Best Multi-Player Rookie Card?

[scmavl]

What rookie card from the 60's to present with multiple players had the best collection of stars?

I'd probably go with Mike Schmidt/Ron Cey, although the Paul Molitor/Alan Trammel card isn't too shabby either.

Can you think of some other ones?

[bcbgcbrcb]

'72 Topps Fisk/Cooper

[Ease]

73 topps Carlton Fisk/Cecil Cooper

Haha what he said ^

[gnaz01]

1963 Topps Pete Rose is my fave

[CW]

Nolan Ryan/Jerry Koosman? Maybe not the best, but it
deserves a mention.

[shimozukawa]

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[scmavl]

I thought of the Ryan/Koosman as well. As for the Ichiro/Pujols though, didn't Ichiro have his (US) rookie in the regular 2001 set?

[novakjr]

I don't know if this counts, but I think the fact that Lou Piniella appeared on 3 multi-player rookie cards over a span of 6 years with 3 different teams should earn him some bonus points.. Not to mention that 7 years after his first card appearance, he finally got a card all to himself that contained the topps all-star rookie trophy...Yes, 7 years and 4 cards later, he was finally a Topps all-star rookie. Oh and by the way, he was yet again, listed with a new team.

[jthorst75]

1971 Topps Dusty Baker/Don Baylor/Tom Paciorek. All 3 top players on one card!

[FUBAR]

Not baseball, but i'd go with the Larry Bird/ Magic Johnson

[Kawika]

This card for me has a certain je ne sais quoi.

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by novakjr

I don't know if this counts, but I think the fact that Lou Piniella appeared on 3 multi-player rookie cards over a span of 6 years with 3 different teams should earn him some bonus points.. Not to mention that 7 years after his first card appearance, he finally got a card all to himself that contained the topps all-star rookie trophy...Yes, 7 years and 4 cards later, he was finally a Topps all-star rookie. Oh and by the way, he was yet again, listed with a new team.

David...at least he should get some award for most rookie cards

[celoknob]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

David...at least he should get some award for most rookie cards

True, Piniella should get the multi-player rookie award becasue he did it for three teams, which I ddn't know.

However, Ed Armbrister also appeared on 3 multi-player cards (1972, 74, 75). Piniella also clearly wins between these two in having a very distinguished career, but Armbrister was involved in one of the most conversial plays in World Series history.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

Not baseball, but i'd go with the Larry Bird/ Magic Johnson

I think we have a winner.


Great thread BTW. Even as a kid I was always fascinated with these cards. Long before "Rookie" cards became an in thing.

I'm pretty sure this was my favorite card for awhile:

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Kawika

This card for me has a certain je ne sais quoi.

You look almost as good as your T206!

[novakjr]

I wouldn't necessarily count the Bird/Magic card, because it technically wasn't a multi-player rookie. It was from an entire set that was produced in strips of 3 cards. Basically, while being connected, each individual card is still it's own entity and is numbered as so.. I will not argue with the fact that complete panel is a great card though.

Anyways, my vote goes for the '82 topps Ripken. Not just because it was a great card, but also because without it, we wouldn't have the '82 Topps Traded Ripken, which is an absolutely great card.

I've always liked when multiplayer rookie cards resulted in a player getting his first individual card in the same year's traded set...'76 Willie Randolph. '81 Tim Raines and Fernando Valenzuela cards, '82 Ripken, so on and so on.

Multi-player rookies also led to the '78 Burger King Tigers set being quite nice. The Jack Morris, Alan Trammel and Lou Whitaker cards are great, and would be somewhat irrelevant, had these 3 not appeared on multiplayer cards in the regular Topps set.

[bsuttonosu]

Probably not the best, but don't forget the '65 Catfish Hunter/Johnny Odom card. One of my favorites.

[Beatles Guy]

If you're just talking baseball, I'd go with Nolan Ryan/Jerry Koosman. But yeah, I think Bird/Magic takes the cake if you're talking all sports.

[Robextend]

Ryan/Koosman or Schmidt/Cey

[canjond]

1948 Cleveland "4-on-1" Team issue with Paige and Doby...

[Gary Dunaier]

I like the multi-player rookie cards because I get a perverse kick out of seeing the otherwise "common" players whose biggest claim to fame, through no fault of their own, is having been designated a "future star" by Topps along with someone who really, no foolin', did become a star, to the extent that "star" is an understatement.

In that sense, my favorite multi-player rookie card is from the 1982 Topps set. It features Bob Bonner and Jeff Schneider...



...but is perhaps best known as the rookie card of Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr, baseball's "Iron Man" of the modern era.

[glynparson]

He has a 1972 Topps Card it is a high number I believe.

[scmavl]

Originally Posted by glynparson

He has a 1972 Topps Card it is a high number I believe.

Ah, I had no idea.

[Beatles Guy]

Originally Posted by scmavl

Ah, I had no idea.

Yeah, his rookie is #761 of the '72 set with Ben Oglivie, which isn't a bad card.