1982 Topps All-Star Rookies

Below are the winners of the 1982 Topps Rookie All-Star awards. This was one of the very few Topps Rookie teams that could have been competitive for years to come. Only the pitchers failed to eventually make a real all star team. Among those who did not make the team but did receive Rookie of the Year votes were Jesse Barfield, Steve Bedrosian, Luis DeLeon, Johnny Ray, Dave LaPoint, Eric Show, Von Hayes, Wade Boggs, and Gary Gaetti. They would have made a better team than the 1980 team.

Topps, a maker of baseball cards since the early 1950s, began awarding the top rookies of each year in 1959. The winners had a "rookie trophy" added to their baseball card to denote the award the following year between 1960 and 1978 (except 1974) and starting again in 1987. Read more about the award here. Read more about the 1983 Topps Baseball card set here.

Notes: Topps chooses three outfielders regardless of position (LF, CF, RF). Such players are therefore shown above in random outfield positions and not necessarily where they played. Not all winners each year appeared on Topps cards the following season.