2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Checklist

2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball mixes baseball players with personalities from outside the sport, drawing on the 19th-century Allen & Ginter tobacco card design. The 2,321-card checklist spans 52 sections and was released August 11, 2021, with a 300-card base, short prints, an extensive mini-card program, Rip Cards and framed mini autographs.

What's in the checklist

• Base: 300 cards plus 53 short prints, with Silver Portrait, A&G Back, Black Border, No Number, Brooklyn Back /25, Glossy 1/1 and Wood 1/1
• Minis: Mini base cards with Metal, Stained Glass and Cloth variations, plus Mini Exclusives, Rookie Design Variations and themed minis such as World's Largest, World Leaders and Far Far Away
• Autographs: Framed Mini Baseball Autographs (83, with Black Frame /25 and Red Ink /10), Framed Mini Non-Baseball Autographs, Autographed Relic Book, Cut Signatures and Mini Employee Autographs
• Relics and Rip Cards: Allen and Ginter Relics, Mini Framed Relics, Mini DNA Relics, Mythical Relics, and Rip Cards, Double Rip Cards and Boxloader Rip Cards

Key names

The base set includes Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Willie McCovey, Honus Wagner, Carl Yastrzemski and Pete Alonso, with rookies Ryan Mountcastle, Jarred Kelenic, Akil Baddoo, Jonathan India and Daulton Varsho. Non-baseball subjects include Rocky Bleier, Roy Wood Jr. and Sarah Spain.

Grading considerations

Rookie short prints and Framed Mini Autographs are among the cards collectors commonly consider for grading. The matte card stock shows edge and corner wear readily, minis need mini-size holders, and framed cards are thicker than standard. See our grading scale.