1974 Topps #489 Pirates Field Leaders - Danny Murtaugh / Don Osborn / Bill Mazeroski / Don Leppert / Bob Skinner
On this card: Danny Murtaugh, Don Osborn, Bill Mazeroski, Don Leppert, Bob Skinner
About this card
Managers have their own cards this year, separate from the 24 team cards: twenty Field Leaders cards picture a manager with two to four of his coaches, and #578 Ralph Houk of the Tigers is the one solo manager card. The Athletics, Yankees and Padres have a team card but no manager card. Eight Field Leaders cards include a Hall of Famer, among them the Dodgers' Walter Alston and Tom Lasorda (#144) and coaches Bill Mazeroski (#489) and Larry Doby (#531).
About Pirates Field Leaders (Danny Murtaugh / Don Osborn / Bill Mazeroski / Don Leppert / Bob Skinner)
Danny Murtaugh went back to the Pittsburgh bench on September 5, 1973, when the Pirates stood 67-69 and Bill Virdon was fired. He went 13-13 the rest of the way, and Pittsburgh finished third. His fourth term in the job is pictured on 1974 Topps #489, the Pirates manager and coaches card that also carries Don Osborn, Bill Mazeroski, Don Leppert and Bob Skinner. Danny Murtaugh, a .254-hitting second baseman, spent 29 years with the Pirates, managed the club in four separate stints, won World Series titles in 1960 and 1971, and had his number 40 retired the spring after he died.
Osborn returned as Pittsburgh's pitching coach in 1974, beginning another 3-season stint with the Pirates. Topps placed him on #489 with manager Danny Murtaugh, Bill Mazeroski, Don Leppert and Bob Skinner. Osborn's earlier coaching terms had covered 1963-64 and 1970-72. Don Osborn pitched and managed Vancouver to a Western International League championship in 1942. He later managed Cubs and Phillies farm clubs and worked in Pittsburgh's minor league system and on its major league staff.
Mazeroski's last season was 1972, when he hit .188 in 34 games. His final regular-season at-bat came as a pinch hitter on October 4. He became the Pirates' third-base coach in 1973, and #489, the Pittsburgh manager-and-coaches card, pictures him with manager Danny Murtaugh, Don Osborn, Don Leppert and Bob Skinner. His 138 career home runs and 853 RBI led all second basemen during the period between 1944 and 1974. Bill Mazeroski was Pittsburgh's slick-fielding second baseman, an eight-time Gold Glove winner who hit the walk-off home run that won the 1960 World Series, and a 2001 Hall of Fame inductee celebrated more for his glove than his bat.
Leppert was again the first-base coach in 1973, with Bill Mazeroski at third base, during a Pirates coaching tenure that ran from 1968 through 1976. Pittsburgh finished 80-82, third in the National League East, and Bill Virdon was fired as manager on September 7 and replaced by Danny Murtaugh. Leppert shares #489, the Pirates manager-and-coaches card, with Murtaugh, Don Osborn, Mazeroski and Bob Skinner. Indianapolis catcher who homered in his first major-league at-bat for the 1961 Pirates, made the 1963 All-Star team with Washington, then spent 18 years coaching in the majors for the Pirates, Blue Jays and Astros.
Skinner was the San Diego Padres' batting coach in 1972 and 1973, after working there as third base coach and hitting instructor in 1970 and 1971. In 1974 he returned to Pittsburgh as the Pirates' batting coach. Card #489 is the Pirates' manager-and-coaches card, which names his old manager Danny Murtaugh and 1960 teammate Bill Mazeroski along with Don Osborn and Don Leppert. Pirates left fielder Bob Skinner took up handball to learn the angles of balls hit off Forbes Field's wall and scoreboard, an exercise Danny Murtaugh described while discussing his outfielder's work on defense.
Sources: Wikipedia (Danny Murtaugh) · Wikipedia (Don Osborn) · Wikipedia (Bill Mazeroski) · Wikipedia (Don Leppert) · Wikipedia (Bob Skinner) · SABR BioProject (Danny Murtaugh) · SABR BioProject (Bill Mazeroski) · SABR BioProject (Don Leppert 2) · SABR BioProject (Bob Skinner) · Baseball Almanac (Bill Mazeroski) · Baseball Almanac (Don Leppert) · Baseball Almanac · MLB.com (1) · MLB.com (2) · MLB.com (3) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 200 | 6 | 76 | 89 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 1974 Topps #489 card?
It is card #489 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Danny Murtaugh, Don Osborn, Bill Mazeroski, Don Leppert and Bob Skinner. Managers have their own cards this year, separate from the 24 team cards: twenty Field Leaders cards picture a manager with two to four of his coaches, and #578 Ralph Houk of the Tigers is the one solo manager card. The Athletics, Yankees and Padres have a team card but no manager card. Eight Field Leaders cards include a Hall of Famer, among them the Dodgers' Walter Alston and Tom Lasorda (#144) and coaches Bill Mazeroski (#489) and Larry Doby (#531).
How many cards are in the 1974 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, tracked as 678 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 660 with none skipped, issued all at once as a single series and printed in equal quantities; 17 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - fourteen San Diego / "Washington Nat'l Lea." pairs (thirteen Padres player cards and the #226 team card), the three-state #599 Rookie Pitchers, the #608 Apodaco misspelling and the #654 Jesus Alou front without a position.
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.