Nolan Ryan card?

Just a quick post tonight. I got a few more of a Tier 1 collection.

When Dennis sends me cards, he tends to hit a lot of my PC's (and I have a lot of them). He gifted me with this Tom Seaver card that I didn't. It highlights one of his games with the Miracle Mets in the World Series.

I also picked up these 3 at the last card show in Mishawaka. The top 2 came from the same seller in his dollar box but I bought enough cards that it only came to $.78 each. The bottom card was in that lot of 1977's that I bought that had some star power, as you can tell.

These 4 cards put my Tom Terrific collection at 523 cards.

USA, DQ & more

Today's post is a Michigan guy but I collected him before I collected Michigan guys.

This will be another picture heavy, word light post.

1992

1995

1996

1997-1999

2002-2005

2010-2013

2016-2020

All of the above came from a couple of different shipments of Sportlots. A whole lot of Jim going on up there. 62 cards to be exact, that is a nice boost to the collection.

I picked this up in a dime box at my LCS. I didn't even know Dairy Queen had cards. My son works there now, I told him that I was disappointed that he didn't tell me. It was released 12 years before he was born though so I had to let him off the hook.

Last but not least, this one came from Dennis of Too Many Verlanders way back in June, I'm in a little slow which is why there are so many cards on this post. It's listed on TCDB as a 1989 Stat Back, it doesn't really have a manufacturer listed anywhere but it says no major league record on the stats, on the back so it's pre-majors.

These 64 cards give me 257 cards of Jim.

Happy Birthday - Jim Abbott

Jim was born in 1967, making him 54 today.

MLB Debut - April 8th, 1989 (Angels)

Years Active -

• 1989-1992 (Angels)
• 1993-1994 (Yankees)
• 1995 (White Sox)
• 1995-1996 (Angels)
• 1998 (White Sox)
• 1999 (Brewers)

Rookie (Angels)

(Yankees)

(White Sox)

(Brewers)

Cards on TCDB - 1,021 cards

Cards I have - 257 cards

Where they came from -

• Sportlots (133 cards)
• Ebay (52 cards)
• Too Many Verlanders (27 cards)
• Just Commons/Card Barrel (15 cards)
• the Angels, in Order (14 cards)
• Unknown (12 cards)
• LCS (F&G) (1 card)
• LCS (Just Cards) (1 card)
• Sluggo (1 card)

Figured I'd show off another team he played for.

Oh yeah, this team too.

I do have 1 relic and 2 autographs of Jim.

Happy Birthday Jim!

*All cards in this post are in my collection but the photos/scans are from TCDB.

Happy Birthday - Bill Melton

I bet you thought I forgot some birthdays but I actually had a little time between them.

Bill was born on this day in 1945 making him 76 today.

MLB Debut - May 4th, 1968 (White Sox)

Years Active - 

• 1968-1975 (White Sox)
• 1976 (Angels)
• 1977 (Indians)

1969 Topps rookie (White Sox)

1976 Topps Traded (Angels)

According to TCDB, he only has 1 card with the Indians and it was a postcard.

I do have his full run of career cards (1969-1976).

Cards on TCDB - 80 cards

Cards I Have - 17 cards

These are the only 2 "oddballs" I have from his playing days. A 1976 SSPC and a 1975 Hostess.

Where They Came From - 

• Sportlots (4 cards)
• COMC (3 cards)
• Ebay (2 cards)
• Blue Batting Helmet (1 card)
• Crinkly Wrapper (1 card)
• Just Commons/card barrel (1 card)
• Night Owl Cards (1 card)
• North Carolina (1 card)
• Too Many Verlanders (1 card)
• Topps (1 card)
• Unknown (1 card)

These are the only post career cards I have. Except the 1975 is actually a 1975 but it's a buyback so I counted it as post career.

I wasn't around for his career as I was only 4 when he retired but I really enjoyed him when he did pre/post games for the White Sox.

Happy Birthday Beltin' Bill!

*I have all these cards shown in my collection but all photos are from TCDB.

Ninety's Abbott

Had a decent time camping, just chilled. To be honest, I felt like I could have been home working on my cards. My daughter, who's almost 19, was hardly around and my son, who's almost 17, pretty much hung out around me most of the weekend so it was good bonding time with him.

I'm glad I wasn't home to watch the Sox as we got swept this weekend. I did have some time this morning to continue logging my past Sportlots cards in. I really need to stop letting my box get up to 500 cards before I ship them, it takes forever to get through them.

The random gave us a player collection for today. I still have one more post of this player to go so these are all between 1992-1994.

This is what's left of the 1992. The Pinnacle is the normal sized card, the other 2 are the micro mini's.

These are an assortment of 1993's. A couple of Score's at the top followed by the back of a Donruss Triple Play with Wade Boggs on the front. The bottom row is a Duracell (which I had never seen before) and a Bowman.

In the Topps section, you see a home team advantage followed by the micros. The bottom row is the traded and the Stadium Club Member's Only.

These are all 1993 Upper Deck's. The first is an On Deck insert, followed by the Community Heroes insert and a Fun Pack set. The bottom card is the 5th Anniversary set insert. I'm not a big fan when they superimpose other pics across the top like that.

On to the 1994, these are all Donruss. Their flagship followed by the Special Edition. The bottom row is the Studio and the Triple Play. I like the Studio set with the locker room background, other than it being the Yankees.

This is the other section from 1994 with everything from Pacific to Oscar Meyer. The top row is Pacific, Leaf Limited and Score Gold Rush. The bottom row is the O-Pee-Chee, Oscar Meyer and an oversized Fleer Extra Bases.

Next up is the dupes section, not really but it looks like it. The top is the flagship and the gold version. The Stadium Club photograph is pretty cool, the other one is the Member's Only. The bottom row is a Bowman and another Stadium Club but the team version.

Last but not least, because it's more or less alphabetically, the 1994 Upper Deck. You have the Collector's Choice's at the top with the base and the silver signature. The middle card is the Denny's hologram version followed by another Fun Pack at the bottom.

Team lots

It's Sunday which means I have to go back to work tomorrow. Blah! We're starting off with 10 hour days too but I don't expect that to last long but you never know with our management.

Yesterday, you got vintage, you do today as well. Although technically it is team collection post but they are all apart of the Vintage collection as well.

I picked these up for $.20/each. As you can tell they are a little worse for wear but that's alright. They were in a lot of 5 cards from 1977 for $1 at the card show.

All 3 of these were $.33/each as well and they are in better shape and 7 years older. They aren't perfect by any means but rounded corners and bad cutting isn't as bad as all the creases in the top 2. This was another lot for $1.

Lastly, these 2 were also a lot for $1 which I though was an outstanding price as they aren't in bad shape at all for 61 year old cards.

You can see why I grabbed a bunch of these small lots of Vintage as soon as I saw them.