Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project

[Mike D.]

Up next:

622 Jim Wohlford
623 Jack Kucek
624 Hector Cruz
625 Ken Holtzman
626 Al Bumbry
627 Bob Myrick
628 Mario Guerrero
629 Bobby Valentine
630 Bert Blyleven

622 Jim Wohlford and 622 Jim Wohlford are missing. 623 Jack Kucek, 626 Al Bumbry, and 629 Bobby Valentine need upgrades.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next group:

631 Brett Brothers
632 Forsch Brothers
633 May Brothers
634 Reuschel Brothers UER
635 Robin Yount
636 Santo Alcala
637 Alex Johnson
638 Jim Kaat
639 Jerry Morales

631 Brett Brothers, 634 Reuschel Brothers UER, and 635 Robin Yount are missing.

632 Forsch Brothers, 633 May Brothers, and 637 Alex Johnson need upgrades.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next group:

640 Carlton Fisk
641 Dan Larson RC
642 Willie Crawford
643 Mike Pazik
644 Matt Alexander
645 Jerry Reuss
646 Andres Mora
647 Montreal Expos CL

That Fisk is a very pretty card!

647 Montreal Expos CL is missing. 646 Andres Mora could use an upgrade.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Up next:

648 Jim Spencer
649 Dave Cash
650 Nolan Ryan
651 Von Joshua
652 Tom Walker
653 Diego Segui
654 Ron Pruitt RC
655 Tony Perez
656 Ron Guidry
657 Mick Kelleher RC

648 Jim Spencer, 650 Nolan Ryan, 651 Von Joshua, 654 Ron Pruitt RC, and
655 Tony Perez are missing.

652 Tom Walker needs an upgrade.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Wrapping things up:

658 Marty Pattin
659 Merv Rettenmund
660 Willie Horton

All three are here, but all three need upgrades.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

So, our first run through is complete.

I'd say I'm mildly disappointed considering the number of cards we started with, but I think it's more the upgrade candidates that is troubling, not the actual number missing completely.

With both, the early numbers were pretty good, but after about number 450, the missing/upgrades jumped significantly.

With 660 cards in the set:

69 missing (10.5%)

128 upgrades (19.4%)

Overall, that's almost 30% of the set that still needs work.

So, not great...but reinforcements are already on the way!

[Gpaal]

Wow I can see your having a blast with this set.