Postseason Rosters Card Quiz

[stevejrogers]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: I know Apodaca has a shared 1974 card-- with the infamous Apadaco error -- and wondered if he made the postseason roster.

Nope. Neither did Swan whom also is on a shared Rookies card in 1974.

[batmagadanleadoff]

You're the King of the Whoms.

[stevejrogers]

Answers to the other three 1973 Postseason Mets missing from the 1974 Topps Set:

Along with Seaver, Koosman, Jones, McGraw, Harrelson, Boswell, Garret, Grote, Dyer and Kranepool, one of the '69ners still with the club, finished out his Topps run with this card in the 1973 set:



Former Expo, but brought into New York in July of 1973, and would play his final MLB game in 1974. He did rate a card as an Expo from 1971-1973


Cardless infielder, brought up for a week or so while Bud Harrelson was on the DL in August, Brian Ostrosser

[stevejrogers]

Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets?

[batmagadanleadoff]

SteveJRogers wrote: Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets?

Ed Charles had no card in 1970.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ron Taylor or Don Cardwell? Oh wait, that's two guesses.
Ron Taylor?

[stevejrogers]

d'Kong76 wrote: Ron Taylor or Don Cardwell? Oh wait, that's two guesses. Ron Taylor?

Nope

[stevejrogers]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets? Ed Charles had no card in 1970.

Yup

His final Topps appearance was in 1969

[batmagadanleadoff]

SteveJRogers wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: Alright, moving back along, who are the two 1969 Postseason Roster Mets missing from the 1970 Topps set as Mets? Ed Charles had no card in 1970. Yup His final Topps appearance was in 1969

Technically, no. His last Topps appearance wasn't in 1969.

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Edited May 3, 2014 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

How would you define "last card"?

1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes

[stevejrogers]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: How would you define "last card"? 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes

As in his last card as an active player/MLB uniform personnel.

[Guest d'Kong76]

SteveJRogers wrote: Nope

Argghhh!

[batmagadanleadoff]

How would you define "last card"? 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes As in his last card as an active player/MLB uniform personnel.

There'll always be a rule-breaker.

1980 Ed Kranepool (last active season, 1979):
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[Guest d'Kong76]

You know what he means, leave it be.

[batmagadanleadoff]

d'Kong76 wrote: You know what he means, leave it be.

Officer, is there a problem here?

[stevejrogers]

No takers on the last 1969er?

He does have a 1970 card, though with his logo scrubbed off of the cap, and listed as a Houston Astro:



As noted in the 1986 Topps Archive Collection thread, there is no Topps card of John Gibbons as a Met, though he is in the 1987 Donruss set.



Kevin Elster doesn't get his Topps rookie card until 1988



But he is in both the Donruss and Fleer 1987 set


and those are the only two postseason roster 1986ers not to have a 1987 Topps Card.

[stevejrogers]

All 26 guys on the 1988 Mets Postseason Roster (NLCS program roster sheets list an DL'd Bobby Ojeda) are represented as Mets in the 1989 Topps set. Though during the season the Mets had their very first stadium giveaway trading card set, sponsored by Kahn's Hotdogs.



The set was given away early in the year, so obviously late-season acquisitions like Bob McClure are not in it, but other than McClure, the only other guys on the 1988 Postseason roster not in the set are Gregg Jefferies and Keith Miller.

Both would be in the 1989 set, though Miller in a one-time only "update" set that was given away late in 1989 that included Frank Viola. McClure would remain SGA Met-less, except of course for the massive all-time roster Wiz set in 1991.

[stevejrogers]

1999, 2000 and 2006 coming soon, so much wackiness involved with products in those years, and not just from Topps!

Plus there is the entire 1999 Play-in Game Roster to contend with!

[batmagadanleadoff]

No takers on the last 1969er? He does have a 1970 card, though with his logo scrubbed off of the cap, and listed as a Houston Astro:

Coupl'a other players from that set appearing in a Mets uniform, but for another team:

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*Davis might be in Seattle Pilot duds.

OE -- Jack Fisher added.

Edited May 5, 2014 by Guest

[stevejrogers]

Selma could be in his 1969 Cub greys.

[batmagadanleadoff]

SteveJRogers wrote: Selma could be in his 1969 Cub greys.

Selma's in pinstripes.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Add Jack Fisher to this bunch.

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*Davis might be in Seattle Pilot duds.