1970 Topps #251 Dick Schofield
About Dick Schofield
Schofield spent 1969 in Boston after 1968 with the National League champion Cardinals, and the Red Sox used him in 94 games, 37 of them at second base. He hit .257 with 2 home runs and 20 RBI. His #251 card in the second series carries the Red Sox.
John Richard "Ducky" Schofield built a 19-year major-league career as a switch-hitting infielder. He broke in with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1953 as an 18-year-old bonus baby, the first the franchise ever signed. A June 1958 trade sent him to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gene Freese and Johnny O'Brien. Blocked for years by shortstop Dick Groat, he hit .403 in September 1960 after Groat's wrist was broken, though a healed Groat took the job back for the World Series, which Pittsburgh won. Once Groat was traded to St. Louis, Schofield finally opened at shortstop three straight years, 1963 through 1965. He then moved on to the Giants, Yankees, Dodgers, Cardinals, Red Sox and Brewers as a utility man, finishing with a .227 career average. He took his nickname from his father, a minor-league shortstop also called Ducky. Springfield, Illinois put three generations in at once, inducting Schofield, his father and his daughter Kim into its Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 221 | 4 | 65 | 124 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 1970 Topps #251 card?
It is card #251 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Dick Schofield of the Boston Red Sox.
How many cards are in the 1970 Topps Baseball set?
720 cards, tracked as 726 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 720 with none skipped, issued in seven series - #1-132, #133-263, #264-372, #373-459, #460-546, #547-633 and the high numbers, #634-720; 6 cards, all of them checklists, carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-25.