1971 Topps #620 Frank Howard
About Frank Howard
Howard appears on three 1971 Topps cards. League Leaders #63, from the first series, is the American League RBI board, listing him with Tony Conigliaro and Boog Powell. League Leaders #65 is the home run board, listing him with Harmon Killebrew and Carl Yastrzemski. His own Senators card is #620, from the fifth series. In 1971 he hit .279 with 26 home runs and 83 RBI in 153 games.
Frank Oliver Howard, born August 8, 1936 in Columbus, Ohio, was a physically intimidating slugger, listed at 6-foot-7 and 255 pounds and heavier still in later years. An All-American in both basketball and baseball at Ohio State, he was drafted by the NBA's Philadelphia Warriors but signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958 for a $108,000 bonus. After The Sporting News named him its 1959 Minor League Player of the Year, he took over in right field and won the 1960 National League Rookie of the Year award. He later homered off Whitey Ford in Game 4 of the Dodgers' 1963 World Series sweep. Traded to the Washington Senators in December 1964, he became an everyday player and a popular figure, twice leading the American League in home runs and making four straight All-Star teams from 1968 through 1971. Teammates tagged him "Hondo" after a John Wayne film character; in Washington he added "the Capital Punisher" and "the Washington Monument." His major-league career ended in 1973 with 382 home runs and 1,119 RBIs. He later coached for the Brewers, Mets, Mariners, Yankees and Devil Rays, managed the Padres in 1981 and the Mets in 1983, entered the Washington Nationals Ring of Honor in 2016, and died in 2023 at 87.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 866 | 0 | 37 | 539 | 221 | 41 | 13 | 14 | 1 |
| SGC | 65 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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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Related cards
More Frank Howard in this set: #63 League Leaders, #65 League Leaders
Team card: #462 Washington Senators
More Washington Senators cards:
- #11 Elliott Maddox
- #33 Del Unser
- #60 Dick Bosman
- #63 1970 American League RBI Leaders
- #65 1970 American League Home Run Leaders
- #82 Casey Cox
- #93 Senators 1971 Rookie Stars
- #139 Paul Casanova
- #167 Tom Grieve
- #217 Ed Stroud
- #241 Dave Nelson
- #261 Darold Knowles
- #283 Dick Such
- #307 Don Wert
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1971 Topps #620 card?
It is card #620 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Howard of the Washington Senators.
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.