1951 Topps Blue Back #24 Sherman Lollar
About Sherman Lollar
Lollar caught 126 games for a St. Louis club that went 58-96, seventh in the American League and 40 games behind the Yankees. He hit .280 with 13 home runs and 65 RBI, and his 111 hits were nearly double the 59 of Les Moss, the other Browns catcher. His 55 runs scored almost doubled the 28 of 1949, when he hit .261 with 8 home runs and 49 RBI.
John Sherman Lollar Jr. (1924-1977) was a right-handed-hitting catcher who spent 18 seasons in the major leagues, debuting with the Cleveland Indians in 1946 before stops with the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns, then settling in with the Chicago White Sox from 1952 through 1963. Chicago got him from the Browns in an eight-player deal in November 1951, and under manager Paul Richards he grew into the American League's steadiest receiver: seven All-Star selections beginning in 1950, the first Gold Glove ever awarded to a catcher in 1957, and repeat Gold Gloves in 1958 and 1959. He anchored the staff of the 1959 pennant winners, hit a career-high 22 home runs, and in the World Series collected five hits and five runs batted in, including a three-run homer off Roger Craig in Game Four, as the Los Angeles Dodgers took the series in six games. A workhorse behind the plate, Lollar threw out better than 46 percent of would-be base stealers and retired holding the highest career fielding percentage, .992, of any major league catcher to that point. He won a ring as a Yankees reserve in 1947 and another coaching for the 1966 Orioles, later coached Oakland and managed in the minors, and died of cancer in Springfield, Missouri, at 53.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 157 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 51 | 42 | 0 |
| SGC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 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 #24 card?
It is Blue Back #24 in the 135-card 1951 Topps Baseball checklist, picturing Sherman Lollar of the St. Louis Browns.
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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