1951 Topps Red Back #20 Dominick DiMaggio
About Dominick DiMaggio
His 1950 season was the best of his career: a .328 average and 193 hits, the third-highest total in the American League, with league-leading marks of 131 runs, 11 triples and 15 stolen bases. That 15 is the lowest total ever to lead either major league in steals. On June 30 he and brother Joe, then with the Yankees, homered in the same game, the fourth pair of brothers to do so. He was an All-Star again in 1950, and in 1951 he put together a 27-game hitting streak and led the league with 113 runs.
Dom DiMaggio played center field for the Boston Red Sox for all 11 of his seasons, 1940 through 1953, and was their leadoff man from 1941, with three years out for Navy service in World War II. He was the youngest of the three DiMaggio brothers who played center field in the majors, after Vince and Joe, and he arrived from the San Francisco Seals, where he hit .361 and won Pacific Coast League MVP honors in 1939 before Boston paid $75,000 for his contract. He finished with a .298 average, 1,680 hits and 1,046 runs, and was an All-Star seven times. In 1948 he made 503 putouts, an American League record that stood until 1977, and in 1949 he hit safely in 34 straight games, a Red Sox record. He doubled in two runs in the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1946 World Series, then pulled a hamstring and left the game before Enos Slaughter's dash home. He retired in May 1953 and built a plastics and padding manufacturing business. He entered the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 1978 and the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1995, and died on May 8, 2009.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 360 | 0 | 21 | 72 | 53 | 62 | 62 | 89 | 1 |
| SGC | 74 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 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 Red Back #20 card?
It is Red Back #20 in the 135-card 1951 Topps Baseball checklist, picturing Dominick DiMaggio of the Boston Red Sox.
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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