#1990 TOPPS ROGER CLEMENS CRACKED#
#1990 TOPPS ROGER CLEMENS PLUS#

This card – and others like it – are what make it seem like the whole “blackless” or NNOF phenomenon might just be a printing problem and not an actual design/release error (yeah, that might be a fine distinction, but I’m making it anyway). – had made good, that we were pretty sure Grissom could live up to his advance billing.Īll told, the sparkplug centerfielder pretty much held up his end of the bargain, playing for 17 years and accumulating 2251 hits, 227 home runs, 967 RBI, 429 stolen bases, and 1187 runs scored.įor all that, Grissom falls short of Cooperstown standards, but his RC is still nothing to sneeze at.Ĭheck prices on Amazon (affiliate link) 2) 1990 Topps Frank Thomas Partial Blackless (#414) By the time collectors started pulling his rookie card, enough of those guys – Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, Tim Wallach, etc. Marquis Grissom was one of what seemed like an endless string of Expos prospects in the 1980s and 1990s. It all solidified Cal as an ironclad collector favorite, and we still love him today.Ĭheck prices on Amazon (affiliate link) 15) 1990 Topps Don Mattingly (#200) Not only did he stay in the lineup, he went on to record maybe his greatest season in 1991, winning his second MVP award in the process and setting a dinner date with history for 1995. The man needed to take a day off now and then, they said, and forget about chasing Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played. Things were about the same (or worse) for Iron Cal in 1990, and his critics put the blame firmly on The Streak. 257 batting average in 1989, even as his Orioles rebounded from laughingstock (54-107) in 1988 to contender (87-75) the next summer under second-year manager Frank Robinson. Today, even after the great slugger downfall of the 2010s, Sosa’s rookie cards maintain enough hobby swagger to appear on lists like this one.Ĭheck prices on Amazon (affiliate link) 24) 1990 Topps Larry Walker Rookie Card (#757)īy the time this card was issued, Cal Ripken was starting to draw heavy flak for his slipping performance at the plate.Īfter winning American League Rookie of the Year and MVP honors in 19, respectively, Ripken had managed just 21 home runs and a. Predictably, his cards skyrocketed like one of his Wrigley Field blasts. Of course, those homer numbers were off the charts starting in 1998, when he chased Mark McGwire to Roger Maris’ single-season record.

#1990 TOPPS ROGER CLEMENS CRACKED#

Things started to look up the next summer, though, as 24-year-old Sosa connected on 33 long balls, the first of 11 straight full seasons (he cracked 25 in strike-shortened 1994) when he hit 30 or more.

The next couple seasons were lean, though, as Sammy struggled for playing time, especially after a 1992 trade to the Cubs. The young, toolsy prospect made a decent showing in his new climes, cracking double-digit home runs and stealing 32 bases. Sammy Sosa entered 1990 with designs on a starting job for the first time in his big league career, thanks to a midseason trade in 1989 from the Rangers to the White Sox. ) 25) 1990 Topps Sammy Sosa Rookie Card (#692) You might also enjoy our Ultimate Guide treatment of 1990 Topps baseball cards, right here. ( Note: The following sections contain affiliate links to eBay and Amazon listings for the cards being discussed. In all cases, you could also opt for the more limited, super glossy Tiffany version, which will generally set you back three to five times the cost of the corresponding base cards.Īlright, let’s play ball, 1990 Topps style!

#1990 TOPPS ROGER CLEMENS PLUS#

What follows, then, are the most valuable 1990 Topps baseball cards plus the most valuable 1990 Topps Traded baseball cards PLUS a few surprises, as judged by actual selling prices for copies graded PSA 9. Of course, even the stoutest of the ‘90s will likely never rattle any bank accounts, not on the whole, and not to the extent that some of the hobby’s big hitters do and will.īut these cards are still fun all these years later, and they might just surprise you, if you give them a chance. Like … wow … like comic books have (something I first realized while reading a post from Night Owl Cards).Īnd then there is the photography, which is pretty sharp in some cases.Īnd then there are some pretty interesting subjects, from draft picks to error cards to scads of Nolan Ryans. Those wild borders, for example, aren’t just colorful – they have print dots.

What seemed to start out as a sort of cheap attempted knockoff of the classic 1975 Topps set actually has some character of its own. Believe it or not, 1990 Topps baseball cards may be better than you think.

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