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Hi all,

The Topps baseball sets from 1975-1981 were unique (as far as I know) among Topps sets because the All Star cards during those years were the "normal" stat-on-back cards with some sort of embellishment indicating All Star status. These happened to be the years I was collecting most heavily as a kid, so it is not entirely coincidental that these All Stars are some of my favorite cards. Most of these years Topps would name 8 position players and a pitcher per league for a total of 9 All Stars per league.  In 1981, Topps named three pitchers (RHP, LHP, and RP) per team, for a total of 11 cards per team. Anyhow, I thought it'd be fun to ask some trivia questions about these sets, most questions referring to the All Stars in the sets. Enjoy!

1. Which is the only All Star card that was also an All Star Rookie?
2. Which two players were named All Stars for all of the listed years?
3. Which is the only All Star card where the team on the card is in a different league than the All Star designation?
4. Which is the only All Star card from these years which is not a normal stat-on-back card?
5. Who was the only player to receive All Star status is both leagues?
6. Which teams in this era had the most All Stars in a single year?
7. Which MVPs from 1974-1980 were not All Stars on the following year's card?

Out of curiosity, is there a term that I should be using instead for a normal, stat-on-back card?

Best,

Dave

Fun trivia! Thank you for peaking my interest!

#1 1977 #265 Mark Fidrych

#2 Steve Garvey & Rod Carew

#3 ?

#4 - 1975 #1, Hank Aaron

#5 - 1976 Vida Blue, AL (A's) & 1979 NL (Giants)

#6 - 1976 - A's & 1977 - Reds

#7 1976 Fred Lynn; 1979 Dave Parker; 1980 Willie Stargell, Don Baylor & Keith Hernandez

Congrats, dsorek, you are right on all counts!  For #3, the card shows a player who was traded to the other league mid-year, so while he was an All Star in one league, his card shows the team from the other league. It's a nice little oddity.

As an aside, isn't this card a thing of beauty? I was in awe of it as a kid. :)

Is # 3 Bobby Murcer

That's the one! I find that card to be an interesting anomaly. :)

That's all I got for now -- Maybe I'll post another trivia quiz later. I hope people enjoyed it.

avsbruins65 wrote: Is # 3 Bobby Murcer