1974 Topps #326 Reds Field Leaders - Sparky Anderson / Larry Shepard / George Scherger / Alex Grammas / Ted Kluszewski
On this card: Sparky Anderson, Larry Shepard, George Scherger, Alex Grammas, Ted Kluszewski
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 Reds Field Leaders (Sparky Anderson / Larry Shepard / George Scherger / Alex Grammas / Ted Kluszewski)
The #326 card lists Anderson, Larry Shepard, George Scherger, Alex Grammas and Ted Kluszewski, the same five names as the year before in a new order. Scherger was the coach to whom Anderson predicted, as he took over in 1970, that the Reds would win their division by 10 games. The 1974 Reds won 98 games but finished second in the West, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sparky Anderson was the Hall of Fame manager of Cincinnati's Big Red Machine and the 1984 Detroit Tigers. When he retired in 1995, only Connie Mack and John McGraw had won more games as big league managers.
Shepard stressed conditioning and greater use of changeups with Cincinnati's pitchers early in his tenure, and he often led the staff in wind sprints himself. He was still the Reds' pitching coach in 1974, when the team's Field Leaders card, Topps #326, listed him with Sparky Anderson, George Scherger, Alex Grammas and Ted Kluszewski. Larry Shepard spent decades in baseball, managing in the minors for years before reaching the majors and later coaching pitchers for the Cincinnati Reds' Big Red Machine teams of the 1970s.
During the 1973 season, Scherger coached Cincinnati's infield and outfield defense for Sparky Anderson. He shared 1974 Topps #326 with Anderson and fellow Reds coaches Larry Shepard, Alex Grammas and Ted Kluszewski. Scherger remained on Anderson's staff through the 1978 season. George Scherger managed Sparky Anderson in the Dodgers' farm system and later coached on his Cincinnati staff. He also managed Nashville and Indianapolis to league championships and worked winters in a Charlotte supermarket.
The Reds won the National League West again in 1973 and then lost the NLCS to the New York Mets, with Grammas still coaching third base on Sparky Anderson's staff. Anderson had hired him in 1970 after judging him the best third-base coach in the league, and later said Grammas spent hour after hour teaching shortstop Dave Concepcion what to do once he fielded the ball. Card #326 is the Reds' manager-and-coaches card, shared with Anderson, Larry Shepard, George Scherger and Ted Kluszewski. Alex Grammas, a slick-fielding shortstop for the Cardinals, Redlegs and Cubs from 1954 to 1963, later coached third base for the Big Red Machine, filled in as Pirates manager and ran the Brewers for two seasons.
Ted Kluszewski had been the Reds' batting coach since 1970, and in 1973 Cincinnati won the National League West with the majors' best record, 99-63, then lost the NLCS to the Mets in five games. Pete Rose, one of his prized pupils, hit an NL-best .338 and was voted league MVP. Kluszewski shares manager card #326 with Sparky Anderson, Larry Shepard, George Scherger and Alex Grammas. In 1974 he was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. Big Klu was a sleeveless, powerfully built Cincinnati slugger who topped the National League in homers and RBI in 1954 and rarely struck out for a power hitter.
Sources: Wikipedia (Sparky Anderson) · Wikipedia (Larry Shepard) · Wikipedia (Alex Grammas) · Wikipedia (Ted Kluszewski) · SABR BioProject (Sparky Anderson) · SABR BioProject (Larry Shepard) · SABR BioProject (George Scherger) · SABR BioProject (Alex Grammas) · SABR BioProject (Ted Kluszewski) · Baseball Almanac (Alex Grammas) · Baseball Almanac (Ted Kluszewski) · Retrosheet · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 322 | 2 | 43 | 152 | 65 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 4 |
| SGC | 23 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 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 1974 Topps #326 card?
It is card #326 of the 660-card 1974 Topps Baseball set, picturing Sparky Anderson, Larry Shepard, George Scherger, Alex Grammas and Ted Kluszewski. 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.
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