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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Topps Yankees Project is complete!

My Topps Yankees Project is complete! I set out to collect a TTM autograph of a different Yankee player on a Topps card from 1951-2011. There are no duplicate players included. All cards are original Topps cards – there are no Topps Archives or modern reprints. Each autograph was acquired by writing a letter to the player in care of their team or home address. A few successes – such as Chuck Knoblauch – are old TTM successes that I had from the late ‘90s.

This isn’t a great picture, but here are all 61 autographed cards. I had many other TTM successes along the way, but this project was always front and center of my TTM focus. In the next few posts, I’ll go decade-by-decade so that every card can be seen in greater detail.



Here my the checklist:

1951 - Jerry Coleman
1952 - Charlie Silvera
1953 - Irv Noren
1954 - Bob Kuzava
1955 - Steve Kraley
1956 - Bob Turley
1957 - Bobby Shantz
1958 - Gil McDougald
1959 - Virgil Trucks
1960 - Art Ditmar
1961 - Joe DeMaestri
1962 - Bobby Richardson
1963 - Hector Lopez
1964 - Bud Daley
1965 - Phil Linz
1966 - Al Downing
1967 - Dooley Womack
1968 - Mike Hegan
1969 - Jake Gibbs
1970 - Jerry Kenney
1971 - Ron Klimkwoski
1972 - Mel Stottlemyre
1973 - Fritz Peterson
1974 - Roy White
1975 - Ron Blomberg
1976 - Ed Herrmann
1977 - Chris Chambliss
1978 - Fred Stanley
1979 - Cliff Johnson
1980 - Jim Beattie
1981 - Greg Nettles
1982 - Bob Watson
1983 - Goose Gossage
1984 - Bert Campaneris
1985 - Clay Christiansen
1986 - Don Baylor
1987 - Bobby Meacham
1988 - Rick Cerone
1989 - Dave Eiland
1990 - Steve Balboni
1991 - Randy Velarde
1992 - Roberto Kelly
1993 - Andy Stankiewicz
1994 - Lee Smith
1995 - Scott Kamieniecki
1996 - Jimmy Key
1997 - Mariano Duncan
1998 - Joe Girardi
1999 - Chuck Knoblauch
2000 - Chili Davis
2001 - Clay Bellinger
2002 - Scott Brosius
2003 - Steve Karsay
2004 - Chris Hammond
2005 - Tony Womack
2006 - Kevin Thompson
2007 - Scott Proctor
2008 - Kei Igawa
2009 - Phil Coke
2010 - Michael Dunn
2011 - Mariano Rivera
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16 comments:

  1. Carl Crawford CardsNovember 15, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    Congrats! That is awesome.

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  2. Daniel WilsonNovember 15, 2011 at 7:41 PM

    Very cool! Great job!

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  3. Ryan GNovember 15, 2011 at 7:42 PM

    I gotta say, that's awesome! Oh, wait, that's already been said. That's effing awesome! There! An amazing collection, to say the least.

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  4. BASEBALL DADNovember 15, 2011 at 7:43 PM

    Congratulations on an incredible accomplishment! Those are really nice.

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  5. hiflewNovember 15, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    Congrats AJ. There are not enough instances in collecting where we can say challenge completed. But now you can. I look forward to reading about these in more detail.

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  6. moremonkeys138November 15, 2011 at 10:13 PM

    Damn, you got Mariano to sign? That itself is a feat of great accomplishment! Awesome set!

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  7. RobertNovember 15, 2011 at 10:49 PM

    Fantastic, look forward to reading more posts about these cards!!

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  8. Community GumNovember 15, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    This is really an incredible accomplishment. Very impressed. Now what's next on the list?! -Andy

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  9. Trey J.November 16, 2011 at 12:14 AM

    That's friggin awesome!!! Congrats on completing your goal. Hopefully I can do something as sweet as that one day. Look forward to hearing more.

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  10. Play at the PlateNovember 16, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    There is nothing like a goal reached and that is one incredible goal! Congrats.

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  11. Greg ZakwinNovember 16, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    Awesome A.J., congrats on completing it!

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  12. cynicalbuddhaNovember 16, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    Complete for now!!! Congrats AJ.

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  13. Milwaukee SouthpawNovember 16, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    Wow, way to go! Very cool collection

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  14. Jeff LawsNovember 16, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    That is impressive. It must feel pretty awesome to complete that. No duplicate players either, wow! Congrats on that project.

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  15. (...Joe)November 17, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    Damn, that's pretty awesome! Congrats dude!

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  16. gcrlNovember 18, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    very nice. i doubt i will get there with the dodgers

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