the player collector dilemma - does the team card count?

being a set collector is easy. there are checklists (or at least there used to be) that tell you exactly how many cards are in the set, and who is featured on what card. a team collector is a bit more difficult, because the checklist won't say if a player is featured on his old team or on the one he signed with during the offseason for too much money. that's one reason why i loved those mid-70's to early 80's sets that included the team checklists on the back of the team, manager, or team leader cards. but even those weren't foolproof, since they didn't include cards such as league leaders, in action or other subsets.

anyway, being a player collector should be, i think, a tad easier, right? if your player (in my case, steve garvey) is on a card, you add it to the list. this works well for the cards on which garvey is the primary subject, but what about other cards where he just happens to be pictured? specifically team cards.do they count in the player collection? should i put this 1972 topps card in my garvey binder simply because he's there in the third row? i had not considered this (even though i do have a copy of the 1977 topps cloth stickers checklist/national league all stars card featuring the nl iron man in the garvey binder) until i noticed 30-year cardboard including team cards in his billy williams collection about a year ago.

so what do the rest of you think? does the team card fit in a player collection world?