1951 Topps Blue Back #6 Red Schoendienst
About Red Schoendienst
In 1950 Schoendienst handled 320 consecutive chances without an error while playing 143 games at second base for St. Louis. At the plate he hit .276 with 177 hits and 7 home runs, more homers than in any of his first five seasons, though his average fell 21 points from the .297 he posted in 1949 and his runs scored dropped from 102 to 81. The year brought his fourth All-Star selection, following 1946, 1948 and 1949.
Red Schoendienst was a switch-hitting second baseman who played 19 major league seasons for the Cardinals, Giants and Braves. A ten-time All-Star, he finished with a .289 average, 2,449 hits and 84 home runs. He led the National League with 26 stolen bases as a rookie left fielder in 1945 and hit a career-best .342 in 1953. His 14th-inning home run off Ted Gray won the 1950 All-Star Game for the National League. Schoendienst played on World Series champions with St. Louis in 1946 and Milwaukee in 1957. After a tuberculosis diagnosis, surgeons removed part of a lung in February 1959; he appeared in five major league games later that year. He later compiled a 1,041-955 record managing the Cardinals and coached their 1982 champions. The Veterans Committee elected him to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 249 | 0 | 40 | 63 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 60 | 0 |
| SGC | 42 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 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 #6 card?
It is Blue Back #6 in the 135-card 1951 Topps Baseball checklist, picturing Red Schoendienst of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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.