gaps between cards

[egri]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Ted Williams IIRC has no 1953 cards.

Outside of regionals, did he have anything in 1952?

[JollyElm]

How about a technicality?
The formerly long-retired Minnie Minoso was featured on that 1977 Topps Record Breaker card, because he played in a game the previous year, so it's a semi-official(?) player card.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by egri

Outside of regionals, did he have anything in 1952?

Nope. The Red Man is such a classic though, hard IMO to say he had no cards. Berk Ross meh.

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by egri

Outside of regionals, did he have anything in 1952?

..

What I often ponder about these things is that in late fall of 1952 , that "15 Cents " cost of a single Star Cal Decal would have bought you THREE UNOPENED PACKS OF HIGH NUMBERS TOPPS !


ponder that , why dontcha .

[sthoemke]

1954 Topps Tom Lasorda rookie skips all the way to 1973 Topps and OPC as coach on someone's manager card, or 1978 for his own manager card. (there is a 1955 Golden Stamp and a couple of postcards)

[Peter_Spaeth]

If we add managers clearly there would be many examples of players who became managers/had manager cards many years after their last player card. That might be the longest gap though?

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

If we add managers clearly there would be many examples of players who became managers/had manager cards many years after their last player card. That might be the longest gap though?

What Hall of Fame manager could even come close to Lasorda's gap?

Tony LaRussa skipped from 1964 to 1968 to 1972 as a player. (played mostly in the minor leagues)

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by sthoemke

What Hall of Fame manager could even come close to Lasorda's gap?

Tony LaRussa skipped from 1964 to 1968 to 1972 as a player. (played mostly in the minor leagues)

Durocher, pretty long gap between his 53 Bowman and 67 Topps.
Frisch, some lesser known 1936 cards, then 51 Bowman.
Did Wagner have any cards between his last card as a player in the teens and 48 Leaf? Oh, yeah, 1936 R312.

[Harliduck]

By far the most frustrating gap for me is Harmon Killebrew...1956 to 1958, no 1957 Topps card. 1957 is one of my favorite years and designs, skipping 1957 leaves a huge hole in my Killebrew collection (favorite player).