1983 Fleer

Description

1983 Fleer is a 660-card set. The set was a notable improvement over the previous year's set in terms of both aesthetics (a visually-pleasing beige design) and quality (fewer errors).

The player cards are again ordered alphabetically within team and teams seeded in descending order based upon the previous season's standings. The front of each card has a colorful team logo at bottom left and the player's name and position at lower right. The reverses are done in shades of brown on white.

Notable Rookie Cards include Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn and Ryne Sandberg.

Distribution

Wax: 38 packs per box, 15 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.30).

500 card Vending Boxes

Checklist

Promos

A 7 1/2" X 10 1/2" sheet promoting the upcoming 1983 Fleer Baseball set was inserted into the December 1982 issue of Baseball Hobby News. The front of the sheet features mock-ups of six '83 Fleer cards. The back has mock-ups of the reverse sides of each card along with the statement "Support FLEER: the company that brought competition to Baseball!"

Base Set

1 Joaquin Andujar

2 Doug Bair

3 Steve Braun

4 Glenn Brummer

5 Bob Forsch

6 David Green RC

7 George Hendrick

8 Keith Hernandez

9 Tom Herr

10 Dane Iorg

11 Jim Kaat

12 Jeff Lahti

13 Tito Landrum

14 Dave LaPoint

15 Willie McGee RC

16 Steve Mura

17 Ken Oberkfell

18 Darrell Porter

19 Mike Ramsey

20 Gene Roof

21 Lonnie Smith

22 Ozzie Smith

23 John Stuper

24 Bruce Sutter

25 Gene Tenace

26 Jerry Augustine

27 Dwight Bernard

28 Mark Brouhard

29 Mike Caldwell

30 Cecil Cooper

31 Jamie Easterly

32 Marshall Edwards

33 Rollie Fingers

34 Jim Gantner

35 Moose Haas

36 Roy Howell

37 Pete Ladd

38 Bob McClure

39 Doc Medich

40 Paul Molitor

41 Don Money

42 Charlie Moore

43 Ben Oglivie

44 Ed Romero

45 Ted Simmons

46 Jim Slaton

47 Don Sutton

48 Gorman Thomas

49 Pete Vuckovich

50 Ned Yost

51 Robin Yount

52 Benny Ayala

53 Bob Bonner

54 Al Bumbry

55 Terry Crowley

56 Storm Davis RC

57 Rich Dauer

58 Rick Dempsey UER

59 Jim Dwyer

60 Mike Flanagan

61 Dan Ford

62 Glenn Gulliver

63 John Lowenstein

64 Dennis Martinez

65 Tippy Martinez

66 Scott McGregor

67 Eddie Murray

68 Joe Nolan

69 Jim Palmer

70 Cal Ripken

71 Gary Roenicke

72 Lenn Sakata

73 Ken Singleton

74 Sammy Stewart

75 Tim Stoddard

76 Don Aase

77 Don Baylor

78 Juan Beniquez

79 Bob Boone

80 Rick Burleson

81 Rod Carew

82 Bobby Clark

83 Doug Corbett

84 John Curtis

85 Doug DeCinces

86 Brian Downing

87 Joe Ferguson

88 Tim Foli

89 Ken Forsch

90 Dave Goltz

91 Bobby Grich

92 Andy Hassler

93 Reggie Jackson

94 Ron Jackson

95 Tommy John

96 Bruce Kison

97 Fred Lynn

98 Ed Ott

99 Steve Renko

100 Luis Sanchez

101 Rob Wilfong

102 Mike Witt

103 Geoff Zahn

104 Willie Aikens

105 Mike Armstrong

106 Vida Blue

107 Bud Black RC

108 George Brett

109 Bill Castro

110 Onix Concepcion

111 Dave Frost

112 Cesar Geronimo

113 Larry Gura

114 Steve Hammond

115 Don Hood

116 Dennis Leonard

117 Jerry Martin

118 Lee May

119 Hal McRae

120 Amos Otis

121 Greg Pryor

122 Dan Quisenberry

123 Don Slaught RC

124 Paul Splittorff

125 U.L. Washington

126 John Wathan

127 Frank White

128 Willie Wilson

129 Steve Bedrosian UER

130 Bruce Benedict

131 Tommy Boggs

132 Brett Butler

133 Rick Camp

134 Chris Chambliss

135 Ken Dayley

136 Gene Garber

137 Terry Harper

138 Bob Horner

139 Glenn Hubbard

140 Rufino Linares

141 Rick Mahler

142 Dale Murphy

143 Phil Niekro

144 Pascual Perez

145 Biff Pocoroba

146 Rafael Ramirez

147 Jerry Royster

148 Ken Smith

149 Bob Walk

150 Claudell Washington

151 Bob Watson

152 Larry Whisenton

153 Porfirio Altamirano

154 Marty Bystrom

155 Steve Carlton

156 Larry Christenson

157 Ivan DeJesus

158 JohnDenny

159 Bob Dernier

160 Bo Diaz

161 Ed Farmer

162 Greg Gross

163 Mike Krukow

164 Garry Maddox

165 Gary Matthews

166 Tug McGraw

167 Bob Molinaro

168 Sid Monge

169 Ron Reed

170 Bill Robinson

171 Pete Rose

172 Dick Ruthven

173 Mike Schmidt

174 Manny Trillo

175 Ozzie Virgil

176 George Vukovich

177 Gary Allenson

178 Luis Aponte

179 Wade Boggs RC

180 Tom Burgmeier

181 Mark Clear

182 Dennis Eckersley

183 Dwight Evans

184 Rich Gedman

185 Glenn Hoffman

186 Bruce Hurst

187 Carney Lansford

188 Rick Miller

189 Reid Nichols

190 Bob Ojeda

191 Tony Perez

192 Chuck Rainey

193 Jerry Remy

194 Jim Rice

195 Bob Stanley

196 Dave Stapleton

197 Mike Torrez

198 John Tudor

199 Julio Valdez

200 Carl Yastrzemski

201 Dusty Baker

202 Joe Beckwith

203 Greg Brock

204 Ron Cey

205 Terry Forster

206 Steve Garvey

207 Pedro Guerrero

208 Burt Hooton

209 Steve Howe

210 Ken Landreaux

211 Mike Marshall

212 Candy Maldonado RC

213 Rick Monday

214 Tom Niedenfuer

215 Jorge Orta

216 Jerry Reuss UER

217 Ron Roenicke

218 Vicente Romo

219 Bill Russell

220 Steve Sax

221 Mike Scioscia

222 Dave Stewart

223 Derrel Thomas

224 Fernando Valenzuela

225 Bob Welch

226 Ricky Wright

227 Steve Yeager

228 Bill Almon

229 Harold Baines

230 Salome Barojas

231 Tony Bernazard

232 Britt Burns

233 Richard Dotson

234 Ernesto Escarrega

235 Carlton Fisk

236 Jerry Hairston

237 Kevin Hickey

238 LaMarr Hoyt

239 Steve Kemp

240 Jim Kern

241 Ron Kittle RC

242 Jerry Koosman

243 Dennis Lamp

244 Rudy Law

245 Vance Law

246 Ron LeFlore

247 Greg Luzinski

248 Tom Paciorek

249 Aurelio Rodriguez

250 Mike Squires

251 Steve Trout

252 Jim Barr

253 Dave Bergman

254 Fred Breining

255 Bob Brenly

256 Jack Clark

257 Chili Davis

258 Darrell Evans

259 Alan Fowlkes

260 Rich Gale

261 Atlee Hammaker

262 Al Holland

263 Duane Kuiper

264 Bill Laskey

265 Gary Lavelle

266 Johnnie LeMaster

267 Renie Martin

268 Milt May

269 Greg Minton

270 Joe Morgan

271 Tom O'Malley

272 Reggie Smith

273 Guy Sularz

274 Champ Summers

275 Max Venable

276 Jim Wohlford

277 Ray Burris

278 Gary Carter

279 Warren Cromartie

280 Andre Dawson

281 Terry Francona

282 Doug Flynn

283 Woodie Fryman

284 Bill Gullickson

285 Wallace Johnson

286 Charlie Lea

287 Randy Lerch

288 Brad Mills

289 Dan Norman

290 Al Oliver

291 David Palmer

292 Tim Raines

293 Jeff Reardon

294 Steve Rogers

295 Scott Sanderson

296 Dan Schatzeder

297 Bryn Smith

298 Chris Speier

299 Tim Wallach

300 Jerry White

301 Joel Youngblood

302 Ross Baumgarten

303 Dale Berra

304 John Candelaria

305 Dick Davis

306 Mike Easler

307 Richie Hebner

308 Lee Lacy

309 Bill Madlock

310 Larry McWilliams

311 John Milner

312 Omar Moreno

313 Jim Morrison

314 Steve Nicosia

315 Dave Parker

316 Tony Pena

317 Johnny Ray

318 Rick Rhoden

319 Don Robinson

320 Enrique Romo

321 Manny Sarmiento

322 Rod Scurry

323 Jimmy Smith

324 Willie Stargell

325 Jason Thompson

326 Kent Tekulve

327 Tom Brookens COR

328 Enos Cabell

329 Kirk Gibson

330 Larry Herndon

331 Mike Ivie

332 Howard Johnson RC

333 Lynn Jones

334 Rick Leach

335 Chet Lemon

336 Jack Morris

337 Lance Parrish

338 Larry Pashnick

339 Dan Petry

340 Dave Rozema

341 Dave Rucker

342 Elias Sosa

343 Dave Tobik

344 Alan Trammell

345 Jerry Turner

346 Jerry Ujdur

347 Pat Underwood

348 Lou Whitaker

349 Milt Wilcox

350 Glenn Wilson

351 John Wockenfuss

352 Kurt Bevacqua

353 Juan Bonilla

354 Floyd Chiffer

355 Luis DeLeon

356 Dave Dravecky RC

357 Dave Edwards

358 Juan Eichelberger

359 Tim Flannery

360 Tony Gwynn RC

361 Ruppert Jones

362 Terry Kennedy

363 Joe Lefebvre

364 Sixto Lezcano

365 Tim Lollar

366 Gary Lucas

367 John Montefusco

368 Broderick Perkins

369 Joe Pittman

370 Gene Richards

371 Luis Salazar

372 Eric Show RC

373 Garry Templeton

374 Chris Welsh

375 Alan Wiggins

376 Rick Cerone

377 Dave Collins

378 Roger Erickson

379 George Frazier

380 Oscar Gamble

381 Rich Gossage

382 Ken Griffey

383 Ron Guidry

384 Dave LaRoche

385 Rudy May

386 John Mayberry

387 Lee Mazzilli

388 Mike Morgan

389 Jerry Mumphrey

390 Bobby Murcer

391 Graig Nettles

392 Lou Piniella

393 Willie Randolph

394 Shane Rawley

395 Dave Righetti

396 Andre Robertson

397 Roy Smalley

398 Dave Winfield

399 Butch Wynegar

400 Chris Bando

401 Alan Bannister

402 Len Barker

403 Tom Brennan

404 Carmelo Castillo

405 Miguel Dilone

406 Jerry Dybzinski

407 Mike Fischlin

408 Ed Glynn UER

409 Mike Hargrove

410 Toby Harrah

411 Ron Hassey

412 Von Hayes

413 Rick Manning

414 Bake McBride

415 Larry Milbourne

416 Bill Nahorodny

417 Jack Perconte

418 Lary Sorensen

419 Dan Spillner

420 Rick Sutcliffe

421 Andre Thornton

422 Rick Waits

423 Eddie Whitson

424 Jesse Barfield

425 Barry Bonnell

426 Jim Clancy

427 Damaso Garcia

428 Jerry Garvin

429 Alfredo Griffin

430 Garth Iorg

431 Roy Lee Jackson

432 Luis Leal

433 Buck Martinez

434 Joey McLaughlin

435 Lloyd Moseby

436 Rance Mulliniks

437 Dale Murray

438 Wayne Nordhagen

439 Geno Petralli

440 Hosken Powell

441 Dave Stieb

442 Willie Upshaw

443 Ernie Whitt

444 Alvis Woods

445 Alan Ashby

446 Jose Cruz

447 Kiko Garcia

448 Phil Garner

449 Danny Heep

450 Art Howe

451 Bob Knepper

452 Alan Knicely

453 Ray Knight

454 Frank LaCorte

455 Mike LaCoss

456 Randy Moffitt

457 Joe Niekro

458 Terry Puhl

459 Luis Pujols

460 Craig Reynolds

461 Bert Roberge

462 Vern Ruhle

463 Nolan Ryan

464 Joe Sambito

465 Tony Scott

466 Dave Smith

467 Harry Spilman

468 Dickie Thon

469 Denny Walling

470 Larry Andersen

471 Floyd Bannister

472 Jim Beattie

473 Bruce Bochte

474 Manny Castillo

475 Bill Caudill

476 Bryan Clark

477 Al Cowens

478 Julio Cruz

479 Todd Cruz

480 Gary Gray

481 Dave Henderson

482 Mike Moore RC

483 Gaylord Perry

484 Dave Revering

485 Joe Simpson

486 Mike Stanton

487 Rick Sweet

488 Ed VandeBerg

489 Richie Zisk

490 Doug Bird

491 Larry Bowa

492 Bill Buckner

493 Bill Campbell

494 Jody Davis

495 Leon Durham

496 Steve Henderson

497 Willie Hernandez

498 Fergie Jenkins

499 Jay Johnstone

500 Junior Kennedy

501 Randy Martz

502 Jerry Morales

503 Keith Moreland

504 Dickie Noles

505 Mike Proly

506 Allen Ripley

507 Ryne Sandberg RC

508 Lee Smith

509 Pat Tabler

510 Dick Tidrow

511 Bump Wills

512 Gary Woods

513 Tony Armas

514 Dave Beard

515 Jeff Burroughs

516 John D'Acquisto

517 Wayne Gross

518 Mike Heath

519 Rickey Henderson

520 Cliff Johnson

521 Matt Keough

522 Brian Kingman

523 Rick Langford

524 Dave Lopes

525 Steve McCatty

526 Dave McKay

527 Dan Meyer

528 Dwayne Murphy

529 Jeff Newman

530 Mike Norris

531 Bob Owchinko

532 Joe Rudi

533 Jimmy Sexton

534 Fred Stanley

535 Tom Underwood

536 Neil Allen

537 Wally Backman

538 Bob Bailor

539 Hubie Brooks

540 Carlos Diaz RC

541 Pete Falcone

542 George Foster

543 Ron Gardenhire

544 Brian Giles

545 Ron Hodges

546 Randy Jones

547 Mike Jorgensen

548 Dave Kingman

549 Ed Lynch

550 Jesse Orosco

551 Rick Ownbey

552 Charlie Puleo

553 Gary Rajsich

554 Mike Scott

555 Rusty Staub

556 John Stearns

557 Craig Swan

558 Ellis Valentine

559 Tom Veryzer

560 Mookie Wilson

561 Pat Zachry

562 Buddy Bell

563 John Butcher

564 Steve Comer

565 Danny Darwin

566 Bucky Dent

567 John Grubb

568 Rick Honeycutt

569 Dave Hostetler

570 Charlie Hough

571 Lamar Johnson

572 Jon Matlack

573 Paul Mirabella

574 Larry Parrish

575 Mike Richardt

576 Mickey Rivers

577 Billy Sample

578 Dave Schmidt

579 Bill Stein

580 Jim Sundberg

581 Frank Tanana

582 Mark Wagner

583 George Wright RC

584 Johnny Bench

585 Bruce Berenyi

586 Larry Biittner

587 Cesar Cedeno

588 Dave Concepcion

589 Dan Driessen

590 Greg Harris

591 Ben Hayes

592 Paul Householder

593 Tom Hume

594 Wayne Krenchicki

595 Rafael Landestoy

596 Charlie Leibrandt

597 Eddie Milner

598 Ron Oester

599 Frank Pastore

600 Joe Price

601 Tom Seaver

602 Bob Shirley

603 Mario Soto

604 Alex Trevino

605 Mike Vail

606 Duane Walker

607 Tom Brunansky

608 Bobby Castillo

609 John Castino

610 Ron Davis

611 Lenny Faedo

612 Terry Felton

613 Gary Gaetti RC

614 Mickey Hatcher

615 Brad Havens

616 Kent Hrbek

617 Randy Johnson

618 Tim Laudner

619 Jeff Little

620 Bobby Mitchell

621 Jack O'Connor

622 John Pacella

623 Pete Redfern

624 Jesus Vega

625 Frank Viola RC

626 Ron Washington

627 Gary Ward

628 Al Williams

629 C.Yaz/Eck/M.Clear

630 G.Perry/T.Bulling

631 D.Concepcion/M.Trillo

632 R.Yount/B.Bell

633 D.Winfield/K.Hrbek

634 P.Rose/W.Stargell

635 T.Harrah/A.Thornton

636 O.Smith/Lo.Smith

637 B.Diaz/G.Carter

638 C.Fisk/G.Carter

639 Rickey Henderson IA

640 B.Oglivie/R.Jackson

641 Joel Youngblood

642 R.Hassey/L.Barker

643 V.Blue/Black-Blue

644 B.Black/Black-Blue

645 Reggie Jackson Power

646 Rickey Henderson Speed

647 Cards/Brewers CL

648 Orioles/Angels CL

649 Royals/Braves CL

650 Phillies/Red Sox CL

651 Dodgers/White Sox CL

652 Giants/Expos CL

653 Pirates/Tigers CL

654 Padres/Yankees CL

655 Indians/Blue Jays CL

656 Astros/Mariners CL

657 Cubs/A's CL

658 Mets/Rangers CL

659 Reds/Twins CL

660 Specials/Teams CL

Errors

Card 129 Steve Bedrosian UER (Reads Height 6'33")

Card 216 Jerry Reuss UER (Home omitted)

Card 327A Tom Brookens (Short .375 brown box shaded in on Back)

Card 327B Tom Brookens (Longer 1.25 brown box shaded in on Back)

Card 408 Ed Glynn UER (Photo actually of Bud Anderson)

Inserts

Team Stickers

Each pack of 1983 Fleer Baseball contained a team logo sticker. There were two styles: "Hat" and "Large Logo." Variations of each sticker involving the red-to-green gradient background are known to exist. The design of this set was recycled for next year's Fleer Baseball set.

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