Mike D's 1982 Topps Traded TTM Auto Project

[Mike D.]

It's been a while! Great to get another TTM project going let's get started on a new set..1982 Topps Traded!

The key cards in the 1982 Topps Traded set are (Beckett value):

98T. Cal Ripken Jr. ($120)
109T. Ozzie Smith ($15)

You can view the entire 1982 Topps Traded set on my Baseball Card Scans site.

[Mike D.]

The first five:

1T. Doyle Alexander (Front) (Back)
2T. Jesse Barfield (Front) (Back)
3T. Ross Baumgarten (Front) (Back)
4T. Steve Bedrosian (Front) (Back)
5T. Mark Belanger (Front) (Back)

Let's take a look at each player:

Doyle Alexander - only 1 success on SCN, ever, and it was back in 2003. We'll skip him.

Jesse Barfield - only a 3% success rate on SCN, with no successes since 2002. We'll skip him, as well.

Ross Baumgarten - 90% success rate on SCN, but no successes since last May. We'll hold off for now.

Steve Bedrosian - a 4% success rate on SCN. We'll pass on him.

Mark Belanger - Mr. Belanger is deceased. RIP.

Not a great start....but you gotta start somewhere!

5 cards, 0 sent, o successes

[Mike D.]

Up Next:

6. Kurt Bevacqua (Front) (Back)
7. Tim Blackwell (Front) (Back)
8. Vida Blue (Front) (Back)
9. Bob Boone (Front) (Back)
10. Larry Bowa (Front) (Back)

Let's look at each players signing habits:

Kurt Bevacqua - charges a few to sign TTM. We'll skip him.

Tim Blackwell - has a 91% success rate on SCN, with recent successes. We'll send a request his way.

Vida Blue - charges a fee to sign TTM. We'll skip him, as well.

Bob Boone - has a 78% success rate on SCN, with only one success since last Oct. We'll hold off and see if he starts signing again.

Larry Bowa - has a 93% success rate on SCN, with recent successes. We'll send a request his way.

10 cards, 2 sent, 0 successes

[Mike D.]

Up next:

11. Dan Briggs (Front) (Back)
12. Bobby Brown (Front) (Back)
13. Tom Brunansky (Front) (Back)
14. Jeff Burroughs (Front) (Back)
15. Enos Cabell (Front) (Back)

Let's look at each players signing habits:

Dan Briggs - Only a 58% success rate on SCN, but recent successes. We'll give him a try.

Bobby Brown - has only a 13% success rate on SCN, and no successes since 2011. We'll skip him.

Tom Brunansky - has a 93% success rate on SCN, with recent successes. We've gotten him several times in the past, though, and with this being his RC, we'll hold off.

Jeff Burroughs - has a 38% success rate on SCN, with no successes since 2012. We'll pass on him.

Enos Cabell - has a 59% success rate on SCN, but no successes since 2012. We'll skip him, as well.

15 cards, 3 sent, 0 successes.

[Mike D.]

The next five:

16. Bill Campbell (Front) (Back)
17. Bobby Castillo (Front) (Back)
18. Bill Caudill (Front) (Back)
19. Cesar Cedeno (Front) (Back)
20. Dave Collins (Front) (Back)

Let's look at each players signing habits:

Bill Campbell has a 71% success rate on SCN, with recent successes. I'll give him a try.

Bobby Castillo has only 1 success on SCN, ever, in 13 total attempts, and it was back in 2003. We'll skip him.

Bill Caudill has no successes on SCN, in 22 total attempts. We'll skip him, as well.

Cesar Cedeno has a 6% success rate on SCN. We'll pass on him.

Dave Collins has a 20% success rate on SCN. We'll pass on him.

20 cards, 4 sent, 0 successes.

[Mike D.]

The next five:

21. Doug Corbett (Front) (Back)
22. Al Cowens (Front) (Back)
23. Chili Davis (Front) (Back)
24. Dick Davis (Front) (Back)
25. Ron Davis (Front) (Back)

Let's look at each players signing habits:

Doug Corbett - has an 81% success rate on SCN, but no successes in over a year. Guess he stopped signing. We'll skip him.

Al Cowens - Mr. Cowens is deceased. RIP.

Chili Davis - has only a 37% success rate on SCN. We'll skip him as well.

Dick Davis - has no successes on SCN, ever, in 13 total attempts. We'll pass on him.

Ron Davis - Mr. Davis is deceased. RIP.

25 cards, 4 sent, 0 successes.

[Mike D.]

The next five:

26. Doug DeCinces (Front) (Back)
27. Ivan DeJesus (Front) (Back)
28. Bob Dernier (Front) (Back)
29. Bo Diaz (Front) (Back)
30. Roger Erickson (Front) (Back)

Let's look at each players signing habits:

Doug DeCinces - charges a fee to sign (actually, a donation). I'll pass for now.

Ivan DeJesus - has a 76% success rate on SCN, but no successes since 2012. We'll pass on him, as well.

Bob Dernier - has a 30% success rate on SCN. We'll skip him.

Bo Diaz - Mr. Diaz is deceased. RIP.

Roger Erickson - has a 94% success rate with fairly recent successes. It looks like some long return times, but we'll send a request his way.

30 cards, 5 sent, 0 successes.

[hairmetalfreek]

Looking forward to seeing some of your returns here. I'm not a big fan of getting cards signed that have a facsimilie autograph, but I love the 1982 design.

[Mike D.]

Looking forward to seeing some of your returns here. I'm not a big fan of getting cards signed that have a facsimilie autograph, but I love the 1982 design.

Agree on both counts...love the 1982 design, hate facsimile autos. I feel like facsimile autos and "super glossy" cards are two things that the "average" collector apparently love that are the bane of the existence of autograph collectors!

My TTM requests have slowed substantially since the days when I was sending out 500+ requests a year, but glad projects like this one keep me in the game.

[Mike D.]

The next five:

31. Jim Essian (Front) (Back)
32. Ed Farmer (Front) (Back)
33. Doug Flynn (Front) (Back)
34. Tim Foli (Front) (Back)
35. Dan Ford (Front) (Back)

Let's look at each players signing habits:

Jim Essian - has a 35% success rate on SCN. We'll skip him.

Ed Farmer - has an 87% success rate on SCN, with recent successes. We'll send a request his way.

Doug Flynn - has a 66% success rate on SCN, but no successes since 2004. We'll skip him, as well.

Tim Foli - has an 87% success rate on SCN, but no successes since 2010. Not sure why he's stopped signing, but we'll pass on him.

Dan Ford - has a 62% success rate on SCN, but no successes since last summer. We'll pass on him.

35 cards, 6 sent, 0 successes.

[Mike D.]

The next five:

36. George Foster (Front) (Back)
37. Dave Frost (Front) (Back)
38. Rich Gale (Front) (Back)
39. Ron Gardenhire (Front) (Back)
40. Ken Griffey (Front) (Back)

Let's look at each players signing habits:

George Foster - has a 25% success rate SCN and no successes since 2008. We'll skip him.

Dave Frost - has an 84% success rate on SCN, with recent successes. We'll send a request his way.

Rich Gale - has a 66% success rate on SCN, but no successes in about a year. We'll skip him, as well.

Ron Gardenhire - has a 56% success rate on SCN, with no successes since 2011. We'll pass on him.

Ken Griffey - has a 21% success rate on SCN. We'll pass on him, as well.

40 cards, 7 sent, 0 successes.

[Mike D.]

Had my first success today:

Dan Briggs #11T

40 cards, 7 sent, 1 successes.

[Mike D.]

Had a success from:

Bill Campbell #16T

40 cards, 7 sent, 2 successes.

[Mike D.]

Successes from:

Larry Bowa #10T

Ed Farmer #32T

40 cards, 7 sent, 4 successes.

[Mike D.]

The next five:

41. Greg Harris (Front) (Back)
42. Von Hayes (Front) (Back)
43. Larry Herndon (Front) (Back)
44. Kent Hrbek (Front) (Back)
45. Mike Ivie (Front) (Back)

Let's look at each players signing habits:

Greg Harris - has an 82% success rate with recent successes. We'll send a request his way.

Von Hayes - has an 80% success rate, but not much or recent successes. We'll pass on him for now.

Larry Herndon - has a 12% success rate on SCN. We'll skip him.

Kent Hrbek - has a 44% success rate on SCN. We'll skip him, as well.

Mike Ivie - has a 25% success rate on SCN. We'll pass on him.


45 cards, 8 sent, 4 successes.