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Q7: What are some additional useful to know baseball card collecting terms ? (part 3) High Numbers - vintage cards were issued in the ‘50s-‘70s in a series. During the baseball season, the largest number of cards were made. As the schedule progressed into September, when there would be less interest in baseball cards , Topps for one, specifically decreased production and hence much less product was available. As a result, a scarcity-factor was created and a premium holds for these first type of "short-printed" cards. Inserts - special randomly-inserted cards which are not part of the regular set. Many modern inserts are sequentially-numbered and rarer than the card sets into which they are inserted. O-Pee-Chee / OPC - a subsidiary of Topps, this card issue was produced specifically for distribution in Canada. Promotional Card - generally referred to as cards issued to show what the product will look like on release and intended to help spur future sales. Often called a "promo" card. Reprint - cards issued to reproduce the originals. With the current trend of vintage reprints, the new versions have a distinguishing characteristic evidenced by numbering. Restored - a card or piece of memorabilia which someone has tried to return to a "like-new" condition. A restored card is considered to be of very little value. Rookie Card - any league-licensed, widely distributed card to feature a player in his first year of trading cards. Series - a group of cards within an issue deliberately split up by the manufacturer to distribute at different times of the year. (i.e.- vintage 1st series cards 1-100 were released in April and 2nd series cards 101-200 were released in July, etc.). Short Print (SP) - a card printed to a lesser quantity than other cards in a set. Many recent short prints are also individually & serially-numbered. Baseball, Football, Basketball and Hockey Memorabilia Cards (T8) It's cool to have a card of your favorite player. It's even cooler to have your favorite player's jersey or bat. Well just think how cool it is to have a card of your favorite player embedded with a piece of his bat or jersey that he used in a real major league game !!! That's the concept that Upper Deck dazzled the hobby with in 1996. Ever since the hobby has been in love with Game-Used memorabilia cards and they have become a staple of sportscard collecting. Originally they were very scarce inserts with less than 1 every few boxes. Now these insert cards are so popular that many products include one in every pack. Be sure you visit our Game-Used card section with nearly 1,000 available at discount prices.

***  HOME RUNS  -  ALL-TIME Leaders  ***
Rank Player (age)        Home Runs
 1.  Hank Aaron HOF        755
 2.  Babe Ruth HOF         714
 3.+ BARRY BONDS (40)      708
 4.  Willie Mays HOF       660
 5.  Sammy Sosa            588
 6.  Frank Robinson HOF    586
 7.  Mark McGwire          583
 8.  Harmon Killebrew HOF  573
 9.  Rafael Palmeiro       569
10.  Reggie Jackson HOF    563
11.  Mike Schmidt HOF      548
12.+ KEN GRIFFEY JR (35)   536
     Mickey Mantle HOF     536
14.  Jimmie Foxx HOF       534
15.  Willie McCovey HOF    521
     Ted Williams HOF      521
17.  Ernie Banks HOF       512
     Eddie Mathews HOF     512
19.  Mel Ott HOF           511
20.  Eddie Murray HOF      504
21.  Lou Gehrig HOF        493
     Fred McGriff          493
23.  Stan Musial HOF       475
     Willie Stargell HOF   475
25.  Dave Winfield HOF     465
26.  Jose Canseco          462
27.  Carl Yastrzemski HOF  452
28.  Jeff Bagwell          449
   + GARY SHEFFIELD (36)   449
30.+ FRANK THOMAS (37)     448
31.  Dave Kingman          442
32.  Andre Dawson          438
33.+ MANNY RAMIREZ (33)    435
34.+ JUAN GONZALEZ (35)    434
35.  Cal Ripken            431
36.+ JIM THOME (34)        430
37.+ ALEX RODRIGUEZ (29)   429
38.  Billy Williams HOF    426
39.  Darrell Evans         414
40.  Duke Snider HOF       407
41.  Andres Galarraga      399
     Al Kaline HOF         399
43.  Dale Murphy           398
44.+ MIKE PIAZZA (36)      397
45.  Joe Carter            396
46.  Graig Nettles         390
47.  Johnny Bench HOF      389
48.  Dwight Evans          385
49.  Harold Baines         384
50.  Larry Walker          383
51.  Frank Howard          382
     Jim Rice              382
53.  Albert Belle          381
54.  Orlando Cepeda HOF    379
     Tony Perez HOF        379
56.  Matt Williams         378
57.  Norm Cash             377
58.  Carlton Fisk HOF      376
59.  Rocky Colavito        374
60.  Gil Hodges            370
61.+ CARLOS DELGADO (33)   369
     Ralph Kiner HOF       369
63.  Joe DiMaggio HOF      361
64.  Gary Gaetti           360
65.  Johnny Mize HOF       359
66.  Yogi Berra HOF        358
67.  Greg Vaughn           355
68.  Lee May               354
69.  Ellis Burks           352
70.  Dick Allen            351
71.  Chili Davis           350
72.  George Foster         348
73.  Ron Santo             342
74.  Jack Clark            340
75.  Tino Martinez         339
     Dave Parker           339
     Boog Powell           339
78.  Don Baylor            338
79.  Joe Adcock            336
80.  Darryl Strawberry     335
81.  Bobby Bonds           332
82.+ JIM EDMONDS (35)      331
     Hank Greenberg HOF    331
   + CHIPPER JONES (33)    331
   + JEFF KENT (37)        331
86.  Mo Vaughn             328
87.  Willie Horton         325
88.  Gary Carter HOF       324
     Lance Parrish         324
90.  Ron Gant              321
91.  Cecil Fielder         319
92.  Roy Sievers           318
93.  George Brett HOF      317
94.  Ron Cey               316
   + LUIS GONZALEZ (37)    316
96.  Vinny Castilla        315
97.  Reggie Smith          314
98.+ JASON GIAMBI (34)     313
99.  Jay Buhner            310
100. Edgar Martinez        309

***  HOME RUNS  -  Active Leaders  ***
Rank Player (age)         Home Runs
 1.  Barry Bonds (40)       708
 2.  Sammy Sosa (36)        588
 3.  Rafael Palmeiro (40)   569
 4.  Ken Griffey (35)       536
 5.  Jeff Bagwell (37)      449
     Gary Sheffield (36)    449
 7.  Frank Thomas (37)      448
 8.  Manny Ramirez (33)     435
 9.  Juan Gonzalez (35)     434
10.  Jim Thome (34)         430
11.  Alex Rodriguez (29)    429
12.  Mike Piazza (36)       397
13.  Carlos Delgado (33)    369
14.  Jim Edmonds (35)       331
     Chipper Jones (33)     331
     Jeff Kent (37)         331
17.  Luis Gonzalez (37)     316
18.  Vinny Castilla (37)    315
19.  Jason Giambi (34)      313
20.  Ruben Sierra (39)      306
21.  Vladimir Guerrero (29) 305
22.  Shawn Green (32)       303
23.  Andruw Jones (28)      301
24.  Jeromy Burnitz (36)    299
25.  Moises Alou (38)       297
     Steve Finley (40)      297
27.  Robin Ventura (37)     294
28.  Reggie Sanders (37)    292
29.  Tim Salmon (36)        290
30.  Bernie Williams (36)   275
   


 
    




1963 Fleer

The 1963 Fleer Baseball 67 card set was an attempt by the Fleer Company to
break the Topps monopoly on Bubble Gum Cards. 
In an attempt to get around Topps exclusive agreement with MLB, the 
1963 Fleer Baseball Cards were issued with cookies instead of bubble gum. 


The 1963 Fleer Baseball Cards were intended to be issued in multiple series, 
but Fleer was run out of business shortly after the first series was released 
when Topps sued Fleer. Due to either the deep pockets of Topps or the lack of 
sales - Fleer quickly gave up and never issued another baseball card. 


The 1963 Fleer Cards are attractive and are packed with stars !!! 
Along with the stars the two scare 1963 Fleer Short Prints, #46 Joe Adcock 
and the checklist card make this a fun set to complete. 


Another interesting feature of this set is card #43, the Maury Wills Rookie 
card. Wills, the 1962 N.L. MVP  had a huge disagreement with Topps when Topps 
didn't thing Wills was worthy enough in 1961 to have a baseball card.  Wills 
did not allow Topps to make his card till 1967 although he was pictured on 
a special 1960 World Series card featuring Luis Aparicio stealing 2nd base. 
Wills is pictured trying to make the tag. 


Other top cards in the 1963 Fleer set are:  
Brooks Robinson, Willie Mays, Carl Yastrzemski, Sandy Koufax, 
Roberto Clemente, Don Drysdale and Warren Spahn. 






 

    




 1974 Topps DECKLE EDGE 

This 72-card test issue set was released with a very limited distribution 
on only the East Coast around Massachusetts making them quite scarce.
They were Officially simply called "Topps Baseball Photos" 
but their serrated or "DECKLED" edge gave them the name they go by today. 
The 2 7/8" x 5" inch cards were sold in either a 2 card pack 
with gum or a 3 card pack with no gum for 5 cents. 


The cards were meant to have the look 
of the black and white movie star photos from the 1950's and feature a 
black & white photo with a blue facsimilie autograph on the front. 
The backs make this very scarce test issue even more interesting ! 
They feature handwritten script of the player's name, team, position & date 
and location of the photograph as well as a mock newspaper article on the 
player's career. 


This was Topps 2nd "Deckle Edge" issue, their first being their smaller 
and much more common 1969 Topps Deckle Edge which were inserts in 
certain series of packs of 1969 Topps cards. 


Variations of 1974 Topps Deckle Edge do exist,  
making this issue even more fun and challenging to collect.
The backs can be found in either gray or a much scarcer white version. 
Also, a more limited proof version with non-scalloped edges exists and 
occasionally can be found. 







 

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