Juan Samuel Autographed 1992 Topps Gold Winner #315 Los Angeles Dodgers Card

Juan Samuel Autographed 1992 Topps Gold Winner #315 Los Angeles Dodgers Card

Add another important early-1990s parallel to your Juan Samuel collection with this 1992 Topps Gold Winner #315 card featuring Samuel with the Los Angeles Dodgers, personally autographed by the three-time MLB All-Star.

The 1992 Topps Gold Winner cards originated through Topps popular Match-the-Stats promotion. Collectors accumulated Runs from game cards inserted into 1992 Topps packs and could redeem 100 Runs, along with the required postage and handling, for a 10-card pack of Topps Gold cards. To distinguish these promotional cards from the regular pack-inserted Gold parallels, Topps added the word Winner in gold foil to the card fronts.

Samuel appears as card #315, paralleling his regular 1992 Topps and Topps Gold #315 issues. The Gold Winner retains the upgraded gold-foil treatment of the Gold parallel while adding the distinctive Winner designation, creating three different versions of Samuels flagship Topps card for player collectors.

There is an especially interesting story behind the Gold Winner release. Collectors discovered that the Match-the-Stats game could be manipulated by holding the game cards over a strong light to reveal the concealed answers. Topps continued honoring winning game pieces but differentiated the resulting prize cards with the Winner designation. The promotion proved extremely popular, and Gold Winners consequently exist in noticeably greater quantities than the regular Topps Gold parallels.

That distinction is important for collectors: despite the Winner designation, the regular 1992 Topps Gold #315 is generally the scarcer version, while this Gold Winner #315 has its own appeal because of its unusual promotional history.

Samuel's card comes from the final season of his Dodgers tenure, following his 1991 All-Star campaign, when he earned his third career MLB All-Star selection and his only one as a member of Los Angeles.

Card Details:

• Player: Juan Samuel
• Team: Los Angeles Dodgers
• Year: 1992
• Manufacturer: Topps
• Set: Topps Gold Winner
• Card Number: #315
• Gold parallel with Winner designation
• Distributed through the Match-the-Stats promotion
• Personally autographed
• Condition: NM-MT or better

Authentication: Signature obtained through a private signing conducted by Under the Radar Sports Promotions and guaranteed to pass any third-party authentication service.

An excellent addition for collectors of Juan Samuel autographs, Los Angeles Dodgers memorabilia, 1992 Topps Gold Winner cards, early baseball card parallels, Topps promotional issues, or signed baseball cards.