1971 Topps #27 Pirates Rookie Stars - Fred Cambria / Gene Clines
On this card: Fred Cambria, Gene Clines
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
Cambria spent 1971 away from Pittsburgh. The Pirates optioned him to Triple-A Charleston at the end of spring training, and he went 0-3 in seven starts before being shut down to rest a sore shoulder. His #27 is a Rookie Stars card from the first series of the 1971 Topps set, shared with Gene Clines of the Pirates, and it is a rookie card for both players. Queens-born right-hander who pitched six games for the 1970 Pirates, going 1-2 with a 3.51 ERA, including a start at Shea Stadium against Tom Seaver. Shoulder trouble ended his career; he later coached St. Leo and entered the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame.
Pittsburgh gave Clines 97 games in 1971 and he hit .308 with 15 stolen bases. On September 1 he played in the first all-minority batting lineup in major league history. In the NLCS against San Francisco he hit a home run, and the Pirates beat Baltimore in seven World Series games. His 1971 Topps #27 is the Rookie Stars card he shares with fellow Pirate Fred Cambria, a rookie card for both men, from print series 1. Gene Clines was a speedy outfielder who hit .405 as a 1970 Pirates reserve, won the 1971 World Series in Pittsburgh, and later played for the Mets, Rangers and Cubs before a long run as a major league hitting coach.
Sources: Wikipedia (Fred Cambria) · Wikipedia (Gene Clines) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 292 | 0 | 7 | 98 | 133 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 3 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 #27 card?
It is card #27 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Fred Cambria and Gene Clines. 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 #27 a rookie card?
Yes - #27 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Fred Cambria and Gene Clines.
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.