1988 Score
Description
1988 Score is a 660 card set that was distributed by Major League Marketing (the parent company of Sportflics). The set is distinguished by the fact that each card back shows a full-color picture of the player; and the set is broken up into six distinctive 110-card color subsets.
Subsets include Reggie Jackson Tribute (500-504), Rookie Prospects (623-647), and 1987 Season Highlights (648-660).
Card #501, is one of the few cards of Reggie Jackson depicted as a Baltimore Oriole.
Rookie Cards in this set include Ken Caminiti, Tom Glavine and Matt Williams.
Distribution
Wax: 36 packs per box, 17 cards plus one "Magic Motion" Trivia Card per pack. 20 boxes per case
Rack: 24 rack packs per box, 54 cards per three "Magic Motion" Trivia Cards rack. Three boxes per case.
Factory Sets
Glossy Factory Sets (limited to 5000 sets)
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards |
|---|---|
| Base | 660 |
| Young Superstars Series One | 40 |
Checklist
Samples
Early in 1988, Score prepared some samples to show prospective dealers and buyers of the new Score cards what they would look like. These sample cards are distinguished by the fact that there is a row of zeroes for the 1987 season statistics since the season was not over when these sample cards were being printed. The cards are standard size and are virtually indistinguishable from the regular 1988 Score cards of the same players except for border color variations in a few instances.
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Base Set
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Reggie Jackson Tribute
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1988 Rookie Prospects
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1987 Highlights
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Errors and Variations
40 Willie McGee UER ("Excited" misspelled as "excitd" on last line of first paragraph on back of card)
87 Rick Honeycutt UER (Years and statlines do not match on back of card)
93A Greg Walker ERR (Card "98 of 66" on back of card)
93B Greg Walker COR (Card "93 of 660" on back of card)
126A Dave Valle ERR (First name of "Dale" on front and back of card)
126B Dave Valle COR (First name correct on both sides of card)
133A Larry Andersen ERR (Last name spelled "Anderson" on front and back of card)
133B Larry Andersen COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
134A Bob Brenly ERR (Last name spelled "Brenley" on front and back of card)
134B Bob Brenly COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
158A Lee Mazzilli ERR (Last name spelled "Mazilli" on front and back of card)
158B Lee Mazzilli COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
209 Marvell Wynne UER (First name spelled "Marvelle" on front and back of card)
261A Tom Niedenfuer ERR (Last name spelled "Neidenfuer" on front and back of card)
261B Tom Niedenfuer COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
297A Terry Francona ERR (Last name spelled "Franconia" on front and back of card)
297B Terry Francona COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
419A John Christensen ERR (Last name spelled "Christiansen" on front and back of card)
419B John Christensen COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
496 Robbie Wine UER (Name misspelled "Robby" on front of card)
587 Lee Tunnell UER (1987 ERA stat reads ".4.84")
Parallels
Score Glossy
Similar to Topps Tiffany and Fleer Glossy, 1988 Score Glossy is a 660 card parallel of the regular 1988 Score set. 5000 serial-numbered sets were produced; however, the individual cards are not. These sets were issued in factory set versions only and released solely through Major League Marketing's Hobby accounts.
Inserts
Young Superstars Series One
This high-gloss set was inserted into rack packs and as a factory set and features 40 of the top prospects for 1988. A second series of 40 cards was sold exclusively as a factory set.
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Box Bottoms
Similar to their competitors, Score printed "cards" on the bottoms of their wax boxes. Unlike the competition, the design of the 1988 Score Box Bottoms was original. There are six different wax box bottom panels each featuring three players and a trivia question. When panels are cut into individual cards, they are standard size. The card backs of the players feature the respective League logos most prominently.
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Do You Remember? Trivia
Each pack contained one of 56 Do You Remember? lenticular "Magic Motion" Trivia cards. At the time, Topps had the exclusive right to sell packs of baseball cards as a stand-alone product, so each pack of Score had to include something other than baseball cards. (This is the same reason each pack of Donruss and Fleer came with a jigsaw puzzle piece or team logo sticker.)
The 56-card set features a moment in baseball history -- although no images of the player in question appear on the card. An entire set was included in each factory set.
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