Another Observation about Players with the most Unique cards in my Collection

As I logged Derek Jeter's 300th card today, he became only the 15th member of the 300 club. This made me curious how far away the Titans of other sports were from breaching the top 30 on my TCDB list and how that affected my collection. The results of my research into my collection are not surprising as I have always learned towards baseball, but at the same time a little shocking.

The first player that even breaches the list does so at a tie for 150th place with 143 unique cards. This would be Bo Jackson. Now Bo, is a hybrid on the list as I have cards from both Baseball and Football for him. The issue here is that most of his cards are Baseball.

The next is Michael Jordan. At a tie for 227th overall with 118 unique cards, MJ is a majority basketball with a group of minor and Major League Baseball from the mid-90's. So, I count this as the first Basketball player because even without the baseball he would lead all other Basketball in my collection by a lot.

Next is another hybrid that leans towards Baseball. The new Colorado coach, Neon Deion Sanders tied at 245th with 115 unique cards. Again, this is like Bo, so we haven't really hit a pure Football player yet.

Next is our first Hockey player and my favorite of all time, Mark Messier. Tied at 279th with 107 unique cards, Mark is leading Hockey by about 60 cards.

Last we have our first pure football player--Emmitt Smith. Tied at 862nd overall (that's right--I am slacking on Football) with 54 unique cards, Smith leads the Football rush for now.

There are many cards to add including many PC Cards of the Manning Brothers and Terry Bradshaw, Steph Curry, etc. I'm curious to see where this goes.

Joe. 

The Players with the most Unique Cards that Dominate my Collection

From time to time, I plan to update the A few exclusive clubs in my collection. Right now, those clubs are dominated by baseball players, but as I continue to log cards I foresee many Hockey, Football and Basketball legends making their way onto this list. 

The criteria to make this list is simple...  300 Unique cards in my collection according to Trading Card Database. As of today, Dec 6th, 2022, there are 14 Players on the list. They fall into 4 distinct categories.

The 600 Club:

Nolan Ryan - 619

The 500 Club:

Don Mattingly - 581

Ken Griffey Jr. - 504

Cal Ripken Jr. - 500

The 400 Club:

Barry Bonds - 472

The 300 Club:

Roger Clemens - 392

Tony Gwynn - 391

Babe Ruth - 371

Mark McGwire - 347

Frank Thomas - 337

Rickey Henderson - 324

Bryce Harper - 312

Ichiro Suzuki - 300

Wade Boggs - 300

My biggest takeaway from this is that the only active player on the list is Harper. Which isn't really surprising since he is joined by only 3 others (Trout, Judge and Cabrera) in the top 30 overall.

Curious to see how this unfolds.

Joe

Progress is Progress

 So, 222,000 cards logged later on TCDB and my health is finally starting to come around. New meds are making things easier so that's a plus. I am also getting cards out to people so that is helpful. People have been very kind during the struggling, so it's nice to give back.

I plan to start ramping up this blog some too. I am home now, so I have time. We will see if the health allows that to happens, but here is to hoping.

Joe

Starting over

 So, I wiped out my collection in TCDB. The numbers didn't match the spreadsheet and it was getting out of control in the card room. 

I started re-entering everything and have made decent progress. (About 11,000 cards in.)

The nice thing is seeing all of these cards for the first time in a while. It's almost nostalgic. 

So, progress is steady and slow but happening. More to follow.

Joe

Surgery, cards and trying to get back on track.

 Yep, I'm still floating out here. 

Some of you may already know this... I was having some crazy medical issues over the last 8-10 months. (It may have been much longer than that but got worse over the last 8-10 months.) It started with my blood pressure--which turned out to be anxiety from PTSD and caffeine related. Then we got that under control only to find out that the dizziness that prompted me to go to the doctor was still happening. It was being caused by some blockages in my nose which they (the VA) thought was sleep apnea. It wasn't. I had a deviated septum and very narrow airways, which led to surgery. That was almost 3 weeks ago. Now, I can breathe right but am still swollen and sore.

But, I feel better now and can breathe clearly. I'm also not dizzy every morning.

Card organization has been on the back burner for months. I have been cataloging here and there but still have nearly 500K cards to go through. I am making progress but it's slow going. Hoping to get moving on it this weekend.

I also "owe" quite a few people some cards. Most are in return for their kindness and some are for trades. They are coming. Slowly but surely they will head out.

Now, I need to focus on recovering and getting back to normal. Or whatever normal is for me... :D

Thank you for the patience and support of the Hobby and especially to all of my friends on twitter.

Joe

It's been months...

 So, we finally got the health stuff to a sense of normalcy--or, at least, better than it was. Things are finally starting to move again. Exercising, eating better and only on a few meds. One day at a time.

The card cataloging has been slow but happening. Finally sorting through the 350,000 plus cards that aren't cataloged and making sure what is cataloged is actually still there...

This is a short update, but more will follow.

Joe

Well, stuff happened...

 So, my grand schemes to have a fantastical card blog have been non-existent. In my defense, the last few months have been rough. 

Some highlights including losing Doodle (My dog and closet thing I had to a child), a CoVID scare at work that quarantined my wife and I for a week (test was negative for us both), and 3 death where I work. My work is a senior apartment complex and the last one hit me pretty hard. 

With this, we had an audit at work, cleanup from said audit, an MFA class, trades I couldn't keep up with, depression and pain... There's more...  

It's been a whopper of a few months. I'm mentally wiped out.

I am prepping however. Prepping for the new year.  I just set up a new twitter for card stuff @MadSetCollector that will be for trades, sales and retweets. I am also clearing all of the hobby stuff off of my primary twitter so that I can take that back to writing and personal stuff.

My goal right now is to finish the trades I have in the air, resume regular trading on TCDB, start writing more and finish organizing the cards. I also want to begin exercising again while find more time to read. 

I plan to have a definitive answer of what I own card-wise and what my target is overall. 

In other words, it's time to get life in order...

Wish me luck.

Stay safe and thank you all for your patience.

Joe