Griffey Jr.

WrigleyCub

What is Griffey Jrs best rookie?

mosaic

89 Upper Deck, though I always felt 89 Topps Traded had the best composed image.

WrigleyCub

I always thought the bowman tiffany ranked up there too.

al032184

87 Bellingham Mariners

Ironmanfan

the Upper Deck rookie is a hobby icon

MBMiller25

I think it depends on what you mean by "best" rookie. His rarer more expensive main stream issues cards would be the Topps Traded Tiffany, Bowman Tiffany and Fleer Glossy. His most popular is probably the 89 Upper Deck #1. Its a classic. The Belingham and other San Bernadino cards are his minor league issues, with the San Bernadino card being very difficult to come by in high grade. Hope that helps, you shouldnt have much trouble finding any of the above, it really depends on what you want to spend. For the money, the 89 Donruss in PSA 10 is a good value.

Dpeck100

To me the best means most expensive. The Bowman Tiffany is his highest price raw card, followed by the Topps Tiffany Traded. Long term these are the winners becuae of much lower supply, that simple. His most popular is clearly the 89 Upper Deck and this card you can find anytime you want in almost any condition you want on EBAY. If you want to try and hit the lottery buy sealed 89 Fleer Glossy. There is extremly low population of Gem Mint cards and the spread between 8, 9, and 10 is very large there.

frankhardy

1989 Nova Promo. Only 40 made. Not mainstream, really, but very desirable and truly rare.

Toro

Any buyback autograph.

sportscardtheory

The most expensive Griffey Jr. card from 1989 is the 1989 Topps Heads Up. Best RC is Upper Deck and most "limited" true RC is the Bowman.

vladguerrero

i like the bowman card too, and prefer pack pulled rc's over factory set (tiffany etc...) rc's. ...not a big fan of the upper deck reprints personally!