1989 Fleer

Description

1989 Fleer consists of 660 cards. Card fronts feature a distinctive gray border background with white pinstripes and yellow trim. Cards are again organized alphabetically within team. Unlike previous year's, however, where the World Series champion (in this case the Dodgers) would be lead off the set, the entire set is ordered by 1988 regular season record with Oakland (the '88 World Series runner-up) going first.

The last 33 cards in the set consist of SuperStar Specials (628-639), Major League Prospects (640-653), and checklists (654-660). Rookie Cards in this set include Craig Biggio, Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Gary Sheffield, and John Smoltz.

The '89 Fleer set is known for the sheer amount of errors and variations. Approximately half of the California Angels players have white rather than yellow halos. Certain Oakland A's player cards have red instead of green lines for front photo borders. Checklist cards are available either with or without positions listed for each player.

Billy Ripken Errors

One of the Hobby's most notorious errors hails from this product. Card #616, Billy Ripken, was originally published with the words "FUCK FACE" clearly written on the knob of the bat. Needless to say, this caused quite a stir in 1989 and the card was quickly reprinted. Because of this, several different variations were printed with the final solution (and the most common version of this card) being a black box covering the bat knob. The first variation is still actively sought after in the hobby and the other versions are still sought after by collectors seeking a "master" set.

The website BillRipken.com has assembled a gallery of all the known variations.

Randy Johnson Variation

About a decade after '89 Fleer's release, Beckett Grading Services discovered a heretofore unnoticed variation on the Randy Johnson RC (card #381). It seems the most common version features a crudely-blacked out image of an outfield billboard. A scarcer version clearly reveals the words "Marlboro" on the billboard.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, fifteen cards plus one sticker per pack (MSRP: $0.50). 20 boxes per case.

Cello: 24 packs per box, 36 cards plus three stickers per pack (MSRP: $1.59). 12 boxes per case.

Rack: 24 packs per box, 42 cards plus three stickers per pack (MSRP: $1.99). Three boxes per case.

Factory sets.

Glossy Factory sets.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Wax Odds	Cello Odds	Rack Odds
Base	660	-	15:1	36:1	41:1
All-Stars	12	-	1:6	1:3	N/A
For the Record	6	-	N/A	N/A	one-per-pack

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Don Baylor
• 2 Lance Blankenship
• 3 Todd Burns
• 4 Greg Cadaret
• 5 Jose Canseco
• 6 Storm Davis
• 7 Dennis Eckersley
• 8 Mike Gallego
• 9 Ron Hassey
• 10 Dave Henderson
• 11 Rick Honeycutt
• 12 Glenn Hubbard
• 13 Stan Javier
• 14 Doug Jennings
• 15 Felix Jose
• 16 Carney Lansford
• 17 Mark McGwire
• 18 Gene Nelson
• 19 Dave Parker
• 20 Eric Plunk
• 21 Luis Polonia
• 22 Terry Steinbach
• 23 Dave Stewart
• 24 Walt Weiss
• 25 Bob Welch
• 26 Curt Young
• 27 Rick Aguilera
• 28 Wally Backman
• 29 Mark Carreon
• 30 Gary Carter
• 31 David Cone
• 32 Ron Darling
• 33 Lenny Dykstra
• 34 Kevin Elster
• 35 Sid Fernandez
• 36 Dwight Gooden
• 37 Keith Hernandez
• 38 Gregg Jefferies
• 39 Howard Johnson
• 40 Terry Leach
• 41 Dave Magadan
• 42 Bob McClure
• 43 Roger McDowell
• 44 Kevin McReynolds
• 45 Keith A. Miller
• 46 Randy Myers
• 47 Bob Ojeda
• 48 Mackey Sasser
• 49 Darryl Strawberry
• 50 Tim Teufel
• 51 Dave West
• 52 Mookie Wilson
• 53 Dave Anderson
• 54 Tim Belcher
• 55 Mike Davis
• 56 Mike Devereaux
• 57 Kirk Gibson
• 58 Alfredo Griffin
• 59 Chris Gwynn
• 60 Jeff Hamilton
• 61 Danny Heep
• 62 Orel Hershiser
• 63 Brian Holton
• 64 Jay Howell
• 65 Tim Leary
• 66 Mike Marshall
• 67 Ramon Martinez
• 68 Jesse Orosco
• 69 Alejandro Pena
• 70 Steve Sax
• 71 Mike Scioscia
• 72 Mike Sharperson
• 73 John Shelby
• 74 Franklin Stubbs
• 75 John Tudor
• 76 Fernando Valenzuela
• 77 Tracy Woodson
• 78 Marty Barrett
• 79 Todd Benzinger
• 80 Mike Boddicker
• 81 Wade Boggs
• 82 Dennis Boyd
• 83 Ellis Burks
• 84 Rick Cerone
• 85 Roger Clemens
• 86 Steve Curry
• 87 Dwight Evans
• 88 Wes Gardner
• 89 Rich Gedman
• 90 Mike Greenwell
• 91 Bruce Hurst
• 92 Dennis Lamp
• 93 Spike Owen
• 94 Larry Parrish
• 95 Carlos Quintana
• 96 Jody Reed
• 97 Jim Rice
• 98 Kevin Romine
• 99 Lee Smith
• 100 Mike Smithson
• 101 Bob Stanley
• 102 Allan Anderson
• 103 Keith Atherton
• 104 Juan Berenguer
• 105 Bert Blyleven
• 106 Eric Bullock
• 107 Randy Bush
• 108 John Christensen
• 109 Mark Davidson
• 110 Gary Gaetti
• 111 Greg Gagne
• 112 Dan Gladden
• 113 German Gonzalez
• 114 Brian Harper
• 115 Tom Herr
• 116 Kent Hrbek
• 117 Gene Larkin
• 118 Tim Laudner
• 119 Charlie Lea
• 120 Steve Lombardozzi
• 121 John Moses
• 122 Al Newman
• 123 Mark Portugal
• 124 Kirby Puckett
• 125 Jeff Reardon
• 126 Fred Toliver
• 127 Frank Viola
• 128 Doyle Alexander
• 129 Dave Bergman
• 130 Tom Brookens
• 131 Paul Gibson
• 132 Mike Heath
• 133 Don Heinkel
• 134 Mike Henneman
• 135 Guillermo Hernandez
• 136 Eric King
• 137 Chet Lemon
• 138 Fred Lynn
• 139 Jack Morris
• 140 Matt Nokes
• 141 Gary Pettis
• 142 Ted Power
• 143 Jeff M. Robinson
• 144 Luis Salazar
• 145 Steve Searcy
• 146 Pat Sheridan
• 147 Frank Tanana
• 148 Alan Trammell
• 149 Walt Terrell
• 150 Jim Walewander
• 151 Lou Whitaker
• 152 Tim Birtsas
• 153 Tom Browning
• 154 Keith Brown
• 155 Norm Charlton
• 156 Dave Concepcion
• 157 Kal Daniels
• 158 Eric Davis
• 159 Bo Diaz
• 160 Rob Dibble
• 161 Nick Esasky
• 162 John Franco
• 163 Danny Jackson
• 164 Barry Larkin
• 165 Rob Murphy
• 166 Paul O'Neill
• 167 Jeff Reed
• 168 Jose Rijo
• 169 Ron Robinson
• 170 Chris Sabo
• 171 Candy Sierra
• 172 Van Snider
• 173 Jeff Treadway
• 174 Frank Williams
• 175 Herm Winningham
• 176 Jim Adduci
• 177 Don August
• 178 Mike Birkbeck
• 179 Chris Bosio
• 180 Glenn Braggs
• 181 Greg Brock
• 182 Mark Clear
• 183 Chuck Crim
• 184 Rob Deer
• 185 Tom Filer
• 186 Jim Gantner
• 187 Darryl Hamilton
• 188 Ted Higuera
• 189 Odell Jones
• 190 Jeffrey Leonard
• 191 Joey Meyer
• 192 Paul Mirabella
• 193 Paul Molitor
• 194 Charlie O'Brien
• 195 Dan Plesac
• 196 Gary Sheffield
• 197 B.J. Surhoff
• 198 Dale Sveum
• 199 Bill Wegman
• 200 Robin Yount
• 201 Rafael Belliard
• 202 Barry Bonds
• 203 Bobby Bonilla
• 204 Sid Bream
• 205 Benny Distefano
• 206 Doug Drabek
• 207 Mike Dunne
• 208 Felix Fermin
• 209 Brian Fisher
• 210 Jim Gott
• 211 Bob Kipper
• 212 Dave LaPoint
• 213 Mike LaValliere
• 214 Jose Lind
• 215 Junior Ortiz
• 216 Vicente Palacios
• 217 Tom Prince
• 218 Gary Redus
• 219 R.J. Reynolds
• 220 Jeff D. Robinson
• 221 John Smiley
• 222 Andy Van Slyke
• 223 Bob Walk
• 224 Glenn Wilson
• 225 Jesse Barfield
• 226 George Bell
• 227 Pat Borders
• 228 John Cerutti
• 229 Jim Clancy
• 230 Mark Eichhorn
• 231 Tony Fernandez
• 232 Cecil Fielder
• 233 Mike Flanagan
• 234 Kelly Gruber
• 235 Tom Henke
• 236 Jimmy Key
• 237 Rick Leach
• 238 Manny Lee
• 239 Nelson Liriano
• 240 Fred McGriff
• 241 Lloyd Moseby
• 242 Rance Mulliniks
• 243 Jeff Musselman
• 244 Dave Stieb
• 245 Todd Stottlemyre
• 246 Duane Ward
• 247 David Wells
• 248 Ernie Whitt
• 249 Luis Aguayo
• 250 Neil Allen
• 251 John Candelaria
• 252 Jack Clark
• 253 Rich Dotson
• 254 Rickey Henderson
• 255 Tommy John
• 256 Roberto Kelly
• 257 Al Leiter
• 258 Don Mattingly
• 259 Dale Mohorcic
• 260 Hal Morris
• 261 Scott Nielsen
• 262 Mike Pagliarulo
• 263 Hipolito Pena
• 264 Ken Phelps
• 265 Willie Randolph
• 266 Rick Rhoden
• 267 Dave Righetti
• 268 Rafael Santana
• 269 Steve Shields
• 270 Joel Skinner
• 271 Don Slaught
• 272 Claudell Washington
• 273 Gary Ward
• 274 Dave Winfield
• 275 Luis Aquino
• 276 Floyd Bannister
• 277 George Brett
• 278 Bill Buckner
• 279 Nick Capra
• 280 Jose DeJesus
• 281 Steve Farr
• 282 Jerry Don Gleaton
• 283 Mark Gubicza
• 284 Tom Gordon
• 285 Bo Jackson
• 286 Charlie Leibrandt
• 287 Mike Macfarlane
• 288 Jeff Montgomery
• 289 Bill Pecota UER (Photo is Brad Wellman)
• 290 Jamie Quirk
• 291 Bret Saberhagen
• 292 Kevin Seitzer
• 293 Kurt Stillwell
• 294 Pat Tabler
• 295 Danny Tartabull
• 296 Gary Thurman
• 297 Frank White
• 298 Willie Wilson
• 299 Roberto Alomar
• 300 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 301 Chris Brown
• 302 Mike Brumley
• 303 Mark Davis
• 304 Mark Grant
• 305 Tony Gwynn
• 306 Greg W. Harris
• 307 Andy Hawkins
• 308 Jimmy Jones
• 309 John Kruk
• 310 Dave Leiper
• 311 Carmelo Martinez
• 312 Lance McCullers
• 313 Keith Moreland
• 314 Dennis Rasmussen
• 315 Randy Ready
• 316 Benito Santiago
• 317 Eric Show
• 318 Todd Simmons
• 319 Garry Templeton
• 320 Dickie Thon
• 321 Ed Whitson
• 322 Marvell Wynne
• 323 Mike Aldrete
• 324 Brett Butler
• 325 Will Clark
• 326 Kelly Downs
• 327 Dave Dravecky
• 328 Scott Garrelts
• 329 Charlie Haag
• 330 Charlie Hayes
• 331 Mike Krukow
• 332 Craig Lefferts
• 333 Candy Maldonado
• 334 Kirt Manwaring
• 335 Bob Melvin
• 336 Kevin Mitchell
• 337 Donell Nixon
• 338 Tony Perezchica
• 339 Joe Price
• 340 Rick Reuschel
• 341 Earnest Riles
• 342 Don Robinson
• 343 Chris Speier
• 344 Robby Thompson
• 345 Jose Uribe
• 346 Matt Williams
• 347 Trevor Wilson
• 348 Juan Agosto
• 349 Larry Andersen
• 350 Alan Ashby
• 351 Kevin Bass
• 352 Buddy Bell
• 353 Craig Biggio
• 354 Danny Darwin
• 355 Glenn Davis
• 356 Jim Deshaies
• 357 Bill Doran
• 358 John Fishel
• 359 Billy Hatcher
• 360 Bob Knepper
• 361 Louie Meadows
• 362 Dave Meads
• 363 Jim Pankowits
• 364 Terry Puhl
• 365 Rafael Ramirez
• 366 Craig Reynolds
• 367 Mike Scott
• 368 Nolan Ryan
• 369 Dave Smith
• 370 Gerald Young
• 371 Hubie Brooks
• 372 Tim Burke
• 373 John Dopson
• 374 Mike R. Fitzgerald
• 375 Tom Foley
• 376 Andres Galarraga
• 377 Neal Heaton
• 378 Joe Hesketh
• 379 Brian Holman
• 380 Rex Hudler
• 381 Randy Johnson
• 382 Wallace Johnson
• 383 Tracy Jones
• 384 Dave Martinez
• 385 Dennis Martinez
• 386 Andy McGaffigan
• 387 Otis Nixon
• 388 Johnny Paredes
• 389 Jeff Parrett
• 390 Pascual Perez
• 391 Tim Raines
• 392 Luis Rivera
• 393 Nelson Santovenia
• 394 Bryn Smith
• 395 Tim Wallach
• 396 Andy Allanson
• 397 Rod Allen
• 398 Scott Bailes
• 399 Tom Candiotti
• 400 Joe Carter
• 401 Carmen Castillo
• 402 Dave Clark
• 403 John Farrell
• 404 Julio Franco
• 405 Don Gordon
• 406 Mel Hall
• 407 Brad Havens
• 408 Brook Jacoby
• 409 Doug Jones
• 410 Jeff Kaiser
• 411 Luis Medina
• 412 Cory Snyder
• 413 Greg Swindell
• 414 Ron Tingley
• 415 Willie Upshaw
• 416 Ron Washington
• 417 Rich Yett
• 418 Damon Berryhill
• 419 Mike Bielecki
• 420 Doug Dascenzo
• 421 Jody Davis
• 422 Andre Dawson
• 423 Frank DiPino
• 424 Shawon Dunston
• 425 Rich Gossage
• 426 Mark Grace
• 427 Mike Harkey
• 428 Darrin Jackson
• 429 Les Lancaster
• 430 Vance Law
• 431 Greg Maddux
• 432 Jamie Moyer
• 433 Al Nipper
• 434 Rafael Palmeiro
• 435 Pat Perry
• 436 Jeff Pico
• 437 Ryne Sandberg
• 438 Calvin Schiraldi
• 439 Rick Sutcliffe
• 440 Manny Trillo
• 441 Gary Varsho
• 442 Mitch Webster
• 443 Luis Alicea
• 444 Tom Brunansky
• 445 Vince Coleman
• 446 John Costello
• 447 Danny Cox
• 448 Ken Dayley
• 449 Jose DeLeon
• 450 Curt Ford
• 451 Pedro Guerrero
• 452 Bob Horner
• 453 Tim Jones
• 454 Steve Lake
• 455 Joe Magrane
• 456 Greg Mathews
• 457 Willie McGee
• 458 Larry McWilliams
• 459 Jose Oquendo
• 460 Tony Pena
• 461 Terry Pendleton
• 462 Steve Peters
• 463 Ozzie Smith
• 464 Scott Terry
• 465 Denny Walling
• 466 Todd Worrell
• 467 Tony Armas
• 468 Dante Bichette
• 469 Bob Boone
• 470 Terry Clark
• 471 Stu Cliburn
• 472 Mike Cook
• 473 Sherman Corbett
• 474 Chili Davis
• 475 Brian Downing
• 476 Jim Eppard
• 477 Chuck Finley
• 478 Willie Fraser
• 479 Bryan Harvey
• 480 Jack Howell
• 481 Wally Joyner
• 482 Jack Lazorko
• 483 Kirk McCaskill
• 484 Mark McLemore
• 485 Greg Minton
• 486 Dan Petry
• 487 Johnny Ray
• 488 Dick Schofield
• 489 Devon White
• 490 Mike Witt
• 491 Harold Baines
• 492 Daryl Boston
• 493 Ivan Calderon
• 494 Mike Diaz
• 495 Carlton Fisk
• 496 Dave Gallagher
• 497 Ozzie Guillen
• 498 Shawn Hillegas
• 499 Lance Johnson
• 500 Barry Jones
• 501 Bill Long
• 502 Steve Lyons
• 503 Fred Manrique
• 504 Jack McDowell
• 505 Donn Pall
• 506 Kelly Paris
• 507 Dan Pasqua
• 508 Ken Patterson
• 509 Melido Perez
• 510 Jerry Reuss
• 511 Mark Salas
• 512 Bobby Thigpen
• 513 Mike Woodard
• 514 Bob Brower
• 515 Steve Buechele
• 516 Jose Cecena
• 517 Cecil Espy
• 518 Scott Fletcher
• 519 Cecilio Guante
• 520 Jose Guzman
• 521 Ray Hayward
• 522 Charlie Hough
• 523 Pete Incaviglia
• 524 Mike Jeffcoat
• 525 Paul Kilgus
• 526 Chad Kreuter
• 527 Jeff Kunkel
• 528 Oddibe McDowell
• 529 Pete O'Brien
• 530 Geno Petralli
• 531 Jeff Russell
• 532 Ruben Sierra
• 533 Mike Stanley
• 534 Ed Vande Berg
• 535 Curt Wilkerson
• 536 Mitch Williams
• 537 Bobby Witt
• 538 Steve Balboni
• 539 Scott Bankhead
• 540 Scott Bradley
• 541 Mickey Brantley
• 542 Jay Buhner
• 543 Mike Campbell
• 544 Darnell Coles
• 545 Henry Cotto
• 546 Alvin Davis
• 547 Mario Diaz
• 548 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 549 Erik Hanson
• 550 Mike Jackson
• 551 Mark Langston
• 552 Edgar Martinez
• 553 Bill McGuire
• 554 Mike Moore
• 555 Jim Presley
• 556 Rey Quinones
• 557 Jerry Reed
• 558 Harold Reynolds
• 559 Mike Schooler
• 560 Bill Swift
• 561 Dave Valle
• 562 Steve Bedrosian
• 563 Phil Bradley
• 564 Don Carman
• 565 Bob Dernier
• 566 Marvin Freeman
• 567 Todd Frohwirth
• 568 Greg Gross
• 569 Kevin Gross
• 570 Greg A. Harris
• 571 Von Hayes
• 572 Chris James
• 573 Steve Jeltz
• 574 Ron Jones
• 575 Ricky Jordan
• 576 Mike Maddux
• 577 David Palmer
• 578 Lance Parrish
• 579 Shane Rawley
• 580 Bruce Ruffin
• 581 Juan Samuel
• 582 Mike Schmidt
• 583 Kent Tekulve
• 584 Milt Thompson
• 585 Jose Alvarez
• 586 Paul Assenmacher
• 587 Bruce Benedict
• 588 Jeff Blauser
• 589 Terry Blocker
• 590 Ron Gant
• 591 Tom Glavine
• 592 Tommy Gregg
• 593 Albert Hall
• 594 Dion James
• 595 Rick Mahler
• 596 Dale Murphy
• 597 Gerald Perry
• 598 Charlie Puleo
• 599 Ted Simmons
• 600 Pete Smith
• 601 Zane Smith
• 602 John Smoltz
• 603 Bruce Sutter
• 604 Andres Thomas
• 605 Ozzie Virgil
• 606 Brady Anderson
• 607 Jeff Ballard
• 608 Jose Bautista
• 609 Ken Gerhart
• 610 Terry Kennedy
• 611 Eddie Murray
• 612 Carl Nichols
• 613 Tom Niedenfuer
• 614 Joe Orsulak
• 615 Oswald Peraza
• 616 Bill Ripken
• 617 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 618 Dave Schmidt
• 619 Rick Schu
• 620 Larry Sheets
• 621 Doug Sisk
• 622 Pete Stanicek
• 623 Mickey Tettleton
• 624 Jay Tibbs
• 625 Jim Traber
• 626 Mark Williamson
• 627 Craig Worthington

SuperStar Specials

• 628 Jose Canseco "40-40"
• 629 Tom Browning "Pitcher Perfect"
• 630 Roberto Alomar / Sandy Alomar, Jr. "Like Father - Like Sons"
• 631 Will Clark / Rafael Palmeiro UER "N.L. All-Stars" (Gallaraga, sic;/Clark 3 consecutive/100 RBI seasons)
• 632 Darryl Strawberry / Will Clark UER "Homeruns Coast to Coast" (Homeruns should be two words)
• 633 Wade Boggs / Carney Lansford UER "Hot Corner's - Hot Hitters" (Boggs hit .366 in/'86, should be '88)
• 634 Mark McGwire / Jose Canseco / Terry Steinbach "Triple A's"
• 635 Mark Davis / Dwight Gooden "Dual Heat"
• 636 Danny Jackson / David Cone UER "N.L. Pitching Power" ("Hersheiser"
• 637 Chris Sabo / Bobby Bonilla UER "Cannon Arms" ("Bobby Bonds")
• 638 Andres Galarraga / Gerald Perry UER "Double Trouble" (Misspelled "Gallaraga" on card back)
• 639 Kirby Puckett / Eric Davis "Power Center"

Major League Prospects

• 640 Steve Wilson / Cameron Drew RC
• 641 Kevin Brown / Kevin Reimer
• 642 Brad Pounders / Jerald Clark RC
• 643 Mike Capel / Drew Hall
• 644 Joe Girardi / Rolando Roomes RC
• 645 Lenny Harris / Marty Brown RC
• 646 Luis de los Santos / Jim Campbell
• 647 Randy Kramer / Miguel Garcia
• 648 Torey Lovullo / Robert Palacios RC
• 649 Jim Corsi / Bob Milacki
• 650 Grady Hall / Mike Rochford
• 651 Terry Taylor / Vance Lovelace RC
• 652 Ken Hill / Dennis Cook RC
• 653 Scott Service / Shane Turner

Checklists

• 654 Athletics / Mets / Dodgers / Red Sox CL UER ("10 Hendersor"; "68 Jess Orosco")
• 655a Twins / Tigers / Reds / Brewers CL ERR (Positions not listed)
• 655b Twins / Tigers / Reds / Brewers CL COR
• 656 Pirates / Blue Jays / Yankees / Royals CL UER ("225 Jess Barfield")
• 657 Padres / Giants / Astros / Expos CL UER (367 & 368 are wrong)
• 658 Indians / Cubs / Cardinals / Angels CL UER ("449 Deleon")
• 659 White Sox / Rangers / Mariners / Phillies
• 660 Braves / Orioles / SuperStar Specials / Checklists CL UER ("595 Rich Mahler"; "619 Rich Schu")

Variations

26A Curt Young ERR (small, sideways 'S' underneath the 'C' in PITCHER on front of card)

26B Curt Young COR (No sideways 'S')

61A Danny Heep ERR (Home listed as Lake Hills, TX)

61B Danny Heep COR (Home listed as San Antonio, TX)

98A Kevin Romine ERR (Wrong photo of Randy Kutcher, swinging)

98B Kevin Romine COR (Arms crossed)

121A John Moses ERR (Home listed as Tempe, AZ)

121B John Moses COR (Home listed as Phoenix, AZ)

130A Tom Brookens ERR (Mike Heath Stats on Back)

130B Tom Brookens COR (Tom Brookens stats and bio on back)

132A Mike Heath ERR (Tom Brookens stats and bio on back)

132B Mike Heath COR (Mike Heath stats and bio on back

173A Jeff Treadway ERR (Small target on front directly above head)

173B Jeff Treadway COR (No target)

250A Neil Allen ERR (Home listed as Sarasota, FL)

250B Neil Allen COR(Home listed as Syosset, NY)

350A Alan Ashby ERR (Back reads "throws rig")

350B Alan Ashby COR (Back reads "throws right")

381A Randy Johnson VAR (has a red and white Marlboro billboard sign, complete with Marlboro man, above Randy's left shoulder, "Marlboro" is visible directly to left of Randy's ear, top right of card)

381B Randy Johnson VAR (still has the entire billboard visible, but is covered by a dark, reddish shading but still noticeable.)

381C Randy Johnson VAR (still has the sign visible, but there's a black line through the middle of the word Marlboro with the tops of all letters in Marlboro still clearly visible, and you can still tell the sign says Marlboro)

381D Randy Johnson VAR (Still shows the red and white of the sign, but there is a black blob where the word Marlboro once was, no longer showing tops of letters.)

381E Randy Johnson VAR (The Marlboro sign is completely gone, but a black rectangle, exactly in the shape of the Marlboro billboard but sticks out from the rest of the black background)

381E Randy Johnson COR (the corrected version with no signs of the Marlboro ad.)

440A Manny Trillo ERR (Back reads "throws rig")

440B Manny Trillo COR (Back reads "throws right")

534A Ed VandeBerg ERR (Back reads "throws lef")

534B Ed VandeBerg COR(Back reads "throws left")

616A - Bill Ripken Rick Face

616B - Bill Ripken Whiteout

616C - Bill Ripken White Scribble

616D - Bill Ripken Black Scribble

616E - Bill Ripken Black Box

630 - Roberto Alomar Sandy Alomar Jr. UER (Names on card listed in wrong order)

631 - Will Clark Rafael Palmeiro UER (Gallaraga, sic; Clark 3 consecutive 100 RBI seasons; third with 102)

632 - Darryl Strawberry Will Clark UER (Homeruns should be two words)

633 - Wade Boggs Carney Lansford UER (Boggs hit .366 in '86, should be '88)

655A - MIN/DET/CIN/MIL Checklist ERR (card 179 listed as "Chris Boslo") 665B COR (reads as "Chris Bosio")

655C - MIN/DET/CIN/MIL Checklist ERR (shows positions next to each player on front/back of card)

665D - MIN/DET/CIN/MIL Checklist COR (shows no positions next to each player on front/back of card)

657A - SD/SF/HOU/MON Checklist ERR (shows positions next to each player on front/back of card)

657B - SD/SF/HOU/MON Checklist COR (shows no positions next to each player on front/back of card)

Parallels

Glossy

For the third and final year, Fleer produced a Glossy "Tin" set. These cards are identical to the regular Fleer cards except for the glossy sheen on the front and the blue ink on the back. As many dealers did not order this product, this set is considerably scarcer than the regular 1989 Fleer set and the preceding years of Glossy parallels. Unlike the previous two seasons, the update set was not issued in Glossy form. It is estimated that Fleer made approximately 30,000 of these sets.

The Ken Griffey, Jr. card from this set is regarded as one of the most important early parallels in hobby history and is more often than not found with poor centering.

Inserts

All-Stars

This 12-card set is exclusive to Wax and Cello packs.

• 1 Bobby Bonilla
• 2 Jose Canseco
• 3 Will Clark
• 4 Dennis Eckersley
• 5 Julio Franco
• 6 Mike Greenwell
• 7 Orel Hershiser
• 8 Paul Molitor
• 9 Mike Scioscia
• 10 Darryl Strawberry
• 11 Alan Trammell
• 12 Frank Viola

For the Record

One For the Record insert was inserted into each rack pack.

• 1 Wade Boggs
• 2 Roger Clemens
• 3 Andres Galarraga
• 4 Kirk Gibson
• 5 Greg Maddux
• 6 Don Mattingly

World Series

The 12-card set was inserted into each Hobby factory set -- not in the mass-market retail version. In addition, a Glossy version of this set was included in each Glossy set.

• 1 Mickey Hatcher "Dodgers' Secret Weapon"
• 2 Tim Belcher "Rookie Stars Series"
• 3 Jose Canseco "Canseco Slams L.A."
• 4 Mike Scioscia "Dramatic Comeback"
• 5 Dennis Eckersley / Kirk Gibson "Gibson Steals the Show"
• 6 Orel Hershiser "Bulldog"
• 7 Mike Marshall "One Swing, Three RBI's"
• 8 Mark McGwire "Game-Winning Home Run"
• 9 Steve Sax "Sax's Speed Wins Game 4"
• 10 Walt Weiss "Series Caps Award-Winning Year"
• 11 Orel Hershiser "The M.V.P. and His Shutout Magic"
• 12 Los Angeles Dodgers "Dodger Blue, World Champs"

Box Bottoms

These 28 cards (C1 to C28) were printed on the bottom of the boxes. There are seven different "panels" with four or six cards on each panel. For the first time, cello boxes also had box bottom cards (panels "E" and "F" in the checklist below). Panels "A" through "D" are exclusive to wax boxes. Each of the team logo cards have a checklist on the reverse.

Panel A

• C1 New York Mets
• C2 Wade Boggs
• C3 George Brett
• C4 Jose Canseco

Panel B

• C5 Oakland Athletics
• C6 Will Clark
• C7 David Cone
• C8 Andres Galarraga

Panel C

• C9 Los Angeles Dodgers
• C10 Kirk Gibson
• C11 Mike Greenwell
• C12 Tony Gwynn

Panel D

• C13 Detroit Tigers
• C14 Orel Hershiser
• C15 Danny Jackson
• C16 Wally Joyner

Panel E

• C17 Boston Red Sox
• C18 New York Yankees
• C19 Fred McGriff
• C20 Kirby Puckett
• C21 Chris Sabo
• C22 Kevin Seitzer

Panel F

• C23 Pittsburgh Pirates
• C24 Houston Astros
• C25 Darryl Strawberry
• C26 Alan Trammell
• C27 Andy Van Slyke
• C28 Frank Viola

Team Stickers

As usual, each pack of 1989 Fleer Baseball contained one team logo sticker. Each team has two designs: "Logo w/Bats & Bunting" and "Quad Logos." The Quad Logos stickers pair-up four teams with four nickel-sized mini team logos.

The reverse of each sticker features team histories.

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