What SHOULD'VE been! (Players never issued in particular sets)

petMonster · Oct 14, 2012

I do it all the time and I'm sure many of you do as well. You're shuffling through some old cards and see a 1990 Donruss Sammy Sosa RC, for instance. Then a little later you see a 1990 Donruss Juan Gonzalez RC. And then even later you see a 1990 Donruss Baseball's Best Greg Vaughn. Suddenly you start to think to yourself, "How in the heck did Frank Thomas NOT get included in 1990 Donruss?!"

Forget about the specifics of why certain players were never included in certain sets...what are some of the cards you wish were issued but never were?

For me it's a lot of early 1990's rookie and insert cards. I wish I could've seen:

1991 Fleer Ultra Update Jim Thome
1991 Leaf Gold Rookies Jim Thome and Chipper Jones
1989 Upper Deck Curt Schilling and Robin Ventura
1984 Topps Traded Clemens and Puckett (since Fleer managed to included them in the '84 Update set)
1992 Fleer Rookie Sensations Mike Piazza
1954 and 1955 Bowman Warren Spahn
early 1990's Upper Deck Warren Spahn Heroes of Baseball insert set w/ auto (like the Reggie Jackson, Nolan Ryan, Hank Aaron sets, etc)
+ tons more

JzWand · Oct 14, 2012

1982 Sandberg traded
1986 Bo Jackson fleer or donruss update

RAZOR-Z · Oct 14, 2012

Why wasn't there a Canseco for the 1986 LEAF Rated Rookie version? - McGriff had one.

Hendersonfan · Oct 14, 2012

1979 Topps Traded Rickey

petMonster · Oct 14, 2012

RAZOR-Z said:
Why wasn't there a Canseco in the 1986 LEAF Rated Rookie version - McGriff had one.

True. I see no reason why all the '86 Donruss couldn't be issued in Leaf as well. Would be a nice card to have.

djrulz · Oct 14, 2012

1993 finest Jeter
1993 ultra Jeter
1993 fleer Jeter

petMonster · Oct 14, 2012

djrulz said:
1993 finest Jeter
1993 ultra Jeter
1993 fleer Jeter

OMG! A '93 Finest Jeter and a refractor!!!! Now THAT would be sick!!!

AmishDave · Oct 14, 2012

What about a Jeter / Ripken Pinnacle Idols (if they would've kept the set going from the '92 version) ?

Austin · Oct 14, 2012

1983 Topps Traded Don Mattingly
1989 Topps Ken Griffey, Jr.
1981 Fleer Tim Raines
1981 Donruss Fernando Valenzuela
1987 Fleer and Topps Greg Maddux
1988 Fleer and Topps Roberto Alomar
1990 Upper Deck, Fleer and Score Frank Thomas
1952-1957 Topps Stan Musial
1952, 1953, 1959, 1960 Topps Ted Williams
Tons of Stars who had Bowman or Topps exclusive contracts in the early '50s, like no 1954 or 1955 Topps Mickey Mantle

BBCgalaxee · Oct 14, 2012

1983 t,d,f mattingly
1992 topps usa a rod
1990 leaf bernie williams, juan gonzalez
1997 bc ortiz
02 bcdp autos: granderson, votto, cain

petMonster · Oct 14, 2012

55_marlins_sp said:
What about a Jeter / Ripken Pinnacle Idols (if they would've kept the set going from the '92 version) ?

That reminds me...how about a 1993 Pinnacle "Rookie Team Pinnacle" Jeter? The one they put out for shortstop was Wil Cordero/Manny Alexander.

And the edges on the "back" of those Team Pinnacle cards were so condition sensitive (like the '93 SP foils) that a BGS/PSA 10 would be such a rare find and a prized possession in any Jeter collection.

petMonster · Oct 14, 2012

djrulz said:
1993 finest Jeter
1993 ultra Jeter
1993 fleer Jeter

Also 1993 Flair and a Wave of the Future insert. I guess they left a ton of possible Jeter RCs on the table.

Jose Reyes Collector · Oct 14, 2012

I made these when I was about 15 and just starting to learn about photoshop. Figured it would be interested to see what some rookies which were never made would look like.

AmishDave · Oct 14, 2012

Those are fancy looking ! But Uggla would be in a D-backs uni

Jose Reyes Collector said:
I made these when I was about 15 and just starting to learn about photoshop. Figured it would be interested to see what some rookies which were never made would look like.

sportscardtheory · Oct 14, 2012

1967 Topps Nolan Ryan RC
1974 Topps George Brett RC
1974 Topps Traded Robin Yount XRC
1976 Topps Traded Andre Dawson XRC
1977 Topps Eddie Murray RC
1978 Topps Ozzie Smith RC
1979 Topps Rickey Henderson RC
1981 Topps Traded Cal Ripken Jr. XRC
1983 Topps Traded Joe Carter XRC
1986 Donruss Rookies Barry Larkin XRC
1986 Fleer Update Barry Larkin XRC
1986 Topps Traded Barry Larkin XRC
1986 Donruss Rookies Greg Maddux XRC
1986 Fleer Update Greg Maddux XRC
1986 Topps Traded Greg Maddux XRC
1986 Fleer Update Fred McGriff XRC
1986 Topps Traded Fred McGriff XRC
1988 Topps Traded Craig Biggio XRC
1988 Donruss Rookies Randy Johnson XRC
1988 Fleer Update Randy Johnson XRC
1988 Score Rookie/Traded Randy Johnson XRC
1988 Topps Traded Randy Johnson XRC
1989 Bowman Randy Johnson RC
1989 Bowman Omar Vizquel RC
1989 Upper Deck Curt Schilling RC
1990 Leaf Juan Gonzalez RC
1991 Stadium Club Chipper Jones RC
1991 Stadium Club Mike Mussina RC
1991 Stadium Club Ivan Rodriguez RC
1991 Stadium Club Jim Thome RC
1991 Bowman Pedro Martinez
1991 Topps Traded Pedro Martinez RC
1991 Ultra Update Pedro Martinez RC
1992 Bowman Jeff Kent RC
1994 Topps Traded Alex Rodriguez RC

Working list.

1st4040 · Oct 14, 2012

Jose Canseco

05 Prime Patches logoman
05 Prime Patches bat knob
Topps Triple Threads "Bash Brothers" with Mac would be really cool too

uniquebaseballcards · Oct 14, 2012

Base Topps/Topps Chrome should be able to find a way to include certain high-caliber veteran players who retired the prior off-season just so there'd be a complete run for that player that shows all that player's stats.

For example, Chipper should have a 2013 Topps/Topps Chrome issue that shows his complete career stats, but he won't given precedent. Neither will Omar Vizquel.

Mighty Bombjack · Oct 14, 2012

My favorite modern set is 2001 Topps Tribute, and it bothers me that the set didn't include every player with a retired number due to contractual issues. The set just feels unfinished without Mantle and Williams (though both were given a nod in the form of buybacks).

petMonster · Oct 14, 2012

1st4040 said:
Jose Canseco

05 Prime Patches logoman
05 Prime Patches bat knob
Topps Triple Threads "Bash Brothers" with Mac would be really cool too

I figured you would have a couple Canseco "should'ves." That TTT Bash Brothers idea is so good I wouldn't be surprised to see it next year if Topps were to read this. As a White Sox fan, a Triple Threads "Four Horsemen" card spotlighting the four pitchers (Buehrle, Garcia, Contreras, and Garland) who each threw complete games in games 2-5 of the 2005 ALCS would be awesome, too.

petMonster · Oct 14, 2012

Austin said:
1983 Topps Traded Don Mattingly
1989 Topps Ken Griffey, Jr.
1981 Fleer Tim Raines
1981 Donruss Fernando Valenzuela
1987 Fleer and Topps Greg Maddux
1988 Fleer and Topps Roberto Alomar
1990 Upper Deck, Fleer and Score Frank Thomas
1952-1957 Topps Stan Musial
1952, 1953, 1959, 1960 Topps Ted Williams
Tons of Stars who had Bowman or Topps exclusive contracts in the early '50s, like no 1954 or 1955 Topps Mickey Mantle

At least we got to see what Griffey looked like on an '89 Topps, even if it was the Traded issue. Same with Maddux and Alomar. Frank Thomas did have a Score and Score Traded, but no Upper Deck (how did that happen?!). I definitely agree with you about all those Bowman vs Topps stars in the early '50's, though. I'd love to have me a 1954 and 1955 Bowman Spahn.

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