Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project

[Mark70Z]

Man, you picked up a pretty good amount up front. Really like the look of this set and looking forward to viewing it all. While I’m not really a set collector I really like viewing all the different cards and this is one of the last years I really was picking up a ton of cards. I did get some ‘78’s, but that was it for quite a number of years.

Love that your son is getting into it as well. Be cool to see some pics with his cards!

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Man, you picked up a pretty good amount up front. Really like the look of this set and looking forward to viewing it all. While I’m not really a set collector I really like viewing all the different cards and this is one of the last years I really was picking up a ton of cards. I did get some ‘78’s, but that was it for quite a number of years.

Love that your son is getting into it as well. Be cool to see some pics with his cards!

Yes, I did start with quite a pile! I was noticing that when doing the initial sort by 100's to get started.

I blame two factors for this: 1) the relative affordability of lots from this year and 2) the Net54 community, who provided some great lots that I couldn't say "no" to.

I wasn't a set collector until I started my 1976 project, but it's fun. Glad folks are enjoying the posts...it makes it a lot more fun and interesting to share the journey.

I think I may hit '78 Topps next. It's funny, but being a young collector in the late 80's and early 90's, that set seemed like an unattainable big money "vintage" set. Molitor/Trammel RC?! Eddie Murray RC?! Might as well have been Ruth and Gehrig to a kid scratching together $16 to buy a box of 1990 Donruss.

My son made ME sort the cards down into 100's, and he then sorted cards 1-100 down by 10's. He's got up to number 20 in the binder...so he's taking the slow approach. Ah, to be 8...

[Mike D.]

The next few:

127 Ron Fairly
128 Tommy John Dodgers
129 Mike Sadek
130 Al Oliver
131 Orlando Ramirez RC
132 Chip Lang
133 Ralph Garr
134 San Diego Padres CL
135 Mark Belanger

All are here and no upgrade candidates!

The cards;



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Two Hall of Famers:

136 Jerry Mumphrey RC
137 Jeff Terpko RC
138 Bob Stinson
139 Fred Norman
140 Mike Schmidt
141 Mark Littell
142 Steve Dillard RC
143 Ed Herrmann
144 Bruce Sutter RC

All here and the Sutter is pretty nice. But a number of upgrade candidates: 139,140, and 142.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Passing 150:

145 Tom Veryzer
146 Dusty Baker
147 Jackie Brown
148 Fran Healy
149 Mike Cubbage
150 Tom Seaver
151 Johnnie LeMaster
152 Gaylord Perry
153 Ron Jackson RC

#146 Dusty Baker is missing. #149 Mike Cubbage could use an upgrade.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

154 Dave Giusti
155 Joe Rudi
156 Pete Mackanin
157 Ken Brett
158 Ted Kubiak
159 Bernie Carbo
160 Will McEnaney
161 Garry Templeton RC
162 Mike Cuellar

#160 Wil McEnaney is missing. No upgrade candidates.

I know Topps usually put a "star" on the 0's...what happened here?

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Up next:

163 Dave Hilton
164 Tug McGraw
165 Jim Wynn
166 Bill Campbell
167 Rich Hebner
168 Charlie Spikes
169 Darold Knowles
170 Thurman Munson
171 Ken Sanders

All here and no obvious upgrade candidates.

The cards:



The dups:

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Mike D.

#160 Wil McEnaney is missing. No upgrade candidates.

I know Topps usually put a "star" on the 0's...what happened here?

That’s a good question, I knew McEnaney had one very good year and thought maybe it was 1976 but when I looked him up on Baseball Reference I saw that it was 1975 and that 1976 was a bad year, even though he got a ring both years. He was out of the major leagues two years after his 1977 card came out. ETA, he did have an excellent World Series in 1976 pitching 4 2/3 scoreless innings with two saves, and for the second straight year he threw the last pitch to win the World Series.