Revision as of 02:56, 17 July 2010

Description

1995 Topps Traded & Rookies is a 165-card set released in late 1995 and features rookies, draft picks and players who had been traded. Unlike previous "Topps Traded" sets, the 1995 version was be distributed exclusively in pack form.

Subsets featured are: At the Break (1T-10T) and All-Stars (156T-164T). Notable Rookie Cards include Carlos Beltran and Hideo Nomo.

Juan LeBron/Carlos Beltran Errors

With their first two picks in the 1995 MLB First Year Player Draft, the Kansas City Royals selected two high school players from Puerto Rico: Juan LeBron and Carlos Beltran. Unfortunately, Topps confused the two and put Beltran on LeBron's '95 Topps Traded card and vice versa. While Beltran went on to have an All-Star career, LeBron never made it to the Majors.

Topps never corrected the error, and card #18T (the one labelled "Carlos Beltran" but sporting the photo of Juan LeBron) is considered Beltran's "true" rookie. Juan LeBron's card (#12T), which has Beltran's photo, does sell for a premium, but is NOT Carlos Beltran's rookie card.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP $1.29)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	165	-	?
At The Break Power Boosters	10	-	1:36

Checklist

Proofs

Little is known about the 1995 Topps Traded & Rookies proof cards. The only known sample has the photo of Shawn Green used on his 1995 Topps Traded card (#13T) but the back is the one used in the regular 1995 Topps set. There may be more cards so all additional information is appreciated.

Base Set

At The Break

1T Frank Thomas

2T Ken Griffey Jr.

3T Barry Bonds

4T Albert Belle

5T Cal Ripken

6T Mike Piazza

7T Tony Gwynn

8T Jeff Bagwell

9T Mo Vaughn

10T Matt Williams

Base Set

11T Ray Durham

12T Juan LeBron DP, RC UER (Photo of Carlos Beltran)

13T Shawn Green ROY

14T Kevin Gross

15T Jon Nunnally

16T Brian Maxcy RC

17T Mark Kiefer

18T Carlos Beltran DP, RC UER (Photo of Juan LeBron)

19T Michael Mimbs RC

20T Larry Walker

21T Chad Curtis

22T Jeff Barry

23T Joe Oliver

24T Tomas Perez RC

25T Michael Barrett DP, RC

26T Brian McRae

27T Derek Bell

28T Ray Durham ROY

29T Todd Williams

30T Ryan Jaroncyk DP, RC

31T Todd Steverson

32T Mike Devereaux

33T Rheal Cormier

34T Benny Santiago

35T Bob Higginson RC

36T Jack McDowell

37T Mike MacFarlane

38T Tony McKnight DP, RC

39T Brian L. Hunter ROY

40T Hideo Nomo SW, RC

41T Brett Butler

42T Donovan Osborne

43T Scott Karl

44T Tony Phillips

45T Marty Cordova ROY

46T Dave Mlicki

47T Bronson Arroyo DP, RC

48T John Burkett

49T J.D. Smart DP, RC

50T Mickey Tettleton

51T Todd Stottlemyre

52T Mike Perez

53T Terry Mulholland

54T Edgardo Alfonzo

55T Zane Smith

56T Jacob Brumfield

57T Andujar Cedeno

58T Jose Parra

59T Manny Alexander

60T Tony Tarasco

61T Orel Hershiser

62T Tim Scott

63T Felix Rodriguez RC

64T Ken Hill

65T Marquis Grissom

66T Lee Smith

67T Jason Bates ROY

68T Felipe Lira

69T Alex Hernandez DP, RC

70T Tony Fernandez

71T Scott Radinsky

72T Jose Canseco

73T Mark Grudzielanek RC

74T Ben Davis DP, RC

75T Jim Abbott

76T Roger Bailey

77T Gregg Jefferies

78T Erik Hanson

79T Brad Radke RC

80T Jaime Navarro

81T John Wetteland

82T Chad Fonville RC

83T John Mabry

84T Glenallen Hill

85T Ken Caminiti

86T Tom Goodwin

87T Darren Bragg

88T Prospects (P. Ahearne/R. Bell RC/G. Rath/L. Wimberly)

89T Jeff Russell

90T Dave Gallagher

91T Steve Finley

92T Vaughn Eshelman

93T Kevin Jarvis

94T Mark Gubicza

95T Tim Wakefield

96T Bob Tewksbury

97T Sid Roberson RC

98T Tom Henke

99T Michael Tucker

100T Jason Bates

101T Otis Nixon

102T Mark Whiten

103T Dilson Torres RC

104T Melvin Bunch RC

105T Terry Pendleton

106T Corey Jenkins DP, RC

107T On Deck (R. Grable/G. Dishman) RC

108T Reggie Taylor DP, RC

109T Curtis Goodwin ROY

110T David Cone

111T Antonio Osuna

112T Paul Shuey

113T Doug Jones

114T Mark McLemore

115T Kevin Ritz

116T John Kruk

117T Trevor Wilson

118T Jerald Clark

119T Julian Tavarez

120T Tim Pugh

121T Todd Zeile

122T Prospects (G. Arias/M. Sweeney/R. Sexson RC/B. Schneider RC)

123T Bobby Witt

124T Hideo Nomo ROY

125T Joey Cora

126T Jim Scharrer DP, RC

127T Paul Quantrill

128T Chipper Jones ROY

129T Kenny James DP, RC

130T On Deck (L. Mouton/M. Rivera)

131T Tyler Green ROY

132T Brad Clontz

133T Jon Nunnally ROY

134T Dave Magadan

135T Al Leiter

136T Bret Barberie

137T Bill Swift

138T Scott Cooper

139T Roberto Kelly

140T Charlie Hayes

141T Pete Harnisch

142T Rich Amaral

143T Rudy Seanez

144T Pat Listach

145T Quilvio Veras ROY

146T Jose Olmeda DP, RC

147T Roberto Petagine

148T Kevin Brown

149T Phil Plantier

150T Carlos Perez ROY

151T Pat Borders

152T Tyler Green

153T Stan Belinda

154T Dave Stewart

155T Andre Dawson

All-Stars

156T F. Thomas/F. McGriff

157T C. Baerga/C. Biggio

158T W. Boggs/M. Williams

159T C. Ripken/O. Smith

160T K. Griffey/T. Gwynn

161T A. Belle/B. Bonds

162T K. Puckett/L. Dykstra

163T I. Rodriguez/M. Piazza

164T H. Nomo/R. Johnson

165T Checklist

Parallels

At the Break Power Boosters

This 10-card insert set partially parallels the "At the Break" subset. All ten cards are printed on thick stock and have diffraction foil (i.e. atomic refractor) fronts. The Power Boosters were seeded at the rate of 1:36 (one-per-box) and packs containing one have only 10 cards.