1971 Topps #709 Outfielders Rookie Stars - Dusty Baker / Tom Paciorek / Don Baylor
On this card: Dusty Baker, Tom Paciorek, Don Baylor
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
Baker appeared in 13 Atlanta games in 1970, hitting .292 with 4 RBI. He spent the year at Triple-A Richmond, where he batted .325 in 118 games. In 1971 he went back to Richmond and hit .311, then started 20 games for the Braves after a September call-up. His rookie card is #709, a Rookie Stars card shared with Tom Paciorek of the Dodgers and Don Baylor of the Orioles; Baker is shown with Atlanta. Dusty Baker was an outfielder for the Braves, Dodgers, Giants and Athletics from 1968 to 1986, with 242 home runs and the first NLCS MVP award in 1977. He later managed five clubs and won the 2022 World Series with Houston.
Paciorek's 1971 appearance is the three-player Rookie Stars card #709, sixth series, which lists him with the Los Angeles Dodgers beside Dusty Baker of the Braves and Don Baylor of the Orioles. His big league debut the year before was a 1-for-4 game in an 8-3 loss to the Giants. In 1971 he got into two games, with a hit in two at-bats and an RBI. Outfielder and first baseman for the Dodgers, Braves, Mariners, White Sox, Mets and Rangers from 1970 to 1987. Known as Wimpy, he made the 1981 All-Star team with a .326 average and later broadcast White Sox games with Ken Harrelson.
Baylor played one major-league game in 1971, after a September 1970 debut that began with a two-run single in his first at-bat. He spent the year at Triple-A Rochester, batting .313 with 20 home runs and 95 RBI. Topps #709, in the sixth series, is the Rookie Stars card that puts him with Dusty Baker of the Braves and Tom Paciorek of the Dodgers, the rookie card of all three. Don Baylor was a plate-crowding slugger with the Orioles, Athletics, Angels, Yankees, Red Sox and Twins who won the 1979 AL MVP Award with California, hit 338 home runs, and later managed the Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dusty Baker) · Wikipedia (Tom Paciorek) · Wikipedia (Don Baylor) · SABR BioProject (Dusty Baker) · SABR BioProject (Don Baylor) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 2,156 | 0 | 10 | 254 | 577 | 496 | 355 | 455 | 9 |
| SGC | 713 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 86 | 151 | 179 | 218 | 47 |
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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Related cards
Team cards: #652 Atlanta Braves, #402 Los Angeles Dodgers, #1 1970 World Champions (Baltimore Orioles)
More Atlanta Braves cards:
- #8 Mike McQueen
- #30 Phil Niekro
- #52 Braves 1971 Rookie Stars
- #62 1970 National League Batting Leaders
- #81 Felix Millan
- #88 Hal King
More Los Angeles Dodgers cards:
More Baltimore Orioles cards:
- #29 Don Buford
- #53 Paul Blair
- #63 1970 American League RBI Leaders
- #67 1970 American League ERA Leaders
- #69 1970 American League Pitching Leaders
- #99 Mark Belanger
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1971 Topps #709 card?
It is card #709 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dusty Baker, Tom Paciorek and Don Baylor. 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 #709 a rookie card?
Yes - #709 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Dusty Baker, Tom Paciorek and Don Baylor.
What are the key cards in the 1971 Topps set?
#5 Thurman Munson and #630 Roberto Clemente are the headline cards. The headline rookie cards are #26 Bert Blyleven, #341 Steve Garvey and #709, the Outfielders Rookie Stars card shared by Dusty Baker, Tom Paciorek and Don Baylor, with #14 Dave Concepcion and #117 Ted Simmons among the other rookie cards. The high numbers (#644-752), the sixth and last series, are the scarce end of the set.
Why is #709 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the sixth and last print series, #644-752 - the scarce end of the set. Some of its cards were printed in larger numbers than others, so scarcity varies card by card inside the run.
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.