1972 Topps #188 Frank Lucchesi
About this card
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 Frank Lucchesi
Philadelphia sat in first place 20 games into 1972, then lost 19 of 20 beginning May 16. On July 9, with the club 26-50, new general manager Paul Owens fired Lucchesi and took over as manager himself. Fans erupted angrily at the firing, and the mayor offered him a job. He still reached out to the mother of a 6-year-old recovering from open-heart surgery to say the boy's invitation to a game stood. His #188 manager card shows him with the Phillies.
Frank Lucchesi spent four decades as a manager, nearly all of it in the minors. A San Francisco native, he played outfield in the lower minors from 1945 to 1957, batting .276 with 56 home runs in 1,149 games, and began managing in 1951 as player-manager of the Medford Rogues of the Class D Far West League. He joined the Phillies' system in 1956, won six pennants in 13 seasons and worked with Chris Short, Dick Allen, Fergie Jenkins and Larry Bowa on their way up. In the majors he managed the Phillies from 1970 to 1972, the Texas Rangers from 1975 to 1977 and the Cubs on an interim basis in 1987, finishing 316-399 overall. In spring training 1977 Rangers second baseman Lenny Randle struck him, leaving him with a concussion and a broken jaw; the Rangers fired him on June 21 at 31-31. In 1963, ejected while managing Triple-A Arkansas, he climbed a light tower to watch and, afraid of heights, was too scared to move when the umpire ordered him down. He died in Colleyville, Texas, on June 8, 2019.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 322 | 21 | 94 | 167 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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 1972 Topps #188 card?
It is card #188 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Frank Lucchesi of the Philadelphia Phillies. 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.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, 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.