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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