Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Vol. 580 - Nolan Ryan, 1991

Set:  1991 Upper Deck
Subset:  Baseball Heroes insert
Card Number:  10
Misc. Note:  Nolan notched his first career 'W' at the Astrodome, 4/14/68.

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Vol. 579 - Nino Espinosa, 1978

Set:  1978 Topps
Subset:  Base
Card Number:  197
Misc. Note:  Nino tragically passed away at the age of 34 from a heart attack.

Monday, October 10, 2022

Vol. 578 - Brett Baty, 2021

Set:  2021 Pro Set 
Subset:  Base
Card Number:  PS03
Misc. Note:  Brett homered in his first big league at-bat, 7/12/22 at ATL.

Sunday, October 9, 2022

Vol. 577 - Ray Knight, 1987

Set:  1987 Fleer
Subset:  Base
Card Number:  14
Misc. Note:  Ray signed a FA contract with the Orioles, 2/12/87.

Saturday, October 8, 2022

Vol. 576 - Edgardo Alfonzo, 1998

 

Set:  1998 Pinnacle Performers
Subset:  Base
Card Number:  115
Misc. Note:  Fonzie wore #13 to honor boyhood hero Dave Concepcion.


Friday, October 7, 2022

Vol. 575 - David Wright, 2015

Set:  2015 Donruss
Subset:  Base, 1981 Donruss
Card Number:  212
Misc. Note: The final 50 cards of the set are in the '81 Donruss motif.

Thursday, October 6, 2022

Vol. 574 - Gregg Jefferies, 1989

Set:  1989 Topps Kmart Dream Team
Subset:  n/a
Card Number:  11
Misc. Note:  One of 3 Mets included in Kmart's 33-card Dream Team set.

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Vol. 573 - Richard Hidalgo, 2005

Set:  2005 Leaf
Subset:  Base
Card Number:  131
Misc. Note:  Launched 21 long balls in just 324 ABs for the Mets in 2004.  

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Vol. 572 - Tony Fernandez, 1993

Set:  1993 O-Pee-Chee Premier
Subset:  Base
Card Number:  20
Misc. Note:  Appeared in just 48 games for Mets before being dealt to Toronto, 6/11/93.

Monday, October 3, 2022

Vol. 571 - Craig Swan, 1983

Set:  1983 Topps
Subset:  Base
Card Number:  292
Misc. Note:  At his best, Craig's fastball touched the mid-90s on the radar gun.

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Vol. 570 - Jacob deGrom, 2018

Set:  2018 Topps On-Demand Inspired by '78
Subset:  n/a
Card Number:  16
Misc. Note:  Part of a 30-card set available exclusively through the Topps website.

Saturday, October 1, 2022

Vol. 569 - Carlos Baerga, 1998

Set:  1998 Pinnacle
Subset:  Home Stats parallel
Card Number:  91
Misc. Note:  Only the players' home game stats are listed on the backs of these parallels.