1972 Topps #351 Braves Rookie Stars - Tom House / Rick Kester / Jimmy Britton
On this card: Tom House, Rick Kester, Jimmy Britton
About this card
This is one of the 29 Rookie Stars cards in the 1972 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club title (#724, #741 and #761 are league-wide), and all 29 are rookie cards.
The story on this card
House won his first big-league game on September 30, 1971, going seven innings against Cincinnati, and finished that year 1-0 with a 3.05 ERA in 11 games. Card #351, from the third print series, is a Rookie Stars card shared with fellow Braves Rick Kester and Jimmy Britton, who is shown with Atlanta although he pitched for the Expos in 1971. House spent most of 1972 at Triple-A Richmond, with a 1.45 ERA and 20 saves, second in the International League. Braves reliever who caught Hank Aaron's 715th home run in the bullpen on April 8, 1974, and handed the ball to him at home plate. He posted a 1.93 ERA that season over 102 2/3 relief innings.
Kester's major league pitching record came to 21 games and 31 strikeouts. His 1972 card, #351 in the third series, is a three-man Rookie Stars issue shared with Tom House and Jimmy Britton. Britton is printed with the Braves, though he had pitched for the Montreal Expos in 1971. Rick Kester, an Iola, Kansas, right-hander, pitched in relief for the Atlanta Braves from 1968 to 1970, working 40 2/3 innings over three seasons and finishing with a 5.98 ERA.
Card #351 in the third series of 1972 Topps is a Braves Rookie Stars card that Jim Britton shares with Tom House and Rick Kester. Topps printed him with Atlanta, the club he pitched for from 1967 to 1969, though he had spent 1971 with the Montreal Expos. Wearing number 27 for Montreal, he struck out 23 batters that season. A 6-foot-5 right-hander from North Tonawanda, New York, who pitched for the Braves and Expos from 1967 to 1971 and later became an FBI special agent.
Sources: Wikipedia (Tom House) · Wikipedia (Rick Kester) · SABR BioProject · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 324 | 15 | 106 | 165 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 1972 Topps #351 card?
It is card #351 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tom House, Rick Kester and Jimmy Britton. This is one of the 29 Rookie Stars cards in the 1972 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club title (#724, #741 and #761 are league-wide), and all 29 are rookie cards.
Is 1972 Topps #351 a rookie card?
Yes. #351 Braves 1972 Rookie Stars, with Tom House, Rick Kester and Jimmy Britton, is a rookie card.
How many cards are in the 1972 Topps Baseball set?
787 cards, tracked as 794 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 787 with none skipped, in six print series (#1-132, #133-263, #264-394, #395-525, #526-656 and #657-787, the high numbers); 7 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - four Chicago Cubs cards with yellow or green under the "C" and "S" of the team name, the #251 and #478 checklists with smaller or larger print on the front, and the #604 checklist with its copyright line aligned right or left.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, 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.