Best Multi-Player Rookie Card?

[jthorst75]

1971 Topps Dusty Baker/Don Baylor/Tom Paciorek. All 3 top players on one card!

[FUBAR]

Not baseball, but i'd go with the Larry Bird/ Magic Johnson

[Kawika]

This card for me has a certain je ne sais quoi.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Kawika

This card for me has a certain je ne sais quoi.

You look almost as good as your T206!

[novakjr]

I wouldn't necessarily count the Bird/Magic card, because it technically wasn't a multi-player rookie. It was from an entire set that was produced in strips of 3 cards. Basically, while being connected, each individual card is still it's own entity and is numbered as so.. I will not argue with the fact that complete panel is a great card though.

Anyways, my vote goes for the '82 topps Ripken. Not just because it was a great card, but also because without it, we wouldn't have the '82 Topps Traded Ripken, which is an absolutely great card.

I've always liked when multiplayer rookie cards resulted in a player getting his first individual card in the same year's traded set...'76 Willie Randolph. '81 Tim Raines and Fernando Valenzuela cards, '82 Ripken, so on and so on.

Multi-player rookies also led to the '78 Burger King Tigers set being quite nice. The Jack Morris, Alan Trammel and Lou Whitaker cards are great, and would be somewhat irrelevant, had these 3 not appeared on multiplayer cards in the regular Topps set.

[bsuttonosu]

Probably not the best, but don't forget the '65 Catfish Hunter/Johnny Odom card. One of my favorites.

[Beatles Guy]

If you're just talking baseball, I'd go with Nolan Ryan/Jerry Koosman. But yeah, I think Bird/Magic takes the cake if you're talking all sports.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

Not baseball, but i'd go with the Larry Bird/ Magic Johnson

I think we have a winner.


Great thread BTW. Even as a kid I was always fascinated with these cards. Long before "Rookie" cards became an in thing.

I'm pretty sure this was my favorite card for awhile: