1961 Topps #223 Bob Scheffing
About this card
Cards #131-139 and #219-226 are the manager subset: seventeen skippers in the same portrait layout as the players.
About Bob Scheffing
1961 Topps #223 places Scheffing in the manager subset, a third-series card showing him with the Detroit Tigers. He had taken over a sixth-place club, and in his first year it won 101 games and finished second in the American League, tying the 1934 team's club record for wins. Detroit led the league until July 25 and chased the Yankees into September before a three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium settled the race; the Tigers ended eight games back at 101-61.
Robert Boden Scheffing, born in Overland, Missouri, on August 11, 1913, was a catcher, manager and front-office executive most often identified with the Chicago Cubs. He began his pro career in the Cardinals' farm system in 1935, spent 1939 as a 25-year-old playing manager in Class D, served in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II, and reached the majors with the Cubs by way of the 1940 Rule 5 draft. Over eight big-league seasons as a catcher with the Cubs, Cincinnati and St. Louis he batted .263 with 357 hits in 517 games. After managing the Los Angeles Angels to 107 wins and the 1956 Pacific Coast League championship, he took over the Cubs in 1957 and went 208-254 in three seasons, then managed the Detroit Tigers from 1961 into 1963, finishing 210-173 there. He later scouted and broadcast for Detroit, joined the Mets front office in December 1965, and was promoted to general manager in January 1970; the club won the 1973 National League pennant before losing a seven-game World Series to Oakland. He died in Phoenix in 1985.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 264 | 0 | 31 | 118 | 66 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 0 |
| SGC | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. PSA counts are straight grades only; PSA half grades (PSA 1.5 among them) and qualified slabs are not included. SGC half grades fold down (8.5→8). Slabs of the two cards printed #463 are joined by description, never by number alone.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1961 Topps #223 card?
It is card #223 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Scheffing of the Detroit Tigers. Cards #131-139 and #219-226 are the manager subset: seventeen skippers in the same portrait layout as the players.
How many cards are in the 1961 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 596 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 589, but #426, #587 and #588 were never issued and two different cards were printed #463 - Jack Fisher and the Milwaukee Braves Team card, catalogued 463b - and eight cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, 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 2026-10-05.