1973 Topps #421 Angels Field Leaders - Bobby Winkles / Tom Morgan / Salty Parker / Jimmie Reese / John Roseboro
On this card: Bobby Winkles, Tom Morgan, Salty Parker, Jimmie Reese, John Roseboro
About this card
Managers appear only on the 24 Field Leaders cards, one for each club: each pictures the manager with three or four of his coaches, and there is no solo manager card. Fifteen of the 24 come in two printings. Thirteen include a Hall of Famer, among them coaches Ernie Banks (#81 Cubs), Warren Spahn (#449 Indians) and Bill Mazeroski (#517 Pirates), and the Dodgers' Walt Alston and Tom Lasorda (#569).
About Angels Field Leaders (Bobby Winkles / Tom Morgan / Salty Parker / Jimmie Reese / John Roseboro)
Winkles won his first game as a major-league manager 2-1 over Kansas City. Frank Robinson homered on the first pitch he saw as an Angel while President Richard Nixon watched. California finished fourth in the AL West at 79-83. Fourth-series Topps #421 grouped Winkles with Tom Morgan, Salty Parker, Jimmie Reese and John Roseboro. Bobby Winkles led Arizona State to three national titles, then jumped from campus to the majors in 1972 as an Angels coach and managed California and Oakland to a 170-213 record. He is in the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
Morgan was the California Angels' pitching coach from 1972 through 1974, and he held the job again from 1981 through 1983. Card #421, a fourth-series issue, puts him with manager Bobby Winkles, Salty Parker, Jimmie Reese and John Roseboro on the Angels' managers-and-coaches card. Former Yankees pitcher Tom Morgan advised Tommy John on his throwing motion in 1980 after watching him on television. John credited the adjustment with helping him out of a slump.
Parker, Houston's third-base coach in 1972, managed the Astros to a 6-5 win over Montreal on August 26 between the tenures of Harry Walker and Leo Durocher. Durocher fired him in early October, and the Angels hired him in November. The Angels' fourth-series 1973 Topps #421 listed Parker with Bobby Winkles, Tom Morgan, Jimmie Reese and John Roseboro. Salty Parker's nickname came from his boyhood job in an East St. Louis store. The owner named the future baseball coach for his habit of eating the shop's salted peanuts.
Reese joined the California Angels' coaching staff on March 30, 1972, after scouting for Montreal, and was hired as a conditioning coach to get the players into shape. Fourth-series Topps #421 listed him with Bobby Winkles, Tom Morgan, Salty Parker and John Roseboro. Jimmie Reese, the former Yankees infielder and longtime coach, managed the Pacific Coast League's San Diego Padres from 1960 until he resigned partway through 1961, saying he preferred coaching.
Roseboro joined the California Angels coaching staff in 1972 after coaching the Washington Senators under Ted Williams in 1971. His fourth-series 1973 Topps manager-and-coaches card, #421, paired him with manager Bobby Winkles and coaches Tom Morgan, Salty Parker and Jimmie Reese. Future Dodgers catcher John Roseboro began his professional career at Sheboygan in 1952, hitting .365 to finish second in the Wisconsin State League batting race. Army service interrupted his minor league career in 1953 and 1954.
Sources: Wikipedia (Bobby Winkles) · Wikipedia (Tom Morgan) · Wikipedia (Salty Parker) · Wikipedia (Jimmie Reese) · Wikipedia (John Roseboro) · SABR BioProject (Bobby Winkles) · SABR BioProject (Jimmie Reese) · SABR BioProject (John Roseboro) · Baseball Almanac (John Roseboro) · Retrosheet (1) · Retrosheet (2) · MLB.com · MiLB.com (1) · MiLB.com (2) · MiLB.com (3) · MiLB.com (4) · BaseballCardPedia · Los Angeles Times
Print variations
Two states of #421 are tracked individually: 421a - Orange Background and 421b - Pale Brown Background. The difference is on the front of the card (print color).
States catalogued by the PSA master set registry and the Trading Card Database; each is tracked here individually.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 421a - Orange Background | |||||||||
| PSA | 116 | 3 | 27 | 64 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 421b - Pale Brown Background | |||||||||
| PSA | 67 | 0 | 15 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Not designated by PSA | |||||||||
| PSA | 51 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation; PSA slabs whose label names no variation are listed as not designated, while SGC slabs whose label names no variation are counted under 421a - Orange Background.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1973 Topps #421 card?
It is card #421 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Bobby Winkles, Tom Morgan, Salty Parker, Jimmie Reese and John Roseboro. Managers appear only on the 24 Field Leaders cards, one for each club: each pictures the manager with three or four of his coaches, and there is no solo manager card. Fifteen of the 24 come in two printings. Thirteen include a Hall of Famer, among them coaches Ernie Banks (#81 Cubs), Warren Spahn (#449 Indians) and Bill Mazeroski (#517 Pirates), and the Dodgers' Walt Alston and Tom Lasorda (#569).
Is 1973 Topps #421 a rookie card?
Yes - #421 Angels Field Leaders is a rookie card, one of the three Field Leaders cards among the set's sixty rookie cards (#421 Angels, #486 Phillies and #593 Royals).
Does 1973 Topps #421 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 421a - Orange Background (The coaches' portraits have orange backgrounds) and 421b - Pale Brown Background (The coaches' portraits have pale brown backgrounds in place of orange). Owning any one of them fills the #421 slot; the master set counts each state.
How many cards are in the 1973 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, tracked as 679 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 660 with none skipped, in five series of 132 - #1-132, #133-264, #265-396, #397-528 and the high numbers, #529-660, printed in lower quantities; 19 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - fifteen Field Leaders cards, the #20 Stan Bahnsen, #31 Buddy Bell and #504 Earl Williams border-gap pairs and the two #280 Al Kaline printings.
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.