1992 Topps #995 Rich Gedman

 Today’s missing Topps card is #995 Rich Gedman. 

Rich made his MLB debut for the Boston Red Sox in 1980, and played with them until June 7 of the 1990 season when he was traded to the Houston Astros. He finished the ‘90 season with the Astros and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as a free agent. He spent the 1991 and 1992 seasons with them. He played the next season in the minors and then retired, with his last year in the Majors being 1992. 

We are getting closer to card #1,000, and Rich holds the distinction of getting the last ‘star number’ card before #1,000. I wish Topps would still have star card numbers end in 5 or 0 and have superstars end in 50 or 00. They still do the superstars for the most part, but the rest of them are all over the place. Rich made 2 All-Star teams for the Sox, hit for the cycle, and caught Roger Clemens’ 20 K game. He was a solid catcher during his career, and due to him being a Massachusetts native, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame. 

Rich got his first Topps card in the 1982 set. He got into every Topps set from then through the 1990 set. He is missing cards from the 1980 Topps Traded set, the 1981 Topps set, the 1990 Topps Traded set, the 1991 Topps set, the 1991 Topps Traded set, and the 1993 Topps set. 

Besides the 1992 Topps custom, I have covered Rich’s 1991 Topps Traded card. 

Michael H. from the FB custom cards group has made German’s 1991 Topps

and 1993 Topps card. 

Rich is just missing cards from the 1980 Topps Traded set, the 1981 Topps set, and the 1990 Topps Traded set, and then his career Topps run will be complete. 

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-Jeremy