1967 Topps #593 Wes Westrum
About this card
This is one of the twenty manager cards in the 1967 Topps set - one for each of the twenty franchises.
About Wes Westrum
A high number from Topps' seventh and final series, this card shows Westrum in his second full season managing the Mets. The young pitching staff was still developing behind Tom Seaver, and New York finished tenth and last again in 1967; Westrum resigned with 11 games left in the season, with coach Salty Parker finishing out the year before Gil Hodges took over as manager in 1968.
Wes Westrum was a defensive-minded catcher for the New York Giants from 1947 to 1957, a bruising right-handed hitter who traded batting average for power and patience. Born in tiny Clearbrook, Minnesota, he became the Giants' regular catcher in 1950 and set a National League fielding record for catchers that year with a .999 percentage. He was a two-time All-Star, in 1952 and 1953, and caught in both the 1951 and 1954 World Series, the latter a sweep of Cleveland. Over 11 seasons he hit .217 with 96 home runs and 315 RBIs in 919 games, playing through a long list of broken and jammed fingers common to catchers of his era. He retired as a player in 1958 and moved into coaching, later managing the New York Mets from 1965 to 1967 and the San Francisco Giants in 1974-75. He finished his managerial career with a 260-366 record and later scouted for the Atlanta Braves. Westrum died in his hometown of Clearbrook in 2002.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 537 | 5 | 55 | 211 | 168 | 58 | 25 | 15 | 0 |
| SGC | 53 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 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. 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 #593 card?
It is card #593 of the 609-card 1967 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wes Westrum of the New York Mets. This is one of the twenty manager cards in the 1967 Topps set - one for each of the twenty franchises.
Why is #593 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the seventh and last print series, #534-609 - the scarce end of the set, holding both Hall of Fame rookies (Carew #569, Seaver #581). Twenty-two of the 76 are accepted double prints, so scarcity varies card by card inside the run.
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.