1951 Topps Red Back #14 Wayne Terwilliger
About Wayne Terwilliger
Terwilliger won the Cubs second base job in spring 1950 and held it for 133 games, hitting .242 with 10 home runs, 32 RBI and 13 stolen bases. He was near .290 a month into the season, and the homers included shots off Curt Simmons, Don Newcombe, Larry Jansen and Dave Koslo. Late in the year his Michigan hometown and surrounding communities gave him a Wayne Terwilliger Day at Wrigley Field. After he hit .214 in his first 50 games of 1951, he was traded to Brooklyn on June 15 in the Andy Pafko deal.
Wayne Terwilliger played second base in the majors from 1949 to 1960 for the Cubs, Dodgers, Senators, Giants and Athletics, and spent far more years in uniform as a coach and minor-league manager. He batted .240 with 22 home runs and 162 RBI in 666 games. Before pro ball he served in the Marines as a radioman on an amphibious tank at Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. His best year came with the 1953 Senators: 134 games, 4 home runs and 46 RBI, including a first-inning homer off Whitey Ford on May 28 and a grand slam off Saul Rogovin on June 5. Ted Williams worked with him that summer, and Terwilliger later coached third base for Williams at Washington from 1969 to 1971 and at Texas in 1972. He coached first base for the Twins when they won the 1987 and 1991 World Series. At 80 he managed the Fort Worth Cats to the 2005 Central League title. He died in Weatherford, Texas, on February 3, 2021, at 95.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 290 | 0 | 62 | 65 | 22 | 33 | 46 | 62 | 0 |
| SGC | 31 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 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 #14 card?
It is Red Back #14 in the 135-card 1951 Topps Baseball checklist, picturing Wayne Terwilliger of the Chicago Cubs.
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.