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1977-79 Sportscaster BOXING card #04-03 Roger Menetrey (printed in JAPAN)Price = $ 1.95NM/MT to ExMt
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(part 3) 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.
Modern Sports Cards (T2)The drop in production from World War I was compounded by the Black Sox scandal and cards were not produced in significant quantities for over a decade. In the 1930s, baseball cards finally began to reappear with candy products. Beginning in 1933, Goudey, a chewing gum company, began producing cards. Gum became the product associated with baseball cards. Goudey produced larger sets of cards than usual and a boon to collector's they numbered them ! For the next several years, Goudey released new sets of cards to coincide with the baseball season. Again a World War (II) curtailed baseball card production. Bowman Gum Company resurrected baseball cards in 1948 soon to be followed by another bubblegum company, Topps. The two competed not only for consumers but also for rights to baseball players with each trying to sign players to exclusive contracts. In 1956 Topps bought out Bowman and enjoyed a relative monopoly for decades. While Topps was dominant nationally, various regionally-produced sets, usually on or in packages of foods. Post Cereal and Jello printed baseball cards on the backs of their boxes from 1961 to 1963 in both U.S. and Canada. In 1962 Post also produced a football card set featuring players from the two countries in each respective country. Fleer and Donruss ended Topps baseball card monopoly in 1981. Topps sued both but the courts ruled that Topps' exclusive rights only applied to sports cards sold with gum. Score in 1988 and Upper Deck in 1989 joined the market. In 1989 Topps reintroduced tje Bowman brand. The baseball card hobby quickly became saturated with cards. The baseball player's strike in 1994 started a rapid decline in interest. Baseball card companies, trying to remain profitable, started introducing improvements in card quality and also measures to prevent counterfeiting. They released many different brands of cards as well as rare and unique cards. Now baseball cards have come full circle and in 2006 there are only two companies marketing and selling baseball cards: Topps and Upper Deck. Fleer went bankrupt and Donruss lost their license. Upper Deck did buy Fleer and began issuing Fleer brand again.
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*** RUNS - ALL-TIME Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Runs
1. Rickey Henderson 2295
2. Ty Cobb HOF 2246
3. Babe Ruth HOF 2175
4. Hank Aaron HOF 2174
5. Pete Rose 2165
6.+ BARRY BONDS (40) 2078
7. Willie Mays HOF 2062
8. Cap Anson HOF 1996
9. Stan Musial HOF 1949
10. Lou Gehrig HOF 1888
11. Tris Speaker HOF 1882
12. Mel Ott HOF 1859
13. Frank Robinson HOF 1829
14. Eddie Collins HOF 1821
15. Carl Yastrzemski HOF 1816
16. Ted Williams HOF 1798
17. Paul Molitor HOF 1782
18. Charlie Gehringer HOF 1774
19. Jimmie Foxx HOF 1751
20. Honus Wagner HOF 1736
21. Jim O'Rourke HOF 1729
22. Jesse Burkett HOF 1720
23. Willie Keeler HOF 1719
24.+ CRAIG BIGGIO (39) 1697
25. Billy Hamilton HOF 1690
26. Bid McPhee HOF 1678
27. Mickey Mantle HOF 1677
28. Dave Winfield HOF 1669
29. Rafael Palmeiro 1663
30. Joe Morgan HOF 1650
31. Cal Ripken 1647
32. Jimmy Ryan 1642
33. George Van Haltren 1639
34. Robin Yount HOF 1632
35. Eddie Murray HOF 1627
Paul Waner HOF 1627
37. Al Kaline HOF 1622
38. Roger Connor HOF 1620
39. Fred Clarke HOF 1619
40. Lou Brock HOF 1610
41. Jake Beckley HOF 1600
42. Ed Delahanty HOF 1599
43. Bill Dahlen 1589
44. George Brett HOF 1583
45. Rogers Hornsby HOF 1579
46. Tim Raines 1571
47. Hugh Duffy HOF 1552
48. Reggie Jackson HOF 1551
49. Max Carey HOF 1545
50. George Davis HOF 1539
51. Frankie Frisch HOF 1532
52. Dan Brouthers HOF 1523
53. Tom Brown 1521
54. Jeff Bagwell 1517
55. Sam Rice HOF 1514
56. Wade Boggs HOF 1513
57. Eddie Mathews HOF 1509
58. Roberto Alomar 1508
59. Al Simmons HOF 1507
60. Mike Schmidt HOF 1506
61. Nap Lajoie HOF 1504
62. Harry Stovey 1492
63. Goose Goslin HOF 1483
64. Arlie Latham 1478
65. Dwight Evans 1470
66. Herman Long 1455
67. Harry Hooper HOF 1429
68. Dummy Hoy 1426
69. Rod Carew HOF 1424
70. Sammy Sosa 1422
71. Joe Kelley HOF 1421
72. Roberto Clemente HOF 1416
73.+ GARY SHEFFIELD (36) 1411
74. Billy Williams HOF 1410
75. John Ward HOF 1408
76.+ KEN GRIFFEY JR (35) 1405
Mike Griffin 1405
78. Sam Crawford HOF 1391
79. Joe DiMaggio HOF 1390
80. Lou Whitaker 1386
81. Tony Gwynn 1383
82. Andre Dawson 1373
83.+ STEVE FINLEY (40) 1368
84. Vada Pinson 1366
85. Kenny Lofton (38) 1363
86. Brett Butler 1359
87. Doc Cramer 1357
King Kelly HOF 1357
89. Tommy Leach 1355
Larry Walker 1355
91. Fred McGriff 1349
92. Darrell Evans 1344
93. Pee Wee Reese HOF 1338
94. Luis Aparicio HOF 1335
95. Lave Cross 1333
96. Barry Larkin 1329
97. George Gore 1327
+ FRANK THOMAS (37) 1327
99. Richie Ashburn HOF 1322
100. Luke Appling HOF 1319
*** RUNS - Active Leaders ***
Rank Player (age) Runs
1. Barry Bonds (40) 2078
2. Craig Biggio (39) 1697
3. Rafael Palmeiro (40) 1663
4. Jeff Bagwell (37) 1517
5. Sammy Sosa (36) 1422
6. Gary Sheffield (36) 1411
7. Ken Griffey (35) 1405
8. Steve Finley (40) 1368
9. Kenny Lofton (38) 1363
10. Frank Thomas (37) 1327
11. Bernie Williams (36) 1301
12. Julio Franco (46) 1263
13. Alex Rodriguez (29) 1245
14. Luis Gonzalez (37) 1219
15. Omar Vizquel (38) 1195
16. Manny Ramirez (33) 1179
17. Derek Jeter (31) 1159
18. Jim Thome (34) 1151
19. Jeff Kent (37) 1139
John Olerud (36) 1139
21. Chipper Jones (33) 1101
22. Ivan Rodriguez (33) 1085
23. Ruben Sierra (39) 1081
24. Johnny Damon (31) 1073
25. Jim Edmonds (35) 1063
26. B.J. Surhoff (40) 1062
27. Juan Gonzalez (35) 1061
28. Ray Durham (33) 1050
29. Robin Ventura (37) 1006
30. Moises Alou (38) 1002
1956 Topps PinsIn addition to their regular issue 1956 Topps baseball card set, which in my opinion, was Topps' nicest regular issue set, Topps released a special pin set. This was the first pins ever issued by Topps.Few issues can compare to the 1956 Topps Pins set. The colorful and attractive 1-1/8" diameter pins, just like baseball cards from the era, were packaged with bubble gum. The pins featured a full color photo of the player with a pin clasp on the reverse. Interestingly, some images for the pin set are the same as those on the regular 1956 Topps cards. Even if you don't want to collect the set, if you collect 1956 Topps cards than YOU MUST add at least one 1956 Topps Pin to your collection. The 1956 Topps Pins set features most of the eras Hall-of-Famers including Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Ernie Banks, Duke Snider, Al Kaline, Yogi Berra, Eddie Mathews and also includes some super tough scarcities such as Chuck Stobbs, Hector Lopez and Chuck Diering. There is not firm opinion as to which of the 3 scarce short prints are the toughest to find. In the end, collectors in the day preferred their cards to pins and Topps cut back the 1956 Topps Pin set issue from a planned 90 pins to just 60. |
1955 Topps All-American FootballIn 1955, college football was much more popular with fans than the NFL. This 100 card 1955 Topps All-American Football card set was Topps response to collectors. Topps first major football issue this unique set features the greatest college football players from the first half of the 20th century.The 1955 Topps All-American football card set was issued in one-card penny packs, nine-card nickel packs and 22-card cello packs. The set is jam packed with rookies and stars !!! One of the most valuable 1955 Topps All-American football cards is the rookie card of former Supreme Court Justice Whizzer White.
TOP ROOKIES: The Four Horseman, Whizzer White, Fats Henry, Doc Blanchard,
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