Just One Card - 1990s Phillies Edition (Part One - 1990 to 1995)

Having wrapped up my Phillies Missing Links custom card sets from the 1980s and 1990s, I wanted to look back at those players who just barely missed inclusion.  These are the players who have been featured on one and only one Phillies baseball card.

There were 23 Phillies players from the 1990s with no Phillies baseball card appearances, and there were 26 Phillies players from the decade with only one Phillies baseball card appearance.  Here's part one of the list, with part two to follow in a separate post.

1989 Tastykake Phillies #19

1992 Medford Phillies Update #35

1994 Phillies Team Issue Update #50

1992 Donruss Rookies #108

1992 Fleer Ultra #547

1993 Bowman #272

1993 Fleer #495

1994 Topps #328

1990
Tom Nieto - 1989 Tastykake Phillies #19

1992
Greg Mathews - 1993 Fleer #495
Julio Peguero - 1992 Fleer Ultra #547
Don Robinson - 1992 Medford Phillies Update #35
Steve Scarsone - 1992 Donruss Rookies #108

1993
Paul Fletcher - 1993 Bowman #272
Donn Pall - 1994 Topps #328

1994
Andy Carter - 1994 Phillies Team Issue Update #50

1995
Kevin Flora - 1996 Score #238
Steve Frey - 1996 Phillies Team Issue #37
Ryan Karp - 1994 Bowman #552
Gary Varsho - 1995 Phillies Team Issue #5

1995 Phillies Team Issue #5

1994 Bowman #552

1996 Score #238

1996 Phillies Team Issue #37

Scrapbook Sunday: April 19, 1992

1992 Ultra #547 Julio Peguero

It's been fun putting together these Scrapbook Sunday posts. I've enjoyed flipping through my old scrapbooks and reconnecting with the Phillies of my youth. It's also provided me with a bit of perspective as to just how much I need to appreciate the Phillies of today. I kept scrapbooks for the 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990 (partial), 1991 and 1992 (partial) seasons. These were some awful, awful Phillies teams, yet I stuck with them, hanging on every win, loss, transaction, injury and hopeless post-game quote.

Case in point is this page from my 1992 Phillies Scrapbook. Through the first 12 games of the 1992 season, the team is already mired in last place. (My scanner opted to cut proof of this out of the actual scan.) The picture shows relievers Cliff Brantly and Andy Ashby hanging their heads in shame and embarrassment. And here are some of the choice quotes from the page:

"We just don't play good." - Mariano Duncan

"It's not the losing that bothers me so much. It's the way we've been losing." - Darren Daulton

"This is as bad as we can play and I'm sick and bleeping tired of watching it." - General Manager Lee Thomas

"Sometimes you hit the bottom. And this is about as bottom as it can get." - Manager Jim Fregosi

I tend to shy away from getting too philosophical on a blog primarily about baseball cards, but isn't this one of life's biggest lessons? In order to fully appreciate the good times, you need to have lived through and learned from the bad times. We're living in the good times now and it's made all the more enjoyable due to the horsepoop we had to put up with to get here.