1971 Topps #121 Cubs Rookie Stars - Jim Dunegan / Roe Skidmore
On this card: Jim Dunegan, Roe Skidmore
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
His mound debut came on May 30, 1970, when he entered against the Padres with the Cubs down 4-0 and gave four innings of one-run relief while Chicago pulled back to 4-4. Dunegan shares #121 in the 1971 Topps set with Roe Skidmore, a Rookie Stars card that is the first for each man and is printed with the Cubs. It was a first-series card. Jim Dunegan, a Burlington, Iowa native drafted by the Cubs in 1967 as an outfielder and first baseman, converted to pitching and worked 13 1/3 innings for Chicago in 1970, going 0-2 with a 4.72 ERA.
Skidmore's lone big league appearance came on September 17, 1970, when he pinch hit for Joe Decker in the seventh inning at Wrigley Field and singled off Jerry Reuss. Topps put him on #121, a first-series Rookie Stars card shared with fellow Cubs prospect Jim Dunegan. The card shows him with the Cubs, but on November 30, 1970, they traded him to the White Sox with Dave Lemonds and Pat Jacquez for Ossie Blanco and Jose Ortiz. Roe Skidmore, a right-handed first baseman from Decatur, Illinois, appeared in one major league game, as a Cubs pinch hitter in 1970. He was a 1969 Pacific Coast League All-Star at Tacoma.
Sources: Wikipedia (Jim Dunegan) · Wikipedia (Roe Skidmore) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 344 | 0 | 15 | 175 | 103 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 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 #121 card?
It is card #121 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jim Dunegan and Roe Skidmore. 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 #121 a rookie card?
Yes - #121 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Jim Dunegan and Roe Skidmore.
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.