1969 Topps #384 Larry Shepard
About this card
This is one of the 25 manager cards in the 1969 Topps set - one for each of the 24 clubs, with Washington twice (#294 Jim Lemon, the outgoing manager, and #650 Ted Williams, hired that February). Nine of the 25 are Hall of Famers.
About Larry Shepard
Card #384, in the set's fourth print series, shows Larry Shepard for his second and final season managing the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 1969 club opened strong and was 84-73 and third in the National League East, with Roberto Clemente batting .336 under him, when Shepard was let go the morning after a doubleheader sweep on September 25, 1969, with five games left; Alex Grammas went 4-1 the rest of the way, and the Pirates finished third at 88-74.
Larry Shepard spent decades in professional baseball as a pitcher, minor league manager, and big league pitching coach. A right-hander out of Lakewood, Ohio who grew up in Montreal and attended McGill University, he pitched in the minors from 1941 through 1956, missing time for Army service in World War II. As a playing manager he won three straight 20-win seasons at Billings, then guided Pittsburgh Pirates farm clubs at Lincoln, Salt Lake City, and Columbus to five league championships while developing future big leaguers such as Steve Blass, Manny Sanguillen, and Willie Stargell. After a year as Philadelphia Phillies pitching coach in 1967, he managed the Pirates before returning to coaching. He later served as pitching coach for Sparky Anderson's Cincinnati Reds Big Red Machine, helping shape a staff that won five division titles, four pennants, and two World Series from 1970 through 1976, and he finished his career coaching the San Francisco Giants.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 290 | 6 | 73 | 141 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1969 Topps #384 card?
It is card #384 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Larry Shepard of the Pittsburgh Pirates. This is one of the 25 manager cards in the 1969 Topps set - one for each of the 24 clubs, with Washington twice (#294 Jim Lemon, the outgoing manager, and #650 Ted Williams, hired that February). Nine of the 25 are Hall of Famers.
How many cards are in the 1969 Topps Baseball set?
664 cards, tracked as 696 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 664 with none skipped and no printed number shared by two cards; 32 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately, 23 of them the yellow- and white-letter name pairs of #440-511.
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 2026-10-12.