Portrait of Red Schoendienst, second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals. Bowman series. Printed on back: "Al Schoendienst. Second base, St. Louis Cardinals. Born: Germantown, Ill., Feb. 2, 1923. Height: 6 ft. Weight: 174. Bats: both. Throws: right. 'Red' hit .297 in 151 games in 1949 and drove in 54 runs. His 160 singles were tops for the league. Joined Cards in 1945 after 8 months in service. In 1946 'Red' led NL second basemen with a .983 fielding average which in 1949 he upped to .987, setting a new league record. Is one of the league's classiest fielders, and is a good hitter as well. No. 71 in the 1950 series of baseball picture cards. [Copyright] 1950 Bowman Gum, Inc., Phila., Pa., U.S.A. Picture Card Collectors Club, 5-star Bowman series."
