1971 Topps #93 Senators Rookie Stars - Norm McRae / Denny Riddleberger
On this card: Norm McRae, Denny Riddleberger
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
Card #93 in the first series of the 1971 set lists McRae with the Washington Senators, alongside Denny Riddleberger on a Rookie Stars card. In 1970 McRae pitched for Detroit, allowing 26 hits in 31 1/3 innings. He walked 25 and struck out 16. Right-handed reliever who pitched 22 games for the 1969-70 Detroit Tigers with a 3.15 ERA. He was included in the October 1970 trade that sent Denny McLain to Washington and spent the rest of his career in the minors.
Riddleberger spent all of 1971 with the Senators, who went 14-43 in games he pitched. An 11.12 ERA in April gave way to mostly mop-up work, and he ended the year 3-1 with a 3.23 ERA in 57 games, plus his only career save, on July 5 against Cleveland. Rookie Stars card #93 prints him with the Senators next to Norm McRae, also printed with Washington; it is Riddleberger's rookie card. Denny Riddleberger, a left-handed reliever from Clifton Forge, Virginia, pitched for the Senators in 1970-71 and the Indians in 1972, and finished with a 2.77 career ERA.
Sources: Wikipedia (Norm McRae) · Wikipedia (Denny Riddleberger) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 345 | 0 | 9 | 170 | 126 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 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 #93 card?
It is card #93 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Norm McRae and Denny Riddleberger. 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 #93 a rookie card?
Yes - #93 is the rookie card of Denny Riddleberger. Norm McRae had already appeared on an earlier Topps card, so it is not his rookie card.
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.