
Rafael Santana
1989 • Topps
#792

A 1989 Bowman Rafael Santana #174 baseball card featuring the New York Yankees shortstop in Near Mint condition. A solid vintage card for collectors building 1989 Bowman sets or Yankees team collections.
1989 • Bowman
MLB • New York Yankees
Near Mint
174
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The 1989 Bowman Rafael Santana sits at the lower end of the price spectrum, consistent with late-career utility infielder cards from this era that carry minimal collector premium. Santana's tenure with the Yankees provides a regional collector base, but this card trades in line with common base issues from the set rather than commanding any notable separation. The 1989 Bowman set itself is moderately collected, though it does not drive the same demand as flagship Topps issues from the same period.
This is a standard base card with no serial numbering, parallel variant, or short print designation, placing it firmly in the high-print-run category typical of late 1980s Bowman production. Graded population reports for this card are expectedly thin, as submission volume for common base cards of this era remains low given the cost-to-value ratio. Raw copies circulate freely, and the single active listing reflects limited collector urgency rather than genuine scarcity.
Santana retired without Hall of Fame consideration, and his career arc as a backup shortstop limits the long-term demand catalyst that typically sustains card values. There is no meaningful grading submission trend driving population scarcity, and the card does not benefit from rookie card status or a landmark season to anchor collector interest. Market momentum here is flat, and this card is best viewed as a set-filler rather than a growth-oriented holding.

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