Category Should Be Greats

With their 1st Round Pick in the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft the Boston Red Sox selected, Roger Clemens from University of Texas. Roger Clemens has four true rookie cards and one pre-rookie card.

You can research the career of Barry Bonds on the search engine of your choice and you will find controversy. An abundance of it. In the mid to late ’80s even his rookie cards caused controversy. However, no one in…

With the 5th Overall Pick in the 1st Round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft, the Atlanta Braves selected Dale Murphy from Woodrow Wilson High School, Portland, Oregon. He has one official rookie card and zero parallels.

With the 13th Pick in the 1st Round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft-Secondary Phase, the LA Dodgers selected, Steve Garvey from Michigan State University. Steve Garvey has two true rookie cards.

In high school, Dick Allen preferred baseball over basketball because he was better at it. As fate would have it Dick’s play caught the attention of the Phillies talent scout. Richie “Dick” Allen has one true rookie card.

With their 1st pick of the 19th Round in the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft, the New York Yankees selected Don Mattingly from Reitz Memorial High School in Evansville, IN. Don Mattingly has four true rookie cards.