Random Cards From My Collection #50

#37024
2013 Topps #260 Giants 2012 NLDS Game 5

Comments on the card:With only 660 cards in the base set (over 100 less then the Topps sets used to have), every card like this means a player has to be cut from the set. You need 780 cards to show everyone on the regular roster.
When acquired: January 2013
How acquired: Paid $0.27/card for a blaster box.
Player's season: In 2013, the Giants beat the Reds, 3 games to 2 to win the NLDS, they beat the Cardinals, 4-3 to win the NLCS and then beat the Tigers in 4 straight to take the World Series.

#40143
1998 Topps #316 Will Clark

Comments on the card: Since there is a catcher in the background, it looks like The Thrill is being congratulated on scoring. I always like the gold-bordered 1998 Topps.
When acquired: Don't know
How acquired: Don't know
Player's season: In his last of 5 seasons with the Rangers, Clark had a pretty good year, batting .305 with 28 home runs and 102 rbis.

#10783
1970 Topps #186 Rick Joseph

Comments on the card: This was not an attractive year for Topps.
When acquired: Don't know
How acquired: Don't know
Player's season: In 4 years with the Phillies, Rick was never more than a utility infielder for the Phillies. Looking at the number of ABs compared to games, he may have mainly been used as a pitch hitter who then stayed in the game. In 1970 he appeared in 71 games with 125 at bats. He hit .227 with 3 home runs. It was his last season.

#2962
2001 Royal Rookies Futures Limited Edition #19 Rainer Olmedo

Comments on the card: I don't know too much about these cards. Royal Rookies Futures was a 40-card minor league set. This is the "Limited Edition" parallel version. I have no clue how "Limited" they were. They are not serial numbered.
When acquired: March 2005 in a Fairfield repack
How acquired: $0.10
Player's season: In 2001, Ray was in the Reds system playing for Mudville (really, there's a team called Mudville?) in the California League. Although he's had some major league experience since 2003, he appears to be a career minor league player. He's currently playing Triple A ball in the Twins system.

#40824
2004 Just Rookies #57 Justin Orenduff

Comments on the card: Another minor league set. Just cards show up pretty regularly in repacks.
When acquired: June 2013 in a Fairfield repack
How acquired: $0.04
Player's season: In 2004, Justin was the Dodgers #1 draft pick. He was 2-3 that year for the Ogdon Raptors. He hung around the low minors until 2011, never making it to the Bigs.

#7520
2004 Bowman Gold #155 Chien-Ming Wang

Comments on the card: The Gold parallels were thick cards.
When acquired: June 2004
How acquired: Paid $0.24/card for a blaster of Bowman
Player's season: Wang was 11-6 in split Double A/Triple A action in 2004. He also won a game in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

#26427
1992 Donruss #208 Tony Pena

Comments on the card: 1992 represented a radical design change for Donruss. Since 1985, Donruss had featured colored borders with crazy designs while the backs were virtually the same each year.
When acquired: Don't know
How acquired: Don't know
Player's season: In his 13th big league season, Tony it .241 and appeared in 133 games and maintained a .933 fielding percentage.

#29011
1987 Topps #778 Jack Morris

Comments on the card: This card comes with a gum stain!
When acquired: Don't know
How acquired: Don't know
Player's season: Jack was 18-11 for the Tigers in 1087 and made the All-Star team. He also led the league in wild pitches with 24. It was not an unusual year for him. He is #13 on the all-time list for career wild pitches with 206.

#420
1992 Topps Gold #394 Dennis Martinez

Comments on the card: The first year for Topps Gold. The cards were not numbered (an innovation that won't come for a few years) but production was limited to 12,000 sets. Makes you wonder how many regular sets they issued.
When acquired: Don't know
How acquired: Don't know
Player's season: In his 17th season, Denny was still going strong, compiling a 16-11 record with the Expos with a 2.47 ERA and 226 innings pitched.

#37984
1993 Conlon TSN #811 Johnny Vergez

 
Comments on the card: This set, which was issued over several years, featured photos taken by famous baseball sports photographer Charlie Conlon.
When acquired: March 2013
How acquired: Paid $0.04 in a Fairfield repack
Player's season: Vergez was a 3rd baseman who played from 1931 to 1936 for the Giants, Phillies and Cardinals. He was a member of the 1993 Giants team which won the World Series, late-season bout of appendicitis kept him from playing in the series. Tough luck.