1962 Topps #286 Al Lopez
About this card
The set carries nineteen manager cards, including three Hall of Famers: Casey Stengel of the first-year Mets at #29, Walt Alston at #217 and Al Lopez at #286.
About Al Lopez
The 1962 card reports a 1961 season in which Chicago went 86-76 and finished fourth, Lopez's first finish outside the top three since he came over from Cleveland. The club still ran: 1961 was the fifth straight year his White Sox stole more than 100 bases, the style that had earned them the 'Go-Go Sox' name. Card #286 sits in the manager subset and comes from the fourth series, his only card in this set.
Al Lopez was a Spanish-American catcher and manager born in Tampa, Florida, in 1908, the son of Spanish immigrants who had settled in the city's Ybor City cigar district. He caught 19 major league seasons between 1928 and 1947 for Brooklyn, Boston, Pittsburgh and Cleveland, earning All-Star selections in 1934 and 1941 and retiring with a major league record 1,918 games caught, a mark that stood until Bob Boone passed it in 1987. He batted .261 with 51 home runs; his value was defense and handling pitchers. Lopez began managing at Indianapolis in 1948, took over Cleveland in 1951, and ran the Chicago White Sox from 1957 through 1965 and again in parts of 1968 and 1969. His 1954 Indians won a then-American League record 111 games and his 1959 'Go-Go' White Sox took the pennant, the only two clubs to interrupt the Yankees' run of American League titles from 1949 through 1964. He never had a losing record in 18 full seasons as a manager, and his .584 winning percentage ranks among the best in major league history. Known as 'El Senor' for his Spanish ancestry and gentlemanly manner, he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1977.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 229 | 1 | 13 | 81 | 81 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-09-24. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Slabs of the three cards printed #139 are joined by description, never by number alone. PSA registers the green tints as a separate set; a tint's population is listed under that state of the card it belongs to.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1962 Topps #286 card?
It is card #286 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Lopez of the Chicago White Sox. The set carries nineteen manager cards, including three Hall of Famers: Casey Stengel of the first-year Mets at #29, Walt Alston at #217 and Al Lopez at #286.
How many cards are in the 1962 Topps Baseball set?
600 cards, tracked as 708 collectible states. The numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps, but three different cards were printed #139 - two Hal Reniff poses, catalogued 139a and 139b, and the Babe Hits 60 Babe Ruth Special, 139c - so 598 numbers make 600 cards; 93 cards carry catalogued print variations, the series-2 green tints among them, that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Baseball Almanac, Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-03.