1971 Topps #183 Gil Hodges
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 Gil Hodges
Tom Seaver went 18-12 for the 1970 Mets and struck out 283. Tommie Agee hit 24 home runs, and the defending champions finished 83-79, third in the NL East and six games behind Pittsburgh. Topps issued #183, Hodges' manager card, in the second series of 1971. His 1971 club again went 83-79 and tied the Cubs for third in the last season of his managing career.
Gil Hodges played 18 major league seasons -- one game in 1943, then 1947 through 1963 -- nearly all of them at first base for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. Teammates included Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella and Duke Snider. Born in Princeton, Indiana, the son of a coal miner, he left the Dodgers 11 days after his debut to join the Marines, serving as an anti-aircraft gunner at Tinian and Okinawa and earning a Bronze Star with a combat V. He returned as the outstanding first baseman of the 1950s, an eight-time All-Star with 370 home runs, 1,274 runs batted in and a .273 average. He hit four home runs against the Braves on August 31, 1950, and won the first three Gold Gloves ever awarded at his position. He played first base for six Dodgers pennant winners, drove in both runs in the seventh game that finally gave Brooklyn a World Series in 1955, and batted .391 when Los Angeles won the 1959 Series. Managing followed: five rebuilding years with the expansion Washington Senators, then the Mets, whom he took to 100 wins and the 1969 championship. He died of a heart attack on April 2, 1972, two days short of his 48th birthday, and entered the National Baseball 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 | 731 | 1 | 8 | 285 | 266 | 103 | 33 | 35 | 0 |
| SGC | 96 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 3 |
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 #183 card?
It is card #183 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Gil Hodges of the New York Mets. 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.
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