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 plus one sticker per pack (MSRP: $0.30).

Cello: 24 packs per box, 28 cards plus two stickers per pack (MSRP: $0.49).

Rack: 24 packs per box, 84 cards plus six stickers per pack (MSRP: $1.49). Three boxes per case.

Triple Wax Racks: Three wax packs per pack.

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 RC
• 13 Tito Landrum
• 14 Dave LaPoint RC
• 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
• 57 Rich Dauer
• 58 Rick Dempsey
• 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, Jr.
• 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 Bob 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
• 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
• 124 Paul Splittorff
• 125 U.L. Washington
• 126 John Wathan
• 127 Frank White
• 128 Willie Wilson
• 129 Steve Bedrosian
• 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 John Denny
• 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
• 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
• 213 Rick Monday
• 214 Tom Niedenfuer
• 215 Jorge Orta
• 216 Jerry Reuss
• 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 Rich 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 Charlie Haag
• 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 (Longer 1.25 brown box)
• 327 Tom Brookens (Short .375 brown box)
• 328 Enos Cabell
• 329 Kirk Gibson
• 330 Larry Herndon
• 331 Mike Ivie
• 332 Howard Johnson
• 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
• 357 Dave Edwards
• 358 Juan Eichelberger
• 359 Tim Flannery
• 360 Tony Gwynn
• 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, Sr.
• 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
• 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 Ed 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
• 483 Gaylord Perry
• 484 Dave Revering
• 485 Joe Simpson
• 486 Mike Stanton
• 487 Rick Sweet
• 488 Ed Vande Berg
• 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
• 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 Davey 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
• 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
• 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
• 614 Mickey Hatcher
• 615 Brad Havens
• 616 Kent Hrbek
• 617 Randy Johnson RC
• 618 Tim Laudner
• 619 Jeff Little RC
• 620 Bobby Mitchell
• 621 Jack O'Connor
• 622 John Pacella
• 623 Pete Redfern
• 624 Jesus Vega RC
• 625 Frank Viola RC
• 626 Ron Washington RC
• 627 Gary Ward
• 628 Al Williams

SuperStar Specials

1983 Fleer marked the beginning of the annual SuperStar Specials subset, which would be featured in every Fleer baseball set until 1994.

NOTES:

• Card #642 is meant to correct an error from the previous year's set. Card #639 of the 1982 Fleer set commemorates Cleveland Indians pitcher Len Barker's 1981 perfect game by showing Barker and Indians catcher Bo Diaz. Unfortunately, it was Ron Hassey who was catching that night.
• Cards #643-#644 and #645-#646 are "puzzles" that are meant to laid side-by-side.

• 629 Dennis Eckersley / Carl Yastrzemski / Mark Clear "Red Sox All-Stars"
• 630 Gaylord Perry / Terry Bulling "300 Career Wins"
• 631 Dave Concepcion / Manny Trillo "Pride of Venezuela"
• 632 Robin Yount / Buddy Bell "All-Star Infielders"
• 633 Dave Winfield / Kent Hrbek "Mr. Vet & Mr. Rookie"
• 634 Willie Stargell / Pete Rose "Fountain of Youth"
• 635 Toby Harrah / Andre Thornton "Big Chiefs"
• 636 Ozzie Smith / Lonnie Smith "Smith Bros."
• 637 Bo Diaz / Gary Carter "Base Stealers' Threat"
• 638 Carlton Fisk / Gary Carter "All-Star Catchers"
• 639 Rickey Henderson "The Silver Shoe"
• 640 Ben Oglivie / Reggie Jackson "Home Run Threats"
• 641 Joel Youngblood "Two Teams -- Same Day"
• 642 Ron Hassey / Len Barker "Last Perfect Game"
• 643 Vida Blue "? Blue"
• 644 Bud Black "Black & ? "
• 645 Reggie Jackson "? Power"
• 646 Rickey Henderson "Speed & ?"

Checklists

• 647 Checklist 1-51 CL STL / MKE
• 648 Checklist 52-103 CL BAL / CAL
• 649 Checklist 104-152 CL KC / ATL
• 650 Checklist 153-200 CL PHL / BOS
• 651 Checklist 201-251 CL LA / CWS
• 652 Checklist 252-301 CL SF / MTL
• 653 Checklist 302-351 CL PIT / DET
• 654 Checklist 352-399 CL SD / NYY
• 655 Checklist 400-444 CL CLE / TOR
• 656 Checklist 445-489 CL HOU / SEA
• 657 Checklist 490-535 CL CHC / OAK
• 658 Checklist 536-583 CL NYM / TEX
• 659 Checklist 584-628 CL CIN / MIN
• 660 Checklist 629-646 CL SuperStar Specials

Errors

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

Card 216 Jerry Reuss UER (Home omitted)

Card 327A Tom Brookens (Short 3/8" brown box shaded in on Back)

Card 327B Tom Brookens (Longer 1 1/2" 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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