1961 Topps #106 Whitey Herzog
About Whitey Herzog
Card #106 sits in the first series. It looks back on a 1960 season spent spelling Kansas City regulars Hank Bauer and Bill Tuttle: 83 games, a .266 average, a career-best 8 home runs and 38 RBI. It also holds the only Athletics uniform in this run. On January 24, 1961 Kansas City sent him and Russ Snyder to Baltimore for five players headed by infielder Wayne Causey and catcher Clint Courtney.
Whitey Herzog was born Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog in New Athens, Illinois, and signed with the New York Yankees straight out of high school in 1949. The nickname came in the Yankees' farm town of McAlester, Oklahoma, where a sportscaster decided his light blond hair matched that of New York pitcher Bob "White Rat" Kuzava. The Yankees traded him away in April 1956 without ever playing him, and the left-handed-hitting outfielder reached the majors that spring with the Washington Senators. Kansas City bought him in May 1958, Baltimore traded for him before the 1961 season and Detroit after 1962; he closed an eight-year career in 1963 at .257 with 25 home runs and 172 RBI in 634 games. The second act dwarfed the first. Named the Mets' director of player development in 1967, he stocked the system that fed the 1969 champions, then managed Kansas City to three straight American League West titles from 1976 to 1978 and St. Louis to three pennants and the 1982 World Series, running the speed, pitching and defense attack fans called Whiteyball. National League Manager of the Year in 1985, he finished 1,281-1,125-3 as a manager, entered the Hall of Fame in 2010 on a Veterans Committee vote, and died in 2024 at 92.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 600 | 3 | 70 | 244 | 131 | 70 | 36 | 46 | 0 |
| SGC | 64 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
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 #106 card?
It is card #106 of the 587-card 1961 Topps Baseball set, picturing Whitey Herzog of the Kansas City Athletics.
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.