1951 Topps Blue Back #15 Eddie Joost
About Eddie Joost
Joost spent 1950 on the worst team in the majors. The Athletics went 52-102, last of all sixteen clubs, and Connie Mack retired at 87 when the season ended. Joost played all 131 of his games at shortstop and hit .233 with 18 home runs, 58 RBI and 79 runs, down from 23 homers and 128 runs the year before. He had worn glasses on the field since his .206 season of 1947, and the A's infield was in the middle of three straight seasons of more than 200 double plays, 1949 through 1951.
Eddie Joost was a glasses-wearing shortstop who played 17 major league seasons between 1936 and 1955 for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox. A San Francisco native who signed with the Pacific Coast League's Mission Reds at 16, he was a reserve on the Reds team that beat the Tigers in the 1940 World Series, hitting 5-for-25 in all seven games as the second baseman. He became a regular in Philadelphia from 1947, and his patience at the plate produced a .429 on-base percentage in 1949, when he scored 128 runs, hit 23 home runs and made the All-Star team; he was selected again in 1952. He handled 19 chances at shortstop in one game on May 7, 1941, and with the Athletics helped turn a record 217 double plays in 1949. In 1954 he became the last manager in Athletics history as a player-manager, and the club went 51-103 before moving to Kansas City. He finished with a .239 average and 134 home runs, and died in 2011 at 94.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 141 | 0 | 10 | 48 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 1 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 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 #15 card?
It is Blue Back #15 in the 135-card 1951 Topps Baseball checklist, picturing Eddie Joost of the Philadelphia Athletics.
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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