Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project

[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.

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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.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

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.

Yeah, I'm guessing it was his WS contributions and his being part of the "Big Red Machine" that got him the "0" honor.

Still, interesting when you get to a "0" and you're like "who?!"

[Mike D.]

Passing 200:

199 Pepe Frias
200 Frank Tanana
201 Ed Kranepool
202 Tom Johnson
203 Ed Armbrister
204 Jeff Newman RC
205 Pete Falcone
206 Boog Powell
207 Glenn Abbott

All are here and accounted for, with no upgrade candidates.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Up next:

208 Checklist 133-264
209 Rob Andrews
210 Fred Lynn
211 San Francisco Giants CL
212 Jim Mason
213 Maximino Leon
214 Darrell Porter
215 Butch Metzger
216 Doug DeCinces

Card #208 (Checklist 133-264) is missing. 215 Butch Metzger could use an upgrade.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

217 Tom Underwood
218 John Wathan RC
219 Joe Coleman
220 Chris Chambliss
221 Bob Bailey
222 Francisco Barrios
223 Earl Williams
224 Rusty Torres
225 Bob Apodaca

All 9 are here. 220 Chris Chambliss could use an upgrade.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Next up:

226 Leroy Stanton
227 Joe Sambito RC
228 Minnesota Twins CL
229 Don Kessinger
230 Vida Blue
231 George Brett RB
232 Minnie Minoso RB
233 Jose Morales RB
234 Nolan Ryan RB

Missing are 228 Minnesota Twins CL and 234 Nolan Ryan RB (darn). No obvious upgrade candidates.

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The dups: