The Yount-o-graph 2021

 Back in 2014 I compiled all the cards that had been produced of Robin, at least that had been logged into the Trading Card Database.  It's been almost 7 years so I though it might be time to update the graph and see what the last 6 full year's of baseball cards have added to his total.  Robin is currently closing in on 7000 cards in the Database, something he'll likely top this year, especially when all the Leaf Lumber sets have been added (likely by me).  

First a couple notes for those who cares.  I've omitted the Hostess panels from the count as well as other a few other things that I consider to be doubles of the same thing, like the 1977 Pepsi Disc glove and Disc are two separate entries at the Database, but I've only counted them once here.  Also a large portion of Robin's cards from 1982 to 1993 consisted of the Milwaukee Brewers Police cards and their variations, I have include all variations as separate cards.  For everything 1999 and above I've just taken the total cards in the Database as gospel and haven't tried to edit them, mainly because there are just a lot.  And finally I have included the 202 cards I've documented so far this year, although I think I've missed a couple of the 5x7 Topps Online offerings that I'll be adding sooner or later.  There were a few number totals that had changed since 2014, but nothing significant. If you want to see that original post you can find it here.

I've also included a list of the years and total cards per year.  2005 still reigns as the year with the most Robin Yount cards produced by over double any other year.  2019 and 2020 also had very large bumps in total card numbers from previous years.   

Anyone out there have a particular year they really like for Yount cards?

Year   Cards

1975 5

1976 6

1977 17

1978 4

1979 3

1980 3

1981 15

1982 17

1983 62

1984 93

1985 83

1986 110

1987 103

1988 127

1989 158

1990 215

1991 128

1992 136

1993 196

1994 34

1995 11

1996 1

1997 1

1998 0

1999 12

2000 25

2001 70

2002 131

2003 178

2004 501

2005 1021

2006 240

2007 137

2008 477

2009 159

2010 79

2011 60

2012 102

2013 134

2014 327

2015 226

2016 228

2017 162

2018 172

2019 371

2020 453

2021 202

Yount-O-Graph

I was bored today.  I don't know if you can tell, but I decided to play around with some numbers.  Below we have all the Robin Yount cards currently on the Trading Card Database in graph form.  Just to illustrate some points.

Couple things.  First, the TCB is by no means complete. Meaning that there are a lot of cards, oddballs and sets that need insert checklists. So we have to take these numbers with a grain of salt.  I didn't use Beckett.com's database, because I don't have access.  Second, most of the Police issue cards from the 80's are not represented.  I do believe that at least one card is in the numbers, but all the different city variations are not. Third most of the MSA discs from 1977 are also not represented right now and  I used my own count for 2014 cards, as I believe it to be much more accurate.

So here we have the card graphed by year issued.  And I have the data table below if you're looking for the counts.

1975	4
1976	6
1977	7
1978	4
1979	4
1980	3
1981	11
1982	12
1983	33
1984	28
1985	17
1986	26
1987	22
1988	29
1989	42
1990	73
1991	36
1992	52
1993	61
1994	24
1995	10
1996	0
1997	0
1998	0
1999	10
2000	21
2001	69
2002	122
2003	161
2004	473
2005	1000
2006	238
2007	135
2008	470
2009	134
2010	61
2011	56
2012	92
2013	125
2014	271

So what can we shine from this?  Well we can see the the bump in issue when Donruss and Fleer entered the competition in 1981.  We can also see when inserts were starting to take off in the late 80's and early 90's and we can see that Robin has been issued almost 7 times more cards since he retired than when he played. I consider his playing days cards 1975 to 1994 even though he retired in 1993 because he was issued regular base cards in almost every set that year.

We can also see that the biggest year for Yount cards was 2005.  Holy crap that's a lot of cards.  What happened in 2005?  Donruss and Upper Deck had a competition to see which company could put out the most sets with the most parallels.  And not just once, but multiple times.  I think Robin has over 100 cards issued in 2005 Donruss Diamond Kings alone.  We can see that 2005 was not only the biggest year, it was the biggest year by over double any other year.  The next biggest year being a toss up between 2004 and 2008.  We can also see a dip from Donruss' exit from the baseball card market and their brief return in 2008.  We can see the dip caused by Topps exclusivity and we can see the current uptick brought about by Panini coming back in with a lot of Hall of Fame focused sets.

I don't think we'll ever see the numbers like in the mid 2000's again, but that's ok. I'm happy that Robin has averaged over 200 new cards a year since 1999. That just means there's always going to be more to chase