On the Radar - 2021 Topps Definitive Collection Robin Yount Checklist and Gallery

 Have too much money and not enough high end Yount cards in your collection.  Fear not, Topps has you covered in their latest high end release.  I'll add images when stuff starts popping up. And I'll define the base numbering when I can verify it.

2021 Topps Definitive Collection - Defining Seasons Autographs #DSAC-RY #/25
2021 Topps Definitive Collection - Defining Seasons Autographs Green #DSAC-RY #/10
2021 Topps Definitive Collection - Defining Seasons Autographs Purple #DSAC-RY #/5

2021 Topps Definitive Collection - Defining Seasons Autographs Red #DSAC-RY #/1

2021 Topps Definitive Collection - Legendary Autograph Collection #LAC-RY #/50 or so

2021 Topps Definitive Collection - Legendary Autograph Collection Red #LAC-RY #/1

2021 Topps Definitive Collection - Definitive Autographed Relic #DARC-RY #/40 or so

2021 Topps Definitive Collection - Definitive Autographed Relic Green #DARC-RY #/10

2021 Topps Definitive Collection - Definitive Autographed Relic Purple #DARC-RY #/5

2021 Topps Definitive Collection - Definitive Autographed Relic Red #DARC-RY #/1

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

2005 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts Glory Days

Year: 2005

Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set: SP Legendary Cuts

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Glory Days

Card Number: GD-RY

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 382/399

Have I lamented recently how much I miss Upper Deck in baseball?  Let's go back to a time when the shelves were literally packed with product, back to 2005. 

I've said it many times, 2005 has the distinction of being the year that Robin has the most cards produced with his likeness, more than 1000!!  And that has to do with sets like this. In this set alone Robin has close to 40 different cards to chase (that of course includes all the parallels).

And of course what was all the rage was having an insert set that had not only color parallels, but also autograph, relic and relic autograph parallels.  

The base card for the Glory Days insert is numbered to only 399.  Again as was the tradition the overall design of the card is made to accommodate the autograph and relic parallels.  The autographed sticker would be placed where the team name is and the relic would be put where team logo is.  

But the card does feature full career stats on the back and a nice little write up, something that is usually missing on similar card made today.

On the Radar - Leaf Lumber Baseball Yount Checklist

 If you love unlicensed baseball card products boy are you in luck.  Robin's got a bunch of low numbered cards to chase, 140 by my count. I'll add images as they pop up.

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Bat Knob #BK-85 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Decade vs Decade #DVD-02 (w/ Mays/Clemente/Killebrew/Robinson/Schmidt/Brett/Sandberg) Bronze #/20

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Decade vs Decade #DVD-02 Purple #/9

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Decade vs Decade #DVD-02 Platinum #/6

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Decade vs Decade #DVD-02 Pewter #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Decade vs Decade #DVD-02 Navy Blue #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Decade vs Decade #DVD-02 Silver #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Decade vs Decade #DVD-02 Gold #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Decade vs Decade #DVD-02 Emerald #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Decade vs Decade #DVD-02 Red #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Game Used Lumber #GUL-83 Bronze #/25

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Game Used Lumber #GUL-83 Purple #/9

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Game Used Lumber #GUL-83 Platinum #/6

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Game Used Lumber #GUL-83 Pewter #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Game Used Lumber #GUL-83 Navy Blue #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Game Used Lumber #GUL-83 Silver #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Game Used Lumber #GUL-83 Gold #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Game Used Lumber #GUL-83 Emerald #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Game Used Lumber #GUL-83 Red #/7

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup (w/Garvey/Doerr/Mathews/Bench/Raines/Mantle/Parker) Bronze #LL-03 #/25

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Purple #LL-03 #/9

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Platinum #LL-03 #/6

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Pewter #LL-03 #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Navy Blue #LL-03 #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Silver #LL-03 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Gold #LL-03 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Emerald #LL-03 #/5

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Red #LL-03 #/7

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup (w/Thomas/Fox/Molitor/Bench/Rice/Snider/Parker) Bronze #LL-08 #/25

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Purple #LL-08 #/9

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Platinum #LL-08 #/6

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Pewter #LL-08 #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Navy Blue #LL-08 #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Silver #LL-08 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Gold #LL-08 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Emerald #LL-08 #/5

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Legendary Lineup Red #LL-08 #/7

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Leaders Bronze #LL2-03 (w/Wilson/Jackson/Molitor) #/30

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Leaders Purple #LL2-03 #/12

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Leaders Platinum #LL2-03 #/7

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Leaders Pewter #LL2-03 #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Leaders Navy Blue #LL2-03 #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Leaders Silver #LL2-03 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Leaders Gold #LL2-03 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Leaders Emerald #LL2-03 #/5

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Leaders Red #LL2-03 #/7

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Numbers Bronze #LN-13 (w/Gwynn/Lynn/Gonzalez) #/25

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Numbers Purple #LN-13 #/9

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Numbers Platinum #LN-13 #/6

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Numbers Pewter #LN-13 #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Numbers Navy Blue #LN-13 #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Numbers Silver #LN-13 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Numbers Gold #LN-13 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Numbers Emerald #LN-13 #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Lumber Numbers Red #LN-13 #/7

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Bronze #MC-11 (w/ Parker/Carter/Hernandez/Winfield/Molitor/Henderson/Brett) #/20

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Purple #MC-11  #/9

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Platinum #MC-11  #/6

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Pewter #MC-11  #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Navy Blue #MC-11  #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Silver #MC-11  #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Gold #MC-11  #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Emerald #MC-11  #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Red #MC-11  #/6

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Bronze #MC-13 (Dawson/Schmidt/Horner/Murphy/Lynn/Wilson/Henderson) #/20

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Purple #MC-13 #/9

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Platinum #MC-13 #/6

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Pewter #MC-13 #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Navy Blue #MC-13 #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Silver #MC-13 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Gold #MC-13 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Emerald #MC-13 #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Midsummer Classic Red #MC-13 #/7

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Nameplate #N-85 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Off the End of the Bat #OEB-85 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Bronze #SS-RY1 #/30
2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Purple  #SS-RY1 #/12

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Platinum #SS-RY1 #/9

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Pewter #SS-RY1 #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Navy Blue #SS-RY1 #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Silver #SS-RY1 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Gold #SS-RY1 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Emerald #SS-RY1 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Red #SS-RY1 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Printing Plate Black  #SS-RY1 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Printing Plate Cyan #SS-RY1 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Printing Plate Magenta #SS-RY1 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks Autographs Printing Plate Yellow  #SS-RY1 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Bronze (with Ripken) #SSD-05 #/12

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Purple #SSD-05 #/7

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Platinum #SSD-05 #/5

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Pewter #SSD-05 #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Navy Blue #SSD-05 #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Silver #SSD-05 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Gold #SSD-05 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Emerald #SSD-05 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Red #SSD-05 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Printing Plate Black  #SSD-05 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Printing Plate Cyan #SSD-05 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Printing Plate Magenta #SSD-05 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Printing Plate Yellow  #SSD-05 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Bronze (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/9

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Purple (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/6

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Platinum (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/5

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Pewter (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Navy Blue (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Silver (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Gold (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Emerald (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Red (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Printing Plate Black (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Printing Plate Cyan (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Printing Plate Magenta (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 2 Autographs Printing Plate Yellow (with Molitor) #SSD-11 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 3 Autographs Purple (with Ripken and Smith) #SS3-02 #/5

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 3 Autographs Platinum (with Ripken and Smith) #SS3-02 #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 3 Autographs Pewter (with Ripken and Smith) #SS3-02 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 3 Autographs Navy Blue (with Ripken and Smith) #SS3-02 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 3 Autographs Silver (with Ripken and Smith) #SS3-02 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 3 Autographs Gold (with Ripken and Smith) #SS3-02 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 3 Autographs Emerald (with Ripken and Smith) #SS3-02 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - Signature Sticks 3 Autographs Red (with Ripken and Smith) #SS3-02 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - The 3000 Hit Club Bronze #3HC-16 #/30

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - The 3000 Hit Club Purple #3HC-16 #/12

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - The 3000 Hit Club Platinum #3HC-16 #/7

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - The 3000 Hit Club Pewter #3HC-16 #/4

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - The 3000 Hit Club Navy Blue #3HC-16 #/3

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - The 3000 Hit Club Silver #3HC-16 #/2

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - The 3000 Hit Club Gold #3HC-16 #/1

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - The 3000 Hit Club Emerald #3HC-16 #/5

2021 Leaf Lumber Kings - The 3000 Hit Club Red #3HC-16 #/7

On the Radar - 2021 Topps Heritage Yount Checklist and Gallery

 Surprisingly Robin has a couple (although rare) cards in this year's Topps Heritage.  I think this is the first time Robin has had cards in the set and it's a bit surprising, since this year's Heritage is based on the 1972 design and Robin was still in high school at the time.  Next year will feature 1973 Topps that also happens to be the year Robin was drafted by the Brewers, of course it would be two more years until his first baseball card would be issued.  Ahem.  Regardless Robin is featured with Christian Yelich and Keston Hiura on a Clubhouse Collection Triple Relic and it's 1 of 1 patch parallel.  I'll add images when I can find them.

2021 Topps Heritage - Clubhouse Collection Triple Relics #CTR-RKC (with Yelich and Hiura) #/25
2021 Topps Heritage - Clubhouse Collection Triple Relics Patch #CTR-RKC (with Yelich and Hiura) #/1

1990 Donruss Variations

 I have to say, maybe it's because I opened so much of this product, but 1990 Donruss is one of my least favorite sets of all time.  I lovingly refer to this set as the vomit set.  The color variations used for the Best of the NL and AL sets helped, but the base red just, well it gets old.  That being said like sets previous and after there are a few variations to look for, if you're into that.  

Again this year has the missing period after the INC in the copyright. 

I looked through my stack of 1990 Yount cards and I found both the INC. and INC pretty equally distributed through my stack.

And another reoccurring theme is a slight difference between the wax pack cards and the ones printed for the factory set.  This time it's an almost imperceivable difference in the splattering on the border on the front of the card.  Here have a look.

The card on the right is the factory set card

The card on the right in this picture is also the factory set card 

I literally was driving myself batty on TCDB.com trying to figure out what the difference was until I had to do a google search about the difference, but once you see it, it is there. 

1988 Donruss Variations

 Continuing our look at the variation cards Robin had in various Donruss products in the late 80s and early 90s, next up we have the three documented variations in the 1988 set.

Again the three variations are small, literally just a dot on one card and a factory set variation that has to do with the text on the back of the card.

Again, and this seems to be a reoccurring variation through the years, is the period missing on the INC in the copyright.

I have no idea on actual rarity but I looked through every 1988 Yount I had (about 50) and all of them had the period.  So I shot over to COMC which does differentiate between the pack and factory set version, but not the missing period variations and grabbed a copy for the collection.  (It'll only be a year before I actually get it though and I paid a bit of a premium for it.)

The factory set variation has to do with the text  on the bottom of the card.  The last line of the factory set starts with (367) where the pack varieties, both with and without the period on the INC, start with "total bases"

I ended up finding two mixed in with my 1988's so obviously slightly rarer than the pack cards, but Donruss still make tens, if not hundreds, of thousands boxed sets, so very findable.

1989 Donruss Variations

 Since Robin isn't featured in this year's Donruss and I thought I'd start wading into the plethora of Donruss variations the have been documented over on the Trading Card Database.  So far the variations have been cataloged from 1987 to 1992 and Robin has variations in each set.

I decided to start with the four variations in the 1989 set because they are fairly straight forward and as you will see pretty minute. 

All the variations have to do with omissions and additions on the back of the card.  

The first variation has to do with the copyright line.  The INC can either have a period after the INC or it's absent.  The second variation can be found just below that on the Denotes Led League.  Denotes will either have an one asterisk before Denotes or it will have an asterisk before and after Denotes.  So the four variations are:

1. INC.  *Denotes

2. INC *Denotes (no period after the INC)

3. INC. *Denotes*

4. INC *Denotes* (no period after the INC)

Examples of each are below.

The fact that I don't remember this being a big deal back in 88 says a lot for how minor the variations are.  I also have no idea on rarity between the different variations.  Although looking through my stack of 88 Younts the missing period with *Denotes was the toughest to find.  

Since the diligent members of the TCDB went through the trouble of documenting all these variations in the various sets, I figure it's the least I can do to disseminate them here and also check my collection to see if I have them all.  S

1992 Topps McDonald's Baseball's Best Obligatory Variation post

 I got a message over at the Trading Card Database this afternoon informing me that indexing the two variations of the 1992 Topps McDonald's Baseball's Best set had been complete and that it may effect my collection.  So I went to check it out and then went into the Yount collection to see if I had one or both variations.  For those who don't know the 1992 Topps McDonald's Baseball's Best set is a very handsome, almost before it's time small set of 44 cards.  Distributed in 5 card cello packs available with a meal purchase back in 1992 (or at least that's what the Standard Catalog told me).  I'm not entirely sure what's up with the one asterisk vs the two asterisk variations, but they can be found all over Topps products from around this time frame.  Might have to do with printing plates, printings, or something else.  Regardless the two variations, while small and easily overlooked, do exist.  As for rarity?  Who knows?  While digging though the 1992 cards I found I had more two asterisks than one asterisk, but I only found 4 and quite digging once I realized I had an example of each.  Also it appears the whole 44 card set has the variation.  Check out the images below.  The front of the card is unaffected.

2005 Upper Deck All Star Classics - Legendary All-Stars

Year: 2005

Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Set: All-Star Classics

Card Number: 96

Card Type: Base

Let's go back a few years.  Not all the way back to Robin's playing days instead we'll go back to the year that he had the most baseball cards produced with his likeness.  And that year is 2005.  2005 also marked one of the year's that the most baseball card products were produced.  At the time there were sets that were trying to hit all the marks and this set of course celebrates the mid-summer classic.  Not to be confused with Upper Deck Classics or Sweet Spot Classics or heaven forbid Donruss Classics, no this set featured players, both past and present, both active, retired, and HOFers.  It's a great set for baseball fans. Oddly no autographs to be found in the set.  The hits would have been two relics, one gold parallel (the only parallel set), and 5 inserts.  This product was also a retail exclusive.  Not much to chase for Yount fans other than his base card and gold parallel serial numbered to 499.  A Brewers fan favorite Robin only made the All-Star team 3 times in his 20 year career all in the early 80s.

2021 Topps Series 1 - Platinum Players

Year: 2021
Manufacturer: Topps

Set: Flagship, Series 1

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Platinum Players

Card Number: PDC-22

Let's start the new year of baseball cards with a bang!!  Robin has a bunch of cards to chase in Topps Series 1 this year, you can check the full checklist out here.  But by far my favorite of the bunch so far has to be these Platinum Player die-cut cards.  I'm a sucker for gimmicks.  Whether it's die-cuts, minis, special material, whatever it is that makes the card stand out and different I'm all in.  A great looking design.  I don't recognize the image used, not that it hasn't been, but it doesn't stick out to me so that's also a big plus.  These also come with parallels so those will be fun to eventually track down, but I'm really hoping this insert gets the chrome treatment this year.