Players Who Had Solo Rookie Cards Before Appearing On Multi Player Rookie Cards

[bb66]

Wow great info.

[toppcat]

Cool read, I can't say I grasped any of this until now.

[Cliff Bowman]

There are probably more, I stumbled upon the the Joe Hicks the other day when I wasn’t even looking for them.

[mrmopar]

Seems like a bit of a gut punch to star on your own card, then have to share later.

[tulsaboy]

Though it's outside of this particular section of the forum, don't forget Derek Jeter's 1993 solo followed by a 1994 multiplayer card. That one was super odd to me. I guess Topps rationalized it with the 93 being a "Draft Pick" card and the 1994 being a major league rookie card, but it seemed silly to me at the time. Still does.
kevin

[painthistorian]

Lou Piniella appeared on several rookie stars cards from 1964-1969

[Cooptown]

In the early/mid 90s, Topps brought back the 4-player “top prospects” card. Some of these guys already appeared on their own card previously. For example Chipper Jones’ rookie is the 1991 Topps, yet appears on Toppps top prospects cards in 1992 and 1993. Brien Taylor has his own 1992 Topps card (technically two, as he has the Draft Picks card and the Topps Gold), but also appears on a 1993 Topps prospects card. I’m sure there are many more instances of these.