1964 Topps #207 Fred Hutchinson
About this card
This is one of the twenty manager cards in the 1964 Topps set, one for each franchise. Nineteen are printed Manager; #486 Bob Kennedy is printed Head Coach because the Cubs were still running their College of Coaches.
About Fred Hutchinson
Card #207 is a third-series card in the 1964 set - the last of his four cards in Topps' 1960s run. The Reds had made his lung cancer public in January 1964, and he worked through the summer until August 13, the day after his 45th birthday, when he handed the club to first-base coach Dick Sisler with the record at 63-52. Sisler went 29-18 as the Phillies collapsed, and Cincinnati finished 92-70, tied with Philadelphia for second, a single game behind St. Louis. Hutchinson formally resigned October 19 and died November 12.
Fred Hutchinson was a Seattle-born right-hander who reached the Detroit Tigers on May 2, 1939 as one of the most hyped prospects of his era, bought out of the Pacific Coast League after a 25-7 year for his hometown Seattle Rainiers. He lost four full seasons to Navy service in World War II, returned in 1946 to begin a run of six straight double-figure win seasons, including 18 in 1947 and 17 in 1950, and made the American League All-Star team in 1951. He finished 95-71 with a 3.73 ERA, and hit .263 as a left-handed swinger used often as a pinch-hitter. Detroit made him player-manager in July 1952; he later took the Seattle Rainiers to the 1955 Pacific Coast League pennant, led the St. Louis Cardinals to second place and The Sporting News Manager of the Year award in 1957, and was summoned to Cincinnati in mid-1959, guiding the Reds to the 1961 National League pennant. Lung cancer killed him in November 1964, weeks after he resigned. Cincinnati retired his No. 1, the first number the club ever retired, and elected him to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame; his surgeon brother created the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle in his memory.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 273 | 6 | 36 | 138 | 54 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1964 Topps #207 card?
It is card #207 of the 587-card 1964 Topps Baseball set, picturing Fred Hutchinson of the Cincinnati Reds. This is one of the twenty manager cards in the 1964 Topps set, one for each franchise. Nineteen are printed Manager; #486 Bob Kennedy is printed Head Coach because the Cubs were still running their College of Coaches.
How many cards are in the 1964 Topps Baseball set?
587 cards, tracked as 589 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 587 with no gaps, and no number carries two different cards; two cards - #4, the A.L. Pitching Leaders, and #517, the seventh-series checklist - carry a catalogued back variation that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, The Topps Archives, Baseball Almanac, 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 2026-10-11.