1986 Topps – Carlton Fisk Tribute (1976-1979)
Just before I quite making cards I had this great idea to make a set much like the one that Topps did for Pete Rose in 1986. They took all of his cards and put the in sets of four to have a career spanning set. This is the second card of that set spanning the years 1976-1979. From here I have some decisions to make concerning the cards. If I don’t put any of the special cards or all star cards on the cards it will work out very nice. In my opinion though those cards are very important. I want to place them on the cards as well. I also toyed with the idea of adding Fleer and Donruss into the mix initially, and then Upper Deck and the others later. Of course things would get very confusing late when all the companies jumped into the mix. For now I think that I will keep things to just Topps. Later I might add some cards with just Donruss or just Fleer. I will at least make the next card in this set before deciding how to proceed. (more…)
1976 Topps – Paul Konerko
I really wanted to make this card of Paulie. 1976 is his birth year, and I loved the card that Steve at White Sox Cards made for him. I couldn’t find a template to make though. Then it dawned on me that the obvious template was Steve’s Konerko card. I stole the image from his site, and cropped the card to put my picture on it. Paulie hit a two run dinger in the first inning tonight to give the Sox a 3-0 lead in the first so I thought now was the time to put this card out. (more…)
1976 Topps – Mike Aviles
This is a card that I made a while ago, but for some reason it has just sat in a file. As I have said many times on this blog I had some great seats last July for a game with the Royals and the White Sox. I took way too many pictures that day so it is only natural that some of them would end up on some cards. (more…)
1976 Topps – Chris Getz
I love this design for the 1976 Topps cards. The only problem is that each position needs a different template. The set does come from my birth year though so I will probably find a way to make a few more. (more…)
1976 Topps – R.A. Dickey
I saw R.A. Dickey pitch in 2009 when we were in Minnesota as part of our summer baseball trip. I have always enjoyed watching the knuckleballer work. I have been able to see a few over the years, and I was happy to see that Dickey was brought into the game in 2009 so that I could watch another one work. (more…)
1976 Topps – Corky Miller
Corky will always be an interesting player to me because I saw him play for three different teams in one season. In 2009 he started the season with the White Sox. He was traded to the Reds for Norris Hopper. I then saw him play for both the Lousiville Bats (against the Sox farm team the Charlotte Knights), and the Reds. I have seen a few players on three or more teams, but never in the same season. (more…)
1976 Topps – A.J. Pierzynski
This is the first 1976 Topps card that I have made. This set is much like the 1973 set in the fact that you have to have a template for each position because of the small drawing on each card. This makes mass production very hard. I like the look of the card though so I may give a few more a shot. Making this process a little easier is the site Project Baseball 1976. He has a great database of high resolution cards on his site. While I was looking for the cards I was stuck reading the great writeups he has for each card. Be prepared to spend some time there. Another reason to make more of these cards is the fact that this is my birth year. That just so happens to be the same year that A.J. was born so this is a good first card for the set. (more…)
1976 Topps (27.7%)
I have a lot of work to do on this set. I have 193/660 (29.2%) of the cards in the base set and 2/44 (4.5%) of the cards in the traded set. That means I have 195/704 (27.7%) cards total in this set. Below is a list of the cards that I need:
1 Hank Aaron RB
2 Bobby Bonds RB
3 Mickey Lolich RB
5 Tom Seaver RB
6 Rennie Stennett RB
7 Jim Umbarger
8 Tito Fuentes
9 Paul Lindblad
11 Jim Hughes
12 Richie Zisk
13 Johnny Wockenfuss
14 Gene Garber
15 George Scott
16 Bob Apodaca
17 Billy Martin
18 Dale Murray
19 George Brett
21 Dave LaRoche
22 Bill Russell
24 Cesar Geronimo
25 Mike Torrez
26 Andy Thornton
28 Dusty Baker
29 Rick Burleson
30 John Montefusco
31 Len Randle
32 Danny Frisella
33 Bill North
35 Tony Oliva
36 Frank Taveras
37 John Hiller
38 Garry Maddox
39 Pete Broberg
40 Dave Kingman
42 Barry Foote
43 Paul Splittorff
44 Doug Rader
45 Boog Powell
46 Walter Alston
47 Jesse Jefferson
48 Dave Concepcion
49 Dave Duncan
52 Dave Chalk
53 Mike Beard
55 Gaylord Perry
57 Phil Garner
59 Larry Hisle
60 Jerry Reuss
61 Ron LeFlore
62 Johnny Oates
63 Bobby Darwin
64 Jerry Koosman
65 Chris Chambliss
66 Gus/Buddy Bell FS
67 Bob/Ray Boone FS
68 Joe/Joe Jr. Coleman FS
69 Jim/Mike Hegan FS
70 Roy/Roy Jr. Smalley FS
72 Hal McRae
73 Earl Weaver
74 Oscar Gamble
75 Larry Dierker
76 Willie Crawford
77 Pedro Borbon
78 Cecil Cooper
79 Jerry Morales
82 Von Joshua
83 Jim Spencer
84 Brent Strom
85 Mickey Rivers
88 Duffy Dyer
89 Vern Ruhle
90 Sal Bando
91 Tom Hutton
93 Mike Phillips
94 Jim Dwyer
95 Brooks Robinson
96 Doug Bird
97 Wilbur Howard
98 Dennis Eckersley
99 Lee Lacy
100 Jim Hunter
102 Jim Willoughby
104 Sparky Anderson
105 Gary Lavelle
106 Tom Grieve
107 Dave Roberts
109 Larry Lintz
112 Kent Tekulve
113 Gary Sutherland
114 Jay Johnstone
115 Ken Holtzman
116 Charlie Moore
118 Darrell Johnson
119 Checklist 1-132
120 Rusty Staub
121 Tony Solaita
122 Mike Cosgrove
123 Walt Williams
124 Doug Rau
125 Don Baylor
126 Tom Dettore
128 Ken Griffey
129 Andy Etchebarren
130 Luis Tiant
132 Don Hood
133 Gary Matthews
134 Mike Ivie
136 Dave Goltz
137 Bill Robinson
139 Gorman Thomas
140 Vida Blue
141 Larry Parrish
142 Dick Drago
143 Jerry Grote
144 Al Fitzmorris
145 Larry Bowa
146 George Medich
147 Bill Virdon
148 Stan Thomas
150 Steve Garvey
151 Bill Bonham
153 Buzz Capra
155 Jack Billingham
156 Rico Carty
157 Mike Caldwell
158 Ken Reitz
160 Dave Winfield
161 Bruce Kison
162 Jack Pierce
163 Jim Slaton
165 Gene Tenace
166 Skip Lockwood
167 Freddie Patek
169 Graig Nettles
170 Rick Wise
172 Frank Lucchesi
174 Charlie Hough
175 Ken Singleton
177 Marty Perez
178 Tom Buskey
179 George Foster
180 Rich Gossage
181 Willie Montanez
182 Harry Rasmussen
184 Bill Greif
185 Dave Parker
186 Tom Walker
187 Pedro Garcia
188 Fred Scherman
189 Claudell Washington
190 Jon Matlack
191 NL Batting Leaders
192 AL Batting Leaders
193 NL Home Run Leaders
194 AL Home Run Leaders
195 NL RBI Leaders
196 AL RBI Leaders
197 NL Stolen Base Leaders
198 AL Stolen Base Leaders
199 NL Victory Leaders
200 AL Victory Leaders
201 NL ERA Leaders
202 AL ERA Leaders
203 NL Strikeout Leaders
204 AL Strikeout Leaders
206 Manny Trillo
207 Andy Hassler
209 Alan Ashby
210 Lee May
211 Clay Carroll
215 Reggie Smith
216 Karl Kuehl
217 Dave Freisleben
218 John Knox
219 Tom Murphy
220 Manny Sanguillen
222 Wayne Garrett
223 Ollie Brown
224 Jim York
225 Roy White
226 Jim Sundberg
227 Oscar Zamora
228 John Hale
229 Jerry Remy
230 Carl Yastrzemski
232 Frank Duffy
233 Grant Jackson
236 Whitey Herzog
240 Pete Rose
242 Dan Meyer
244 Bill Sharp
245 Felix Millan
247 Terry Harmon
248 Dick Tidrow
250 Fergie Jenkins
251 Rick Monday
252 Tim Nordbrook
253 Bill Buckner
255 Fritz Peterson
259 Darrel Chaney
260 Steve Busby
262 Checklist 133-264
263 Lyman Bostock
264 Steve Renko
267 Aurelio Rodriguez
268 Del Unser
269 Rick Austin
271 Jim Lonborg
272 Rick Dempsey
273 Joe Niekro
275 Rick Manning
277 Jim Marshall
278 Bernie Carbo
279 Roy Howell
280 Burt Hooton
281 Dave May
283 Merv Rettenmund
286 Jim Wohlford
287 Pete Mackanin
288 Bill Campbell
290 Ted Simmons
291 Ken Sanders
292 Leon Roberts
293 Bill Castro
295 Dave Cash
296 Pat Dobson
297 Roger Metzger
301 Jackie Brown
302 Rick Miller
303 Steve Foucault
304 Dick Williams
305 Andy Messersmith
307 Al Bumbry
313 Dan Ford
314 Ed Kranepool
315 Al Hrabosky
316 Robin Yount
317 John Candelaria
318 Bob Boone
319 Larry Gura
320 Willie Horton
323 Rob Sperring
325 Tony Perez
326 Dick Pole
328 Carl Morton
329 Joe Ferguson
330 Nolan Ryan
331 John McNamara
334 Dennis Leonard
335 Bob Grich
337 Bud Harrelson
339 John Denny
340 Jim Rice
341 Lou Gehrig ATG
342 Rogers Hornsby ATG
343 Pie Traynor ATG
344 Honus Wagner ATG
345 Babe Ruth ATG
346 Ty Cobb ATG
347 Ted Williams ATG
348 Mickey Cochrane ATG
349 Walter Johnson ATG
350 Lefty Grove ATG
351 Randy Hundley
353 Sixto Lezcano
354 Ron Blomberg
355 Steve Carlton
356 Ted Martinez
361 Ralph Houk
362 Will McEnaney
363 Dave Collins
367 Bruce Miller
372 Rick Baldwin
373 Johnny Briggs
375 Ron Fairly
376 Rich Hebner
379 Ken Boswell
380 Bobby Bonds
381 Denny Doyle
382 Matt Alexander
383 John Ellis
384 Danny Ozark
385 Mickey Lolich
386 Ed Goodson
390 Don Gullett
392 Checklist 265-396
393 Paul Mitchell
394 Fran Healy
397 Tim Foli
399 Luis Melendez
401 Ken Brett
403 Geoff Zahn
404 Enos Cabell
405 Rollie Fingers
406 Ed Herrmann
407 Tom Underwood
408 Charlie Spikes
416 Tommy John
417 Gene Clines
419 Reggie Cleveland
421 A’s Team
429 Fred Stanley
430 Jose Cardenal
435 Phil Niekro
439 Rick Rhoden
441 Gary Carter
442 Hank Webb
443 Giants Team
444 Gary Nolan
445 Rico Petrocelli
450 Jim Palmer
453 Lou Piniella
455 Dick Allen
461 NL & AL Championship
462 1975 World Series
465 Mike Marshall
468 Jesus Alou
469 Rawly Eastwick
470 Bobby Murcer
471 Jim Burton
480 Mike Schmidt
481 Rudy May
482 Tim Hosley
485 Mike Hargrove
486 Bruce Dal Canton
487 Leron Lee
490 Frank Tanana
491 Terry Crowley
492 Marty Pattin
494 Craig Swan
495 Nate Colbert
496 Juan Beniquez
497 Joe Mcintosh
499 Mario Guerrero
500 Reggie Jackson
502 Tim McCarver
503 Elliott Maddox
504 Danny Murtaugh
507 Ray Bare
508 Duane Kuiper
509 Bill Hands
510 Amos Otis
512 Ellie Rodriguez
514 Dan Driessen
515 Steve Yeager
516 Wayne Granger
517 John Milner
518 Doug Flynn
520 Willie McCovey
521 Jim Colborn
522 Ted Sizemore
523 Bob Montgomery
524 Pete Falcone
525 Billy Williams
526 Checklist 397-528
527 Mike Anderson
528 Dock Ellis
529 Deron Johnson
530 Don Sutton
531 Joe Frazier
532 Milt May
534 Stan Bahnsen
535 Dave Nelson
536 Mike Thompson
537 Tony Muser
538 Pat Darcy
539 John Balaz
541 Steve Mingori
542 Keith Hernandez
543 Wayne Twitchell
544 Pepe Frias
545 Sparky Lyle
547 Roric Harrison
548 Manny Mota
549 Randy Tate
550 Hank Aaron
551 Jerry DaVanon
552 Terry Humphrey
553 Randy Moffitt
554 Ray Fosse
555 Dyar Miller
556 Gene Mauch
557 Dan Spillner
558 Clarence Gaston
561 Tom Carroll
563 Larry Demery
564 Kurt Bevacqua
565 Tug McGraw
566 Ken McMullen
567 George Stone
569 Nelson Briles
570 George Hendrick
571 Don DeMola
572 Rich Coggins
573 Bill Travers
574 Don Kessinger
575 Dwight Evans
576 Maximino Leon
577 Marc Hill
578 Ted Kubiak
579 Clay Kirby
580 Bert Campaneris
581 Red Schoendienst
582 Mike Kekich
583 Tommy Helms
584 Stan Wall
585 Joe Torre
586 Ron Schueler
587 Leo Cardenas
588 Kevin Kobel
589 Mike Flanagan
592 Rookie Infielders Randolph
599 Rookie Pitchers Guidry
602 Doug Konieczny
604 Joe Lovitto
605 Al Downing
606 Alex Grammas
608 Vic Correll
609 Fred Norman
610 Greg Luzinski
611 Rich Folkers
612 Joe Lahoud
613 Tim Johnson
614 Fernando Arroyo
615 Mike Cubbage
616 Buck Martinez
617 Darold Knowles
618 Jack Brohamer
620 Al Oliver
621 Tom Hall
622 Rick Auerbach
623 Bob Allietta
624 Tony Taylor
625 J.R. Richard
626 Bob Sheldon
629 Sandy Alomar
630 Chris Speier
631 Dave Bristol
632 Rogelio Moret
633 John Stearns
634 Larry Christenson
635 Jim Fregosi
637 Bruce Bochte
638 Doyle Alexander
639 Fred Kendall
640 Bill Madlock
641 Tom Paciorek
642 Dennis Blair
643 Checklist 529-660
644 Tom Bradley
645 Darrell Porter
646 John Lowenstein
647 Ramon Hernandez
648 Al Cowens
649 Dave Roberts
650 Thurman Munson
651 John Odom
652 Ed Armbrister
653 Mike Norris
654 Doug Griffin
655 Mike Vail
656 Chuck Tanner
657 Roy Smalley
658 Jerry Johnson
659 Ben Oglivie
660 Davey Lopes
27T Ed Figueroa
28T Dusty Baker
44T Doug Rader
74T Oscar Gamble
80T Jim Kaat
83T Jim Spencer
85T Mickey Rivers
99T Lee Lacy
120T Rusty Staub
127T Larvell Blanks
146T George Medich
158T Ken Reitz
208T Mike Lum
211T Clay Carroll
231T Tom House
250T Fergie Jenkins
259T Darrel Chaney
292T Leon Roberts
296T Pat Dobson
309T Bill Melton
380T Bobby Bonds
383T John Ellis
385T Mickey Lolich
401T Ken Brett
410T Ralph Garr
411T Bill Singer
428T Jim Crawford
434T Morris Nettles
464T Ken Henderson
497T Joe McIntosh
524T Pete Falcone
527T Mike Anderson
528T Dock Ellis
532T Milt May
554T Ray Fosse
579T Clay Kirby
583T Tommy Helms
592T Willie Randolph
618T Jack Brohamer
632T Rogelio Moret
649T Dave Roberts
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