To make matters even trickier, Henderson's stolen base total dipped to 29, and his success rate of 65.9% was the worst of his career thus far. The 1996 Topps baseball card set includes 440 standard size cards that were released in two series consisting of 220 cards. Prices are updated daily based upon 1996 Topps Gallery Photo listings that sold on eBay and our marketplace. That family time inspired him to call it quits for good and he retired from Major League Baseball at just 32 years old to be closer to his loved ones. Track your collection for free, Premium: With the threat of relocation looming in 1995 and negotiations for a new ballpark stalling, the Pacific Northwest needed a miracle to keep the M's around. Chicagos thin pitching staff consistently let them down in 1995, forcing a stacked lineup to slug their way out of holes all year long. 1996 TOPPS Baseball Cards. You can never go wrong when there are as many stars, and Hall of Famers as this set has, and the design is pretty good, too. $355.00. When he returned for the 1995 season, he responded in a big way with one of the best rookie seasons in Braves history. The Oakland A's finished in the AL West cellar in 1996, adding even more fuel to the speculative fire about McGwire's future. $17.10. In 707 plate appearances (640 at-bats), Ripken went .278/.341/.466 with 26 home runs, 40 doubles, and 102 RBI. During the strike-shortened 1994 season, Maddux was virtually untouchable as he posted the lowest ERA (1.56) since Bob Gibson's jaw-dropping 1.12 ERA in 1968. 1996 Topps #397 Rickey Henderson Estimated PSA 10 Gem Mint Value: $45 Before the 1996 MLB season, all-time stolen base leader Rickey Henderson inked a two-year, $6.2 million deal with the San Diego Padres. 1995 Topps #431 Tony Gwynn Estimated PSA 10 Gem Mint Value: $45 Average ungraded base card value (excludes parallels) for 1996 Stadium Club But, he still managed to play parts of two seasons with the Chicago White Sox in 1991 and 1993 before joining the California Angels for the strike-shortened 1994 season. Oakland finished the season at 67-77, last in the AL West. Shop COMC's extensive selection of 1996 topps stadium club baseball cards. He'd formally retire in January 1997, just over two months after the Yankees' first World Series win in 18 years. Incredibly, opposing hitters batted just .197 against Maddux while also posting a .224 OBP, .258 slugging percentage, and .482 OPS against the masterful righty. - External Links Still, its a Ripken card from a pivotal stretch of baseball history, and collectors continue to vote for it with our dollars. | Compare vs. Some #s dont! Today, 1996 Topps sometimes gets lost in the shuffle, especially considering the lack of big-name rookie cards. Wax Pack Gods, 100 Most Expensive Magic The Gathering Cards Sold on eBay in the Last 30 Days, 1989 Upper Deck Baseball Cards 28 Most Valuable Wax Pack Gods. 1996 Topps card list & price guide. Other basic inserts in 1996 Topps Baseball include Classic Confrontations, Wrecking Crew, Masters of the Game, Road Warriors and Profiles. 1996 Topps Baseball base cards have a simple front design. For the FREE complete Printer friendly (3 pages) 1996 Topps Baseball Card Checklist CLICK HERE Read our methodology . During those thirteen games, the 21-year-old Jeter batted .234 with three doubles, one triple, six RBI and five runs scored in 47 at-bats. The streak will likely never be broken and it will be amazing if anyone comes close at all. Highlights included a four-hit night, a fan-aided home run in a Game 4 ALCS win over the Baltimore Orioles, and a clutch RBI single off Atlanta Braves ace Greg Maddux in New York's World Series-clinching 3-2 Game 6 triumph. Read our methodology. Just one tally shy of his fourth 100-RBI season, Puckett strode to the plate in Minnesota's final regular-season game with a runner on third and one out. And the checklist doesn't contain any blockbuster rookie cards. The M's lost to the Cleveland Indians in six in the forthcoming ALCS, but that did little to damper the baseball spirit in Seattle. In Major League Baseball, Jackson's big bat and rocket arm paved the way for becoming an All-Star with the Kansas City Royals while his speed and power made him a Pro Bowler with the Los Angeles Raiders in the NFL. - Comments We are user supported. Seattle sizzled in August and September, capturing the team's first-ever AL West championship and playoff berth. And, many collectors consider the 1995 Topps set design to be one of the best-looking Topps flaghshp sets of the 90s. 2 Less than a year later, the Padres moved on from Henderson when they traded him to the Anaheim Angels in August 1997. 0% Prices are updated daily based upon 1996 Stadium Club listings that sold on eBay and our marketplace. Ripken put up his third below-average offensive campaign in four seasons during the summer of 1995, but that hardly mattered to fans or collectors. Or maybe those hairy forearms give you pause. Following the 1995 MLB season, Jones signed a four-year, $8.5 million extension with the Braves, the first of many extensions with Atlanta during his Hall-of-Fame career. After all, here we have a) a left-handed hitter b) in a Yankees uniform c) with a 1980s mustache peeking out from under his nose d) on a card with no in-your-face player ID. Now that we got that out of the way, let's take a look at the list: Supported by one of owner George Steinbrenner's most trusted right-hand men, Gene Michael, Derek Jeter made the 1996 Opening Day roster as the Yankees' starting shortstop, the first of 17-straight Opening Days with Jeter penciled in at short. Track your collection for free. Puckett announced his retirement on July 12, 1996, leaving collectors with this bittersweet career-capper that materialized all too soon. PSA 9 examples sell for around $40. Rookie Cards in this set include Sean Casey and Geoff Jenkins. In 654 plate appearances (582 at-bats), Jeter posted a .314/.370/.430 slash line with ten home runs, 25 doubles, and 78 RBI while leading the team in hits (183). By that point in his career, the only questions surrounding Henderson were just how many bases will he steal? | Compare vs. For his efforts, Maddux earned his fourth-consecutive Cy Young, sixth-consecutive Gold Glove and finished a close third in the MVP vote behind Barry Larkin and Dante Bichette. More than fifty-seven thousand fans rose in unison as Joey Cora tied the game from third, and Griffey streaked towards home behind him. Will buy more! He turned things around in the ALCS against the Mariners, going 6-21 with two home runs and two RBI to help push the Indians into the World Series, where they eventually lost 4-2 to the Atlanta Braves and their dominant pitching staff. Finest versions also have much scarcer Refractor parallels. Where will he break them? While the rest of the Minnesota Twins bumbled and fumbled their way to a last-place finish in 1995, it was just another fantastic year for superstar outfielder Kirby Puckett. Topps read the room pretty well and pared down their offering from 660 cards in 1995 to a 40-year low of 440 base cards in 1996, split among two 220-card series (along with several inserts and parallels, of course). | Compare vs. Though he certainly did his part to help the team, the San Diego Padres as a unit finished third in the AL West with a mediocre 70-74 record and out of playoff contention. Read our methodology . To cap it all off, Maddux earned the only World Series title of his career by helping the Braves to a 4-2 series victory over the Cleveland Indians. As time wore on, their paths and legacies may have diverted more than anyone would have liked, but they remain two of the most extraordinary talents of all time. But, in this guide, we'll take a look at the fifteen most valuable 1996 Topps cards. 4 Includes all Series 1 + 2 Cards PLUS ROOKIES JULIO RODRIGUEZ, Bobby Witt Jr . You Pick to Complete Your Set. It was the first real look that he gave MLB as a guy who could hit for both average and power, a reputation that he'd carry for the rest of his career. In one of the most outstanding rookie campaigns in baseball history, Jeter helped the team win its first World Series since 1978 and took home a unanimous AL Rookie of the Year selection. From 1982-93, New York cycled through ten managers and repeatedly missed the playoffs with teams that ranged from depressingly mediocre to good (but not great). Click on any card to see more graded card prices, historic prices, and past sales. The season, however, ended terribly. List by Card #, You own: 0 / 223 items It's a shame that Mattingly couldn't hang on with the Yankees for one more season as they finally picked up the World Series ring that had alluded him his entire career. Though his offensive numbers were muted, his glove remained a critical asset. 1996 Topps Gallery Photo card list & price guide. Shortcuts: Mantle finest refractors were hard to pull! The entire Baltimore squad struggled to find key hits all series long, and the O's fell to the Bronx Bombers in five. Bonds, though, was predictably stellar, leading the NL in games played (144), on-base percentage (.431), OPS (1.009), and walks (120). Of those twenty-two players, sixteen of them turned out to be Hall of Famers which is quite amazing. Split evenly between two series, the set boasts a simple design, average checklist and several inserts. The 24-year-old Florida native slashed .309/.393/.530 with 30 home runs, 32 doubles, and 110 RBI while making his first All-Star Game and finishing fourth in the MVP vote. We are user supported. While that looks good on paper, it marked an ERA jump of nearly 50% from the Big Unit's sterling 1995 campaign (2.48). He finished fourth in the American Leagues MVP race, posting a ridiculous .303/.392/.628 line with 49 home runs and 140 RBI. buy stuff after clicking links on our site document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2022 by Old Sports Cards, LLC. Click on any card to see more graded card prices, historic prices, and past sales. Average ungraded base card value (excludes parallels) for 1996 Topps On September 6th, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. became baseball's new Iron Man, surpassing Lou Gehrig by playing in his 2,131st consecutive game. batting crown home to sunny Southern California every year from 1994 to 1997. However, that doesn't mean there aren't some great cards in this set With youngsters like Derek Jeter and Chipper Jones as well as big Hall of Fame names like Ken Griffey Jr., Cal Ripken Jr. and Rickey Henderson scattered throughout, there is plenty for the hobby purist to enjoy. In 602 plate appearance (465 at-bats), Henderson posted a .241/.410/.344 slash line with nine home runs, 17 doubles, and 29 RBI, while his .754 OPS marked his worst since his rookie season in 1979. One quirk about the set that you won't find in any other Topps flagship are the "CyberStats" parallels that featured a computer-projected simulation of what each player's full-season stats in 1994 may have been had the strike not occurred. The final five cards in the set are slightly scarcer. The trust was gone. 1909-11 T206 N.Y. NAT'L Joe Doyle Misprint Date: August 2016 Auction House: MBA Seattle Auction House Price Realized: $414,750 It was an all-around masterpiece of a season for the five-time National League All-Star. 1963 Topps Peel-Offs Baseball Cards (96) 1961 Fleer Baseball Cards (1,920) 1961 Golden Press Baseball Cards (296) 1964 Topps Coins Baseball Cards (2,304) 1964 Topps Stand Up Baseball Cards (200) 1961 Nu Card Scoops Baseball Cards (546) 1964 Topps Venezuelan Baseball Cards (48) 1961 Post Cereal Baseball Cards (2,814) 1961 Kahn's Baseball Cards (6) Bonds entered the 1996 campaign with three 30/30 seasons to his credit, balancing his prowess as a feared home run hitter with fantastic straight-line speed and base running prowess. To reveal the players, collectors have to peel the film off. The story behind this card makes it a bit underappreciated, in my opinion. List by Card #, You own: 0 / 103 items Prices are updated daily based upon 1996 Topps listings that sold on eBay and our marketplace. 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