1990 Topps

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Description

The 1990 Topps set consists of 792 standard-sized baseball cards. The cards are printed on gray stock. The card fronts have a non-glossy finish and feature color photographs of players. The card borders are colored with a fading rotating pattern in various colors (orange, blue, red, green, and purple) which don't relate to the player's team colors. The photo itself has a colored frame which, more-or-less, relate to the team colors. The card reverse is non-finished, with a mustard yellow color. As Topps has done for years, the backs contain player personal stats, career stats and a few lines of player trivia.

Tiffany Sets are identical to the regular set, except for white cardboard stock and a glossy finish. Tiffany sets were distributed exclusive to The Hobby and limited to 15,000 factory sets.

Key Rookie Cards include: Frank Thomas, Sammy Sosa, Bernie Williams, Larry Walker and Juan Gonzalez.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box; 16 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.50); 20 boxes per case

Cello: 24 packs per box; 31 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.89)

Rack: 24 pack per box; 46 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49)

Jumbos: 43 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49)

Supermarket Jumbos: 106 cards per pack

Blisters: 100 cards per pack (exclusive to K-Mart stores)

Vending: 500 cards per box; 24 boxes per case

Factory Sets

Tiffany Factory Sets

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards
Base 792

Checklist

Base Set

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  • 1 Nolan Ryan

Nolan Ryan Salute

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  • 2 Nolan Ryan
  • 3 Nolan Ryan
  • 4 Nolan Ryan
  • 5 Nolan Ryan

'89 Record Breaker

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  • 6 Vince Coleman
  • 7 Rickey Henderson
  • 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.

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  • 9 Eric Plunk
  • 10 Barry Larkin
  • 11 Paul Gibson
  • 12 Joe Girardi
  • 13 Mark Williamson
  • 14 Mike Fetters RC
  • 15 Teddy Higuera
  • 16 Kent Anderson
  • 17 Kelly Downs
  • 18 Carlos Quintana
  • 19 Al Newman
  • 20 Mark Gubicza
  • 21 Jeff Torborg MGR
  • 22 Bruce Ruffin
  • 23 Randy Velarde
  • 24 Joe Hesketh
  • 25 Willie Randolph
  • 26 Don Slaught
  • 27 Rick Leach
  • 28 Duane Ward
  • 29 John Cangelosi
  • 30 David Cone
  • 31 Henry Cotto
  • 32 John Farrell
  • 33 Greg Walker
  • 34 Tony Fossas RC
  • 35 Benito Santiago
  • 36 John Costello
  • 37 Domingo Ramos
  • 38 Wes Gardner
  • 39 Curt Ford
  • 40 Jay Howell
  • 41 Matt Williams
  • 42 Jeff M. Robinson
  • 43 Dante Bichette
  • 44 Roger Salkeld DP RC
  • 45 Dave Parker
  • 46 Rob Dibble
  • 47 Brian Harper
  • 48 Zane Smith
  • 49 Tom Lawless
  • 50 Glenn Davis
  • 51 Doug Rader MGR
  • 52 Jack Daugherty RC
  • 53 Mike LaCoss
  • 54 Joel Skinner
  • 55 Darrell Evans
  • 56 Franklin Stubbs
  • 57 Greg Vaughn
  • 58 Keith Miller
  • 59 Ted Power
  • 60 George Brett
  • 61 Deion Sanders
  • 62 Ramon Martinez
  • 63 Mike Pagliarulo
  • 64 Danny Darwin
  • 65 Devon White
  • 66 Greg Litton
  • 67 Scott Sanderson
  • 68 Dave Henderson
  • 69 Todd Frohwirth
  • 70 Mike Greenwell
  • 71 Allan Anderson
  • 72 Jeff Huson RC
  • 73 Bob Milacki
  • 74 Jeff Jackson DP RC
  • 75 Doug Jones
  • 76 Dave Valle
  • 77 Dave Bergman
  • 78 Mike Flanagan
  • 79 Ron Kittle
  • 80 Jeff Russell
  • 81 Bob Rodgers MGR
  • 82 Scott Terry
  • 83 Hensley Meulens
  • 84 Ray Searage
  • 85 Juan Samuel
  • 86 Paul Kilgus
  • 87 Rick Luecken RC
  • 88 Glenn Braggs
  • 89 Clint Zavaras
  • 90 Jack Clark
  • 91 Steve Frey
  • 92 Mike Stanley
  • 93 Shawn Hillegas
  • 94 Herm Winningham
  • 95 Todd Worrell
  • 96 Jody Reed
  • 97 Curt Schilling
  • 98 Jose Gonzalez
  • 99 Rich Monteleone
  • 100 Will Clark
  • 101 Shane Rawley
  • 102 Stan Javier
  • 103 Marvin Freeman
  • 104 Bob Knepper
  • 105 Randy Myers
  • 106 Charlie O'Brien
  • 107 Fred Lynn
  • 108 Rod Nichols
  • 109 Roberto Kelly
  • 110 Tommy Helms MGR
  • 111 Ed Whited RC
  • 112 Glenn Wilson
  • 113 Manny Lee
  • 114 Mike Bielecki
  • 115 Tony Pena
  • 116 Floyd Bannister
  • 117 Mike Sharperson
  • 118 Erik Hanson
  • 119 Billy Hatcher
  • 120 John Franco
  • 121 Robin Ventura
  • 122 Shawn Abner
  • 123 Rich Gedman
  • 124 Dave Dravecky
  • 125 Kent Hrbek
  • 126 Randy Kramer
  • 127 Mike Devereaux
  • 128 Checklist
  • 129 Ron Jones
  • 130 Bert Blyleven
  • 131 Matt Nokes
  • 132 Lance Blankenship
  • 133 Ricky Horton
  • 134 Earl Cunningham DP RC
  • 135 Dave Magadan
  • 136 Kevin Brown
  • 137 Marty Pevey RC
  • 138 Al Leiter
  • 139 Greg Brock
  • 140 Andre Dawson
  • 141 John Hart MGR
  • 142 Jeff Wetherby RC
  • 143 Rafael Belliard
  • 144 Bud Black
  • 145 Terry Steinbach
  • 146 Rob Richie RC
  • 147 Chuck Finley
  • 148 Edgar Martinez
  • 149 Steve Farr
  • 150 Kirk Gibson
  • 151 Rick Mahler
  • 152 Lonnie Smith
  • 153 Randy Milligan
  • 154 Mike Maddux
  • 155 Ellis Burks
  • 156 Ken Patterson
  • 157 Craig Biggio
  • 158 Craig Lefferts
  • 159 Mike Felder
  • 160 Dave Righetti
  • 161 Harold Reynolds
  • 162 Todd Zeile
  • 163 Phil Bradley
  • 164 Jeff Juden DP RC
  • 165 Walt Weiss
  • 166 Bobby Witt
  • 167 Kevin Appier
  • 168 Jose Lind
  • 169 Rich Dotson
  • 170 George Bell
  • 171 Russ Nixon MGR
  • 172 Tom Lampkin
  • 173 Tim Belcher
  • 174 Jeff Kunkel
  • 175 Mike Moore
  • 176 Luis Quinones
  • 177 Mike Henneman
  • 178 Chris James
  • 179 Brian Holton
  • 180 Tim Raines
  • 181 Juan Agosto
  • 182 Mookie Wilson
  • 183 Steve Lake
  • 184 Danny Cox
  • 185 Ruben Sierra
  • 186 Dave LaPoint
  • 187 Rick Wrona
  • 188 Mike Smithson
  • 189 Dick Schofield
  • 190 Rick Reuschel
  • 191 Pat Borders
  • 192 Don August
  • 193 Andy Benes
  • 194 Glenallen Hill
  • 195 Tim Burke
  • 196 Gerald Young
  • 197 Doug Drabek
  • 198 Mike Marshall
  • 199 Sergio Valdez
  • 200 Don Mattingly
  • 201 Cito Gaston MGR
  • 202 Mike Macfarlane
  • 203 Mike Roesler
  • 204 Bob Dernier
  • 205 Mark Davis
  • 206 Nick Esasky
  • 207 Bob Ojeda
  • 208 Brook Jacoby
  • 209 Greg Mathews
  • 210 Ryne Sandberg
  • 211 John Cerutti
  • 212 Joe Orsulak
  • 213 Scott Bankhead
  • 214 Terry Francona
  • 215 Kirk McCaskill
  • 216 Ricky Jordan
  • 217 Don Robinson
  • 218 Wally Backman
  • 219 Donn Pall
  • 220 Barry Bonds
  • 221 Gary Mielke RC
  • 222 Kurt Stillwell
  • 223 Tommy Gregg
  • 224 Delino DeShields RC
  • 225 Jim Deshaies
  • 226 Mickey Hatcher
  • 227 Kevin Tapani RC
  • 228 Dave Martinez
  • 229 David Wells
  • 230 Keith Hernandez
  • 231 Jack McKeon MGR
  • 232 Darnell Coles
  • 233 Ken Hill
  • 234 Mariano Duncan
  • 235 Jeff Reardon
  • 236 Hal Morris
  • 237 Kevin Ritz RC
  • 238 Felix Jose
  • 239 Eric Show
  • 240 Mark Grace
  • 241 Mike Krukow
  • 242 Fred Manrique
  • 243 Barry Jones
  • 244 Bill Schroeder
  • 245 Roger Clemens
  • 246 Jim Eisenreich
  • 247 Jerry Reed
  • 248 Dave Anderson
  • 249 Mike Smith RC
  • 250 Jose Canseco
  • 251 Jeff Blauser
  • 252 Otis Nixon
  • 253 Mark Portugal
  • 254 Francisco Cabrera
  • 255 Bobby Thigpen
  • 256 Marvell Wynne
  • 257 Jose DeLeon
  • 258 Barry Lyons
  • 259 Lance McCullers
  • 260 Eric Davis
  • 261 Whitey Herzog MGR
  • 262 Checklist
  • 263 Mel Stottlemyre, Jr.
  • 264 Bryan Clutterbuck
  • 265 Pete O'Brien
  • 266 German Gonzalez
  • 267 Mark Davidson
  • 268 Rob Murphy
  • 269 Dickie Thon
  • 270 Dave Stewart
  • 271 Chet Lemon
  • 272 Bryan Harvey
  • 273 Bobby Bonilla
  • 274 Mauro Gozzo RC
  • 275 Mickey Tettleton
  • 276 Gary Thurman
  • 277 Lenny Harris
  • 278 Pascual Perez
  • 279 Steve Buechele
  • 280 Lou Whitaker
  • 281 Kevin Bass
  • 282 Derek Lilliquist
  • 283 Albert Belle
  • 284 Mark Gardner RC
  • 285 Willie McGee
  • 286 Lee Guetterman
  • 287 Vance Law
  • 288 Greg Briley
  • 289 Norm Charlton
  • 290 Robin Yount
  • 291 Dave Johnson MGR
  • 292 Jim Gott
  • 293 Mike Gallego
  • 294 Craig McMurtry
  • 295 Fred McGriff
  • 296 Jeff Ballard
  • 297 Tommy Herr
  • 298 Dan Gladden
  • 299 Adam Peterson
  • 300 Bo Jackson
  • 301 Don Aase
  • 302 Marcus Lawton
  • 303 Rick Cerone
  • 304 Marty Clary
  • 305 Eddie Murray
  • 306 Tom Niedenfuer
  • 307 Bip Roberts
  • 308 Jose Guzman
  • 309 Eric Yelding RC
  • 310 Steve Bedrosian
  • 311 Dwight Smith
  • 312 Dan Quisenberry
  • 313 Gus Polidor
  • 314 Donald Harris DP RC
  • 315 Bruce Hurst
  • 316 Carney Lansford
  • 317 Mark Guthrie RC
  • 318 Wallace Johnson
  • 319 Dion James
  • 320 Dave Stieb
  • 321 Joe Morgan MGR
  • 322 Junior Ortiz
  • 323 Willie Wilson
  • 324 Pete Harnisch
  • 325 Robby Thompson
  • 326 Tom McCarthy
  • 327 Ken Williams
  • 328 Curt Young
  • 329 Oddibe McDowell
  • 330 Ron Darling
  • 331 Juan Gonzalez RC
  • 332 Paul O'Neill
  • 333 Bill Wegman
  • 334 Johnny Ray
  • 335 Andy Hawkins
  • 336 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 337 Lloyd McClendon
  • 338 Dennis Lamp
  • 339 Dave Clark
  • 340 Fernando Valenzuela
  • 341 Tom Foley
  • 342 Alex Trevino
  • 343 Frank Tanana
  • 344 George Canale RC
  • 345 Harold Baines
  • 346 Jim Presley
  • 347 Junior Felix
  • 348 Gary Wayne
  • 349 Steve Finley
  • 350 Bret Saberhagen
  • 351 Roger Craig MGR
  • 352 Bryn Smith
  • 353 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 354 Stan Belinda RC
  • 355 Marty Barrett
  • 356 Randy Ready
  • 357 Dave West
  • 358 Andres Thomas
  • 359 Jimmy Jones
  • 360 Paul Molitor
  • 361 Randy McCament RC
  • 362 Damon Berryhill
  • 363 Dan Petry
  • 364 Rolando Roomes
  • 365 Ozzie Guillen
  • 366 Mike Heath
  • 367 Mike Morgan
  • 368 Bill Doran
  • 369 Todd Burns
  • 370 Tim Wallach
  • 371 Jimmy Key
  • 372 Terry Kennedy
  • 373 Alvin Davis
  • 374 Steve Cummings RC
  • 375 Dwight Evans
  • 376 Checklist 3
  • 377 Mickey Weston RC
  • 378 Luis Salazar
  • 379 Steve Rosenberg
  • 380 Dave Winfield
  • 381 Frank Robinson MGR
  • 382 Jeff Musselman
  • 383 John Morris
  • 384 Pat Combs

All-Stars

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  • 385 Fred McGriff
  • 386 Julio Franco
  • 387 Wade Boggs
  • 388 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 389 Robin Yount
  • 390 Ruben Sierra
  • 391 Kirby Puckett
  • 392 Carlton Fisk
  • 393 Bret Saberhagen
  • 394 Jeff Ballard
  • 395 Jeff Russell
  • 396 Bart Giamatti
  • 397 Will Clark
  • 398 Ryne Sandberg
  • 399 Howard Johnson
  • 400 Ozzie Smith
  • 401 Kevin Mitchell
  • 402 Eric Davis
  • 403 Tony Gwynn
  • 404 Craig Biggio
  • 405 Mike Scott
  • 406 Joe Magrane
  • 407 Mark Davis

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  • 408 Trevor Wilson
  • 409 Tom Brunansky
  • 410 Joe Boever
  • 411 Ken Phelps
  • 412 Jamie Moyer
  • 413 Brian DuBois RC
  • 414 Frank Thomas ERR NNOF
  • 414 Frank Thomas COR DP RC
  • 415 Shawon Dunston
  • 416 Dave Johnson RC
  • 417 Jim Gantner
  • 418 Tom Browning
  • 419 Beau Allred
  • 420 Carlton Fisk
  • 421 Greg Minton
  • 422 Pat Sheridan
  • 423 Fred Toliver
  • 424 Jerry Reuss
  • 425 Bill Landrum
  • 426 Jeff Hamilton
  • 427 Carmen Castillo
  • 428 Steve Davis RC
  • 429 Tom Kelly MGR
  • 430 Pete Incaviglia
  • 431 Randy Johnson
  • 432 Damaso Garcia
  • 433 Steve Olin RC
  • 434 Mark Carreon
  • 435 Kevin Seitzer
  • 436 Mel Hall
  • 437 Les Lancaster
  • 438 Greg Myers
  • 439 Jeff Parrett
  • 440 Alan Trammell
  • 441 Bob Kipper
  • 442 Jerry Browne
  • 443 Cris Carpenter
  • 444 Kyle Abbott DP
  • 445 Danny Jackson
  • 446 Dan Pasqua
  • 447 Charlie Haag
  • 448 Greg Gagne
  • 449 Dennis Rasmussen
  • 450 Rickey Henderson
  • 451 Mark Lemke
  • 452 Luis DeLosSantos
  • 453 Jody Davis
  • 454 Jeff King
  • 455 Jeffrey Leonard
  • 456 Chris Gwynn
  • 457 Gregg Jefferies
  • 458 Bob McClure
  • 459 Jim Lefebvre MGR
  • 460 Mike Scott
  • 461 Carlos Martinez
  • 462 Denny Walling
  • 463 Drew Hall
  • 464 Jerome Walton
  • 465 Kevin Gross
  • 466 Rance Mulliniks
  • 467 Juan Nieves
  • 468 Bill Ripken
  • 469 John Kruk
  • 470 Frank Viola
  • 471 Mike Brumley
  • 472 Jose Uribe
  • 473 Joe Price
  • 474 Rich Thompson
  • 475 Bob Welch
  • 476 Brad Komminsk
  • 477 Willie Fraser
  • 478 Mike LaValliere
  • 479 Frank White
  • 480 Sid Fernandez
  • 481 Garry Templeton
  • 482 Steve Carter
  • 483 Alejandro Pena
  • 484 Mike Fitzgerald
  • 485 John Candelaria
  • 486 Jeff Treadway
  • 487 Steve Searcy
  • 488 Ken Oberkfell
  • 489 Nick Leyva MGR
  • 490 Dan Plesac
  • 491 Dave Cochrane
  • 492 Ron Oester
  • 493 Jason Grimsley RC
  • 494 Terry Puhl
  • 495 Lee Smith
  • 496 Cecil Espy
  • 497 Dave Schmidt
  • 498 Rick Schu
  • 499 Bill Long
  • 500 Kevin Mitchell
  • 501 Matt Young
  • 502 Mitch Webster
  • 503 Randy St. Claire
  • 504 Tom O'Malley
  • 505 Kelly Gruber
  • 506 Tom Glavine
  • 507 Gary Redus
  • 508 Terry Leach
  • 509 Tom Pagnozzi
  • 510 Dwight Gooden
  • 511 Clay Parker
  • 512 Gary Pettis
  • 513 Mark Eichhorn
  • 514 Andy Allanson
  • 515 Lenny Dykstra
  • 516 Tim Leary
  • 517 Roberto Alomar
  • 518 Bill Krueger
  • 519 Bucky Dent MGR
  • 520 Mitch Williams
  • 521 Craig Worthington
  • 522 Mike Dunne
  • 523 Jay Bell
  • 524 Daryl Boston
  • 525 Wally Joyner
  • 526 Checklist
  • 527 Ron Hassey
  • 528 Kevin Wickander UER
  • 529 Greg A. Harris
  • 530 Mark Langston
  • 531 Ken Caminiti
  • 532 Cecilio Guante
  • 533 Tim Jones
  • 534 Louie Meadows
  • 535 John Smoltz
  • 536 Bob Geren
  • 537 Mark Grant
  • 538 Bill Spiers UER (Photo is George Canale)
  • 539 Neal Heaton
  • 540 Danny Tartabull
  • 541 Pat Perry
  • 542 Darren Daulton
  • 543 Nelson Liriano
  • 544 Dennis Boyd
  • 545 Kevin McReynolds
  • 546 Kevin Hickey
  • 547 Jack Howell
  • 548 Pat Clements
  • 549 Don Zimmer MGR
  • 550 Julio Franco
  • 551 Tim Crews
  • 552 MikeMiss. Smith
  • 553 Scott Scudder
  • 554 Jay Buhner
  • 555 Jack Morris
  • 556 Gene Larkin
  • 557 Jeff Innis RC
  • 558 Rafael Ramirez
  • 559 Andy McGaffigan
  • 560 Steve Sax
  • 561 Ken Dayley
  • 562 Chad Kreuter
  • 563 Alex Sanchez
  • 564 Tyler Houston DP RC
  • 565 Scott Fletcher
  • 566 Mark Knudson
  • 567 Ron Gant
  • 568 John Smiley
  • 569 Ivan Calderon
  • 570 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 571 Brett Butler
  • 572 Greg W. Harris
  • 573 Danny Heep
  • 574 Bill Swift
  • 575 Lance Parrish
  • 576 Mike Dyer RC
  • 577 Charlie Hayes
  • 578 Joe Magrane
  • 579 Art Howe MGR
  • 580 Joe Carter
  • 581 Ken Griffey, Sr.
  • 582 Rick Honeycutt
  • 583 Bruce Benedict
  • 584 Phil Stephenson
  • 585 Kal Daniels
  • 586 Edwin Nunez
  • 587 Lance Johnson
  • 588 Rick Rhoden
  • 589 Mike Aldrete
  • 590 Ozzie Smith
  • 591 Todd Stottlemyre
  • 592 R.J. Reynolds
  • 593 Scott Bradley
  • 594 Luis Sojo
  • 595 Greg Swindell
  • 596 Jose DeJesus
  • 597 Chris Bosio
  • 598 Brady Anderson
  • 599 Frank Williams
  • 600 Darryl Strawberry
  • 601 Luis Rivera
  • 602 Scott Garrelts
  • 603 Tony Armas
  • 604 Ron Robinson
  • 605 Mike Scioscia
  • 606 Storm Davis
  • 607 Steve Jeltz
  • 608 Eric Anthony RC
  • 609 Sparky Anderson MGR
  • 610 Pedro Guerrero
  • 611 Walt Terrell
  • 612 Dave Gallagher
  • 613 Jeff Pico
  • 614 Nelson Santovenia
  • 615 Rob Deer
  • 616 Brian Holman
  • 617 Geronimo Berroa
  • 618 Ed Whitson
  • 619 Rob Ducey
  • 620 Tony Castillo
  • 621 Melido Perez
  • 622 Sid Bream
  • 623 Jim Corsi
  • 624 Darrin Jackson
  • 625 Roger McDowell
  • 626 Bob Melvin
  • 627 Jose Rijo
  • 628 Candy Maldonado
  • 629 Eric Hetzel
  • 630 Gary Gaetti
  • 631 John Wetteland
  • 632 Scott Lusader
  • 633 Dennis Cook
  • 634 Luis Polonia
  • 635 Brian Downing
  • 636 Jesse Orosco
  • 637 Craig Reynolds
  • 638 Jeff Montgomery
  • 639 Tony LaRussa MGR
  • 640 Rick Sutcliffe
  • 641 Doug Strange RC
  • 642 Jack Armstrong
  • 643 Alfredo Griffin
  • 644 Paul Assenmacher
  • 645 Jose Oquendo
  • 646 Checklist
  • 647 Rex Hudler
  • 648 Jim Clancy
  • 649 Dan Murphy RC
  • 650 Mike Witt
  • 651 Rafael Santana
  • 652 Mike Boddicker
  • 653 John Moses
  • 654 Paul Coleman DP RC
  • 655 Gregg Olson
  • 656 Mackey Sasser
  • 657 Terry Mulholland
  • 658 Donell Nixon
  • 659 Greg Cadaret
  • 660 Vince Coleman

Turn Back the Clock

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  • 661 Dick Howser
  • 662 Mike Schmidt
  • 663 Fred Lynn
  • 664 Johnny Bench
  • 665 Sandy Koufax

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  • 666 Brian Fisher
  • 667 Curt Wilkerson
  • 668 Joe Oliver
  • 669 Tom Lasorda MGR
  • 670 Dennis Eckersley
  • 671 Bob Boone
  • 672 Roy Smith
  • 673 Joey Meyer
  • 674 Spike Owen
  • 675 Jim Abbott
  • 676 Randy Kutcher
  • 677 Jay Tibbs
  • 678 Kirt Manwaring
  • 679 Gary Ward
  • 680 Howard Johnson
  • 681 Mike Schooler
  • 682 Dann Bilardello
  • 683 Kenny Rogers
  • 684 Julio Machado RC
  • 685 Tony Fernandez
  • 686 Carmelo Martinez
  • 687 Tim Birtsas
  • 688 Milt Thompson
  • 689 Rich Yett
  • 690 Mark McGwire
  • 691 Chuck Cary
  • 692 Sammy Sosa RC
  • 693 Calvin Schiraldi
  • 694 Mike Stanton RC
  • 695 Tom Henke
  • 696 B.J. Surhoff
  • 697 Mike Davis
  • 698 Omar Vizquel
  • 699 Jim Leyland MGR
  • 700 Kirby Puckett
  • 701 Bernie Williams RC
  • 702 Tony Phillips
  • 703 Jeff Brantley
  • 704 Chip Hale RC
  • 705 Claudell Washington
  • 706 Geno Petralli
  • 707 Luis Aquino
  • 708 Larry Sheets
  • 709 Juan Berenguer
  • 710 Von Hayes
  • 711 Rick Aguilera
  • 712 Todd Benzinger
  • 713 Tim Drummond
  • 714 Marquis Grissom RC
  • 715 Greg Maddux
  • 716 Steve Balboni
  • 717 Ron Karkovice
  • 718 Gary Sheffield
  • 719 Wally Whitehurst
  • 720 Andres Galarraga
  • 721 Lee Mazzilli
  • 722 Felix Fermin
  • 723 Jeff D. Robinson
  • 724 Juan Bell
  • 725 Terry Pendleton
  • 726 Gene Nelson
  • 727 Pat Tabler
  • 728 Jim Acker
  • 729 Bobby Valentine MGR
  • 730 Tony Gwynn
  • 731 Don Carman
  • 732 Ernest Riles
  • 733 John Dopson
  • 734 Kevin Elster
  • 735 Charlie Hough
  • 736 Rick Dempsey
  • 737 Chris Sabo
  • 738 Gene Harris
  • 739 Dale Sveum
  • 740 Jesse Barfield
  • 741 Steve Wilson
  • 742 Ernie Whitt
  • 743 Tom Candiotti
  • 744 Kelly Mann RC
  • 745 Hubie Brooks
  • 746 Dave Smith
  • 747 Randy Bush
  • 748 Doyle Alexander
  • 749 Mark Parent
  • 750 Dale Murphy
  • 751 Steve Lyons
  • 752 Tom Gordon
  • 753 Chris Speier
  • 754 Bob Walk
  • 755 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 756 Ken Howell
  • 757 Larry Walker RC
  • 758 Mark Thurmond
  • 759 Tom Trebelhorn MGR
  • 760 Wade Boggs
  • 761 Mike Jackson
  • 762 Doug Dascenzo
  • 763 Dennis Martinez
  • 764 Tim Teufel
  • 765 Chili Davis
  • 766 Brian Meyer
  • 767 Tracy Jones
  • 768 Chuck Crim
  • 769 Greg Hibbard RC
  • 770 Cory Snyder
  • 771 Pete Smith
  • 772 Jeff Reed
  • 773 Dave Leiper
  • 774 Ben McDonald DP RC
  • 775 Andy Van Slyke
  • 776 Charlie Leibrandt
  • 777 Tim Laudner
  • 778 Mike Jeffcoat
  • 779 Lloyd Moseby
  • 780 Orel Hershiser
  • 781 Mario Diaz
  • 782 Jose Alvarez
  • 783 Checklist
  • 784 Scott Bailes
  • 785 Jim Rice
  • 786 Eric King
  • 787 Rene Gonzales
  • 788 Frank DiPino
  • 789 John Wathan MGR
  • 790 Gary Carter
  • 791 Alvaro Espinoza
  • 792 Gerald Perry

Variations

Missing Black Ink

Some cards with blank fronts exist as well as cards with missing black ink on the front. [According to researchers, http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=709331] Topps printed this set in six separate sheets and a small percentage of cards from sheet "F" were printed and packaged with missing black ink on the front. The most popular card missing black ink on the front is the Frank Thomas "NNOF" ("No Name on Front") rookie card. Thomas happens to be the most sought after card in set; however according to researchers, printing the card without the name wasn't a deliberate act, or gimmick, by Topps.

The number of known missing black ink cards is listed below.

  • 141 John Hart MGR
  • 227 Kevin Tapani
  • 302 Marcus Lawton
  • 383 John Morris
  • 385 Fred McGriff AS
  • 386 Julio Franco AS
  • 392 Carlton Fisk AS
  • 395 Jeff Russell AS
  • 404 Craig Biggio AS
  • 406 Joe Magrane AS
  • 414 Frank Thomas DP NNOF
  • 624 Darrin Jackson
  • 728 Jim Acker

Parallels

O-Pee-Chee

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The 1990 O-Pee-Chee baseball set was a 792-card set produced and distributed for the Canadian market. For the first time since 1976, O-Pee-Chee issued the exact same set as Topps. The only distinctions are the bilingual text (English and French) and the O-Pee-Chee copyright on the backs. The fronts still have the Topps logo.

Tiffany

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The penultimate year for the product, Topps Tiffany was a "high-end" version of Topps' base set. Available exclusively in factory set form and distributed directly to Hobby dealers, Topps Tiffany cards are printed on white cardstock, have a glossy coating and were printed in the same Irish facility where Topps Traded sets were produced. Only 15,000 1990 Topps Tiffany factory sets were printed.

The Frank Thomas "NNOF" card does not exist in the Tiffany set.

Inserts

George Bush USA Card

A card done in the 1990 Topps style of then-President George H. W. Bush also exists. Topps printed 100 cards of the President as a gift to the Commander in Chief. During his days at Yale, Bush played first base on the varsity baseball team and was team captain his Senior year. Over time, some these cards have made it into the secondary market and a few were pulled from packs. A photo in Topps Magazine from 1990 depicts President Bush being presented with a binder of these cards.

In the Summer of 1990, White House Chief of Staff John Sununu, himself an avid card collector, appeared on The Tonight Show and traded a 1990 Topps George Bush card to Johnny Carson for a 1957 Topps Ernie Banks. In 2013, Governor Sununu submitted a Bush card to Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) for grading; who then discovered a heretofore unknown variation.

Whereas, all other Bush cards that had been previously graded by PSA had a rough surface -- not unlike a regular 1990 Topps card -- the card Governor Sununu submitted to PSA had a glossy coating on the front. All glossy cards were from the batch Topps gave directly to President Bush, who then gave a few to Governor Sununu. Former Topps CEO Arthur Shorin (who also possesses a glossy) confirmed in a press release that only 100 glossy cards were produced. It remains unclear why or how the non-glossy cards were produced or distributed; however, some collectors in 1990 reported pulling them from packs.

Box Bottoms

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".

Panel 1

  • A Wade Boggs
  • B George Brett
  • C Andre Dawson
  • D Darrell Evans

Panel 2

  • E Dwight Gooden
  • F Rickey Henderson
  • G Tom Lasorda
  • H Fred Lynn

Panel 3

  • I Mark McGwire
  • J Dave Parker
  • K Jeff Reardon
  • L Rick Reuschel

Panel 4

  • M Jim Rice
  • N Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • O Nolan Ryan
  • P Ryne Sandberg

Glossy Send-Ins

This 60-card set was available by mailing in the special offer cards found in 1990 Topps wax packs. With enough special offer cards, and a nominal shipping & handling fee, 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." The design of the set is identical to previous year's Glossies, except for a thin, red, border.

After an eight-year run, this would be the final year for the Glossy Send-Ins.

Series A

  • 1 Ryne Sandberg
  • 2 Nolan Ryan
  • 3 Glenn Davis
  • 4 Dave Stewart
  • 5 Barry Larkin
  • 6 Carney Lansford
  • 7 Darryl Strawberry
  • 8 Steve Sax
  • 9 Carlos Martinez
  • 10 Gary Sheffield

Series B

  • 11 Don Mattingly
  • 12 Mark Grace
  • 13 Bret Saberhagen
  • 14 Mike Scott
  • 15 Robin Yount
  • 16 Ozzie Smith
  • 17 Jeff Ballard
  • 18 Rick Reuschel
  • 19 Greg Briley
  • 20 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Series C

  • 21 Kevin Mitchell
  • 22 Wade Boggs
  • 23 Dwight Gooden
  • 24 George Bell
  • 25 Eric Davis
  • 26 Ruben Sierra
  • 27 Roberto Alomar
  • 28 Gary Gaetti
  • 29 Gregg Olson
  • 30 Tom Gordon

Series D

  • 31 Jose Canseco
  • 32 Pedro Guerrero
  • 33 Joe Carter
  • 34 Mike Scioscia
  • 35 Julio Franco
  • 36 Joe Magrane
  • 37 Rickey Henderson
  • 38 Tim Raines
  • 39 Jerome Walton
  • 40 Bob Geren

Series E

  • 41 Andre Dawson
  • 42 Mark McGwire
  • 43 Howard Johnson
  • 44 Bo Jackson
  • 45 Shawon Dunston
  • 46 Carlton Fisk
  • 47 Mitch Williams
  • 48 Kirby Puckett
  • 49 Craig Worthington
  • 50 Jim Abbott

Series F

  • 51 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 52 Will Clark
  • 53 Dennis Eckersley
  • 54 Craig Biggio
  • 55 Fred McGriff
  • 56 Tony Gwynn
  • 57 Mickey Tettleton
  • 58 Mark Davis
  • 59 Omar Vizquel
  • 60 Gregg Jefferies

Glossy All-Stars

This 22-card set is exclusive to 46-card rack packs. The design of the set is identical to previous years Glossy All-Stars. The checklist consists of the starting line-ups for the 1989 All-Star Game, both managers, and both team's honorary captains.

  • 1 Tom Lasorda
  • 2 Will Clark
  • 3 Ryne Sandberg
  • 4 Howard Johnson
  • 5 Ozzie Smith
  • 6 Kevin Mitchell
  • 7 Eric Davis
  • 8 Tony Gwynn
  • 9 Benito Santiago
  • 10 Rick Reuschel
  • 11 Don Drysdale
  • 12 Tony LaRussa
  • 13 Mark McGwire
  • 14 Julio Franco
  • 15 Wade Boggs
  • 16 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 17 Bo Jackson
  • 18 Kirby Puckett
  • 19 Ruben Sierra
  • 20 Terry Steinbach
  • 21 Dave Stewart
  • 22 Carl Yastrzemski CAPT

Glossy Rookies

This 33-card set was available exclusively as an insert in 100-card "supermarket jumbo" packs. The design of the cards slightly resemble the Glossy All-Star set.

  • 1 Jim Abbott
  • 2 Albert Belle
  • 3 Andy Benes
  • 4 Greg Briley
  • 5 Kevin Brown
  • 6 Mark Carreon
  • 7 Mike Devereaux
  • 8 Junior Felix
  • 9 Bob Geren
  • 10 Tom Gordon
  • 11 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 12 Pete Harnisch
  • 13 Greg W. Harris
  • 14 Greg Hibbard
  • 15 Ken Hill
  • 16 Gregg Jefferies
  • 17 Jeff King
  • 18 Derek Lilliquist
  • 19 Carlos Martinez
  • 20 Ramon Martinez
  • 21 Bob Milacki
  • 22 Gregg Olson
  • 23 Donn Pall
  • 24 Kenny Rogers
  • 25 Gary Sheffield
  • 26 Dwight Smith
  • 27 Billy Spiers
  • 28 Omar Vizquel
  • 29 Jerome Walton
  • 30 Dave West
  • 31 John Wetteland
  • 32 Steve Wilson
  • 33 Craig Worthington

Batting Leaders

This set depicts the 22 active Major Leaguer's with the highest lifetime batting averages going into the 1990 season. The cards were distributed one per 100-card blister pack available only at K-Mart stores. Many of the photos are the same as those used in the 1989 set of the same name.

  • 1 Wade Boggs
  • 2 Tony Gwynn
  • 3 Kirby Puckett
  • 4 Don Mattingly
  • 5 George Brett
  • 6 Pedro Guerrero
  • 7 Tim Raines
  • 8 Paul Molitor
  • 9 Jim Rice
  • 10 Keith Hernandez
  • 11 Julio Franco
  • 12 Carney Lansford
  • 13 Dave Parker
  • 14 Willie McGee
  • 15 Robin Yount
  • 16 Tony Fernandez
  • 17 Eddie Murray
  • 18 Johnny Ray
  • 19 Lonnie Smith
  • 20 Phil Bradley
  • 21 Rickey Henderson
  • 22 Kent Hrbek