1960 Topps #224 Paul Richards
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 Paul Richards
Paul Rapier Richards signed with Brooklyn at seventeen in 1926 and played parts of eight seasons as a defensive-minded catcher for the Dodgers, Giants, Athletics, and Tigers, driving in three runs on a bases-loaded double in Detroit's Game 7 win over the Cubs in the 1945 World Series. Already an accomplished manager after leading Atlanta to a 1938 Southern Association pennant, Richards took over the moribund Chicago White Sox in 1951 and sparked the aggressive base-running that gave the club its enduring "Go-Go Sox" nickname. In 1955 he arrived in Baltimore as both field manager and general manager — the first since John McGraw to hold both jobs — rebuilding the Orioles from the farm system up and headlining the effort with a 17-player trade with the Yankees. A sportswriter dubbed him "The Wizard of Waxahachie" for his Texas hometown and inventive mind: Richards tracked on-base percentage before it had a name and was the first manager to enforce pitch counts on young arms. By 1960 his "Baby Birds" — anchored by 23-year-old holdover Brooks Robinson — gave Baltimore its first winning season since the 1954 move from St. Louis, the backdrop for card #224 in Topps' manager subset.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 293 | 0 | 11 | 123 | 82 | 32 | 23 | 22 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 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 #224 card?
It is card #224 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing Paul Richards. 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.