Topps Living Set Rick Monday

 

Here's the Living Set card that I had skipped, Rick Monday.  It came out the week of July 5 and had a print run of 1,612 cards.  That is the second-lowest of the 22 Cubs cards in the set.  Only Patrick Wisdom's run of 1,547 was lower.

I was surprised to see Monday shown as a Cub.  He played for three teams and his five years with the Cubs was the shortest span of the three.  I think most fans think of his as a Dodgers, since that is the team he played for the longest, and has been a part of their broadcasts for many more years.

The picture that the artist used for the card is from 1972, the only season the Cubs road uniform had the red, white, and blue piping.  It was Monday's first as a Cub, having come over in the off-season from the A's in exchange for Ken Holtzman.  You can also see that Monday was #7 with the Cubs, as shown by the little number inside the C on the helmet.

Monday is the 22nd Cubs player in the Living Set.  Five of the 22 were retired when they made the set and Monday is the first of the five that is not in the Hall of Fame.

Card	Player	Date Released	Days Since Last Cub	Print Run
5	Ian Happ	3/21/18		3,042
30	Brandon Morrow	5/16/18	56	5,585
64	Ryne Sandberg	8/8/18	84	7,212
67	Anthony Rizzo	8/15/18	7	5,568
83	David Bote	9/19/18	35	5,345
103	Javier Baez	11/7/18	49	4,499
127	Kris Bryant	1/2/19	56	5,361
210	Jason Heyward	7/10/19	189	2,573
217	Ernie Banks	7/31/19	21	5,406
266	Kyle Hendricks	12/4/19	126	2,074
310	Nico Hoerner	5/6/20	154	3,523
323	Willson Contreras	6/25/20	50	2,052
352	Alec Mills	9/30/20	97	1,886
429	Craig Kimbrel	7/7/21	280	1,780
453	Patrick Wisdom	9/29/21	84	1,547
473	Frank Schwindel	12/8/21	70	1,764
516	Marcus Stroman	5/4/22	147	1,686
519	Fergie Jenkins	5/18/22	14	2,589
547	Seiya Suzuki	8/24/22	98	3,340
609	Lee Smith	3/9/23	197	1,775
638	Rick Monday	7/5/23	118	1,612
641	Christopher Morel	7/19/23	14	2,187