1992 Topps #966 Gil Heredia

 Todays missing 1992 Topps card is #966 Gil Heredia.  

Gil made his first appearance in the Majors in 1991 with the San Francisco Giants. He finished the season with them, and started the 1992 season with them before being traded to the Montreal Expos in August. He finished 1992 with the Expos and played with them through 1995. He spent 1996 with the Texas Rangers, missed the 1997 season, and spent 1998-2001 with the Oakland Athletics, probably the most successful run of his career. He retired after the 2001 season, and now is a roving coach in the Arizona Diamondbacks system. 

He was part of the 1986 Arizona Wildcats national championship team before turning pro. He led the PCL in ERA in 1991 with a 2.82 mark. In 1999, he had a breakthrough season, going 13-8, and he was 15-11 in 2000. 

Despite all of his success towards the end of his career, Gil only appeared on 2 Topps cards, one in 1995, and another in 2001.  He is missing cards from the 1991 Topps Traded set, the 1992 Topps Traded set, the 1993 Topps set, the 1994 Topps set, 2 cards in the 1996 Topps set (Expos and Rangers), the 1997 Topps set, the 1998 Topps set, the 1999 Topps set, the 2000 Topps set, and the 2002 Topps set. I’ve covered the 1991 Topps Traded, 1992 Topps Traded, 1993 Topps, 1994 Topps, and 1998 Topps cards, so Mr. Heredia is only missing 2 1996 Topps cards, a 1997 Topps card, a 1999 Topps card, a 2000 Topps card, and a 2002 Topps card to complete his career Topps run. 

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-Jeremy