Lance Parrish Autographed 2013 Panini Hometown Heroes #167 Detroit Tigers Card

The 2013 Panini Hometown Heroes #167 Lance Parrish is a fun post-career Detroit Tigers issue that was created specifically to tap into baseball nostalgia. Panini designed Hometown Heroes as a throwback-oriented product featuring players from across six decades, making Parrish an especially natural fit as one of the most recognizable catchers of the 1980s. Panini described the product as having an intentionally old-school, nostalgic feel, with retired fan favorites appearing alongside contemporary stars and rookies.

Parrish is correctly cataloged as #167 in the 2013 Panini Hometown Heroes base set and is associated with the Detroit Tigers. Detroit is certainly the appropriate choice for a retrospective Parrish card. He spent the first decade of his Major League career with the Tigers and developed into one of baseball's premier power-hitting catchers.

The Hometown Heroes checklist is interesting because it mixes generations rather than focusing exclusively on retired players. Parrish appears alongside players such as Ken Griffey Jr., Reggie Jackson, Bo Jackson, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Bryce Harper, Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera, while fellow Tigers-related players in the product include Alan Trammell, Jack Morris, Willie Horton and Mickey Tettleton.

There is also a very important parallel and autograph angle to this card. Parrish's regular #167 has both a States parallel and a tougher Zip Code parallel. The States parallels were inserted five per hobby box, while Zip Code parallels fell approximately one per box.

Even more interesting, Panini included Parrish in the product's Hometown Signatures autograph checklist. His factory-issued autograph is a separate card from this privately signed #167 base card, and the Hometown Signatures also have Gold versions numbered to 25 and Black 1/1 parallels. That's worth distinguishing in the description so collectors understand this is an autographed example of the regular #167 rather than Panini's pack-issued autograph.

Parrish's career rsum makes him an ideal subject for the Hometown Heroes concept. He was an eight-time MLB All-Star, three-time Gold Glove winner and six-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and was the starting catcher for the 1984 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers. He finished his 19-year Major League career with 1,782 hits, 324 home runs and 1,070 RBI.

Card Details:

• Player: Lance Parrish
• Team: Detroit Tigers
• Year: 2013
• Manufacturer: Panini
• Set: Hometown Heroes
• Card Number: #167
• Nostalgia-themed post-career issue
• Features Parrish with the Detroit Tigers
• States and Zip Code parallels of #167 also exist 
• States parallels were approximately five per hobby box
• Zip Code parallels were approximately one per hobby box 
• Separate Panini Hometown Signatures autograph card also exists
• Hometown Signatures Gold parallels were numbered to 25 with Black 1/1 versions 
• Eight-time MLB All-Star
• Three-time Gold Glove Award winner
• Six-time Silver Slugger Award winner
• Starting catcher for the 1984 World Series Champion Detroit Tigers
• 1,782 career hits
• 324 career home runs
• 1,070 career RBI
• 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.