1961 Topps #13 Chuck Cottier
About Chuck Cottier
Detroit had just gotten him. On December 7, 1960 the Milwaukee Braves sent Cottier to the Tigers with Bill Bruton, Terry Fox and Dick Brown for Frank Bolling, and this first-series #13 shows him in Detroit flannels. He hardly wore them: 10 games and seven at-bats, most of that at shortstop, before the Tigers traded him to the expansion Washington Senators for pitcher Hal Woodeshick on June 5, 1961. The year the card looks back on is 1960 in Milwaukee - 95 games, a .227 average, eight doubles and three home runs.
Charles Keith Cottier was a good-fielding, light-hitting infielder who spent nine seasons in the majors between 1959 and 1969 with the Milwaukee Braves, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators and California Angels. Born January 8, 1936 in Delta, Colorado, he lettered in four sports at Grand Junction High School - baseball, basketball, football and wrestling - and signed with the Baltimore Orioles organization in 1954. He broke in with Milwaukee in 1959 and found steady work only after a June 1961 trade to the expansion Washington Senators, where he held second base into 1965. He finished with a .220 average, 348 hits, 63 doubles, 17 triples, 19 home runs and 127 runs batted in over 580 games, and an overall .973 fielding percentage. An Achilles tendon injury in May 1969 ended his playing career with the Angels. Cottier began managing in the minors in 1971 and coached for the Mets and Mariners before taking over Seattle as interim manager on September 1, 1984; he managed the club through 1985 and 28 games of 1986, finishing 98-119. He later coached the Cubs, Orioles and Phillies, scouted for the Yankees and served as a special assistant to the Nationals' general manager. He died February 1, 2021 in Edmonds, Washington, at 85.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 588 | 3 | 99 | 320 | 117 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 29 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 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 #13 card?
It is card #13 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chuck Cottier of the Detroit Tigers.
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.