320 | 0 | 7 | 133 | 132 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 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 #204 card?
It is card #204 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bernie Smith and George Kopacz. 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 #204 a rookie card?
Yes - #204 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Bernie Smith and George Kopacz.
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.