The most Topps cards in the 80's - the Hit King

I had a guess as to who would be #1 in this category – the most Topps cards in the decade of the 80′s.  The Hit King himself, Pete Rose, had a total of 33 cards in the base sets from 1980-1989 (including Traded sets).

Pete Rose (33)

• 1980 (2) – base, HL
• 1981 (2) – base, RB
• 1982 (5) – base, HL, AS, TL, IA
• 1983 (3) – base, SV, AS
• 1984 (3) – base, 2 AL
• 1984 Traded (1) – base
• 1985 (3) – base, RB, MG
• 1986 (9) – base, 6 Tribute, MG, RB
• 1987 (3) – base, MG, TL
• 1988 (1) – MG
• 1989 (1) – MG

 

 

 

Rose had the most cards in three Topps sets – 1982 (tied with Mike Schmidt and Tom Seaver), 1985 (tied with Bruce Sutter) and of course this was anchored by a whopping 9 cards in the 1986 set.  Rose had a 6-card tribute in the ’86 set, and he actually wouldn’t have the most cards if not for that set.  Steve Carlton was only a little behind him.  The 3 other guys with over 25 cards in the 1980′s Topps flagship sets were:

• Steve Carlton – 28 cards
• Rickey Henderson – 26 cards
• Mike Schmidt – 25 cards

Carlton having that many cards is kind of surprising – he didn’t have any cards in the last 2 years of the decade. Others who had quite a few – George Brett (22), Tom Seaver (22), Nolan Ryan (21), Gary Carter (21), and Dale Murphy (20).

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