1973 Topps #136 Orioles Field Leaders - Earl Weaver / George Bamberger / Jim Frey / Billy Hunter / George Staller
On this card: Earl Weaver, George Bamberger, Jim Frey, Billy Hunter, George Staller
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 Orioles Field Leaders (Earl Weaver / George Bamberger / Jim Frey / Billy Hunter / George Staller)
Second-series 1973 Topps #136 pairs Weaver with coaches George Bamberger, Jim Frey, Billy Hunter and George Staller, and the card is catalogued in two printings. That season the Orioles went 97-65 and took the American League East before Oakland beat them in the playoffs, three games to two. Earl Weaver managed Baltimore to four American League pennants and the 1970 World Series title. He used detailed pitcher-hitter records to arrange his lineups and entered the Hall of Fame in 1996.
Bamberger was Baltimore's pitching coach in 1973. On second-series Topps #136, the Orioles' Field Leaders card, he followed Earl Weaver and preceded Jim Frey, Billy Hunter and George Staller. He had his pitchers run 35 minutes of daily sprints from foul pole to foul pole and play catch for 15 minutes between starts. On Father's Day in 1951, Ottawa Giants pitcher George Bamberger no-hit Toronto in a 1-0 win. His bases-loaded walk drove in the only run; his daughter Judy had been born the night before.
Frey, who had started on Earl Weaver's staff as bullpen and hitting coach, was one of four coaches when the 1973 Orioles went 97-65 to win the AL East, then lost the ALCS to Oakland three games to two. Jim Palmer went 22-9 with a 2.40 ERA. Card #136, a second-series card in the manager-and-coaches group, pairs Weaver and Frey with George Bamberger, Billy Hunter and George Staller. Jim Frey spent 14 minor-league seasons as an outfielder without reaching the majors, coached the Orioles under Earl Weaver for ten years, then managed the 1980 Royals to the World Series and the 1984 Cubs to the NL East title.
Hunter remained Baltimore's third-base coach in 1972 after declining Harry Dalton's offer to manage the California Angels the previous November. On second-series 1973 Topps #136, the Orioles' Field Leaders card, he was listed with Earl Weaver, George Bamberger, Jim Frey and George Staller. Billy Hunter was a slick-fielding shortstop, an All-Star for the 1953 St. Louis Browns and a Yankees reserve on the 1956 champions. He later coached third base for Baltimore's 1966 and 1970 title teams and managed the Texas Rangers in 1977 and 1978.
Staller was one of the charter participants when Earl Weaver started a tomato-growing competition down the left-field line at Memorial Stadium in 1972. Weaver, who recommended him to general manager Harry Dalton for the first-base job, recalled that Staller 'had a knack for cooling people down in stressful situations.' Topps put Staller on #136 in the 1973 second series, a managers and coaches card he shares with Weaver, George Bamberger, Jim Frey and Billy Hunter, all printed with the Baltimore Orioles. Left-handed outfielder who played 21 games for the 1943 Philadelphia Athletics, then managed in the minors for 14 seasons and coached first base for the Baltimore Orioles from July 1968 through 1975 under Earl Weaver.
Sources: Wikipedia (Earl Weaver) · Wikipedia (George Bamberger) · Wikipedia (Jim Frey) · Wikipedia (Billy Hunter) · Wikipedia (George Staller) · SABR BioProject (Earl Weaver) · SABR BioProject (George Bamberger) · SABR BioProject (Jim Frey) · SABR BioProject (Billy Hunter) · SABR BioProject (George Staller) · BaseballCardPedia · Trading Card Database
Print variations
Two states of #136 are tracked individually: 136a - Pale Brown Background and 136b - Orange 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136a - Pale Brown Background | |||||||||
| PSA | 87 | 1 | 24 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| SGC | 15 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 136b - Orange Background | |||||||||
| PSA | 227 | 2 | 41 | 137 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
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 136a - Pale Brown Background.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1973 Topps #136 card?
It is card #136 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Earl Weaver, George Bamberger, Jim Frey, Billy Hunter and George Staller. 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 #136 have variations?
Yes. Two states are catalogued and tracked individually: 136a - Pale Brown Background (All four coaches' portraits have pale brown backgrounds) and 136b - Orange Background (All four coaches' portraits have orange backgrounds). Owning any one of them fills the #136 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.