1993 Flair Baseball Forum

Would Pedro Martinez and Trevor Hoffman be considered rookies in this set? I noticed they are not listed as rookies on TCDB's checklist, but after reading the back of the cards, maybe they should be?

Thanks!!

1992 Bowman was the first Major Release for Hoffman so that is considered his RC

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/176/cid/87011/1992-Bowman-11-Trevor-Hoffman

Martinez was in 1991 Upper Deck Final Edition

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/172/cid/78277/1991-Upper-Deck-Final-Edition-2F-Pedro-Martinez

Interesting. Because Hoffman hadn't even pitched in the majors yet per the back of the flair card. 

Back then it was just first Major Release regardless of where they played. It's why Mariano Rivera, and other, are pictured in street clothes in 92 Bowman. It was in 2006 when MLB instituted a rule that they player must have appeared in a ML game before being allowed to have a Major Release RC. It's why Alex Gordon has cut up cards in that year's Topps set. Card companies were getting stupid with trying to get players onto a card as quickly as possible and, well, it was getting messy.

I have been collecting long enough that you could usually look at the back of the card and if they only had one year of major league statistics you knew it was a rookie card. Things got a lot more complicated since then.

That's exactly where I was coming from. lol. Hoffman legit only has minor league stats on the back of his.