1960 Topps #221 Cookie Lavagetto
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 Cookie Lavagetto
Card #221 in the 1960 Topps manager subset (#212-227) pictures Harry "Cookie" Lavagetto atop the Washington Senators, a post he'd held since May 1957, when he replaced the fired Chuck Dressen. A part-time third baseman for the Pirates and Dodgers from 1934 to 1947, Lavagetto earned his nickname as an Oakland Oaks rookie signed by team boss Cookie DeVincenzi, and grew into a four-time NL All-Star (1938-41) with Brooklyn, batting a career-best .300 in 1939. He's remembered above all for one swing: pinch-hitting in Game 4 of the 1947 World Series, he broke up Yankees pitcher Bill Bevens' no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth, doubling home the tying and winning runs in a 3-2 Dodgers win forever known as "The Cookie Game." As a manager, Lavagetto guided the last-place Senators to three straight cellar finishes before a fifth-place turnaround in 1960 behind young talent like Harmon Killebrew, Jim Kaat, and Camilo Pascual, improvement that came too late to keep the franchise in Washington. When owner Calvin Griffith moved the club to Minnesota for 1961, Lavagetto became the first manager in Twins history, though he was let go that June with the club in ninth place.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 355 | 0 | 33 | 164 | 90 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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 #221 card?
It is card #221 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Cookie Lavagetto. 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.