40 Man Roster

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Romahawk

Just sitting here thinking and a disturbing thought jumped up at me... Do all the players on a 40 man roster have baseball cards or is it only the active roster players who have cards out there? I am thinking if the inactive players on the roster also have a card then I probably have a lot of dumpster material piled up in my closet..

I believe Topps attempted to represent everyone when they put out Topps Total and even 40-Man sets in the early 2000's, but it must not have sold enough.

That effort did produce a few curiosities such as the 2004 Topps Total Russell Branyan card in a Braves uniform. He was traded 10 weeks after being signed after hitting .179 in 11 AAA games, but never played for Atlanta.

Now that would probably be a cool addition to collections - cards of players in uniforms for teams they never played for (albeit at the major league level)
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