1974 Topps #403 Red Sox Field Leaders - Darrell Johnson / Eddie Popowski / Lee Stange / Don Zimmer / Don Bryant
On this card: Darrell Johnson, Eddie Popowski, Lee Stange, Don Zimmer, Don Bryant
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 Red Sox Field Leaders (Darrell Johnson / Eddie Popowski / Lee Stange / Don Zimmer / Don Bryant)
Johnson's first major league managing job followed a 1973 season at Triple-A Pawtucket, where the Red Sox affiliate went 78-68 and won the International League's Governors' Cup, his second. That title earned him the promotion to succeed Eddie Kasko in Boston. The 1974 Red Sox led by seven games on August 23. They then lost 24 of their last 38 and finished 84-78, third in the American League East. Card #403 is the club's manager-and-coaches card, shared with Eddie Popowski, Lee Stange, Don Zimmer and Don Bryant. A reserve catcher for seven big-league clubs in the 1950s and 1960s, best known as the manager who took the 1975 Red Sox to a seven-game World Series.
Darrell Johnson took over the Red Sox in 1974, kept Popowski on the staff, and moved him from third base to first-base coach. Card #403 lists Popowski on the Red Sox manager card with Johnson, Lee Stange, Don Zimmer and Don Bryant. Boston Red Sox lifer who began as a minor league second baseman in 1937. Pop Popowski managed in the farm system for 21 years, coached on the 1967 pennant winner, filled in as interim manager in 1969 and 1973, and instructed until 2001.
Stange continued as Boston's pitching coach after the 1973 season. His 1974 Topps appearance came on #403, with manager Darrell Johnson and coaches Eddie Popowski, Don Zimmer and Don Bryant. Boston dismissed Stange after the 1974 season; the following year, he became the Twins' pitching coach. Twins right-hander Lee Stange won The Sporting News' Major League Bowling Championship in Tampa during spring training in 1963. Brunswick subsequently signed him for winter bowling exhibitions in Minnesota, Iowa and the Dakotas.
Zimmer's 1973 with the Padres was the toughest season of his managing career: the club went 60-102 and finished last in the National League West, while attendance woes pushed its founding owner to sell it amid rumors of a move to Washington, D.C. He joined the Red Sox coaching staff in 1974. Card #403 is Boston's manager-and-coaches card, listing him with Darrell Johnson, Eddie Popowski, Lee Stange and Don Bryant. Don Zimmer played winter baseball for Santurce in Puerto Rico. The infielder batted .400 with three home runs and was named MVP of the 1955 Caribbean Series.
In 1973 Bryant was a playing coach at Pawtucket, Boston's Triple-A club, and managed it to a 6-2 record after Darrell Johnson left the team following the death of his father; Pawtucket won the Junior World Series. Johnson was promoted to manage the Red Sox for 1974 and brought Bryant along as bullpen coach. Card #403 in the 1974 Topps set is the Red Sox manager-and-coaches card: Johnson, Eddie Popowski, Lee Stange, Don Zimmer and Bryant. Don Bryant, a 6-foot-5 catcher nicknamed "Bear," caught Don Wilson's 1969 no-hitter for Houston and later coached Boston's pennant-winning 1975 staff after a playing career with the Cubs, Astros and Red Sox organizations.
Sources: Wikipedia (Darrell Johnson) · Wikipedia (Eddie Popowski) · Wikipedia (Lee Stange) · Wikipedia (Don Zimmer) · Wikipedia (Don Bryant) · SABR BioProject (Darrell Johnson) · SABR BioProject (Eddie Popowski) · SABR BioProject (Lee Stange) · SABR BioProject (Don Zimmer) · SABR BioProject (Don Bryant) · Baseball Almanac (Darrell Johnson) · Baseball Almanac (1) · Baseball Almanac (Lee Stange) · Baseball Almanac (2) · Baseball Almanac (Don Zimmer) · 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 | 227 | 3 | 95 | 104 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 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 #403 card?
It is card #403 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Darrell Johnson, Eddie Popowski, Lee Stange, Don Zimmer and Don Bryant. 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.