Bert Blyleven will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this July.

1992 Topps:

1. #259 Ron Darling
2. #407 Bryan Harvey (All-Star)
3. #270 Tony Gwynn
4. #732 Nelson Santovenia
5. #751 Steve Wilson
6. #175 Orel Hershiser
7. #631 Armando Reynoso (Rookie)
8. #396 Lee Smith (All-Star)
9. #660 Fred McGriff
10. #342 Tim Spehr
11. #375 Bert Blyleven
12. #166 Geronimo Pena
13. #699 Cito Gaston (Manager)
14. #298 Kelly Gruber
15. #615 Matt Merullo

“Jack established Rider (NJ) College record with 15 Strikeouts in a 7-inning game.  He set University of Oklahoma standard with 129 Strikeouts in one season.”

1990 was Armstrong’s peak year, when he went 12-9 with a 3.42 ERA and was selected for his first and only All-Star Game.

1992 Topps:

1. #604 Chris Gwynn
2. #235 Jack Morris
3. #264 Checklist 2 of 6 (Checklist)
4. #446 Mark Lewis
5. #427 Eddie Taubensee (Rookie)
6. #646 Craig Wilson
7. #564 Jimmy Gonzalez (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
8. #763 Kyle Abbott
9. #442 Dave West
10. #207 Jack Clark
11. #265 Teddy Higuera
12. #243 Alvaro Espinoza
13. #720 Kirk Gibson
14. Gold #77 Jack Armstrong
15. #643 Rick Cerone

First-ballot Hall of Famer, inducted 2004

1992 Topps:

1. #124 Shawn Livsey (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
2. #613 Pedro Munoz
3. #204 Trevor Wilson
4. #769 Jack Howell
5. #403 Ruben Sierra (All-Star)
6. #786 Royce Clayton
7. #449 Jeff Johnson
8. #471 Jose DeJesus
9. #691 Walt Weiss
10. #412 Luis Aquino
11. #183 Brent Mayne
12. #746 Bernard Gilkey
13. #738 Dennis Eckersley
14. #79 Jesse Orosco
15. #582 Vicente Palacios

“Howard belted Home Run both lefty & righty in game for the first time in career in 8-7 win vs Reds, 8-31-91.”

1992 Topps:

1. #331 Steve Lake
2. #768 Jim Thome
3. #89 Neal Heaton
4. #355 Warren Newson
5. #346 Rheal Cormier
6. #190 Glenn Davis
7. #317 Mike Bordick
8. #722 Walt Terrell
9. #315 Juan Samuel
10. #385 Tim Wallach
11. #689 Mark Lemke
12. #590 Howard Johnson
13. #97 Luis Rivera
14. #671 Mark Whiten
15. #482 Jimmy Key

1992 Topps:

1. #391 Ron Gant (All-Star)
2. #337 Alejandro Pena
3. #110 Ryne Sandberg
4. #369 Steve Whitaker (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
5. #394 Denny Martinez (All-Star)
6. #454 Darren Holmes
7. #470 Pedro Guerrero
8. #66 Scott Stahoviak (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
9. #701 Scott Radinsky
10. #129 Melido Perez
11. #111 Mark Carreon
12. #247 Chuck Finley
13. #579 Johnny Oates (Manager)
14. #249 Tony Fossas
15. #700 Ruben Sierra

What are the odds of that?  Ryno yesterday and Ryno today!

“Ryne hit 3-run inside-the-park HR in 1st inning and a conventional 2-run Clout in 3rd vs. Braves, 7-27-91.”

I like how they capitalized “Clout” as if it were an official stat.

Going back to the junk-wax era… 1992 Topps:

1. #344 Jack Daugherty
2. #57 Donn Pall
3. #401 Jose Canseco (All-Star)
4. #285 Bob Welch
5. #121 Derek Bell
6. #276 Shawn Green (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
7. #584 Wayne Rosenthal
8. #338 Shawn Abner
9. #349 Steve Lyons
10. #13 Mike Scioscia
11. #735 Greg Swindell
12. #326 Eric King
13. #143 Paul Gibson
14. #286 Gilberto Reyes
15. #229 Shawn Boskie

“A great contact hitter at Tustin High School, scouts feel Shawn will develop power in pro ball.  Among the school records he established were most Stolen Bases in a season (1990) and career and most Hits in career.  Shawn’s 147 Hits at Tustin rank 3rd on the all-time State of California Hit List.  He was named to 1991 All-America Teams of Collegiate Baseball, USA Today and American Baseball Coaches.”

Shawn Green did develop power in pro ball, hitting over 40 homers in 1999, 2001, and 2002.  He retired before the 2008 season with over 300 career home runs and 1,000 career RBIs.

1992 Topps:

1. #527 Checklist 4 of 6 (Checklist)
2. #721 Mike Pagliarulo
3. #192 Dave Fleming
4. #380 Barry Bonds
5. #356 Luis Quinones
6. #8 Bryan Hickerson (Rookie)
7. #53 Tommy Gregg
8. #510 Frank Viola
9. #93 Reggie Jefferson
10. #681 Rene Gonzales
11. #173 Brian Downing
12. #363 John Candelaria
13. #555 Frank Thomas
14. #382 Sid Fernandez
15. #417 Allan Anderson

“Had 11 RBI in 4 games at Cincinnati, July 11-14, 1991.”

I guess they couldn’t think of anything more exciting to say about Barry Bonds back in 1992.  One thing’s for sure, he sure looked skinny back then…

1992 Donruss, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #179 Randy Ready
2. #180 Devon White
3. #181 Mark Eichhorn
4. #183 Joe Klink
5. #185 Barry Larkin *x2
6. #186 John Franco *x2
7. #188 Mark Portugal
8. #191 Alex Fernandez
9. #192 Gary Sheffield *x2
10. #193 Rickey Henderson
11. #194 Rod Nichols
12. #198 Darren Daulton *x2
13. #199 Leo Gomez *x2
14. #200 Mike Morgan
15. #203 Sandy Alomar
16. #204 Greg Gagne *x2
17. #205 Juan Berenguer
18. #206 Cecil Fielder *x3
19. #209 Doug Drabek
20. #210 Wade Boggs *x2
21. #211 Bryan Harvey
22. #213 Alonzo Powell
23. #214 Will Clark
24. #218 Vince Coleman
25. #224 Greg Vaughn
26. #230 John Kruk
27. #236 Kevin Tapani
28. #242 Felix Fermin
29. #243 Barry Bonds *x2
30. #247 Orel Hershiser