1965 Topps #32 Herman Franks
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 Herman Franks
Franks managed his first season in 1965, guiding the San Francisco Giants to a 95-67 record and a second-place finish, two games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in a tight pennant race. His 1965 Topps card, #32, part of the set's first series, pictures him with the Giants in his debut year running a roster that included Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry.
Herman Franks broke into the majors as a backup catcher with the 1939 St. Louis Cardinals, then spent parts of two seasons with Brooklyn as Leo Durocher's second-string catcher, catching Tex Carleton's no-hitter in 1940. He missed three and a half seasons serving as a Navy lieutenant in the Pacific during World War II. After a brief return with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1947-48, he finished his playing days with one game for the 1949 New York Giants under Durocher, for whom he then coached through 1955, including the 1954 World Series champions. Franks worked as a Giants scout and as general manager of the Pacific Coast League's Salt Lake City Bees before returning to San Francisco as a coach, then succeeding Alvin Dark as manager after the 1964 season. He later managed the Chicago Cubs and served as their interim general manager. A left-handed hitter who threw right-handed, he closed his six-season playing career with a .199 average in 188 games.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 254 | 6 | 48 | 121 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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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- #10 National League 1964 Pitching Leaders
- #50 Juan Marichal
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- #84 Ron Herbel
- #103 Harvey Kuenn
- #118 Hal Lanier
- #159 Jim Duffalo
- #176 Willie McCovey
- #193 Gaylord Perry
- #213 Jim Davenport
- #228 Jack Sanford
- #250 Willie Mays
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1965 Topps #32 card?
It is card #32 of the 598-card 1965 Topps Baseball set, picturing Herman Franks of the San Francisco Giants. 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.
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.