1970 Topps #190 Joe Torre
About Joe Torre
Torre's 1970 card, #190, is a second-series print that shows him as a Cardinal. In 1969, his first St. Louis season, he played 144 games at first base and batted .289 with 101 RBI. Dick Allen arrived to take first base for 1970, so Torre split his time between third base and catching alongside Ted Simmons. He hit .325 with 203 hits and 100 RBI, finished second to Rico Carty for the batting title and made the National League All-Star team.
Joe Torre played catcher, first base and third base for the Braves, Cardinals and Mets before managing five major-league clubs. Raised in Brooklyn, he followed his older brother Frank into the Braves organization in 1959. Frank had advised him to try catching as a route to professional baseball. Torre won the Northern League batting title with a .344 average at Eau Claire in 1960 and reached Milwaukee that September. Over 18 major-league seasons he batted .297 and made nine All-Star teams. He collected 2,342 hits, 252 home runs and 1,185 RBI. His 1971 National League MVP season with St. Louis included major-league leads in average (.363), hits (230) and RBI (137). He became the Mets' player-manager in 1977 and retired as a player that June. Torre managed the Mets, Braves and Cardinals before taking over the Yankees in 1996. New York won six pennants and four World Series under him, with championships in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. He finished his 29-season managerial career with the Dodgers in 2010 and 2,326 wins. Elected unanimously by the Expansion Era Committee in December 2013, he entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 2014.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 416 | 5 | 57 | 147 | 87 | 44 | 29 | 46 | 1 |
| SGC | 43 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 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 #190 card?
It is card #190 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Joe Torre of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.