1984 Topps
Contents
Description
1984 Topps is a 792-card, single-series, set. For the second consecutive year, the design featured two photos on the front. Rookie Cards in this set include Don Mattingly and Darryl Strawberry.
Topps tested a special send-in offer in Michigan and a few other states whereby collectors could obtain direct from Topps ten cards of their choice. Needless to say most people ordered the key (most valuable) players necessitating the printing of a special sheet to keep up with the demand. The special sheet had five cards of Darryl Strawberry, three cards of Don Mattingly, etc. The test was apparently a failure in Topps' eyes as they have never tried it again.
Distribution
Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.30).
Cello: 24 packs per box, 28 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.49).
Rack: 24 packs per box, 54 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99).
Sugarless Rack: 36 cards plus three sticks of sugarless gum per pack.
Factory Sets
Tiffany Factory Sets
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 792 | - | ? | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
1 Steve Carlton HL
2 Rickey Henderson HL
3 Dan Quisenberry HL
4 N.Ryan/Carlton/Perry HL
5 Righetti/Forsch/Warren HL
6 Bench/Perry/Yastrzemski HL
7 Gary Lucas
8 Don Mattingly RC
9 Jim Gott
10 Robin Yount
11 Minnesota Twins TL
12 Billy Sample
13 Scott Holman
14 Tom Brookens
15 Burt Hooton
16 Omar Moreno
17 John Denny
18 Dale Berra
19 Ray Fontenot
20 Greg Luzinski
21 Joe Altobelli MG
22 Bryan Clark
23 Keith Moreland
24 John Martin
25 Glenn Hubbard
26 Bud Black
27 Daryl Sconiers
28 Frank Viola
29 Danny Heep
30 Wade Boggs
31 Andy McGaffigan
32 Bobby Ramos
33 Tom Burgmeier
34 Eddie Milner
35 Don Sutton
36 Denny Walling
37 Texas Rangers TL
38 Luis DeLeon
39 Garth Iorg
40 Dusty Baker
41 Tony Bernazard
42 Johnny Grubb
43 Ron Reed
44 Jim Morrison
45 Jerry Mumphrey
46 Ray Smith
47 Rudy Law
48 Julio Franco FTC
49 John Stuper
50 Chris Chambliss
51 Jim Frey MG
52 Paul Splittorff
53 Juan Beniquez
54 Jesse Orosco
55 Dave Concepcion
56 Gary Allenson
57 Dan Schatzeder
58 Max Venable
59 Sammy Stewart
60 Paul Molitor
61 Chris Codiroli
62 Dave Hostetler
63 Ed VandeBerg
64 Mike Scioscia
65 Kirk Gibson
66 Houston Astros TL
67 Gary Ward
68 Luis Salazar
69 Rod Scurry
70 Gary Matthews
71 Leo Hernandez
72 Mike Squires
73 Jody Davis
74 Jerry Martin
75 Bob Forsch
76 Alfredo Griffin
77 Brett Butler
78 Mike Torrez
79 Rob Wilfong
80 Steve Rogers
81 Billy Martin MG
82 Doug Bird
83 Richie Zisk
84 Lenny Faedo
85 Atlee Hammaker
86 John Shelby
87 Frank Pastore
88 Rob Picciolo
89 Mike Smithson
90 Pedro Guerrero
91 Dan Spillner
92 Lloyd Moseby
93 Bob Knepper
94 Mario Ramirez
95 Aurelio Lopez
96 Kansas City Royals TL
97 LaMarr Hoyt
98 Steve Nicosia
99 Craig Lefferts RC
100 Reggie Jackson
101 Porfirio Altamirano
102 Ken Oberkfell
103 Dwayne Murphy
104 Ken Dayley
105 Tony Armas
106 Tim Stoddard
107 Ned Yost
108 Randy Moffitt
109 Brad Wellman
110 Ron Guidry
111 Bill Virdon MG
112 Tom Niedenfuer
113 Kelly Paris
114 Checklist 1-132
115 Andre Thornton
116 George Bjorkman
117 Tom Veryzer
118 Charlie Hough
119 John Wockenfuss
120 Keith Hernandez
121 Pat Sheridan
122 Cecilio Guante
123 Butch Wynegar
124 Damaso Garcia
125 Britt Burns
126 Atlanta Braves TL
127 Mike Madden
128 Rick Manning
129 Bill Laskey
130 Ozzie Smith
131 W. Boggs/B. Madlock LL
132 M. Schmidt/J. Rice LL
133 Murphy/Cooper/Rice LL
134 Raines/Henderson LL
135 Denny/Hoyt LL
136 Carlton/Morris LL
137 Hammaker/Honeycutt LL
138 Holland/Quisenberry LL
139 Bert Campaneris
140 Storm Davis
141 Pat Corrales MG
142 Rich Gale
143 Jose Morales
144 Brian Harper RC
145 Gary Lavelle
146 Ed Romero
147 Dan Petry
148 Joe Lefebvre
149 Jon Matlack
150 Dale Murphy
151 Steve Trout
152 Glenn Brummer
153 Dick Tidrow
154 Dave Henderson
155 Frank White
156 Oakland A's TL
157 Gary Gaetti
158 John Curtis
159 Darryl Cias
160 Mario Soto
161 Junior Ortiz
162 Bob Ojeda
163 Lorenzo Gray
164 Scott Sanderson
165 Ken Singleton
166 Jamie Nelson
167 Marshall Edwards
168 Juan Bonilla
169 Larry Parrish
170 Jerry Reuss
171 Frank Robinson MG
172 Frank DiPino
173 Marvell Wynne
174 Juan Berenguer
175 Graig Nettles
176 Lee Smith
177 Jerry Hairston
178 Bill Krueger RC
179 Buck Martinez
180 Manny Trillo
181 Roy Thomas
182 Darryl Strawberry RC
183 Al Williams
184 Mike O'Berry
185 Sixto Lezcano
186 St.Louis Cardinal TL
187 Luis Aponte
188 Bryan Little
189 Tim Conroy
190 Ben Oglivie
191 Mike Boddicker
192 Nick Esasky
193 Darrell Brown
194 Domingo Ramos
195 Jack Morris
196 Don Slaught FTC
197 Garry Hancock
198 Bill Doran RC
199 Willie Hernandez
200 Andre Dawson
201 Bruce Kison
202 Bobby Cox MG
203 Matt Keough
204 Bobby Meacham
205 Greg Minton
206 Andy Van Slyke RC
207 Donnie Moore
208 Jose Oquendo RC
209 Manny Sarmiento
210 Joe Morgan
211 Rick Sweet
212 Broderick Perkins
213 Bruce Hurst
214 Paul Householder
215 Tippy Martinez
216 Chicago White Sox TL
217 Alan Ashby
218 Rick Waits
219 Joe Simpson
220 Fernando Valenzuela
221 Cliff Johnson
222 Rick Honeycutt
223 Wayne Krenchicki
224 Sid Monge
225 Lee Mazzilli
226 Juan Eichelberger
227 Steve Braun
228 John Rabb
229 Paul Owens MG
230 Rickey Henderson
231 Gary Woods
232 Tim Wallach
233 Checklist 133-264
234 Rafael Ramirez
235 Matt Young RC
236 Ellis Valentine
237 John Castino
238 Reid Nichols
239 Jay Howell
240 Eddie Murray
241 Bill Almon
242 Alex Trevino
243 Pete Ladd
244 Candy Maldonado
245 Rick Sutcliffe
246 New York Mets TL
247 Onix Concepcion
248 Bill Dawley
249 Jay Johnstone
250 Bill Madlock
251 Tony Gwynn
252 Larry Christenson
253 Jim Wohlford
254 Shane Rawley
255 Bruce Benedict
256 Dave Geisel
257 Julio Cruz
258 Luis Sanchez
259 Sparky Anderson MG
260 Scott McGregor
261 Bobby Brown
262 Tom Candiotti RC
263 Jack Fimple
264 Doug Frobel RC
265 Donnie Hill
266 Steve Lubratich
267 Carmelo Martinez
268 Jack O'Connor
269 Aurelio Rodriguez
270 Jeff Russell RC
271 Moose Haas
272 Rick Dempsey
273 Charlie Puleo
274 Rick Monday
275 Len Matuszek
276 California Angels TL
277 Eddie Whitson
278 George Bell
279 Ivan DeJesus
280 Floyd Bannister
281 Larry Milbourne
282 Jim Barr
283 Larry Biittner
284 Howard Bailey
285 Darrell Porter
286 Lary Sorensen
287 Warren Cromartie
288 Jim Beattie
289 Randy Johnson
290 Dave Dravecky
291 Chuck Tanner MG
292 Tony Scott
293 Ed Lynch
294 U.L. Washington
295 Mike Flanagan
296 Jeff Newman
297 Bruce Berenyi
298 Jim Gantner
299 John Butcher
300 Pete Rose
301 Frank LaCorte
302 Barry Bonnell
303 Marty Castillo
304 Warren Brusstar
305 Roy Smalley
306 Los Angeles Dodgers TL
307 Bobby Mitchell
308 Ron Hassey
309 Tony Phillips RC
310 Willie McGee
311 Jerry Koosman
312 Jorge Orta
313 Mike Jorgensen
314 Orlando Mercado
315 Bob Grich
316 Mark Bradley
317 Greg Pryor
318 Bill Gullickson
319 Al Bumbry
320 Bob Stanley
321 Harvey Kuenn MG
322 Ken Schrom
323 Alan Knicely
324 Alejandro Pena RC
325 Darrell Evans
326 Bob Kearney
327 Ruppert Jones
328 Vern Ruhle
329 Pat Tabler
330 John Candelaria
331 Bucky Dent
332 Kevin Gross RC
333 Larry Herndon
334 Chuck Rainey
335 Don Baylor
336 Seattle Mariners TL
337 Kevin Hagen
338 Mike Warren
339 Roy Lee Jackson
340 Hal McRae
341 Dave Tobik
342 Tim Foli
343 Mark Davis
344 Rick Miller
345 Kent Hrbek
346 Kurt Bevacqu
347 Allan Ramirez
348 Toby Harrah
349 Bob L. Gibson
350 George Foster
351 Russ Nixon MG
352 Dave Stewart
353 Jim Anderson
354 Jeff Burroughs
355 Jason Thompson
356 Glenn Abbott
357 Ron Cey
358 Bob Dernier
359 Jim Acker
360 Willie Randolph
361 Dave Smith
362 David Green
363 Tim Laudner
364 Scott Fletcher
365 Steve Bedrosian
366 San Diego Padres TL
367 Jamie Easterly
368 Hubie Brooks
369 Steve McCatty
370 Tim Raines
371 Dave Gumpert
372 Gary Roenicke
373 Bill Scherrer
374 Don Money
375 Dennis Leonard
376 Dave Anderson
377 Danny Darwin
378 Bob Brenly
379 Checklist 265-396
380 Steve Garvey
381 Ralph Houk MG
382 Chris Nyman
383 Terry Puhl
384 Lee Tunnell
385 Tony Perez
386 George Hendrick AS
387 Johnny Ray AS
388 Mike Schmidt AS
389 Ozzie Smith AS
390 Tim Raines AS
391 Dale Murphy AS
392 Andre Dawson AS
393 Gary Carter AS
394 Steve Rogers AS
395 Steve Carlton AS
396 Jesse Orosco AS
397 Eddie Murray AS
398 Lou Whitaker AS
399 George Brett AS
400 Cal Ripken AS
401 Jim Rice AS
402 Dave Winfield AS
403 Lloyd Moseby AS
404 Ted Simmons AS
405 LaMarr Hoyt AS
406 Ron Guidry AS
407 Dan Quisenberry AS
408 Lou Piniella
409 Juan Agosto
410 Claudell Washington
411 Houston Jimenez
412 Doug Rader MG
413 Spike Owen RC
414 Mitchell Page
415 Tommy John
416 Dane Iorg
417 Mike Armstrong
418 Ron Hodges
419 John Henry Johnson
420 Cecil Cooper
421 Charlie Lea
422 Jose Cruz
423 Mike Morgan
424 Dann Bilardello
425 Steve Howe
426 Baltimore Orioles TL
427 Rick Leach
428 Fred Breining
429 Randy Bush
430 Rusty Staub
431 Chris Bando
432 Charles Hudson
433 Rich Hebner
434 Harold Baines
435 Neil Allen
436 Rick Peters
437 Mike Proly
438 Biff Pocoroba
439 Bob Stoddard
440 Steve Kemp
441 Bob Lillis MGR
442 Byron McLaughlin
443 Benny Ayala
444 Steve Renko
445 Jerry Remy
446 Luis Pujols
447 Tom Brunansky
448 Ben Hayes
449 Joe Pettini
450 Gary Carter
451 Bob Jones
452 Chuck Porter
453 Willie Upshaw
454 Joe Beckwith
455 Terry Kennedy
456 Chicago Cubs TL
457 Dave Rozema
458 Kiko Garcia
459 Kevin Hickey
460 Dave Winfield
461 Jim Maler
462 Lee Lacy
463 Dave Engle
464 Jeff A. Jones
465 Mookie Wilson
466 Gene Garber
467 Mike Ramsey
468 Geoff Zahn
469 Tom O'Malley
470 Nolan Ryan
471 Dick Howser MG
472 Mike G. Brown
473 Jim Dwyer
474 Greg Bargar
475 Gary Redus RC
476 Tom Tellmann
477 Rafael Landestoy
478 Alan Bannister
479 Frank Tanana
480 Ron Kittle
481 Mark Thurmond
482 Enos Cabell
483 Fergie Jenkins
484 Ozzie Virgil
485 Rick Rhoden
486 New York Yankees TL
487 Ricky Adams
488 Jesse Barfield
489 Dave Von Ohlen
490 Cal Ripken
491 Bobby Castillo
492 Tucker Ashford
493 Mike Norris
494 Chili Davis
495 Rollie Fingers
496 Terry Francona
497 Bud Anderson
498 Rich Gedman
499 Mike Witt
500 George Brett
501 Steve Henderson
502 Joe Torre MG
503 Elias Sosa
504 Mickey Rivers
505 Pete Vuckovich
506 Ernie Whitt
507 Mike LaCoss
508 Mel Hall
509 Brad Havens
510 Alan Trammell
511 Marty Bystrom
512 Oscar Gamble
513 Dave Beard
514 Floyd Rayford
515 Gorman Thomas
516 Montreal Expos TL
517 John Moses
518 Greg Walker
519 Ron Davis
520 Bob Boone
521 Pete Falcone
522 Dave Bergman
523 Glenn Hoffman
524 Carlos Diaz
525 Willie Wilson
526 Ron Oester
527 Checklist 397-528
528 Mark Brouhard
529 Keith Atherton
530 Dan Ford
531 Steve Boros MG
532 Eric Show
533 Ken Landreaux
534 Pete O'Brien RC
535 Bo Diaz
536 Doug Bair
537 Johnny Ray
538 Kevin Bass
539 George Frazier
540 George Hendrick
541 Dennis Lamp
542 Duane Kuiper
543 Craig McMurtry
544 Cesar Geronimo
545 Bill Buckner
546 Cleveland Indians TL
547 Mike Moore
548 Ron Jackson
549 Walt Terrell
550 Jim Rice
551 Scott Ullger
552 Ray Burris
553 Joe Nolan
554 Ted Power
555 Greg Brock
556 Joey McLaughlin
557 Wayne Tolleson
558 Mike Davis
559 Mike Scott
560 Carlton Fisk
561 Whitey Herzog MG
562 Manny Castillo
563 Glenn Wilson
564 Al Holland
565 Leon Durham
566 Jim Bibby
567 Mike Heath
568 Pete Filson
569 Bake McBride
570 Dan Quisenberry
571 Bruce Bochy
572 Jerry Royster
573 Dave Kingman
574 Brian Downing
575 Jim Clancy
576 San Francisco Giants TL
577 Mark Clear
578 Lenn Sakata
579 Bob James
580 Lonnie Smith
581 Jose DeLeon
582 Bob McClure
583 Derrel Thomas
584 Dave Schmidt
585 Dan Driessen
586 Joe Niekro
587 Von Hayes
588 Milt Wilcox
589 Mike Easler
590 Dave Stieb
591 Tony LaRussa MG
592 Andre Robertson
593 Jeff Lahti
594 Gene Richards
595 Jeff Reardon
596 Ryne Sandberg
597 Rick Camp
598 Rusty Kuntz
599 Doug Sisk
600 Rod Carew
601 John Tudor
602 John Wathan
603 Renie Martin
604 John Lowenstein
605 Mike Caldwell
606 Toronto Blue Jays TL
607 Tom Hume
608 Bobby Johnson
609 Dan Meyer
610 Steve Sax
611 Chet Lemon
612 Harry Spilman
613 Greg Gross
614 Len Barker
615 Garry Templeton
616 Don Robinson
617 Rick Cerone
618 Dickie Noles
619 Jerry Dybzinski
620 Al Oliver
621 Frank Howard MG
622 Al Cowens
623 Ron Washington
624 Terry Harper
625 Larry Gura
626 Bob Clark
627 Dave LaPoint
628 Ed Jurak
629 Rick Langford
630 Ted Simmons
631 Dennis Martinez
632 Tom Foley
633 Mike Krukow
634 Mike Marshall
635 Dave Righetti
636 Pat Putnam
637 Philadelphia Phillies TL
638 George Vukovich
639 Rick Lysander
640 Lance Parrish
641 Mike Richardt
642 Tom Underwood
643 Mike C. Brown
644 Tim Lollar
645 Tony Pena
646 Checklist 529-660
647 Ron Roenicke
648 Len Whitehouse
649 Tom Herr
650 Phil Niekro
651 John McNamara MG
652 Rudy May
653 Dave Stapleton
654 Bob Bailor
655 Amos Otis
656 Bryn Smith
657 Thad Bosley
658 Jerry Augustine
659 Duane Walker
660 Ray Knight
661 Steve Yeager
662 Tom Brennan
663 Johnnie LeMaster
664 Dave Stegman
665 Buddy Bell
666 Detroit Tigers TL
667 Vance Law
668 Larry McWilliams
669 Dave Lopes
670 Rich Gossage
671 Jamie Quirk
672 Ricky Nelson
673 Mike Walters
674 Tim Flannery
675 Pascual Perez
676 Brian Giles
677 Doyle Alexander
678 Chris Speier
679 Art Howe
680 Fred Lynn
681 Tom Lasorda MG
682 Dan Morogiello
683 Marty Barrett
684 Bob Shirley
685 Willie Aikens
686 Joe Price
687 Roy Howell
688 George Wright
689 Mike Fischlin
690 Jack Clark
691 Steve Lake
692 Dickie Thon
693 Alan Wiggins
694 Mike Stanton
695 Lou Whitaker
696 Pittsburgh Pirates TL
697 Dale Murray
698 Marc Hill
699 Dave Rucker
700 Mike Schmidt
701 Madlock/Rose/Parker LL
702 Rose/Staub/Perez LL
703 Schmidt/Perez/Kingman LL
704 Perez/Staub/Oliver LL
705 Morgan/Cedeno/Bowa LL
706 Carlton/Jenkins/Seaver LL
707 Ryan/Seaver/Carlton LL
708 Seaver/Carlton/Rogers LL
709 Sutter/McGraw/Garber LL
710 Carew/Brett/Cooper LL
711 Carew/Campi./ Jackson LL
712 Jackson/Nettles/ Luzinski LL
713 Jackson/Simmons/ Nettles LL
714 Campaneris/Lopes LL
715 Palmer/Sutton/John LL
716 Sutton/Bert Blyleven LL
717 Palmer/Fingers LL
718 Fingers/Gossage/Quisen.. LL
719 Andy Hassler
720 Dwight Evans
721 Del Crandall MG
722 Bob Welch
723 Rich Dauer
724 Eric Rasmussen
725 Cesar Cedeno
726 Milwaukee Brewers TL
727 Joel Youngblood
728 Tug McGraw
729 Gene Tenace
730 Bruce Sutter
731 Lynn Jones
732 Terry Crowley
733 Dave Collins
734 Odell Jones
735 Rick Burleson
736 Dick Ruthven
737 Jim Essian
738 Bill Schroeder
739 Bob Watson
740 Tom Seaver
741 Wayne Gross
742 Dick Williams MG
743 Don Hood
744 Jamie Allen
745 Dennis Eckersley
746 Mickey Hatcher
747 Pat Zachry
748 Jeff Leonard
749 Doug Flynn
750 Jim Palmer
751 Charlie Moore
752 Phil Garner
753 Doug Gwosdz
754 Kent Tekulve
755 Garry Maddox
756 Cincinnati Reds TL
757 Larry Bowa
758 Bill Stein
759 Richard Dotson
760 Bob Horner
761 John Montefusco
762 Rance Mulliniks
763 Craig Swan
764 Mike Hargrove
765 Ken Forsch
766 Mike Vail
767 Carney Lansford
768 Champ Summers
769 Bill Caudill
770 Ken Griffey
771 Billy Gardner MG
772 Jim Slaton
773 Todd Cruz
774 Tom Gorman
775 Dave Parker
776 Craig Reynolds
777 Tom Paciorek
778 Andy Hawkins
779 Jim Sundberg
780 Steve Carlton
781 Checklist 661-792
782 Steve Balboni
783 Luis Leal
784 Leon Roberts
785 Joaquin Andujar
786 Boston Red Sox TL
787 Bill Campbell
788 Milt May
789 Bert Blyleven
790 Doug DeCinces
791 Terry Forster
792 Bill Russell
Variations
According to hobby lore, several card test sheets made their way out of the factory and were cut up into single cards. These test cards have a slight variation when compared to a standard 1984 Topps cards. The player's head on the test cards, located in the lower left corner, is totally inside the box. It appears only 66 different head-in-box cards were produced in this fashion.
Parallels
Nestle
Topps produced a full 792-card parallel of their flagship Topps set, in uncut sheet form, as part of a promotion with Nestle. For $4.95 and five Nestle candy wrappers, collectors would receive their choice of one of six 132-card uncut sheets. All six sheets make up the full set. Only 5000 of each sheet was printed.
The cards are exactly the same as the regular Topps set, with the exception of the Nestle logo replacing the Topps logo on the front.
Because the Nestle set was distributed in uncut sheet format, singles that are (very, very, carefully) cut out, command a premium.
Tiffany
1984 marked the debut of the Topps Tiffany factory set. Sold exclusively to Hobby dealers, Tiffany was a full 792-card parallel of the 1984 Topps set, but printed on a higher-quality glossy cardstock. The sets were printed at Topps' plant in Ireland and use the same white cardstock as the Topps Traded sets of the era.
Only 10,000 Tiffany sets were produced.
