1973 Topps #569 Dodgers Field Leaders - Walt Alston / Red Adams / Monty Basgall / Jim Gilliam / Tom Lasorda
On this card: Walt Alston, Red Adams, Monty Basgall, Jim Gilliam, Tom Lasorda
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 Dodgers Field Leaders (Walt Alston / Red Adams / Monty Basgall / Jim Gilliam / Tom Lasorda)
Alston continued as the Dodgers' manager after 1972, sharing the 1973 Field Leaders card #569 with Red Adams, Monty Basgall, Jim Gilliam and Tom Lasorda. It was a high number in the fifth series. In 1973, Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey began playing together in his infield. Los Angeles finished 95-66, second in the National League West. Walt Alston managed the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers for 23 seasons on one-year contracts. His teams won seven National League pennants and four World Series, including Brooklyn's only championship.
Adams was the Dodgers' pitching coach when Tommy John arrived in 1972 convinced he would have to depend chiefly on breaking pitches to win games. He disagreed emphatically and pushed John toward the fastball, slower than most but full of movement. Adams is second of the five names on #569, the Dodgers' managers-and-coaches card, a high number from the fifth series, which was printed in smaller supply. Walt Alston, Monty Basgall, Jim Gilliam and Tom Lasorda share it. Red Adams pitched eight games for the 1946 Chicago Cubs, then scouted for the Dodgers from 1959 to 1968 and coached their pitchers from 1969 to 1980; Don Sutton said no person ever meant more to his career.
Basgall managed El Paso in the Double-A Texas League during 1972, and at the close of that season he and Tommy Lasorda were promoted to Walter Alston's big-league coaching staff. Topps listed him with Alston, Red Adams, Jim Gilliam and Tommy Lasorda on #569, a fifth-series high number. Second baseman who played 200 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1948 and 1951, then spent 1973 through 1986 as the Dodgers' infield and bench coach under Walter Alston and Tommy Lasorda, working with four National League pennant winners.
Gilliam, the Dodgers' first-base coach in 1972, was known to younger players as 'Devil,' a nickname from playing pool in Gifford, near Vero Beach. His 1973 Topps appearance came on the Dodgers' manager-and-coaches card, #569, in the fifth, high-number series. Jim Gilliam was the Dodgers' switch-hitting second baseman and 1953 National League Rookie of the Year, a patient number-two hitter behind Maury Wills who won four World Series in Brooklyn and Los Angeles and became one of baseball's first Black coaches.
Lasorda reached the Dodgers' major-league staff in 1973 as Walter Alston's third-base coach, promoted after his Albuquerque Dukes beat Eugene in the playoff for the 1972 Pacific Coast League pennant. He shares card #569 with Alston, Red Adams, Monty Basgall and Jim Gilliam. Left-handed pitcher turned Hall of Fame manager who ran the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1976 to 1996, winning four National League pennants and the 1981 and 1988 World Series. He later led the United States to Olympic gold at Sydney in 2000.
Sources: Wikipedia (Red Adams) · Wikipedia (Monty Basgall) · Wikipedia (Jim Gilliam) · SABR BioProject (Walter Alston) · SABR BioProject (Jim Gilliam) · SABR BioProject (Tom Lasorda) · National Baseball Hall of Fame · Baseball Almanac (Jim Gilliam) · Stats Crew · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 222 | 0 | 42 | 130 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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 1973 Topps #569 card?
It is card #569 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Walt Alston, Red Adams, Monty Basgall, Jim Gilliam and Tom Lasorda. 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).
Why is #569 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the fifth and last print series, #529-660 - the scarce end of the set.
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.