Looking Back at 2012

Total Number of Cubs cards in the collection from 2012: 381, which is a tie for 7th place.  2011 burned me out with all the parallels, so I really cut back in 2012.

Total Number of brands collected: 23 brands.  Three new or resurrected brands arrived - Archives, Sega Card Gen, and Triple Play.

Brands and number of Cubs cards:
Topps - 110
Allen & Ginter - 30
Autographs - 9
Archives - 10
Bowman - 27
Bowman's Best - 1
Chrome - 4
Factory team set - 17
Finest - 1
Gypsy Queen - 20
Heritage - 31
Opening Day - 5
Pro Debut - 7
Relics - 3
Sega Card Gen - 11
Topps Stickers - 10

Ernie Banks - 22
Darwin Barney - 26
Andre Dawson - 6
Ryne Sandberg - 10
Billy Williams - 13

The player with the most cards: Starlin Castro was tops for the second year in a row, with 54 cards.

The nastiest looking card:

How could they do this to Mr. Cub?

My favorite card:

Darwin Barney, wearing stirrups, flying in mid-air... awesome!

Here's a look at all of my Cubs cards from 2012: