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DaClyde
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Has anyone else noticed glaring (and not so glaring) omissions of cards issued for the players the collect? Maury Wills is probably the poster boy for missing cards, but it happens more than I'd expect in modern sets.
For example, Dave Henderson's rookie card is in the 1982 Topps set, shared with two other players. He was a regular in the Mariners lineup, but didn't get a solo card in the 1982 Topps Traded set. Despite being a starter, he was also left out of the 1983 Donruss set. Hendu showed up for the first time in the 1984 Donruss set, but was then left out of the 1985 Donruss set as well. On the minor league side of his career, he spent most of 1981 in Spokane, but didn't rate a card in their 1981 TCMA team set.
Hensley Meulens, while getting his first card in the 1989 Donruss set, and then being a Rated Rookie in the 1991 Donruss set, has no 1990 Donruss card, despite being in all of the other main 1990 sets. Maybe that was a result of their inclusion of the All Stars in the base set that year. But he was also left out of 1990 Bowman, which was Topps most prospect-heavy set, despite making it into the main 1990 Topps base set. In 1992, he spent the almost all of 1992 in Columbus, but was left out of both the 1992 ProCards Tomorrows Heroes and 1992 Skybox AAA minor league sets. Meulens goes to Japan in 1994, plays there though 1996, yet doesn't get a single card from Calbee, the oldest continuous issuer of baseball cards in Japan, despite being in all three of the much more obscure Takara Pro-Baseball game sets. Fast forward to 1997, and Bam Bam is playing with the Ottawa Lynx, the AAA affiliate of the Expos. Despite playing 121 games with them and leading the team in multiple statistical categories, he is completely absent from their yearly team set.
What are your players' missing cards?
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As requested, here is the running list of cards that should have been (for one reason or another). For players that didn't get any cards at all in a year, I'll just list them as missing their Topps card.
1952-1958 Topps Stan Musial
1954-55 Bowman Stan Musial
1954 Bowman Hank Aaron
1954-55 Topps Mickey Mantle
1955 Bowman Sandy Koufax
1955 Bowman Roberto Clemente
1964-1970 Topps Tony Horton
1966 Topps Robin Roberts (CHC)
1975 Topps (Traded?) Harmon Killebrew (KCR)
1977 Topps Goose Gossage (PIT)
1977 Topps (Traded?) Reggie Jackson (BAL)
1978 Topps Jim Bouton (ATL)
1978 Topps Gorman Thomas
1983 Donruss Dave Henderson
1985 Donruss Dave Henderson
1987/88 Topps (Traded?) Phil Niekro (TOR)
1990 Bowman Hensley Meulens
1990 Donruss Frank Thomas
1990 Donruss Hensley Meulens
1990 Upper Deck Frank Thomas
1992 Topps All-Star Ken Griffey Jr.
1992 Triple Play Dave Winfield
1993 Donruss George Brett
1993 Finest Derek Jeter
1993 Fleer Ozzie Smith
1993 Triple Play Barry Bonds
1994 Bowman Mariano Rivera
1995 Topps Matt Stairs (BOS)
1995 Topps Dave Hollins (BOS)
1995 Topps Update Tuffy Rhodes (BOS)
1996 Topps Mariano Rivera
1997 Flair Will Clark
1997 Ottawa Lynx Hensley Meulens
1997 Topps Gold Label Will Clark
1997 Topps Update Hensley Meulens (MON)
1998 Topps Update Hensley Meulens (ARI)
1998 Topps Update Mike Piazza (FLA)
1998-2006 Topps Jason Varitek
2000 Topps Gary Gaetti (BOS)
2007 (any brand) Sandy Alomar Jr. (NYM)
2009-2014 Topps Matt Wieters
2011 Topps Hideki Matsui (OAK)
2012 Topps Update Hideki Matsui (TB)
2013-2014 Topps Ichiro Suzuki
For example, Dave Henderson's rookie card is in the 1982 Topps set, shared with two other players. He was a regular in the Mariners lineup, but didn't get a solo card in the 1982 Topps Traded set. Despite being a starter, he was also left out of the 1983 Donruss set. Hendu showed up for the first time in the 1984 Donruss set, but was then left out of the 1985 Donruss set as well. On the minor league side of his career, he spent most of 1981 in Spokane, but didn't rate a card in their 1981 TCMA team set.
Hensley Meulens, while getting his first card in the 1989 Donruss set, and then being a Rated Rookie in the 1991 Donruss set, has no 1990 Donruss card, despite being in all of the other main 1990 sets. Maybe that was a result of their inclusion of the All Stars in the base set that year. But he was also left out of 1990 Bowman, which was Topps most prospect-heavy set, despite making it into the main 1990 Topps base set. In 1992, he spent the almost all of 1992 in Columbus, but was left out of both the 1992 ProCards Tomorrows Heroes and 1992 Skybox AAA minor league sets. Meulens goes to Japan in 1994, plays there though 1996, yet doesn't get a single card from Calbee, the oldest continuous issuer of baseball cards in Japan, despite being in all three of the much more obscure Takara Pro-Baseball game sets. Fast forward to 1997, and Bam Bam is playing with the Ottawa Lynx, the AAA affiliate of the Expos. Despite playing 121 games with them and leading the team in multiple statistical categories, he is completely absent from their yearly team set.
What are your players' missing cards?
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As requested, here is the running list of cards that should have been (for one reason or another). For players that didn't get any cards at all in a year, I'll just list them as missing their Topps card.
1952-1958 Topps Stan Musial
1954-55 Bowman Stan Musial
1954 Bowman Hank Aaron
1954-55 Topps Mickey Mantle
1955 Bowman Sandy Koufax
1955 Bowman Roberto Clemente
1964-1970 Topps Tony Horton
1966 Topps Robin Roberts (CHC)
1975 Topps (Traded?) Harmon Killebrew (KCR)
1977 Topps Goose Gossage (PIT)
1977 Topps (Traded?) Reggie Jackson (BAL)
1978 Topps Jim Bouton (ATL)
1978 Topps Gorman Thomas
1983 Donruss Dave Henderson
1985 Donruss Dave Henderson
1987/88 Topps (Traded?) Phil Niekro (TOR)
1990 Bowman Hensley Meulens
1990 Donruss Frank Thomas
1990 Donruss Hensley Meulens
1990 Upper Deck Frank Thomas
1992 Topps All-Star Ken Griffey Jr.
1992 Triple Play Dave Winfield
1993 Donruss George Brett
1993 Finest Derek Jeter
1993 Fleer Ozzie Smith
1993 Triple Play Barry Bonds
1994 Bowman Mariano Rivera
1995 Topps Matt Stairs (BOS)
1995 Topps Dave Hollins (BOS)
1995 Topps Update Tuffy Rhodes (BOS)
1996 Topps Mariano Rivera
1997 Flair Will Clark
1997 Ottawa Lynx Hensley Meulens
1997 Topps Gold Label Will Clark
1997 Topps Update Hensley Meulens (MON)
1998 Topps Update Hensley Meulens (ARI)
1998 Topps Update Mike Piazza (FLA)
1998-2006 Topps Jason Varitek
2000 Topps Gary Gaetti (BOS)
2007 (any brand) Sandy Alomar Jr. (NYM)
2009-2014 Topps Matt Wieters
2011 Topps Hideki Matsui (OAK)
2012 Topps Update Hideki Matsui (TB)
2013-2014 Topps Ichiro Suzuki
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