Saturday, January 9, 2010

Random Topps Card of the Day: 1994 Topps #284 Robb Nen

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Saturday, January 9, 2010:


  • Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1994 Topps #284.
  • Player Name, position, team: Robb Nen, pitcher, Florida Marlins.
  • Major League Debut: April 10, 1993.
  • Last Line of Statistics: 1993 stats (Marlins): 15 G, 33.1 IP, 1-0, 28 R, 26 ER, 27 SO, 20 BB, 1 GS, 0 CG, 0 SHO, 0 SV, 7.02 ERA..
  • Any special information about player: Drafted by Rangers #32nd, June 1987. Traded by the Rangers to the Marlins 07/17/1993. Bats: right, Throws: right.
  • Any special information about this specific card: Nen's first regular Topps card (total includes both Topps and Topps Traded cards). Topps actually has it noted that this is his Topps Rookie Card on the back. The 1994 Topps design saw the picture framed by most of home plate it seems, and both 1994 Topps Football and Basketball cards utilized similar designs. The back of the card includes a second picture of Robb which takes up the left side of the stats, and a note that mentions that he struck out seven of the first ten batters he faced in his first NL start on July 25.
  • Lo-Hi Beckett value: $0.07-$0.20.
Tomorrow is Retro Sunday, the one day of the week that we feature a card from 1951-1975. The card we will feature tomorrow is: 1967 Topps #60. Come back at 1:00 PM CST to see who it is.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama

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