1971 Topps #39 Tigers Rookie Stars - Lerrin LaGrow / Gene Lamont
On this card: Lerrin LaGrow, Gene Lamont
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
LaGrow spent 1971 at Triple-A Toledo, where he went 2-6 with a 6.00 ERA. He made 31 of 36 appearances in relief. He struck out 65 batters in 69 innings against 60 walks. The Tigers had used him in 10 games the summer before, when he posted a 7.30 ERA. His rookie card is the Rookie Stars issue #39 in the first series, shared with fellow Tigers prospect Gene Lamont, whose rookie card it also is. Right-hander Lerrin LaGrow pitched 1970-80 for Detroit, St. Louis, the White Sox, Dodgers and Phillies. A Tigers starter who lost 19 in 1974, he converted to closing in Chicago and saved 25 games in 1977.
Lamont caught seven games for the 1971 Tigers and went 1 for 15, down from the .295 he had hit as a September call-up the year before. Topps placed him on #39, a Rookie Stars card shared with Lerrin LaGrow, both men printed with the Tigers. Gene Lamont caught for the Detroit Tigers from 1970 to 1975, then managed the Chicago White Sox to the 1993 AL West title, a season that brought him AL Manager of the Year honors, and later the Pittsburgh Pirates (1997-2000).
Sources: Wikipedia (Lerrin LaGrow) · Wikipedia (Gene Lamont) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 346 | 0 | 11 | 137 | 151 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 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 #39 card?
It is card #39 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Lerrin LaGrow and Gene Lamont. 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 #39 a rookie card?
Yes - #39 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Lerrin LaGrow and Gene Lamont.
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.