“Jumped to Majors off University of Minnesota campus in 1973.”

“Had 13-1 record as a pitcher at Minnesota.”

Dave Winfield went on to play 22 seasons in the Major Leagues before being elected to the Hall of Fame in 2001.  He has an official website — www.davewinfieldhof.com.

2001 Topps Traded & Rookies:

1. #T39 Jeff Nelson
2. #T46 Mike Jackson
3. #T49 Eddie Taubensee
4. #T237 Valentino Pascucci (Rookie Card)
5. #T236 Toe Nash (Rookie Card)
6. Gold #T103 Dave Winfield (Reprint) (Serial#0667/2001)
7. #T117 Will Clark (Reprint)
8. #44T Ben Grieve (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
9. Chrome Traded #T209 Ken Harvey
10. Chrome Traded #T125 Dennis Eckersley

No, it’s not a 1990 Topps Jumbo pack (did those even exist?).  It’s a mad wax-ripping frenzy… 5 packs in one sitting!

Pack 1

1. #500 Kevin Mitchell
2. #27 Rick Leach
3. #511 Clay Parker
4. #35 Benny Santiago
5. #283 Joey Belle (Rookie)
6. #170 George Bell
7. #750 Dale Murphy
8. #361 Randy McCament (Rookie)
9. #699 Jim Leyland (Manager)
10. #784 Scott Bailes
11. #624 Darrin Jackson
12. #587 Lance Johnson
13. #502 Mitch Webster
14. #508 Terry Leach
15. #403 Tony Gwynn (All-Star)
16. #581 Ken Griffey

Pack 2

1. #293 Mike Gallego
2. #140 Andre Dawson
3. #319 Dion James
4. #100 Will Clark
5. #197 Doug Drabek
6. #650 Mike Witt
7. #429 Tom Kelly (Manager)
8. #280 Lou Whitaker
9. #171 Russ Nixon (Manager)
10. #229 David Wells
11. #646 Checklist 5 of 6 (Checklist)
12. #69 Todd Frohwirth
13. #337 Lloyd McClendon
14. #386 Julio Franco (All-Star)
15. #692 Sammy Sosa (Rookie)
16. #704 Chip Hale (Rookie)

Pack 3

1. #726 Gene Nelson
2. #703 Jeff Brantley
3. #212 Joe Orsulak
4. #697 Mike Davis
5. #423 Fred Toliver
6. #126 Randy Kramer
7. #453 Jody Davis
8. #527 Ron Hassey
9. #99 Rich Monteleone
10. #434 Mark Carreon
11. #378 Luis Salazar
12. #134 Earl Cunningham (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
13. #760 Wade Boggs
14. #118 Erik Hanson
15. #482 Steve Carter (Rookie)
16. #252 Otis Nixon

Pack 4

1. #512 Gary Pettis
2. #291 Dave Johnson (Manager)
3. #595 Greg Swindell
4. #30 David Cone
5. #412 Jamie Moyer
6. #24 Joe Hesketh
7. #479 Frank White
8. #553 Scott Scudder (Rookie)
9. #250 Jose Canseco
10. #316 Carney Lansford
11. #757 Larry Walker (Rookie)
12. #32 John Farrell
13. #380 Dave Winfield
14. #9 Eric Plunk
15. #783 Checklist 6 of 6 (Checklist)
16. #218 Wally Backman

Pack 5

1. #369 Todd Burns
2. #484 Mike Fitzgerald
3. #42 Jeff Robinson
4. #260 Eric Davis
5. #364 Rolando Roomes
6. #630 Gary Gaetti
7. #720 Andres Galarraga
8. #717 Ron Karkovice
9. #723 Jeff Robinson
10. #684 Julio Machado (Rookie)
11. #519 Bucky Dent (Manager)
12. #631 John Wetteland (Rookie)
13. #263 Mel Stottlemyre Jr. (Rookie)
14. #765 Chili Davis
15. #119 Billy Hatcher
16. #394 Jeff Ballard (All-Star)

1993 Stadium Club, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #603 Billy Ripken *x2
2. #604 Bryan Harvey *x2
3. #605 Carlos Quintana *x2
4. #606 Greg Hibbard *x3
5. #607 Ellis Burks
6. #608 Greg Swindell *x3
7. #609 Dave Winfield *x2
8. #610 Charlie Hough *x2
9. #611 Chili Davis *x2
10. #612 Jody Reed *x2
11. #613 Mark Williamson *x2
12. #614 Phil Plantier *x2
13. #615 Jim Abbott *x4
14. #616 Dante Bichette
15. #617 Mark Eichhorn *x2
16. #618 Gary Sheffield *x3
17. #619 Richie Lewis (Rookie) *x3
18. #620 Joe Girardi *x2
19. #621 Jaime Navarro *x3
20. #622 Willie Wilson
21. #623 Scott Fletcher
22. #624 Bud Black *x3
23. #625 Tom Brunansky *x2
24. #626 Steve Avery *x3
25. #627 Paul Molitor *x2
26. #628 Gregg Jefferies *x2
27. #629 Dave Stewart *x2
28. #630 Javy Lopez *x2
29. #631 Greg Gagne *x2
30. #632 Bobby Kelly *x2

1992 Ultra, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #432 Henry Cotto
2. #433 Calvin Jones *x2
3. #434 Kevin Mitchell
4. #435 Clay Parker *x2
5. #436 Omar Vizquel *x4
6. #437 Floyd Bannister *x4
7. #438 Kevin Brown *x2
8. #439 John Cangelosi *x2
9. #440 Brian Downing *x2
10. #441 Monty Fariss
11. #443 Donald Harris
12. #444 Kevin Reimer *x2
13. #445 Kenny Rogers *x4
14. #446 Wayne Rosenthal *x2
15. #448 Derek Bell
16. #449 Juan Guzman
17. #450 Tom Henke *x3
18. #451 Candy Maldonado
19. #453 David Wells *x3
20. #454 Dave Winfield *x2
21. #455 Juan Berenguer
22. #456 Damon Berryhill *x3
23. #457 Mike Bielecki *x3
24. #458 Marvin Freeman *x2
25. #459 Charlie Leibrandt *x2
26. #460 Kent Mercker *x3
27. #461 Otis Nixon
28. #462 Alejandro Pena
29. #463 Ben Rivera *x5

1990 Fleer, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #349 Joe Hesketh *x2
2. #351 Wallace Johnson *x2
3. #360 Nelson Santovenia *x2
4. #361 Bryn Smith
5. #387 Gary Wayne (Rookie)
6. #391 Mike Davis
7. #399 Orel Hershiser *x3
8. #401 Mike Marshall *x2
9. #404 Eddie Murray
10. #405 Alejandro Pena
11. #407 Mike Scioscia *x2
12. #409 Fernando Valenzuela
13. #413 Todd Benzinger
14. #415 Tom Browning *x2
15. #423 Barry Larkin
16. #426 Joe Oliver (Rookie)
17. #428 Luis Quinones *x2
18. #431 Ron Robinson *x2
19. #432 Rolando Roomes
20. #437 Jesse Barfield
21. #441 Alvaro Espinoza
22. #442 Bob Geren
23. #446 Roberto Kelly
24. #447 Don Mattingly
25. #453 Dave Righetti
26. #454 Deion Sanders (Rookie)
27. #455 Steve Sax
28. #458 Dave Winfield
29. #459 Jay Bell *x2
30. #464 Benny Distefano
31. #467 Billy Hatcher
32. #473 Mike LaValliere
33. #475 Junior Ortiz
34. #481 Andy Van Slyke
35. #483 Andy Allanson
36. #484 Scott Bailes *x2
37. #491 John Farrell
38. #493 Brook Jacoby *x3
39. #496 Brad Komminsk
40. #501 Joel Skinner

I managed to get my hands on some 1989 Upper Deck when it just came out.  Upper Deck made those overproduced ugly cardboard Topps cards at the time look like trash.  From 1989 until I effectively stopped collecting cards in 1992, I was buying more and more Upper Deck cards each year, while buying fewer and fewer Topps cards.

In the early 90′s, hologram technology was all the rage.  There were hologram arcade games (remember arcades in the mall?), action figures with holograms on them, hologram stickers, and then Upper Deck baseball cards.  These were cool cards for kids in the 90′s.  Here’s what I still have:

1. #8 Cris Carpenter (Rookie) *x2
2. #130 Orel Hershiser
3. #205 Andre Dawson
4. #349 Dave Winfield
5. #366 Dwight Evans
6. #661 Orel Hershiser (Cy Young Award)
7. #665 Orel Hershiser (MVP)
8. #667 Orel Hershiser (World Series MVP)

1989 Donruss Bonus MVPs, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #BC-2 Mike Scott *x2
2. #BC-11 Dave Winfield
3. #BC-12 Kevin Gross
4. #BC-23 Ozzie Guillen

Well, now that I’ve collected one of each regular series basic Topps hobby box from the past 25 years, and integrated every regular series basic Topps card from my old collection into my new collection, I’ve decided to foray into Topps Traded and Topps Updates sets.  I felt bad for not getting 2008 Topps Updates and Highlights last year, and it’s gonna be a long offseason if I don’t get this year’s Update set, so the decision has been made… 25yearsofbaseball will include Topps Updates A.K.A. Topps Series 3.

I was never into the Topps Traded sets when I was collecting as a kid, probably because most of the time they were only available as complete sets.  In 1990, I did get my hands on a few packs of 1990 Topps Traded.  It’s a completely worthless set that I wouldn’t pay more than the price of a Starbucks coffee today.  The only cards of note in the set are David Justice and John Olerud rookie cards, which were cool in 1990, but with our hindsight we know that those players are not exactly Hall of Fame material.  Beckett lists the complete set as going for anywhere between $1.25 and $3.00.

1990 Topps Traded #130T Dave Winfield

So without further ado, here are my 1990 Topps Traded archives, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #4T Steve Avery
2. #6T Carlos Baerga (Rookie)
3. #9T Mike Blowers (Rookie)
4. #15T Tom Brunansky
5. #16T John Burkett
6. #19T Gary Carter
7. #20T Joe Carter
8. #27T Wayne Edwards (Rookie)
9. #32T John Franco
10. #45T Jeff Huson
11. #47T Stan Javier
12. #53T Brad Komminsk
13. #58T Tim Leary
14. #65T Candy Maldonado
15. #67T Mike Marshall
16. #69T John Marzano
17. #71T Jack McDowell
18. #75T Alan Mills (Rookie)
19. #78T Randy Myers
20. #80T Junior Noboa
21. #84T Greg Olson (Rookie)
22. #86T Dave Parker
23. #89T Alejandro Pena
24. #90T Tony Pena
25. #95T Tony Phillips
26. #100T Willie Randolph
27. #101T Jeff Reardon
28. #105T Kevin Romine
29. #108T Bill Sampen (Rookie)
30. #109T Juan Samuel
31. #110T Scott Sanderson
32. #112T Dave Schmidt
33. #116T Don Slaught
34. #119T Paul Sorrento (Rookie)
35. #121T Russ Swan (Rookie)
36. #130T Dave Winfield