Todays missing 1992 Topps card is #964 David Weathers.
David spent a long career in the Majors, and this card marks his what would be his 2nd Topps card in a career run had Topps included every player in their sets. David spent 1991 with the Blue Jays, was on their 1992 World Championship team, and then selected in the expansion draft in November of ‘92 by the Florida Marlins. He played for them until the 1996 trade deadline where he was swapped to the New York Yankees for Mark Hutton. He spent the rest of 1996 with them, and won another championship. He started the ‘97 season with the Yankees, but traded to the Cleveland Indians in June of that year. He was selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds at the end of the year, and played with them until June 1998 when the Milwaukee Brewers got him off waivers. He spent the 1999 and 2000 seasons with them, and part of 2001. He was traded to the Chicago Cubs at the 2001 trading deadline and finished the year with them. He signed with the New York Mets before the ‘02 season, and played with them until the June 2004 when he was traded to the Houston Astros. He was released by them that September, and was picked up by the Marlins and finished the year with them. He signed as a free agent with the Reds, and played with the from 2005 to August 2009 when he was traded to the Brewers. He finished the season with them, and that turned out to be the final one of his career.
David began his career as a starting pitcher, and was lucky enough to be with a World Championship club early in his career. After getting traded, he was part of another title team, and found his niche in relief, still going strong 16 years after his debut and saving a career high 33 games in 2007. Pitching 18 years in a career isn’t too shabby, and David actually had a pretty good career with those accomplishments I just mentioned. He also has a son Ryan, who made his MLB debut in 2020 with the San Diego Padres and has been with them ever since. My son actually pulled a certified autographed card of Ryan out of 2021 Topps Update.
David’s first Topps card came in the 1993 set as a Florida Marlin. He shared a card in the 1994 set with fellow Marlin prospect Carl Everett, and got his own card in 1995. He didn’t get into a Topps set until the 2003 regular set. His next card was in the 2007 Update set, and then the 2008 regular Topps set, the last Topps card he would appear on.
David is missing cards cards from the 1991 Topps Traded set, the 1993 regular Topps set (as a Blue Jay), the 1996 Topps set (as a Marlin and a Yankee) the 1997 Topps set (as a Yankee, Indian, and Red), the 1998 Topps set (as a Red and Brewer), the 1999 Topps set, 2000 Topps set, the 2001 Topps set, the 2001 Topps Traded set, the 2002 Topps set, the 2002 Topps Traded set, the 2004 Topps set, the 2004 Topps Traded set (Astros and Marlins), the 2005 Topps set, the 2005 Topps Traded set, the 2006 Topps set, the 2009 Topps set, the 2009 Topps Update set, and a 2010 Topps sunset card. Out of all of those cards, I’ve just covered his 1991 Topps Traded, 1993 Topps, and his 2 1998 Topps cards. That leaves his 2 1996 Topps cards, 2 1997 Topps cards, 1999 Topps, 2000 Topps, 2001 Topps, 2001 Topps Traded, 2002 Topps, 2002 Topps Traded, 2004 Topps, 2004 Topps Traded, 2005 Topps, 2005 Topps Traded, 2006 Topps, 2009 Topps, 2009 Topps Update, and 2010 Topps cards to complete his career Topps run. That’s 18 cards Topps didn’t make. Needless to say, he probably won’t get that Topps run in a while. David, if you are reading this, I will be happy to move you up on the list in order to make it happen.
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-Jeremy
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