1966 Topps #296 Johnny Keane
About this card
One of twenty manager cards in the 1966 Topps set: the Astros have two (#147 Lum Harris and #504 Grady Hatton) and the Cubs have none.
About Johnny Keane
Card #296 is Keane's last card of the decade's Topps run, a Yankees issue from the set's fourth series. It belongs to a season he barely managed: New York won only four of its first twenty games, and before the May 7 game at California he was replaced by general manager Ralph Houk, who had managed the club from 1961 through 1963. Keane was the first Yankees manager fired in midseason since 1910. The team finished last at 70-89 anyway. He took a scouting job with the California Angels that December and died of a heart attack the following month.
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 | 214 | 0 | 20 | 101 | 53 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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. 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 #296 card?
It is card #296 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Johnny Keane of the New York Yankees. One of twenty manager cards in the 1966 Topps set: the Astros have two (#147 Lum Harris and #504 Grady Hatton) and the Cubs have none.
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.