1972 Topps #98 Chuck Tanner
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Every club has a manager card of its own this year, separate from the 24 team cards, and every one of the 24 manager cards pictures the manager alone. Nine of them are Hall of Famers, and #510 Ted Williams manages the Texas Rangers in their first season after the move from Washington.
About Chuck Tanner
The 1972 White Sox went 87-67 under Tanner and finished a close second in the AL West, behind the eventual World Series champion Oakland Athletics. He relied heavily on his top starters: Wilbur Wood made 49 starts, Stan Bahnsen 41 and Tom Bradley 40. Under his low-key handling, Dick Allen won the MVP award. Tanner took the major-league Manager of the Year award from The Sporting News and the AL award from the Associated Press. Topps gave him #98, a first-series manager card, with the White Sox.
Chuck Tanner was a left-handed outfielder from New Castle, Pennsylvania, who signed with the Boston Braves in 1946 and hit over .300 in the minors every year from 1947 through 1954. He reached Milwaukee in 1955 and homered on the first major-league pitch he saw, as a pinch-hitter on Opening Day. Over eight seasons with the Braves, Cubs, Indians and Angels he hit .261 with 21 home runs in 396 games. His larger fame came as a manager. After eight years leading Angels farm clubs, he managed the White Sox from 1970 through 1975. He then managed Oakland for a season before Pittsburgh acquired him in an unusual trade, sending Manny Sanguillen and cash to the Athletics. There the 1979 Pirates, adopting We Are Family as their theme, rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat Baltimore in the World Series. He finished with 1,352 wins over 19 seasons and was known as baseball's Mr. Sunshine for his optimism.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 244 | 7 | 67 | 116 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 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 1972 Topps #98 card?
It is card #98 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Chuck Tanner of the Chicago White Sox. Every club has a manager card of its own this year, separate from the 24 team cards, and every one of the 24 manager cards pictures the manager alone. Nine of them are Hall of Famers, and #510 Ted Williams manages the Texas Rangers in their first season after the move from Washington.
How many cards are in the 1972 Topps Baseball set?
787 cards, tracked as 794 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 787 with none skipped, in six print series (#1-132, #133-263, #264-394, #395-525, #526-656 and #657-787, the high numbers); 7 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - four Chicago Cubs cards with yellow or green under the "C" and "S" of the team name, the #251 and #478 checklists with smaller or larger print on the front, and the #604 checklist with its copyright line aligned right or left.
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