TTM Success - Brian Allard

My 1980 Topps Rangers Future Stars card is now 2/3 of the way complete now that it came back signed from Brian Allard.  I don't mind that it was signed in a different t color than what Jerry Don Gleaton used.  I think it adds character.

Allard (b. 1958) played in the majors from 1979 to 1981 for the Rangers and Mariners.  He had a record of 4-6 with 44 strike outs and a 4.23 ERA.

I mailed to Allard on March 25 and got the card back on April 12, for an 18-day TAT. 

Another TTM Success From Jerry Don Gleaton

A few Jerry Don Gleaton cards came back signed TTM when I sent to him a second time.  I found these cards after going through my boxes recently, and decided it was time to send to him again. I was glad to get his 1980 Topps rookie card signed. 

I had also found this 1992 Donruss and a 1993 Stadium Club Team Stadium Club card showing Gleaton as a Marlin.  I had to add some more teal to the autograph album.

I mailed to Gleaton on March 11 and got the cards back on March 21 for a 10-day TAT. 

TTM Success - Jerry Don Gleaton

Jerry Don Gleaton is one of those players who's cards always popped up whenever I opened packs way back when I first got into collecting.  We, as collectors, all have those players who we all remember seeing in packs.  Gleaton, Jerry Reuss, Oil Can Boyd, etc.  They all seemed to pop up.  I was able to take some of those Gleaton cards and add them to the album recently with this TTM success.

The above 1992 Topps turned out the best of all, I think.  A nice action shot on a horizontal card, I really like this one.

I obviously had plenty of cards to choose from when I mailed to Gleaton, but had to narrow it down to just a few.  I kept it to Topps for this request, and since I couldn't find his 1987 Topps for whatever reason, that made it so that another year was sent.  Had I had an 87, I probably would have removed the 1985 from consideration, I guess.  The color is off on that one, for some reason, leaving Gleaton's face red.

Finally, here is the 1989 that I sent.  I liked this one, too, with all of the blue on the card.  1989 is one of my favorite Topps sets, and I really need to pull more cards out of my box to send off.

Gleaton (b. 1957) actually shares a birthday with me.  I found that out JUST NOW!  He played in the majors from 1979 to 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1987 to 1992 for the Rangers, Mariners, White Sox, Royals, Tigers and Pirates.  He had a career record of 15-23 with an ERA of 4.25 and 265 strike outs. Gleaton was drafted in the second round of the 1976 Amateur Draft, but did not sign.  He would later be drafted in the first round (17th pick) of the 1979 Amateur Draft by the Rangers, with whom he would sign and begin his career.

I mailed to Gleaton on February 13 and got the cards back on February 25, for a 12-day TAT.