1993 Topps Finest Refractor Greg Maddux #85
1993 Topps Finest Refractor #85 — from the set that introduced the refractor to baseball cards. Finest was limited to a stated 4,000 cases; refractors were inserted roughly one per box across a 199-card checklist, which collectors have long estimated at only a few hundred copies per player (commonly ~241 from the case math; some put the real run a bit higher). Maddux's All-Star-section refractor remains one of the cornerstone 1990s Maddux parallels.
- Issue
- Greg Maddux — Modern Issues
- Year
- 1993
- Number
- #85
- Variation
- Refractor
- Subject
- Greg Maddux
- Grade
- SGC 7.5
- Cert #
- 9968459
- Population
- 1 at this grade (per Card Ladder)
Greg Maddux — Modern Issues
Refractors, parallels and certified autographs from the 1990s onward. The focus here is the same as in the vintage: scarce parallels and low-population grades rather than volume.
More on this issue →Greg Maddux
Greg Maddux, “The Professor,” was my childhood favorite player, which is why he has a place in this collection when almost no other modern player does. He won 355 games with command and guile rather than velocity, took four straight Cy Young Awards from 1992 to 1995 and a record 18 Gold Gloves, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2014. I collect him the same way I collect the vintage: earliest and scarcest issues first, plus a little Atlanta game-worn gear that ties to the same story. The nickname fits a Shoeless Professor.
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