1973 Topps #449 Indians Field Leaders - Ken Aspromonte / Rocky Colavito / Joe Lutz / Warren Spahn
On this card: Ken Aspromonte, Rocky Colavito, Joe Lutz, Warren Spahn
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 Indians Field Leaders (Ken Aspromonte / Rocky Colavito / Joe Lutz / Warren Spahn)
In 1973, Aspromonte managed Cleveland to a 71-91 record, finishing sixth in the American League East. Before taking that job, he had spent two seasons managing Triple-A Wichita. Fourth-series Topps #449 listed him with coaches Rocky Colavito, Joe Lutz and Warren Spahn. A right-handed second baseman for six American and National League clubs from 1957 to 1963, Ken Aspromonte later played three seasons in Japan and managed the Cleveland Indians for three years in the early 1970s.
The Yankees released Colavito on September 30, 1968. Cleveland hired him as a WJW-TV broadcaster for 1972, and in 1973 he was the Indians' first-base coach. His fourth-series 1973 Topps card, #449, lists him with Ken Aspromonte, Joe Lutz and Warren Spahn. A six-time All-Star with one of the great throwing arms of his era, Rocky Colavito tied for the 1959 American League home run crown, homered four straight times in one game that June, and led the league in RBI for Cleveland in 1965.
Joe Lutz became the Cleveland Indians' first-base coach in 1971 after coordinating its minor league teams. He remained on the staff through 1973. Fourth-series 1973 Topps #449 listed Lutz with manager Ken Aspromonte and fellow coaches Rocky Colavito and Warren Spahn. Joe Lutz played first base for the 1951 St. Louis Browns before coaching Southern Illinois to two College World Series appearances. He later served on Cleveland's staff and coached and managed Japan's Hiroshima Carp.
Spahn served as Cleveland's pitching coach in 1972 after managing the Tulsa Oilers. His Tulsa club won the Pacific Coast League championship in 1968. Topps' fourth-series #449 listed him with manager Ken Aspromonte and fellow coaches Rocky Colavito and Joe Lutz. The winningest left-handed pitcher in baseball history, a Braves ace who won 20 games in 13 different seasons, threw no-hitters at 39 and 40, and was still going 23-7 at age 42.
Sources: Wikipedia (Ken Aspromonte) · Wikipedia (Rocky Colavito) · Wikipedia (Joe Lutz) · Wikipedia (Warren Spahn) · SABR BioProject (Ken Aspromonte) · SABR BioProject (Rocky Colavito) · SABR BioProject (Warren Spahn) · Baseball Almanac (Ken Aspromonte) · Baseball Almanac (Rocky Colavito) · Baseball Almanac (Warren Spahn) · The Baseball Cube · BaseballCardPedia
Print variations
Two states of #449 are tracked individually: 449a - Pointed Ear and 449b - Round Ear. The difference is on the front of the card (photo pose).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 449a - Pointed Ear | |||||||||
| PSA | 152 | 1 | 11 | 68 | 40 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 449b - Round Ear | |||||||||
| PSA | 110 | 0 | 17 | 48 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 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; SGC slabs whose label names no variation are counted under 449a - Pointed Ear.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1973 Topps #449 card?
It is card #449 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Ken Aspromonte, Rocky Colavito, Joe Lutz and Warren Spahn. 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).
Does 1973 Topps #449 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 449a - Pointed Ear (Coach Warren Spahn's ear has a pointed outline at the top) and 449b - Round Ear (Coach Warren Spahn's ear has a rounded outline at the top). Owning any one of them fills the #449 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.