December pickups

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Trying to think of what other players were featured on two "rookie" designated cards...

Dale Murphy comes to mind, with 77 and 78.

Danny Tartabull had Rated Rookies in both the 85 and 86 Donruss sets.

Lou Pinella may be the strangest; didn't he have a rookie in 1964, then another rookie in 1968, then the AS Rookie Cup Card in 1970? What's up with that?

Any others?

Yeah, Piniella had three full out rookie cards -- 1964, 1968 and 1969!!!
Don Baylor also comes to mind, being featured on both 1971 and 1972 rookie cards.

[the 'stache]

Matt, that's wild about Tartabull. I never knew he had two Rated Rookie cards. The '86 was always the one I went for. I never thought to look for an '85 card.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Ron Cey must have the best counterparts on two different rookie cards, '72 with Ben Oglivie & '73 with Schmidt, of course.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Ron Cey must have the best counterparts on two different rookie cards, '72 with Ben Oglivie & '73 with Schmidt, of course.

And he was no slouch himself.

[ALR-bishop]

Toops Rookie Card King...1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 & 1969

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Toops Rookie Card King...1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 & 1969

That's awesome. He must've had a friend at Topps.

Also wild that Pinella had a 69!

[the 'stache]

And after all that, after all those cards touting him as a "rookie star" year after year, Bill Davis eeked out a career .181 AVG with one home run, and 5 RBI.

He had as many rookie cards as he had career RBIs.