1988 Topps

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Description

1988 Topps is a 792-card set. One of the blander sets of the era, '88 Topps' long-run value has been hindered by the lackluster design, paucity of decent rookies, and overproduction -- as it was the dawn of The Junk Wax Era. Subsets include Record Breakers (1-7), All-Stars (386-407), Turn Back the Clock (661-665), and Team Leaders (scattered throughout the set). The manager cards also double as team checklists.

The key Rookie Cards in this set are Ellis Burks, Ken Caminiti, Tom Glavine, and Matt Williams.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.40). 20 boxes per case.

Cello: 24 packs per box, 28 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.69).

Rack: 24 packs per box, 43 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.29). Three boxes per case.

Jumbo: 18 packs per box, 91 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $2.49).

500-card Vending Boxes

Factory sets

Tiffany factory sets (approximately 25,000 sets produced)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Wax Odds Cello Odds Rack Odds Jumbo Odds
Base 792 - 15:1 28:1 42:1 90:1
Glossy All-Stars 22 - N/A N/A one-per-pack N/A
Glossy Rookies 22 - N/A N/A N/A one-per-pack

Checklist

Promo

Don Mattingly World of Baseball

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A promo card of Don Mattingly for a proposed "Topps World of Baseball" set was produced. This card is identical to Mattingly's 1988 Topps base card EXCEPT, it is NOT licensed by Major League Baseball and as such, the team name on the front is listed as "NEW YORK-A.L." In addition the words "SPECIAL WORLD OF BASEBALL EDITION" is on the reverse side.

It is believed that this card was intended to promote a proposed baseball card set for the U.K. market. Topps would make a baseball card set for the U.K., but it looked nothing like this card.

Base Set

Record Breakers

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  • 1 Vince Coleman� RB
  • 2 Don Mattingly� RB
  • 3b Mark McGwire RB COR
  • 3a Mark McGwire RB ERR (White area behind left foot)
  • 4b Eddie Murray RB COR
  • 4a Eddie Murray RB ERR (Text on front)
  • 5 Phil Niekro / Joe Niekro RB
  • 6 Nolan Ryan� RB
  • 7 Benny Santiago� RB

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  • 8 Kevin Elster FS
  • 9 Andy Hawkins
  • 10 Ryne Sandberg
  • 11 Mike Young
  • 12 Bill Schroeder
  • 13 Andres Thomas
  • 14 Sparky Anderson MGR
  • 15 Chili Davis
  • 16 Kirk McCaskill
  • 17 Ron Oester
  • 18b Al Leiter FS RC COR
  • 18a Al Leiter FS ERR (Photo is Steve George)
  • 19 Mark Davidson RC
  • 20 Kevin Gross
  • 21 Wade Boggs / Spike Owen TL
  • 22 Greg Swindell
  • 23 Ken Landreaux
  • 24 Jim Deshaies
  • 25 Andres Galarraga
  • 26 Mitch Williams
  • 27 R.J. Reynolds
  • 28 Jose Nunez RC
  • 29 Argenis Salazar
  • 30 Sid Fernandez
  • 31 Bruce Bochy
  • 32 Mike Morgan
  • 33 Rob Deer
  • 34 Ricky Horton
  • 35 Harold Baines
  • 36 Jamie Moyer
  • 37 Ed Romero
  • 38 Jeff Calhoun
  • 39 Gerald Perry
  • 40 Orel Hershiser
  • 41 Bob Melvin
  • 42 Bill Landrum RC
  • 43 Dick Schofield
  • 44 Lou Piniella MGR
  • 45 Kent Hek
  • 46 Darnell Coles
  • 47 Joaquin Andujar
  • 48 Alan Ashby
  • 49 Dave Clark
  • 50 Hubie Brooks
  • 51 Eddie Murray / Cal Ripken, Jr. TL
  • 52 Don Robinson
  • 53 Curt Wilkerson
  • 54 Jim Clancy
  • 55 Phil Bradley
  • 56 Ed Hearn
  • 57 Tim Crews RC
  • 58 Dave Magadan
  • 59 Danny Cox
  • 60 Rickey Henderson
  • 61 Mark Knudson RC
  • 62 Jeff Hamilton
  • 63 Jimmy Jones
  • 64 Ken Caminiti RC
  • 65 Leon Durham
  • 66 Shane Rawley
  • 67 Ken Oberkfell
  • 68 Dave Dravecky
  • 69 Mike Hart RC
  • 70 Roger Clemens
  • 71 Gary Pettis
  • 72 Dennis Eckersley
  • 73 Randy Bush
  • 74 Tom Lasorda MGR
  • 75 Joe Carter
  • 76 Denny Martinez
  • 77 Tom O'Malley
  • 78 Dan Petry
  • 79 Ernie Whitt
  • 80 Mark Langston
  • 81 Ron Robinson / John Franco TL
  • 82 Darrel Akerfelds RC
  • 83 Jose Oquendo
  • 84 Cecilio Guante
  • 85 Howard Johnson
  • 86 Ron Karkovice
  • 87 Mike Mason
  • 88 Earnie Riles
  • 89 Gary Thurman RC
  • 90 Dale Murphy
  • 91 Joey Cora RC
  • 92 Len Matuszek
  • 93 Bob Sebra
  • 94 Chuck Jackson RC
  • 95 Lance Parrish
  • 96 Todd Benzinger RC
  • 97 Scott Garrelts
  • 98 Rene Gonzales RC
  • 99 Chuck Finley
  • 100 Jack Clark
  • 101 Allan Anderson
  • 102 Barry Larkin
  • 103 Curt Young
  • 104 Dick Williams MGR
  • 105 Jesse Orosco
  • 106 Jim Walewander
  • 107 Scott Bailes
  • 108 Steve Lyons
  • 109 Joel Skinner
  • 110 Teddy Higuera
  • 111 Hubie Brooks / Vance Law TL
  • 112 Les Lancaster
  • 113 Kelly Gruber
  • 114 Jeff Russell
  • 115 Johnny Ray
  • 116 Jerry Don Gleaton
  • 117 James Steels RC
  • 118 Bob Welch
  • 119 Robbie Wine RC
  • 120 Kiy Puckett
  • 121 Checklist #1 1-132
  • 122 Tony Bernazard
  • 123 Tom Candiotti
  • 124 Ray Knight
  • 125 Bruce Hurst
  • 126 Steve Jeltz
  • 127 Jim Gott
  • 128 Johnny Grubb
  • 129 Greg Minton
  • 130 Buddy Bell
  • 131 Don Schulze
  • 132 Donnie Hill
  • 133 Greg Mathews
  • 134 Chuck Tanner MGR
  • 135 Dennis Rasmussen
  • 136 Brian Dayett
  • 137 Chris Bosio
  • 138 Mitch Webster
  • 139 Jerry Browne
  • 140 Jesse Barfield
  • 141 George Brett / Bret Saberhagen TL
  • 142 Andy Van Slyke
  • 143 Mickey Tettleton
  • 144 Don Gordon RC
  • 145 Bill Madlock
  • 146 Donell Nixon RC
  • 147 Bill Buckner
  • 148 Carmelo Martinez
  • 149 Ken Howell
  • 150 Eric Davis
  • 151 Bob Knepper
  • 152 Jody Reed RC
  • 153 John Habyan
  • 154 Jeff Stone
  • 155 Bruce Sutter
  • 156 Gary Matthews
  • 157 Atlee Hammaker
  • 158 Tim Hulett
  • 159 Brad Arnsberg RC
  • 160 Willie McGee
  • 161 Bryn Smith
  • 162 Mark McLemore
  • 163 Dale Mohorcic
  • 164 Dave Johnson MGR
  • 165 Robin Yount
  • 166 Rick Rodriguez RC
  • 167 Rance Mulliniks
  • 168 Barry Jones
  • 169 Ross Jones RC
  • 170 Rich Gossage
  • 171 Shawon Dunston / Manny Trillo TL
  • 172 Lloyd McClendon RC
  • 173 Eric Plunk
  • 174 Phil Garner
  • 175 Kevin Bass
  • 176 Jeff Reed
  • 177 Frank Tanana
  • 178 Dwayne Henry
  • 179 Charlie Puleo
  • 180 Terry Kennedy
  • 181 Dave Cone
  • 182 Ken Phelps
  • 183 Tom Lawless
  • 184 Ivan Calderon
  • 185 Rick Rhoden
  • 186 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 187 Steve Kiefer
  • 188 John Russell
  • 189 Wes Gardner RC
  • 190 Candy Maldonado
  • 191 John Cerutti
  • 192 Devon White Rcup
  • 193 Brian Fisher
  • 194 Tom Kelly MGR
  • 195 Dan Quisenberry
  • 196 Dave Engle
  • 197 Lance McCullers
  • 198 Franklin Stubbs
  • 199 Dave Meads RC
  • 200 Wade Boggs
  • 201 Steve Buechele / Pete Incaviglia TL
  • 202 Glenn Hoffman
  • 203 Fred Toliver
  • 204 Paul O'Neill
  • 205 Nelson Liriano RC
  • 206 Domingo Ramos
  • 207 John Mitchell RC
  • 208 Steve Lake
  • 209 Richard Dotson
  • 210 Willie Randolph
  • 211 Frank DiPino
  • 212 Greg Brock
  • 213 Albert Hall
  • 214 Dave Schmidt
  • 215 Von Hayes
  • 216 Jerry Reuss
  • 217 Harry Spilman
  • 218 Dan Schatzeder
  • 219 Mike Stanley
  • 220 Tom Henke
  • 221 Rafael Belliard
  • 222 Steve Farr
  • 223 Stan Jefferson
  • 224 Tom Trebelhorn MGR
  • 225 Mike Scioscia
  • 226 Dave Lopes
  • 227 Ed Correa
  • 228 Wallace Johnson
  • 229 Jeff Musselman Rcup
  • 230 Pat Tabler
  • 231 Barry Bonds / Bobby Bonilla TL
  • 232 Bob James
  • 233 Rafael Santana
  • 234 Ken Dayley
  • 235 Gary Ward
  • 236 Ted Power
  • 237 Mike Heath
  • 238 Luis Polonia RC
  • 239 Roy Smalley
  • 240 Lee Smith
  • 241 Damaso Garcia
  • 242 Tom Niedenfuer
  • 243 Mark Ryal
  • 244 Jeff Robinson
  • 245 Rich Gedman
  • 246 Mike Campbell RC FS
  • 247 Thad Bosley
  • 248 Storm Davis
  • 249 Mike Marshall
  • 250 Nolan Ryan
  • 251 Tom Foley
  • 252 Bob Brower
  • 253 Checklist #2 133-264
  • 254 Lee Elia MGR
  • 255 Mookie Wilson
  • 256 Ken Schrom
  • 257 Jerry Royster
  • 258 Ed Nunez
  • 259 Ron Kittle
  • 260 Vince Coleman UER (Was born in 1961, not 1960)
  • 261 Will Clark / Candy Maldonado / Jose Uribe TL
  • 262 Drew Hall
  • 263 Glenn Braggs
  • 264 Les Straker RC
  • 265 Bo Diaz
  • 266 Paul Assenmacher
  • 267 Billy Bean RC
  • 268 Bruce Ruffin
  • 269 Ellis Burks RC Rcup
  • 270 Mike Witt
  • 271 Ken Gerhart
  • 272 Steve Ontiveros
  • 273 Garth Iorg
  • 274 Junior Ortiz
  • 275 Kevin Seitzer RCup
  • 276 Luis Salazar
  • 277 Alejandro Pena
  • 278 Jose Cruz
  • 279 Randy St. Claire
  • 280 Pete Incaviglia
  • 281 Jerry Hairston
  • 282 Pat Perry
  • 283 Phil Lombardi
  • 284 Larry Bowa MGR
  • 285 Jim Presley
  • 286 Chuck Crim RC
  • 287 Manny Trillo
  • 288 Pat Pacillo
  • 289 Dave Bergman
  • 290 Tony Fernandez
  • 291 Kevin Bass / Billy Hatcher TL
  • 292 Carney Lansford
  • 293 Doug Jones RC
  • 294 Al Pedrique RCup
  • 295 Bert Blyleven
  • 296 Floyd Rayford
  • 297 Zane Smith
  • 298 Milt Thompson
  • 299 Steve Crawford
  • 300 Don Mattingly
  • 301 Bud Black
  • 302 Jose Uribe
  • 303 Eric Show
  • 304 George Hendrick
  • 305 Steve Sax
  • 306 Billy Hatcher
  • 307 Mike Trujillo
  • 308 Lee Mazzilli
  • 309 Bill Long RC
  • 310 Tom Herr
  • 311 Scott Sanderson
  • 312 Joey Meyer FS
  • 313 Bob McClure
  • 314 Jimy Williams MGR
  • 315 Dave Parker
  • 316 Jose Rijo
  • 317 Tom Nieto
  • 318 Mel Hall
  • 319 Mike Loynd
  • 320 Alan Trammell
  • 321 Harold Baines / Carlton Fisk TL
  • 322 Vicente Palacios RC
  • 323 Rick Leach
  • 324 Danny Jackson
  • 325 Glenn Hubbard
  • 326 Al Nipper
  • 327 Larry Sheets
  • 328 Greg Cadaret
  • 329 Chris Speier
  • 330 Eddie Whitson
  • 331 Brian Downing
  • 332 Jerry Reed
  • 333 Wally Backman
  • 334 Dave LaPoint
  • 335 Claudell Washington
  • 336 Ed Lynch
  • 337 Jim Gantner
  • 338 Brian Holton UER (ERA for '87 was 3.89)
  • 339 Kurt Stillwell
  • 340 Jack Morris
  • 341 Carmen Castillo
  • 342 Larry Andersen
  • 343 Greg Gagne
  • 344 Tony LaRussa MGR
  • 345 Scott Fletcher
  • 346 Vance Law
  • 347 Joe Johnson
  • 348 Jim Eisenreich
  • 349 Bob Walk
  • 350 Will Clark
  • 351 Red Schoendienst / Tony Pena TL
  • 352 Billy Ripken RC
  • 353 Ed Olwine
  • 354 Marc Sullivan
  • 355 Roger McDowell
  • 356 Luis Aguayo
  • 357 Floyd Bannister
  • 358 Rey Quinones
  • 359 Tim Stoddard
  • 360 Tony Gwynn
  • 361 Greg Maddux
  • 362 Juan Castillo
  • 363 Willie Fraser
  • 364 Nick Esasky
  • 365 Floyd Youmans
  • 366 Chet Lemon
  • 367 Tim Leary
  • 368 Gerald Young
  • 369 Greg Harris
  • 370 Jose Canseco
  • 371 Joe Hesketh
  • 372 Matt Williams RC
  • 373 Checklist #3 265-396
  • 374 Doc Edwards MGR
  • 375 Tom Brunansky
  • 376 Bill Wilkinson RC
  • 377 Sam Horn RC
  • 378 Todd Frohwirth RC
  • 379 Rafael Ramirez
  • 380 Joe Magrane RC
  • 381 Wally Joyner / Jack Howell TL
  • 382 Keith Miller RC
  • 383 Eric Bell
  • 384 Neil Allen
  • 385 Carlton Fisk

All-Stars

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  • 386 Don Mattingly
  • 387 Willie Randolph
  • 388 Wade Boggs
  • 389 Alan Trammell
  • 390 George Bell
  • 391 Kiy Puckett
  • 392 Dave Winfield
  • 393 Matt Nokes
  • 394 Roger Clemens
  • 395 Jimmy Key
  • 396 Tom Henke
  • 397 Jack Clark
  • 398 Juan Samuel
  • 399 Tim Wallach
  • 400 Ozzie Smith
  • 401 Andre Dawson
  • 402 Tony Gwynn
  • 403 Tim Raines
  • 404 Benny Santiago
  • 405 Dwight Gooden
  • 406 Shane Rawley
  • 407 Steve Bedrosian

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  • 408 Dion James
  • 409 Joel McKeon
  • 410 Tony Pena
  • 411 Wayne Tolleson
  • 412 Randy Myers
  • 413 John Christensen
  • 414 John McNamara MGR
  • 415 Don Carman
  • 416 Keith Moreland
  • 417 Mark Ciardi RC
  • 418 Joel Youngblood
  • 419 Scott McGregor
  • 420 Wally Joyner
  • 421 Ed Vande Berg
  • 422 Dave Concepcion
  • 423 John Smiley RC
  • 424 Dwayne Murphy
  • 425 Jeff Reardon
  • 426 Randy Ready
  • 427 Paul Kilgus
  • 428 John Shelby
  • 429 Alan Trammell / Kirk Gibson TL
  • 430 Glenn Davis
  • 431 Casey Candaele RCup
  • 432 Mike Moore
  • 433 Bill Pecota RC
  • 434 Rick Aguilera
  • 435 Mike Pagliarulo
  • 436 Mike Bielecki
  • 437 Fred Manrique RC
  • 438 Rob Ducey RC
  • 439 Dave Martinez
  • 440 Steve Bedrosian
  • 441 Rick Manning
  • 442 Tom Bolton RC
  • 443 Ken Griffey
  • 444 Cal Ripken, Sr. MGR UER (Two copyright dates on reverse)
  • 445 Mike Krukow
  • 446 Doug DeCinces
  • 447 Jeff Montgomery RC
  • 448 Mike Davis
  • 449 Jeff Robinson RC
  • 450 Barry Bonds
  • 451 Keith Atherton
  • 452 Willie Wilson
  • 453 Dennis Powell
  • 454 Marvell Wynne
  • 455 Shawn Hillegas RC
  • 456 Dave Anderson
  • 457 Terry Leach
  • 458 Ron Hassey
  • 459 Dave Winfield / Willie Randolph TL
  • 460 Ozzie Smith
  • 461 Danny Darwin
  • 462 Don Slaught
  • 463 Fred McGriff
  • 464 Jay Tibbs
  • 465 Paul Molitor
  • 466 Jerry Mumphrey
  • 467 Don Aase
  • 468 Darren Daulton
  • 469 Jeff Dedmon
  • 470 Dwight Evans
  • 471 Donnie Moore
  • 472 Robby Thompson
  • 473 Joe Niekro
  • 474 Tom Brookens
  • 475 Pete Rose MGR
  • 476 Dave Stewart
  • 477 Jamie Quirk
  • 478 Sid Bream
  • 479 Brett Butler
  • 480 Dwight Gooden
  • 481 Mariano Duncan
  • 482 Mark Davis
  • 483 Rod Booker RC
  • 484 Pat Clements
  • 485 Harold Reynolds
  • 486 Pat Keedy RC
  • 487 Jim Pankovits
  • 488 Andy McGaffigan
  • 489 Pedro Guerrero / Fernando Valenzuela TL
  • 490 Larry Parrish
  • 491 B.J. Surhoff
  • 492 Doyle Alexander UER (Born Sept. 4th, not Sept. 5th)
  • 493 Mike Greenwell RCup
  • 494 Wally Ritchie RC
  • 495 Eddie Murray
  • 496 Guy Hoffman
  • 497 Kevin Mitchell
  • 498 Bob Boone
  • 499 Eric King
  • 500 Andre Dawson
  • 501 Tim Birtsas
  • 502 Danny Gladden
  • 503 Junior Noboa RC
  • 504 Bob Rodgers MGR
  • 505 Willie Upshaw
  • 506 John Cangelosi
  • 507 Mark Gubicza
  • 508 Tim Teufel
  • 509 Bill Dawley
  • 510 Dave Winfield
  • 511 Joel Davis
  • 512 Alex Trevino
  • 513 Tim Flannery
  • 514 Pat Sheridan
  • 515 Juan Nieves
  • 516 Jim Sundberg
  • 517 Ron Robinson
  • 518 Greg Gross
  • 519 Harold Reynolds / Phil Bradlery TL
  • 520 Dave Smith
  • 521 Jim Dwyer
  • 522 Bob Patterson RC
  • 523 Gary Roenicke
  • 524 Gary Lucas
  • 525 Marty Barrett
  • 526 Juan Berenguer
  • 527 Steve Henderson
  • 528a Checklist #4 397-528 ERR (#455: Steve Carlton)
  • 528b Checklist #4 397-528 COR (#455: Shawn Hillegas)
  • 529 Tim Burke
  • 530 Gary Carter
  • 531 Rich Yett
  • 532 Mike Kingery
  • 533 John Farrell RC
  • 534 John Wathan MGR
  • 535 Ron Guidry
  • 536 John Morris
  • 537 Steve Buechele
  • 538 Bill Wegman
  • 539 Mike LaValliere
  • 540 Bret Saberhagen
  • 541 Juan Beniquez
  • 542 Paul Noce RC
  • 543 Kent Tekulve
  • 544 Jim Traber
  • 545 Don Baylor
  • 546 John Candelaria
  • 547 Felix Fermin
  • 548 Shane Mack
  • 549 Dion James / Dale Murphy / Ken Griffey, Sr. / Gerald Perry TL
  • 550 Pedro Guerrero
  • 551 Terry Steinbach
  • 552 Mark Thurmond
  • 553 Tracy Jones
  • 554 Mike Smithson
  • 555 Brook Jacoby
  • 556 Stan Clarke RC
  • 557 Craig Reynolds
  • 558 Bob Ojeda
  • 559 Ken Williams RC
  • 560 Tim Wallach
  • 561 Rick Cerone
  • 562 Jim Lindeman
  • 563 Jose Guzman
  • 564 Frank Lucchesi MGR
  • 565 Lloyd Moseby
  • 566 Charlie O'Brien RC
  • 567 Mike Diaz
  • 568 Chris Brown
  • 569 Charlie Leibrandt
  • 570 Jeffrey Leonard
  • 571 Mark Williamson RC
  • 572 Chris James
  • 573 Bob Stanley
  • 574 Graig Nettles
  • 575 Don Sutton
  • 576 Tommy Hinzo RC
  • 577 Tom Browning
  • 578 Gary Gaetti
  • 579 Gary Carter / Kevin McReynolds TL
  • 580 Mark McGwire RCup
  • 581 Tito Landrum
  • 582 Mike Henneman RC
  • 583 Dave Valle
  • 584 Steve Trout
  • 585 Ozzie Guillen
  • 586 Bob Forsch
  • 587 Terry Puhl
  • 588 Jeff Parrett RC
  • 589 Geno Petralli
  • 590 George Bell
  • 591 Doug Drabek
  • 592 Dale Sveum
  • 593 Bob Tewksbury
  • 594 Bobby Valentine MGR
  • 595 Frank White
  • 596 John Kruk
  • 597 Gene Gaer
  • 598 Lee Lacy
  • 599 Calvin Schiraldi
  • 600 Mike Schmidt
  • 601 Jack Lazorko
  • 602 Mike Aldrete
  • 603 Rob Murphy
  • 604 Chris Bando
  • 605 Kirk Gibson
  • 606 Moose Haas
  • 607 Mickey Hatcher
  • 608 Charlie Kerfeld
  • 609 Gary Gaetti / Kent Hrbek TL
  • 610 Keith Hernandez
  • 611 Tommy John
  • 612 Curt Ford
  • 613 Bobby Thigpen
  • 614 Herm Winningham
  • 615 Jody Davis
  • 616 Jay Aldrich
  • 617 Oddibe McDowell
  • 618 Cecil Fielder
  • 619 Mike Dunne RCup
  • 620 Cory Snyder
  • 621 Gene Nelson
  • 622 Kal Daniels
  • 623 Mike Flanagan
  • 624 Jim Leyland MGR
  • 625 Frank Viola
  • 626 Glenn Wilson
  • 627 Joe Boever RC
  • 628 Dave Henderson
  • 629 Kelly Downs UER (1984 statline displayed as "4")
  • 630 Darrell Evans
  • 631 Jack Howell
  • 632 Steve Shields
  • 633 Barry Lyons RC
  • 634 Jose DeLeon
  • 635 Terry Pendleton
  • 636 Charles Hudson
  • 637 Jay Bell RC
  • 638 Steve Balboni
  • 639 Tony Muser / Glenn Braggs TL
  • 640 Garry Templeton UER (Birthplace mispelled "Lockney, TX")
  • 641 Rick Honeycutt
  • 642 Bob Dernier
  • 643 Rocky Childress RC
  • 644 Terry McGriff
  • 645 Matt Nokes RC RCup
  • 646 Checklist #5 529-660
  • 647 Pascual Perez
  • 648 Al Newman
  • 649 DeWayne Buice RC
  • 650 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 651 Mike Jackson RC
  • 652 Bruce Benedict
  • 653 Jeff Sellers
  • 654 Roger Craig MGR
  • 655 Len Dykstra
  • 656 Lee Guetterman
  • 657 Gary Redus
  • 658 Tim Conroy
  • 659 Bobby Meacham
  • 660 Rick Reuschel

Turn Back the Clock

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  • 661 Nolan Ryan
  • 662 Jim Rice
  • 663 Ron Blomberg
  • 664 Bob Gibson
  • 665 Stan Musial

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  • 666 Mario Soto
  • 667 Luis Quinones
  • 668 Walt Terrell
  • 669 Lance Parrish / Mike Ryan TL
  • 670 Dan Plesac
  • 671 Tim Laudner
  • 672 John Davis RC
  • 673 Tony Phillips
  • 674 Mike Fitzgerald
  • 675 Jim Rice
  • 676 Ken Dixon
  • 677 Eddie Milner
  • 678 Jim Acker
  • 679 Darrell Miller
  • 680 Charlie Hough
  • 681 Bobby Bonilla
  • 682 Jimmy Key
  • 683 Julio Franco
  • 684 Hal Lanier MGR
  • 685 Ron Darling
  • 686 Terry Francona
  • 687 Mickey Brantley
  • 688 Jim Winn
  • 689 Tom Pagnozzi RC
  • 690 Jay Howell
  • 691 Dan Pasqua
  • 692 Mike Birkbeck UER (Had zero saves in '84)
  • 693 Benny Santiago
  • 694 Eric Nolte RC
  • 695 Shawon Dunston
  • 696 Duane Ward
  • 697 Steve Lombardozzi
  • 698 Brad Havens
  • 699 Tony Gwynn / Benito Santiago TL
  • 700 George Brett
  • 701 Sammy Stewart
  • 702 Mike Gallego
  • 703 Bob Brenly
  • 704 Dennis Boyd
  • 705 Juan Samuel
  • 706 Rick Mahler
  • 707 Fred Lynn
  • 708 Gus Polidor
  • 709 George Frazier
  • 710 Darryl Strawberry
  • 711 Bill Gullickson
  • 712 John Moses
  • 713 Willie Hernandez
  • 714 Jim Fregosi MGR
  • 715 Todd Worrell
  • 716 Lenn Sakata UER (Born in '54, not '53)
  • 717 Jay Baller
  • 718 Mike Felder
  • 719 Denny Walling
  • 720 Tim Raines
  • 721 Pete O'Brien
  • 722 Manny Lee
  • 723 Bob Kipper
  • 724 Danny Tartabull
  • 725 Mike Boddicker
  • 726 Alfredo Griffin
  • 727 Greg Booker
  • 728 Andy Allanson
  • 729 Fred McGriff / George Bell TL
  • 730 John Franco
  • 731 Rick Schu
  • 732 Dave Palmer
  • 733 Spike Owen
  • 734 Craig Lefferts
  • 735 Kevin McReynolds
  • 736 Matt Young
  • 737 Butch Wynegar
  • 738 Scott Bankhead
  • 739 Daryl Boston
  • 740 Rick Sutcliffe
  • 741 Mike Easler
  • 742 Mark Clear
  • 743 Larry Herndon
  • 744 Whitey Herzog MGR
  • 745 Bill Doran
  • 746 Gene Larkin RC
  • 747 Bobby Witt
  • 748 Reid Nichols
  • 749 Mark Eichhorn
  • 750 Bo Jackson
  • 751 Jim Morrison
  • 752 Mark Grant
  • 753 Danny Heep
  • 754 Mike LaCoss
  • 755 Ozzie Virgil
  • 756 Mike Maddux
  • 757 John Marzano
  • 758 Eddie Williams RC
  • 759 Mark McGwire / Jose Canseco TL UER (Two copyright dates on reverse)
  • 760 Mike Scott
  • 761 Tony Armas
  • 762 Scott Bradley
  • 763 Doug Sisk
  • 764 Greg Walker
  • 765 Neal Heaton
  • 766 Henry Cotto
  • 767 Jose Lind RC FS
  • 768 Dickie Noles
  • 769 Cecil Cooper
  • 770 Lou Whitaker
  • 771 Ruben Sierra
  • 772 Sal Butera
  • 773 Frank Williams
  • 774 Gene Mauch MGR
  • 775 Dave Stieb
  • 776 Checklist #6 661-792
  • 777 Lonnie Smith
  • 778a Keith Comstock ERR ("Padres" in white)
  • 778b Keith Comstock COR ("Padres" in blue)
  • 779 Tom Glavine RC
  • 780 Fernando Valenzuela
  • 781 Keith Hughes RC
  • 782 Jeff Ballard RC
  • 783 Ron Roenicke
  • 784 Joe Sambito
  • 785 Alvin Davis
  • 786 Joe Price
  • 787 Bill Almon
  • 788 Ray Searage
  • 789 Joe Carter / Cory Snyder TL
  • 790 Dave Righetti
  • 791 Ted Simmons
  • 792 John Tudor

Errors and Variations

  • On early copies of card #3, there appears a white "triangle" next to Mark McGwire's left foot. This was quickly corrected.
  • Early copies of card #4 have a block of text on the front that does not appear on other Record Breaker subset cards. This too, was also quickly corrected.
  • Probably the most significant error card was that of #18 which had a photo of Yankee farm hand Steve George instead of Al Leiter. A correction was issued.
  • Steve Carlton was on the provisional checklist as card #455; however, he was released after the '87 season and pulled from the '88 Topps checklist (to be replaced by Shawn Hillegas). Early copies of Checklist #4 (card #528 in the set), show card #455 as Carlton. Corrections were issued.
  • Card #778 shows the word "PADRES" in either white or blue text. The white card is scarcer.

Parallels

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In 1988, Topps allegedly produced 25,000 Tiffany sets which are identical to the regular issue set, except for the higher quality white cardboard stock and the addition of a protective UV coating giving the cards a high gloss. According to the site tiffanycards.com, sets with serial numbers as high as 29,000 have surfaced.

Inserts

Box Bottoms

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These "cards" were featured four to a box on the bottom of each waxbox. There were four different panels for a total of 16 cards. The set is lettered A-P rather than sequentially-numbered. When individually cut out, each card measures 2.5" X 3.5". The design is identical to that of the base set, only with light blue borders.

NOTE: The same sixteen cards were also printed on the bottom of 1988 O-Pee-Chee waxboxes -- the only difference being French text on the back.

Panel 1

  • A Don Baylor
  • B Steve Bedrosian
  • C Juan Beniquez
  • D Bob Boone

Panel 2

  • E Darrell Evans
  • F Tony Gwynn
  • G John Kruk
  • H Marvell Wynne

Panel 3

  • I Joe Carter
  • J Eric Davis
  • K Howard Johnson
  • L Darryl Strawberry

Panel 4

  • M Rickey Henderson
  • N Nolan Ryan
  • O Mike Schmidt
  • P Kent Tekulve

Glossy Send-Ins

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This 60-card set was available by mailing in the special offer cards found in 1988 Topps wax packs. For six special offer cards, and a nominal shipping & handling fee of $1.25, collectors could choose one of six different "series" of Glossies, with two cards per series (cards ending in 9 and 0) featuring a "young star." For 18 special offer cards and $7.50 shipping and handling, collectors would receive the whole 60-card set.

The design of the set is identical to previous year's Glossies, except for a thin, magenta, border.

Series A

  • 1 Andre Dawson
  • 2 Jesse Barfield
  • 3 Mike Schmidt
  • 4 Ruben Sierra
  • 5 Mike Scott
  • 6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 7 Gary Carter
  • 8 Kent Hrbek
  • 9 Kevin Seitzer
  • 10 Mike Henneman

Series B

  • 11 Don Mattingly
  • 12 Tim Raines
  • 13 Roger Clemens
  • 14 Ryne Sandberg
  • 15 Tony Fernandez
  • 16 Eric Davis
  • 17 Jack Morris
  • 18 Tim Wallach
  • 19 Mike Dunne
  • 20 Mike Greenwell

Series C

  • 21 Dwight Evans
  • 22 Darryl Strawberry
  • 23 Cory Snyder
  • 24 Pedro Guerrero
  • 25 Rickey Henderson
  • 26 Dale Murphy
  • 27 Kirby Puckett
  • 28 Steve Bedrosian
  • 29 Devon White
  • 30 Benito Santiago

Series D

  • 31 George Bell
  • 32 Keith Hernandez
  • 33 Dave Stewart
  • 34 Dave Parker
  • 35 Tom Henke
  • 36 Willie McGee
  • 37 Alan Trammell
  • 38 Tony Gwynn
  • 39 Mark McGwire
  • 40 Joe Magrane

Series E

  • 41 Jack Clark
  • 42 Willie Randolph
  • 43 Juan Samuel
  • 44 Joe Carter
  • 45 Shane Rawley
  • 46 Dave Winfield
  • 47 Ozzie Smith
  • 48 Wally Joyner
  • 49 B.J. Surhoff
  • 50 Ellis Burks

Series F

  • 51 Wade Boggs
  • 52 Howard Johnson
  • 53 George Brett
  • 54 Dwight Gooden
  • 55 Jose Canseco
  • 56 Lee Smith
  • 57 Paul Molitor
  • 58 Andres Galarraga
  • 59 Matt Nokes
  • 60 Casey Candaele

Glossy All-Stars

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One card from this 22-card set was inserted into each 43-card rack pack. The design of the set is identical to previous years Glossy All-Stars. The checklist consists of the starting line-ups for the 1987 All-Star Game, both managers, and both team's honorary captain.

  • 1 John McNamara
  • 2 Don Mattingly
  • 3 Willie Randolph
  • 4 Wade Boggs
  • 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 6 George Bell
  • 7 Rickey Henderson
  • 8 Dave Winfield
  • 9 Terry Kennedy
  • 10 Bret Saberhagen
  • 11 Jim Hunter
  • 12 Dave Johnson
  • 13 Jack Clark
  • 14 Ryne Sandberg
  • 15 Mike Schmidt
  • 16 Ozzie Smith
  • 17 Eric Davis
  • 18 Andre Dawson
  • 19 Darryl Strawberry
  • 20 Gary Carter
  • 21 Mike Scott
  • 22 Billy Williams

Glossy Rookies

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New for '88 was the Glossy Rookies insert. One card from this 22-card set was inserted into each 91-card "supermarket jumbo" pack. The design of the cards slightly resemble the Glossy All-Star set.

  • 1 Bill Ripken
  • 2 Ellis Burks
  • 3 Mike Greenwell
  • 4 DeWayne Buice
  • 5 Devon White
  • 6 Fred Manrique
  • 7 Mike Henneman
  • 8 Matt Nokes
  • 9 Kevin Seitzer
  • 10 B.J. Surhoff
  • 11 Casey Candaele
  • 12 Randy Myers
  • 13 Mark McGwire
  • 14 Luis Polonia
  • 15 Terry Steinbach
  • 16 Mike Dunne
  • 17 Al Pedrique
  • 18 Benito Santiago
  • 19 Kelly Downs
  • 20 Joe Magrane
  • 21 Jerry Browne
  • 22 Jeff Musselman