1966 Topps #43 Don Landrum
About Don Landrum
Landrum turns up at #43 in the first series of the 1966 set, pictured as a Cub on the strength of 131 games, a .226 average, six home runs and 34 RBI in center field the year before. He was already gone: on December 2, 1965 Chicago traded Landrum and pitcher Lindy McDaniel to San Francisco for catcher Randy Hundley and pitcher Bill Hands, two men who became fixtures on the Cubs' late-1960s contenders. Landrum hit .186 in 72 games for the Giants and played his final game on July 21, 1966. Collectors know the card for its three states, which turn on whether the button on his uniform pants is fully showing, partly showing or not showing at all.
Donald Leroy Landrum was born February 16, 1936, in Santa Rosa, California, and attended Mount Diablo High School in Concord. A left-handed hitter who threw right-handed, he stood 6 feet tall at 180 pounds and signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in June 1954. Landrum debuted on September 28, 1957, starting both ends of a season-ending pair in center field for the Phillies, then did not surface in the majors again until 1960. Philadelphia traded him to the St. Louis Cardinals in September 1960, and he logged just 73 games and a .227 average across three Cardinals seasons before a June 1962 deal sent him to the Chicago Cubs. He is best remembered in Chicago, where he was the club's regular center fielder in 1965. That December the Cubs dealt him to the San Francisco Giants, and he played his last big-league game on July 21, 1966. Over eight seasons Landrum hit .234 with 12 home runs and 75 RBI in 456 games. He later worked in businesses in East Contra Costa County and died at his home in Pittsburg, California, on January 9, 2003, at age 66.
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Print variations
Three states of #43 are tracked individually: 43a - Button On Pants Showing, 43b - No Button On Pants Shows and 43c - Partial Button On Pants. The difference is on the front of the card (airbrush).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry and the Trading Card Database; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43a - Button On Pants Showing | |||||||||
| PSA | 170 | 1 | 15 | 43 | 42 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43b - No Button On Pants Shows | |||||||||
| PSA | 158 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 48 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 43c - Partial Button On Pants | |||||||||
| PSA | 78 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 0 |
| SGC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not designated by PSA or SGC | |||||||||
| PSA | 25 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation; PSA and SGC slabs whose label names no variation are listed as not designated. Where SGC registers no separate row for a variation state, its slabs of that card are listed under the base state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #43 card?
It is card #43 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Landrum of the Chicago Cubs.
Does 1966 Topps #43 have variations?
Yes. Three states are catalogued and tracked individually: 43a - Button On Pants Showing (The card as first printed: the button on Landrum's pants shows. TCDB calls this state "fly open", Cardboard Connection "dark button"), 43b - No Button On Pants Shows (Airbrushed so that no button shows on the pants. TCDB letters this state c) and 43c - Partial Button On Pants (A partial button shows - the airbrush caught only part of it. TCDB letters this state b ("airbrushed fly")). Owning any one of them fills the #43 slot; the master set counts each state.
How many cards are in the 1966 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 613 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no number used twice, and 14 cards carry catalogued print variations - five checklists, the trade and sold statement backs, the three-state #43 Don Landrum, three team-card dot pairs and the #161 Jerry Lumpe white streak - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, 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.