1970 Topps #291 Leo Durocher
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 Leo Durocher
Durocher's 1969 Cubs went 92-70. After the Mets took the first two games of a mid-July series at Shea Stadium and the Cubs won the third, he was asked whether those were the real Cubs and answered, "No, those are the real Mets." He had been starting his best pitchers on two or three days' rest, and they wore down late. Third-series #291 is his manager card with the Cubs, whose 1970 club went 84-78 and again finished second.
Leo Durocher spent nearly half a century in the major leagues, first as a shortstop known for his fielding and later as an outspoken manager who clashed with umpires, the press and the commissioner. He got a two-game trial with the 1925 Yankees, became a regular there in 1928 and played through 1945 with the Reds, Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers, winning World Series rings as a player in 1928 and 1934. Known as "Leo the Lip," he became Brooklyn's player-manager in 1939 and led the Dodgers to the 1941 pennant. He took over the New York Giants in 1948, winning the 1951 pennant on Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" and sweeping the 1954 World Series. He returned to the dugout in 1966 to manage the Chicago Cubs into 1972, then closed his career with the Houston Astros, retiring with 2,008 wins, then fifth all-time among managers. The line "nice guys finish last," a newspaper condensation of a 1946 remark he later adopted, entered the language. Durocher died in 1991 and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1994 by the Veterans Committee.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 503 | 5 | 93 | 282 | 74 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 0 |
| SGC | 33 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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 #291 card?
It is card #291 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Leo Durocher of the Chicago Cubs. 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.