Friday, May 6, 2011

1971 Cubs

Number of Cards

1971 Topps grew to a new high of 752 cards which there are 34 Cubs players.

Card Dimensions

The standard-sized cards are the following dimensions: 2-1/2" by 3-1/2"

Basic Features

The fronts of these cards contain a large color photograph of the player with a thin white border. The background of the cards is black, which makes NM cards hard to find. The players' team is located in large type at the top of the card, and just below that is the player's name and position. A facsimile autograph is located near the middle of the card.

The backs of these cards feature a major difference from previous years: Topps included a small black and white photograph to go along with limited stats featuring the players' first pro and major league games, plus a short biography.

Subsets include:

  • Statistical Leaders (LL)
  • World Series (WS)
  • Playoff (CS) highlight cards.

Released in 6 series:

  • series 1 (1-132)
  • series 2 (133-263)
  • series 3 (264-393)
  • series 4 (394-523)
  • series 5 (524-643)
  • series 6 (644-752)
  • series 7 (644-752)

Short Prints:

  • The high series cards (634-720) are scarce and demand a premium.

Chicago Cubs 1971 Topps Checklist


Number Player
12 Johnny Callison
38 Jim Colborn RC
64 NL RBI Leaders
66 NL Home Run Leaders
70 NL Pitching Leaders
72 NL Strikeout Leaders
90 Joe Pepitone
98 Joe Decker RC
121 Rookie Stars
151 Tommy Davis
175 Jim Hickman
203 Larry Gura RC
220 Ron Santo
248 Hoyt Wilhelm
280 Ferguson Jenkins
350 Billy Williams
390 Glenn Beckert
410 Ken Holtzman
424 Roberto Rodriquez
441 Milt Pappas
455 Don Kessinger
472 Ken Rudolph
502 Chicago Cubs TC
525 Ernie Banks
542 Bob Miller
558 Hector Torres
576 Rookie Stars
592 Randy Hundley
609 Leo Durocher MG
634 Phil Regan
647 Juan Pizarro
670 Bill Hands
704 J.C. Martin SP
726 Paul Popovich