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Collecting Cleveland Baseball Since 1982

Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.

From the Collection: Andrew McCutchen 2012 Allen and Ginter

Andrew McCutchen 2012 Allen and Ginter
Andrew McCutchen 2012 Allen and Ginter

When this card came out in 2012 it was one of the more popular cards in the set. And with good reason! By the end of 2012, Andrew McCutchen was already a two-time All-Star, Silver Slugger and Gold Glove winner. He ended the 2012 season 3rd in MVP voting. And he was only 25! I was not alone in thinking that he was on a Hall of Fame career trajectory. I went hard after this card and paid $30 on the nose. I thought I got a good deal.

I was also a big fan. In 2006, after a rough night shift at work, I bought myself a McDonalds breakfast and a couple packs of Bowman Heritage cards in an effort to unwind. I pulled his autograph out of one of the packs. The first autograph I ever pulled from a pack of cards. It was exciting. And I decided right there I was going to follow his career to the bitter end.

McCutchen had a couple more amazing seasons in the tank–especially 2013 when he was the National League MVP. But he crashed hard in 2016 and even though he had decent bounce-back years in 2017 and 2018…his best days were behind him.

He was 31 in 2018 and still had a pretty OK season: .255/.368/.424 with 20 HR–good for an OPS+ of 118. He is nowhere near a Gold Glove defender anymore, but if you stick him in a corner outfield spot he won’t kill you.

He is a free agent right now. I would not mind seeing the Indians take a flier on him…but with his history, I doubt they can afford him.

Standard Batting
Year Age Tm Lg G AB H HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ Awards
2009 22 PIT NL 108 433 124 12 54 22 5 54 83 .286 .365 .471 .836 121 RoY-4
2010 23 PIT NL 154 570 163 16 56 33 10 70 89 .286 .365 .449 .814 121
2011 24 PIT NL 158 572 148 23 89 23 10 89 126 .259 .364 .456 .820 130 AS
2012 25 PIT NL 157 593 194 31 96 20 12 70 132 .327 .400 .553 .953 162 AS,MVP-3,GG,SS
2013 26 PIT NL 157 583 185 21 84 27 10 78 101 .317 .404 .508 .911 157 AS,MVP-1,SS
2014 27 PIT NL 146 548 172 25 83 18 3 84 115 .314 .410 .542 .952 166 AS,MVP-3,SS
2015 28 PIT NL 157 566 165 23 96 11 5 98 133 .292 .401 .488 .889 144 AS,MVP-5,SS
2016 29 PIT NL 153 598 153 24 79 6 7 69 143 .256 .336 .430 .766 104
2017 30 PIT NL 156 570 159 28 88 11 5 73 116 .279 .363 .486 .849 123
2018 31 TOT MLB 155 569 145 20 65 14 9 95 145 .255 .368 .424 .792 118
10 Y 10 Y 10 Y 10 Y 1501 5602 1608 223 790 185 76 780 1183 .287 .378 .481 .859 134
162 162 162 162 162 605 174 24 85 20 8 84 128 .287 .378 .481 .859 134
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 12/10/2018.