1967 Topps #481 Leo Durocher
About this card
This is one of the twenty manager cards in the 1967 Topps set - one for each of the twenty franchises.
About Leo Durocher
Durocher's 1967 Topps card, #481 in the sixth series, catches him fresh off his return to managing after a decade away: hired by the Cubs for the 1966 season, he ended the club's "College of Coaches" system and declared at his first press conference that he was the manager, not a head coach. The Cubs nonetheless finished tenth and last at 59-103, behind even the Mets, the only 100-loss season in his twenty-five years on a big-league bench.
Leo Durocher spent nearly half a century in the major leagues, first as a slick-fielding, light-hitting shortstop and later as one of the game's most combative managers. He got a two-game trial with the 1925 Yankees, became a regular there in 1928 and played through 1945 with the Reds, Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers, winning World Series rings as a player in 1928 and 1934. Nicknamed "Leo the Lip" for his incessant yapping, he became Brooklyn's player-manager in 1939 and led the Dodgers to the 1941 pennant, then took over the New York Giants in 1948, winning the 1951 pennant on Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" and sweeping the 1954 World Series. He returned to the dugout in 1966 to manage the Chicago Cubs into 1972, then closed his career with the Houston Astros, retiring with 2,008 wins, fifth all-time. The line "nice guys finish last," a newspaper condensation of a 1946 remark he later adopted, entered the language. Durocher died in 1991 and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1994 by the Veterans Committee.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 389 | 0 | 59 | 174 | 74 | 43 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
| SGC | 44 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
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. PSA registers a row for every one of the 624 states; SGC lists no separate row for the #149 white-streak state.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1967 Topps #481 card?
It is card #481 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Leo Durocher of the Chicago Cubs. This is one of the twenty manager cards in the 1967 Topps set - one for each of the twenty franchises.
Why is #481 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series, #458-533 - noticeably tougher than the first five.
How many cards are in the 1967 Topps Baseball set?
609 cards, tracked as 624 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 609 without a gap - no number was skipped and none was used twice - and 15 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-12.