Happy birthday (67) Gary Gaetti. The 1987 World Series champ had 2,280 hits, 360 HR & 1,341 RBI in his career. Gaetti won 4 Gold Gloves, the 1987 ALCS MVP & was the 1st player to hit a HR in his first 2 postseason plate appearances. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

Happy birthday (65) Ron Darling. The 1986 World Series champ won one Gold Glove & had one All Star selection. Darling won 136 career games & is now a color commentator for the Mets. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

Happy birthday (81) Graig Nettles. The 2 time  World Series champ (77,78) had 2,225 hits, 390 HR & 1,314 RBI in his career. Nettles was the 1981 ALCS MVP, won 2 Gold Gloves and was a great defensive third baseman. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

Happy birthday (52) Todd Helton. The HOFer  had a lifetime .316 BA with 2,519 hits, 369 HR & 1,406 RBI in his career. The 5 time All Star & 3 time Gold Glove winner led MLB in batting & RBI in 2000. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

Happy birthday (65) Mark Langston. Mark had 179 wins & 2,464 strikeouts in his career. He pitched in a combined no-hitter in 1990 and made a World Series appearance in 1998 for the Padres. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

Today the Pittsburgh Pirates are inducting Al Oliver  AL OLIVER & Vern Law into their Hall of Fame.  Congratulations! Here are the Topps/Bowman career runs of each player.

Happy birthday (86) Carl Yastrzemski. The HOFer is an 18 time All Star & won 7 Gold Gloves. He was the 1967 AL MVP winning the Triple Crown that year. Yaz had 452 HR, 1,844 RBI (15th all-time) & 3,419 hits (9th) in his career. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

Happy birthday (69) Paul Molitor. The HOFer had 3,319 hits (11th all-time) & 504 steals in his career. Molitor was the 1993 World Series MVP. He managed the Twins for 4 seasons and won the 2017 AL MOY award. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards

Happy birthday (67) Julio Franco. The 3 time All Star and 1991 AL batting champ played 23 seasons becoming the oldest regular playing position player in MLB history. He totaled 2,586 hits & 1,194 RBI with a .298 career average. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

Happy birthday (68) Mike Boddicker. The 1983 ALCS MVP & World Series winner was the first rookie in AL history to throw a playoff shutout (ALCS Game 2). He led the AL in wins & ERA in 1984. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

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Happy birthday (65) Cal Ripken. The HOFer was a 19 time All Star, a 2 time AL MVP (83,91), the 1982 AL ROY & holds the record for consecutive games played with 2,632. Cal had 3,184 hits, 431 HR & 1,695 RBI. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

Happy birthday (57) Tim Salmon. Tim played 14 seasons with the Angels winning the 2002 World Series. The 1993 AL ROY finished his career with 299 HR & 1,016 RBI. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards

Happy birthday (79) Rollie Fingers. The HOFer won 3 World Series rings (winning MVP of the ‘74 Series with 1 win and 3 saves) and won the 1981 AL Cy Young and MVP awards. The 7 time All Star had 341 saves & 114 wins. Here is a complete career run of his Topps base cards.

Happy birthday (59) Albert Belle.  “Joey” hit 381 HR & 1,239 RBI in his career and had 9 consecutive 100+ RBI seasons - leading the league 3 times. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

Happy birthday (40) David Price. The 5 time All Star had 157 career wins & 2,076 strikeouts, won the 2012 AL Cy Young and was a 2018 World Series champion. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

Happy birthday (37) Elvis Andrus. The 2 time All Star had 2,091 hits & 347 steals over a 15 year career. Andrus was obtained from the Braves in the Mark Teixeira deal on 7/31/07. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.

Happy birthday (74) Buddy Bell. The 5 time All Star had 2,514 hits & 1,151 RBI. Bell also won 6 Gold Glove awards. He managed 3 different teams for 9 years total, winning over 500 games. Here is a complete run of his Topps base cards.