Manufacturer: Topps
Set: 1987 Topps Baseball ➡️
Player Name: Mike Greenwell
Position/Team: Outfield for Red Sox
Card #: 259
Card Size: 2-1/2” x 3-1/2”
Card Values: See Pricing Table Below
Greenwell’s career is defined by the 1988 season, where he put up monster numbers but finished second in the AL MVP race to Jose Canseco. Canseco won as the first “40/40” man (40 HRs, 40 SBs). Years later, when the steroid era came to light and Canseco became its “whistleblower,” Greenwell famously (and half-jokingly) asked, “Where’s my MVP trophy?” arguing that he was the best clean player that year.
In 1988, he set a then-American League record with 23 game-winning RBIs. On September 2, 1996, Greenwell put on a show that remains a statistical anomaly. In a 10-inning game against the Seattle Mariners, the Red Sox won 9-8. He drove in all 9 runs. He is one of the only players in history to account for every single one of his team’s RBIs in a high-scoring victory.
Greenwell had one of the most eclectic post-baseball lives of any player.
- NASCAR: He traded his cleats for a fire suit and actually raced in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2006.
- Family Fun: He owned “Mike Greenwell’s Bat-A-Ball & Family Fun Park” in Cape Coral, Florida (now called Gator Mike’s).
- Public Service: Later in life, he entered politics and served as a County Commissioner in Lee County, Florida.
Tragically, the baseball world lost Greenwell; he passed away in October 2025 at the age of 62 after a battle with cancer. He remains a quintessential “Red Sox for Life” icon.
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