Darryl Strawberry Collection

Updated 02/27/10

It’s time to take this list off of my want list and give it its own home. This is a list of all the Darryl Strawberry cards in my collection. If you have anything not on this list, I’d be willing to trade for it! Also, a good number of cards on this list have a link to a scan if you’re curious what they look like.

As of 2/26/10, my collection is 9.1147197485594552121529596647459% complete according to Beckett.com.

Blue means pending.

1. 1984 Drake’s #29
2. 1984 Fleer #599
3. 1984 Topps #182
4. 1985 Donruss #312
5. 1985 Drake’s #30
6. 1985 Fleer #93
7. 1985 Fleer Limited Edition #38
8. 1985 Topps Glossy All-Stars #5
9. 1986 Donruss Highlights #24
10. 1986 Quaker Granola #16
11. 1986 Topps #80
12. 1986 Topps Glossy All-Stars #11
13. 1986 Topps Mini #63
14. 1987 Burger King All-Pro #19
15. 1987 Classic Yellow #122
16. 1987 Donruss #4 Diamond Kings
17. 1987 Donruss #118
18. 1987 Donruss Highlights #42
19. 1987 Fleer #23
20. 1987 Fleer Exciting Stars #41
21. 1987 Fleer League Leaders #41
22. 1987 Fleer Star Stickers #114
23. 1987 Kmart #32
24. 1987 Topps #331 “Mets Leaders”
25. 1987 Topps #460
26. 1987 Topps #601 AS
27. 1987 Topps Glossy Send-ins #32
28. 1987 Topps Mini #26
29. 1987 Woolworth’s #29
30. 1988 Bazooka #21
31. 1988 Donruss #439
32. 1988 Donruss MVP #BC-20
33. 1988 Donruss Pop-ups #19
34. 1988 Fleer #151
35. 1988 Fleer #637 Crunch Time w/ Eric Davis
36. 1988 Fleer Headliners #4
37. 1988 Fleer Mini #63
38. 1988 K-Mart Memorable Moments #29
39. 1988 KayBee Superstars of Baseball #29
40. 1988 Panini Stickers #347
41. 1988 Score #360
42. 1988 Topps #710
43. 1988 Topps Glossy All-Stars #19
44. 1988 Topps Glossy Send-ins #22
45. 1988 Topps Mini #63
46. 1989 Bazooka #20
47. 1989 Bowman #387
48. 1989 Captain Crunch #7
49. 1989 Classic Light Blue #8
50. 1989 Classic Travel Orange #108
51. 1989 Classic Travel Orange #150 w/ Will Clark
52. 1989 Donruss #147
53. 1989 Donruss MVP #BC-6
54. 1989 Fleer #49
55. 1989 Fleer #632 w/ Will Clark
56. 1989 Fleer All Star Team #10
57. 1989 Fleer Baseball’s Exciting Stars #40
58. 1989 Fleer Wax Box Cards #C-25
59. 1989 Score #10
60. 1989 Score Hottest 100 Stars #50
61. 1989 Topps #300
62. 1989 Topps #390 AS
63. 1989 Topps Ames 20/20 Club #28
64. 1989 Topps Glossy All-Stars #19
65. 1989 Topps Hills Team MVP’S #28
66. 1989 Upper Deck #260
67. 1989 Upper Deck #681 CL
68. 1990 Bowman #141
69. 1990 Bowman Tiffany #141
70. 1990 Classic Blue #33
71. 1990 Donruss #235
72. 1990 Donruss Best NL #80
73. 1990 Fleer #217
74. 1990 Fleer League Standouts #3
75. 1990 Leaf #250
76. 1990 Post #10
77. 1990 Score #200
78. 1990 Score Superstar #15
79. 1990 Starline #21
80. 1990 Topps #600
81. 1990 Topps Glossy Send-ins #7
82. 1990 Upper Deck #182
83. 1990 Wonder Stars #10
84. 1991 Bowman #382 Silver Slugger
85. 1991 Bowman #609
86. 1991 Classic Blue #T68
87. 1991 Donruss #408 MVP
88. 1991 Donruss #696
89. 1991 Fleer #161
90. 1991 Fleer Pro-Visions #12
91. 1991 Fleer Ultra #171
92. 1991 Fleer Update #96
93. 1991 Leaf #377
94. 1991 O-Pee-Chee Premier #117
95. 1991 Score #640
96. 1991 Score #691 Master Blaster
97. 1991 Score #864 The Franchise
98. 1991 Stadium Club #301
99. 1991 Topps #200
100. 1991 Topps #402 AS
101. 1991 Topps Traded #114
102. 1991 Upper Deck #245
103. 1992 Donruss #559
104. 1992 Donruss McDonald’s MVP #7
105. 1992 Fleer #471
106. 1992 Fleer The Performer Collection #12
107. 1992 Fleer Ultra #219
108. 1992 Leaf #29
109. 1992 Pinnacle #80
110. 1992 Pinnacle #308 “Shades”
111. 1992 Score #9
112. 1992 Score ’90s Impact Player #59
113. 1992 Stadium Club #560
114. 1992 Studio #50
115. 1992 Topps #550
116. 1992 Triple Play #187
117. 1992 Upper Deck #174
118. 1993 Donruss 1992 Long Ball Leaders #LL-11
119. 1993 Duracell Power Players Series II #21
120. 1993 Hostess #7
121. 1993 Leaf #210
122. 1993 Score #42
123. 1993 Score Select #21
124. 1993 Studio #122
125. 1993 Topps #450
126. 1993 Topps Marlins #450
127. 1993 Upper Deck #477 Team Stars W/ Eric Davis
128. 1993 Upper Deck #575
129. 1993 Upper Deck #820 CL
130. 1993 Upper Deck On Deck #23
131. 1994 Finest #87
132. 1994 Flair #444
133. 1994 Fleer #525
134. 1994 Pacific #322
135. 1994 Pinnacle #294
136. 1994 Pinnacle #309 Hometown Heroes
137. 1994 Score #428
138. 1994 Sportflics Rookie/Traded #149
139. 1994 Stadium Club #335
140. 1994 Topps #640
141. 1995 Collector’s Choice SE #113
142. 1995 Fleer Ultra #244
143. 1995 Topps #629
144. 1995 Upper Deck Electric Diamond #89
145. 1996 Donruss #215
146. 1996 Fleer Ultra #107
147. 1996 Score #353
148. 1997 Circa #221
149. 1997 Donruss #261
150. 1997 Donruss Elite Edition #110
151. 1997 Metal Universe #123
152. 1997 Score #79
153. 1997 Stadium Club #82
154. 1997 Studio #145
155. 1998 Bowman Chrome #256
156. 1999 Pacific Paramount #166
157. 1999 Stadium Club #7
158. 2002 Topps Archives #159
159. 2003 Fleer Fall Classics #46
160. 2003 Fleer Fall Classics Legendary Collection Memorabilia #DSY *Bat*
161. 2004 Absolute Memorabilia Tools of the Trade Signature Blue Spectrum #38 33/50
162. 2004 Donruss World Series #111
163. 2004 SP Legendary Cuts #20
164. 2004 Upper Deck Etchings Etched in Time Autograph #DS 038/150 *Autograph*
165. 2004 Upper Deck Legends Timeless Teams #255
166. 2004 Upper Deck Yankee Classics #21
167. 2005 Donruss Champions #54
168. 2005 Donruss Greats Signature Gold Holofoil #13 *Autograph*
169. 2005 Donruss Leather & Lumber Big Bang #BB-7 007/250 *Jersey*
170. 2005 Playoff Prestige #191
171. 2005 Playoff Prestige Red #191 83/150
172. 2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites #9
173. 2005 Topps Rookie Cup #51
174. 2008 Topps Update Ring of Honor 1986 New York Mets #DS
175. 2009 Topps Tribute Black #42 72/99

My Million Card Giveaway Loot

Well it took Topps a little while but they pulled through and it seems traffic to the site is manageable and major kinks are worked out. I only had 2 codes but it took me several tries to unlock them during their heavy traffic phase.

My first one was a huge letdown. A 1990 Doug Rader MGR card. The worst of the worst. My second was decent though, and if I end up shipping cards to myself, I’d pay the 50 cents per extra card for this one. A 1987 Ryne Sandberg. I’ve already offered it up for trade through the respective hoops for any Darryl Strawberry or Ichiro that I don’t own yet.

I’m looking forward to unlocking more in the future. It seems the odds are a tad better for cards from the 70’s and even the 60’s than I had expected.

Oh, and a reminder, don’t forget to enter my contest! Entries are due at 1 minute after midnight on Thursday morning Pacific Standard Time.

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UPDATE!!

Not more than a couple of hours after I posted some trade offers for the Sandberg, a new Strawberry was waiting for me when I logged in again. The 1993 was probably my last choice for a Strawberry, but I still needed it. Now, hopefully someone will want the Doug Rader, right?

Contest!! Name the Autographs to Win!

Yes, yes, yes! With all the other great contests that are going on, I’ve been inspired to create my own. The only difference between this one and the others is that mine has no theme whatsoever! I will test your knowledge of autographed baseballs and reward you with prizes from 3 different sports. You will be playing for 1 and only 1 grand prize which consists of:

3 sealed packs of the uber-rare (not really) 1993-94 Star Pro Basketball set! And…

3 sealed packs of from the 1997 Playbook By the Numbers set released by Scoreboard. You might be saying “Who-whatzit?”, but I secretly broke a box of these last week and it was a lot of fun.

And part 3 of the prize will consist of a 50 count hinged snap-case full of your pick of 1993 Action Packed All Star Gallery Baseball cards from this list! I don’t know how many that is yet but I’ll get back to you on that.

How to Enter:

Now that your down here, you’re probably wondering how to enter. First, you must name all the autographs shown in the picture below in the comments for this post. 1 answer per person. You cannot change your answer once you send it in. All comments will be moderated so no one will be able to see anyone’s answers until the drawing is over. If you correctly name all six, you will gain 5 entries into the random drawing which I will hold right after Friday the 19th at 12:01 AM PST. That’s your deadline. Of course, there should be a few people who answer correctly, so extra entries can be earned, but only earned if your answers are correct. If you are or become a follower of my blog, let me know and you will get 3 more entries. Also, if you blog about this contest on your own blog, you will earn 3 more entries, 1 blog per person.

All entries will be loaded into random.org in alphabetical order. After they have been randomized 3 times, the player with his or her name at the top wins! I’ll post the winner as soon as I get the results and the winner will be notified. Good luck!

So here are the autographs you need to identify. These particular autographs have NOT previously been mentioned anywhere on my blogs before, just so you know. Be sure to click on the picture to get a better look:

Card of the Day: 1975-76 Topps Portland Trail Blazers Team Checklist

This is now, by far, the oldest Trail Blazers card I own. The back states who 8 of the players are and I think I figured out the rest.

#10 is Phil Lumpkin who spent his rookie year with the Blazers after being drafted in the second round out of Miami University. He was traded to Phoenix Suns for the 1975-76 season and was waived the year after. He did have a card in this set as a Phoenix Sun.

#19 is Lenny Wilkens. He retired after the 1974-75 season and did not have a card in this set.

#27 is John Johnson who only played 9 games in 1975 for Portland before he was traded to the Cavs for Steve Hawes.

#4 is Greg Smith near the end of his career. He was waived on 11/7/75 after just one game played that season, his final NBA game.

I believe the coach was Jack McCloskey. Which one of the two pictured was him, I don’t know.

By the way, Big Contest Tomorrow!!

Box Break: 2009 Upper Deck A Piece of History Baseball Hobby

Yes, I picked Piece of History for my first modern box break since my return to this hobby. I’m really drawn to this set and I guess I’m one of few. I absolutely love the card design, the numbered parallels and the numbered inserts. The Historical Moments subset could have been done better but it has it’s moments (historical moments).

The 16 pack box gave me 88 of the 200 card base set if I remember correctly. I pulled 1 Hollywood relic, an auto, a jersey and a ton of serial numbered beauties.

Up above are a few of my favorite base cards. The first half of the set from #1 to #100 are star cards.

Here’s a few of the rookies I pulled. There are 50 rookies in the base from #101 to #150.

#’s 151 to 200 finish the set with the Historical Moments subset. These are some of the good ones…

…and some of the bad ones. I now own a turkey dinner trading card.

Here’s the dreaded 20th Anniversary cards. I really made out extremely well with this box. 7 of 8 were sports related and the 8th wasn’t a sheep or a virus!

Blue and green #’d parallels, and the Timeless Moments set. Check out the Lowell.. #’d 01 of 75!

Some more #’d inserts.

The auto..
The jersey..

And the Mike Meyers Goldmember costume card. I’m happy with this one.. my wife got a kick out of it. Im just glad it wasn’t a redemption..

Once again, my set needs have been posted, and since I had purchased 2 packs of this stuff before the box, I have like 2 doubles up on my for trade list!

MLB.com’s 2010 Fantasy Baseball Preview

I was taken by surprise today when checking out MLB.com, like I do every day, to see a new fantasy baseball preview featuring today’s players in none other than the classic 1987 Topps card design. Interestingly though, Topps logo isn’t anywhere to be seen. Yeah MLB is MLB but.. does anyone happen to be a lawyer? Not important. Anyways, the webpage appears to be a great resource with stats, projected stats, rankings and more! Check it out.

JD’s Wild World of Sports!

As if you didn’t already know, there’s a very fun fantasy Olympics contest going on over at JD’s Wild Cardz. I recommend you check it out!

Blaster Break: 2009 Topps 206 Baseball

You know.. when my wife goes grocery shopping and I specifically ask for a pack of 206.. look what I end up with! A freakin’ blaster! Jeez..

This will be a short and simple blaster break post… I only wanted a pack!

I already got a Mize which I showed in a different post, but this is the short print!
..hence the no-numbered back.

Here’s the bronzes.

…and the minis.

If you’re wondering why all the cards have stains on the back, they’re printed like that on purpose.

Ok, now I think I have enough to post a want list. It should be up shortly.

Pack Break: 2009 Topps National Chicle Football

Didn’t these come out a long time ago? This is the first time I’ve seen them for sale here so I grabbed one of the brightly colored, alluring packs. I like ’em enough to get more but I won’t be spending too much on these.

This guy really seems to be on his way up… way up. He started out as an undrafted signing for the Giants. He never got past the practice squad in ’05 and was severely injured in a non-sports related accident in ’06 and almost bled to death. He was traded to Green Bay for a sixth-round draft pick and has been on fire ever since. He already holds the Packers franchise records for most rushing TD’s (3) and most rushing yards (201) in a playoff game.

D’Qwell led the NFL in tackles in 2008. His ’09 season was cut short by an injury in game six.

Taking over the Steelers starting runningback position in 2006 from Jerome Bettis, he’s earned 2 rings in Superbowl XL and XLIII. Last year, after recovering from a brief injury, he lost his starting spot to Rashard Mendenhall.

Another Packer! Donald now holds the franchise record for most TD receptions and obviously was a huge part in helping Brett Favre earn his records for most TD’s, completions, passing yards.. but hopefully not the interceptions one.

A nice looking Youngsters of the Gridiron insert. Knowshon wears the Broncos number 27 of the late Darrent Williams which he asked permission from Darrent’s mother to wear with one condition, that he volunteer a couple of hours per month at the Darrent Williams Teen Center.

And of course the standard mini parallel which now come in every single retro set. I can’t wait for 2036 Topps Heritage Baseball so I can get my Ken Griffey III mini surgeon general warning back!

No government stuff here.. wait a minute.. what the heck is this?

Mascot Gone Willy Nilly!

I want that job!