It took just six years for Kyle Hendricks to finally have a certified autograph showing his with the Cubs. You would have thought that after his lights out year in 2016, when he posted a league-best ERA of 2.13, that Topps or Panini would have issued an autograph card of him.
Nope.
Not in 2017, 2018, or 2019 either.
Finally, in 2020, we have autograph cards of Hendricks. He as a card in the 2020 Topps Archives set and Diamond Kings. I prefer the licensed Archives card over the unlicensed Diamond Kings. My wallet, however, likes the unlicensed better.
He is the 140th Cubs player to follow my rules. The others are...
| Terry Adams | Matt Garza | Angel Pagan |
| Arismendy Alcantara | Leo Gomez | Bob Patterson |
| Albert Almora | Tom Gorzelanny | Eric Patterson |
| Moises Alou | Kevin Gregg | Corey Patterson |
| Adbert Alzolay | Angel Guzman | David Patton |
| Jake Arrieta | Jason Hammel | Carlos Pena |
| Javier Baez | Todd Haney | Billy Petrick |
| Darwin Barney | Ian Happ | Felix Pie |
| Francis Beltran | Brendan Harris | Lou Piniella |
| David Bote | Kevin Hart | Mark Prior |
| Milton Bradley | Kyle Hendricks | Brooks Raley |
| Roosevelt Brown | Jose Hernandez | Aramis Ramirez |
| Kris Bryant | Jason Heyward | Anthony Rizzo |
| Scott Bullett | Bobby Hill | Henry Rodriguez |
| Freddie Bynum | Rich Hill | Henry Rodriguez |
| Marlon Byrd | Nico Hoerner | Chris Rusin |
| Jeimer Candelario | Micah Hoffpauir | Addison Russell |
| Victor Caratini | Cesar Izturis | Jeff Samardzija |
| Andrew Cashner | Brett Jackson | Rey Sanchez |
| Larry Cassian | Reed Johnson | Ryne Sandberg |
| Frank Castillo | Jacque Jones | Kyle Schwarber |
| Welington Castillo | Matt Karchner | Scott Servais |
| Starlin Castro | David Kelton | Jorge Soler |
| Ronny Cedeno | Brooks Kieschnick | Alfonso Soriano |
| Rocky Cherry | Bryan LaHair | Sammy Sosa |
| Matt Clement | Tommy LaStella | Geovany Soto |
| Steve Clevenger | Junior Lake | Steve Smyth |
| Buck Coats | Derrek Lee | Matt Szczur |
| Tyler Colvin | Jon Leiber | Ryan Theriot |
| Willson Contreras | Jon Lester | Ozzie Timmons |
| Juan Cruz | Cole Liniak | Steve Trachsel |
| Yu Darvish | Greg Maddux | Duane Underwood |
| Wade Davis | Dave Magadan | Jermaine Van Buren |
| Blake DeWitt | Dillon Maples | Josh Vitters |
| Rafael Dolis | Carlos Marmol | Todd Walker |
| Scott Downs | Sean Marshall | Todd Wellemeyer |
| Jason Dubuois | Scott Moore | Randy Wells |
| Carl Edwards | Matt Murton | Turk Wendell |
| Kyle Farnsworth | Rod Myers | Jerome Williams |
| Mike Fontenot | Thomas Neal | Kerry Wood |
| Kevin Foster | Roberto Novoa | Travis Wood |
| Dexter Fowler | James Norwood | Michael Wuertz |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | Will Ohman | Carlos Zambrano |
| Kosuke Fukudome | Augie Ojeda | Rob Zastryzny |
| Sam Fuld | Mike Olt | Ben Zobrist |
| Sean Gallagher | Ryan O'Malley | Julio Zuleta |
| Nomar Garciaparra | Kevin Orie |
Oh, this is good to know. Like you, I've been very patient waiting for a Hendricks autograph!
ReplyDeleteI'm normally not a fan of Panini stuff, but this card looks really nice. Congratulations on adding a Hendricks autograph to your collection.
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