Topps Releases Sterling 09 Cut Signature List

Topps is putting the wraps on the 2009 baseball card year with a post-season release of its Sterling issue, one that includes a healthy list of cut signatures.

The season has been over for two months but don’t put a ribbon on the 2009 collecting season just yet. Topps Sterling Baseball will be hitting the market shortly.

The company says this year’s version of the high end product will include “ten extra hits” and a guaranteed cut signature per case. Among the cards collectors will be chasing is a sharp-looking Albert Pujols Season Auto Relic.

Topps also released the cut signature checklist on Wednesday, a lengthy list of names that includes a large number of deceased players, athletes from other sports and entertainers.

It includes:

Joe Adcock

Sandy Amoros

Luke Appling

Dave Bancroft

Joe Becker

Mark Belanger

Ray Benge

Don Bessent

Huck Betts

Don Blasingame

Bob Boken

Johnny Callison

Dolph Camilli

Roy Campanella

Adam Comorosky

Tony Conigliaro

Stan Coveleski

Doc Cramer

Hughie Critz

Joe Cronin

Harry Walker

Kiki Cuyler

Jimmie DeShong

Bill Dickey

Larry Doby

Leo Durocher

Woody English

Rick Ferrell

Curt Flood

Pete Fox

Johnny Frederick

Larry French

Frankie Frisch

Carl Furillo

Lefty Gomez

Earl Grace

Charlie Grimm

Chick Hafey

Bill Hallahan

Bert Hamric

Mel Harder

Gabby Hartnett

Billy Herman

Oral Hildebrand

J.Edgar Hoover

Waite Hoyt

Carl Hubbell

Catfish Hunter

Don Hurst

Travis Jackson

Jackie Jensen

Indian Bob Johnson

Buck Jordan

Art Jorgens

Willie Kamm

Joe Kuhel

Bob Lemon

Freddie Lindstrom

Ernie Lombardi

Ted Lyons

Mickey Mantle

Johnny Marcum

Rube Marquard

Billy Martin

Joe McCarthy

Tug McGraw

Joe Medwick

Walt Moryn

Hal Newhouser

Lefty O’Doul

Amos Otis

Homer Peel

Tony Piet

Phil Rizzuto

Red Rolfe

Theodore Roosevelt

Edd Roush

Johnny Babich

Wes Schulmerich

Joe Sewell

Casey Stengel

Joe Stripp

Chuck Templeton

Marv Throneberry

Pie Traynor

Gee Walker

Lloyd Waner

Zack Wheat

Willis Hudlin

Sammy Baugh

Weeb Eubank

Don Hutson

Leo Nomellini

Hank Stram

Emlen Tunnell

Mike Webster

Pete Reiser

Jim Lemon

Sam Chapman

Tex Hughson

Billy Jurges

Max Lanier

Johnny Sain

Birdie Tebbetts

Frank Shellenback

Randy Gumpert

Pee Wee Reese

Freddie Fitzsimmons

Charlie Gehringer

Sibby Sisti

Johnny Unitas

Ford Frick

Red Grange

Bud Podbielan

John McCain

Bronko Nagurski

Nels Potter

William T. Grant

Joseph Henry

Thomas Mann

General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Bill Clinton

Kirby Higbe

Bill Voiselle

Vic Lombardi

Tiny Bonham

Elmer Flick

Fred Hancock

Larry Cox

Jimmy Wasdell

Doc Marshall

Gus Mancuso

Harlond Clift

Zeke Bonura

Jake Early

Charlie Keller

Jack Russell

Major General Clarence Townsley

Ival Goodman

Joe Mulligan

Ed Linke

General John L. Barstow

General Pearson Menoher

General Frank Mahin

Rear Admiral Vincendon Cottman

General Maxwell Murray

Asaph Hall Jr.

George Bushnell

General Russell Putnam

General Eugene Ladd

Edgar Cameron

General John Kingman

General Daniel Van Voorhis

General Andrew Hero Jr.

Sidney Henry

Alexander Clay

Augustus Stanley

General George Pillsbury

General Hamilton Hawkins

General P.D. Lochridge

General Frederick Russell

Eugene Foss

James Ives

General Creed Cox

General Richard Williams

Eugene Hurd

Thomas Mendenhall

General William Cruikshank

General Julius Penn

General Irving Carr

General Frank Scowden

William Osborne

General Clint Hearn

General Alfred Sherwood Cheney

General Frank Parker

Frank Barrett

General Walter Reed

General Wallace DeWitt

General Edward Montgomery

General Charles Danforth

General Albert Myer

General George Read

Admiral Harold Smith

General Carl Reichmann

Bob Milliken

Lyle Alzado

Arthur Ashe

Red Auerbach

Red Barber

Moe Berg

Joey Bishop

Humphrey Bogart

Ray Bolger

Marlon Brando

Bear Bryant

George Burns

Ken Caminiti

Max Carey

Art Carney

Johnny Carson

Johnny Cash

Mickey Cochrane

Eddie Collins

Calvin Coolidge

Bing Crosby

Sammy Davis Jr.

Dizzy Dean

Jack Dempsey

Don Drysdale

Dale Earnhardt Sr.

Thomas Edison

Walter Wilson

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Gerald Ford

Nellie Fox

James Garfield

Warren Giles

Jackie Gleason

Cary Grant

Hank Greenberg

Margaret Hamilton

Gil Hodges

Herbert Hoover

Bob Hope

Elston Howard

Andrew Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Boris Karloff

Robert Kennedy

Darryl Kile

Tom Landry

Rocky Marciano

Dean Martin

Audrey Meadows

Burgess Meredith

Byron Nelson

Richard Nixon

Satchel Paige

Walter Payton

Herb Pennock

Kirby Puckett

Dan Quisenberry

Branch Rickey

John Ritter

Al Simmons

Frank Sinatra

Payne Stewart

William Howard Taft

Jim Thorpe

Harry S Truman

John Tyler

Bill Veeck

Paul Waner

Andy Warhol

Frank Colman

Reggie White

Jesse Haines

Harry Hooper

George Kelly

Al Lopez

Allie Reynolds

Andy Seminick

Augie Galan

Bibb Falk

Bill Baker

Bill Kennedy

Bill McCahan

Bill Terry

Billy Rogell

Bob Muncrief

Bobby Bonds

Brooks Lawrence

Bruce Edwards

Burleigh Grimes

Cal Abrams

Clem Labine

Clete Boyer

Cliff Fannin

Dick Kokos

Dixie Howell

Don White

Early Wynn

Eddie Mayo

Eddie Stanky

Ewell Blackwell

Ferris Fain

Frank Crosetti

George Kell

George McQuinn

Hal Epps

Hank Borowy

Harry Brecheen

Harvey Kuenn

Herb Score

Hoyt Wilhelm

Jack Banta

Jack Hallett

Jim Turner

Joe Black

Joe Hatten

Joe Ostrowski

John Stoneham

Johnny Hopp

Johnny Lindell

Johnny Mize

Johnny Podres

Johnny Vander Meer

Ken Burkhart

Lew Fonseca

Lou Boudreau

Mark Fidrych

Max Surkont

Mickey Owen

Monte Kennedy

Paul Hopkins

Preacher Roe

Ray Dandridge

Ray Lamanno

Ray Shore

Red Embree

Richie Ashburn

Rocky Nelson

Rollie Stiles

Rube Walberg

Thurman Tucker

Tony Cuccinello

Vic Raschi

Whitey Kurowski

Willie Stargell

Zack Taylor

Jack Knott

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