In 1982 both the AL and NL Rookies of the Year were featured in every set. Cal Ripken and Steve Sax were on Rookie Stars cards in the regular Topps set and each had their own card in the Traded set. They both also had Donruss and Fleer cards in 1982.
There were 15 other players receiving Rookie of the year votes in 1982. Of those 15, Pittsburgh's Johnny Ray and Cleveland's Von Hayes both received the full compliment of 1982 cards (Topps, Topps Traded, Donruss and Fleer).
Seven other players who received votes for Rookie of the Year in 1982 appeared on at least 1 card issued that season: Minnesota's Kent Hrbek, Seattle's Ed Vande Berg, Toronto's Jesse Barfield, San Francisco's Chili Davis, Atlanta's Steve Bedrosian and San Diego's Luis DeLeon and Eric Show.
So in order to soothe my rookie OCD, I tried to incorporate the design elements of the original set into this multi-player Donruss Rated Rookie card. I included 4 more players who received Rookie of the Year votes: Minnesota's Gary Gaetti, St. Loius's Willie McGee and Dave LaPoint, and Texas's Dave Hostetler.
In my next post I will put the remaining players onto a 1982 Fleer rookie card.
I've always been a Topps guy but I have to say this is a sweet card!
ReplyDeleteNice! Although if you're aiming for historical accuracy, Hostetler should be an Expo on a 1982 card
ReplyDeleteYeah, Hostetler spent part of 1981 and spring training in 1982 with the Expos. But he gained his Rookie of the Year votes playing the entire season with the Rangers. And since none of the card manufacturers saw fit to include him in ANY uniform I made him a Ranger.
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