1960 Topps #457 Chicago Cubs Coaches
On this card: Charlie Root, Lou Klein, Elvin Tappe
Coaches card — Charlie Root, Lou Klein, Elvin Tappe.
About this card
Cards #455-470 are the coaches subset, unique to 1960 - each card stacks three or four of a club's coaches on a single front, a format Topps never repeated.
The players on this card
Card #457 is one of the 1960 set's stand-alone team-coaches cards, a one-year-only Topps subset, pairing three Cubs lieutenants. Charlie Root, the winningest pitcher in franchise history at 201 victories and forever tied to Babe Ruth's 1932 "called shot," was back as pitching coach after helping Milwaukee win the 1957 World Series as a coach. Lou Klein, an infielder on the 1943 pennant-winning Cardinals whose 1946 jump to the Mexican League drew a five-year ban later reduced, opened 1960 on the Cubs' bench before swapping jobs midseason with minor-league manager Grady Hatton. Catcher Elvin "El" Tappe, a weak-hitting backup since 1954, was in his second year as a Cubs coach; his idea that offseason for a rotating staff of "head coaches" became Philip Wrigley's College of Coaches in 1961, with Klein and Tappe both later taking turns running the club.
Sources: Wikipedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 338 | 0 | 15 | 144 | 114 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| SGC | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. 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 #457 card?
It is card #457 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Charlie Root, Lou Klein, Elvin Tappe. Cards #455-470 are the coaches subset, unique to 1960 - each card stacks three or four of a club's coaches on a single front, a format Topps never repeated.
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 2026-08-20.