Top 5 Hall Of Fame - Joe Mauer

The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies happen this weekend, and four new members will officially be welcomed to the legendary museum.Our final honoree is Twins great Joe Mauer. In honor of his induction, I present the top 5 cards I own of his:

 

2016 Topps Archives #85

 

Mauer was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and attended the same high school as hall of Famer (and his future manager) Paul Molitor. The Twins then made him the #1 pick in the 2001 draft, and he never played for another MLB team outside of his hometown.

 

2016 Topps Archives #261

 

I don't know why he got 2 cards in the 2016 Topps Archives set, but here he is catching a throw at first base. Mauer spent the last five years of his career as a first baseman, but it was his time behind the plate that cemented him as one of the all-time greats. He won 3 batting titles, more than any catcher in MLB history. He also was a near-unanimous MVP and 6-time All-Star.

 

2016 Topps Archives

- 1985 Topps #1 Draft Picks

#85DP-JM

 

Yep, another card from that same set! The Twins got a lot of criticism for selecting Mauer with the first overall pick, as many people regarded Mark Prior the superior player.  The Twins got the last laugh, as Mauer becomes just the 4th #1 Draft Pick to get elected to the Hall of Fame, joining Ken Griffey Jr, Chipper Jones, and Harold Baines.

2016 Topps

Walmart Marketside #42

 

In addition to his MVP Award, Mauer was also won 3 straight Gold Gloves (2008-2010) and 5 Silver Slugger Awards. He holds the season records for highest batting average (.365) and OBP (.444) by a catcher, both accomplished in 2009. He also holds the career OBP mark for catchers (.388 - minimum 500 games played).

2017 Topps #404

Mauer joined Adrian Beltre as a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee this year, gaining 293 votes (76.1%). In doing so, he joined Johnny Bench and Ivan Rodriguez as the only catchers to get elected on their first ballot.

Welcome to the Hall Joe Mauer!

Top 5 Hall Of Fame - Todd Helton

The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies happen this weekend, and four new members will officially be welcomed to the legendary museum. Today, I honor Todd Helton. Helton is one of those players whose career occurred at a time that I wasn't collecting, so I only own a single card of his. So, I filled in the rest of my Top 5 with a sample of cards that I enjoy.

 

1999 Topps #52 (ASR)

This has to be one of the all-time great Rookie Cup cards, doesn't it? How often to you get candid shots of a player waiting around trying to stay dry during a rain delay? Helton took over first base for Colorado in 1998, and led all rookies in either league in most of the major offensive categories. He would have been a slam dunk choice for Rookie of the Year if it had not been for the historic season by Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood.

 

2001 Upper Deck Victory #532

 

This is the only card I own of his. When this card came out, Helton was coming off an amazing 2000 season that resulted in a Top 5 MVP finish as well as the first of 5 straight All-Star selections and 4 straight Silver Slugger awards.

 

2003 Stadium Club #59

 

In addition to being a great hitter, Helton was regularly regarded as one of the best fielding first baseman in the Majors. He won 3 Gold Gloves over the course of his career.

 

2014 Topps #253 (BH, CL)

 

Technically, I once owned this card too. It was part of the Time Travel Trading stack and has since moved on. Helton announced his retirement in 2013, an impressive 5 years after he was diagnosed with a degenerative back condition. He is one of only 11 retired players in Major League history with at least a .300/.400/.500 AVE/OBP/SLG slash line and 350 home runs.

2019 Topps Update

- 150 Years of Professional Baseball

#150-42

 

Let's talk about that 2000 season again, because it truly was something special. He won his first and only batting title, and also led the National League in hits, OBP, SLG (and thusly OPS), doubles, RBI, extra base hits, and total bases. Only hits and OBP didn't lead the Majors. He became the 11th player in MLB history to surpass 100 extra base hits, only the second time that happened since 1948. (Fun fact: In 2001, that mark was surpassed 4 more times, including by Helton again, but has not been done since!) Despite all this, Helton only finished 5th in the MVP race, thanks to the Rockies's 4th place finish and the stigma of the "thin Colorado air". 

Welcome to the Hall, Todd Helton!

Repack Haiku #367 (Jim Leyland)

Led World Champ Marlins

Thrice Manager Of The Year

Welcome to the Hall!

 

1988 Topps
#624 Jim Leyland (MGR, CL)

Leyland was on my list of cards to do haikus for before he was voted into the Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Baseball Era Non-Players Committee. I debated whether to do a haiku or a Top 5 card tribute, and settled on the haiku. (Maybe I'll do a Top 5 later some day).

 

Congrats on your election, Mr. Leyland! Well desrved!

Top 5 Hall Of Fame - Adrian Beltre

The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies happen this weekend, and four new members will officially be welcomed to the legendary museum. Today, I honor Adrian Beltre with my top 5 favorite cards that are in my collection.

 

2010 Topps Update #US-145

 

It's slightly ironic that I don't own any cards of his when he was with the Dodgers or Mariners. I've stated this many times: The lone year that Beltre played for the Red Sox was the start of his Hall of Fame ascent. Even though he made his debut as a 19 year old with the Dodgers in 1998, Beltre's time in L.A. was good, but unremarkable. That is until his final season with them, when he came out of nowhere to lead the league with 48 home runs and finish 2nd in MVP voting. He is the poster boy for the "contract year" player, as he parlayed that amazing season into a 5-year deal with Seattle.

2011 Topps #302

 

Funny enough, he's also well known for another free agency term: "pillow contract". Like his time with the Dodgers, the Mariners got good, but not great, production from Beltre. An unfortunate injury in 2009 meant that Beltre walked into his 2nd contract year on the wrong side of 30 and without much interest. The Red Sox and Beltre took a shot on a one year contract, hoping that Beltre would stay healthy and show the baseball world that he was still a productive player. It worked out well for both sides, as Beltre made his first All-Star team and went on to post his best year since that MVP runner-up season.

 

2015 Topps #175

 

Unfortunately for Red Sox fans everywhere, the team let Adrian walk after the season, opting to trade for another Adrian (Gonzalez) and moving fan favorite Kevin Youkilis to third. Beltre landed in Texas, and for the next 8 seasons would hit and field at a Hall of Fame level.

 

2018 Topps #254

 

When all was said and done, Beltre would be named to 4 All-Star teams, win 4 Silver Slugger Awards, and 5 Gold Gloves (including 2 Platinum Gloves). He reached the 3,000 hit plateau, the 31st player in MLB history to do so, and the very first from the Dominican Republic. He is the only 3rd Baseman to have over 3,000 hits and 400 home runs.

 

2019 Stadium Club #275

 

Adrian Beltre is easily one of the best third baseman of all-time, and sailed into the Hall of Fame on his first year on the ballot, receiving 95.1% of the votes.

 

Welcome to the Hall, Adrian! I hope you don't mind people touching your plaque on the head!

Repack Haiku #366 (Kyle Muller)

Last year as rookie

Tabbed to start Opening Day

Won versus Angels

 

2022 Topps Opening Day
#71 Kyle Muller (RC)

 

After a three team trade brought him from Atlanta to Oakland, Muller impressed the A's staff and was given the honor of being their 2023 Opening Day starter. He pitched 5 innings against Los Angeles, giving up only 1 run in a close 2-1 victory.

TCDB Trade Recap: Cards From Cincinati, OH

Awhile back, I lamented on trading through the TCDB and how it can be a hassle to get trades done. That particular case was in regards to me actively looking to trade away a card. On the whole, I've had very positive experiences with trading, having completed over 200 trades through the site. 

 

One of the avenues for a trade often comes from the site's forums. People will regularly post about sets they are looking to finish. That's how I came to match up with a member named Matthew (great name!). He posted that he was looking to complete the 2024 Topps Series One set, so I went to his profile, where I can easily click a link and look at all the cards on his Want list that I have on my For Trade list. I didn't have any 2024 doubles he needed, but it turns out I had quite a few extras that he needed for his 2023 Topps set build. Since I've been picking up what 2024 cards I can myself, it was easy to finds some cards I needed:

 

At the time, I still needed 4 of the Red Sox players from Series One, so this trade leaves me with just Kutter Crawford (plus now the Series Two guys).

Favorite Card: So many great Red Sox, but that Spencer Strider photo is an excellent horizontal card!

Thanks for the trade Matthew!

Top 5 Tribute: Orlando Cepeda

The baseball community lost another Hall of Fame member when the great Orlando Cepeda passed away on June 28th. In honor of the "Baby Bull", I present the top 5 cards in my collection:

 

1974 Topps #83 

 

Cepeda spent just a single year with the Red Sox, but it was a historic one. After the AL instituted the designated hitter rule in December of 1972, the Red Sox called Cepeda and asked him if he'd like to be the DH for their team. He accepted on the spot and became the first Red Sox DH in history. He had a chance to be the first DH in Major league history too, but a wild 1st inning from Luis Tiant gave that title to the Yankee's Ron Blomburg. Cepeda would go on to have a great season for Boston and became the first recipient of the Designated Hitter of the Year Award. He also became the first player in history to hit 20 home runs for 4 different teams.

 

1975 Topps #205 1967 MVPs

(Yastrzemski/Cepeda)  

 

Cepeda had his best year in 1967, winning the NL MVP award and leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a World Series victory over Yastrzemski's Red Sox. Cepeda became just the second NL player to win the award unanimously.

 

2005 UD Past Time

Pennants #60 

 

In addition to his MVP and Designated Hitter Of The Year awards, Orlando Cepeda also won the 1958 NL Rookie of the Year and was an 11 time All-Star. In 1959 he became the first Peurto Rican player to start in an All-Star game.

 

2016 Stadium Club #63

 

This card hits especially hard, with both players passing away in the past month. While Mays was a franchise icon, Cepeda was regarded as the first great "San Francisco" Giant. (Mays of course played when the Giants were still a New York team, and Cepeda's rookie debut occurred during the franchise's first season across the continent.)

 

2016 Topps Heritage

- Baseball Flashbacks #BF-OC

 

In retrospect, it's hard to believe that Cepeda had a long and difficult journey to becoming a Hall of Fame member. For the first 12 years on the ballot (1980-1991) he failed to surpass 50% of the ballots cast, and on his 15th and final ballot, he just missed induction with 73.5% of the vote. He would have to wait an additional 5 years before he was elected by the Hall of Fame Veteran's Committee in 1999. (Even then, his induction was overshadowed by his induction "classmates", the trio of Nolan Ryan, George Brett, and Robin Yount.)

RIP, Mr. Cepeda. You will not be forgotten.

Repack Haiku #365 (Wil Cordero)

Before league caught up

Red Sox suspended him due

To domestic charge

 

1997 Topps #394 Wil Cordero

 

The Red Sox suspended Cordero for a modest 8 games in 1997 after he was arrested for domestic violence against his wife. Minutes after the Red Sox played their last game of the season, they made the easy decision to release him.

Resource: South Coast Today: Sox let troubled Cordero go

But Why This One Card?

Have you ever thought of a player, told yourself that you should really pick up one of his cards, put it on the back burner and forgot, only to think of the person months (even years) later and go through the motions again?

 

I finally did something about one of mine: 

 

I've been wanting this card for a long while, and finally got around to making a trade proposal on the TCDB. Now, most traders will try to get the most out of their postage and send multiple cards. Not me. I proposed a simple one-for-one card swap. It must have struck my trade partner, a nice guy named Vaughan, as odd, because he sent me the following message:

 

Why indeed? It's not a Red Sox card, that would be easy to understand. It's not from a set I'm looking to complete. In fact, I don't even see myself picking up another card from this Orioles-themed set. The set does play an important role, because it was designed to include every single Orioles player in modern history.

So who is Dave Criscione?

Dave's career in the Majors amounted to a grand total of 7 games across 2 weeks in 1977. But in those two weeks he lived the dream of every baseball fan. Imagine you were given just 7 games as a Major Leaguer, how would you envision the perfect version of it?

 

Maybe have one of the greatest managers of all time pencil you in on a lineup card? Dave Criscione played for the immortal Earl Weaver.

Maybe have your locker next to a future Hall of Famer? Criscione suited up right next to Brooks Robinson.

An ovation from the hometown faithful? Criscione actually got multiple in one day! (Once when the scoreboard announced the birth of his daughter, then later when he got his first Major League hit. He got one last round of applause when his sacrifice bunt put the winning run on third during an 8th inning rally.)

Of course, what dream MLB scenario wouldn't be complete with a walk-off home run? The very next day, Criscione entered the game in the 10th inning of a 3-3 ball game against the Brewers. In the bottom of the 11th, Brooks Robinson grounded out in what was eventually his final home stadium at-bat. That brought Dave up to the plate. With family in the stands to witness it, Criscione hit a deep drive to left for a game-winning home run!

 

That home run represented not just the only home run he would ever hit, but also the only run he would ever score and the only RBI he would ever tally. It also ended up being his last hit in the Majors.

 

7 games, 3 hits in 9 at-bats, 1 amazing HR - that was his Major League career in a nutshell. A blip in the history of baseball, but one every baseball fan would have given anything for. A dream fulfilled.

As to why Dave Criscione keeps popping in my mind as someone I needed a card of. The answer is quite simple:

 

Yep, he's the only one born in the same small town as me. I never met him personally, although if I recall correctly, my dad went to high school with one of his brothers. 

This card will get filed away with other cards that are special to me, easy enough to find, look at, remember that even someone from Dunkirk NY could make it to the Majors.

Resources and Fun Reads:

The Sabr Bio Project: Dave Criscione

 

Baseball Reference: Dave Criscione 

 

The Post Journal: Dunkirk Native Criscione Recalls Time In The Bigs

 

Chautauqua Sports Hall Of Fame: Dave Criscione  

When Topps Had Balls: NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1978 DAVE CRISCIONE

 

 

A Trade Between Bloggers: The Hopeful Chase

It always makes me happy when a blogger comes back after a long hiatus. Justin from The Hopeful Chase posted recently, detailing his quest to trade for the remaining cards he needs for the 2024 Topps set. As a fellow TCDB member, I was able to see what cards he needed, and as it turned out I had a few extras I could send his way. He was able to send a few Red Sox needs back to me

 

 As well as a few 2024 Topps needs of my own! (I'm low-key trying to finish this set too!) 

Favorite Card: There's something amusing about Kevin Millar and the fact he's holding up his hands. It wouldn't surprise me if he was attempting to mime being trapped in a box or something...

 

Thanks for the trade Jeff! Good luck on the set build!

Repack Haiku #364 (Hector Villanueva)

Cubs' backup catcher

Is Caribbean Baseball

Hall of Fame member

 

1991 Fleer #436 Hector Villanueva

 

Villanueva was a star of the Peurto Rico Baseball League, winning the Triple Crown in 1991. In 2015, he joined fellow countrymen Juan Gonzalez, Bernie William, and Roberto Clemente(!) as members of the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame.

 

Source: Wikipedia

Top 5 Tribute: Willie Mays

In all of the years I've been doing these small tributes to Hall of Fame players that have passed, I haven't had as hard of a time creating one as I have for the late great Willie Mays, who passed away on June 18th. Part of it is due to the fact I technically only have one playing era cards of his, but it's much more than that. How can you summarize this man's life on and off the field in a short little blog post? You can't. I even reread what I wrote for Hank Aaron, hoping for inspiration. Instead I found that a lot of what I wanted to say for Mr. Mays I had already said for Mr. Aaron. Here's my opening paragraph: 

This one hurts. Not that any of the others didn't, each spectacular life was one worth celebrating. But none of the recent string of deaths among the legends of baseball had the sheer impact as the immortal Henry Aaron. He was one of the true giants of the game, an automatic inclusion on the Mount Rushmore of the greatest of the great. His story transcended the game itself, captivating even non-baseball fans. There will never be another Hank Aaron.

 

I could have easily swapped out the names, removed the line about the recent string of deaths (Man, September 2020 to January 2021 was rough stretch for us baseball fans...) and chances are no one but me would have noticed. Even 2 of the 5 cards I showed of Aaron featured Mays and were on the short list for this post! It would still have been true though: There will never be another Willie Mays. 

As my small thanks to life of a Giant, both on and off the field, I humbly present the Top 5 Willie Mays cards in my collection:

1973 Topps

#1 All-Time Home Run Leaders

(Ruth/Aaron/Mays)

There was a time when Mays was #2 on the all-time list, and people wondered if it would be him to surpass the immortal Babe Ruth. It was not to be, and for the longest time these three would be the only ones to surpass the 600 home run mark. (Six more have joined that club since - 3 of which under questionable circumstances). 

 

1985 Topps Woolworth

All Time Record Holders

#26 Willie Mays 

The first two bullet points on the back of this card mention his All-Star Game career records of 20 runs and 23 hits. Those are still the records, along with most All-Star Games played (24 - tied with Musial), at bats (75), stolen bases (6), extra-base hits (8 - tied with Musial), total bases (40 - tied with Musial), and triples (3 - tied with Brooks Robinson). To quote Ted Williams: "They invented the  All-Star Game  for Willie Mays." Speaking of Williams...

1993 Ted Williams

#126 Willie Mays (GH)

It was poetic that Mays passed just days before the Giants and Cardinals played games at Rickwood Field, the same field Mays patrolled as a member of the Birmingham Black Barons as a teenager. Mays was the most prominent member left of the old Negro Leagues, and it's a sad reminder that there are not many former players left. According to MLB, all 157 surviving members (including Mays at the time) were invited to the game at Rickwood. MLB has taken big strides to preserve the memory of the Negro League and it's players, and hopefully more will be done in the future.

2015 Topps Heritage - Baseball Flashbacks

#BF-9 Willie Mays

In 1966, Mays became the all-time National League home run hitter, and has since been eclipsed only by his own godson Barry Bonds. He came in 3rd in MVP voting that year, behind Roberto Clemente and Sandy Koufax. It was the last of 13 straight years that Mays placed in the MVP vote. He only won twice, but arguments have been made that he should have won up to 8 MVP awards!

2016 Topps Archives

#286 Willie Mays

Mays was the last superstar from that Golden Age of baseball. The last of the inner-circle Hall of Famers. He may have been the greatest player of all time. His passing closes the book on a life that continued to impact the history of baseball over 50 years after he last played a game.

R.I.P. Willie Mays, and thank you.

Trapped In Time: Remnants Of The 88th And 89th Trades

 

I touched on this a little on Monday, but there have been a few times when I do these posts that I show off cards that don't fit my collection. Case in point, the John Shumate card I put on the chopping block in April. I don't watch basketball, let alone collect cards of the sport. So if no one shows interest via the blog post of trading for it, I try to find someone on the TCDB to unload it upon. 

TCDB is great for finding trade partners, but if you are trying to trade away a particular card, it's a bit of a pain. I look up the card on the database, and on it's page there is a section called mentions, where you see how many people have that particular card in their collection, how many have it in their For Sale/Trade list, and how many members have it in their want list. For the Shumate card, there were 21 potential trade partners looking for this card. Going through each one, I first had to see who was still an active member. If they hadn't logged into the TCDB in the past week, there's no point in trying. Then I culled the list further by eliminating anyone that had never made a trade. Out of the 15 that remained, I had to see if any of them had cards older than 1978 on their for trade list. That knocked off 5 more potential traders. From the remaining 10, I picked one, put together a trade proposal, and sent it. Despite logging in numerous times, the member never responded to my proposal, and I withdrew it after a generous two weeks. So I picked a second potential trade partner and did the same. That one was the one that got completed. 

So why am I explaining all this?

 

 

Trade #88 (Brendan: The View From The Third Floor)

Traded 03/10/21: 1981 Topps #226 Manny Sanguillen, 1981 Topps #450 Dave Kingman (AS), 1981 Topps #530 Steve Garvey, 1981 Topps #560 Joe Morgan, 1982 Topps #3 Tim Raines (HL), 1982 Topps #401 Johnny Bench (IA), 1982 Topps #651 Carl Yastrzemski (IA), 1986 Topps #510 Wade Boggs, 1987 Donruss #34 Terry Steinbach, 2018 Topps #502 Xander Bogaerts

Received 03/04/21:

• 1978-79 Topps (basketball) #21 Steve Hawes
• 1978-79 Topps (basketball) #53 John Mengelt (See Trade #158)
• 1978-79 Topps (basketball) #64 Leon Douglas (RC)
• 1978-79 Topps (basketball) #118 Kevin Porter
• 1981 Donruss #386 Doc Medich
• 1981 Topps #65 Scott McGregor (See Trade #129)
  
• 1981 Topps #354 Mario Soto
• 1982 Topps (football) #82 Craig Morton (IA)
• 1983 Topps (football) #109 George Rogers (TL) (See Trade #209)
  
• 1983 Topps (football) #186 John Riggins (TL) (See Trade #150)
• 1983 Topps (football) #337 Mark Van Eeghen (See Trade #209)
  
• 1983 Topps - Sticker Inserts (football) #3 Ottis Anderson (See Trade #94)
• 1983 Topps - Sticker Inserts (football) #7 Dwight Clark (See Trade #94)
• 1985 Topps (football) #34 Mike Singletary (See Trade #94)
  
• 1985 Topps (football) #283 Lyle Alzado (See Trade #91)
  
• 1986 Topps - Glossy All-Stars #9 Carlton Fisk (See Trade #148)
• 1986 Topps - Glossy All-Stars #13 Steve Garvey (See Trade #160)
• 1986 Topps - Glossy All-Stars #21 LaMarr Hoyt (See Trade #140)

 

 

Trading one basketball card was hard enough. Now I got 3 more to deal with! (Just my luck too, if the first guy had responded and accepted, two of these three basketball cards would have been part of the trade!) Someone make my life easy and take these off my hands please!

 

Trade #89 (Ken: Blog Reader)

Traded 03/18/21: 2021 Topps - 1952 Topps Redux #T52-43 Shohei Ohtani, 2021 Topps - 70 Years Of Topps Baseball #70YT-51 Bob Gibson, 1971 Topps #208 Billy Martin (MGR), 1968 Topps #260 Jim Wynn, 1964 Philadelphia (football) #172 Ken Gray (RC), 1963 Topps #155 Bill Stafford, 1961 Topps #32 Ray Sadecki, 1961 Topps #114 Hobie Landrith, 1961 Topps #267 Norm Siebern, 1960 Topps #289 Willie Jones 

Received 03/19/21:

• 2020 Topps Heritage #36 Kenley Jansen (See Trade #96)
  
• 2020 Topps Heritage #176 Dinelson Lamet (See Trade #96)
• 1970 Topps #39 Mike Nagy (ASR, RC)
• 1967 Topps #192 Fred Gladding
• 1962 Topps #19 Ray Washburn (RC, RS)
• 1962 Topps #79 Ed Hobaugh
• 1958 Topps #73 Pete Daley
• 1958 Topps #147 Don McMahon (RC) (See Trade #287)
• 1958 Topps #290 Dick Donovan (See Trade #216)
  
• 1957 Topps #68 Ray Crone (See Trade #216)

 

Do you know I have 3 of those Mike Nagy cards in the trade stack? 3 of them! It's weird how some cards keep showing up in the Time Travel Trading stack. 

These cards have been languishing in the trade tack for over 3 years! It's time to trade them or add them to my personal collection. Last call!

 

Repack Haiku #363 (Shawn Green)

First Blue Jays player

To join 30/30 club

Holds team's runs record

 

2002 Fleer Tradition
#481 Shawn Green (BS)

 

Green became Toronto's inaugural member of the 30/30 club when he went 35/35 in 1998. The following year he set the franchise record for runs in a season with 134.

Time Travel Trading Update #90

 

First of all, to all you fathers out there, I hope you had a great Father's Day yesterday! 

We've got 6 trades to show off this week! That means plenty of new cards for you readers to claim.

 

We kick things off with one of the most prominent time travelers from the TCDB, Mark Z! We completed out 10th Time Travel Trade, and he sent a fantastic variety of cards, staring off with a couple of race car drivers:

 

As well as some vintage football:

Of course there's baseball too!

Jim (Cards As I See Them) is up next. He claimed a 1955 Bowman, and sent back a couple of cards that had over 70 years in age between them!

It wouldn't be a proper Time Travel Trading Update without cards from Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) Thanks to my latest trade with him, I have a trio of 1978 Topps to add to the stack:

 

The winner of the 300th Time Travel Trade, Brendan Hart (The View From The Third Floor), picked a fantastic card for his prize, and the follow up trade doesn't disappoint either!

 

New Time Traveler Alert! Dominic, who started up a great new blog this year (Don Cardwell Loves This Blog), joins the club with our first of hopefully many trades!

(Seriously, give his blog a follow if you haven't already!)

When I do one of my Time Travel Remnant posts, I will occasionally feature cards that quite honestly don't fit my collection. When that happens, I'll hop on the TCDB and look to see who has that particular card on their want lists. A while back I had put a basketball card on the chopping block, and fortunately found a trade partner (another member also named Mark)! There were a few other cards in the stack I was able to send his way, and in return I picked up some great 70's baseball.

 

My thanks to all my trade partners, long-time and new! Here's hoping these cards generate some more great trades!

 

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:

2024 Topps Heritage

#110 Brandon Nimmo 

 

2022-23 Donruss (basketball)
#131 Kendrick Nunn
#151 Jae'Sean Tate
#188 Nassir Little

 
2022 Topps
#440 Trent Grisham 

 

2021-22 Donruss - Magicians (basketball)

#7 Kevin Durant

 

2021-22 Donruss (soccer)
#183 Jose Macias (RR)

 

2020 Topps
#315 Adam Frazier

 

2020 Leaf Draft - Gold (football)
#77 Collin Johnson (TD)    

2017-18 Donruss (basketball)
#75 Chandler Parsons

 

2017 Topps - MLB Award Winners

#CYA-1 Rick Porcello     

 

2015-16 Donruss (basketball)
#49 John Wall

 

2013 Pinnacle
#117 Mariano Rivera

 

2013 Topps Update
#US143 Tim Lincecum (CL)

 
2012 Topps Stickers
#237 Bernie Brewer (MAS)  

2011 Topps - Before There Was Topps
#BTT1 American Tobacco 1909 T206 (Honus Wagner)

  

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

2010 Bowman Platinum - Prospects
#PP38 Brian Johnson      

 

2010 Topps (football)
#249 David Garrard

 

2010 Topps Chrome (football)
#C141 T.J. Houshmandzadeh

 

2009 Bowman - Chrome WBC Prospects
#BCW18 Tao Bu  

 

2009 Donruss Americana (non-sport)
#50 Francesco Quinn

 

2008 Topps New York Yankees
#NYY8 Jason Giambi

 

2008 Topps (football)
#301 Larry Fitzgerald (PB) 

 

2007 Upper Deck MLB Rookie Card of the Month
#ROM-4 Ryan Braun 

 

2007 Playoff Prestige (football) 

#92 Marques Colston

 

2006 Topps Updates & Highlights
#UH172 Mike Piazza (SH)

 

2005 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia
#44 Shawn Green

 

2004 Bowman Chrome
#263 Jeff Allison (FY, RC)  

 

2004 Donruss Team Heroes
#212 Kazuhisa Ishii

 

2004 Just Rookies - 05 Preview Autographs

#1 Thomas Diamond (AU, SN200)  

 

2003 Bazooka
#100 Barry Bonds

 

2002 Fleer Maximum

#82 Dante Bichette

 

2002 Upper Deck Piece of History
#39 Joe DiMaggio 

 

2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
#88 Andy Petitte

 

2001 Topps Archives
#20 Gaylord Perry

 

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

 

1999-00 Topps (basketball)
#16 Eric William 

 

1999 SkyBox Metal Universe (football)
#116 Tiki Barber

 

1999 Stadium Club
#214 Tony Saunders 

 

1998 Pinnacle Performers
#14 Hideo Nomo

 

1998 Racing Champions NASCAR (racing)
#01153-04134 Mark Martin

1998 Upper Deck Pop Weaver (racing)
#PW3 Rusty Wallace 

 

1997 Collector's Choice
#215 Glenallen Hill  

 

1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio   

 

1997 Upper Deck
#13 Mark Lemke

1996 Leaf

#10 Matt Lawton (RC)

 

1996 SP

#186 Hideo Nomo (CL)    

 

1996 Upper Deck
#358 Todd Worrell

 

1995 Finest (football)
#124 Trent Dilfer     

 

1995 SkyBox Lois & Clark (non-sport)
#73 Be Mine!
#75 Do You Love Me?

 

1994-95 Finest (basketball)
#43 Rex Chapman  

1994 Collector's Choice
#636 David Justice (UC&P)

 

1994 Finest
#413 Mark Portugal

 

1994 Panini Stickers
#207 Sean Berry
#208 Wil Cordero  

 

1994 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#145 Chad Penney  

 

1993 Leaf
#79 Andy Van Slyke

 

1993 Stadium Club

#433 Jeff Innis   

 

1993 Action Packed Hall of Fame (basketball)
#37 Connie Hawkins

 

1993 Classic '93 Hockey Draft (hockey)
#40 Saku Koivu 

 

1993 Classic Four Sport (multi-sport)
#246 Mike Rathje

 

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

#BC7 Colorado Rockies (VAR: no dot after INC) 

 

1992 Front Row Draft Picks
#46 Ed Christian   

 

1992 Pacific Nolan Ryan Texas Express II
#133 Nolan Ryan "2000th Strikeout"
#141 Nolan Ryan "Big Dollars"
#142 Nolan Ryan "Strong Houston Staff"  

 

1992 Panini Stickers
#201 Gilberto Reyes
#202 Andres Galarraga
#203 Delino DeShields
#204 Tim Wallach
#205 Spike Owen
#207 Marquis Grissom
#208 Ivan Calderon

 

1992 Score
#794 Cal Ripken Jr. (MOY)

#845 Kenny Lofton (RP)   

 

1992 Upper Deck
#459 Mark Gubicza
#460 Darryl Hamilton

 

1992 Topps Batman Returns (non-sport)
#45 Only Eight Lives Left...
#51 Sabotaging the Batmobile
#51 Sabotaging the Batmobile
#61 Oswald Outwitted!
#78 Batskiboat Attack! 

 

1991-92 Pro Set - Collectibles (hockey)
#CC5 Wayne Gretzky (LL) 

 

1991-92 Upper Deck (basketbal)

#31 Malone vs. Barkley (CC)

#47 Moses Malone (VAR)  

 

1991 Classic Best
#346 Steve Vondran 

 

1991 Donruss
#43 Ray Langford (RR, VAR)

1991 Leaf
#174 Roger Clemens (CL)

 

1991 Score

#180 Sid Fernandez

#815 Ryne Sandberg (MOY)
#892 Ken Griffey Jr. (DT) 

 

1991 Topps
#575 Robin Yount

 

1991 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#24 John Olerud 

1991 Ultra
#130 Lou Whitaker  

 

1991 Upper Deck

#743 Deion Sanders

 

1991 Fleer (football)

#305 Otis Anderson  

 

1991 Pro Set (football)

#387 Joe Montana (PB)

 

1991 Pro Set Platinum (football)
#81 Lawrence Taylor

 

1991 Upper Deck (football)
#71 Mark Kelso
#99 Herschel Walker (CL)
#108 Burt Grossman
#131 Merril Hoge
#132 Rocky Proehl

 

1991 Impel WCW (wrestling)
#157 Missy Hyatt

1991 Impel Star Trek 25th Anniversary (non-sport)
#28 Symbiosis
#42 The Schizoid Man
#46 The Dauphin
#60 Home Soil
#62 11001001
#86 A Place for Families
#126 Commander William T. Riker

 

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

 

1991 Topps The Addams Family (non-sport)
#13 A Meeting Of Minds
#29 Egad! It's Fester Addams!
#62 Excellent, My Man!

 

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

#134 Johnny Unitas 

 

1990-91 Fleer (basketball)
#21 Kelly Tripucka
#21 Kelly Tripucka

#86 Ronald Harper (VAR)
#195 Jeff Malone 

 

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

#712 Wade Boggs (AS, COR, VAR)

1990 Fleer

#271 Roger Clemens

#296 Julio Franco (VAR) 

#622 Fernando Valenzuela (POD, VAR)  

 

1990 Pacific Legends
#34 Don Kessinger

 

1990 Swell Baseball Greats
#77 Marv Throneberry

 

1990 Topps
#7 Rickey Henderson (RB)

#61 Deion Sanders (RC) 

#510 Doc Gooden  

#535 John Smoltz

#663 Fred Lynn (TBC)

#698 Omar Vizquel 

 

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

#440 Deron Cherry   

 

1990 Topps Traded (football)
#102T Howard Cross (RC)

 

1989-90 Fleer (basketball)

#112 Ron Anderson (RC)

#119 Tom Chambers  

1989-90 Hoops (basketball)
#64 Armon Gilliam

1989 Donruss
#588 Warren Spahn Puzzle (PUZ)
#588 Warren Spahn Puzzle (PUZ)
#613 Kevin Brown

   

1989 Score
#507 Brian Holton (ERR)

 

1989 Topps
#628 Matt Williams

#648 Sandy Alomar Jr. (FS, RC, VAR)
#764 Robin Ventura (FRDP, RC)

 

1988 Card Collectors T-206 Reprint
#NNO Matty McIntyre

 

1988 Donruss 

#1 Mark McGwire (DK)

#161 Mitch Williams

#182 Ivan Calderon 

#384 Denny Walling
#441 Greg Gagne

#452 Guy Hoffman
#459 Jim Dwyer

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

 

1988 Fleer
#1 Keith Atherton
#6 Randy Bush
#9 George Frazier
#58 Willie Hernandez
#59 Larry Herndon
#63 Bill Madlock

 

1988 Pacific Legends I
#11 Harvey Haddix

#33 Don Newcombe
#70 Vic Raschi  

#71 Chuck Connors

 

1988 Score
#546 Todd Benzinger (RC)

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

 

1988 Topps
#70 Roger Clemens

#662 Jim Rice (TBC)

 

1988 Topps Toys "R" Us Rookies
#13 Mike Henneman

#30 Terry Steinbach  

 

1988 Topps Traded

#9T Bret Barberie (OLY, XRC)

1987 Donruss
#655 Luis Aquino (RC)

 

1987 Fleer Limited Edition
#16 Steve Garvey 

 

1987 Fleer Update
#U-108 Kevin Seitzer

1987 O-Pee-Chee

#201 John Cangelosi (RC)
#284 Joaquin Andujar

1987 Topps 

#425 Tom Seaver

#619 Jerry Reed  

 

1986 Donruss

#287 Claudell Washington

#256 Curtis Wilkerson  

#595 Carlos Ponce (RC)

 

1986 Donruss Highlights
#1 Will Clark
#8 Dwight Gooden
#23 Wally Joyner
#25 Fernando Valenzuela
#50 Steve Sax

 

1986 Fleer
#117 Andre Robertson

#577 Curtis Wilkerson     

 

1986 Fleer - Fleer All-Star Team
#7 Rickey Henderson

 

1986 Fleer Baseball's Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers

#16 Orel Hershiser 

 

1986 Topps
#40 Ken Griffey

#233 Steve Lyons 

#495 Mark Langston

#510 Wade Boggs
#765 Don Baylor  

 

1986 Topps Traded
#7T Steve Bedrosian
#68T Mickey Mahler

 

1985 Fleer
#639 500th Homer (Reggie Jackson) (SSS)  

 

1985 Fleer Update
#U-10 Hubie Brooks
#U-13 Al Bumbry

 

1985 Topps #403
Cory Snyder (OLY, RC)   

 

1985 Topps Woolworth All Time Record Holders
#5 Lou Brock

 

1985 Topps (football)
#53 Lions Team Leaders (TL)

 

1984-85 Topps (hockey)
#3 Tom Fergus 

 

1984 Donruss

#376 Charlie Lea

1984 Fleer

#482 Bill Scherrer (RC) 

 

1984 Topps
#132 1983 Home Run Leaders (Schmidt/Rice) (LL)

#167 Marshall Edwards
#368 Hubie Brooks

 

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

 

1983 Topps (football)
#109 George Rogers (TL)
#163 Jeff Moore (TL)

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 Topps

#101 Mike Schmidt (IA) 

#412 Luis Leal

#586 Rollie Fingers (IA)
#636 Phillies Leaders (Pete Rose/Steve Carlton) (TL, CL)

 

1982 Topps (football) 

#21 Bills 1981 Team Leaders (TL)

#82 Craig Morton (IA)   

 

1981-82 Topps (hockey)
#51 Dale McCourt (TL)

 
1981 Donruss  

#67 Keith Hernandez

#77 Gene Garber 

#124 Jerry Mumphrey
#147 Danny Darwin

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

#192 Darrell Evans 

#375 Don Robinson 

#386 Doc Medich

#386 Doc Medich  

#397 Elliott Maddux

#419 Derrel Thomas 

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

#475 Tim Stoddard

#478 Steven McCatty  

#485 Lenny Randle

 

1981 Fleer

#8 Larry Christenson  

#427 Steve Braun

#595 Maury Wills (MGR)

1981 Topps

#40 Tug McGraw

#121 Larry Harlow 
#194 Rod Scurry

#354 Mario Soto
#365 Graig Nettles

#372 Jay Johnstone 

#374 Tom Hutton

#376 Ron Reed  
#477 Luis Gomez
#494 Bob Walk

#598 George Vuckovich (RC)  
#632 Alan Bannister

#645 Rick Reuschel 

 

1981 Topps (football)

#32 Doug Williams

#131 Jim Smith
#142 Ken Fantetti
#171 Earnest Gray (SA)
#237 Bob Parsons 

#408 Ron Jaworski (SA)

#427 Pete Johnson

#432 Vikings Team Leaders (TL, CL)

#434 Tim Fox

#438 Mike Hartenstine

#458 Don Cockroft 

 

1980 Topps 
#65 Al Bumbry

#110 Fred Lynn (AS) 

#271 Dick Drago  

#286 Darold Knowles

#477 Buck Martinez

#516 Hector Cruz 

#595 Don Money 

#711 Bob Galasso (RC) 

 

1980 Topps (football)
#8 Mike Williams
#11 Dan Melville (RC)
#12 Matt Robinson
#18 Charley Hannah (RC)
#21 Brian Baschnagel
#22 Jon Keyworth

#23 Phil Villapiano
#24 Richard Osborne (RC)
#26 Doug Beaudoin
#29 Dick Ambrose

#30 Mike Reinfeldt (AP, RC)
#41 Mike Hartenstine
#84 Mike Bragg
#89 Don Cockroft
#126 John James

#132 Eagles Team Leaders (CL, TL)
#142 Rusty Jackson
#166 Terry Hermeling
#172 Leonard Thompson (RC)

#177 Chuck Ramsey
#199 Louie Giammona (RC)

#199 Louie Giammona (RC)

#227 Max Runager (RC)  

#279 Johnny Evans

#281 Vern Den Herder 

#294 Fred Cook
#296 Wade Key  

#505 Joe Washington

 

1979 Kellogg's 3-D Super Stars
#25 Darrell Porter (COR, SP)

#26 Dan Driessen (COR) 

1979 Topps 

#3 1978 RBI Leaders (Rice/Foster)
#18 Tony Solaita
#33 Dave Rozema

#51 Ray Fosse

#75 Steve Yeager

#82 New York Mets/Joe Torre (TC, MGR, CL)
#90 Bob Boone
#107 Jesus Alou 

#177 Ron Reed 

#220 Cesar Geronimo
#239 Willie Horton 

#255 Tommy John

#271 Rawly Eastwick 

#317 Jose Cardinal 

#336 Bobby Thompson (RC)  

#350 Garry Templeton

#411 All-Time Record Holders: Hits (George Sisler/Ty Cobb) (ATRH)  

#412 All-Time Record Holders: RBI (Hack Wilson/Hank Aaron) (ATRH)

#413 All-Time Record Holders: Home Runs (Maris/Aaron) (ATRH)
#414 All-Time Record Holders: Batting Average (Hornsby/Cobb) (ATRH)
#415 All-Time Record Holders: Stolen Bases (Brock) (ATRH)

#415 All-Time Record Holders: Stolen Bases (Brock) (ATRH) 

#416 All-Time Record Holders: Wins (Jack Chesbro/Cy Young) (ATRH)  

#418 All-Time Record Holders: ERA (Dutch Leonard/Walter Johnson) (ATRH)

#447 Manny Sanguillen

#558 Jay Johnstone 

#577 Milwaukee Brewers (TC,CL)

#603 Rudy May
#612 Rick Honeycutt (RC)
#615 Ken Singleton
#625 Mark Fidrych
#630 Bake McBride
#642 Wilbur Howard 

#653 Warren Brusstar  

#656 Hosken Powell (RC)
#677 Larry Parrish
#685 Sixto Lezcano
#688 Mike Willis

 

1979 Topps (football)

#12 Bernard Jackson

#28 Morris Bradshaw (RC) 

#54 John Sanders 

#54 John Sanders 

#56 Steve Nelson

#61 Ted Fritsch
#86 Butch Johnson 

#100 Chuck Foreman

#107 Nick Mike-Mayer

#101 Joe Klecko 

#140 Brad Van Pelt (AP)

#158 Mike Patrick

#211 Jon Keyworth
#213 John Fitzgerald
#252 Robert Newhouse

#286 Guy Morriss  

#315 Preston Pearson
#362 Scott Dierking

#378 Jeff Siemon

#382 Joe Fields
#389 Ed O'Neil (RC) 

#403 Mike Hogan
#424 Randy Logan

#479 Terry Nelson 
#493 Curtis Johnson

1978-79 Topps (basketball)

#21 Steve Hawes

#64 Leon Douglas (RC) 

#118 Kevin Porter 

1978 Topps  

#11 Rick Manning
#13 Art Howe (RC)

#21 Steve Kemp

#30 George Hendrick
#45 Mark Fidrych 

#137 Craig Kusick  

#145 Rick Monday

#148 Andre Thorton

#190 John Candelaria 

#210 Jose Cardinal   

#248 Frank White

#265 Sal Bando  

#349 Rick Camp

#383 Mario Mendoza

#428 Joel Youngblood  

#480 Ron LeFlore

#533 Sandy Alomar

#562 Glenn Burke (RC) 

#601 Gene Mauch (MGR)

#630 Ron Cey (AS)   

#673 Steve Brye

 

1978 Topps (football)
#461 Sam Hunt
#467 Ray Jarvis

 

1977-78 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#216 Guy Lafleur (RB)

 

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  

#426 Dick Drago

#535 Cesar Geronimo 

#565 Mickey Lolich  

#605 Felix Millan

#607 Larry Demery

#623 Jack Kucek

#626 Al Bumbry

#628 Mario Guerrero 

#648 Jim Spencer 

 

1977 Topps (football)

#170 Chris Hanburger (AP)

#310 Monte Jackson (AP, RC)

#317 Paul Seymour

#350 Bill Bergey (AP)

#413 Don Strock

#494 Otis Sistrunk

#516 Butch Johnson (RC) 

1976 Topps

#274 Tommy Harper
#287 Pete Mackanin
#303 Steve Foucault
#442 Hank Webb

#523 Bob Montgomery

#567 George Stone   

#659 Ben Oglivie

1975 Topps

#11 Bill Melton
#53 Dave Giusti

#79 Gary Matthews 

#166 Woodie Fryman

#170 Bert Campaneris (AS)
#227 Bob Watson

#398 Elias Sosa 

#597 Winston Llenas  

 

1975 Topps (football)
#42 Larry Hand
#47 Bivian Lee
#76 Dave Hampton
#101 Bob Windsor

 

1974 Topps  
#23 Craig Robinson (RC)

#84 Rick Wise  

#99 Brewers Field Leaders (MGR, CO)

#107 Alex Johnson

#113 Dick Drago  

#157 Vic Harris   

#184 Texas Rangers (TC)

#185 Jose Cardinal  

#192 Mario Guerrero

#199 Mike Kekich

#199 Mike Kekich 

#210 Bill Singer
#216 Ray Sadecki

#237 Ken Brett 

#237 Ken Brett

#247 Rick Miller

#305 Tito Fuentes  

#305 Tito Fuentes

#317 Richie Zisk 

#322 Ernie McAnally

#345 Bill North

#347 Sandy Alomar 

#410 Pedro Borbon 

#412 Chuck Taylor

#412 Chuck Taylor 

#435 Dave Concepcion 

#461 John Odom

#466 Dick Billings 

#470 1973 A.L. Playoffs (ALCS) 

#511 Toby Harrah

#512 Joe Lahoud
#519 Bill Sharp (RC) 
#522 J.R. Richard

#583 Marty Pattin  

#631 Steve Barber
#646 George Foster 

#656 Adrian Garrett
#660 Larry Dierker

 

1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn

#73T Mike Marshall 

#123T Nelson Briles

#151T Diego Segui

#270T Ron Santo

#270T Ron Santo 
#458T Jim Ray

#485T Felipe Alou

#485T Felipe Alou  

#648T Terry Crowley
#649T Fernando Gonzalez

 

1974 Topps (football)
#44 Randy Jackson
#57 Milt Sunde
#72 Ron East
#80 John Niland 

1973 Topps
#2 Rich Hebner
#9 Johnny Oats

#14 Sonny Siebert 

#32 Fred Norman

#32 Fred Norman 

#156 Cesar Geronimo

#232 Ken Singleton 

#243 California Angels (TC)

 

1973 Topps (football)
#117 Errol Mann
#145 Dave Hampton (RC)
#192 John Didion (RC)
#237 Malcolm Snider (RC)
#257 Ben Hawkins 

 

1972 Topps  

#24 Ted Ford

#26 Andy Etchebarren

#31 Cleon Jones 

#34 Billy Martin (IA) 

#40 Bob Barton (IA)

#42 Tommy Davis (IA) 

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

#53 Bud Harrelson 

#54 Bud Harrelson (IA)
#55 Clyde Wright   

#55 Clyde Wright

#56 Rich Chiles (RC)
#57 Bob Oliver

#62 Angel Mangual (ASR) 

#70 Mike Cuellar 

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

#110 Ron Hunt 

#113 Rogelio Moret  

#138 Mike Kekich

#219 Rennie Stennett (RC) 

#223 1971 World Series Game #1 (WS)

#233 Jay Johnstone

#240 Rich Allen 

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

#308 Steve Renko (IA)

#323 Earl Weaver (MGR) 

 

1972 Topps (football)
#11 Bobby Joe Green
#89 Bob Babich (RC)

 

1971 Topps

#90 Joe Pepitone

 

1971 Topps (football)
#8 Walt Garrison (RC)

 

1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui

#3 Darrel Chaney

#3 Darrel Chaney

#4 Tom Egan

#7 Indians 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)

#12 John Hiller

#12 John Hiller

#12 John Hiller

#13 Jack Hiatt

#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

#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)

#117 Don Young

#122 George Stone    

#123 Don Gutteridge (MGR)  

#125 Deron Johnson

#127 Joe Coleman 

#130 Ollie Brown

#203 Rudy May

#222 Jim Rooker

#245 Leo Cardenas  

#266 Wally Bunker

#268 Claude Raymond 

#274 Gerry Arigo

#274 Gerry Arigo

#276 Ron Hunt  

#276 Ron Hunt

#277 Paul Doyle (RC) 

#283 Angel Bravo (RC)

#284 Jack Baldschun

#287 Fred Talbot  

#324 Tony Taylor

#332 Bobby Wine 

#338 Paul Schaal 

#372 Dave Giusti

#390 Willie Davis    

#404 Rich Reese

#430 Andy Messersmith

#445 Vada Pinson
#513 Preston Gomez (MGR) 

#517 Joe Gibbon

 

1970 Topps (football)

#167 Tim Rossovich (RC)

 

1969 Topps
#19 Ken Suarez

#42 Tommy Harper

#64 Bill Monbouquette 

#65 Willie Davis 

#72 Ron Taylor

#74 Preston Gomez (MGR)  

#182 Bill Rigney (MGR)

#183 Don Shaw

#195 John Odom

#297 Deron Johnson 

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

 

1969 Topps - Four-in-One Singles (football)
#NNO Ralph Baker
#NNO John Bramlett
#NNO Billy Martin
#NNO Bob Talamini 

 

1968 Topps

#14 Jerry McNertney

#15 Ron Hunt

#52 Hawk Taylor 

#53 Gene Alley 

#81 Larry Jackson  

#81 Larry Jackson 

#112 Woody Fryman

#121 Jimmie Hall

#202 Adolfo Phillips 

#217 Turk Farrell   

#224 Jim Aker

#229 Fred Klages

#245 Tony Gonzalez  

#292 Art Shamsky

#493 Jim McGlothlin  

1967 Topps

#7 Don McMahon 

#18 Gene Oliver

#21 Dave Bristol (MGR) 

#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
#10 Tony Cloninger

#12 John Tsitouris
#13 Lou Johnson

#16 Larry Brown 

#46 Howie Koplitz

#47 J.C. Martin 

#56 Sandy Valdespino  

#57 Jim Lefebvre

#189 John Roseboro    

#333 Senators 1966 Rookie Stars (Coleman/French) (RC, RS)
#378 Dick Tracewski 

 

1965 Topps
#17 Johnny Romano

#83 George Thomas 

#181 Senators 1965 Rookie Stars (Loun/McCabe) (RC, RS)

 

1964 Ed-U-Cards Washington Senators Baseball Card Game
#NNO Ball

1964 Topps 

#20 Bob Friend

#63 Johnny Orsino 

#107 White Sox 1964 Rookie Stars (Bruce Howard/Frank Kreutzer) (RS, RC)

#255 Lee Thomas

 

1963 Topps
#26 Ray Moore

#94 Bob Schmidt 

 

1962 Topps

#19 Ray Washburn (RC, RS)

#38 Gene Stephens

#68 Ken Hunt 

#79 Ed Hobaugh

#93 John Blanchard  

#112 Hank Foiles

#124 Bill Pleis (RC)
#182 Bob Nieman

#203 Jack Fisher

#364 Ken Hunt

 

1961 Post Cereal (F278-33)
#15 Bobby Shantz

 

1961 Topps

#5 Johnny Romano
#14 Don Mossi

#22 Clem Labine
#24 Ken Johnson
#26 Wes Stock

#32 Ray Sadecki

#32 Ray Sadecki 

#53 Russ Nixon 

#64 Alex Grammas  

#125 Steve Barber 

#132 Al Lopez (MGR)  

#212 Haywood Sullivan
#358 Earl Averill

 

1960 Topps

#61 Eddie Kasko   

#69 Billy Goodman

#80 Johnny Antonelli 

#131 Ed Hobaugh (RC, RS)

#131 Ed Hobaugh (RC, RS)

#139 Carl Mathias (RC, RS) 

#154 Jim Davenport

#201 Larry Osborne

#269 Gene Green

#367 Bill Tuttle 

1959 Topps

#79 Harry Chiti 

#132 Don Lee (RS)

#152 Johnny Klippstein

#168 Carroll Hardy  

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

#283 Russ Heman (RC, VAR: white back)

#385 Sherm Lollar

#405 Roy McMillan

1958 Topps

#6 George Zuverink
#23 Bill Tuttle (VAR)

#73 Pete Daley

#92 Clint Courtney (VAR: white letters)  

#103 Jerry Lynch

#208 Cal McLish  

#237 Bill Wight

#336 Bert Hamric

#380 Charley Maxwell

#394 Jim Grant (RC) 

#441 Jim Marshall (RC) 

#447 Ray Monzant
#473 Bill Renna (UER)

1957 Topps

#133 Del Crandall

#226 Preston Ward

#234 Dick Cole  

 

1955 Bowman

#122 Al Corwin

 

1955 Topps

#12 Jake Thies (RC)
#14 Jim Finigan (RC)
#32 Ed McGhee
#48 Bob Kennedy
#49 J.W. Porter
#55 Rip Repulski
#59 Gair Allie
#66 Ron Jackson (RC)
#68 Jim Davis (RC)
#81 Gene Conley

#101 Johnny Gray (RC)  

#121 Bill Renna

 

1955 Bowman (football)
#9 Don Stonesifer

 

1954 Bowman
#8 Jim Busby
#73 Don Mueller

 

1954 Topps

#215 Ed McGhee

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

1953 Topps

#99 Dave Madison (VAR: white text)

#101 Ted Wilks (VAR)

 

1952 Topps Look 'n See (R714-16) (non-sport)
#75 Elias Howe

#92 Louis Daguerre  

 

1952 Topps Wings Friend or Foe (R707-4) (non-sport)
#129 PO-1W Lockheed

 

1951 Bowman (football)
#118 Frank Reagan

 

1950 Bowman
#141 Joe Coleman (RC)
#224 Jack Banta (COR, RC) 

1948 Bowman
#15 Eddie Joost

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

 

1939 Wills's Garden Flowers by Richard Sudell (non-sport)
#38 Petunia

#46 Sweet Sultan

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

 

1938 Churchman's Boxing Personalities (boxing)
#45 Ted Broadribb

#46 Sam Russell
#47 Johnny Sharpe

#48 Arthur J. Elvin 

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

 

1935 Stephen Mitchell & Son "A Gallery of 1934" (non-sport)
#47 Lord Trenchard 

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

 

1930 All-Fair Authors Card Game (non-sport)
#13 Louisa May Alcott 

1928 Player's Flags of the League of Nations (non-sport)
#42 Roumania

 

1925 Sports Records (multi-sport)

#37 Whippet Racing

 

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

 

1924 Lambert & Butler Wonders of Nature (non-sport)
#25 Army-Worms and Fly 

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: 306
Unique trading partners: 77

Number of cards mailed out: 1,654
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 2,412
Year of oldest card received: 1890