1970 Topps #489 Eddie Kasko
About this card
This is one of the 24 manager cards, one for each club and every one a solo card, separate from the 24 team cards. #211 Ted Williams manages the Washington Senators and #556 Dave Bristol the Seattle Pilots; seven of the 24 managers are Hall of Famers.
About Eddie Kasko
Kasko succeeded Dick Williams in 1970 after managing the Red Sox' Triple-A clubs at Toronto in 1967 and Louisville in 1968 and 1969, teams that went 213-213 combined. His first Boston team went 87-75 and finished third. Shortly before his first game he recalled that his father, who ran a small grocery store, never understood why he wasted time playing baseball. Card #489 is a fifth-series manager card.
Eddie Kasko was a right-handed-hitting shortstop and third baseman who played ten major league seasons, from 1957 through 1966, with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Colt .45s and Astros, and Boston Red Sox. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and raised in Linden, he graduated from Linden High School in 1949 and debuted with the Cardinals on April 18, 1957. A six-player trade sent him to Cincinnati after the 1958 season. Across five years there he moved between third base and shortstop, leading National League third basemen in fielding percentage in 1960. He led NL shortstops in that category in 1964 with Houston. He made the 1961 National League All-Star team and started all five games at shortstop in that year's World Series against the New York Yankees, batting .318. In 1,077 games he hit .264 with 935 hits. Those included 146 doubles and 22 home runs, and he drove in 261 runs. He retired after the 1966 season, managed the Red Sox from 1970 through 1973, and stayed with the club two more decades as a scout, scouting director and front-office executive. Boston elected him to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2010; he died in 2020 at 88.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 167 | 2 | 34 | 97 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. 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 1970 Topps #489 card?
It is card #489 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Eddie Kasko of the Boston Red Sox. This is one of the 24 manager cards, one for each club and every one a solo card, separate from the 24 team cards. #211 Ted Williams manages the Washington Senators and #556 Dave Bristol the Seattle Pilots; seven of the 24 managers are Hall of Famers.
How many cards are in the 1970 Topps Baseball set?
720 cards, tracked as 726 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 720 with none skipped, issued in seven series - #1-132, #133-263, #264-372, #373-459, #460-546, #547-633 and the high numbers, #634-720; 6 cards, all of them checklists, carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, 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 2026-10-25.