1965 Topps #457 Bob Kennedy
Card printed his title as head coach, a holdover from the Cubs' earlier rotating-coaches setup, since no Cubs manager existed under that title in 1965.
About this card
This is one of the twenty manager cards in the 1965 Topps set - nineteen managers plus #457 Bob Kennedy, the Cubs' head coach in the College of Coaches era.
About Bob Kennedy
Kennedy managed the Cubs into 1965, his third season running the club, before stepping away from the dugout in June partway through the year to move into the front office as an assistant to the general manager. His 1965 Topps card, number 457, comes from the set's sixth series. The card again lists him by his coaching title rather than as manager, a holdover from the club's earlier experiment with a rotating coaching staff, since no Cubs manager existed under that title in 1965.
Bob Kennedy broke in with the White Sox in 1939 and by 1940, at 19, became the first teenager since 1900 to play 150 games in a season, holding down third base. Three years of Marine Corps service during World War II interrupted his prime; back from the war he shifted to right field, where his strong, accurate arm played best. Traded to Cleveland in 1948, he helped the Indians to the World Series that fall and posted his best numbers in 1950, batting .291 with career highs in runs and hits. He closed out a 16-year playing career in 1954-57 with stops in Baltimore, back with the White Sox, Detroit and Brooklyn, finishing at .254 with 63 home runs and 514 RBI in 1,483 games. After retiring as a player he moved into scouting, coaching and managing, eventually running two different major-league clubs from the dugout.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 254 | 2 | 42 | 132 | 48 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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. The two checklist variations, #79 and #508, are listed under the wording PSA uses for each state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #457 card?
It is card #457 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bob Kennedy of the Chicago Cubs. This is one of the twenty manager cards in the 1965 Topps set - nineteen managers plus #457 Bob Kennedy, the Cubs' head coach in the College of Coaches era.
Is #457 Bob Kennedy a manager card?
It is a head-coach card: Kennedy ran the Cubs in the College of Coaches era, and this checklist counts it among the twenty manager cards.
How many cards are in the 1965 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 600 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no printed-number collisions, and two checklist cards - #79 and #508 - carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, BaseballCardPedia, 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.