Normally I would define vintage baseball as 1980 and earlier, which would include Rickey Henderson's 1980 Topps rookie card; however, I included that card in my list of best 1980s baseball rookie ...

Rickey Henderson's 1980 Topps rookie was the 32nd-most graded ... Image Courtesy of Card Ladder There are just two baseball cards graded more times than Ripken's and Henderson's rookie cards.

As more and more collectors get frustrated with the increasing print runs and costs and decreasing returns of ultra-modern cards, it's a good time to start collecting vintage cards. Normally I ...