1998 Topps Series 2:

1. #317 Barry Bonds
2. #379 Mark Langston
3. #303 Robin Ventura
4. #449 Fernando Tatis (Rookie Card)
5. #320 Cal Ripken
6. #442 Chris Carpenter (Rookie Card)
7. #409 Dave Dellucci
8. #393 Jeremi Gonzalez
9. #429 Jeff Conine
10. #415 Brad Rigby
11. #430 Roberto Hernandez

2001 Topps Traded & Rookies:

“Cal belted Homer his 1st At-Bat of season, 4-5-82.”

1. #T24 Jose Mesa
2. #T14 Shawon Dunston
3. #T4 Derek Bell
4. #T262 Gabe Gross (Rookie Card)
5. #T260 Bronson Sardinha (Rookie Card)
6. #T265 Kenny Baugh (Rookie Card)
7. #T256 Brad Hennessey (Rookie Card)
8. #T105 Cal Ripken (Reprint)
9. Chrome Traded #T2 Kevin Appier
10. Chrome Traded #T26 John Rocker

5 packs of 1993 Topps Series 1:

PACK 1

“Was NL Player of Month for April, 1992.  Batted .317 with 7 Home Runs & 17 RBI.”

1. Gold #296 Luis Rivera
2. #359 Mike Stanley
3. #144 Kent Mercker
4. #254 Cory Snyder
5. #238 Chris Donnels
6. #2 Barry Bonds
7. #54 Mike LaValliere
8. #8 Mark Wohlers
9. #394 Checklist 1 of 6 (Checklist)
10. #299 Bob Patterson
11. #110 Barry Larkin
12. #141 Dennis Cook
13. #180 Darren Daulton
14. #42 Spike Owen
15. #195 Pete Harnisch

PACK 2

“Cal has played 1735 consecutive games, second in history to Lou Gehrig’s 2130.”

1. Gold #240 John Olerud
2. #133 Steve Wilson
3. #4 Roger Clemens
4. #191 Sean Lowe (Draft Pick)
5. #377 Herm Winningham
6. #375 Wally Joyner
7. #300 Cal Ripken
8. #19 Ed Nunez
9. #56 Chad Mottola (Draft Pick)
10. #395 Checklist 2 of 6 (Checklist)
11. #324 Willie Randolph
12. #85 Sandy Alomar
13. #123 Moises Alou
14. #229 Mike Perez
15. #317 Kyle Abbott

PACK 3

“Craig was signed as a 20th round Draft selection of the Giants, June 17, 1986 by Scout Bill Parese.  He graduated from Manhattan (Kansas) High School in 1983 and attended Oral Roberts University.”

1. Gold #91 Craig Colbert
2. #76 Kevin Appier
3. #293 Rob Ducey
4. #366 Craig Wilson
5. #161 Chad McConnell (Draft Pick)
6. #202 Mike Scioscia
7. #148 Steve Finley
8. #116 Mark Lemke
9. #350 Joe Carter
10. #233 Rick Greene (Draft Pick)
11. #111 Bruce Hurst
12. #45 Dave Fleming
13. #286 Ron Karkovice
14. #374 Julio Valera
15. #304 Melido Perez

PACK 4

“Went 4-for-4 with a Home Run in 6-0 win vs. Royals, 6-30-92.  He’s owner of a restaurant “Mattingly’s 23″ in Indiana.”

1. Gold #346 Chuck McElroy
2. #154 Wes Chamberlain
3. #32 Don Mattingly
4. #364 Trevor Wilson
5. #169 Kenny Rogers
6. #106 Howard Johnson
7. #132 Preston Wilson (Draft Pick)
8. #137 Alan Mills
9. #12 Lee Smith
10. #193 Steve Foster
11. #15 Marquis Grissom
12. #343 Doug Henry
13. #263 Vince Horsman
14. #186 Mike Magnante
15. #292 Rey Sanchez

PACK 5

“Graduated from Santana (Santee) High School in 1984.  Was traded by Astros to Padres in exchange for LHP Ed Vosberg.”

1. Gold #273 Dan Walters
2. #307 Dan Serafini (Draft Pick)
3. #28 Joe Orsulak
4. #280 Tom Glavine
5. #285 Bob Tewksbury
6. #67 Felix Jose
7. #269 Todd Steverson (Draft Pick)
8. #348 Andy Stankiewicz
9. #228 Tom Goodwin
10. #272 Kurt Knudsen
11. #17 Dave Hollins
12. #36 Scott Servais
13. #97 Scott Fletcher
14. #43 Ruben Amaro
15. #333 Otis Nixon

Everyone knows that the #1 and #2 Iron Men in baseball are Cal Ripken and Lou Gehrig, but do you know the #3 guy?  Everett Scott was baseball’s Iron Man until Lou Gehrig broke his record in the 1930′s.

1999 Topps Series 2:

1. #440 Nate Bump/Nate Cornejo (Draft Picks) (Rookie Card)
2. #271 Jeff Abbott
3. #436 Roosevelt Brown/Dernell Stenson/Vernon Wells (Prospects)
4. #429 Jack Cressand/Jason Rakers/John Rocker (Prospects) (Rookie Card)
5. #379 Edgar Renteria
6. Record Numbers #RN9 Cal Ripken
7. #376 Jay Buhner
8. #324 Jason Giambi
9. #422 Orlando Hernandez
10. #392 Derrick Gibson
11. #402 Sean Casey

“Baltimore, Md., September 5, 1989:  O’s shortstop Cal Ripken walloped his 20th HR of the year, the eight [sic] consecutive campaign he has hit 20-0r-more Roundtrippers.  The former record of 7 straight 20-HR seasons at SS was set by Ernie Banks, 1955-1961.”

1990 Topps:

1. #666 Brian Fisher
2. #91 Steve Frey
3. #461 Carlos Martinez (Topps All-Star Rookie)
4. #201 Cito Gaston (Manager)
5. #192 Don August
6. #191 Pat Borders
7. #239 Eric Show
8. #270 Dave Stewart
9. #52 Jack Daugherty
10. #474 Rich Thompson
11. #713 Tim Drummond
12. #110 Tommy Helms (Manager)
13. #719 Wally Whitehurst
14. #14 Mike Fetters
15. #8 Cal Ripken (Record Breaker)
16. #387 Wade Boggs (All-Star)

“9-6-95: Cal’s 2,131st straight game!”

I think I still have the front page of the newspaper from September 7, 1995 sitting in a box somewhere.  I’ll scan it and post it next time I see it.

1996 Topps Series 1:

1. #154 Geronimo Berroa
2. #21 Jim Scharrer (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
3. #165 Steve Avery
4. #200 Cal Ripken
5. #56 Greg Gagne
6. #157 Mark Gubicza
7. #194 Alex Fernandez
8. #168 Tino Martinez
9. #121 Curtis Goodwin
10. #141 Quilvio Veras
11. #176 Steve Ontiveros
12. #176 Steve Ontiveros

“Ripken has established new standards for durability and power for the shortstop position.  While the typical Hall of Fame SS normed 6 homers per year, Cal has averaged more than 4 per MONTH in his career.  Replacing Aparicio’s speed with slugging, he otherwise compares closely to Little Louie.”

Ripken was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007.

1994 Topps Series 2:

1. #434 Bob Walk
2. #604 Cal Ripken (Measures of Greatness)
3. #692 Mickey Morandini
4. #453 Eric Hillman
5. #593 Omar Vizquel
6. Gold #670 Danny Tartabull
7. #665 Mark Langston
8. #502 Mike Greenwell
9. #425 Brian McRae
10. #501 Donovan Osborne
11. #515 Jack McDowell
12. #616 Eddie Zambrano/Glenn Murray/Chad Mottola/Jermaine Allensworth (Prospects) (Rookie Card)

1995 Topps Traded and Rookies:

1. #92T Vaughn Eshelman
2. #118T Jerald Clark
3. #46T Dave Mlicki
4. #110T David Cone
5. #24T Tomas Perez
6. #29T Todd Williams
7. #27T Derek Bell
8. #104T Melvin Bunch
9. #159 Cal Ripken/Ozzie Smith (All-Star)
10. #104T Melvin Bunch
11. #156 Frank Thomas/Fred McGriff (All-Star)

Cal Ripken edged out Ozzie Smith in 1994 All-Star Voting 1,628,524 votes to Smith’s 1,367,518.