Thursday, February 28, 2013

Up For Grabs: Rickey


I have a massive amount of Rickey Henderson cards to get rid of. He was one of the favorite players of a younger version of myself, but it's been at least 20 years since I've really sought to acquire any of his cards. The sheer volume of his career ensured that no one on earth will run out of Rickey Henderson cards.

As always, the list follows at the end of the post. It's long. With apologies to the Angels, Mets and Dodgers, I am going to list his cards by which team he is depicted with for all you team collectors out there, since the man changed teams an awful lot.


I had totally lost track of Rickey Henderson by the time this card was produced. I had no idea he had played for Boston until I pulled this card from a pack of 2003 Topps.


Rickey briefly played for the latest version of my hometown Portland Beavers in 2001, but never got a chance to actually play a game in Portland. He broke camp with the AAA Padres affiliate that year and they were still putting the finishing touches on the remodel of our stadium, so he played his first home games that year several hours away in a small town in Washington.


This is a great looking card. I have no idea how I kept a nice copy of a 1985 Donruss card for so long. I must have bought it when I was in high school when I was flirting with collecting his stuff.


Rickey played for the Yanks during my formative collecting years. He and Mattingly and Winfield just couldn't get that team to the playoffs.


This is a pretty decent looking card. It's too bad it's a 1990 Score card, meaning that there are 7.8 million other copies of this in existence. He looks old here, and yet would go on to play for another decade and a half.


Virtual Rickey.

The list:

Mariners
2001 Topps #105

Yankees
1988 Donruss Pop-Up
1989 Bazooka #14
1988 Topps UK Mini #31
1987 Donruss #228 [2 available]
1988 Topps Glossy All-Star Send-In #25
1987 Topps Mini League Leaders #64
1989 Topps #380
1989 Donruss #245
1987 Topps #735 [2 available]
1987 Topps (Yankees Leaders w/ Don Mattingly) #406
1988 Topps #60 [2 available]
1988 Donruss All-Stars #4
1988 Leaf/Donruss #145
1988 Donruss #277 [4 available]
2003 Topps Record Breakers #RB-RH
1989 Topps Mini League Leaders #66
1986 Topps #500 [2 available]
1986 Topps (All-Star) #716 [2 available]
1986 Topps Mini League Leaders #27 [3 available]

1989 Score #70 [2 available]
1989 Score (Highlights) #657

1989 Fleer #254 [4 available]
1987 Fleer Baseball's Hottest Stars #20
1986 Sportflics #6
1986 Fleer #108
1989 Upper Deck #210 [2 available]
1987 Topps Glossy All-Star #18

Red Sox
2003 Topps Hit Parade #HP21

Athletics
1995 Topps Stadium Club Virtual Reality #213
1985 Donruss #176
1990 Score (Dream Team) #686
1990 Topps Kmart #23
1993 Topps #750
1992 Leaf #116
1991 Post #27 [2 available]
1992 Score (Dream Team) #441
2010 Topps (Athletics Franchise History) #137 [2 available]
1991 Donruss (MVP) #387
1991 Donruss (All-Star) #53
1991 Fleer Ultra #248 [2 available]
1990 Donruss #304 [2 available]
1990 Upper Deck #334
1990 Classic Yellow #T27
1991 Classic II #T75
1995 Donruss #305
1991 Upper Deck #444 [2 available]
1990 Topps Kay-Bee Kings #15
1991 Topps Cracker Jack #18
1991 Topps Micro (All-Star) #391
1992 Topps #560
1991 Score (All-Star) #397 [2 available]
1991 Score (AL MVP) #875
1991 Studio #104
1991 Fleer #10 [2 available]
1983 Topps (Stolen Base Leaders w/ Tim Raines) #704
1991 Score (Dream Team) #890 [2 available]
1991 Score #10 [2 available]
1990 Topps Glossy All-Star Send-In #37
1990 Baseball Cards Magazine #48
1991 Upper Deck (Stolen Base Leaders w/ Lou Brock) #636 [2 available]
1991 Topps #670 [3 available]
1991 Topps (All-Star) #391
1994 Topps Stadium Club #654
1991 Score (The Franchise) #857 [3 available]
1991 Donruss #648 [3 available]
1987 Topps (Turn Back The Clock) #311
1989 Score Rookie/Traded #50T
1990 Fleer #10 [2 available]
1990 Bowman #457 [3 available]
1989 Fleer Update #U-54
1993 Donruss #315
1990 Topps #450
1990 Topps (Record Breaker) #7 [2 available]
1985 Topps Woolworth's #17
1985 Topps (All-Star) #706
1985 Topps #115 [2 available]
1991 Leaf #101
1984 Topps (League Leaders w/ Tim Conroy) #156 [has waxy front]
1984 Topps (League Leaders w/ Tim Raines) #134 [2 available]
1995 Bazooka #62
1990 Topps Mini League Leaders #28 [2 available]
1996 Bazooka #129
1990 Leaf #160 [2 available]
1990 Leaf (Checklist) #84
2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes #5 [3 available]

Padres
2002 Upper Deck (Year of the Record) #734
1996 Pinnacle #338

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