1960 Topps #220 Billy Jurges
About this card
Cards #212-227 are the manager subset, each skipper shown in a color portrait beside a black-and-white action shot in the same layout as the players.
About Billy Jurges
Card #220 catches Billy Jurges as skipper of the Boston Red Sox, part of Topps' 1960 manager subset. William Frederick Jurges broke in as a light-hitting, slick-fielding shortstop with the Chicago Cubs in 1931, anchoring Chicago's infield through National League pennants in 1932, 1935 and 1938. He survived being shot in his Chicago hotel room by a jilted girlfriend in July 1932 -- an episode later cited as inspiration for Bernard Malamud's novel The Natural -- and made three All-Star teams (1937, 1939, 1940) after a 1939 trade sent him to the New York Giants. He retired in 1947 with a .258 average over 17 seasons, then coached and managed in the minors before Boston hired him in July 1959. Jurges rallied the Red Sox to a fifth-place finish and presided over Pumpsie Green's promotion, integrating baseball's last all-white club, but a 1960 slump and illness ended his managerial career that June. He went 59-63 and later scouted for six organizations.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 273 | 1 | 9 | 66 | 79 | 51 | 40 | 27 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. The Venezuelan issue, the 1960 Topps Tattoos and Bazooka are separate products and are not counted here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1960 Topps #220 card?
It is card #220 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Billy Jurges. Cards #212-227 are the manager subset, each skipper shown in a color portrait beside a black-and-white action shot in the same layout as the players.
How many cards are in the 1960 Topps Baseball set?
572 cards, numbered 1-572, issued in seven series - the last Topps flagship printed entirely horizontally. Cards #375-440 exist on two back stocks, white and gray, which collectors chasing every printed variety count as 638 pieces of cardboard in all.
Sources: Trading Card Database, Cardboard Connection, the PSA price guide, 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 2026-10-13.