1972 Topps #28 Twins Rookie Stars - Bob Gebhard / Steve Brye / Hal Haydel
On this card: Bob Gebhard, Steve Brye, Hal Haydel
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
Gebhard pitched in relief 17 times in his first big-league season, 1971, and posted a 3.00 ERA. In 1972 he made 13 more appearances, saved one game and finished with an 8.57 ERA. His Twins Rookie Stars card, #28, came in the first series and is shared with Steve Brye and Hal Haydel, all three printed with Minnesota. It is Gebhard's rookie card. He was listed at 6 ft 2 in and 210 lb. Right-handed reliever for the Twins and Expos in the early 1970s who became the Colorado Rockies' first general manager, serving from 1992 until his 1999 resignation, then held executive posts with the Cardinals and Diamondbacks before retiring in 2020.
Brye appeared in 100 games in 1972 and hit .241 with 12 RBI and no home runs. He shares Rookie Stars card #28, from the first series, with Bob Gebhard and Hal Haydel, and all three are shown as Minnesota Twins. Gebhard has his rookie card on this one, with Brye second in the printed order. 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.
Haydel pitched his last major league game on September 28, 1971, and the 1972 Topps set still carried him, on first-series card #28. It is a Rookie Stars card with three Minnesota Twins, Bob Gebhard, Steve Brye and Haydel, with Gebhard listed first. Hal Haydel, a right-hander born in Houma, Louisiana, in 1944, pitched only in relief for Minnesota in 1970 and 1971 after the Twins took him in the Rule 5 draft.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bob Gebhard) · Wikipedia (Steve Brye) · Wikipedia (Hal Haydel) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 363 | 7 | 73 | 212 | 49 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| SGC | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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 #28 card?
It is card #28 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Gebhard, Steve Brye and Hal Haydel. 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 #28 a rookie card?
Yes - #28 is the rookie card of Bob Gebhard. Steve Brye and Hal Haydel had already appeared on earlier Topps cards, so it is not their 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.