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TOP FIVE LISTS

(Dream category)

1933 Goudey Ruth (batting)
1941 PlayBall Dimaggio
1952 Topps Mantle
1934 Goudey Gehrig
1951 Bowman Mays

(Replacing Cards I Owned in Childhood)

1955 Topps Sandy Koufax
1921 W516 Walter Johnson
1954 Topps Ted Williams #250
1958 Topps AS Mickey Mantle
1955 Topps Hank Aaron

(Current Sets)

1964 Topps 536 (Mets Rookies)
1962 Topps 484 (Al Jackson)
1961 Topps 527 Gene Leek
1954 Bowman 33 (Vic Raschi)
1963 Topps 210 (Koufax)

OBC hit from Shawn Smart!

I am a New York National League baseball fan (not Brooklyn and NOT the Yankees). I grew up with the Mets of the Gooden-Strawberry-Hernandez era and have stuck with the team through the chaos of the late 80s, the worst team money could buy age of the 90s, the collapses of the 2000s, and the wild ride to the 2015 World Series. Since we moved to SoCal in 2012, the local team is the Angels--so I have a soft spot for them as well. There are many great things about California, but storage space is not one of them. So I am working on finishing my 1963 and 1955 Topps sets, 1954 and 1953 color Bowman sets, upgrading my 1956, 1959, 1967, 1970, 1975, and 1977 Topps sets, dabbling in some prewar sets, and building complete NY Mets and LA/California/Anaheim Angels Topps run from 1961/2 to present. And, of course, passing along everything that is upgraded to OBC members.

I have also jumped into trying to get as many cards in the 1972 Topps set autographed as I can.

Updated 8-22-25

Pre-War, Bowmans, and Mantles

Topps Sets and Upgrades

Other Projects

T218

If you don't know about Ray Ewry, look him up. An orphan who had polio as a child, he taught himself to walk again--and then won the most Olympic Gold Medals of anyone not named Phelps. Then he also designed the water supply for NYC. If you want sports hero, he's it...

This is a Have List. M=Mecca H=Hassan T=Tolstoi

Adams (M, H), Ahearne (M, H), Brown (H), Bursch (M, H), Cloughen (H), Collins (M), Crowley (M), Daly (M), Daniels (M, H), De Oro (M), Deshler (M), Dunbar (M), Eller (M), Ewry (M, H), Fielding (M), Flanagan, side view (M, H), Flanagan, front view (M,H), Frizelle (M), Gilles (M, H), Gissing (M, H), Glarner (M), Handy (M), Hartranft (M, H), Hayes (M), Haywood (M), Hillman (H), Holmer (M), Irons (H), Jensen (H), Keogh (M), Ketchell (M), Kramer(M), Lee (M), Harry Lewis (H), Willie Lewis (M), Lunghi (M, H), Manley (M), McFarland (H), McGrath(M), Meadows (M), Moran (M), Nelson (H), Nitchie (M, H), Obermeyer (H), O'Callaghan (M), O'Keefe (H), Pilgrim(H), Porter (M), Rector (M), Riley (M, H), Robbins (M), Ruddy (M, H), Sedley (M, H), Sheridan (M), Steinert(M,H), Sweeney (M), Tippett (H), Trubenbach(M, H), Williams (H), Wilson (M)

Hits from Mark Talbot (x4), Cliff Franklin (x4), Shawn Smart x2

1933 Goudey

Gotta love a man named Melvin who hit over 500 home runs--even if he was helped immensely by the Polo Grounds.

(Have 9)

21, 24, 29, 122, 139, 146, 206, 207, 225

OBC hit: Andy Huntoon, Andy Cook

1934-6 Diamond Stars

You can't beat a man named Urbanski pictured in front of a cityscape and coal plant.

(Have 13)

1, 7, 12, 20, 22, 29, 35, 37, 40, 51, 61, 64, 88

(Hits from Spike Glidden, Bob Donaldson, and Wes Shepard)

1955 Topps

Need 22:

2 (Ted Williams), 4 (Kaline), 22, 28 (Banks), 46, 47 (Aaron), 75, 87, 123 (Koufax), 124 (Killebrew), 125 (Boyer), 158, 161, 162, 166, 174, 187, 189 (Rizzuto), 192, 193, 198 (Berra), 207

Not Issued: 175, 186, 203, 209

Start via a DS from Wes Shepard (x158)

Other hits: Scott Jensen (x3), Bob Chapman, Doug Smith, Barney Greenway x11, Shawn Smart, Bob Donaldson, Jason Christopherson x4

1963 Topps

Need 27:

210 (Koufax) 250 (Musial) 345(Brooks) 390 (Aaron) 400 (F Rob) 412 (Koufax/Drysdale) 440 (Marichal) 447 466 (Freehan RC) 469 470 472 (Brock) 473 492 496 (Dalkowski) 497 498 500 (Killebrew) 501 505 (Flood) 507 525 (Fox) 537 (Rose RC) 540 (Clemente) 544 (Staub RC) 553 (Stargell RC) 562

Mets and Angels

4 HR leaders, 169 Rookie Stars*, 228 Rookie Stars Kranepool and Olivia, 407 Rookie stars*, 454 Fowler*, 469 Jay Hook, 473 Mets Team card, 482 Torres*, 495 Frank Thomas, 496 Rookie Stars, 510 McBride, 522 Rookie Stars*, 528 Willey, 541 Moeller, 550 Snider, 558 Rookie Stars Hunt, 562 Rookie Stars Rowe

OBC hits from: Greg Henthorn x11, George Vrechek, Steve Sankner, Dr. Chaos (x9), Linda Fitak (x9), Bob Bannon , Mike Rich (x18), Doug Smith (x8), Bob Chapman (x3), Chris Kodl (x8), Scott Jensen (x9), James Moleta x9, John Stamper (x8), Joe Adriance (x3), JRo (x2), Richard Labs x12, Wes Shepard (x2), Steve Archibald (x3), Neal Thomas (x3), Kyle Dworchak (x6), Chris Tripler (x4), Ed Fagan (x4), James Keenum x4, Earl Kilbourn, Mark Camps x9, Mike Glasser x7, Eddie Bankston x11, Dan Williams x3, Jerry Straniero, Joe and LaShelle Denning x3, Shawn Smart x4, Ken Morganti x9, Geno Wagner

NY Mets Topps cards

Need lists:

1962: 572 Bob Miller, 593 Rookie Anderson, 597 Rookie Kanehl, 598 Rookie Hickman

1963: 228 Rookie Stars Kranepool and Olivia, 469 Jay Hook, 473 Team card, 495 Frank Thomas, 528 Willey, 550 Snider, 558 Rookie Stars Hunt, 562 Rookie Stars Rowe,

1964: 536 (Elliot)

1965: 470 Berra, 533 Swoboda Rookie, 581 Rookie Stars Perez

1966: 534 Rookies-Eilers/Gardner, 561 Choo Choo, 589 Klimchock

1967: 561 Sandy Alomar, 568 John Sullivan, 574 Buchek, 587 NL Rookie Stars, 593 Westrum

1969: 221 Shamsky, 480 Seaver, 533 Ryan

1970: 197 Ryan, 634 Harrelson, 712 Ryan

1972: 673 Marshall, 697 Koosman, 698 Koosman IA, 707 Foli, 755 Fregosi traded,

OBC hits from George Verchek (x2), Greg Henthorn (x28), Joe Stout (x12), Richard Labs (x12), Sal Domino (x28), Linda Fitak (x5), Bob Bannon (x12), Cesar Capio (x8), Don Berg (x3), Tony Levinson (x8), Bob Donaldson (x4), Andy Cook (x6), Brian Betza (x9), Joe Adriance, Kent Goto, Steve Sankner (x13), Jerry Staniero, Jennifer Roach x2, Ed Fagan x6, Wes Shepard, Edsell Bankston x3, Dan Williams x2, Mark Camps x3, Kyle Dworchak x2, Brad Utterstrom x2

Angels Topps Cards

Need:

1961: 527 Gene Leek

1962: 176 Yost batting, 431 Bob Rodgers, 525 George Thomas, 549 Rigney, 569 Ed Sadowski

1963: 4 HR leaders, 496 Rookie Stars, 510 McBride,

1966: 505 Jose Cardenal, 536 Egan, 553 Rookie Stars, 565 Piersall

1967: 549 Sanford, 584 Piersall

1972: 595 Ryan, 672 Reynolds

OBC Hits from Greg Henthorn (x31), Richard Labs (x 18), Linda Fitak (x7), Bob Bannon (x11), Mike Rich (x9), Chuck Paris (x2), Tony Levinson (x7), Yaz (x1), Andy Cook (x16), Brian Betza x8, Joe Adriance (x3), Mark Zentkovich; Ed Fagan, Don Rice x11, Brad Utterstrom x8, Gunny Musgrove, Mark Camps x7, Mike Glasser x2, Kyle Dworchak x4, Ken Morganti, Shawn Smart x2

1941 Playball

This is a set that I would love to collect sometime...

(Have 9)

1, 5, 6, 11, 22, 24, 30, 53, 55

OBC Hits: Wes Shepard, Andy Huntoon, Andy Cook, Bob Donaldson, James Moleta

1954 Bowman

Need 25:

33 (a) Vic Raschi,No Traded Line

33 (b) Vic Raschi, Traded Line

38 Minnie Minoso

50 George Kell

65 Mickey Mantle

66 (a) Ted Williams

95 Robin Roberts

112 Andy Pafko

122 Carl Furillo

124 Gus Bell

134 Luis Aloma

141 Joe Garagiola

145 Billy Martin

146 Dick Gernert

147 Joe DeMaestri

161 Yogi Berra

164 Early Wynn

176 Vern Bickford

186 Russ Meyer

195 Bob Cain

196 Bob Lemon

201 Bobby Thomson

207 Stan Lopata

217 Hank Thompson

221 Frank Baumholtz

Hits: Joe Adriance, Mark Camps, Jennifer Roach, James Moleta

1953 Bowman

For a change, my first card in the set is a Mantle...

Have:

(Color)

3, 5, 6, 7, 22, 23, 25, 28, 34, 47, 59, 60, 71, 82, 83, 85, 95, 104

(BW)

OBC hits:

Scott Jensen, Bob Donaldson x3, Bob Steffe x3, Mark Camps, Greg Henthorn x4, Casey Branton x2, Ed Pike, Mark Camps x2

Mickey Mantle Needs

Topps

1962 #18 (Manager's Dream)

1962 #318 (Switch Hitter Connects)

1962 #471 (All-Star)

1961 #307 (Mantle hits 2 HRs)

1961 #475 (MVP)

1961 #578 (All Star)

1960 #160 (Rival All-Stars)

1960 #563 (All Star)

1958 #418 (WS Batting Foes)

1958 #487 (All Star)

1957 #407 (Power Hitters w/Yogi)

1953 #82

1952 #311

Bowman

1955 #202

1954 #65

1953 #44

1952 #101

1951 #253

Topps sets for upgrade (by priority)

1956 Topps

(Completed 2011, last card Yogi Berra)

Upgrades to VG/EX (no creases)

1 2 3 5 6 8 10 13 14 15 20 21 22 23 25 26 30 31 33 36 41 42 46 47 49 50 51 52 56 58 60 63 66 67 70 71 72 74 76 78 79 84 85 87 89 90 95 96 97 100 105 106 107 111 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 124 125 127 128 129 130 131 132 135 136 139 140 141 143 145 146 150 152 155 156 159 160 161 164 166 170 172 173 175 181 184 185 187 190 196 198 199 204 208 213 214 216 224 225 226 227 228 231 232 234 236 237 239 240 243 244 247 249 250 251 253 254 257 258 260 261 263 266 267 271 273 276 278 279 280 283 285 287 289 292 293 294 296 297 299 301 302 305 307 308 309 310 311 313 314 315 316 318 319 325 326 328 338

Upgrade by Bob Donaldson

1959 Topps

Completed, July 22, 2020

Last card: Gibson rookie

Variations:

40 (Spahn "1921", Spahn "1931 non obscured), 321 (Giallombardo no option), 336 (Loes no trade), 362 (Nichols no option), 416b (Sullivan, no circle with period), 416c (Sullivan circle and period).

Upgrades to VG/EX (no creases):

5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, 26, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 45, 47, 50, 51, 54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66, 71, 72, 77, 87, 92, 93, 97, 101, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 111, 113, 114, 117, 118, 123, 135, 140, 144, 147, 150, 158, 190, 194, 196, 199, 204, 206, 207, 209, 210, 214, 215, 221, 226, 231, 234, 235, 236, 242, 243, 248, 251, 255, 257, 258, 259, 262, 264, 267, 270, 273, 277, 279, 280, 282, 289, 290, 291, 293, 294, 297, 300, 301, 306, 310, 311, 315, 317, 318, 325, 328, 330, 331, 332, 334, 338, 342, 343, 347, 350, 352, 353, 354, 357, 359, 376, 380, 382, 385, 387, 390, 395, 405, 415, 419, 422, 439, 445, 455, 456, 461, 467, 476, 478, 484, 485, 490, 497, 499,520, 526, 528, 543, 544, 546, 551, 552, 559, 563, 566, 570, 572

OBC hits from: Greg Henthorn (x3), Joe Adriance (x2), JRo (x4), Tom Biggs, Jerry Straniero x2, Bob D'Angelo, Mark Camps x8, Mark Talbot x4, Casey Branton x2, Richard Labs x5

1967 Topps

(Completed 2014, last card: Seaver rookie)

1967 Topps Upgrades (to EX):

16, 26 (w/trade), 44, 48, 50, 62, 70, 79, 88, 103, 117, 131, 134, 147, 153, 155, 161, 165, 168, 170, 191, 198, 200, 213, 215, 216, 221, 230, 234, 236, 238, 240, 244, 247, 250, 258, 277, 279, 285, 293, 294, 295, 296, 306, 309, 315, 316, 320, 321, 324, 326, 333, 338, 345, 350, 351, 364, 367, 371, 376, 378, 382, 389, 393, 394, 402, 403, 407, 408, 413, 419, 422, 423, 426, 434, 435, 445, 447, 449, 451, 454, 465, 466, 467, 468, 476, 477, 479, 497, 500, 502, 506, 509, 510, 511, 515, 516, 517, 518, 531, 534, 540, 546, 548, 549, 552, 553, 562, 564, 566, 567, 569, 570, 571, 572, 574, 575, 576, 581, 583, 587, 592, 593, 594, 596, 597, 600, 602, 603, 609

Variations:

103 (D McAuliffe), 128 (Spiezio name cut off), 191 (Mays Neck w/ Tom Kelley), 223 (Ryan no dot), 374 (Queen, no line below stats), 427 (Gomez- no stats, one line), 427 (Gomez no stats, two lines), 447 (Belinsky, stats obscured), 454 (both ears)

OBC hits from: Greg Henthorn, Steve Sankner, Wes Shepard x2, Ed Fagan x3, Gunner Musgrove x2

1970 Topps

(Completed 2010, last card: Willie Mays)

Upgrades to Ex:

8, 10, 32, 40, 52, 60, 61, 68, 75, 80, 95, 109, 110, 140, 150, 168, 170, 177, 189, 195, 196, 204, 229, 232, 233, 238, 242, 250, 286, 295, 299, 300, 303, 321, 350, 353, 368, 369, 370, 380, 389, 395, 407, 450, 453, 454, 486, 492, 504, 507, 508, 510, 520, 529, 550, 551, 553, 560, 562, 569, 588, 590, 592, 601, 608, 630, 635, 644, 650, 654, 656, 659, 660, 663, 674, 685, 695, 701, 710, 713, 718, 720

Hits from: Steve Sankner, Joe Stout x5, Kyle Dworchak x16, Ed Fagan x6, Bob D'Angelo x4

1975 Topps

(Completed 2009, Last card: Gary Carter)

1975 Upgrades to Ex/NM

6, 22, 87, 107, 146, 150, 171, 172, 194, 200, 205, 209, 220, 296, 342, 357, 425, 439, 482, 518, 586, 590, 616, 618, 627

Hits: Jennifer Roach x4

1977 Topps

(Completed 12-15-2023, last card, Elliott Maddox, from eBay)

OBC Hits from:

Randy Krolewicz x412 (!), Randy Welk x29, Brian Betza x20, Greg Henthorn (x36), Jennifer Roach (x33), James Moleta (x8), Bob Donaldson, Andrew Goguen (x7), Jimi Thayer (x6), Mark Camps (x10), Kyle Dworchak (x20), Dan Williams (x2), Richard Labs x8, Ed Fagan x9, Wes Shepard x4, Edsell Bankston x6, James Keenum x5, Brad Utterstrom x11, Earl Kilbourn, Gunny Musgrove x5, Mike Glasser x3, Ken Goetsch x12, Sal Domino x7, Steve Archibald, Ken Pillion x3, Ken Morganti x2

Hall of Fame Autographed Cards

This is just a random interest. I have the following:

Roberto Alomar

Bert Blyleven

Wade Boggs

Rod Carew

Orlando Cepeda

Andre Dawson

Dennis Eckersley

Rollie Fingers

Ferguson Jenkins

Al Kaline

Tony LaRussa

Bill Mazeroski

Juan Marichal

Willie Mays

Tony Oliva

Jim Palmer

Tony Pérez

Robin Roberts

Brooks Robinson

Ryne Sandberg

Ted Simmons

John Smoltz

Warren Spahn

Alan Trammell

Billy Williams

Other Items: Nolan Ryan (photo), Mike Mussina (Yankee Stadium Pizza box), Bob Feller (ball), Lou Brock (ball)

1972 Topps Autographs

The set can never be completed because Gil Hodges died before the card appeared, but I want to to get as many 1972s autographed as I can.

Have 222:

2 (Ray Culp), 3 (Bob Tolan), 6 (Fred Scherman), 8 (Ron Swoboda), 9 (Stan Williams), 11 (Bobby Valentine), 12 (Jose Cardenal), 13 (Joe Grzenda), 14 (Mike Anderson), 15 (Walt Williams), 18 (Juan Pizarro), 17 (Dave Duncan), 19 (Billy Cowan), 23 (Ted Kubiak), 28 (Bob Gebhard and Steve Brye), 32 (Cleon Jones IA), 43 (Rick Wise), 44 (Rick Wise IA), 45 (Glenn Beckert), 54 (Bud Harrelson IA), 57 (Bob Oliver), 58 (Ernie McAnally), 59 (Fred Stanley), 66 (Ray Corbin), 68 (Jim York), 73 (Steve Huntz), 75 (Bert Campaneris), 80 (Tony Pérez), 81 (Mike Hedlund), 83 (Dalton Jones), 84 (Vince Colbert), 86 (Merv Rettenmund LL), 95 (Bill Stoneman LL), 96 (Joe Coleman LL), 102 (Lloyd Allen), 104 (Toby Harrah), 117 (Cleo James), 118 (Skip Lockwood), 119 (Marty Perez), 123 (Ed Acosta), 124 (Alan Closter), 125 (Dave Cash), 127 (Duffy Dyer), 128 (Ed Watt), 131 (Jim Nettles), 141 (Jon Matlack), 143 (Gary Jestadt), 145 (Don Kessinger), 146 (Steve Kealey), 148 (Dick Billings), 149 (Gary Neibauer), 152 (Gene Clines), 154 (Ted Simmons), 155 (Larry Dierker), 158 (Jerry Kenney), 159 (John Boccabella), 161 (Brock Davis), 162 (Jerry Bell), 171 (Darrell Evans) 172 (Evans IA), 181 (Ed Kranepool), 185 (Ron Bryant) 186 (Ron Bryant IA), 190 (Dave Giusti), 195 (Orlando Cepeda), 198 (Charlie Hough), 199 (Mike Fiore), 201 (Phil Roof), 202 (Scipio Spinks), 204 (Tommy Helms), 205 (Dick Drago), 207 (Tom Egan), 208 (Milt Pappas), 209 (Joe Rudi), 211 (Gary Sutherland), 213 (Art Kusnyer), 217 (Roger Metzger), 222 (Brooks Robinson Playoffs), 224 (Davey Johnson WS ), 229 (Steve Blass WS), 231 (Casey Cox), 232 (Jim Barr and Dave Rader), 235 (Merv Rettenmund), 238 (LeRon Lee), 241 (Rollie Fingers), 243 (Frank Linzy), 246 (Tom Burgmeier), 248 (Tom Bradley), 252 (Ken Reynolds), 254 (Boots Day), 255 (Jim Lonborg), 259 (Sparky Lyle), 260 (Ralph Garr), 270 (Jim Palmer), 271 (Ken Rudolph), 273 (Bobby Floyd), 279 (Larry Brown), 281 (Bill Parsons), 286 (Gene Alley), 289 (Syd O'Brien), 297 (Claude Osteen), 298 (Claude Osteen IA), 301 (George Mitterwald) 302 (George Mitterwald IA), 307 (Steve Renko), 308 (Steve Renko IA), 318 (Sonny Jackson), 320 (Steve Blass), 332 (Buck Martinez), 334 (Bill Fahey), 339 (Ron Cook), 340 (Roy White), 342 (Wilbur Wood KP), 349 (Al Fitzmorris), 351 (Tom House and Rick Kester), 353 (Art Shamsky), 365 (Dick Bosman), 370 (Don Buford), 374 (Jack Heidemann), 376 (Andy Kosco), 377 (Terry Harmon), 379 (Ken Berry), 383 (Brant Alyea), 384 (Dave Campbell), 386 (Jim Colborn), 391 (Ken Sanders), 400 (Tony Oliva), 401 (Jim Nash), 402 (Bobby Heise), 413 (Dave Lemonds), 415 (Cookie Rojas), 416 (Johnny Edwards), 417 (Tom Hall), 424 (Bill Gogolewski), 425 (Ken Singleton), 426 (Ken Singleton IA), 439 (Billy Williams), 451 (Tony LaRussa), 459 (Rick Renick), 461 (Tim Cullen), 466 (Norm Miller), 473 (Dan McGinn), 475 (Gary Nolan), 476 (Lee Bee Bee Richard), 479 (Don Shaw), 483 (Ken Suarez), 485 (Phil Regan), 488 (Mike Nagy), 489 (Terry Humphrey), 503 (Gary Peters), 514 (Ted Sizemore), 515 (Bert Blyleven), 518 (Wayne Garrett), 520 (Larry Bowa), 524 (Mel Behney), 525 (Carlos May), 527 (Dave Leonhard), 528 (Ron Stone), 532 (Fred Kendall), 536 (Doug Rader), 541 (Roger Repoz), 545 (Wayne Granger), 548 (Frank Reberger), 550 (Brooks Robinson), 567 (Juan Marichal), 568 (Marichal IA), 571 (Nate Colbert), 572 (Colbert IA), 578 (Billy Grabarkewitz), 583 (Darold Knowles), 584 (Jerry McNertney), 593 (Rich Morales), 596 (Manny Mota), 601 (George Stone), 602 (Dave Bristol), 606 (Luis Melendez), 607 (Frank Duffy), 609 (Tom Grieve), 610 (Bill Stoneman), 615 (Steve Hargan), 618 (Rich Robertson), 619 (Rich McKinney), 630 (Richie Hebner), 633 (Jack Hiatt), 634 (Dick Woodson), 635 (Don Money), 636 (Bill Lee), 639 (JC Martin), 644 (Bernie Allen), 648 (Jim Lyttle), 649 (Pete Richert), 653 (Jim Fairey), 657 (Bobby Wine), 659 (Bob Aspromonte), 662 (Stan Bahnsen), 664 (Bobby Knoop), 678 (Steve Luebber), 681 (Bob Pfeil), 689 (Eddie Fisher), 695 (Rod Carew), 697 (Jerry Koosman), 698 (Jerry Koosman IA), 720 (Sam McDowell), 721 (Eddie Leon), 723 (Al Santorini), 729 (Bob Veale), 732 (George Culver), 741 (Tom Hutton), 742 (Jim Rooker), 760 (Bill Mazeroski), 763 (Ron Hansen), 764 (Dusty Baker), 765 (Ken McMullen), 769 (Jack Aker), 772 (Ken Tatum), 773 (Ron Brand), 776 (Bill Voss), 778 (Rick Dempsey), 780 (Dick Green), 781 (Jim McAndrew), 782 (Larry Stahl), 784 (Ken Aspromonte), 786 (Chuck Brinkman)

OBC hits: Andy Huntoon x2, Scott Jensen x3, James Moleta

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