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Collecting Cleveland Baseball Since 1982

Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.

From the Collection: Mark Teixeira, if, Texas Rangers

From the Collection: Mark Teixeira, if, Texas Rangers

I really liked Texas Rangers-era Mark Teixeira. During his rookie season in 2003, he was on a Rangers team that was filled with players that are some of my all-time favorites, including Einar Diaz, Alex Rodriguez, Hank Blalock, Ryan Christenson, Juan Gonzalez, and Ryan Ludwick. That was a fun team. It also helped that he signed TTM back then too, which is how I got this card, which is from the 2005 Topps Cracker Jack set.

Teixeira would go on to have a great career. Over 14 seasons in the majors he hit 409 HR with a career 126 OPS+. He was selected to three All-Star games, won three Silver Sluggers, and won five Gold Gloves. It’s a shame so much of it came with the Yankees, but he did get a World Series trophy out of it, in 2009.