1973 Topps #323 Tigers Field Leaders - Billy Martin / Art Fowler / Joe Schultz / Charlie Silvera / Dick Tracewski
On this card: Billy Martin, Art Fowler, Joe Schultz, Charlie Silvera, Dick Tracewski
Uncorrected error: Joe Schultz's name is missing from the front.
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 Tigers Field Leaders (Billy Martin / Art Fowler / Joe Schultz / Charlie Silvera / Dick Tracewski)
Martin worked 1973 for two clubs. Detroit stood 71-63 and in third place when he left, and he finished the year in Texas, where the Rangers went 9-14 under him and ended in sixth. His manager card, #323 from print series 3, shows the Tigers staff of Art Fowler, Joe Schultz, Charlie Silvera and Dick Tracewski, and carries an uncorrected error: Schultz is missing from the name line on the front. Billy Martin was the hitting star of the 1953 World Series as a Yankees second baseman, then managed the Twins, Tigers, Rangers, Athletics and, in five separate stints, the Yankees, winning the 1977 World Series.
Fowler coached Detroit's pitchers under Billy Martin in 1972. Their 1973 Topps manager-and-coaches card, #323 in the third series, also included Joe Schultz, Charlie Silvera and Dick Tracewski. Schultz's name was omitted from the front, an uncorrected error on the shared card. Art Fowler debuted with the Cincinnati Reds at 31, worked mainly in relief for the expansion Los Angeles Angels from 1961 to 1964, and later served as Billy Martin's pitching coach with the Yankees, Tigers and other clubs.
Schultz was a Tigers coach under Billy Martin when Topps issued #323, the Detroit manager-and-coaches card in the third series, which also pictures Art Fowler, Charlie Silvera and Dick Tracewski. The front leaves out Schultz's name, an error that was never corrected. When Martin was fired with 28 games left in 1973, Schultz took over and went 14-14. A reserve catcher for the Pirates and Browns from 1939 to 1948 who later managed the 1969 Seattle Pilots, the expansion club made famous by Jim Bouton's Ball Four.
Silvera spent 1971 to 1973 on Billy Martin's Detroit coaching staff, a partnership that began when Martin named him bullpen coach of the 1969 Minnesota Twins. The 1973 Tigers finished 85-77, third in the AL East and 12 games behind Baltimore. He shares #323, the Tigers' managers-and-coaches card in the third series of 1973 Topps, with Martin, Art Fowler, Joe Schultz and Dick Tracewski, all printed with Detroit. Schultz's name is missing from the front, an uncorrected error. Yankees backup catcher behind Yogi Berra from 1948 to 1956 and part of six World Series championship teams, Silvera finished with the Cubs in 1957, then coached for Billy Martin at Minnesota, Detroit and Texas.
Tracewski joined the Detroit Tigers staff in 1972 as first-base coach, promoted from the minors by Billy Martin, and the team won the American League East. He appears on 1973 Topps #323, a third-series Tigers manager and coaches card shared with Martin, Art Fowler, Joe Schultz and Charlie Silvera. The card carries an uncorrected error, with Schultz's name missing from the front. A good-fielding utility infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers who won three World Series as a player before a long coaching career in Detroit.
Sources: Wikipedia (Billy Martin) · Wikipedia (Art Fowler) · Wikipedia (Joe Schultz Jr.) · Wikipedia (Charlie Silvera) · Wikipedia (Dick Tracewski) · SABR BioProject (Billy Martin) · SABR BioProject (Art Fowler) · SABR BioProject (Dick Tracewski) · Baseball Almanac (Billy Martin) · Baseball Almanac (Art Fowler) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 239 | 0 | 47 | 125 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| SGC | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 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 #323 card?
It is card #323 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Billy Martin, Art Fowler, Joe Schultz, Charlie Silvera and Dick Tracewski. 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 #323 have an error?
Joe Schultz's name is missing from the front. It was never corrected, so there is no variation to chase - every copy of #323 reads the same way.
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.