1992 Topps #967 Sean Berry

 Todays missing 1992 Topps card is #967 Sean Berry. 

Sean’s first Major League experience came in 1990 with the Kansas City Royals. He spent the 1991 season with them, and was acquired by the Montreal Expos. He played with them from 1992 to 1995 and was traded to the Houston Astros. With the Astros, he was part of the “Killer B’s” with Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, and Derek Bell. He was with the Astros for the 1996 through 1998 seasons, and then signed with the Milwaukee Brewers as a free agent. After spending the 1999 season with them, he signed with the Boston Red Sox as a free agent, and played with them for the 2000 season, his final one in the Majors. Following his career, he got into the coaching ranks, making it back to the Majors in 2007 as the Astros hitting coach. He spent 2007 through 2010 in that position, and now coaches in the Baltimore Orioles system. 

Berry was a hard nosed power hitting, good fielding 3rd baseman. He played part of the ‘96 season while dealing with a torn rotator cuff. He was voted the best fielding 3rd baseman one year in the minors. He had a string of 25 straight stolen bases without being caught entering the 1995 season, which is kind of a surprising stat for a big power hitting 3rd baseman. Back in 2001, one of my sisters found a huge monster box full of just some great ‘90’s cards, including inserts, parallels, and stars. Never knew how much it cost, but man that box added some great cards to my collection and boosted the numbers of cards of stars in my collection by a dozen each. In that box were a few ‘94 Stadium Club 1st Day Issue cards, including Sean Berry’s, a card which I still have today. 

Sean’s first Topps card appears in the 1993 Topps set. He got into the 1994 Topps, 1995 Topps, 1996 Topps (Expos), 1997 Topps, and 1998 Topps (Astros) sets. The ‘98 card was the last Topps card he appeared on. 

Sean is missing cards from the 1990 Topps Traded, 1991 Topps, 1992 Topps Traded, 1996 Topps (Astros), 1999 Topps, 1999 Topps Traded, 2000 Topps, 2000 Topps Traded, and 2001 Topps card to finish his playing career Topps run. Add the 2007 Topps Update, 2008 Topps, 2009 Topps, 2010 Topps, and 2011 Topps cards to finish his coaching career up to now. I have covered the 1991 Topps and 1992 Topps Traded cards, so Sean just needs cards from the  1990 Topps Traded, 1996 Topps (Astros), 1999 Topps, 1999 Topps Traded, 2000 Topps, 2000 Topps Traded, 2001 Topps, 2007 Topps Update, 2008 Topps, 2009 Topps, 2010 Topps, and 2011 Topps sets to complete his career Topps run (pending any new coaching opportunities in the Majors). 

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-Jeremy