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Description

1982 Fleer is a 660-card set. The set is in team order based upon standings from the previous season with the 1981 World Series Champion Dodgers first. Cards numbered 628 through 646 are special cards highlighting some of the stars and leaders of the 1981 season. The last 14 cards in the set (647-660) are checklist cards. The backs feature player statistics and a full-color team logo in the upper right-hand corner of each card.

'82 Fleer is probably best known for the number of errors that riddled the set. Some collectors believe that many of the errors (especially the "All Hrabosky" cards) were gimmicks meant to capitalize of the buzz created by the "Craig Nettles" error card of the year before. However, the most famous (and valuable) error card in the set, the "reverse negative" of John Littlefield, was an honest mistake.

After issuing 1981 Fleer with a stick of gum in each pack, an appeals court ruled that Topps still had the exclusive right to market baseball trading cards packaged with gum, or as a stand-alone product. In lieu of gum, Fleer inserted a team logo sticker in each pack.

Notable Rookie Cards in this set include Cal Ripken, Jr., Lee Smith, and Dave Stewart.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one team logo sticker per pack (MSRP: $0.30). 20 boxes per case.

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

"Triple-Wax" Rack: Three 15-card wax packs.

500-card vending boxes.

From 1981-84 Fleer distributed 500-card vending boxes, numbered #1, #2, #3, or #4. When opened, the contents of one of each box would yield three full 660-card sets.

Reviews

Checklist

Test Cards

These cards, issued early in the 1982 Fleer press run, feature photos used in the 1982 set along with the players name. These cards can be identified by the words "Test Card" on the front. It is unclear exactly how these cards made their way into circulation.

Mark Belanger
Juan Eichelberger
Dave Ford
Steve McCatty
Dave McKay
Eddie Murray
Cal Ripken, Jr.

Base Set

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1 Dusty Baker
2 Robert Castillo
3 Ron Cey
4 Terry Forster
5 Steve Garvey
6 Dave Goltz
7 Pedro Guerrero
8 Burt Hooton
9 Steve Howe
10 Jay Johnstone
11 Ken Landreaux
12 Davey Lopes
13 Mike A. Marshall
14 Bobby Mitchell
15 Rick Monday
16 Tom Niedenfuer
17 Ted Power
18 Jerry Reuss
19 Ron Roenicke
20 Bill Russell
21 Steve Sax
22 Mike Scioscia
23 Reggie Smith
24 Dave Stewart
25 Rick Sutcliffe
26 Derrel Thomas
27 Fernando Valenzuela
28 Bob Welch
29 Steve Yeager
30 Bobby Brown
31 Rick Cerone
32 Ron Davis
33 Bucky Dent
34 Barry Foote
35 George Frazier
36 Oscar Gamble
37 Rich Gossage
38 Ron Guidry
39 Reggie Jackson
40 Tommy John
41 Rudy May
42 Larry Milbourne
43 Jerry Mumphrey
44 Bobby Murcer
45 Gene Nelson RC
46 Graig Nettles
47 Johnny Oates
48 Lou Piniella
49 Willie Randolph
50 Rick Reuschel
51 Dave Revering
52 Dave Righetti
53 Aurelio Rodriguez
54 Bob Watson
55 Dennis Werth
56 Dave Winfield
57 Johnny Bench
58 Bruce Berenyi
59 Larry Biittner
60 Scott Brown
61 Dave Collins
62 Geoff Combe
63 Dave Concepcion
64 Dan Driessen
65 Joe Edelen
66 George Foster
67 Ken Griffey, Sr.
68 Paul Householder
69 Tom Hume
70 Junior Kennedy
71 Ray Knight
72 Mike LaCoss
73 Rafael Landestoy
74 Charlie Leibrandt
75 Sam Mejias
76 Paul Moskau
77 Joe Nolan
78 Mike O'Berry
79 Ron Oester
80 Frank Pastore
81 Joe Price
82 Tom Seaver
83 Mario Soto
84 Mike Vail
85 Tony Armas
86 Shooty Babitt
87 Dave Beard
88 Rick Bosetti
89 Keith Drumwright
90 Wayne Gross
91 Mike Heath
92 Rickey Henderson
93 Cliff Johnson
94 Jeff Jones
95 Matt Keough
96 Brian Kingman
97 Mickey Klutts
98 Rick Langford
99 Steve McCatty
100 Dave McKay
101 Dwayne Murphy
102 Jeff Newman
103 Mike Norris
104 Bob Owchinko
105 Mitchell Page
106 Rob Picciolo
107 Jim Spencer
108 Fred Stanley
109 Tom Underwood
110 Joaquin Andujar
111 Steve Braun
112 Bob Forsch
113 George Hendrick
114 Keith Hernandez
115 Tom Herr
116 Dane Iorg
117 Jim Kaat
118 Terry Landrum
119 Sixto Lezcano
120 Mark Littell
121 John Martin
122 Silvio Martinez
123 Ken Oberkfell
124 Darrell Porter
125 Mike Ramsey
126 Orlando Sanchez
127 Bob Shirley
128 Lary Sorensen
129 Bruce Sutter
130 Bob Sykes
131 Garry Templeton
132 Gene Tenace
133 Jerry Augustine
134 Sal Bando
135 Mark Brouhard
136 Mike Caldwell
137 Reggie Cleveland
138 Cecil Cooper
139 Jamie Easterly
140 Marshall Edwards
141 Rollie Fingers
142 Jim Gantner
143 Moose Haas
144 Larry Hisle
145 Roy Howell
146 Rickey Keeton
147 Randy Lerch
148 Paul Molitor
149 Don Money
150 Charlie Moore
151 Ben Oglivie
152 Ted Simmons
153 Jim Slaton
154 Gorman Thomas
155 Robin Yount
156 Pete Vuckovich
157 Benny Ayala
158 Mark Belanger
159 Al Bumbry
160 Terry Crowley
161 Rich Dauer
162 Doug DeCinces
163 Rick Dempsey
164 Jim Dwyer
165 Mike Flanagan
166 Dave Ford
167 Dan Graham
168 Wayne Krenchicki
169 John Lowenstein
170 Dennis Martinez
171 Tippy Martinez
172 Scott McGregor
173 Jose Morales
174 Eddie Murray
175 Jim Palmer
176 Cal Ripken, Jr.
177 Gary Roenicke
178 Lenn Sakata
179 Ken Singleton
180 Sammy Stewart
181 Tim Stoddard
182 Steve Stone
183 Stan Bahnsen
184 Ray Burris
185 Gary Carter
186 Warren Cromartie
187 Andre Dawson
188 Terry Francona
189 Woodie Fryman
190 Bill Gullickson
191 Grant Jackson
192 Wallace Johnson
193 Charlie Lea
194 Bill Lee
195 Jerry Manuel
196 Brad Mills
197 John Milner
198 Rowland Office
199 David Palmer
200 Larry Parrish
201 Mike Phillips
202 Tim Raines
203 Bobby Ramos
204 Jeff Reardon
205 Steve Rogers
206 Scott Sanderson
207 Rodney Scott (Photo is Tim Raines)
208 Elias Sosa
209 Chris Speier
210 Tim Wallach
211 Jerry White
212 Alan Ashby
213 Cesar Cedeno
214 Jose Cruz
215 Kiko Garcia
216 Phil Garner
217 Danny Heep
218 Art Howe
219 Bob Knepper
220 Frank LaCorte
221 Joe Niekro
222 Joe Pittman
223 Terry Puhl
224 Luis Pujols
225 Craig Reynolds
226 J.R. Richard
227 Dave Roberts
228 Vern Ruhle
229 Nolan Ryan
230 Joe Sambito
231 Tony Scott
232 Dave Smith
233 Harry Spilman
234 Don Sutton
235 Dickie Thon
236 Denny Walling
237 Gary Woods
238 Luis Aguayo
239 Ramon Aviles
240 Bob Boone
241 Larry Bowa
242 Warren Brusstar
243 Steve Carlton
244 Larry Christenson
245 Dick Davis
246 Greg Gross
247 Sparky Lyle
248 Garry Maddox
249 Gary Matthews
250 Bake McBride
251 Tug McGraw
252 Keith Moreland
253 Dickie Noles
254 Mike Proly
255 Ron Reed
256 Pete Rose
257 Dick Ruthven
258 Mike Schmidt
259 Lonnie Smith
260 Manny Trillo
261 Del Unser
262 George Vukovich
263 Tom Brookens
264 George Cappuzzello
265 Marty Castillo
266 Al Cowens
267 Kirk Gibson
268 Richie Hebner
269 Ron Jackson
270 Lynn Jones
271 Steve Kemp
272 Rick Leach
273 Aurelio Lopez
274 Jack Morris
275 Kevin Saucier
276 Lance Parrish
277 Rick Peters
278 Dan Petry
279 Dave Rozema
280 Stan Papi
281 Dan Schatzeder
282 Champ Summers
283 Alan Trammell
284 Lou Whitaker
285 Milt Wilcox
286 John Wockenfuss
287 Gary Allenson
288 Tom Burgmeier
289 Bill Campbell
290 Mark Clear
291 Steve Crawford
292 Dennis Eckersley
293 Dwight Evans
294 Rich Gedman
295 Garry Hancock
296 Glenn Hoffman
297 Bruce Hurst
298 Carney Lansford
299 Rick Miller
300 Reid Nichols
301 Bob Ojeda
302 Tony Perez
303 Chuck Rainey
304 Jerry Remy
305 Jim Rice
306 Joe Rudi
307 Bob Stanley
308 Dave Stapleton
309 Frank Tanana
310 Mike Torrez
311 John Tudor
312 Carl Yastrzemski
313 Buddy Bell
314 Steve Comer
315 Danny Darwin
316 John Ellis
317 John Grubb
318 Rick Honeycutt
319 Charlie Hough
320 Fergie Jenkins
321 John Henry Johnson
322 Jim Kern
323 Jon Matlack
324 Doc Medich
325 Mario Mendoza
326 Al Oliver
327 Pat Putnam
328 Mickey Rivers
329 Leon Roberts
330 Billy Sample
331 Bill Stein
332 Jim Sundberg
333 Mark Wagner
334 Bump Wills
335 Bill Almon
336 Harold Baines
337 Ross Baumgarten
338 Tony Bernazard
339 Britt Burns
340 Rich Dotson
341 Jim Essian
342 Ed Farmer
343 Carlton Fisk
344 Kevin Hickey
345 LaMarr Hoyt
346 Lamar Johnson
347 Jerry Koosman
348 Rusty Kuntz
349 Dennis Lamp
350 Ron LeFlore
351 Chet Lemon
352 Greg Luzinski
353 Bob Molinaro
354 Jim Morrison
355 Wayne Nordhagen
356 Greg Pryor
357 Mike Squires
358 Steve Trout
359 Alan Bannister
360 Len Barker
361 Bert Blyleven
362 Joe Charboneau
363 John Denny
364 Bo Diaz
365 Miguel Dilone
366 Jerry Dybzinski
367 Wayne Garland
368 Mike Hargrove
369 Toby Harrah
370 Ron Hassey
371 Von Hayes
372 Pat Kelly
373 Duane Kuiper
374 Rick Manning
375 Sid Monge
376 Jorge Orta
474 Geoff Zahn
475 Gary Alexander
476 Dale Berra
477 Kurt Bevacqua
478 Jim Bibby
479 John Candelaria
480 Victor Cruz
481 Mike Easler
482 Tim Foli
483 Lee Lacy
484 Vance Law
485 Bill Madlock
486 Willie Montanez
487 Omar Moreno
488 Steve Nicosia
489 Dave Parker
490 Tony Pena
491 Pascual Perez
492 Johnny Ray
493 Rick Rhoden
494 Bill Robinson
495 Don Robinson
496 Enrique Romo
497 Rod Scurry
498 Eddie Solomon
499 Willie Stargell
500 Kent Tekulve
501 Jason Thompson
502 Glenn Abbott
503 Jim Anderson
504 Floyd Bannister
505 Bruce Bochte
506 Jeff Burroughs
507 Bryan Clark
508 Ken Clay
509 Julio Cruz
510 Dick Drago
511 Gary Gray RC
512 Dan Meyer
513 Jerry Narron
514 Tom Paciorek
515 Casey Parsons
516 Lenny Randle
517 Shane Rawley
518 Joe Simpson
519 Richie Zisk
520 Neil Allen
521 Bob Bailor
522 Hubie Brooks
523 Mike Cubbage
524 Pete Falcone
525 Doug Flynn
526 Tom Hausman
527 Ron Hodges
528 Randy Jones
529 Mike Jorgensen
530 Dave Kingman
531 Ed Lynch
532 Mike G. Marshall
533 Lee Mazzilli
534 Dyar Miller
535 Mike Scott
536 Rusty Staub
537 John Stearns
538 Craig Swan
539 Frank Taveras
540 Alex Trevino
541 Ellis Valentine
542 Mookie Wilson
543 Joel Youngblood
544 Pat Zachry
545 Glenn Adams
546 Fernando Arroyo
547 John Verhoeven
548 Sal Butera
549 John Castino
550 Don Cooper
551 Doug Corbett
552 Dave Engle
553 Roger Erickson
554 Danny Goodwin
555 Darrell Jackson (Red cap with T)
555 Darrell Jackson (Black cap)
555 Darrell Jackson
556 Pete Mackanin
557 Jack O'Connor
558 Hosken Powell
559 Pete Redfern
560 Roy Smalley
561 Chuck Baker
562 Gary Ward
563 Rob Wilfong
564 Al Williams
565 Butch Wynegar
566 Randy Bass
567 Juan Bonilla
568 Danny Boone
569 John Curtis
570 Juan Eichelberger
571 Barry Evans
572 Tim Flannery
573 Ruppert Jones
574 Terry Kennedy
575 Joe Lefebvre
576a John Littlefield ERR RevNeg
576b John Littlefield COR
577 Gary Lucas
578 Steve Mura
579 Broderick Perkins
580 Gene Richards
581 Luis Salazar
582 Ozzie Smith
583 John Urrea
584 Chris Welsh RC
585 Rick Wise
586 Doug Bird
587 Tim Blackwell
588 Bobby Bonds
589 Bill Buckner
590 Bill Caudill
591 Hector Cruz
592 Jody Davis RC
593 Ivan DeJesus
594 Steve Dillard
595 Leon Durham
596 Rawly Eastwick
597 Steve Henderson
598 Mike Krukow
599 Mike Lum
600 Randy Martz
601 Jerry Morales
602 Ken Reitz
603a Lee Smith RC ERR (Cubs logo upside down on reverse)
603b Lee Smith RC COR
604 Dick Tidrow
605 Jim Tracy
606 Mike Tyson
607 Ty Waller RC
608 Danny Ainge
609 George Bell RC ("Jorge" on front)
610 Mark Bomback
611 Barry Bonnell
612 Jim Clancy
613 Damaso Garcia
614 Jerry Garvin
615 Alfredo Griffin
616 Garth Iorg
617 Luis Leal
618 Ken Macha
619 John Mayberry
620 Joey McLaughlin
621 Lloyd Moseby
622 Dave Stieb
623 Jackson Todd
624 Willie Upshaw
625 Otto Velez
626 Ernie Whitt
627 Alvis Woods

Specials

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NOTE: Card #639 commemorates Len Barker's 1981 perfect game. Unfortunately, Barker is depicted with Indians catcher Bo Diaz who was NOT in the lineup that day (Ron Hassey was the catcher). This would be corrected in the following year's set.

628 Cleveland Municipal Stadium "1981 All-Star Game"
629 Frank White / Bucky Dent "All-Star Infielders"
630 Dan Driessen / Dave Concepcion / George Foster "Big Red Machine"
631 Bruce Sutter "Top NL Relief Pitcher"
632 Steve Carlton / Carlton Fisk "Steve & Carlton, Carlton & Fisk"
633 Carl Yastrzemski "3000th Game"
634 Johnny Bench / Tom Seaver "Dynamic Duo!"
635 Fernando Valenzuela / Gary Carter "West Meets East"
636a Fernando Valenzuela ERR "1981 N.L. Strikeout King" ("Led he National" on back)
636b Fernando Valenzuela COR "1981 N.L. Strikeout King" ("Led the National" on back)
637 Mike Schmidt "1981 Home Run King"
638 Gary Carter / Dave Parker "NL All-Stars"
639 Len Barker / Bo Diaz UER "Perfect Game" (Ron Hassey was catcher)
640 Pete Rose / Pete Rose, Jr. "Pete and Re-Pete"
641 Mike Schmidt / Lonnie Smith / Steve Carlton "Phillies' Finest"
642 Fred Lynn / Dwight Evans "Red Sox Reunion"
643 Rickey Henderson "1981 Most Hits, Most Runs"
644 Rollie Fingers "Most Saves 1981 AL"
645 Tom Seaver "Most 1981 Wins"
646a Reggie Jackson / Dave Winfield ERR "Yankee Powerhouse" (comma after "outfielder" on back)
646b Reggie Jackson / Dave Winfield COR "Yankee Powerhouse" (no comma after "outfielder" on back)

Checklists

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647 Checklist CL NYY / LA
648 Checklist CL OAK / CIN
649 Checklist CL STL / MKE
650 Checklist CL MTL / BAL
651 Checklist CL HOU / PHL
652 Checklist CL DET / BOS
653 Checklist CL TEX / CWS
654 Checklist CL SF / CLE
655 Checklist CL KC / ATL
656 Checklist CL CAL / PIT
657 Checklist CL SEA / NYM
658 Checklist CL MIN / SD
659 Checklist CL TOR / CHC
660 Checklist CL Specials

Inserts

Team Sticker

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Beginning in 1982, Fleer could no longer package its baseball cards with a stick of gum, nor could they sold just by themselves -- as Topps continued to have an exclusive license to sell baseball cards with confectionery products and as a standalone product. As a work-around, each pack of 1982 Fleer Baseball contained a team logo sticker. There were four styles: "Hat Logo," "Hat," and "Team Logo with Stat Line on Square Background," and "Team Logo with Stat Line on Baseball Diamond Background" -- the designs of which are virtually-identical to the 1980 Fleer World Series and 1981 Fleer All-Star Game sticker sets, which were stand-alone products.

The reverse side of each Team Sticker contains a puzzle piece that, when assembled, shows a scene from the 1981 All-Star Game.

Fleer/Fleer Tradition
Pre-License Era: 1959 Fleer Ted Williams - 1960 - 1961 - 1963
Triopoly Era: 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987
Junk Wax Era: 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991
Marvel Entertainment Era: 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997
Fleer Tradition Era: 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005
Upper Deck Era: 2006 - 2007

Update Sets: 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 Final Edition - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2002 - 2003

Other Fleer/Fleer Tradition Brands: 2002 Fleer - 2006 Fleer Tradition

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 =Description=
-Fleer is a 660-card set.  The set is in team order based upon standings from the previous season. Cards numbered 628 through 646 are special cards highlighting some of the stars and leaders of the 1981 season. The last 14 cards in the set (647-660) are checklist cards. The backs feature player statistics and a full-color team logo in the upper right-hand corner of each card.
+Fleer is a 660-card set.  The set is in team order based upon standings from the previous season with the 1981 World Series Champion Dodgers first. Cards numbered 628 through 646 are special cards highlighting some of the stars and leaders of the 1981 season. The last 14 cards in the set (647-660) are checklist cards. The backs feature player statistics and a full-color team logo in the upper right-hand corner of each card.
-'82 Fleer is probably best known for the number of errors that riddled the set.  Some collectors believe that many of the errors (especially the "All Hrabosky" cards) were intentional and meant to capitalize of the buzz created by the "Craig Nettles" error card of the year before.  However, the most famous (and valuable) error card in the set, the "reverse negative" of John Littlefield, was an honest mistake.
+'82 Fleer is probably best known for the number of errors that riddled the set.  Some collectors believe that many of the errors (especially the "All Hrabosky" cards) were gimmicks meant to capitalize of the buzz created by the "Craig Nettles" error card of the year before.  However, the most famous (and valuable) error card in the set, the "reverse negative" of John Littlefield, was an honest mistake.
 After issuing [[1981 Fleer]] with a stick of gum in each pack, an appeals court ruled that Topps still had the exclusive right to market baseball trading cards packaged with gum, or as a stand-alone product.  In lieu of gum, Fleer inserted a team logo sticker in each pack.
-Notable Rookie Cards in this set include Cal Ripken Jr., Lee Smith, and Dave Stewart.
+Notable Rookie Cards in this set include Cal Ripken, Jr., Lee Smith, and Dave Stewart.
 =Distribution=
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+'''NOTE:''' Card #639 commemorates Len Barker's 1981 perfect game.  Unfortunately, Barker is depicted with Indians catcher Bo Diaz who was NOT in the lineup that day (Ron Hassey was the catcher).  This would be corrected in the [[1983 Fleer#SuperStar Specials|following year's set.]]
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