The Greatest Red Sox Cards Of 2024

As the end of 2024 approaches, it's time to once again list the 10 greatest Red Sox cards of the past year. According to the TCDB, there have been 11, 225 Red Sox cards produced this year. Now, I'm not going to tell you I looked at every one, but I did manage to weed through thousands and thousands of useless parallels to bring you the cream of the crop. Enjoy!

10. 2024 Stadium Club

#9 Jarren Duran

 

'Murica!

9. 2024 Choice Salem Red Sox

#02 Juan Montero

 

I try to stick with Major League cards on this list, but every now and then a minor league issue just looks so artistically pleasing it beats out the "player on a computer generated background" inserts of the world. I couldn't tell you anything about the player, but this shot of a happy ballplayer behind a fence  just represents everything innocent and good with the game.

8. 2024 Topps Update 

- Legendary Homefield Advantage

#LHA-11 Babe Ruth

 

I don't own this card yet, but I can tell it would look sweet in person. Well done collage of black and white photography, with a shiny overlay.

7. 2024 Topps Now

#438 Jarren Duran

I'm not a fan of the All-Star Game jerseys, and the more I look at Duran's arm tattoos the more they look like a toddler scribbled on him, but there's a lot to like about this card. Bat-shaped trophies are cool, you get a double shot of Duran thanks to the Jumbotron, a great view of the Globe life park field, and as a bonus, a Ted Williams name-drop.

6. 2024 Topps

#187 Joe Jacques (RC)

I was all set to comment how his name appropriately sounds like a term for an athlete, but according to Baseball Reference, it's pronounced like "jakes" and not "jocks". Oh well, he still wins the best Red Sox card in the base set award thanks to some rather pretty but probably cold weather.

5. 2024 Topps Now

#59 Boston Red Sox

Hard to believe that the team that broke the curse was 20 years ago already. Red Sox fans were treated to a great look back this year with an on the field reunion plus a great Netflix documentary (highly recommended). I'm pretty sure those are Tim Wakefield's kids on the right (R.I.P. Wake).

4. 2024 Topps Heritage 

- Baseball Flashbacks

#BF-15 Fred Lynn

These two cool cats took the baseball world by storm in 1975, and the "Gold Dust Twins" have never looked better in their dapper tuxes!

3. 2024 Topps Now

#194 Romy Gonzalez

All the recent talk about the idea of a Golden Batter rule being discussed makes me appreciate this card even more. Romy is a bench/utility guy who stepped up when the team needed him and delivered. No one could have expected him to be the hero that day, but for his efforts he got one amazing card.

2. 2024 Choice Portland Sea Dogs

#11 Tyler McDonough

I became aware of this one-of-a-kind card thanks to a post from The Best Bubble. The only thing preventing it from being the #1 card of the year is that it's a minor league card. I'd love to see a shot like this in a Topps base set though...

1. 2024 Stadium Club

#69 Jason Varitek

Varitek, in full catcher's gear, stares intently as an orbital streak of light and motion hits his glove. I bet he didn't even blink. Throw something that fast at me and I'll flinch every time. I am not the statuesque warrior that Varitek and the men who play that position can claim to be.

So there you have it! Do you agree with my rankings? Any cards that I might have missed?

Relive The Greatest Red Sox Cards Of:

2019 *** 2020 *** 2021 *** 2022 *** 2023

Top 5 Hall Of Fame Tribute: Rickey Henderson

There will never be another Rickey Henderson. Baseball greatness is often compared to greatness that came before. Shohei Ohtani is the Japanese Babe Ruth. Mike Trout was once considered this generation's Mickey Mantle. I would be surprised is any ballplayer, now or in the future, gets mentioned as a contemporary of the great Rickey Henderson. 

As I usual do when a Hall of Famer passes, I go through my collection and hope I have 5 good cards to show off. With Henderson, I had trouble narrowing down to 5 great cards. In the end, I decided to honor the "Man of Steal" with 5 cards all depicting him sliding into base, because that's the enduring image we got from Rickey over a thousand times in his career. Humbly, I present my Top 5 favorite "sliding" Rickey Henderson cards in my collection:

 

1990 Score #698 Rickey Henderson (HL, ALCS)

 

Although speed and Rickey Henderson go hand in hand, it's important to remember he was not a one trick pony. With over 3000 hits and over 2000 walks, he was a master of getting on base. 81 times he led off a game with a home run. Henderson made things happen.

1991 Topps #670 Rickey Henderson

 

Last year, Elly De La Cruz led the majors with 66 stolen bases. If he matched that feat every year for the next 19 years, he still would trail Rickey's stolen base total.

1992 Donruss #193 Rickey Henderson

 

In 1982, Henderson set the single season record for stolen bases with 130, just 13 off from the number of base hits he had that season! He was actually caught stealing an amazing 42 times that year!

 

1993 Fleer #294 Rickey Henderson 

One of his most impressive games happened on July 29, 1989. He walked four times in that game, thus having no official at-bats. He recorded an amazing 5 stolen bases in that game!

 

2021 Stadium Club #235 Rickey Henderson 

Obviously, Henderson made his mark mostly with the Oakland Athletics, as well as some peak career years with the Yankees. Even though he bounced around at the end of his career playing for a total of 9 different teams, he kept playing well and kept stealing bases until his final season in 2003 at the age of 44. He stole over 100 bases after the age of 40, and the only two seasons where he didn't reach at least 20 thefts in a year were his final two ones.

He was arguably the greatest player of the 80's, and energy and confidence made him a favorite of baseball fans everywhere. Rest in peace Rickey. There will never be another player like you.

Merry Christmas!

 

Have a 

It's the best time of the year!

I don't know if there will be

 

but have a 

 of 

Merry Christmas to all of you out in blogger-land! May your stockings be filled with cardboard! (And yes, I did just re-post this from previous years - I'm not lazy, I just have a lot of presents to wrap!)

 

Aaron Judge's Epic Blunder Won Me Cards!

Before the World Series began, Brendan (The View From the Third Floor) had a little contest. All you had to do was pick the players that would finish the World Series with the following criteria (my picks in parenthesis):

• Player with the most Home Runs plus Steals (Ohtani)
• Player with the most Runs Scored plus RBI (Betts)
• Player with the most Innings Pitched minus Earned Runs Allowed (Cole)
• Player with the most Wins plus Saves (Weaver)
• Tie-Breaker Only: Official World Series MVP (Ohtani)

I felt pretty good with my picks, but thanks to Freddie Freman's epic hitting and the randomness of determining wins, my picks didn't fare well at all.

The only one I got right was Gerritt Cole, and that was only due to what can only be called divine intervention: 

 

Despite giving up 5 runs in that famous Game 5 collapse, they were all unearned thanks to the Yankees' sloppy play and lack of fundamentals.

Turns out Cole was the only correct choice anyone picked, and I ended up sharing the win with two others.

For my feeble attempts at guessing, Brendan sent me a nice little stack consisting of Josh Winckowski and a bunch of former Red Sox players:

Favorite Card: It's a toss-up between Eck's Dream Team jacket ad the green-bordered Canseco. 

Thanks for the cards, Brendan!

Trapped In Time: Remnants Of The 111th And 112th Trades

 

I know I've said this many times before, but it amazes me at the cards I've been able to acquire through Time Travel Trading. When I started this project, I figured I would be lucky to score a few 1970s cards in exchange for the cards that were in that original pack of 2018 Topps. All these years later, and I have over 800 cards in the project, with over 20 of them predating WWII! 

The downside to this (if I can even call it that) is that these beautiful cards don't have a strong pull in the collecting community. As great as they are, it's tough finding someone who (A) wants these non-sport cards, and (B) is willing to offer up something even older. Take this trade from July 2021 for example:

 

Trade #111 Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!)

Traded 07/27/21: 1947-66 Exhibits W461 #NNO Al Evans, 1947-66 Exhibits W461 #NNO Ferris Fain (VAR), 1970 Topps #257 Dennis Higgins, 1978-79 Topps (basketball) #52 Aaron James, 1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport) #54 Mad Man!, 1989 Topps Back to the Future Part II (non-sport) #79 Next Stop ... 1885!

 

Received 07/29/21: 

• 1982 O-Pee-Chee #254 Jorge Bell (RC) (See Trade #144)
• 1982 O-Pee-Chee #275 Bob Watson (See Trade #144)
• 1977 Topps (football) #350 Bill Bergey (AP) (See Trade #161)
• 1969 Topps #72 Ron Taylor
• 1935 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America 8th Series (J9-4) (non-sport) #10 California Jay
• 1933 Church & Dwight Useful Birds of America 5th Series (J9-1) (non-sport) #5 Indigo Bunting

 

Maybe somebody will be interested in that Ron Taylor, but I have resigned myself to the fact that these two vibrant blue birds will not be taking flight anytime soon. I've made a point to keep these 1930s cards in the Time Travel Trading project and not add them to my personal collection, as a reminder of how far back I've been able to travel thanks to traders like Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!).

 

Trade #112 Brendan (The View from The Third Floor)
Traded 07/27/21: 1974 Topps (football) #46 Gene Washington, 1974 Topps (football) #316 Thom Darden (RC, UER), 1991 Pacific (football) #97 Michael Irvin, 1991 Pacific (football) #166 Sterling Sharpe

 

Received 07/29/21: 

• 2018 Panini Classics - Red Back (football) #197 John Hannah (SN299) (See Trade #118)
• 2017 Donruss Certified Cuts - Highlight Reels Silver (football) #23 Carson Wentz (SN99)  (See Trade #116)
• 2010 Topps (football) #341 Peyton Manning (AP) (See Trade #144)
• 2010 Topps (football) #RH44-DB Drew Brees (RH) (See Trade #118)
  
• 2000 Pacific Crown Royale (football) #40 Marvin Harrison (See Trade #128)
• 1988 Topps (football) #363 Christian Okoye (RC) (See Trade #166)
• 1983 Topps (football) #264 Rich Karlis (RC) (See Trade #209)
  
• 1970 Topps #31 Marty Pattin
• 1970 Topps #324 Tony Taylor (See Trade #116)
  

 

On the other hand, I'm mildly surprised this card from Brendan (The View From The Third Floor) has lasted as long as it did. I always thought certain cards would generate higher than normal interest, and cards of the short-lived Seattle Pilots would be one those instances. 

Unlike the little birdies, I'll add the two baseball cards to my personal collection if no one claims them by next month's update! You know what to do!

Repack Haiku #390 (Byron Mathews)

Had lone White Sox hit

During exhibition game

At the Hall of Fame

 

1993 Topps
#612 Byron Mathews (DPK, RC)

 

Mathews, who never advanced past the A league professionally, was called up to the White Sox for a 1992 exhibition game in Cooperstown against the Mets. Mets' prospect Bobby Jones pitched a no-hitter into the 7th inning until Mathews hit a single to break it up. 

Source: 1992 Hall of Fame Game

Time Travel Trading Update #96

 

First things first: if you haven't gone to Nachos Grande and voted for his End-of-Year Awards, do it now! Voting ends soon, and this very Time Travel Trading series is up for Favorite Blog Series! (I didn't vote for myself, but I'm not above shamelessly promoting myself to you fine people!) Go vote!

 

Now that I've made that proclamation, on to the good stuff. We have a nice rebound from last time, when I only had two trades to show off. I've got 6 this for you today!

 

We'll start off with a great trade from Tom (The Angels In Order). He picked up a couple of 1961 Topps crads, and sent a variety of cards in return. And yes, that is ALF in a cowboy hat amongst the athletes!

 

I started up the Trapped In Time sub-series with the hopes that I could find homes for cards that have spent 3+ years in the stack. It makes me happy when I can send one out, like when Dominic (Don Cardwell Loves This Blog) rescued a 1966 Topps card from purgatory. 

 

Speaking of remnant cards, non-sports cards can be pretty hit or miss in the trade stack. I had a trio of A-Team cards in the Trapped In Time series awhile back, and spent some time on the TCDB trying to find a home for them as well. That led me to a trade with a member named Chris. I was able to pass on  those cards, as well as some other non-sports cards from the stack, in exchange for some baseball cards that I hope will interest someone.

Time Travel frequent flier Brendan (The View From the Third Floor) come in next with his monthly trade. Although he only picked up one card this time, as usual he generously pads the stack with some bonus cards for others to enjoy!

My other monthly stalwart, Bo (Baseball Cards Come To Life!) took last month's lack of trades as a personal challenge, and included a fantastic and eclectic mix of cards to tempt some of you into making more trades!

 

One more trade that came in just under the wire, this time from another TCDB member named Joseph. He requested a couple of cards, and I was able to pick these two out as my return: 

Once again, I heartfelt thanks to this past month's trade partners! There's so many good cards here I can't wait to see what new trades get generated in the next few days!

 

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:

 

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

 

2022 Topps Chrome
#24 Jared Walsh
#122 Hyun-Jin Ryu

 

2021-22 Donruss - Magicians (basketball)

#7 Kevin Durant

 

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

 

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 Topps
#264 Roy Halladay (CL, REC)

2012 Topps Stickers
#237 Bernie Brewer (MAS)     

 

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 Topps Turkey Red
#29 Alex Gordon (RC)

 

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)

 

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

 

2004 Topps
#366 Frank Thomas (AS)

 

2002 Fleer Maximum

#82 Dante Bichette

 

2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
#88 Andy Petitte

 

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 Donruss - Diamond Kings
#6 Kenny Lofton (DK, SN10000, PR9500)

 

1998 Pinnacle Performers
#14 Hideo Nomo

 

1998 SkyBox Dugout Axcess
#62 Sandy Alomar Jr.

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

 

1997 Pinnacle Inside
#111 Matt Williams

1997 Pinnacle X-Press
#64 Craig Biggio    

 

1997 Scoreboard Mickey Mantle
#71 Mickey Mantle Day (1965)

1996 Leaf

#10 Matt Lawton (RC)

 

1996 SP

#186 Hideo Nomo (CL)   

 

1995 Cardtoons
#7 Fowl Boggs

 

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 Finest
#413 Mark Portugal

 

1994 Leaf
#121 Don Mattingly
#254 Tony Gwynn 

 

1994 Panini Stickers
#207 Sean Berry
#208 Wil Cordero  

 

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

 

1993-94 Score (hockey)
#442 Mark Recchi (LBM) 

 

1993 Leaf
#367 Tim Laker (RC)

 

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 Diet Pepsi
#9 Bryan Harvey

 

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

#500 Jose Canseco

#845 Kenny Lofton (RP)    

 

1992 Score - 90's Impact Players
#77 Greg Maddux 

1992 JOGO - Missing Years (football)
#8A Junior Ah You
#9A Mike Samples
#10A Ray Nettles
#11A Dickie Harris
#19A Steve Molnar
#20A Jerry Tagge
#21A Leon Bright
#22A Waddell Smith

 

1992 Topps Batman Returns (non-sport)
#51 Sabotaging the Batmobile
#61 Oswald Outwitted!

 

1991-92 O-Pee-Chee Premier (hockey)
#127 John Cullen

1991-92 Pinnacle French (hockey)
#252 Paul Ranheim

 

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

 

1991-92 Pro Set French (hockey)
#306 Brian Skrudland (AS)

 

1991-92 Score Canadian English (hockey)
#349 Joe Sacco (TP, RC) 

 

1991-92 Upper Deck (basketbal)

#31 Malone vs. Barkley (CC)

#47 Moses Malone (VAR)  

 

1991 Classic Best
#346 Steve Vondran 

 

1991 Donruss
#1 Dave Stieb (DK, VAR)
#18 Matt Williams (DK, VAR)

#43 Ray Langford (RR, VAR)

#650 Steve Balboni (VAR) 

 

1991 O-Pee-Chee Premier
#6 George Bell
#15 Hubie Brooks
#114 Luis Sojo 

 

1991 Score

#180 Sid Fernandez

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

 

1991 Topps
#62 Lee Guetterman (VAR: dark logo)
#178 Dave Valle (VAR: dark logo)
#299 Scott Radinsky (ASR)
#511 Steve Balboni (VAR: dark logo)

#575 Robin Yount

#727 Mookie Wilson (VAR: dark logo) 

1991 Ultra
#130 Lou Whitaker  

 

1991 Upper Deck

#265 Sammy Sosa (UER)

#265 Sammy Sosa (UER)
#642 Kent Mercker

#743 Deion Sanders

 

1991 Fleer (football)

#305 Otis Anderson  

 

1991 Pro Set (football)

#284 Coutney Hall

#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

 

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

#134 Johnny Unitas  

 

1990-91 7th Inning Sketch QMJHL (hockey)
#205 Eric Bissonnette

1990-91 O-Pee-Chee Premier (hockey)
#46 Jody Hull (RC)

 

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

#86 Ronald Harper (VAR)
#195 Jeff Malone  

 

1990-91 Hoops (basketball)

#69 Scottie Pippen

 

1990-91 Skybox (basketball)
#93 Isiah Thomas 

 

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

1990 Fleer

#296 Julio Franco (VAR) 

#622 Fernando Valenzuela (POD, VAR)  

 

1990 Pacific Legends
#34 Don Kessinger

 

1990 Pacific Senior League
#95 Rich Gale
#154 Wayne Nordhagen 

 

1990 Topps
#7 Rickey Henderson (RB)

#61 Deion Sanders (RC) 

#510 Doc Gooden  

#535 John Smoltz

#663 Fred Lynn (TBC)

#698 Omar Vizquel  

1990 Upper Deck
#13 Deion Sanders (SR)

#50 Will Clark (SPCL, UER)

#684 Jack Armstrong

 

1990 Score (football)

#436 Chet Brooks (RC)

#440 Deron Cherry    

 

1990 Topps Kay-Bee Kings of Baseball
#20 Dale Murphy

 

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

 

1989-90 O-Pee-Chee (hockey)
#141 Mike Allison 

 

1989-90 Fleer (basketball)

#112 Ron Anderson (RC)

#119 Tom Chambers  

1989-90 Hoops (basketball)
#64 Armon Gilliam

 

1989 Classic
#176 Kirby Puckett 

1989 Donruss
#255 Mark Grace (VAR)

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

   

1989 Score
#507 Brian Holton (ERR)

 

1989 Star
#42 Bob Hamelin
#51 Rich Garces

#77 Charles Nagy

#84 Steve Decker 

 

1989 Topps
#161 Gregg Olson (FRDP, RC)
#437 Andy Benes (FRDP, RC)

#573 Jim Abbott (FRDP, RC)

#628 Matt Williams

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

#764 Robin Ventura (FRDP, RC) 

 

1989 Topps Hills Team MVP's
#2 Wade Boggs

#27 Dave Stewart 

 

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

#348 Ellis Burks (RC)  

 

1988 Leaf
#207 Ryne Sandberg

 

1988 Pacific Legends I
#11 Harvey Haddix

#33 Don Newcombe
#70 Vic Raschi  

#71 Chuck Connors

 

1988 Score
#385 Tony Gwynn

#546 Todd Benzinger (RC)

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

#655 Juan Nieves (HL)

 

1988 Topps
#70 Roger Clemens

#662 Jim Rice (TBC)

#745 Bill Doran 

 

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

#30 Terry Steinbach  

 

1988 Topps Traded

#9T Bret Barberie (OLY, XRC)

 

1987-88 Topps (hockey)
#119 Kelly Hrudey 

1987 Donruss
#404 Bud Black

#655 Luis Aquino (RC)

 

1987 Fleer Update - Glossy
#U-69 Bill Madlock 

 

1987 Fleer Limited Edition
#16 Steve Garvey 

 

1987 Fleer Update
#U-108 Kevin Seitzer

1987 Topps 

#139 Devon White (RC)

#425 Tom Seaver

#619 Jerry Reed   

 

1987 Topps Traded
#93T Pat Pacillo
#116T Mike Stanley

1987 Zoot U.S. of ALF (non-sport)
#43 Texas - The Lone Star State

 

1986 Donruss

#48 Robin Yount

#61 Mike Schmidt 

#287 Claudell Washington

#256 Curtis Wilkerson  

#595 Carlos Ponce (RC)

 

1986 Donruss Highlights
#1 Will Clark
#25 Fernando Valenzuela

#33 Ernie Lombardi
#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

#214 Randy Bush 

#233 Steve Lyons 

#495 Mark Langston

#510 Wade Boggs
#765 Don Baylor   

 

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

 

1986 True Value Super Stars
#6 Fernando Valenzuela 

 

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

 

1985 Fleer Update
#U-10 Hubie Brooks

 

1985 Topps
#403 Cory Snyder (OLY, RC)   

 

1985 Topps Woolworth All Time Record Holders
#5 Lou Brock

 

1985 Topps (football)
#38 Bill Bates (RC)

#38 Bill Bates (RC)  

#53 Lions Team Leaders (TL)

#241 Tom Jackson 

 

1984-85 Topps (hockey)
#3 Tom Fergus 

 

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

#167 Marshall Edwards
#368 Hubie Brooks

 

1983 Donruss
#22 Johnny Bench (DK) 

 

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

 

1983 O-Pee-Chee
#179 Luis Tiant (SV) 

 

1983 Topps (football)
#109 George Rogers (TL)

#140 Carl Hairston

#141 Dennis Harrison (PB)
#156 Roy Green (RC) 
#163 Jeff Moore (TL)

1983 Topps The A-Team (non-sport)

#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 TCMA Baseball's Greatest Pitchers (White Backs)
#18 Grover Alexander 

 

1982 Topps

#1 Steve Carlton (HL)

#101 Mike Schmidt (IA)  

#305 Don Sutton

#412 Luis Leal

 

1982 Topps (football) 

#21 Bills 1981 Team Leaders (TL)

 

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

 
1981 Donruss  

#33 Steve Carlton

#67 Keith Hernandez

#77 Gene Garber 

#124 Jerry Mumphrey

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

#192 Darrell Evans 

#375 Don Robinson 

#386 Doc Medich  

#397 Elliott Maddux

#419 Derrel Thomas 

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

#475 Tim Stoddard

#485 Lenny Randle

#569 Danny Ainge (RC)

 

1981 Fleer

#8 Larry Christenson   

#66 Denny Walling

#427 Steve Braun

#445 Al Holland (RC)
#450 Johnnie LeMaster 

#595 Maury Wills (MGR)

1981 Topps

#40 Tug McGraw

#121 Larry Harlow 

#372 Jay Johnstone  

#375 Dave Concepcion

#376 Ron Reed 

#598 George Vuckovich (RC)  

 

1981 Topps (football)

#32 Doug Williams

#58 Mike Renfro 

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

#173 Jim Haslett (RC)
#237 Bob Parsons 

#408 Ron Jaworski (SA)

#423 Pat Thomas (RC)

#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

#645 Rick Burleson   

 

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

#45 Bert Jones
#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
#688 Mike Willis

#690 Buddy Bell

 

1979 Topps (football)

#12 Bernard Jackson

#28 Morris Bradshaw (RC) 

#54 John Sanders 

#54 John Sanders 

#56 Steve Nelson

#61 Ted Fritsch

#85 Wilbert Montgomery (AP, RC)
#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

#519 Kevin Long (RC) 

1978 Topps  

#11 Rick Manning
#13 Art Howe (RC)

#21 Steve Kemp

#30 George Hendrick

#123 Manny Trillo

#137 Craig Kusick  

#145 Rick Monday

#146 Doyle Alexander

#190 John Candelaria 

#210 Jose Cardinal   

#248 Frank White

#265 Sal Bando   

#347 Terry Forster

#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 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

#617 Bobby Darwin 

#623 Jack Kucek

#626 Al Bumbry

#628 Mario Guerrero 

#648 Jim Spencer 

 

1977 Topps (football)

#310 Monte Jackson (AP, RC)

#317 Paul Seymour

#413 Don Strock

#494 Otis Sistrunk

1976 Topps

#274 Tommy Harper
#287 Pete Mackanin
#303 Steve Foucault

#431 Dick Ruthven
#442 Hank Webb

#523 Bob Montgomery

#659 Ben Oglivie

 

1975 Topps

#11 Bill Melton
#53 Dave Giusti

#79 Gary Matthews 

#166 Woodie Fryman

#170 Bert Campaneris (AS)
#227 Bob Watson

#283 Steve Foucault

#398 Elias Sosa 

#597 Winston Llenas  

 

1975 Topps (football)
#47 Bivian Lee
#101 Bob Windsor

 

1974 Topps  
#23 Craig Robinson (RC)

#84 Rick Wise  

#99 Brewers Field Leaders (MGR, CO)

#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

#317 Richie Zisk 

#322 Ernie McAnally

#345 Bill North

#347 Sandy Alomar 

#410 Pedro Borbon 

#412 Chuck Taylor

#412 Chuck Taylor 

#435 Dave Concepcion 

#466 Dick Billings 

#470 1973 A.L. Playoffs (ALCS) 

#511 Toby Harrah
#522 J.R. Richard  

#604 1974 Rookie Infielders (Hughes/Knox/Thornton/White) (RC)

#631 Steve Barber
#646 George Foster 

#656 Adrian Garrett

 

1974 Topps - Traded
#43T Jim Wynn

#73T Mike Marshall 

#123T Nelson Briles

#151T Diego Segui

#270T Ron Santo 

#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

#32 Fred Norman

#32 Fred Norman 

#156 Cesar Geronimo

#232 Ken Singleton 

#243 California Angels (TC)

 

1972 TCMA The 1930's
#279 Julius Solters 

 

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 

#138 Mike Kekich

#160 Andy Messersmith 

#190 Dave Giusti 

#219 Rennie Stennett (RC) 

#223 1971 World Series Game #1 (WS)

#233 Jay Johnstone  

#250 Boog Powell
#267 Dave Concepcion

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

#308 Steve Renko (IA)

#320 Steve Blass 

#323 Earl Weaver (MGR)  

#332 Buck Martinez
#355 Bob Watson
#367 Ron Perranoski
#369 Jim Lefebvre

 

1972 Topps (football)
#11 Bobby Joe Green

 

1971 Topps

#16 Ken Singleton (RC) 

#78 Jim Spencer

#90 Joe Pepitone 

#105 Tony Conigliaro
#161 Coins Checklist (CL, VAR)

 

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

#86 Edgar Chandler (RC) 

 

1970 Topps
#2 Diego Segui

#3 Darrel Chaney

#4 Tom Egan

#7 Indians 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, RC)

#12 John Hiller

#12 John Hiller

#13 Jack Hiatt

#18 Carlos May  

#18 Carlos May

#19 John Boccabella

#28 Billy Wilson

#29 Sandy Alomar  

#30 Matty Alou

#31 Marty Pattin

#34 Willie Crawford

#36 Reds 1970 Rookie Stars (RS, 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

#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    

#125 Deron Johnson

#127 Joe Coleman 

#130 Ollie Brown

#203 Rudy May

#222 Jim Rooker

#245 Leo Cardenas  

#266 Wally Bunker

#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   

#319 Clayton Dalrymple

#324 Tony Taylor

#332 Bobby Wine 

#338 Paul Schaal 

#372 Dave Giusti

#404 Rich Reese

#418 John Donaldson 

#430 Andy Messersmith

#445 Vada Pinson
#513 Preston Gomez (MGR) 

#517 Joe Gibbon

#561 Tom McCraw 

 

1970 Topps (football)

#167 Tim Rossovich (RC)

 

1969-70 Topps (hockey)
#21 Phil Goyette

 

1969 Topps
#19 Ken Suarez

#42 Tommy Harper

#64 Bill Monbouquette 

#65 Willie Davis 

#72 Ron Taylor

#74 Preston Gomez (MGR)  

#183 Don Shaw

#195 John Odom

#297 Deron Johnson 

#317 Bruce Look (RC)
#383 Casey Cox

 

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

#217 Turk Farrell   

#224 Jim Aker

#229 Fred Klages

#245 Tony Gonzalez  

#292 Art Shamsky

#493 Jim McGlothlin  

 

1967-68 Topps (hockey)
#30 Reg Fleming

1967 Topps

#7 Don McMahon

#21 Dave Bristol (MGR) 

#24 Bob Allen 

#54 Dick Green 

#58 Paul Schaal (VAR: normal bat)   

#84 Tommie Sisk

#119 Wade Blasingame

#214 Tom Kelley

#224 Walt Bond 

1966 Topps
#10 Tony Cloninger

#12 John Tsitouris
#13 Lou Johnson

#16 Larry Brown 

#47 J.C. Martin  

#57 Jim Lefebvre  

#196 Don Pavletich

#208 Bob Miller

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

 

1965 Topps

#23 Bob Tiefenauer

#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

#38 Gene Stephens

#68 Ken Hunt 

#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

#32 Ray Sadecki

#32 Ray Sadecki 

#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  

#411 Ed Bailey (VAR: white back)
#501 Bob Schmidt

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)

#92 Clint Courtney (VAR: white letters)  

#103 Jerry Lynch

#208 Cal McLish  

#237 Bill Wight

#336 Bert Hamric

#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)

#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

 

1936 Godfrey Phillips Screen Stars Embossed (Series B) (non-sport)
#4 Robert Taylor  

#33 Kay Francis

 

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: 335
Unique trading partners: 82

Number of cards mailed out: 1,789
Year of oldest card mailed out: 1910-11

Number of cards received: 2,596
Year of oldest card received: 1890