1969 Topps #196 Lum Harris
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 Lum Harris
This card lands in the Braves' landmark 1969 season, the first year of divisional play. Harris guided Atlanta, still built around longtime slugger Hank Aaron, to a 93-69 record and the club's first National League West championship, its first postseason trip since the 1958 World Series as the Milwaukee Braves. The Braves then lost the NLCS in three straight games to the eventual World Series champion New York Mets.
Chalmer Luman Harris, known as Lum, was a right-handed pitcher who spent six seasons in the majors with the Philadelphia Athletics (1941-1944, 1946) and Washington Senators (1947), compiling a 35-63 record. He missed 1945 while serving in the Navy during World War II. After his playing career wound down in the minors, Harris became a longtime coach and confidant of manager Paul Richards, following him to the Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, and Houston Colt .45s as a third-base coach. He got his first managerial chance late in 1961, guiding the Orioles to a 17-10 finish, then took over the Houston Colt .45s in September 1964 and managed the club through its 1965 rebrand as the Astros. He later managed the Atlanta Braves from 1968 into 1972, leading them to the first National League West Division title in 1969 before falling to the Mets in the NLCS.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 210 | 0 | 26 | 112 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 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 #196 card?
It is card #196 of the 664-card 1969 Topps Baseball set, picturing Lum Harris of the Atlanta Braves. 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.