1971 Topps #744 Chuck Manuel
About Chuck Manuel
Card #744 is a sixth-series card in the black-bordered 1971 Topps set. The 1970 season it follows ended with a .188 average and 1 home run for the Twins. In 1971 itself he played 18 games for Minnesota and spent the rest of the year at Portland, where he hit .372 with a .764 slugging percentage and led the Pacific Coast League in both.
Charlie Manuel was a left-handed-hitting outfielder who played parts of six major league seasons, four with the Minnesota Twins (1969-72) and two with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1974-75), and hit .198 with 4 home runs in 242 games. His larger playing career came in Japan, where he spent 1976 through 1981 with the Yakult Swallows and Kintetsu Buffaloes, hit 189 home runs, and won the 1979 Pacific League MVP award. He hit 48 home runs for Kintetsu in 1980. After scouting and minor league managing for the Twins and Cleveland, he served as the Indians' hitting coach and managed Cleveland from 2000 to 2002, winning the 2001 Central Division title. He then managed the Philadelphia Phillies from 2005 to 2013, won five straight NL East titles from 2007 to 2011, and won the 2008 World Series. He finished with 780 wins as Phillies manager, a franchise record, and entered the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in 2014.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 368 | 0 | 11 | 137 | 156 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| SGC | 28 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 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 1971 Topps #744 card?
It is card #744 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chuck Manuel of the Minnesota Twins.
Why is #744 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the sixth and last print series, #644-752 - the scarce end of the set. Some of its cards were printed in larger numbers than others, so scarcity varies card by card inside the run.
How many cards are in the 1971 Topps Baseball set?
752 cards, tracked as 761 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 752 with none skipped, issued in six print series (132/131/130/130/120/109 cards), the sixth (#644-752) the high numbers; seven cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - the #42, #265 and #306 photo pairs and the #123, #206, #369 and #619 checklists, #369 and #619 in three printings each.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA (its price guide, master set registry and set article), 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.