1951 Topps Red Back #6 Allie Reynolds
About Allie Reynolds
Reynolds pitched all of 1950 with bone chips in his elbow and still worked 35 games, 29 of them starts, for a 16-12 record and a 3.74 ERA. His 160 strikeouts were the most he had recorded in four Yankee seasons, and he made the American League All-Star team. In the World Series sweep of the Phillies he won Game Two, 2-1, in ten innings: Joe DiMaggio homered off Robin Roberts in the top of the tenth, and Reynolds retired the side in order after a leadoff walk.
Allie Reynolds was a right-handed pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (1942-1946) and the New York Yankees (1947-1954), used as both a starter and a reliever within the same season. Cleveland traded him to New York on October 11, 1946, for second baseman Joe Gordon. He won 182 games with a 3.30 ERA and 1,423 strikeouts, made six All-Star teams, and pitched for six World Series winners in 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953. In 1951 he threw two no-hitters, the first American League pitcher to do so in one season. In 1952 he won 20 games for the only time and led the league with a 2.06 ERA and 160 strikeouts, finishing second in the MVP vote. A member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, he was born in Bethany, Oklahoma, played football and ran track at Oklahoma A&M, and became an oil businessman after retiring. He entered the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1991.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 312 | 1 | 47 | 76 | 22 | 30 | 44 | 92 | 0 |
| SGC | 57 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 1 |
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 1951 Topps Red Back #6 card?
It is Red Back #6 in the 135-card 1951 Topps Baseball checklist, picturing Allie Reynolds of the New York Yankees.
How many cards are in the 1951 Topps Baseball set?
135 cards across five issues - the Red Backs and Blue Backs (52 each), nine Team cards, and eleven each of Connie Mack's All-Stars and the Major League All-Stars. With the Zernial and Holmes variations and both versions of each Team card the master set is 146. All 135 count toward the full set; Jim Konstanty, Robin Roberts and Eddie Stanky, the three rarest Major League All-Stars, are so rarely seen that collectors often count a complete set as 132 without them.
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