1951 Topps Team card Boston Red Sox
Hall of Famers on the 1950 Boston Red Sox roster: Bobby Doerr, Joe McCarthy and Ted Williams.
About this card
Each of the nine Team cards comes in two versions, with "1950" before the team name in the front banner and without it; the photo and the players are the same on both. Either version fills the team's place in the set, and the master set takes both.
The story on this card
Boston scored 1,027 runs in 1950, one of only six teams since 1900 to pass 1,000, and finished 94-60, third in the American League and four games behind the champion Yankees. The club hit .302 as a team. On June 8 the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 29-4 on 28 hits, seven of them home runs, for 60 total bases, a major league record for one game; they had won 20-4 the day before, only the second team since 1901 to score 20 runs in consecutive games. A 24-6 August matched the franchise's best winning percentage for a month. It was the last 90-win season in Boston until the pennant year of 1967. Joe McCarthy managed to a 31-28 record and Steve O'Neill to 63-32. Ted Williams, pictured in the team photo for his first Topps card, and Bobby Doerr were the players bound for Cooperstown, and Fenway Park drew 1,344,080.
Sources: Wikipedia
Variations
This card comes in two versions: Undated and Dated 1950. The difference is on the front of the card.
Variations catalogued by PSA and the American Card Catalog.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undated | |||||||||
| PSA | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 0 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Dated 1950 | |||||||||
| PSA | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 1 |
| SGC | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 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. Where a grader registers a variation separately its population is listed under that variation.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1951 Topps Team card card?
It is Team card in the 135-card 1951 Topps Baseball checklist, picturing the Boston Red Sox. Each of the nine Team cards comes in two versions, with "1950" before the team name in the front banner and without it; the photo and the players are the same on both. Either version fills the team's place in the set, and the master set takes both.
Is Ted Williams on the 1951 Topps Boston Red Sox Team card?
Yes. Ted Williams is in the team photo, on both the dated and the undated version, and it is his first Topps card.
What are the key cards in 1951 Topps?
The three rarest are the Major League All-Stars of Jim Konstanty, Robin Roberts and Eddie Stanky, the three short prints of the issue. Red Back #1 Yogi Berra leads the Red Backs and Blue Back #3 Richie Ashburn the Blue Backs, with Blue Back #50 Johnny Mize and Blue Back #37 Bobby Doerr next; Red Back #49 Al Zarilla and Blue Back #51 Eddie Waitkus are the hardest of the two decks to find in top condition. Of the Team cards, the Boston Red Sox (Ted Williams' first Topps card) and the St. Louis Cardinals are the scarcest, and the Brooklyn Dodgers card pictures Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese and Roy Campanella. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig lead Connie Mack's All-Stars, and Yogi Berra the Major League All-Stars.
Does 1951 Topps Team card have variations?
Yes. It comes in two versions: Undated (No date before the team name in the banner on the front) and Dated 1950 ("1950" before the team name in the banner on the front). Either one fills its place in the set; the master set takes both.
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.
Sources: PSA, BaseballCardPedia, Trading Card Database, Baseball-Reference, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-26.