1992 Topps #979 Craig Worthington

 Today's missing Topps card is #979 Craig Worthington.

Craig made his MLB debut in 1988 for the Baltimore Orioles, and played with them through 1991. He played for the Cleveland Indians in 1992, the Cincinnati Reds and Texas Rangers in 1995, and his final season was in 1996 with the Rangers. 

This card looks so much like a regular Topps card because it was a card in the 1992 O-Pee-Chee set. It was card #397 in the OPC set, and it replaced card #397, the Cecil Fielder All-Star card from the 1992 Topps set. I took the OPC front, and just cut away the OPC logo, and replaced it with a Topps logo. On the back, Inhad to cut away areas between the columns of stats, and then pasted that over the blue Topps logo. Cut the old card number and add a new one, and there’s your new card. The funny thing about the card that Craig’s OPC card replaced in the OPC set is that I actually have the Fielder All-Star card signed as I got it signed in the mail in like 2005 or so back when Cecil was signing his mail for a period. I also remember pulling Craig’s 1989 Donruss card out of one of my first packs of baseball cards when I was 6. 

Craig only got 3 Topps cards, coming in the 1989, 1990, and 1992 Topps sets. He is missing cards from the 1988 Topps Traded set, the 1992 Topps Traded set, the 1993 Topps set, 2 cards in the 1995 Topps Traded set (Reds and Rangers), the 1996 Topps set, and the 1997 Topps set. Besides the 1992 Topps custom, I have also covered Craig’s 1992 Topps Traded card, and his 1993 Topps card. I am also currently working on the 1995 Topps Traded set, and am doing the Cincinnati Reds right now. I’m probably 3-5 cards away from Craig’s card being up. Funny how things work out sometimes. Taking into account only the customs I have finished, Craig just needs a 1988 Topps Traded card, 2 1995 Topps Traded cards (I’ll finish them both soon enough), a 1996 Topps card, and a 1997 Topps card to complete his career Topps run. 

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-Jeremy