2021 National Signer - Alan Trammell

Another 1987 Topps came off of the list, this one being Alan Trammell, who I added at the last minute before I left for the show.  I wanted to go ahead and cross another name off of the list, and I was glad to get this one done.

Trammell was really nice, and I have photo proof that my card was signed by him (not that I needed it).

He was a last-minute addition to the show lineup and I went ahead and paid the money to meet him in person, rather than go through a private signing.  I ended up adding a few other 87s to the album, which I will show later on.

Hall of Fame Signed Baseball - Alan Trammell

I added one other Hall of Famer on a baseball at the 2018 National Sports Collectors Convention.  Alan Trammell was a Sunday pickup, as I was about to wrap up my spending.  He is my 141st Hall of Famer on a baseball, and one of the last cheap ones that I will be able to get for a while.

Trammell (b. 1958) played in the majors from 1977 to 1996 for the Tigers.  He had 2,365 hits, 185 home runs and a .285 batting average.  He was a six-time All Star (1980, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990) and a four-time Gold Glove Award winner (1979, 1980, 1983 and 1984).  He won the Silver Slugger Award three times (1987, 1988 and 1990).  His best MVP finish was second in 1987 (to George Bell).  He won the World Series with the Tigers in 1984 and won the World Series MVP that year.

He managed the Tigers from 2003 to 2005 to a record of 186-300 (.383) and managed the Diamondbacks for three games in 2014 to a record of 1-2 (.333).

Trammell spent 15 years on the Hall of Fame ballot between 2002 and 2016, but only received a high of 40.9% of the writers' votes.  He had to wait until 2018 to make the Hall via the Veterans Committee.

Set Complete: 1983 Topps

Like 2001 Topps, for some reason, i had a hard time finding lots of commons for this set. I kept chipping away by going with my buddy Corbin to AAA Collectibles in Matthews. I got the final 7 in from sportlots yesterday.