1973 Topps #593 Royals Field Leaders - Jack McKeon / Galen Cisco / Harry Dunlop / Charlie Lau
On this card: Jack McKeon, Galen Cisco, Harry Dunlop, Charlie Lau
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 Royals Field Leaders (Jack McKeon / Galen Cisco / Harry Dunlop / Charlie Lau)
McKeon was 42 when he succeeded Bob Lemon in 1973, after running the Omaha Royals, Kansas City's Triple-A club, from 1969 through 1972. His team went 88-74, second in the American League West, six games behind Oakland, the best record in the franchise's five years. His #593 is a managers-and-coaches card with Galen Cisco, Harry Dunlop and Charlie Lau, all printed with the Royals. It is a fifth-series high number. Jack McKeon managed in the majors for the Royals, Athletics, Padres, Reds and Marlins, winning the 2003 World Series at age 72. As Padres general manager he earned the name Trader Jack and assembled the 1984 pennant winner.
Cisco became Kansas City's pitching coach in 1971 under manager Bob Lemon. On 1973 Topps #593, he appeared with manager Jack McKeon and fellow Royals coaches Harry Dunlop and Charlie Lau. Galen Cisco was a right-handed swingman for the Red Sox, Mets and Royals in the 1960s who later spent nearly three decades as a big-league pitching coach, winning back-to-back World Series titles with the 1992-93 Toronto Blue Jays.
Dunlop was on Kansas City's coaching staff in 1972. The 1973 Topps Royals Field Leaders card, #593, paired him with manager Jack McKeon and coaches Galen Cisco and Charlie Lau. Harry Dunlop progressed from catching in the Pirates' farm system to managing clubs including Stockton, San Jose and Wichita. His later major league coaching work included Kansas City and Cincinnati.
Lau, Kansas City's hitting coach since 1971, shared the Royals' 1973 Topps card, #593, a fifth-series high number, with manager Jack McKeon, Galen Cisco and Harry Dunlop. Lou Piniella, who played for Kansas City from 1969 through 1973, called Lau "the greatest batting instructor of them all." Charley Lau played 11 major league seasons as a catcher and pinch hitter, then coached five American League clubs. His hitting pupils included George Brett, Reggie Jackson, Harold Baines and Ron Kittle.
Sources: Wikipedia (Jack McKeon) · Wikipedia (Galen Cisco) · Wikipedia (Harry Dunlop) · SABR BioProject (Jack Mckeon) · SABR BioProject (Galen Cisco) · Baseball Almanac (Galen Cisco) · Baseball Almanac (Charlie Lau) · Retrosheet · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 141 | 1 | 16 | 61 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1973 Topps #593 card?
It is card #593 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Jack McKeon, Galen Cisco, Harry Dunlop and Charlie Lau. 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 #593 a rookie card?
Yes - #593 Royals 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).
Why is #593 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.