1960 Topps #461 Detroit Tigers Coaches
On this card: Tom Ferrick, Luke Appling, Billy Hitchcock
Coaches card — Tom Ferrick, Luke Appling, Billy Hitchcock.
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
Tom Ferrick, Luke Appling, and Billy Hitchcock formed Detroit's coaching staff under manager Jimmy Dykes to open the 1960 season. Ferrick, a relief pitcher for five American League clubs from 1941 to 1952, won Game 3 of the 1950 World Series for the Yankees before turning to coaching; he joined the Tigers as pitching coach in 1960. Appling, nicknamed "Old Aches and Pains" for his running litany of minor injuries, spent 20 seasons as the White Sox's shortstop, won two AL batting titles, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. Hitchcock broke in with Detroit as a rookie infielder in 1942 and returned in 1955 as the Tigers' third-base coach. When the club made the only manager-for-manager trade in major-league history on August 3, 1960, sending Dykes to Cleveland for Joe Gordon in a deal that also sent Appling to the Indians, Hitchcock managed the Tigers for one game, a 12-2 win over the Yankees, while Gordon was en route to Detroit.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 329 | 1 | 10 | 117 | 102 | 55 | 28 | 15 | 1 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 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 #461 card?
It is card #461 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Tom Ferrick, Luke Appling, Billy Hitchcock. 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 2026-10-13.