1971 Topps #391 Twins Rookie Stars - Steve Brye / Cotton Nash
On this card: Steve Brye, Cotton Nash
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
Brye got 28 games with Minnesota in 1971, all of them in the outfield. He hit .224 with 3 home runs and 11 RBI. His rookie card is #391, from the third series, a Rookie Stars card that pairs him with fellow Twin Cotton Nash, whose rookie card it also is. Brye is listed first, and both men are printed with the Minnesota Twins. Outfielder Steve Brye, a 1967 first-round pick of the Minnesota Twins, played 1970 through 1978 with the Twins, Brewers and Pirates. He won the center field job in 1974 and finished with a .258 average and 30 home runs in 697 games.
Late in 1969 the Twins asked Nash to come to spring training as a pitcher, but he played 1970 for Evansville and was called up in September, going 1 for 4 with two RBI in four games. He was with Portland in 1971. Card #391 in the third series of 1971 Topps is a shared Rookie Stars card with Steve Brye, both pictured with the Twins, and is the rookie card for each man. Cotton Nash, a Kentucky basketball All-American, played in the NBA and ABA and appeared in 13 major league games for the White Sox and Twins between 1967 and 1970. He was inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993.
Sources: Wikipedia (Steve Brye) · Wikipedia (Cotton Nash) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 267 | 0 | 7 | 119 | 105 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 #391 card?
It is card #391 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Steve Brye and Cotton Nash. 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 #391 a rookie card?
Yes - #391 is a rookie card for every player pictured on it: Steve Brye and Cotton Nash.
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.