Sometimes I'm a numbers guy who's also a forgetful guy who's also a busy guy

 

I'm in a writing stage that often happens around this time of year where ideas don't come easily and time is short.

 

I am fortunate to have a lengthy backlog of posts and several post themes. But even with those aids, it takes time to find the right one, expand on an idea, track down the cards, scan/upload the cards, and write, write, write.

 

Sometimes, like yesterday, I am down to the final 40 minutes before work or some other obligation calls, when I strike upon the right thing. But NO TIME!

 

So, that's why there wasn't a post last night but there is one now.

 

Several years ago, it's been nine to be exact, I wrote a post featuring all the Topps cards in which the card number on the back matched with the year of the card. For example, card No. 52 in the 1952 Topps set is Don Mueller. I showed each of the cards all the way up to the most recent year, which at the time was 2014 Topps.

 

I resolved to update that post yearly. Then I forgot. The next time I revisited it was 2018, four years later. I apologized profusely. Then I went through the entire Topps litany and added the cards for 2015, 2016 and 2017.

 

You're officially caught up to date. Yeah, I've forgotten again.

 

But perhaps this is the best way. It seems when I do these kinds of update posts too close together people lose interest. So hopefully most of you have forgotten this was a thing and it's all brand new to you!

Here's the rundown:

1952 Topps - Don Mueller, #52

1953 Topps - Sherm Lollar, #53

 

1954 Topps - Vern Stephens, #54

 

1955 Topps - Rip Repulski, #55

1956 Topps - Dale Long, #56

 

 

 

1957 Topps - Jim Lemon, #57

 

1958 Topps - Art Schult, #58

1959 Topps - Irv Noren, #59

1960 Topps - Gus Triandos, #60

1961 Topps - Ron Piche, #61

 

1962 Topps - Steve Boros, #62

 

1963 Topps - Cincinnati Reds, #63

1964 Topps - Ted Abernathy, #64

1965 Topps - Tony Kubek, #65

 

1966 Topps - Al Weis, #66

1967 Topps - Ken Berry, #67

 

1968 Topps - Ron Willis, #68

 

1969 Topps - Steve Hamilton, #69

1970 Topps - AL Pitching Leaders, #70

1971 Topps - AL Strikeout Leaders, #71

1972 Topps - Bruce Kison, #72

1973 Topps - Ed Herrmann, #73

1974 Topps - Minnesota Twins, #74

1975 Topps - Ted Simmons, #75

1976 Topps - Willie Crawford, #76

1977 Topps - Dyar Miller, #77

1978 Topps - Pablo Torrealba, #78

1979 Topps - Ted Cox, #79

1980 Topps - Ron LeFlore, #80

1981 Topps - Dave Stapleton, #81

1982 Topps - Bob Welch, #82

1983 Topps - Ryne Sandberg, #83

1984 Topps - Lenny Faedo, #84

1985 Topps - Mike Marshall, #85

1986 Topps - Tom Waddell, #86

1987 Topps - Mark Salas, #87

1988 Topps - Earnie Riles, #88

1989 Topps - Dave LaPoint, #89

1990 Topps - Jack Clark, #90

1991 Topps - Greg Colbrunn, #91

1992 Topps - Lenny Harris, #92

1993 Topps - Pedro Astacio, #93

1994 Topps - Phil Hiatt, #94

1995 Topps - Mark Langston, #95

1996 Topps - Cal Ripken Jr., #96

1997 Topps - Greg Myers, #97

1998 - Kurt Abbott, #98

1999 Topps - Derek Bell, #99

2001 Topps - Cal Ripken Jr., #1

2002 Topps - Mike Stanton, #2

2003 Topps - Jimmy Rollins, #3

2004 Topps - Edgardo Alfonzo, #4

 

 

 

 

2005 Topps - Johnny Damon, #5

2006 Topps - Armando Benitez, #6

2007 Topps - Mickey Mantle, #7

2008 Topps - Stephen Drew, #8

2009 Topps - Dallas McPherson, #9

2010 Topps - Clayton Kershaw, #10

2011 Topps - NL Wins Leaders, #11

2012 Topps - Wilson Ramos, Nationals, #12

 

 

 

 2013 Topps - Brett Lawrie, #13

2014 Topps - Yoenis Cespedes, #14

2015 Topps - Joey Votto, #15

2016 Topps - Rougned Odor, #16

2017 Topps - Daniel Descalso, #17

2018 Topps - Rafael Devers, #18

2019 Topps - Jacob deGrom League Leaders, #19

 

 

 

2020 Topps - Aristides Aquino, #20

 

2021 Topps - Eric Sogard, #21

 

2022 Topps - Bryan De La Cruz, #22

 

 

 

Like the earlier posts, I skipped the 2000 Topps set because there's no card 0. But you reading veterans may have noticed the lack of card-back numbers next to the cards that I own. I did that just to chart my progress on sets, but Blogger isn't letting me place the cropped number next to the card.

 

But if anyone cares, since the last time I wrote this post, I've added the 1969, 1970, 1971 and 2004 cards.

 

And there are all the cards I have by card number -- that would have gone next to the card fronts. (Also, Topps needs to change up the font/look for the card number, the last four (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) have all been the same.

So there. I'm caught up now again. Until 2023 Topps comes out next month.