Mike D's 1976 Topps Binder Project

[Mike D.]

Through the first 150 (actually, 153) cards:

18 cards missing

16 upgrade candidates

[Mike D.]

Up next:

154 Bucky Dent
155 Jack Billingham
156 Rico Carty
157 Mike Caldwell
158 Ken Reitz
159 Jerry Terrell
160 Dave Winfield
161 Bruce Kison
162 Jack Pierce

Missing #155 Jack Billingham from this lot. No obvious upgrade candidates.

The cards:



The dups:



Nice to snag not one, but TWO Winfields...certainly not a high dollar card raw in this condition, but I like it!

[Mike D.]

The next page:

163 Jim Slaton
164 Pepe Mangual
165 Gene Tenace
166 Skip Lockwood
167 Freddie Patek Royals
168 Tom Hilgendorf
169 Graig Nettles
170 Rick Wise
171 Greg Gross

They're all here! How positively boring....in a good way!

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Cards #172-180:

172 Frank Lucchesi
173 Steve Swisher
174 Charlie Hough
175 Ken Singleton
176 Dick Lange
177 Marty Perez
178 Tom Buskey
179 George Foster
180 Rich Gossage

180 Rich Gossage is missing here. He's a good one!

No obvious upgrade candidates.



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

181 Willie Montanez
182 Harry Rasmussen
183 Steve Braun
184 Bill Greif
185 Dave Parker
186 Tom Walker
187 Pedro Garcia
188 Fred Scherman
189 Claudell Washington

This lot is all present. The 185 Dave Parker is an upgrade candidate.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Creeping up towards 200:

190 Jon Matlack
191 NL Batting Leaders
192 AL Batting Leaders
193 NL Home Run Leaders
194 AL Home Run Leaders
195 NL RBI Leaders
196 AL RBI Leaders
197 NL Stolen Base Leaders
198 AL Stolen Base Leaders

Missing are 192 AL Batting Leaders and 194 AL Home Run Leaders.

195 NL RBI Leaders could use an upgrade, but the rest of the lot looks decent.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Hitting the bicentennial mark on the Topps set from the bicentennial year:

199 NL Victory Leaders
200 AL Victory Leaders
201 NL ERA Leaders
202 AL ERA Leaders
203 NL Strikeout Leaders
204 AL Strikeout Leaders
205 NL/AL Leading Firemen
206 Manny Trillo
207 Andy Hassler

Missing are 200 AL Victory Leaders and 205 NL/AL Leading Firemen.

199 NL Victory Leaders could use an upgrade.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Through the first 200(actually, 207) cards:

24 cards missing

20 upgrade candidates

[Mike D.]

Up next:

208 Mike Lum
209 Alan Ashby
210 Lee May
211 Clay Carroll
212 Pat Kelly
213 Dave Heaverlo
214 Eric Soderholm
215 Reggie Smith
216 Karl Kuehl

Missing is 216 Karl Kuehl.

No obvious upgrade candidates!

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

217 Dave Freisleben
218 John Knox
219 Tom Murphy
220 Manny Sanguillen
221 Jim Todd
222 Wayne Garrett
223 Ollie Brown
224 Jim York
225 Roy White

Missing are 218 John Knox and 222 Wayne Garrett.

No obvious upgrade candidates here.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Getting to Yaz:

226 Jim Sundberg
227 Oscar Zamora
228 John Hale
229 Jerry Remy
230 Carl Yastrzemski
231 Tom House
232 Frank Duffy
233 Grant Jackson
234 Mike Sadek

All here, and no upgrade candidates. The Yaz is solid.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next page:

235 Bert Blyleven
236 Whitey Herzog
237 Dave Hamilton
238 Larry Biittner
239 John Curtis
240 Pete Rose
241 Hector Torres
242 Dan Meyer
243 Jim Rooker

Missing is 236 Whitey Herzog. No upgrade candidates.

I wouldn't have "bet" that a decent Rose would be in the lots I bought.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

244 Bill Sharp
245 Felix Millan
246 Cesar Tovar
247 Terry Harmon
248 Dick Tidrow
249 Cliff Johnson
250 Fergie Jenkins
251 Rick Monday
252 Tim Nordbrook

Missing is #250 Fergie Jenkins.

#251 Rick Monday could use an upgrade.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Through the first 250(actually, 252) cards:

29 cards missing

21 upgrade candidates

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

253 Bill Buckner
254 Rudy Meoli
255 Fritz Peterson
256 Rowland Office
257 Ross Grimsley
258 Nyls Nyman
259 Darrel Chaney
260 Steve Busby
261 Gary Thomasson

The lot is all here, and no obvious upgrade candidates. Sweet!

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next 9:

262 Checklist 133-264
263 Lyman Bostock
264 Steve Renko
265 Willie Davis
266 Alan Foster
267 Aurelio Rodriguez
268 Del Unser
269 Rick Austin
270 Willie Stargell

The batch is all here.

263 Lyman Bostock is an upgrade candidate.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Next up:

271 Jim Lonborg
272 Rick Dempsey
273 Joe Niekro
274 Tommy Harper
275 Rick Manning
276 Mickey Scott
277 Jim Marshall
278 Bernie Carbo
279 Roy Howell

277 Jim Marshall is an upgrade candidate.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Up next:

280 Burt Hooton
281 Dave May
282 Dan Osborn
283 Merv Rettenmund
284 Steve Ontiveros
285 Mike Cuellar
286 Jim Wohlford
287 Pete Mackanin
288 Bill Campbell

All present and accounted for, with no upgrade candidates. A nice clean page.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Approaching 300:

289 Enzo Hernandez
290 Ted Simmons
291 Ken Sanders
292 Leon Roberts
293 Bill Castro
294 Ed Kirkpatrick
295 Dave Cash
296 Pat Dobson
297 Roger Metzger

Another batch all here and in good shape. Nice!



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Passing 300:

298 Dick Bosman
299 Champ Summers
300 Johnny Bench
301 Jackie Brown
302 Rick Miller
303 Steve Foucault
304 Dick Williams
305 Andy Messersmith
306 Rod Gilbreath

All nine are here. Upgrade candidates are 300 Johnny Bench, 302 Rick Miller, and 304 Dick Williams.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Through the first 300 (actually, 306) cards:

29 cards missing

25 upgrade candidates

NO missing cards and only 4 upgrades in the last 50.

[Mike D.]

9 more:

307 Al Bumbry
308 Jim Barr
309 Bill Melton
310 Randy Jones
311 Cookie Rojas
312 Don Carrithers
313 Dan Ford
314 Ed Kranepool
315 Al Hrabosky

All 9 are here, and no upgrade candidates.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Next:

316 Robin Yount
317 John Candelaria
318 Bob Boone
319 Larry Gura
320 Willie Horton
321 Jose Cruz
322 Glenn Abbott
323 Rob Sperring
324 Jim Bibby

All here! No upgrade candidates, either. The Yount is nice!

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

325 Tony Perez
326 Dick Pole
327 Dave Moates
328 Carl Morton
329 Joe Ferguson
330 Nolan Ryan
331 John McNamara
332 Charlie Williams
333 Bob Coluccio

330 Nolan Ryan & 331 John McNamara are missing. One of those will come cheap...the other, not so much.

326 Dick Pole and 328 Carl Morton are upgrade candidates.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Keeping it rolling:

334 Dennis Leonard
335 Bob Grich
336 Vic Albury
337 Bud Harrelson
338 Bob Bailey
339 John Denny
340 Jim Rice
341 Lou Gehrig ATG
342 Rogers Hornsby ATG

The lot is all here. 336 Vic Albury could use an upgrade.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Hey, I've heard of these guys:

343 Pie Traynor ATG
344 Honus Wagner ATG
345 Babe Ruth ATG
346 Ty Cobb ATG
347 Ted Williams ATG
348 Mickey Cochrane ATG
349 Walter Johnson ATG
350 Lefty Grove ATG
351 Randy Hundley

The lot is all here, but many could use an upgrade. Basically, everyone here EXCEPT for the Ted Williams (which I also have in PSA 7) and the 351 Hundley need an upgrade.

The cards:

[Mike D.]

Through the first 350 (actually, 351) cards:

32 cards missing

35 upgrade candidates

[Mike D.]

The next group of 9:

352 Dave Giusti
353 Sixto Lezcano
354 Ron Blomberg
355 Steve Carlton
356 Ted Martinez
357 Ken Forsch
358 Buddy Bell
359 Rick Reuschel
360 Jeff Burroughs

The lot is all here.

Upgrade candidates: 352 Dave Giusti, 358 Buddy Bell, and 359 Rick Reuschel.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next lot:

361 Ralph Houk
362 Will McEnaney
363 Dave Collins
364 Elias Sosa
365 Carlton Fisk
366 Bobby Valentine
367 Bruce Miller
368 Wilbur Wood
369 Frank White

The 9 are all here. 361 Ralph Houk is an upgrade candidate.



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

370 Ron Cey
371 Ellie Hendricks
372 Rick Baldwin
373 Johnny Briggs
374 Dan Warthen
375 Ron Fairly
376 Rich Hebner
377 Mike Hegan
378 Steve Stone

373 Johnny Briggs is missing. Upgrade candidates are 374 Dan Warthen, 377 Mike Hegan, and 378 Steve Stone.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next 9:

379 Ken Boswell
380 Bobby Bonds
381 Denny Doyle
382 Matt Alexander
383 John Ellis
384 Danny Ozark
385 Mickey Lolich
386 Ed Goodson
387 Mike Miley

379 Ken Boswell is missing here. 384 Danny Ozark and 385 Mickey Lolich are upgrade candidates.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Up next:

388 Stan Perzanowski
389 Glenn Adams
390 Don Gullett
391 Jerry Hairston
392 Checklist 265-396
393 Paul Mitchell
394 Fran Healy
395 Jim Wynn
396 Bill Lee

The lot is all here. 390 Don Gullett and 392 Checklist 265-396 are upgrade candidates (part of me loves seeing checklists that were actually checked off).

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The dups:

[RCMcKenzie]

This is a neat thread. There was a time when I pulled a 76 Cobb and Cochrane from packs that were the cornerstones of my collection around the mid to late 70's. I got them for free at the corner store because my parents bought the packs for me. I still have those cards in a 1500 count box somewhere.

[Mike D.]

Passing 400:

397 Tim Foli
398 Dave Tomlin
399 Luis Melendez
400 Rod Carew
401 Ken Brett
402 Don Money
403 Geoff Zahn
404 Enos Cabell
405 Rollie Fingers

401 Ken Brett is missing. 402 Don Money is an upgrade candidate.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Through the first 400 (actually, 405) cards:

35 cards missing

47 upgrade candidates

[Mike D.]

Next up:

406 Ed Herrmann
407 Tom Underwood
408 Charlie Spikes
409 Dave Lemanczyk
410 Ralph Garr
411 Bill Singer
412 Toby Harrah
413 Pete Varney
414 Wayne Garland

These 9 are all here. 408 Charlie Spikes is an upgrade candidate.

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The dups:

[wdwfan]

I'm now back from my 10 day vacation out of the state/country (4 nights at Disney World and a 4 night Disney cruise). Going to catch up on this thread. It looks great. Too bad you're missing so many. That sucks. But it does give you something to work on. Keep up the work.

[Mike D.]

Up next:

415 Vada Pinson
416 Tommy John
417 Gene Clines
418 Jose Morales
419 Reggie Cleveland
420 Joe Morgan
421 A's Team
422 Johnny Grubb
423 Ed Halicki

All here! 421 A's Team is an upgrade candidate.

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[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by wdwfan

I'm now back from my 10 day vacation out of the state/country (4 nights at Disney World and a 4 night Disney cruise). Going to catch up on this thread. It looks great. Too bad you're missing so many. That sucks. But it does give you something to work on. Keep up the work.

Thank you and welcome home!

The missing ones aren't bothering me too much....I don't want to finish the project TOO quickly!

[Mike D.]

The next 9:

424 Phil Roof
425 Rennie Stennett
426 Bob Forsch
427 Kurt Bevacqua
428 Jim Crawford
429 Fred Stanley
430 Jose Cardenal
431 Dick Ruthven
432 Tom Veryzer

This lot is all here as well. No upgrade candidates either.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

433 Rick Waits
434 Morris Nettles
435 Phil Niekro
436 Bill Fahey
437 Terry Forster
438 Doug DeCinces
439 Rick Rhoden
440 John Mayberry
441 Gary Carter

439 Rick Rhoden is missing. 441 Gary Carter is an upgrade candidate.

Note that at this point in his career, Carter isn't a "ends in 0" or "ends in 5" guy.

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[Mike D.]

The road to 450:

442 Hank Webb
443 Giants Team
444 Gary Nolan
445 Rico Petrocelli
446 Larry Haney
447 Gene Locklear
448 Tom Johnson
449 Bob Robertson
450 Jim Palmer

All present and accounted for! 442 Hank Webb is an upgrade candidate.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Through the first 450 (actually, 450!) cards:

36 cards missing

51 upgrade candidates

Only ONE missing this lot!

[Mike D.]

The next 9:

451 Buddy Bradford
452 Tom Hausman
453 Lou Piniella
454 Tom Griffin
455 Dick Allen
456 Joe Coleman
457 Ed Crosby
458 Earl Williams
459 Jim Brewer

Missing are 454 Tom Griffin and 457 Ed Crosby. Upgrade candidates are 453 Lou Piniella, 455 Dick Allen, and 456 Joe Coleman.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Up next:

460 Cesar Cedeno
461 NL & AL Championship
462 1975 World Series
463 Steve Hargan
464 Ken Henderson
465 Mike Marshall
466 Bob Stinson
467 Woodie Fryman
468 Jesus Alou

Missing 461 NL & AL Championship and 462 1975 World Series. No upgrade candidates.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Next batch:

469 Rawly Eastwick
470 Bobby Murcer
471 Jim Burton
472 Bob Davis
473 Paul Blair
474 Ray Corbin
475 Joe Rudi
476 Bob Moose
477 Frank Robinson

469 Rawly Eastwick and 476 Bob Moose are missing. Upgrade candidates are 470 Bobby Murcer, 474 Ray Corbin, and 475 Joe Rudi.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

478 Lynn McGlothen
479 Bobby Mitchell
480 Mike Schmidt
481 Rudy May
482 Tim Hosley
483 Mickey Stanley
484 Eric Raich
485 Mike Hargrove
486 Bruce Dal Canton

All here, and no upgrade candidates. Woo!

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next group:

487 Leron Lee
488 Claude Osteen
489 Skip Jutze
490 Frank Tanana
491 Terry Crowley
492 Marty Pattin
493 Derrel Thomas
494 Craig Swan
495 Nate Colbert

488 Claude Osteen, 490 Frank Tanana, and 491 Terry Crowley are missing.

487 Leron Lee is an upgrade candidate.

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The dups:

[Mike D.]

Sold the duplicate card #240 Pete Rose card on via eBay auction last night for $1.99 w/ free shipping. So...yeah...this project is PRACTICALLY paying for itself!

Total spent on binder set: $224.16

Total spent on graded: $47.37

Total recaptured via sales: $1.99

[Mike D.]

Cruising past 500:

496 Juan Beniquez
497 Joe Mcintosh
498 Glenn Borgmann
499 Mario Guerrero
500 Reggie Jackson
501 Billy Champion
502 Tim McCarver
503 Elliott Maddox
504 Danny Murtaugh

500 Reggie Jackson, 503 Elliott Maddox, and 504 Danny Murtaugh are missing.

501 Billy Champion is an upgrade candidate.

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The dups: