Does anyone know why Willie McGee doesn't have any regular Topps cards after 1994? (He played until 1999.)
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You're right, no cards post 1994 which is strange.......From 1995 to 1999 he was a .279 hitter and averaged about 100 games a year.........QC at Topps is sketchy at best.........This is a prime example...........Mike
Just a guess but maybe he didn't sign his contract with the companies.
He has other cards in other sets so you might be right about not signing with Topps........
That's the most logical explanation. Anyone remember any discussion about this when it happened?
I don't, but I wasn't collecting at that time.......
Like others have said the most likely reason was not signing with Topps. A few other guys refused to sign with Topps inclluding Joe Namath and Earl Campbell in football. Namath's last card was 1973 even though he played until 1977. He had no other cards by any other company printed in that time period. Earl Campbell only had cards for Topps in 1979 and only appeared in Marketcom cards after that. I think Campell has 4 cards in the 1979 Topps set (his regular card, team checklist. League Leaders and Record Breakers card) and none after that outside of the Marketcom cards.
I never knew that happened with McGee. Intereting.
I never knew that happened with McGee. Intereting.
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That famously happened with Maury Wills in the early 60's. No Topps contract until 1968.
Also Stan Musial until 1958 Hi Numbers.
I want to say Alex Rodriguez had a similar situation when he first started playing when I began collecting again..........I always thought he was recto.........
Had to do with the USA Team as a youngest...that turn him against Topps. Believe in order for him to play on the USA Team. He had to sign a contact with Topps and he refused to do so......and that is why he never signed with them for a long time! Best regards, David PS he was right.
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