1951 Topps Blue Back #23 Dizzy Trout
About Dizzy Trout
After a 1949 spent entirely in relief, when Trout went 3-6 with a 4.40 ERA in 33 games, 1950 put him back in the rotation. He started 20 of his 34 games, completed 11 of them, and went 13-5 with a 3.75 ERA and four saves over 184.2 innings. Detroit won 95 games and narrowly lost the American League pennant to the Yankees.
Dizzy Trout was a right-handed pitcher who spent most of his 15 big-league seasons with the Detroit Tigers, from 1939 to June 1952, and finished 170-161 with a 3.23 ERA. His peak came in the war years: he tied Spud Chandler for the American League lead with 20 wins in 1943, then went 27-14 in 1944 with a league-best 2.12 ERA, 33 complete games, seven shutouts and 352.1 innings, and finished second to teammate Hal Newhouser in the MVP vote by four votes. He was an All-Star in 1944 and 1947 and beat the Cubs on a five-hitter in Game 4 of the 1945 World Series, which Detroit won. He hit 20 home runs as a pitcher, including a ninth-inning grand slam against Washington on July 28, 1949. The Tigers sent him to Boston on June 3, 1952, and he made two appearances for Baltimore in 1957. From 1953 to 1955 he called Tigers games on radio and television. He died on February 28, 1972, and was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 144 | 0 | 26 | 45 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 24 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 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 1951 Topps Blue Back #23 card?
It is Blue Back #23 in the 135-card 1951 Topps Baseball checklist, picturing Dizzy Trout of the Detroit Tigers.
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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