1972 Topps #358 Sparky Anderson
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 Sparky Anderson
With the Big Deal arrivals in the lineup, the Reds went 95-59 in 1972 and won the West, beat Pittsburgh in five games in the NLCS, then lost the World Series to Oakland in seven. Before the Series began, Anderson told reporters the two best teams had already met in the NLCS, a remark he later regretted. His manager card that year is #358, from the third series.
Sparky Anderson managed in the major leagues for 26 seasons, nine with the Cincinnati Reds and 17 with the Detroit Tigers, and won 2,194 games. He was the first manager to win a World Series in both leagues, with Cincinnati in 1975 and 1976 and Detroit in 1984. As a player he was a second baseman whose only big league season was 1959, when he hit .218 in 152 games for the Phillies. He spent four more years as a player with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League, whose owner, Jack Kent Cooke, made him the club's manager in 1964. He won four straight minor league pennants from 1965 to 1968. The Reds hired him in October 1969, when Cincinnati headlines asked 'Sparky Who?' He was called Captain Hook for pulling starters at the first sign of weakness and leaning on closers Will McEnaney and Rawly Eastwick. His 1984 Tigers opened 35-5 and won 104 games, and he was the American League Manager of the Year in 1984 and 1987. He retired on October 2, 1995. Elected to the Hall of Fame in 2000, he wore a Reds cap at his induction in honor of Bob Howsam, and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame added him in 2007.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 473 | 5 | 94 | 233 | 73 | 33 | 17 | 18 | 0 |
| SGC | 29 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 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 #358 card?
It is card #358 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Sparky Anderson of the Cincinnati Reds. 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.