Danny Tartabull was a fairly valuable slugger for a number of teams in the 1980’s and 1990’s. He is also the son of former MLB player, Jose Tartabull. For both of these reasons, Tartabull was a popular target for baseball card collectors. Despite playing in more than 138 games in a season only twice, he put up some very nice numbers on offense. He had only one truly bad season in 1995, and a monster season in 1991.
Although he began with Seattle, the majority of his career was spent with the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees. Because he wasn’t great on defense, he was primarily a designated hitter throughout his career, which limited his overall value. Nevertheless, Danny put together a solid career worthy of attention from baseball card collectors.
Unlike some popular minor star players from the mid-80’s to mid-90’s, Danny Tartabull has some baseball cards that are actually worth good money. This is because his career was ending around the time when short-print subsets were becoming more popular. This means that there are a good number of Danny Tartabull cards which actually carry some decent price tags.
Although he began with Seattle, the majority of his career was spent with the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees. Because he wasn’t great on defense, he was primarily a designated hitter throughout his career, which limited his overall value. Nevertheless, Danny put together a solid career worthy of attention from baseball card collectors.
Unlike some popular minor star players from the mid-80’s to mid-90’s, Danny Tartabull has some baseball cards that are actually worth good money. This is because his career was ending around the time when short-print subsets were becoming more popular. This means that there are a good number of Danny Tartabull cards which actually carry some decent price tags.
There are several rookie cards out there for Danny Tartabull, but the only one worth more than $1 is the 1985 Fleer Prospects #647 card that he shares with the Oakland A’s Steve Kiefer. While Kiefer didn’t have much of a career, this is the rarest full print-run rookie card of Tartabull.
One of the best Danny Tartabull baseball cards is the 1997 Flair Showcase Legacy Collection Row 2 #94 Danny Tartabull numbered to only 100 copies! While I wouldn’t call it the “holy grail” of Danny Tartabull baseball cards, it’s close.
There is also the 1993 Topps Finest Refractor #167, which is a very shiny nice looking card. The non-refractor version is worth about a tenth of the refractor version, but is still a great Danny Tartabull baseball card.
Some other rare Danny Tartabull baseball cards worth collecting:
Also, many Danny Tartabull autographed cards can fetch $20 or more.
Any other ballplayers that you liked to collect and you’re wondering what they’re worth now? Let us know, and we can find out for you!
- 1982 TCMA Minor League #472 - great pre-rookie card!
- 1994 Upper Deck SP Die-Cut #200 - back when die-cut cards were a thing…
- 1995 Select Artist Proof Baseball Card #9
- 1996 Pinnacle Aficionado Artist's Proof #33
- 1997 Pacific Silver #63 Danny Tartabull
- 1997 Donruss Gold Press Proofs #97 Danny Tartabull
- 2012 Leaf Memories - 1990 Leaf Buy Back - Silver Foil #99 - numbered to only 20 copies!
Also, many Danny Tartabull autographed cards can fetch $20 or more.
Any other ballplayers that you liked to collect and you’re wondering what they’re worth now? Let us know, and we can find out for you!
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