1976 SSPC

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1976 SSPC: Nolan Ryan

Description

1976 SSPC is a 630-card "collector's issue" released by TCMA. Dubbed the "Pure Card" set, the designed was based loosely on the 1953 Bowman set. The set was available exclusively via mail order and was advertised in the nascent Hobby Media, such as it was in the mid-70s.

Despite the cards bearing a 1975 copyright, the set is considered a 1976 set as it was not released until then.

SSPC was not licensed by either MLB Properties or the MLBPA, and shortly after its release, was sued by Topps. As part of the settlement, SSPC agreed to never reprint their 1976 set, and to never attempt to produce a similar product ever again.

Keith Olbermann, then still in high school, edited the copy on each card.

Distribution

Factory Sets: ($12.99 + $1 S&H)

Team Sets: ($1 + $0.50 S&H)

Reviews

Checklist

Promos

Collector's Quarterly Samples

This 18-card set was included in the Winter 1975 issue of Collector's Quarterly -- a Hobby magazine of the period published by SSPC owner Mike Aronstein. Each "card" (which was actually two 9-card sheets stapled into the magazine) has the words "SAMPLE CARD 1976" on the back.

1 Harry Parker

2 Jim Bibby

3 Mike Wallace

4 Tony Muser

5 Yogi Berra MGR

6 Preston Gomez MGR

7 Jack McKeon MGR

8 Sam McDowell

9 Gaylord Perry

10 Fred Scherman

11 Willie Davis

12 Don Hopkins

13 Whitey Herzog MGR

14 Ray Sadecki

15 Stan Bahnsen

16 Bob Oliver

17 Denny Doyle

18 Deron Johnson

1976 Promos

SSPC released these six cards to promote the upcoming 1976 SSPC set. Each card has ordering information on the back.

  • Mickey Mantle
  • Willie Mays
  • Tom Seaver

Base Set

  • 1 Buzz Capra
  • 2 Tom House
  • 3 Maximino Leon
  • 4 Carl Morton
  • 5 Phil Niekro
  • 6 Mike Thompson
  • 7 Elias Sosa
  • 8 Larvell Blanks
  • 9 Darrell Evans
  • 10 Rod Gilbreath
  • 11 Mike Lum
  • 12 Craig Robinson
  • 13 Earl Williams
  • 14 Vic Correll
  • 15 Biff Pocoroba
  • 16 Dusty Baker
  • 17 Ralph Garr
  • 18 Cito Gaston
  • 19 Dave May
  • 20 Rowland Office
  • 21 Bob Beall
  • 22 Sparky Anderson
  • 23 Jack Billingham
  • 24 Pedro Borbon
  • 25 Clay Carroll
  • 26 Pat Darcy
  • 27 Don Gullett
  • 28 Clay Kirby
  • 29 Gary Nolan
  • 30 Fred Norman
  • 31 Johnny Bench
  • 32 Bill Plummer
  • 33 Darrel Chaney
  • 34 Dave Concepcion
  • 35 Terry Crowley
  • 36 Dan Driessen
  • 37 Doug Flynn
  • 38 Joe Morgan
  • 39 Tony Perez
  • 40 Ken Griffey, Sr.
  • 41 Pete Rose
  • 42 Ed Armbrister
  • 43 John Vukovich
  • 44 George Foster
  • 45 Cesar Geronimo
  • 46 Merv Rettenmund
  • 47 Jim Crawford
  • 48 Ken Forsch
  • 49 Doug Konieczny
  • 50 Joe Niekro
  • 51 Cliff Johnson
  • 52 Skip Jutze
  • 53 Milt May
  • 54 Rob Andrews
  • 55 Ken Boswell
  • 56 Tommy Helms
  • 57 Roger Metzger
  • 58 Larry Milbourne
  • 59 Doug Rader
  • 60 Bob Watson
  • 61 Enos Cabell
  • 62 Jose Cruz
  • 63 Cesar Cedeno
  • 64 Greg Gross
  • 65 Wilbur Howard
  • 66 Al Downing
  • 67 Burt Hooton
  • 68 Charlie Hough
  • 69 Tommy John
  • 70 Andy Messersmith
  • 71 Doug Rau
  • 72 Rick Rhoden
  • 73 Don Sutton
  • 74 Rick Auerbach
  • 75 Ron Cey
  • 76 Ivan DeJesus
  • 77 Steve Garvey
  • 78 Lee Lacy
  • 79 Davey Lopes
  • 80 Ken McMullen
  • 81 Joe Ferguson
  • 82 Paul Powell
  • 83 Steve Yeager
  • 84 Willie Crawford
  • 85 Henry Cruz
  • 86 Charlie Manuel
  • 87 Manny Mota
  • 88 Tom Paciorek
  • 89 Jim Wynn
  • 90 Walter Alston
  • 91 Bill Buckner
  • 92 Jim Barr
  • 93 Mike Caldwell
  • 94 John D'Acquisto
  • 95 Dave Heaverlo
  • 96 Gary Lavelle
  • 97 John Montefusco
  • 98 Charlie Williams
  • 99 Chris Arnold
  • 100 Marc Hill
  • 101 Dave Rader
  • 102 Bruce Miller
  • 103 Willie Montanez
  • 104 Steve Ontiveros
  • 105 Chris Speier
  • 106 Derrel Thomas
  • 107 Gary Thomasson
  • 108 Glenn Adams
  • 109 Von Joshua
  • 110 Gary Matthews
  • 111 Bobby Murcer
  • 112 Horace Speed
  • 113 Wes Westrum
  • 114 Rich Folkers
  • 115 Alan Foster
  • 116 Dave Freisleben
  • 117 Dan Frisella
  • 118 Randy Jones
  • 119 Dan Spillner
  • 120 Larry Hardy
  • 121 Randy Hundley
  • 122 Fred Kendall
  • 123 John McNamara
  • 124 Tito Fuentes
  • 125 Enzo Hernandez
  • 126 Steve Huntz
  • 127 Mike Ivie
  • 128 Hector Torres
  • 129 Ted Kubiak
  • 130 John Grubb
  • 131 John Scott
  • 132 Bob Tolan
  • 133 Dave Winfield
  • 134 Bill Gogolewski
  • 135 Dan Osborn
  • 136 Jim Kaat
  • 137 Claude Osteen
  • 138 Cecil Upshaw
  • 139 Wilbur Wood
  • 140 Lloyd Allen
  • 141 Brian Downing
  • 142 Jim Essian
  • 143 Bucky Dent
  • 144 Jorge Orta
  • 145 Lee Richard
  • 146 Bill Stein
  • 147 Ken Henderson
  • 148 Carlos May
  • 149 Nyls Nyman
  • 150 Bob Coluccio
  • 151 Chuck Tanner
  • 152 Pat Kelly
  • 153 Jerry Hairston
  • 154 Pete Varney
  • 155 Bill Melton
  • 156 Goose Gossage
  • 157 Terry Forster
  • 158 Rich Hinton
  • 159 Nelson Briles
  • 160 Al Fitzmorris
  • 161 Steve Mingori
  • 162 Marty Pattin
  • 163 Paul Splittorff
  • 164 Dennis Leonard
  • 165 Buck Martinez
  • 166 Bob Stinson
  • 167 George Brett
  • 168 Harmon Killebrew
  • 169 John Mayberry
  • 170 Fred Patek
  • 171 Cookie Rojas
  • 172 Rodney Scott
  • 173 Tony Solaita
  • 174 Frank White
  • 175 Al Cowens
  • 176 Hal McRae
  • 177 Amos Otis
  • 178 Vada Pinson
  • 179 Jim Wohlford
  • 180 Doug Bird
  • 181 Mark Littell
  • 182 Bob McClure
  • 183 Steve Busby
  • 184 Fran Healy
  • 185 Whitey Herzog
  • 186 Andy Hassler
  • 187 Nolan Ryan
  • 188 Bill Singer
  • 189 Frank Tanana
  • 190 Ed Figueroa
  • 191 Dave Collins
  • 192 Dick Williams
  • 193 Ellie Rodriguez
  • 194 Dave Chalk
  • 195 Winston Llenas
  • 196 Rudy Meoli
  • 197 Orlando Ramirez
  • 198 Jerry Remy
  • 199 Billy Smith
  • 200 Bruce Bochte
  • 201 Joe Lahoud
  • 202 Morris Nettles
  • 203 Mickey Rivers
  • 204 Leroy Stanton
  • 205 Vic Albury
  • 206 Tom Burgmeier
  • 207 Bill Butler
  • 208 Bill Campbell
  • 209 Ray Corbin
  • 210 Joe Decker
  • 211 Jim Hughes
  • 212 Ed Bane
  • 213 Glenn Borgmann
  • 214 Rod Carew
  • 215 Steve Brye
  • 216 Dan Ford
  • 217 Tony Oliva
  • 218 Dave Goltz
  • 219 Bert Blyleven
  • 220 Larry Hisle
  • 221 Steve Braun
  • 222 Jerry Terrell
  • 223 Eric Soderholm
  • 224 Phil Roof
  • 225 Danny Thompson
  • 226 Jim Colborn
  • 227 Tom Murphy
  • 228 Ed Rodriguez
  • 229 Jim Slaton
  • 230 Ed Sprague
  • 231 Charlie Moore
  • 232 Darrell Porter
  • 233 Kurt Bevacqua
  • 234 Pedro Garcia
  • 235 Mike Hegan
  • 236 Don Money
  • 237 George Scott
  • 238 Robin Yount
  • 239 Hank Aaron
  • 240 Rob Ellis
  • 241 Sixto Lezcano
  • 242 Bob Mitchell
  • 243 Gorman Thomas
  • 244 Bill Travers
  • 245 Pete Broberg
  • 246 Bill Sharp
  • 247 Bobby Darwin
  • 248 Rick Austin
  • 249 Larry Anderson
  • 250 Tom Bianco
  • 251 Lafayette Currence
  • 252 Steve Foucault
  • 253 Bill Hands
  • 254 Steve Hargan
  • 255 Fergie Jenkins
  • 256 Bob Sheldon
  • 257 Jim Umbarger
  • 258 Clyde Wright
  • 259 Bill Fahey
  • 260 Jim Sundberg
  • 261 Leo Cardenas
  • 262 Jim Fregosi
  • 263 Mike Hargrove
  • 264 Toby Harrah
  • 265 Roy Howell
  • 266 Lenny Randle
  • 267 Roy Smalley
  • 268 Jim Spencer
  • 269 Jeff Burroughs
  • 270 Tom Grieve
  • 271 Joe Lovitto
  • 272 Frank Lucchesi
  • 273 Dave Nelson
  • 274 Ted Simmons
  • 275 Lou Brock
  • 276 Ron Fairly
  • 277 Bake McBride
  • 278 Reggie Smith
  • 279 Willie Davis
  • 280 Ken Reitz
  • 281 Buddy Bradford
  • 282 Luis Melendez
  • 283 Mike Tyson
  • 284 Ted Sizemore
  • 285 Mario Guerrero
  • 286 Larry Lintz
  • 287 Ken Rudolph
  • 288 Dick Billings
  • 289 Jerry Mumphrey
  • 290 Mike Wallace
  • 291 Al Hrabosky
  • 292 Ken Reynolds
  • 293 Mike Garman
  • 294 Bob Forsch
  • 295 John Denny
  • 296 Harry Rasmussen
  • 297 Lynn McGlothen
  • 298 Mike Barlow
  • 299 Greg Terlecky
  • 300 Red Schoendienst
  • 301 Rick Reuschel
  • 302 Steve Stone
  • 303 Bill Bonham
  • 304 Oscar Zamora
  • 305 Ken Frailing
  • 306 Milt Wilcox
  • 307 Darold Knowles
  • 308 Jim Marshall
  • 309 Bill Madlock
  • 310 Jose Cardenal
  • 311 Rick Monday
  • 312 Jerry Morales
  • 313 Tim Hosley
  • 314 Gene Hiser
  • 315 Don Kessinger
  • 316 Manny Trillo
  • 317 Pete LaCock
  • 318 George Mitterwald
  • 319 Steve Swisher
  • 320 Rob Sperring
  • 321 Vic Harris
  • 322 Ron Dunn
  • 323 Jose Morales
  • 324 Pete Mackanin
  • 325 Jim Cox
  • 326 Larry Parrish
  • 327 Mike Jorgensen
  • 328 Tim Foli
  • 329 Hal Breeden
  • 330 Nate Colbert
  • 331 Pepe Frias
  • 332 Pat Scanlon
  • 333 Bob Bailey
  • 334 Gary Carter
  • 335 Pepe Mangual
  • 336 Larry Biittner
  • 337 Jim Lyttle
  • 338 Gary Roenicke
  • 339 Tony Scott
  • 340 Jerry White
  • 341 Jim Dwyer
  • 342 Ellis Valentine
  • 343 Fred Scherman
  • 344 Dennis Blair
  • 345 Woodie Fryman
  • 346 Chuck Taylor
  • 347 Dan Warthen
  • 348 Dan Carrithers
  • 349 Steve Rogers
  • 350 Dale Murray
  • 351 Duke Snider
  • 352 Ralph Houk
  • 353 John Hiller
  • 354 Mickey Lolich
  • 355 Dave Lemanczyk
  • 356 Lerrin LaGrow
  • 357 Fred Arroyo
  • 358 Joe Coleman
  • 359 Ben Oglivie
  • 360 Willie Horton
  • 361 John Knox
  • 362 Leon Roberts
  • 363 Ron LeFlore
  • 364 Gary Sutherland
  • 365 Dan Meyer
  • 366 Aurelio Rodriguez
  • 367 Tom Veryzer
  • 368 Jack Pierce
  • 369 Gene Michael
  • 370 Billy Baldwin
  • 371 Gates Brown
  • 372 Mickey Stanley
  • 373 Terry Humphrey
  • 374 Doyle Alexander
  • 375 Mike Cuellar
  • 376 Wayne Garland
  • 377 Ross Grimsley
  • 378 Grant Jackson
  • 379 Dyar Miller
  • 380 Jim Palmer
  • 381 Mike Torrez
  • 382 Mike Willis
  • 383 Dave Duncan
  • 384 Ellie Hendricks
  • 385 Jim Hutto
  • 386 Bob Bailor
  • 387 Doug DeCinces
  • 388 Bob Grich
  • 389 Lee May
  • 390 Tony Muser
  • 391 Tim Nordbrook
  • 392 Brooks Robinson
  • 393 Royle Stillman
  • 394 Don Baylor
  • 395 Paul Blair
  • 396 Al Bumbry
  • 397 Larry Harlow
  • 398 Tommy Davis
  • 399 Jim Northrup
  • 400 Ken Singleton
  • 401 Tom Shopay
  • 402 Fred Lynn
  • 403 Carlton Fisk
  • 404 Cecil Cooper
  • 405 Jim Rice
  • 406 Juan Beniquez
  • 407 Denny Doyle
  • 408 Dwight Evans
  • 409 Carl Yastrzemski
  • 410 Rick Burleson
  • 411 Bernie Carbo
  • 412 Doug Griffin
  • 413 Rico Petrocelli
  • 414 Bob Montgomery
  • 415 Tim Blackwell
  • 416 Rick Miller
  • 417 Darrell Johnson
  • 418 Jim Burton
  • 419 Jim Willoughby
  • 420 Rogelio Moret
  • 421 Bill Lee
  • 422 Dick Drago
  • 423 Diego Segui
  • 424 Luis Tiant
  • 425 Jim Hunter
  • 426 Rick Sawyer
  • 427 Rudy May
  • 428 Dick Tidrow
  • 429 Sparky Lyle
  • 430 Doc Medich
  • 431 Pat Dobson
  • 432 Dave Pagan
  • 433 Thurman Munson
  • 434 Chris Chambliss
  • 435 Roy White
  • 436 Walt Williams
  • 437 Graig Nettles
  • 438 Rick Dempsey
  • 439 Bobby Bonds
  • 440 Ed Herrmann
  • 441 Sandy Alomar
  • 442 Fred Stanley
  • 443 Terry Whitfield
  • 444 Rich Bladt
  • 445 Lou Piniella
  • 446 Rich Coggins
  • 447 Ed Brinkman
  • 448 Jim Mason
  • 449 Larry Murray
  • 450 Ron Blomberg
  • 451 Elliott Maddox
  • 452 Kerry Dineen
  • 453 Billy Martin
  • 454 Dave Bergman
  • 455 Otto Velez
  • 456 Joe Hoerner
  • 457 Tug McGraw
  • 458 Gene Garber
  • 459 Steve Carlton
  • 460 Larry Christenson
  • 461 Tom Underwood
  • 462 Jim Lonborg
  • 463 Jay Johnstone
  • 464 Larry Bowa
  • 465 Dave Cash
  • 466 Ollie Brown
  • 467 Greg Luzinski
  • 468 Johnny Oates
  • 469 Mike Anderson
  • 470 Mike Schmidt
  • 471 Bob Boone
  • 472 Tom Hutton
  • 473 Rich Allen
  • 474 Tony Taylor
  • 475 Jerry Martin
  • 476 Danny Ozark
  • 477 Dick Ruthven
  • 478 Jim Todd
  • 479 Paul Lindblad
  • 480 Rollie Fingers
  • 481 Vida Blue
  • 482 Ken Holtzman
  • 483 Dick Bosman
  • 484 Sonny Siebert
  • 485 Glenn Abbott
  • 486 Stan Bahnsen
  • 487 Mike Norris
  • 488 Alvin Dark
  • 489 Claudell Washington
  • 490 Joe Rudi
  • 491 Bill North
  • 492 Bert Campaneris
  • 493 Gene Tenace
  • 494 Reggie Jackson
  • 495 Phil Garner
  • 496 Billy Williams
  • 497 Sal Bando
  • 498 Jim Holt
  • 499 Ted Martinez
  • 500 Ray Fosse
  • 501 Matt Alexander
  • 502 Larry Haney
  • 503 Angel Mangual
  • 504 Fred Beene
  • 505 Tom Buskey
  • 506 Dennis Eckersley
  • 507 Roric Harrison
  • 508 Don Hood
  • 509 Jim Kern
  • 510 Dave LaRoche
  • 511 Fritz Peterson
  • 512 Jim Strickland
  • 513 Rick Waits
  • 514 Alan Ashby
  • 515 John Ellis
  • 516 Rick Cerone
  • 517 Buddy Bell
  • 518 Jack Brohamer
  • 519 Rico Carty
  • 520 Ed Crosby
  • 521 Frank Duffy
  • 522 Duane Kuiper
  • 523 Joe Lis
  • 524 Boog Powell
  • 525 Frank Robinson
  • 526 Oscar Gamble
  • 527 George Hendrick
  • 528 John Lowenstein
  • 529 Rick Manning
  • 530 Tommy Smith
  • 531 Charlie Spikes
  • 532 Steve Kline
  • 533 Ed Kranepool
  • 534 Mike Vail
  • 535 Del Unser
  • 536 Felix Millan
  • 537 Rusty Staub
  • 538 Jesus Alou
  • 539 Wayne Garrett
  • 540 Mike Phillips
  • 541 Joe Torre
  • 542 Dave Kingman
  • 543 Gene Clines
  • 544 Jack Heidemann
  • 545 Bud Harrelson
  • 546 John Stearns
  • 547 John Milner