{"product_id":"graded-1989-topps-traded-randy-johnson-57t-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-auto-grade-gem-mint","title":"Graded 1989 Topps Traded Randy Johnson #57T Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Auto Grade Gem Mint","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eGraded 1989 Topps Traded Randy Johnson #57T Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Auto Grade Gem Mint – A Perfect-Grade Gem Mint Example of the True Rookie Card of One of the Most Dominant Pitchers in Baseball History, the “Big Unit” Whose Career Produced Five Cy Young Awards, 303 Wins, and a Hall of Fame Induction That Made Him One of the Sport's Acknowledged All-Time Greats, Graded PSA 10 Gem Mint\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The 1989 Topps Traded set was released mid-season to document the transactions – the trades, the free agent signings, the draft picks in their new organizations – that the main Topps release had missed when production finalized before the season began. Randy Johnson's #57T in this set is his first official Topps card, the one that collectors recognize as his true rookie, released in the year he was traded from the Montreal Expos to the Seattle Mariners. What the card documents is not yet apparent in the image: a starting pitcher who would become one of the most physically imposing and statistically dominant left-handers the game has ever produced. The PSA 10 Auto Grade Gem Mint designation confirms this example at the top of the grading scale. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The career that followed that 1989 trade is one of the sport's great late-blooming narratives. Johnson's transformation in Seattle from promising but inconsistent young pitcher into the “Big Unit” – the 6'10'' left-hander whose combination of velocity, release-point angle, and the pure intimidation of his physical presence made right-handed hitters step out of the batter's box – produced four consecutive Cy Young Awards from 1995 through 1998, a fifth in 2002, the 2001 World Series co-MVP Award with the Arizona Diamondbacks, a perfect game in 2004, and 303 career victories. His 1989 Topps Traded rookie card is the earliest official Topps documentation of that career. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Randy Johnson's Baseball Hall of Fame induction in 2015 confirmed the consensus that had formed over the previous decade: that his peak performance and career totals placed him among the handful of pitchers whose careers define the upper tier of the position. A PSA 10 Gem Mint example of his 1989 Topps Traded rookie card – a card that has been in the market since before the performance it now represents was even imaginable – holds both the vintage weight of 35+ years in the hobby and the rookie-card designation of a player with Hall of Fame credentials. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ 1989 Topps Traded. #57T. Randy Johnson. “The Big Unit.” Seattle Mariners. Pitcher. 5x Cy Young Award. 303 Wins. 2001 World Series Co-MVP. Perfect Game 2004. Baseball Hall of Fame 2015. True Rookie RC. PSA 10 Gem Mint. Official PSA slab. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Randy Johnson. The Big Unit. Hall of Famer. 5x Cy Young. 303 Wins. 2001 World Series Co-MVP. 1989 Topps Traded True Rookie RC. PSA 10 Gem Mint. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039625031912,"sku":"1989-TT-RJ-57T-PSA-10-AUTO","price":299.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/graded-1989-topps-traded-randy-johnson-57t-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-auto-grade-gem-203.webp?v=1770156025","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/graded-1989-topps-traded-randy-johnson-57t-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-auto-grade-gem-mint","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}