1972 Topps #510 Ted Williams
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 Ted Williams
Williams's Washington Senators went 63-96 and finished fifth in 1971, and after that season the franchise moved to Texas as the Rangers. His 1972 Topps card, #510, pictures him with the Texas Rangers and sits in the manager subset of the fourth series. The 1972 club went 54-100 and finished sixth, the last season he managed the franchise.
Ted Williams spent his entire 19-year major league career with the Boston Red Sox (1939-1942, 1946-1960), playing primarily in left field. His career was interrupted twice by military service: three years in the Navy and Marine Corps during World War II, then portions of 1952 and 1953 as a Marine combat aviator in the Korean War. He finished with a .344 batting average, 521 home runs and 1,839 RBI. His .482 career on-base percentage is the highest of all time. In 1941 he batted .406, and no American or National League hitter has topped .400 since. Williams won the Triple Crown in 1942 and 1947, took American League MVP honors in 1946 and 1949, won six batting titles and was an All-Star in 17 seasons. His last two batting crowns came in 1957 and 1958, at ages 39 and 40. His only World Series came in 1946, a seven-game loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The baseball writers elected him to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966, his first year of eligibility. He later managed the Washington Senators and Texas Rangers from 1969 to 1972, and his work with the Jimmy Fund helped raise millions for cancer care and research.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 980 | 3 | 66 | 327 | 222 | 140 | 86 | 136 | 0 |
| SGC | 229 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 44 | 61 | 59 | 41 | 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 #510 card?
It is card #510 of the 787-card 1972 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ted Williams of the Texas Rangers. 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.
Why is Ted Williams on a Texas Rangers card?
He managed the club, which moved from Washington after the 1971 season; #510 is his manager card, and the Rangers appear for the first time this year, with #668 as their team card.
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.