1987 Topps Autograph Project

[tbrommel]

Here is a list of the cards from the base set that I need signed. I'll try to add the Traded series at some point in time:

1987 TOPPS - Angels
136 Ron Romanick, 139 Devon White, 166 Bob Boone, 251 Rob Wilfong, 446 Chuck Finley, 474 Jerry Narron, 652 Terry Forster, 673 Don Sutton, 760 Mike Witt, 782 Brian Downing
ANGELS TRADED: Willie Fraser, Mark McLemore, Greg Minton

1987 TOPPS - A'S
34 Jose Rijo, 161 Steve Ontiveros, 188 Tony Phillips, 238 Bill Krueger, 263 Stan Javier, 287 Dave Von Ohlen, 311 Rickey Henderson TBTC, 441 Dave Leiper, 519 Curt Young, 587 Eric Plunk, 649 Mickey Tettleton, 678 Carney Lansford, 743 Dwayne Murphy
A's TRADED: Dennis Eckersley, Reggie Jackson, Luis Polonia

1987 TOPPS - ASTROS
330 Mike Scott, 386 Dickie Thon, 472 Bill Doran, 503 Larry Andersen, 659 Aurelio Lopez (Deceased), 722 Bob Knepper, 757 Nolan Ryan, 779 Craig Reynolds
ASTROS TRADED: None

1987 TOPPS - BLUE JAYS
106 Blue Jays TL, 153 Duane Ward, 210 Lloyd Moseby, 274 Jeff Hearron , 301 Luis Aquino, 395 Damaso Garcia, 485 Tony Fernandez, 612 George Bell AS, 643 Ron Shepherd, 655 Jesse Barfield, 663 Cliff Johnson, 733 Bill Caudill
BLUE JAYS TRADED: Fred McGriff

1987 TOPPS - BRAVES
49 Terry Harper, 76 Rafael Ramirez, 214 Omar Moreno, 324 David Palmer, 407 Jim Acker, 435 Bruce Sutter, 490 Dale Murphy, 571 Ozzie Virgil, 686 Doyle Alexander, 745 Glenn Hubbard
BRAVES TRADED: Dion James, Graig Nettles

1987 TOPPS - BREWERS
216 B.J.Surhoff , 448 Chris Bosio, 547 Rob Deer, 562 Bryan Clutterbuck, 622 Glenn Braggs, 640 Mark Clear, 773 Robin Yount
BREWERS TRADED: None

1987 TOPPS - CARDINALS
33 Andy Van Slyke, 59, 338 Tim Conroy, 367 Jeff Lahti, 417 Pat Perry, 567 Greg Mathews, 598 Ozzie Smith AS, 749 Ozzie Smith
CARDS TRADED: Joe Magrane, Tony Pena

1987 TOPPS - CUBS
383 Ron Davis, 459 Dennis Eckersley, 634 Rafael Palmeiro
CUBS TRADED: Greg Maddux, Dave Martinez

1987 TOPPS - DODGERS
173 Alex Trevino, 328 Bob Welch, 385 Orel Hershiser, 734 Bill Madlock
DODGERS TRADED: Ralph Bryant, Tim Leary, John Shelby, Brian Holton, Brad Havens

1987 TOPPS - EXPOS
9 Jay Tibbs,, 141 Herm Winningham, 252 Dennis Martinez, 272 Andres Galarraga, 293 Bob Rodgers MGR, 323 Al Newman, 588 Wallace Johnson, 707 Bob McClure, 742 Andy McGaffigan
EXPOS TRADED: Neal Heaton

1987 TOPPS - GIANTS
64 Harry Spilman, 71 Mike Aldrete, 151 Mike LaCoss, 280 Jeff Leonard, 389 Jeff D. Robinson, 420 Will Clark, 438 Kelly Downs, 549 Bob Melvin, 580 Mike Krukow, 658 Robby Thompson
GIANTS TRADED: None

1987 TOPPS - INDIANS
51 Mel Hall, 107 John Butcher, 134 Rich Yett, 220 Joe Carter, 322 Chris Bando, 353 Ernie Camacho, 436 Andy Allanson, 463 Tom Candiotti, 607 Tony Bernazard AS, 758 Tony Bernazard
INDIANS TRADED: Steve Carlton, Rick Dempsey

1987 TOPPS - MARINERS
91 Harold Reynolds, 271 Mike G. Brown, 376 Scott Bradley, 427 Edwin Nunez, 476 Danny Tartabull, 546 Mike Morgan, 561 Rey Quinones, 727 Mike Moore
M's TRADED: Bill Wilkinson, Scott Bankhead, Dave Valle, John Christensen

1987 TOPPS - METS
20 Gary Carter, 103 Rick Aguilera, 198 Lee Mazzilli, 213 Randy Myers, 241 Danny Heep, 267 Howard Johnson, 295 Len Dykstra, 331 Mets TL/Carter/Strawberry, 350 Keith Hernandez, 570 Sid Fernandez, 595 Keith Hernandez AS, 601 Darryl Strawberry AS, 602 Gary Carter AS, 603 Dwight Gooden AS, 704 Jesse Orosco, 746 Bob Ojeda
METS TRADED: Kevin McReynolds, Dave Cone, John Mitchell

1987 TOPPS - ORIOLES
28 Rick Dempsey, 86 Nate Snell, 120 Eddie Murray, 154 Tom O'Malley, 208 John Shelby, 309 Mike Young, 370 Fred Lynn, 398 Brad Havens, 609 Cal Ripken AS, 668 Juan Bonilla, 688 Juan Beniquez, 766 Don Aase, 784 Cal Ripken
O's TRADED: Cal Ripken Sr. (Deceased), Alan Wiggins (Deceased), Terry Kennedy

1987 TOPPS - PADRES
81 Padres Team Andy Hawkins/Terry Kennedy, 183 Andy Hawkins, 637 Bip Roberts, 730 Eric Show (Deceased), 763 Tim Flannery
PADS TRADED: Stan Jefferson, Benny Santiago
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1987 TOPPS - PHILLIES
42 Gary Redus, 294 Steve Jeltz, 379, 430 Mike Schmidt, 471 Ronn Reynolds, 597 Mike Schmidt AS, 736 Steve Bedrosian, 755 Luis Aguayo
PHILS TRADED: Chris James

1987 TOPPS - PIRATES
60 Tony Pena, 109 R.J. Reynolds, 164 Sammy Khalifa, 262 Jim Winn, 320 Barry Bonds, 365 Rick Rhoden, 469 Mike Diaz, 583 Junior Ortiz, 628 Bob Walk, 747 Johnny Ray
PIRATES TRADED: John Smiley (Not TTM), Andy Van Slyke, Mike Dunne, John Cangelosi, Terry Harper

1987 TOPPS - RANGERS
6 Ruben Sierra RB, 17 Pete O'Brien, 202 Ricky Wright, 388 Geno Petralli, 462 Scott Fletcher, 689 Darrell Porter (Deceased)
RANGERS TRADED: Jerry Browne

1987 TOPPS - RED SOX
1 Roger Clemens RB, 3 Dwight Evans RB, 150 Wade Boggs, 204 Sammy Stewart, 259 Mike Greenwell, 314 Carl Yastrzemski TBTC, 340 Roger Clemens, 396 Tim Lollar, 425 Tom Seaver, 535 Tony Armas, 608 Wade Boggs AS, 614 Roger Clemens AS, 617 Al Nipper, 645 Dwight Evans
SOX TRADED: Ellis Burks

1987 TOPPS - REDS
393 Pete Rose MGR, 644 John Denny
REDS TRADED: None

1987 TOPPS - ROYALS
18 Dick Howser MG (Deceased), 99 Darryl Motley, 140 Bret Saberhagen, 170 Bo Jackson , 223 Charlie Leibrandt, 256 Royals TL Brett & White, 354 Jamie Quirk, 382 Rudy Law, 400 George Brett, 533 Argenis Salazar, 669 Bud Black, 783 Willie Wilson, Jim Sundberg
ROYALS TRADED: Danny Jackson, Juan Beniquez, Danny Tartabull

1987 TOPPS - TIGERS
148 Dave Collins, 234 Pat Sheridan, 515 Willie Hernandez, 661 Lou Whitaker, 765 Kirk Gibson, 778 Jack Morris
TIGERS TRADED: Bill Madlock, Mike Henneman, Matt Nokes

1987 TOPPS - TWINS
138 Roy Lee Jackson, 206 Twins Team Viola/Laudner, 277 Juan Agosto, 310 Frank Viola, 336 Allan Anderson, 419 Mark Portugal, 450 Kirby Puckett (Deceased), 611 Kirby Puckett AS (Deceased)
TWINS TRADED: Al Newman, Joe Niekro (Deceased) Jeff Reardon, Tom Nieto

1987 TOPPS - WHITE SOX
27 Joe Cowley, 89 Ozzie Guillen, 421 Jose DeLeon, 482 Daryl Boston, 539 Reid Nichols, 685 Jerry Hairston, 718 Steve Carlton, 756 Carlton Fisk, 772 Harold Baines
SOX TRADED: Gary Redus, Jim Winn, Donnie Hill, Jerry Royster, Ivan Calderon (Deceased)

1987 TOPPS - YANKEES
5 Dave Righetti RB, 15 Claudell Washington, 40 Dave Righetti, 195 Mike Pagliarulo, 312 Reggie Jackson TBTC, 344, 375 Ron Guidry, 406 Yankees TL/Hend/Matt, 500 Don Mattingly, 606 Don Mattingly AS, 616 Dave Righetti AS, 665 Rod Scurry (Deceased), 701 Willie Randolph, 735 Rickey Henderson, 770 Dave Winfield
YANKS TRADED: Rick Rhoden

 

[mort]

166 Bob Boone
630 John Candelaria
673 Don Sutton
565 Dusty Baker
709 Dave Kingman
214 Omar Moreno
627 Ken Oberkfell
660 Bob Horner
745 Glenn Hubbard
777 Chris Chambliss
640 Mark Clear
741 Paul Molitor
410 Fernando Valenzuela
664 Mike Marshall
699 Ken Landreaux
734 Bill Madlock
753 Rick Honeycutt
30 Tim Raines
55 Tim Wallach
165 Jeff Reardon
588 Wallace Johnson
774 Wayne Krenchicki
335 Candy Maldonado
580 Mike Krukow
694 Phil Niekro
780 Andre Thornton
117 Jim Beattie
241 Danny Heep
582 Bruce Berenyi
704 Jesse Orosco
28 Rick Dempsey
182 Lee Lacy
349 Storm Davis
370 Fred Lynn
275 LaMarr Hoyt
470 Dave Dravecky
684 Kent Tekulve
789 Dan Schatzeder
564 Larry McWilliams
628 Bob Walk
712 Don Robinson
747 Johnny Ray
152 Toby Harrah
150 Wade Boggs
175 Bob Stanley
396 Tim Lollar
507 Dave L. Stapleton
740 Rich Gedman
764 Bill Buckner
253 Eddie Milner
140 Bret Saberhagen
190 Jim Sundberg
223 Charlie Leibrandt
669 Bud Black
692 Frank White
432 Jim Slaton
576 Frank Pastore
756 Carlton Fisk
683 Gary Roenicke

Hey - I quickly went through your list. I have had TTM success with all the above. PM if you need any help with addresses. The lone exception is Omar Moreno. That's a story within intself. I don't have his autograph -- yet.

 

[AUTaxMan]

Good luck on putting that set together. I'll keep an eye out for you. You're probably going to have a hard time finding that Clemente TBTC.

 

[moose2438]

Good luck on putting that set together. I'll keep an eye out for you. You're probably going to have a hard time finding that Clemente TBTC.

Unless it's a forgery, that's not actually going to be possible...

BTW, mort, what's this story about Moreno? I actually need him for my Pirates collection...(or is this a story that I dont want to hear, lol)

Oh, and double BTW, tbrommel, I sent you a PM.

 

[tbrommel]

Good luck on putting that set together. I'll keep an eye out for you. You're probably going to have a hard time finding that Clemente TBTC.

LOL, I just grabbed a checklist from some website and deleted the ones I had. Didn't think to just remove that one from the list. Anyone reading the list probably thinks I'm an idiot...

 

[tbrommel]

Hey - I quickly went through your list. I have had TTM success with all the above. PM if you need any help with addresses. The lone exception is Omar Moreno. That's a story within intself. I don't have his autograph -- yet.

Thanks for the input - I've got requests out to about 90 percent of those guys but they've been some long waits. Others, like Valenzuela, I've got one card of and just need the other.

I've got the 07 Harvey so addresses shouldn't be a problem, though I've had a couple RTS from it - Dan Schatzeder comes to mind.

 

[mort]

I've got the 07 Harvey so addresses shouldn't be a problem, though I've had a couple RTS from it - Dan Schatzeder comes to mind.

26W020 Klein Creek Drive Winfield, IL 60190 (but I got that one in Nov. 06) It took 144 days.

 

[mort]

Unless it's a forgery, that's not actually going to be possible...

BTW, mort, what's this story about Moreno? I actually need him for my Pirates collection...(or is this a story that I dont want to hear, lol)

Oh, and double BTW, tbrommel, I sent you a PM.

I suppose you could tape a 'cut' autograph to the card....

As for Moreno...In April 07 I dug up his charitable foundation and sent an e-mail offering to make a $donation$ for an autograph on my 1983 Fleer. I received a very prompt response from the "International Public Relations Director" (his daughter, Leury) with specific instructions to send a Western Union money order to a specific address.

I sent the money order on May 16 and I sent Leury letting her know the check is in the mail ($12). I sent follow-ups on June 13, August 14, and October 20. No response.

After I sent the e-mail on the 20th, I was getting a bit annoyed. A quote from my e-mail: "I am disappointed I have not received a response regarding my donation to your father's foundation. It is discouraging that an opportunity to donate money to a charitable cause disappears."

So I put my Cyber-sleuthing hat on and I dug up Leury's MySpace page. There I found her Yahoo e-mail address and I sent the same e-mail there. Lo and behold the next day there was an e-mail in my IN box from the International Public Relations Director herself!!

Her reply mentions something about some sort of Gala in January when she will see him next. She is quite curt, even offers to send back the $12 and the card. I promptly reply and advise her to keep the donation and I will gladly wait until January (while thinking to myself she should've told me this in May -- which wouldn't have mattered to me). I ask a couple of follow-up questions. But I haven't heard back since.....

Until today I've been tempted (but resisted) the urge to publicize this. As a kid, I loved Omar Moreno (his name alone is GREAT!). It stinks that I've had to deal with this.

What would you put the odds of getting the card back? Better yet, what are the odds I'll get the 1983 Fleer card back signed? I'm not really sure what to expect. If I don't get a response by February, I'm going to start my e-mails to Leury.

Stay tuned...

(Sorry, Todd, for making this post completely off-topic.... )

 

[Therion]

LOL, I just grabbed a checklist from some website and deleted the ones I had. Didn't think to just remove that one from the list. Anyone reading the list probably thinks I'm an idiot...

Actually, a guy on Freedom Cardboard makes cut cards. I've seen him do one for the 1987 Topps set for a manager that died months after the set released and is virtually impossible to find. It's high quality stuff. Now you'd just need a Clemente auto

 

[MrMet86]

I am in the process of attempting to complete this set for just the Mets and I can give you the follwoing info...

1987 TOPPS - METS

20 Gary Carter
Will sign for a $25 Donation www.garycarter.org

48 Wally Backman
Sent 7/25 c/o Joliet Jackhammers - Still waiting

103 Rick Aguilera
Does not sign TTM

198 Lee Mazzilli
Does not sign TTM

213 Randy Myers
Sent 7/16 - Still waiting

241 Danny Heep
Sent 12/12 - Still waiting

267 Howard Johnson
Sent 6/20 c/o Mets Sent 11/28 c/o home - Still waiting

295 Len Dykstra
Does not sign TTM

331 Mets TL/Carter/Strawberry

350 Keith Hernandez
Does not sign TTM

433 Ed Hearn
5737 THEDEN ST - SHAWNEE, KS 66218

570 Sid Fernandez
25 AULIKE STREET APT 218 - KAILUA, HI 96734

595 Keith Hernandez AS

601 Darryl Strawberry AS

602 Gary Carter AS

603 Dwight Gooden AS
Does not sign TTM - You may wanna try here....
http://www.newyorkcardshows.com/Autograph_Lineup_Hofstra_Long_Island_Shows.html

625 Mookie Wilson
No Info

704 Jesse Orosco
Sent 7/30 - Still waiting

746 Bob Ojeda
Does not sign TTM

 

[MrMet86]

I am in the process of attempting to complete this set for just the Mets and I can give you the follwoing info...

1987 TOPPS - METS

20 Gary Carter
Will sign for a $25 Donation www.garycarter.org

48 Wally Backman
Sent 7/25 c/o Joliet Jackhammers - Still waiting

103 Rick Aguilera
Does not sign TTM

198 Lee Mazzilli
Does not sign TTM

213 Randy Myers
Sent 7/16 - Still waiting

241 Danny Heep
Sent 12/12 - Still waiting

267 Howard Johnson
Sent 6/20 c/o Mets Sent 11/28 c/o home - Still waiting

295 Len Dykstra
Does not sign TTM

331 Mets TL/Carter/Strawberry

350 Keith Hernandez
Does not sign TTM

433 Ed Hearn
5737 THEDEN ST - SHAWNEE, KS 66218

570 Sid Fernandez
25 AULIKE STREET APT 218 - KAILUA, HI 96734

595 Keith Hernandez AS

601 Darryl Strawberry AS

602 Gary Carter AS

603 Dwight Gooden AS
Does not sign TTM - You may wanna try here....
http://www.newyorkcardshows.com/Autograph_Lineup_Hofstra_Long_Island_Shows.html

625 Mookie Wilson
No Info

704 Jesse Orosco
Sent 7/30 - Still waiting

746 Bob Ojeda
Does not sign TTM

 

[mort]

I might be able to get you Bob Stanley this season if he's still with the Connecticut Defenders (AA Giants).

And here's contact information for Ed Hearn from his web site: http://www.edhearn.com/contact.html

Scott-

 

[tbrommel]

Thanks, Mort. You know, I'm 0-for-3 on Hearn for some reason...He is one of three guys who seems to be a great signer I just can't get a return from:

Ed Hearn
Jimmy Key
Jeff Reardon (Very frustrating since he's in the traded set as well)

I've also updated the list with my needs from the Traded set for those checking or offering help. Unfortunately not as many people collect the traded set.

 

[Phish]

Andy Van Slyke

You can try him c/o Tigers. He may sign over ST

 

[siksyko]

Any extra Expos I get from that set are yours. I sent out a few for the ones you need and I'll toss one in for you from now on.

 

[Therion]

mort, how did the Moreno situation play out?

 

[thehalk]

i was about to ask the same haha

 

[tbrommel]

Andy Van Slyke

You can try him c/o Tigers. He may sign over ST

LOL - Van Slyke has a 2% success rate on SCN and that one was from 2000.

I've been doing this TTM thing for a while and know where to look for guys. There are a few good signers left on my list and a lot of guys who charge fees but the majority are players who do not sign TTM at all or are horrible signers TTM.

I'm always looking to knock off guys via trade, 50/50, in-person signings, etc. because the TTM successes are now few and far between.

As for Moreno, Mort never got his card signed. ;-)

 

[mort]

As for Moreno, Mort never got his card signed. ;-)

Ha ha ha ... Todd is correct. I figured I got my final jab in when I called out Leury in the interview on Yahoo! Sports. I guess now I'll attempt another mean in getting the 'graph (see Todd's methods above ).

 

[tbrommel]

Yearly bump.