Happy Birthday, Mike Piazza! The Best Topps Cards to Collect

“The Pizza Man’s” Top Cards

Date: Sep 4, 2025

Topics: Baseball, Cards to Collect, Mike Piazza, MLB, Trending

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From late-round pick to 12× All-Star and Hall of Famer, Mike Piazza is hobby royalty. To celebrate his birthday, we rounded up our favorite Topps-era Mike Piazza cards—from classic rookies to eye-catching inserts—plus quick notes on what makes each card stand out and who it’s perfect for.

How we picked

Iconic status and historical relevance
Eye appeal, photography, and set identity
Availability across budgets

Mike Piazza’s best Topps cards include his 1992 Bowman RC, 1993 Topps Finest Refractor, autographs, and modern Topps offering. Collectors prize these cards for their value, design, and connection to Piazza’s Hall of Fame career.

Topps Project70® Card 197 – 1990 Mike Piazza by Oldmanalan – Artist Proof # to 51

player info

• Born in Norristown, Pennsylvania
•2016 Hall of Fame inductee
•MLB leader in home runs by a catcher

set info

• sold exclusively on topps.com
• print run of 51
* 1990 Topps Baseball Design

card back

• Talks about the artist, Oldmanalan’s, career in streetwear

2015 Topps Strata Signature Patches #SSPMP Mike Piazza /25

Player info

• 16-year veteran
• played for Italy in the World Baseball Classic
• attended the University of Miami before transferring to Miami-Dade Community College

set info

• all cards are autographs or game-used relics
• boxes have just two cards per pack
• Topps Strata started as a football set
• signature patches have a print run of 25

card back

• Congratulates collectors for snagging a signature patch relic

1995 Topps #466 Mike Piazza

player info

• made his third consecutive all-star team in 1995
• earned third consecutive Silver Slugger Award in 1995
• finished second in NL MVP voting twice

set info

• 660 card set divided into two series
• Every 120th pack contained an “Own The Game” instant winner card.

card back

• in 1994, Piazza became the first dodgers catcher to Piazzaan all-star game since roy campanella in 1954.

2008 Topps #72 Mike Piazza

player info

• retired following the 2007 season
• 12-time All-Star
• New york mets hall of famer

set info

• 660 card set divided into two series

card back

• finished his career with a .308 batting average and 427 total homers

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1993 Topps Finest #199 Mike Piazza Refractor

player info

• one of eight players to hit at least 400 homers, boast a lifetime batting average of .300, and never strikeout more than 100 times in a season
• The Scottish band Belle and Sebastian made a song about Piazza titled “Piazza, New York Catcher”