Cardbarrel / Player Collection?

 

I hope Emily Greinke still has the rest of her body.  Anyway ...

So I was perusing the 'teams played for' leader-board on Baseball Reference.  A lot of okay players - good enough for lengthy careers but not headline grabbers.   Casually hanging out in a tie for 6th, however, with 11 - Phillies legend Kenny Lofton.  Six-time All-Star, four Gold Gloves, .299 BA over 17 seasons, 622 steals.  

So here we are: 19 cards - one for each season, but also one for each team.  Two binder pages with one left over for my Base Stealers collection. 

   

1991 Upper Deck Final Edition - Rookie Card. 

   

1992 OPC Premier - Voltigeur, indeed. 

1993 Score - Going to my Base Stealers collection. 

   

1994 Leaf

1995 Topps

   

1996 Fleer

1997 Score

   

1998 Upper Deck

1999 Topps Gallery

   

2000 Fleer Twizzlers - Even though it says Tradition. LOL.  

2001 Stadium Club - If only his name had been Eri.

   

2002 Fleer Tradition Update

2002 Topps - A motorized vehicle makes an appearance.

   

2003 Topps Traded & Rookies Gold

2003 Upper Deck 

   

2004 Fleer Ultra

2005 Topps Total - Second motorized vehicle, if you look closely. 

   

2006 Topps Updates & Highlights Gold

2007 Topps Heritage - The most expensive card of the batch.   

So yeah. This is probably as close as I'll get to being a player collector.      

My favorite is the 2001 Stadium Club.

My least favorite is the 2002 Fleer Tradition Update.