1951 Topps Major League All-Star George Kell
About this card
The Major League All-Stars are eleven die-cut stand-ups of the stars of 1950-51, made to be folded and stood up like Connie Mack's All-Stars.
About George Kell
Kell hit .340 over 157 games in 1950 and led the majors with 218 hits and 56 doubles, the most doubles by a Tiger since Charlie Gehringer had 60 in 1936. He also set career highs with 114 runs scored and 101 RBI, and he made only nine errors at third base on the way to a .982 fielding percentage. Boston second baseman Billy Goodman took the batting title at .354, 14 points ahead of him, in a season in which Detroit narrowly missed the pennant. Kell came back in 1951 to lead the American League again with 191 hits and 36 doubles while batting .319.
Kell was a contact-hitting third baseman who batted .306 over 1,795 games from 1943 to 1957 for the Athletics, Tigers, Red Sox, White Sox and Orioles. He struck out only 287 times in 6,702 at-bats and led American League third basemen in fielding percentage seven times. He debuted for Connie Mack's Athletics on September 28, 1943, and tripled in his first at-bat. Philadelphia traded him to Detroit for Barney McCosky on May 18, 1946, and he hit over .300 in every season from 1946 through 1951. On the last day of 1949 he went 2-for-3 and finished at .3429 to Ted Williams' .3427 for the batting title, refusing a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning so he would not back into it. A ten-time All-Star, he collected his 2,000th hit in 1957 and finished with 2,054. He then called Tigers games for 37 years, and the Veterans Committee elected him to the Hall of Fame in 1983.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 5 |
| SGC | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
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 Major League All-Star card?
It is Major League All-Star in the 135-card 1951 Topps Baseball checklist, picturing George Kell of the Detroit Tigers. The Major League All-Stars are eleven die-cut stand-ups of the stars of 1950-51, made to be folded and stood up like Connie Mack's All-Stars.
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.