Completed! The Best Of 1988 Topps UK Minis

Earlier this week I showed off the last cards I needed to finish the 1988 Topps UK Minis set. Completing a set is always a noteworthy occasion, so I thought it would be fun to show off some cards and give out some yearbook style superlatives.

Best Red Sox card: Dwight Evans

 

My choices were Dewey, Wade Boggs standing in a batting cage, and Roger Clemens standing after throwing a pitch. Dewey's action photo wins out in the end. 

Best Hall of Fame player: Kirby Puckett

 

It doesn't take much thought to pinpoint when this photo was taken. Puckett gets a World Series photo for his card, and a great one at that!

Best card back: Zane Smith

 

The UK Minis set incorporates the beloved trivia cartoons on the back. There were some good ones, but I too derive enjoyment from listening to hard rock music, so Zane wins this award. (I do find it funny the cartoon appears to be snapping along with the music..can't say I've done that with any hard rock songs...)

Best smile: Dave Parker

 

All too often, ballplayers look too tired or too serious on their cards. Dave genuinely appears happy to have his photo taken!

 

Best action shot: Dave Stewart

 

This set contains your typical baseball shots: batter batting and pitchers pitching. Nothing really stood out, so I chose Stewart and his fist-pumping action.

Best background: Tom Henke

 

Most of the backgrounds are blurred, but Henke gets a somewhat clear background full of empty seats and a teammate taking batting practice.

Best facial hair: Ryne Sandberg

 

Hey! I had that same mustache in high school!

 

Best thing about the set 

It's a UK set, which means you have a fun way to learn English! No? OK, then I'm going with the fantastic design on the front and a back that has a lot of fun elements on the back.

 

Biggest surprise 

For a small set, it did well with the players on the checklist, as 20 of the 87 players listed ended up in the Hall of Fame (Along with a few who would be if not for some, ahem, personal choices...). There were a few notable misses though, with Carlton Fisk probably being the most notable.

Repack Haiku #293 (Juan Nieves)

Arm trouble ended

Career at age twenty-three

Now respected coach

 

1989 Topps #287 Juan Nieves

 

After becoming the second youngest pitcher to throw a no-hitter in 1987, few collectors would have guessed in 1989 that this card would end up being his sunset card. Currently an assistant pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers, he was the pitching coach for the Red Sox from 2013 to 2015. Here's a picture of him with Jon Lester from a 2013 Spring Training game I attended:

Feeling The Love!

Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's Day, which may or may not be a relevant holiday in your life. For me, it's become just a commercialized opportunity for me to show my wife and daughters that they are special to me. Granted, I try to do that the other 364 days of the year too, but tomorrow is all about feeling loved. 

I've been feeling the love from my fellow collectors a lot lately. An extra card in a trade, a appreciated comment on my blog, even an unexpected mailing - these acts of kindness always put a smile on my face, and encourage me to pay that feeling forward. Today's post is about showing off some of those lovely cards:

 

I guess I'll start off with the biggest  package. Anyone who has dealt with regular blog reader Oren know how generous he often is. I wasn't expecting anything from him, and yet awhile back he sent me some wonderful Red Sox cards:

 

He even included a couple of relics, personal favorite J.D, Martinez and hopeful favorite Trevor Story!

I almost went all of 2022 without completing a major set. I'm close to a few, but it was looking like those would be 2023 goals. Jeff (Wax Pack Wonder) changed that with his Time Travel Trade last December. Included as a bonus were the last 6 cards I needed to complete the 1988 Topps UK Mini set!

 

 

I'm excited to finally have this set done. I've had most of these cards for decades, and even though I'm not a huge fan of minis, I have always loved the design of this set.
 

Finally, I got another bonus card from a Time Travel Trade. Greg (Night Owl Cards) passed along this serial numbered foilboard parallel of the recently retired "Mayor of Ding-Dong City",  Travis Shaw.

Thanks Oren, Jeff, and Greg! I'll take these cards over Hallmark's any day!

 

TCDB Trade Recap: Cards From Aiken, SC

At my local Walmart, the barren stock on the shelves continues. (OK barren is a strong word - the shelves are absolutely packed with last year's hockey and an overly optimistic supply of World Cup soccer!) As someone who relies on retail for the latest baseball releases, I've been mostly shut out. I haven't much of Series 2, or any of of Update. Don't even bother asking about Archives or Stadium Club. As a result, my yearly goal of obtaining at least the Red Sox team set has relied on mostly trades. It's been a slow process, but I can now put the 2022 Red Sox team to bed, thanks to a trade from a TCDB member named Mark.

 

These were the last 7 cards I needed from Series 2. I'm already dreading the thought of no 2023 Topps in my area...

Favorite Card: Christian Arroyo raises his hand in triumph!

Thanks for the cards, Mark!

Repack Haiku #292 (Will Clark)

Clark for Mattingly?

An unfortunate event

Nixed this All-Star trade

 

1990 Donruss #230 Will Clark

 

It could have happened! According to the article, the parameters of the deal was agreed upon that would send Clark and 2 lefty pitchers to the Bronx for Yankee legend Don Mattingly and another player. The Giants got concerned about sending the two pitchers over once Dave Dravecky's tumor diagnosis came to light.

Source: Blast from the past: Yankees nearly traded Don Mattingly in his prime for NL slugger

All I Do Is Win, Win, Win...

Sometime last summer, Johnny (Johnny's Trading Spot) decided to run almost daily giveaways to people who commented on his blog posts. Half a year later and he's still giving cards away! I've won a few more times recently, and Johnny continues to tailor the prize packages to my personal team tastes.

 

The first group of 9 features my first of last year's Topps Holiday cards. I like the set well enough, although I wish Topps had utilized the white border more, along the lines of what they did with the 2019 set. I also get my first Stadium Club card, and it happens to be one of my top 10 Red Sox cards for the year. Topping it off is some cards of the man, the myth, the legend Pedro Martinez. I do love me some Pedro cards!
 

Clemens and Martinez. Two of the most dominate pitchers in Red Sox history, and both of them personal favorites. 

Thanks for the cards Johnny!

Going To 11

On December 7, 2011, a guy named Nick started up a blog called Dime Boxes - The Low-End Baseball Card Collector's Journey. Do you know what I was doing then? Enjoying being a father for the second time, as my daughter was born 10 days prior. On one hand, you have a young guy thinking "I should start a blog!", while on the other hand is a not as young guy thinking "How can such a tiny thing produce that much poop?" Everyone travels there own unique path.

One thing Nick shares with my daughter is an abundance of kindness. Shortly after my daughter celebrated her self-professed life as a "pre-teen", Nick celebrated his blog's life by giving away some cards.

As is my luck with such giveaways, I came late to the table and the majority of cards were already claimed. I was able to snag a red Sox MVP and four Hall of Famers though:

 

 

When I said I was a late comer, I meant it. I even double checked, there were 26 people who claimed cards before me. How did so many people let a 61 year old card of a Hall of Fame pitcher slip down to me? I'm amazed. Grateful but amazed. It was fun to get that Carlton card too. I knew it couldn't have been from the 1977 set, but it wasn't until I had it in hand that it was a cloth sticker from 2012 Archives.

Of course, Nick included bonus cards, and they were nothing short of amazing:

 

 

A couple of online cards, an oddball Ted Williams, and a pair of Hostess Hall of Famers highlight the group for me. 

 

Favorite Card: Hal Newhouser and that great 1961 Fleer design

Thanks for the cards, Nick! Here's hoping your blog's "pre-teen" years will give you less grey hairs than my daughter is sure to give me. Happy blogaversary!

Repack Haiku #291 (Bruce Sutter)

First relief pitcher

Elected to Hall of Fame

Without starting once

 

1989 Fleer #603 Bruce Sutter

 

Sutter (who passed away last October) pitched in 661 games over his 12 year career, all of them in relief.

 

Blogger Trade: Trade With The Angels In Order

Sometimes they come back. Everyone's favorite Angels blogger, Tom from The Angels In Order, has been blogging with more regularity again. he's been offering up cards as trade bait, and I took advantage of one of his posts to snag some cards:

 

By the time I got there, there was only one Red Sox card left that I needed (Middlebrooks). Still, I found some great cards of Hall of Famers, the all-time hit king, plus a Red Sox fan favorite in a weird shade of blue.

 

Favorite Card: Even though he's in the wrong uniform, I can't help but feel Brock Holt's excitement and energy! 

Thanks for the cards, Tom!

Trapped In Time: Remnants Of The 29th Trade

 

The first Time Travel Trade of 2019 was a big one. It also happens to be the subject of 2023's first Trapped In Time:

 

Trade #29 (Bo: Baseball Cards Come To Life!)
Traded 01/04/19: 1963 Topps #111 Al Jackson, 1963 Topps #246 Lee Strange, 1963 Topps #343 Johnny Pesky (MGR), 1964 Topps #60 Frank Malzone, 1964 Topps #79 Bob Heffner (RC), 1964 Topps #352 Eddie Bressoud, 1977 Topps (football) #206 Cleveland Browns (CL), 1977 Topps (football) #269 Archie Griffin (RC), 1977 Topps (football) #405 Joe Greene, 1978 Topps (football) #126 Rick Kane (RC), 1980 Topps (football) #280 Jack Lambert (AP), 1983 Topps (football) #219 Joe Cribbs (LL), 1983 Topps (football) #280 Mike Renfro, 1983 Topps (football) #307 Jim Plunkett, 1993-94 Fleer (basketball) #224 Michael Jordan (LL)

Received 01/08/19:

• 1993 Classic Draft Picks (basketball) #33 Will Flemons
• 1993 Classic Draft Picks (basketball) #67 Bennie Seltzer
• 1972 Topps #437 Maury Wills (See Trade #41)
• 1972 Topps #438 Maury Wills (IA)  (See Trade #116)
• 1971 Topps #16 Ken Singleton (RC) - PENDING!
• 1971 Topps #63 AL 1970 RBI Leaders (Howard/Conigliaro/Powell) (See Trade #115)
  
• 1971 Topps #71 AL 1970 Strikeout Leaders (McDowell/Lolich/Johnson) - PENDING!
• 1971 Topps #90 Joe Pepitone (See Trade #116)
• 1971 Topps #95 Luis Tiant (See Trade #120)
• 1971 Topps #105 Tony Conigliaro - PENDING!
• 1971 Topps #146 Ralph Houk (MGR) - PENDING!
• 1971 Topps #183 Gil Hodges (MGR) (See Trade #48)
• 1971 Topps #195 AL Playoffs Game 1 - Powell Muscles Twins! - PENDING!
• 1971 Topps #208 Billy Martin (MGR) (See Trade #89)
• 1971 Topps #290 Tony Oliva (See Trade #38)
• 1971 Topps #374 Clete Boyer (See Trade #85)
• 1971 Topps #385 Maury Wills (See Trade #38)
• 1971 Topps #388 Al Oliver (See Trade #85)
• 1961 Topps #32 Ray Sadecki (See Trade #89)
• 1961 Topps #38 Bob Lillis
• 1961 Topps #96 Billy O'Dell
• 1961 Topps #165 Gino Cimoli (See Trade #46)
• 1961 Topps #258 Jack Sanford
• 1961 Topps #267 Norm Siebern (See Trade #89)
  

This trade with Bo saw 24 cards come back to me. In a true oddity, a whopping 10 cards remain after all this time! The remaining cards fall into 3 sets, so let's take a look at each and see what we got.

 

Basketball cards are a bit hit-and-miss in the trade stack. Not many people I'm aware of actively collect basketball, so this sport doesn't tend to generate a ton of interest. I have had success trading away some vintage as well as cards of the bigger names in the sport, but these two guys just haven't had any takers.

I'm genuinely surprised by this lot of 1971 Topps cards. No superstars, but a lot of recognizable All-Star names here. Why no one has grabbed them is quite a mystery! (UPDATE: Wouldn't you know it? I type all this up and schedule it in advance, and someone claims all 5 of the 1971 Topps cards!)

On the other hand, I'm not surprised at all that these 1961 cards have lasted so long. One looks like it was dipped in Kool-Aid, while the other two have some interesting but nonetheless prominent markings on the front.  If there was a commercial featuring these cards, chances are Sarah McLaughlin would be singing in the background...

 

If no one claims them here, I'll have to try and work my magic on the TCDB. (I don't think I'll try with the '61 cards though - it's a little tough trading poor quality like that.) If there are no takers, I'll pull what remains of the baseball cards and add them to my collection. Basketball isn't my jam, so they could potentially remain in the stack. 

Want any of them? Any older card will do!

Repack Haiku #290 (Jerry Reed)

In nineteen ninety,

When the season was over,

Pitched for Pelicans

 

1989 Donruss #657 Jerry Reed

 

Reed was released by the Red Sox in August 1990, which would end up being the end of his Major League career. That off-season, at the age of 35, he joined the Senior Professional League. He pitched in 4 games for the St. Petersburg Pelicans before the league folded before mid-season.

Time Travel Trading Update #73

 

Get cozy, because we're going to be here for awhile. We're charging into the new year with the biggest update yet, thanks to 11 trades featuring over 150 cards! I can feel it - this is going to be an incredible year!

 

We'll kick things off with a trade that was pending as of the last update, courtesy of the famous Greg (Night Owl Cards). Greg snagged a quartet of cards (the post of which also shows off the card he won for being the 200th Time Travel Trade), and sent back a nice variety of cards:

Another pending trade comes from TCDB memeber JF. This was a good sized trade with a Canadian who has time traveled with us before. Admittedly a good amount of cards from the "overproduction era", but don't overlook that sweet vintage hockey card!

 

Trade #3 Jeff (Wax Pack Wonders) did something I never thought would happen - he traded back for cards he himself had previously sent me! I love the reason too - a Hall Of Famer frankenset! That works for me, because I got some great vintage and reprints from the deal!

For the 2nd straight month, I completed a trade with Ken through the TCDB. This return consisted of mostly 1950's cards. Is it me or could Cole and Oravets pass as brothers?

 

Sometimes I'm just overwhelmed by the generosity of my fellow collectors. Greg (The Collective Mind) joined the fray with his first Time Travel Trade. I sent him 3 cards. he sent me a lot of cards from the 1970 set:

 Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) checks in with his monthly trade. Thanks to him, the 1975 Topps set gets a nice little boost:

 

 

On the TCDB, I keep the Time Travel cards in a separate collection from my personal collection.  Unfortunately, the web site doesn't distinguish between these collections when someone is looking at cards marked for trade. Occasionally I'll get someone who offers something from my want lists (personal collection) in exchange for something on my trade lists (Time Travel project). Such was the case with a trader named Chris, who requested a 2019 Derek Jeter card I had in the stack and offered two cards from my want list:

 

 

Obviously I made the trade, but since I wanted to keep these cards I made a Time Travel Trade with myself. Instead of Sano and Bell, I'm adding these cards to the project:

Mike was another TCDB member who offered up personal wants for Time Travel cards, but since he wanted vintage I made a counter-offer. Fortunately he had older vintage on his For Trade list, and after explaining the project a deal was struck for these cards:

Long time blog reader Ken emailed me and claimed 31 cards! That establishes a new high for most cards ever mailed out in a Time Travel trade. He also obliterated the record for cards received, sending in a generous but insane 61 cards!

 

We start out with a sizable lot of last year's Heritage set:

 

 

Along with some great vintage:

 

And finishing up with a bunch of football cards:

 

Between this and the 1970 Topps lot, the stack has generously grown to over 600 cards! To think, this all started with a 12 card pack of 2018 Topps!

 

It seems only fitting that the last featured trade from this epic post circles back to the lead-off hitter, Greg (Night Owl Cards). His latest trade (which also happens to be his 20th Time Travel trade!) features a trio of 70's cards, including a few Buffalo Bills:

 

You have to love that Mario Clark card - there just aren't enough cards depicting athletes keeping themselves hydrated!

 

Whew! There you have it, so many great new cards. My eternal thanks to all of my trade partners!

 

As always, these cards are all available in exchange for an older card. You can claim your cards below, or through the TCDB (Kep75). Let's make some trades!

The Time Travel Trade Stack:

 

2022 Topps Heritage
#75 Niko Goodrum
#97 Tyler Naquin
#121 Nick Pivetta
#151 Alex Kirilloff
#301 Yan Gomes
#304 Myles Straw
#312 Chris Taylor
#316 J.P. Crawford
#327 Josh Hader
#330 A.J. Pollock
#393 Ji-Man Choi
#506 Kevin Plawecki
#526 Tony Gonsolin
#538 Eduardo Escobar
#540 Josh Reddick
#555 Marcus Stroman
#560 Jake Arrieta
#566 Clint Frazier
#578 Marco Gonzales
#583 Chris Paddack
#601 Luke Jackson
#632 Bailey Ober
#637 Chris Sale
#683 Sonny Gray

2022 Topps Opening Day - Opening Day

#OD-14 Boston Red Sox

 

2022 Topps Opening Day - Opening Day Autographs
#ODA-LWJ LaMonte Wade Jr. (AU) 

 

2021 Topps

#130 Josh Bell

#312 Marcel Ozuna (LL)

 

2017-18 Upper Deck (hockey)
#298 Matt Nieto

 

2017 Topps - MLB Award Winners

#CYA-1 Rick Porcello  

 

2016-17 Upper Deck (hockey)
#12 Mike Smith 

2014 Topps
#131 Junichi Tazawa
#194 Joel Hanrahan

2014 Topps Allen & Ginter

#284 Will Clark

2013 Topps
#219 Josh Beckett
#220 Octavio Dotel
#228 Adrian Gonzalez
#233 Edwin Jackson
#257 Mike Minor

  

2010 Bowman - Prospects Black
#BP51 Chase D'Arnaud
#BP56 Rolando Gomez

2010 Bowman Platinum - Prospects
#PP38 Brian Johnson    

 

2009 Bowman - Chrome WBC Prospects
#BCW18 Tao Bu     

 

2008 Upper Deck Marvel Masterpieces (non-sport)

#4 The Beetle

#5 Black Queen 

 

2007 Donruss Threads (football)
#105 Marques Colston

2007 Playoff Prestige (football)
#57 Greg Jennings
#92 Marques Colston

2006 Donruss Threads (football)
#91 Joey Galloway

2005 Leaf Rookies & Stars (football)
#69 Kerry Collins 

 

2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia
#44 Shawn Green

 

2004 Bowman Heritage

#289 Marland Williams    

 

2002 Fleer Maximum

#82 Dante Bichette

 

2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
#85 Tino Martinez
#88 Andy Petitte

 

2001 Fleer Greats Of The Game
#77 Lester Lockett 

 

2000 BBM Diamond Heroes
#241 Hawks Checklist
#244 Marines Checklist

2000 Upper Deck MVP
#216 Bernie Williams

 

1999 SkyBox Metal Universe (football)
#116 Tiki Barber

1998 Pinnacle Inside
#25 Andruw Jones

 

1998 Pinnacle Performers
#14 Hideo Nomo

 

1997-98 Score New York Rangers (hockey)
#8 Alexander Karpovtsev

1997-98 Score Philadelphia Flyers (hockey)
#18 Vaclav Prospal

 

1997 Collector's Choice
#215 Glenallen Hill 

 

1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio   

 

1997 Topps
#268 Scott Rolen

 

1997 Upper Deck
#13 Mark Lemke

 

1997 Topps (football)
#241 Elvis Grbac
#329 Greg Hill 

1996 Leaf

#10 Matt Lawton (RC)

1995 Flair
#354 Charles Johnson

 

1995 Topps
#311 Bryan Harvey  

1995 Collector's Choice (football)
#31 Barry Sanders (DYK)

 

1995 Finest (football)
#124 Trent Dilfer   

 

1994 Finest
#413 Mark Portugal 

 

1994 Ted Williams

#61 Billy Martin 

 

1994 Topps Archives 1954

#105 Andy Carey 

#153 Rube Walker

 

1993 Leaf

#76 Kent Hrbek
#79 Andy Van Slyke

1993 Classic Draft Picks (basketball)
#33 Will Flemons
#67 Bennie Seltzer

 

1992-93 Humpty Dumpty I (hockey)
#NNO Troy Murray

 

1992 Donruss - Bonus Cards
#BC6 Jeff Bagwell (ROY, VAR: no dot after INC) 

 

1992 Front Row Draft Picks
#46 Ed Christian   

 

1992 Leaf - Gold Rookies
#BC-10 David Nied

1992 Pinnacle - Team 2000
#42 Jim Abbott
#48 Roberto Alomar
#59 Gary Sheffield

 

1992 Post Cereal

#4 Wally Joyner

 

1992 Upper Deck
#723 Sammy Sosa 

1991 Leaf
#174 Roger Clemens (CL)

 

1991 Post Cereal

#5 Vince Coleman
#6 Sandy Alomar Jr. (RS)
#25 Todd Zeile (RS)

#30 Kevin Maas (RS)   

1991 U.S. Playing Card Co.
#2Spades Eddie Murray

 

1991 Fleer (football)
#305 Otis Anderson 

 

1991 Pro Set Platinum (football)
#81 Lawrence Taylor

 

1991 Topps Desert Storm (non-sport)
#147 Working Together  

 

1990-91 Pro Set Super Bowl XXV Silver Anniversary (football)
#88 Nick Buoniconti

 

1990 Donruss
#437 Dan Quisenberry (UER, VAR: Pack border, no dot after INC)

#712 Wade Boggs (AS, COR, VAR)

1990 Fleer

#271 Roger Clemens

 

1990 Leaf
#16 Hubie Brooks  

1990 Post Cereal
#22 Pedro Guerrero 

 

1990 Topps
#7 Rickey Henderson (RB)

#510 Doc Gooden 

 

1990 Upper Deck
#626 Frank Viola

 

1990 Fleer (football)
#76 Phil Simms
#81 Cris Carter
#152 Rod Woodson
#156 Darrell Green

1990 Pro Set (football)
#443 Bruce Smith
#517 Warren Moon 

1990 Pro Set - Theme Art (football)
#10 Super Bowl X Pittsburgh Steelers / Dallas Cowboys- PENDING!

 

1990 Score (football)
#436 Chet Brooks (RC)

#440 Deron Cherry 

 

1989 Fleer
#299 Roberto Alomar  

 

1989 Topps
#206 Roberto Alomar
#360 Ryne Sandberg
#437 Andy Benes (FRDP, RC)
#573 Jim Abbott (FRDP, RC)
#628 Matt Williams
#764 Robin Ventura (FRDP, RC)

 

1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre

 

1988 Donruss
#384 Denny Walling
#441 Greg Gagne
#459 Jim Dwyer

1988 Donruss - Stan Musial Puzzle
#25-27 Stan Musial (PUZ)
#34-36 Stan Musial (PUZ)  

 

1988 Score
#546 Todd Benzinger (RC)

#649 Speed And Power (Eric Davis/Tim Raines) (AS) 

 

1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#30 Terry Steinbach  

 

1988 Topps Traded

#9T Bret Barberie (OLY, XRC) 

1987 Burger King All-Pro
#1 Wade Boggs

1987 Donruss
#655 Luis Aquino (RC)

 

1987 Topps
#313 Roberto Clemente (TBTC)

#332 Joe Price
#619 Jerry Reed  

 

1986 Donruss

#287 Claudell Washington

 

1986 Fleer
#322 Goose Gossage  

 

1986 Topps
#40 Ken Griffey  

 

1986 Topps Traded
#7T Steve Bedrosian
#68T Mickey Mahler
#109T Tim Teufel 

 

1985 Topps
#497 Gary Pettis 

 

1985 Topps (football)
#38 Bill Bates (RC)
#39 Doug Cosbie

 

1984-85 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#343 Andrew McBain (RC) 

 

1984 Donruss

#376 Charlie Lea

1984 Fleer

#482 Bill Scherrer (RC) 

 

1984 O-Pee-Chee 

#97 LaMarr Hoyt

#169 Larry Parrish
#262 Doug Flynn
#288 Jim Beattie

 

1984 Topps
#167 Marshall Edwards
#368 Hubie Brooks     

 

1983 Galasso T-206 Reprint
#NNO Carl Lundgren (VAR: American Beauty back)

1983 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#14 Dave Kingman

1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport)
#20 Pretty as a Picture!
#49 Heavy Traffic!
#50 Crashing the Gates!

#53 Roll Out!

 

1982-85 Galasso Baseball Hobby Card Report T-206 Reprints

#NNO George Browne

#NNO George McQuillan

#NNO Dolly Stark  

 

1982 Dover Publications Reprints National League
#15 Robin Roberts 

 

1982 Fleer
#129 Bruce Sutter

 

1982 Topps

#127 Lonnie Smith
#132 Lee May

#412 Luis Leal

#786 Red Sox Leaders (Lansford/Torrez) (TL, CL) 

 

1982 Topps (football) 

#82 Craig Morton (IA)  

 
1981 Donruss  

#29 John Mayberry

#124 Jerry Mumphrey
#147 Danny Darwin

#157 Steve Henderson
#170 Fred Patek
#180 Rudy Law

#192 Darrell Evans

#374 John Candelaria

#375 Don Robinson 
#383 Jose Cruz

#386 Doc Medich

#386 Doc Medich  

#397 Elliott Maddux
#409 Carney Lansford

#419 Derrel Thomas 
#421 Charlie Leibrandt (RC)

#428 Terry Kennedy
#439 Jorge Orta
#450 Scott Sanderson
#474 Sammy Stewart 

#475 Tim Stoddard

#478 Steven McCatty  

#485 Lenny Randle
#496 Mickey Rivers
#531 Jerry Koosman
#565 Ken Landreaux

#598 George Vuckovich (RC) 

 

1981 Fleer

#8 Larry Christenson 

1981 Topps

#40 Tug McGraw

#82 Astros Future Stars (RC)
#98 Clint Hurdle
#121 Larry Harlow
#151 Claudell Washington
#182 Bob Grich
#194 Rod Scurry 

#323 Jim Morrison 
#350 J.R. Richard

#354 Mario Soto
#365 Graig Nettles

#374 Tom Hutton 
#402 NL Championships
#414 John Pacella  
#465 Bill Russell
#477 Luis Gomez
#494 Bob Walk 

#569 Al Williams
#632 Alan Bannister

#645 Rick Reuschel 
#695 Kent Tekulve
#726 Rick Monday

 

1981 Topps Drake's Big Hitters
#16 Cecil Cooper 

 

1980 Topps 
#90 Manny Trillo

#110 Fred Lynn (AS) 
#145 Darrell Evans

#271 Dick Drago 

#325 Dan Driessen  

#477 Buck Martinez

#516 Hector Cruz 
#572 Jerry Morales

#595 Don Money 
#642 Ken Forsch
#655 Tug McGraw

#711 Bob Galasso (RC) 

 

1980 Topps (football)

#132 Eagles Team Leaders (CL, TL)

 

1979 Kellogg's
#59 Ron Jackson (VAR) 

1979 Topps 

#51 Ray Fosse

#75 Steve Yeager

#177 Ron Reed 

#220 Cesar Geronimo
#239 Willie Horton 

#255 Tommy John

#271 Rawly Eastwick 

#317 Jose Cardinal 

#336 Bobby Thompson (RC) 

#447 Manny Sanguillen

#465 Reggie Smith 

#558 Jay Johnstone 

#577 Milwaukee Brewers (TC,CL)

#653 Warren Brusstar 

 

1979 Topps (football)
#12 Bernard Jackson

#20 Bill Bergey (AP)
#101 Joe Klecko
#140 Brad Van Pelt (AP)
#191 Tony Galbreath
#204 Thom Darden (AP)
#260 Gene Upshaw
#296 Revie Sorey (AP) 

1978-79 Topps (basketball)

#21 Steve Hawes

#46 John Shumate

#64 Leon Douglas (RC) 

#118 Kevin Porter 

1978 Topps  

#137 Craig Kusick 

#148 Andre Thorton

#210 Jose Cardinal  

#383 Mario Mendoza

#428 Joel Youngblood  

#480 Ron LeFlore

#533 Sandy Alomar

#562 Glenn Burke (RC) 

#601 Gene Mauch (MGR)

 

1978 Topps (football)
#41 John Ebersole

#57 Mario Clark (RC)
#176 Willie Parker (RC) 

1977-78 Topps - Glossy Inserts (Rounded Corners) (hockey)

#10 Dave Maloney

#16 Jean Ratelle

#17 Glenn Resch

 

1977-78 Topps - White Backs (basketball)
#78 Richard Washington (RC) 

 

1977 Dover Publications Classic Baseball Cards Reprints
#10 Lefty O'Doul
#18 Jimmie Dykes
#99 Hal Chase
#NNO Melvin Harder
#NNO Fred Merkle

 

1977 Topps

#67 Joaquin Andujar (RC)

#79 Don Money 

#535 Cesar Geronimo 

#565 Mickey Lolich 

#607 Larry Demery

#648 Jim Spencer 

 

1977 Topps (football)

#413 Don Strock

 

1976 Funky Sales Corp Funky Facts Baseball
#2 In A Trance
#3 Fans Vs Players
#5 Baseballeese

 

1976 SSPC
#7 Elias Sosa 

1976 Topps

#523 Bob Montgomery

#567 George Stone  

1976 Topps (football)
#74 Bryant Salter

1975 Topps

#11 Bill Melton
#43 Cleon Jones
#45 Joe Rudi
#53 Dave Giusti

#66 Willie Horton

#69 John Odom

#79 Gary Matthews
#95 John Mayberry
#121 Bill North

#122 Al Hrabosky
#166 Woodie Fryman
#169 Cookie Rojas

#170 Bert Campaneris (AS)
#184 Jorge Orta
#227 Bob Watson
#262 Rowland Office (RC)

#398 Elias Sosa 

#445 Felix Milan   

#597 Winston Llenas 

 

1974 Topps  
#84 Rick Wise

#84 Rick Wise  

#99 Brewers Field Leaders (MGR, CO)

#107 Alex Johnson

#113 Dick Drago  

#125 Nate Colbert (VAR: San Diego)
#158 Jack Billingham
#158 Jack Billingham  

#185 Jose Cardinal  

#192 Mario Guerrero

#199 Mike Kekich

#217 Tim Foli 

#220 Don Sutton 

#237 Ken Brett

#247 Rick Miller

#305 Tito Fuentes  

#305 Tito Fuentes

#322 Ernie McAnally

#345 Bill North
#349 John Vukovich

#410 Pedro Borbon 

#412 Chuck Taylor

#427 Bobby Bolin 

#435 Dave Concepcion

#461 John Odom

#470 1973 A.L. Playoffs (ALCS) 

#495 Dick McAuliffe   

#511 Toby Harrah

#512 Joe Lahoud
#519 Bill Sharp (RC)  

#520 Tim McCarver
#522 J.R. Richard
#534 Eddie Watt

#543 Danny Carter 

#583 Marty Pattin  

#590 Rogelio Moret

#631 Steve Barber
#646 George Foster 

#656 Adrian Garrett
#660 Larry Dierker

 

1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn

#123T Nelson Briles

#151T Diego Segui

#270T Ron Santo
#458T Jim Ray

#485T Felipe Alou 

1973 Topps
#156 Cesar Geronimo

#243 California Angels (TC)

 

1972 Topps  

#10 Amos Otis 

#24 Ted Ford

#26 Andy Etchebarren

#34 Billy Martin (IA) 

#36 Jerry Johnson (IA) 

#40 Bob Barton (IA)

#42 Tommy Davis (IA) 

#44 Rick Wise (IA)
#48 John Ellis (IA)

#53 Bud Harrelson 

#54 Bud Harrelson (IA)

#54 Bud Harrelson (IA)
#55 Clyde Wright   

#55 Clyde Wright

#56 Rich Chiles (RC)
#57 Bob Oliver

#58 Ernie McAnally

#62 Angel Mangual (ASR) 

#70 Mike Cuellar 

#83 Dalton Jones

#94 1971 AL Pitching Leaders
#96 1971 AL Strikeout Leaders

#99 Ross Grimsley (ASR, RC)

#109 Jerry May

#110 Ron Hunt 

#113 Rogelio Moret 

#137 Dick Williams (MGR)  

#138 Mike Kekich

#174 Clay Kirby (IA)

#196 Mel Queen 
#197 Johnny Briggs

#219 Rennie Stennett (RC) 
#225 World Series Game 3 - Manny Sanguillen
#231 Casey Cox

#233 Jay Johnstone
#239 Tom Timmermann

#262 San Diego Padres (TC)
#266 Bobby Bolin

#276 Gene Mauch (MGR)
#289 Syd O'Brien  

#308 Steve Renko (IA)

#312 Clay Carroll (IA)

#334 Rangers Rookies - Bill Fahey / Jim Mason / Tom Ragland (RS, RC) 

#344 Dave McNally (BP)
#363 Ron Klimkowski
#373 John Mayberry

1971 Topps
#16 Ken Singleton (RC)

#24 Rich Hand (RC) 
#63 AL 1970 RBI Leaders (Howard/Conigliaro/Powell)
#71 AL 1970 Strikeout Leaders (McDowell/Lolich/Johnson)
#80 Bill Melton  
#105 Tony Conigliaro

#105 Tony Conigliaro 
#123 2nd Series Checklist #133-263 (CL, VAR)

#141 Frank Quilici 
#146 Ralph Houk (MGR)

#178 Dave Duncan 
#195 AL Playoffs Game 1 - Powell Muscles Twins!

#237 Cesar Cedeno (RC)

#267 Rich Morales 

#268 Philladelphia Philles (TC)  

#371 Jack Hiatt

#491 Jim Hardin  

 

1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui

#3 Darrell Chaney

#3 Darrel Chaney

#4 Tom Egan

#7 Indians 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)

#8 Jose Martinez (RC)

#12 John Hiller

#12 John Hiller

#12 John Hiller

#13 Jack Hiatt
#18 Carlos May

#18 Carlos May  

#18 Carlos May

#19 John Boccabella

#28 Billy Wilson

#29 Sandy Alomar 

#31 Marty Pattin

#34 Willie Crawford

#36 Reds 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)

#39 Mike Nagy (ASR, RC)

#39 Mike Nagy (ASR, RC)  

#39 Mike Nagy (ASR, RC)
#47 Bob Miller

#47 Bob Miller

#52 Bruce Dal Canton

#56 Phillies 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)

#57 Pat Kelly

#59 Dick Ellsworth

#59 Dick Ellsworth

#60 Jim Wynn

#74 Angels 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)

#76 Carl Taylor

#77 Frank Linzy

#81 Dave May

#85 Max Alvis

#86 Lum Harris (MGR)

#87 Steve Renko (RC)

#90 Tim McCarver  

#91 Rich Morales

#93 Rick Renick 

#97 Joe Moeller

#99 Bobby Pfeil (RC)

#115 Alex Johnson  

#117 Don Young

#122 George Stone    

#123 Don Gutteridge (MGR)  

#125 Deron Johnson

#127 Joe Coleman 

 #130 Ollie Brown
#206 Clete Boyer

#222 Jim Rooker

#245 Leo Cardenas  

#266 Wally Bunker

#274 Gerry Arrigo

#276 Ron Hunt  

#276 Ron Hunt

#283 Angel Bravo (RC)

#284 Jack Baldschun

#287 Fred Talbot  

#324 Tony Taylor

#338 Paul Schaal 

#363 Tom Shopay (RC) 

#390 Willie Davis    

#404 Rich Reese

#430 Andy Messersmith

#445 Vada Pinson 

#517 Joe Gibbon

 

1969 Globe Imports Playing Cards Gas Station Issue
#8Hearts Jim Wynn

 

1969 Topps
#11 AL 1968 Strikeout Leaders (LL)
#18 Dick Schofield
#19 Ken Suarez

#32 Sammy Ellis

#53 Sonny Jackson 

#66 Orioles 1969 Rookie Stars (RC, RS)

#66 Orioles 1969 Rookie Stars (RC, RS) 

#72 Ron Taylor

#98 Dave Giusti
#136 Cardinals 1969 Rookie Stars (RC, RS)
#163 World Series Game #2 - Tiger Homers Deck The Cards (WS) 

#173 White Sox 1969 Rookie Stars (RC, RS) 

#182 Bill Rigney (MGR)

#183 Don Shaw
#185 Tom Phoebus 

#187 Leon Wagner 

#195 John Odom

#283 Sandy Alomar 

#317 Bruce Look (RC)
#383 Casey Cox 
#484 Joe Gordon (MGR)

 

1968 Topps

#15 Ron Hunt

#53 Gene Alley 

#81 Larry Jackson 

#112 Woody Fryman

#159 Don Kessinger 

#202 Adolfo Phillips 
#208 Willie Davis

#217 Turk Farrell  

#229 Fred Klages

#245 Tony Gonzalez 

#292 Art Shamsky
#309 Ken Henderson
#449 Gene Oliver

#493 Jim McGlothlin 

 

1967-68 Topps (hockey)
#30 Reg Fleming 

1967 Topps

#7 Don McMahon 

#18 Gene Oliver

#24 Bob Allen 

#27 Bob Saverine

#54 Dick Green 

#116 Herman Franks (MGR)

#118 Bernie Allen  

#119 Wade Blasingame

#192 Fred Gladding

#206 Dennis Bennett

#214 Tom Kelley

#227 Paul Lindblad 

#281 Bob Rodgers 

1966 Topps
#46 Howie Koplitz

#47 J.C. Martin 

#56 Sandy Valdespino  

#57 Jim Lefebvre

#145 Bill Freehan

#189 John Roseboro  

 

1965 Topps
#17 Johnny Romano
#27 Dick Bertell  

#108 Don Mincher
#111 Lee Thomas

#149 Wayne Schurr

 

1965 Topps - Embossed
#13 Al Kaline 

1964 Topps 

#95 George Altman

#255 Lee Thomas 

#421 Camilo Carreon   

1962 Topps

#19 Ray Washburn (RC, RS)

#68 Ken Hunt 

#79 Ed Hobaugh

#124 Bill Pleis (RC)
#182 Bob Nieman

#203 Jack Fisher

#364 Ken Hunt

 

1961 Post Cereal
#78 Hal Brown 

 

1961 Topps

#11 Curt Simmons
#14 Don Mossi
#24 Ken Johnson
#26 Wes Stock

#32 Ray Sadecki

#32 Ray Sadecki 

#38 Bob Lillis

#53 Russ Nixon 

#53 Russ Nixon
#83 Bob Bruce
#96 Billy O'Dell  

#105 Carl Willey
#111 Jack Meyer

#166 Danny Kravitz 

#258 Jack Sanford

#399 Cliff Cook (RC)

 

1960 Topps

#61 Eddie Kasko  

#130 Frank Herrera (RS)

#131 Ed Hobaugh (RC, RS)

#131 Ed Hobaugh (RC, RS) 

#140 Julio Navarro (RC, RS)

#154 Jim Davenport

#198 Jerry Lynch 

#201 Larry Osborne

#244 Hal Griggs

#367 Bill Tuttle 

 

1960 Topps (football)
#28 Jim Ray Smith 

1959 Topps

#79 Harry Chiti 

#132 Don Lee (RS)

#168 Carroll Hardy 

#211 Bob Blaylock (VAR: white back) 

#245 Ned Garver (VAR; grey/darker back)

#263 Buddy Daley (VAR: white back)

#385 Sherm Lollar

#405 Roy McMillan

 

1958 JCM 30a Doyusha Team Name Back (solid front w/o borders)

#1472954 Hasegawa

1958 Topps

#6 George Zuverink
#23 Bill Tuttle (VAR)

#59 Dave Sisler

#65 Von McDaniel (RC)

#73 Pete Daley

#92 Clint Courtney (VAR: white letters) 

#124 Bobby Usher 

#147 Don McMahon (RC)

#208 Cal McLish 

#273 Hal Smith

#336 Bert Hamric

#380 Charley Maxwell

#447 Ray Monzant
#473 Bill Renna (UER)

 

1958 Topps (football)

#3 Joe Schmidt 

1957 Topps

#179 Ernie Oravetz

#211 Camilo Pascual

#234 Dick Cole  

 

1956 Topps

#304 Frank Malzone

 

1956 Topps (football)
#42 Tom Fears
#51 Ted Marchibroda

 

1955 Bowman
#83 Max Surkont

#145 Bob Nieman (RC)

#196 Russ Meyer

 

1955 Topps

#101 Johnny Gray (RC) 

 

1955 Bowman (football)
#9 Don Stonesifer

1955 Topps All-American (football)
#46 Arnie Lassman

 

1954 Topps

#38 Eddie Stanky (MGR)

#215 Ed McGhee

1954 Bowman Power For Peace (non-sport)
#91 USS Coral Sea (CVB43)

1953 Topps

#101 Ted Wilks (VAR)

 

1951 Bowman
#147 Ken Heintzelman

1948 Bowman
#10 Buddy Rosar (RC)
#15 Eddie Joost
#15 Eddie Joost

1948 Bowman (football)
#28 Paul Governali (RC) 

 

1939 Wills's Garden Flowers by Richard Sudell (non-sport)
#46 Sweet Sultan 

1938 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America Tenth Series (J9-6) (non-sport)
#2 Black-throated Green Warbler

1937-38  Diamond Matchbooks Tan 6 (hockey)
#NNO Glenn Brydson

 

1935 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Eighth Series (J9-4) (non-sport)
#10 California Jay

1933 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America Fifth Series (J9-1) (non-sport)
#5 Indigo Bunting 

 

1925 Sports Records (multi-sport)

#37 Whippet Racing

 

1924 Imperial Tobacco Co. of Canada (ITC) Dogs Series (non-sport)
#4 Otter-Hound

1922 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America Third Series (J7) (non-sport)
#7 Prothonotary Warbler

1915 Church & Dwight Useful Birds Of America First Series (J5) (non-sport)
#1 Quail

 

1910 Champions (T218) (multi-sport)

#NNO Jim Stewart 

 

1890 N245 Sweet Caporal Actors & Actresses (non-sport)

#NNO Frankie Raymond

The Time Travel Trading Project is simple in concept. I started out with a random pack of 2018 Topps Series 1 baseball cards. My aim was to trade every card in that pack for something older. Each card I receive in turn is then made available for trade, with the goal to get the oldest card I can get.

Number of trades completed: 223
Unique trading partners: 69

Number of cards mailed out: 1,074
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 1,631
Year of oldest card received: 1890