For several years now (this is my 4th post on this subject), I've documented where Topps has reused a photo from either a previous year or from a different Topps set. I guess this is standard operating procedure for Topps. Now that I'm through Allen and Ginter, I guess it's time to do this post.
2014 Topps Update #314 Corey Dickerson
2015 Topps #91 Corey Dickerson
Different cropping and an altered contrast do not make these different photos. Dickerson had 478 at bats with the Rockies, hitting .312 and 24 home runs. Surely they could have found another photo.
2015 Topps Highlight of the Year #1 Lou Gehrig
2013 Topps Allen & Ginter #75 Lou Gehrig
2012 Topps Allen & Ginter #196 Lou Gehrig
Getting their money's worth out of this picture. I'll agree that there are probably not as many good photos of Lou available as there are for a current player, but it's time to retire this photo.
2015 Topps Heritage #261 Mark Melancon
2015 Topps Gypsy Queen #212 Mark Melancon
His arms got hairier on Gypsy Queen.
2015 Donruss #102 Matt Shoemaker
Hey, Panini does it too!
2015 Panini Prizm Prizms #115 Matt Shoemaker
They fuzzed the background more and made it all shiny but these have the same photo.
2014 Topps Stickers #61 Danny Salazar
2014 Bowman Platinum #50 Danny Salazar
2014 Topps Chrome Purple Refractors #178 Danny Salazar
I seem to have missed this series of cards when I posted about this practice last year. The same image pops up again in 2015.
2015 Topps Archives #146 Danny Salazar
He seems to have been in enough games the past few years to get a new photo.
2014 Topps Update World Series Heroes Roberto Clemente
2015 Topps Archives #189 Roberto Clemente
Should we give Topps a break for players of long ago? No.
2014 Topps Allen & Ginter #183 Jim Palmer
2015 Topps Archives #284 Jim Palmer
This one was pretty subtle.
2015 Topps #335 Matt Barnes
2015 Stadium Club #178 Matt Barnes
I was hoping not to see this with Stadium Club.
2015 Gypsy Queen #39 Lou Gehrig
2015 Stadium Club #186 Lou Gehrig
Dang, another one.
2015 Topps Archives #70 Jake Arrieta
2015 Topps Allen & Ginter #76 Jake Arrieta
2015 Topps Heritage #384 Jake Arrieta
I think the Archives and the Allen and Ginter are exactly the same. He's moved his head a bit for the Heritage.
2015 Topps Heritage #144 Aaron Hill
2015 Topps Allen & Ginter #283 Aaron Hill
Aaron Hill asleep on his feet. I guess they couldn't get him to move a little for a second photo.
I thought I was done with this post, then I found this pair.
2015 Topps Allen & Ginter #239 Zach Britton
2015 Topps Heritage #6 Zach Britton
Really, nothing against Zach Britton, but this photo is too creepy to be used even once.
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