1962 Topps #198 Johnny Keane
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 Johnny Keane
Card #198 is a manager card of Keane with the Cardinals, issued in Topps' third series. It caught him in his first full season in charge, after he took over from Solly Hemus at midseason in 1961. Working with general manager Bing Devine, he brought along the young core - Bob Gibson, Bill White, Curt Flood, Julian Javier - that would carry St. Louis two years later, though this club settled for 84-78 and sixth place, 17 1/2 games behind the pennant-winning San Francisco Giants. That October owner Gussie Busch added front-office legend Branch Rickey as a special consultant. Keane never played in the majors, so this is a manager-only issue.
John Joseph Keane was born November 3, 1911, in St. Louis, Missouri. He signed with the Cardinals organization in 1930 and spent his playing career as a shortstop in their farm system, never reaching the majors; a beaning at Houston in July 1935 fractured his skull and left him unconscious for six days. He turned to managing in 1938 and went 1,357-1,166 over seventeen seasons with Cardinals farm clubs before joining the big-league staff as third-base coach in 1959. Keane replaced Solly Hemus as Cardinals manager on July 6, 1961. In 1964 he guided St. Louis to the National League pennant and a seven-game World Series win over the New York Yankees, then stunned the club by resigning the day after the victory; the Yankees hired him four days later. The aging New York roster slid to a losing record in 1965, and the club fired him in May 1966 after a 4-16 start. He finished 398-350 as a major-league manager and died of a heart attack on January 6, 1967, at his Houston home, age 55.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 218 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 81 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 #198 card?
It is card #198 of the 600-card 1962 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Keane of the St. Louis Cardinals. 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.