1971 Topps #437 Danny Murtaugh
About this card
Every club has its own manager card this year, separate from its team card, and every one pictures the manager alone. Nine of the 24 managers are Hall of Famers: Bob Lemon (#91), Gil Hodges (#183), Red Schoendienst (#239), Ted Williams (#380), Earl Weaver (#477), Walt Alston (#567), Leo Durocher (#609), Sparky Anderson (#688) and Dick Williams (#714).
About Danny Murtaugh
Pittsburgh went 89-73 in 1970 under Murtaugh to win the National League East before losing the NLCS to Cincinnati. His #437 sits in the manager subset of the 1971 Topps fourth series. The 1971 season brought a 97-65 record, chest pains that put him in a Cincinnati hospital on May 20, and the World Series title over Baltimore.
Danny Murtaugh spent 29 years with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a player, coach, manager, and front-office man. A native of Chester, Pennsylvania, he broke in as a second baseman with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1941, leading the National League in stolen bases as a rookie. He joined the Army in August 1943 and served in the infantry in Europe. After a 1947 season spent mostly in the minors in the Boston Braves organization, the Braves traded him to Pittsburgh that November, and he played for the Pirates through 1951, his most productive year coming in 1948 when he hit .290 with 71 runs batted in. He managed New Orleans in the Pirates' farm system, returned to Pittsburgh as a coach, and took over as manager in August 1957 with the club 36-67. He held the job across four separate terms through 1976, winning World Series titles in 1960 and 1971 and two Sporting News Manager of the Year awards. Heart trouble pushed him out of the dugout more than once, but the Pirates kept bringing him back. He suffered a stroke and died in December 1976, about two months after his final retirement; the Pirates retired his number 40 in 1977 and put him in the team's own Hall of Fame in 2022.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 341 | 0 | 14 | 152 | 128 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| SGC | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 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 1971 Topps #437 card?
It is card #437 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Danny Murtaugh of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Every club has its own manager card this year, separate from its team card, and every one pictures the manager alone. Nine of the 24 managers are Hall of Famers: Bob Lemon (#91), Gil Hodges (#183), Red Schoendienst (#239), Ted Williams (#380), Earl Weaver (#477), Walt Alston (#567), Leo Durocher (#609), Sparky Anderson (#688) and Dick Williams (#714).
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.