Rookie Baseball Cards For Sale

1989 Traded Set Ken Griffey Jr Rookie $5000 Rare Gem Mint Mlb Baseball Cards

Price: $7.00    

303 Classic College Rookie Card Collection Baseball Basketball Football Hockey

Price: $.99    

2010 Topps Chrome Baseball Stephen Strasburg Red Hot Rookie Card Rhr 8

Price: $19.99    

2011 Topps Baseball Series 2 Marcos Mateo 26 Card Rookie Lot Cubs Wow

Price: $.99    

2003 Ud Honor Roll Silver Honors Serial Number Rookie Baseball Lot With 25 Cards

Price: $.99    

19 2012 Bowman Rookie Baseball Cards 3 Gold

Price: $5.51    

1990 Topps Larry Walker Higher Grade Baseball Rookie Card Lot Including 25 Cards

Price: $.99    

2012 Bowman Baseball Brett Lawrie Gold Rookie Card 191

Price: $.99    

2012 Bowman Baseball Yu Darvish Rookie Card 209

Price: $2.01    

241986 Topps Rookie Wally Joyner Baseball Cards 51t Nm Mint

Price: $.99    

1965 Topps Baseball 16 Astros Rookies Joe Morgan Rookie Card

Price: $15.00    

Baseball 9 Rookie Card Lot Ichiro

Price: $6.50    

Ken Griffey Jr 1989 Upper Deck Number 1 Rookie Baseball Card

Price: $16.41    

2011 Topps Baseball Brandon Beachy Cognac Rookie Card Sp

Price: $.99    

Barry Bonds Rookie Baseball Trading Card Made In 1986 By Topps

Price: $9.99    

Huge Lot 500 Old Baseball Cards In Packs Rookie Cards

Price: $29.95    

Jeff Bagwell Baseball Cards Lot Of 3 Rookie 1991 Upperdeck Homerun Heroes 91 St

Price: $2.25    

Derek Jeter 1993 Pinnacle Baseball 457 Rookie Card Psa Graded Mint 9

Price: $20.50    

The rookie baseball card is a card issued for a player's first year in the major leagues -- and in some circumstances even before they have arrived in the big leagues. Because of this, a rookie card is the first in the chain of cards that may be released by trading card companies for a particular player. When baseball card collecting first began in earnest, rookie cards were rarely sought-after. There was one predominant reason for this. A young player, having just arrived on the major league scene, was a relative unknown. Players typically took some years to reach their prime and begin producing significant stats.

As a result of this, the baseball cards of these major league "rookies" were often tossed aside in favor of cards of established star players. Years later, after a particular player had established himself and demand for collectibles bearing his likeness was high, collectors discovered that the rookie card was the hardest to find. Due to the law of scarcity, the rookie card became the most valuable.