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[[Image:1988topps.jpg|right|frame|1988 Topps wax box]]
=Description=


=Description=
1988 Topps is a 792-card set.  One of the blander sets of the era, '88 Topps' long-run value has been hindered by the lackluster design, paucity of decent rookies, and overproduction -- as it was the dawn of The Junk Wax Era.  Subsets include Record Breakers (1-7), All-Stars (386-407), Turn Back the Clock (661-665), and Team Leaders (scattered throughout the set). The manager cards also double as team checklists.
 
The key Rookie Cards in this set are Ellis Burks, Ken Caminiti, Tom Glavine, and Matt Williams.


=Distribution=
=Distribution=
Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.40).  20 boxes per case.
Cello: 24 packs per box, 28 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.69).
Rack: 24 packs per box, 43 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.29).  Three boxes per case.
Jumbo: 18 packs per box, 91 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $2.49).
500-card Vending Boxes
Factory sets
Tiffany factory sets (approximately 25,000 sets produced)


=Reviews=
=Reviews=
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=Checklist=
=Checklist=
==Promo==
===Don Mattingly World of Baseball===
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A promo card of Don Mattingly for a proposed "Topps World of Baseball" set was produced.  This card is identical to Mattingly's 1988 Topps base card EXCEPT, it is NOT licensed by Major League Baseball and as such, the team name on the front is listed as "NEW YORK-A.L."  In addition the words "SPECIAL WORLD OF BASEBALL EDITION" is on the reverse side.
It is believed that this card was intended to promote a proposed baseball card set for the U.K. market.  Topps would make a baseball card set for the U.K., but it [[1988 Topps UK Minis|looked nothing like this card.]]


==Base Set==
==Base Set==
1 Vince Coleman Record Breaker
 
2 Don Mattingly RB
===Record Breakers===
3 Mark McGwire RB
 
4 Eddie Murray RB
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5 Phil Niekro
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6 Nolan Ryan RB
 
7 Benito Santiago RB
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8 Kevin Elster
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9 Andy Hawkins
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10 Ryne Sandberg
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11 Mike Young
 
12 Bill Schroeder
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13 Andres Thomas
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14 Sparky Anderson MG
 
15 Chili Davis
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16 Kirk McCaskill
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17 Ron Oester
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19 Mark Davidson
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20 Kevin Gross
 
21 Red Sox TL
===All-Stars===
22 Greg Swindell
 
23 Ken Landreaux
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24 Jim Deshaies
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25 Andres Galarraga
 
26 Mitch Williams
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27 R.J. Reynolds
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28 Jose Nunez
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29 Angel Salazar
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30 Sid Fernandez
 
31 Bruce Bochy
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32 Mike Morgan
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33 Rob Deer
 
34 Ricky Horton
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35 Harold Baines
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36 Jamie Moyer
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37 Ed Romero
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38 Jeff Calhoun
 
39 Gerald Perry
===Turn Back the Clock===
40 Orel Hershiser
 
41 Bob Melvin
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42 Bill Landrum
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43 Dick Schofield
 
44 Lou Piniella MG
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45 Kent Hrbek
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46 Darnell Coles
ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
47 Joaquin Andujar
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48 Alan Ashby
 
49 Dave Clark
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50 Hubie Brooks
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51 C.Ripken/E.Murray TL
 
52 Don Robinson
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53 Curt Wilkerson
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54 Jim Clancy
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55 Phil Bradley
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56 Ed Hearn
 
57 Tim Crews
===Errors and Variations===
58 Dave Magadan
 
59 Danny Cox
* On early copies of card #3, there appears a white "triangle" next to Mark McGwire's left foot.  This was quickly corrected.
60 Rickey Henderson
 
61 Mark Knudson
* Early copies of card #4 have a block of text on the front that does not appear on other Record Breaker subset cards. This too, was also quickly corrected.
62 Jeff Hamilton
 
63 Jimmy Jones
* Probably the most significant error card was that of #18 which had a photo of Yankee farm hand Steve George instead of Al Leiter. A correction was issued.
64 Ken Caminiti
 
65 Leon Durham
* Steve Carlton was on the provisional checklist as card #455; however, he was released after the '87 season and pulled from the '88 Topps checklist (to be replaced by Shawn Hillegas).  Early copies of Checklist #4 (card #528 in the set), show card #455 as Carlton.  Corrections were issued.
66 Shane Rawley
 
67 Ken Oberkfell
* Card #778 shows the word "PADRES" in either white or blue text.  The white card is scarcer.
68 Dave Dravecky
69 Mike Hart
70 Roger Clemens
71 Gary Pettis
72 Dennis Eckersley
73 Randy Bush
74 Tom Lasorda MG
75 Joe Carter
76 Dennis Martinez
77 Tom O'Malley
78 Dan Petry
79 Ernie Whitt
80 Mark Langston
81 Reds TL
82 Darrel Akerfelds
83 Jose Oquendo
84 Cecilio Guante
85 Howard Johnson
86 Ron Karkovice
87 Mike Mason
88 Earnie Riles
89 Gary Thurman
90 Dale Murphy
91 Joey Cora
92 Len Matuszek
93 Bob Sebra
94 Chuck Jackson
95 Lance Parrish
96 Todd Benzinger RC
97 Scott Garrelts
98 Rene Gonzales
99 Chuck Finley
100 Jack Clark
101 Allan Anderson
102 Barry Larkin
103 Curt Young
104 Dick Williams MG
105 Jesse Orosco
106 Jim Walewander
107 Scott Bailes
108 Steve Lyons
109 Joel Skinner
110 Teddy Higuera
111 Expos TL
112 Les Lancaster
113 Kelly Gruber
114 Jeff Russell
115 Johnny Ray
116 Jerry Don Gleaton
117 James Steels
118 Bob Welch
119 Robbie Wine
120 Kirby Puckett
121 Checklist 1-132
122 Tony Bernazard
123 Tom Candiotti
124 Ray Knight
125 Bruce Hurst
126 Steve Jeltz
127 Jim Gott
128 Johnny Grubb
129 Greg Minton
130 Buddy Bell
131 Don Schulze
132 Donnie Hill
133 Greg Mathews
134 Chuck Tanner MG
135 Dennis Rasmussen
136 Brian Dayett
137 Chris Bosio
138 Mitch Webster
139 Jerry Browne
140 Jesse Barfield
141 G.Brett/B.Saberhagen TL
142 Andy Van Slyke
143 Mickey Tettleton
144 Don Gordon
145 Bill Madlock
146 Donell Nixon
147 Bill Buckner
148 Carmelo Martinez
149 Ken Howell
150 Eric Davis
151 Bob Knepper
152 Jody Reed
153 John Habyan
154 Jeff Stone
155 Bruce Sutter
156 Gary Matthews
157 Atlee Hammaker
158 Tim Hulett
159 Brad Arnsberg
160 Willie McGee
161 Bryn Smith
162 Mark McLemore
163 Dale Mohorcic
164 Dave Johnson MG
165 Robin Yount
166 Rick Rodriquez
167 Rance Mulliniks
168 Barry Jones
169 Ross Jones
170 Rich Gossage
171 Cubs TL
172 Lloyd McClendon
173 Eric Plunk
174 Phil Garner
175 Kevin Bass
176 Jeff Reed
177 Frank Tanana
178 Dwayne Henry
179 Charlie Puleo
180 Terry Kennedy
181 David Cone
182 Ken Phelps
183 Tom Lawless
184 Ivan Calderon
185 Rick Rhoden
186 Rafael Palmeiro
187 Steve Kiefer
188 John Russell
189 Wes Gardner
190 Candy Maldonado
191 John Cerutti
192 Devon White
193 Brian Fisher
194 Tom Kelly MG
195 Dan Quisenberry
196 Dave Engle
197 Lance McCullers
198 Franklin Stubbs
199 Dave Meads
200 Wade Boggs
201 Rangers TL
202 Glenn Hoffman
203 Fred Toliver
204 Paul O'Neill
205 Nelson Liriano
206 Domingo Ramos
207 John Mitchell
208 Steve Lake
209 Richard Dotson
210 Willie Randolph
211 Frank DiPino
212 Greg Brock
213 Albert Hall
214 Dave Schmidt
215 Von Hayes
216 Jerry Reuss
217 Harry Spilman
218 Dan Schatzeder
219 Mike Stanley
220 Tom Henke
221 Rafael Belliard
222 Steve Farr
223 Stan Jefferson
224 Tom Trebelhorn MG
225 Mike Scioscia
226 Dave Lopes
227 Ed Correa
228 Wallace Johnson
229 Jeff Musselman
230 Pat Tabler
231 B.Bonds/B.Bonilla TL
232 Bob James
233 Rafael Santana
234 Ken Dayley
235 Gary Ward
236 Ted Power
237 Mike Heath
238 Luis Polonia RC
239 Roy Smalley
240 Lee Smith
241 Damaso Garcia
242 Tom Niedenfuer
243 Mark Ryal
244 Jeff D. Robinson
245 Rich Gedman
246 Mike Campbell
247 Thad Bosley
248 Storm Davis
249 Mike Marshall
250 Nolan Ryan
251 Tom Foley
252 Bob Brower
253 Checklist 133-264
254 Lee Elia MG
255 Mookie Wilson
256 Ken Schrom
257 Jerry Royster
258 Ed Nunez
259 Ron Kittle
260 Vince Coleman
261 Giants
262 Drew Hall
263 Glenn Braggs
264 Les Straker
265 Bo Diaz
266 Paul Assenmacher
267 Billy Bean
268 Bruce Ruffin
269 Ellis Burks
270 Mike Witt
271 Ken Gerhart
272 Steve Ontiveros
273 Garth Iorg
274 Junior Ortiz
275 Kevin Seitzer
276 Luis Salazar
277 Alejandro Pena
278 Jose Cruz
279 Randy St.Claire
280 Pete Incaviglia
281 Jerry Hairston
282 Pat Perry
283 Phil Lombardi
284 Larry Bowa MG
285 Jim Presley
286 Chuck Crim
287 Manny Trillo
288 Pat Pacillo
289 Dave Bergman
290 Tony Fernandez
291 Astros TL
292 Carney Lansford
293 Doug Jones
294 Al Pedrique
295 Bert Blyleven
296 Floyd Rayford
297 Zane Smith
298 Milt Thompson
299 Steve Crawford
300 Don Mattingly
301 Bud Black
302 Jose Uribe
303 Eric Show
304 George Hendrick
305 Steve Sax
306 Billy Hatcher
307 Mike Trujillo
308 Lee Mazzilli
309 Bill Long
310 Tom Herr
311 Scott Sanderson
312 Joey Meyer
313 Bob McClure
314 Jimy Williams MG
315 Dave Parker
316 Jose Rijo
317 Tom Nieto
318 Mel Hall
319 Mike Loynd
320 Alan Trammell
321 White Sox TL (Harold Baines/Carlton Fisk)
322 Vicente Palacios
323 Rick Leach
324 Danny Jackson
325 Glenn Hubbard
326 Al Nipper
327 Larry Sheets
328 Greg Cadaret
329 Chris Speier
330 Eddie Whitson
331 Brian Downing
332 Jerry Reed
333 Wally Backman
334 Dave LaPoint
335 Claudell Washington
336 Ed Lynch
337 Jim Gantner
338 Brian Holton
339 Kurt Stillwell
340 Jack Morris
341 Carmen Castillo
342 Larry Andersen
343 Greg Gagne
344 Tony LaRussa MG
345 Scott Fletcher
346 Vance Law
347 Joe Johnson
348 Jim Eisenreich
349 Bob Walk
350 Will Clark
351 Cardinals TL
352 Bill Ripken RC
353 Ed Olwine
354 Marc Sullivan
355 Roger McDowell
356 Luis Aguayo
357 Floyd Bannister
358 Rey Quinones
359 Tim Stoddard
360 Tony Gwynn
361 Greg Maddux
362 Juan Castillo
363 Willie Fraser
364 Nick Esasky
365 Floyd Youmans  
366 Chet Lemon
367 Tim Leary
368 Gerald Young
369 Greg Harris
370 Jose Canseco
371 Joe Hesketh
372 Matt Williams
373 Checklist 265-396
374 Doc Edwards MG
375 Tom Brunansky
376 Bill Wilkinson
377 Sam Horn
378 Todd Frohwirth
379 Rafael Ramirez
380 Joe Magrane RC
381 Angels TL
382 Keith Miller
383 Eric Bell
384 Neil Allen
385 Carlton Fisk
386 Don Mattingly AS
387 Willie Randolph AS
388 Wade Boggs AS
389 Alan Trammell AS
390 George Bell AS
391 Kirby Puckett AS
392 Dave Winfield AS
393 Matt Nokes AS
394 Roger Clemens AS
395 Jimmy Key AS
396 Tom Henke AS
397 Jack Clark AS
398 Juan Samuel AS
399 Tim Wallach AS
400 Ozzie Smith AS
401 Andre Dawson AS
402 Tony Gwynn AS
403 Tim Raines AS
404 Benny Santiago AS
405 Dwight Gooden AS
406 Shane Rawley AS
407 Steve Bedrosian AS
408 Dion James
409 Joel McKeon
410 Tony Pena
411 Wayne Tolleson
412 Randy Myers
413 John Christensen
414 John McNamara MG
415 Don Carman
416 Keith Moreland
417 Mark Ciardi
418 Joel Youngblood
419 Scott McGregor
420 Wally Joyner
421 Ed VandeBerg
422 Dave Concepcion
423 John Smiley RC
424 Dwayne Murphy
425 Jeff Reardon
426 Randy Ready
427 Paul Kilgus
428 John Shelby
429 Tigers TL
430 Glenn Davis
431 Casey Candaele
432 Mike Moore
433 Bill Pecota RC
434 Rick Aguilera
435 Mike Pagliarulo
436 Mike Bielecki
437 Fred Manrique
438 Rob Ducey
439 Dave Martinez
440 Steve Bedrosian
441 Rick Manning
442 Tom Bolton
443 Ken Griffey
444 Cal Ripken & Sr. MG
445 Mike Krukow
446 Doug DeCinces
447 Jeff Montgomery
448 Mike Davis
449 Jeff M. Robinson
450 Barry Bonds
451 Keith Atherton
452 Willie Wilson
453 Dennis Powell
454 Marvell Wynne
455 Shawn Hillegas
456 Dave Anderson
457 Terry Leach
458 Ron Hassey
459 Yankees TL (Dave Winfield/Willie Randolph)  
460 Ozzie Smith
461 Danny Darwin
462 Don Slaught
463 Fred McGriff
464 Jay Tibbs
465 Paul Molitor  
466 Jerry Mumphrey
467 Don Aase
468 Darren Daulton
469 Jeff Dedmon
470 Dwight Evans
471 Donnie Moore
472 Robby Thompson
473 Joe Niekro
474 Tom Brookens
475 Pete Rose MG/TC
476 Dave Stewart
477 Jamie Quirk
478 Sid Bream
479 Brett Butler
480 Dwight Gooden
481 Mariano Duncan
482 Mark Davis
483 Rod Booker
484 Pat Clements
485 Harold Reynolds
486 Pat Keedy
487 Jim Pankovits
488 Andy McGaffigan
489 Dodgers TL
490 Larry Parrish
491 B.J. Surhoff
492 Doyle Alexander
493 Mike Greenwell
494 Wally Ritchie
495 Eddie Murray
496 Guy Hoffman
497 Kevin Mitchell
498 Bob Boone
499 Eric King
500 Andre Dawson
501 Tim Birtsas
502 Dan Gladden
503 Junior Noboa
504 Bob Rodgers MG
505 Willie Upshaw
506 John Cangelosi
507 Mark Gubicza
508 Tim Teufel
509 Bill Dawley
510 Dave Winfield
511 Joel Davis
512 Alex Trevino
513 Tim Flannery
514 Pat Sheridan
515 Juan Nieves
516 Jim Sundberg
517 Ron Robinson
518 Greg Gross
519 Mariners TL
520 Dave Smith
521 Jim Dwyer
522 Bob Patterson
523 Gary Roenicke
524 Gary Lucas
525 Marty Barrett
526 Juan Berenguer
527 Steve Henderson
528 Checklist 397-528
529 Tim Burke
530 Gary Carter
531 Rich Yett
532 Mike Kingery
533 John Farrell
534 John Wathan MG
535 Ron Guidry
536 John Morris
537 Steve Buechele
538 Bill Wegman
539 Mike LaValliere
540 Bret Saberhagen
541 Juan Beniquez
542 Paul Noce
543 Kent Tekulve
544 Jim Traber
545 Don Baylor
546 John Candelaria
547 Felix Fermin
548 Shane Mack
549 Braves TL
550 Pedro Guerrero
551 Terry Steinbach
552 Mark Thurmond
553 Tracy Jones
554 Mike Smithson
555 Brook Jacoby
556 Stan Clarke
557 Craig Reynolds
558 Bob Ojeda
559 Ken Williams
560 Tim Wallach
561 Rick Cerone
562 Jim Lindeman
563 Jose Guzman
564 Frank Lucchesi MG
565 Lloyd Moseby
566 Charlie O'Brien
567 Mike Diaz
568 Chris Brown
569 Charlie Leibrandt
570 Jeffrey Leonard
571 Mark Williamson
572 Chris James
573 Bob Stanley
574 Graig Nettles
575 Don Sutton
576 Tommy Hinzo
577 Tom Browning
578 Gary Gaetti
579 Mets TL (Gary Carter/Kevin McReynolds)  
580 Mark McGwire
581 Tito Landrum
582 Mike Henneman RC
583 Dave Valle
584 Steve Trout
585 Ozzie Guillen
586 Bob Forsch
587 Terry Puhl
588 Jeff Parrett
589 Geno Petralli
590 George Bell
591 Doug Drabek
592 Dale Sveum
593 Bob Tewksbury
594 Bobby Valentine MG
595 Frank White
596 John Kruk
597 Gene Garber
598 Lee Lacy
599 Calvin Schiraldi
600 Mike Schmidt
601 Jack Lazorko
602 Mike Aldrete
603 Rob Murphy
604 Chris Bando
605 Kirk Gibson  
606 Moose Haas
607 Mickey Hatcher
608 Charlie Kerfeld
609 Twins TL (Gary Gaetti/Kent Hrbek)  
610 Keith Hernandez
611 Tommy John
612 Curt Ford
613 Bobby Thigpen
614 Herm Winningham
615 Jody Davis
616 Jay Aldrich
617 Oddibe McDowell
618 Cecil Fielder
619 Mike Dunne
620 Cory Snyder
621 Gene Nelson
622 Kal Daniels
623 Mike Flanagan
624 Jim Leyland MG
625 Frank Viola
626 Glenn Wilson
627 Joe Boever
628 Dave Henderson
629 Kelly Downs
630 Darrell Evans
631 Jack Howell
632 Steve Shields
633 Barry Lyons
634 Jose DeLeon
635 Terry Pendleton
636 Charles Hudson
637 Jay Bell
638 Steve Balboni
639 Brewers TL
640 Garry Templeton
641 Rick Honeycutt
642 Bob Dernier
643 Rocky Childress
644 Terry McGriff
645 Matt Nokes RC
646 Checklist 529-660
647 Pascual Perez
648 Al Newman
649 DeWayne Buice
650 Cal Ripken
651 Mike Jackson RC
652 Bruce Benedict
653 Jeff Sellers
654 Roger Craig MG
655 Len Dykstra
656 Lee Guetterman
657 Gary Redus
658 Tim Conroy
659 Bobby Meacham
660 Rick Reuschel
661 Nolan Ryan TBC
662 Jim Rice TBC
663 Ron Blomberg TBC
664 Bob Gibson TBC
665 Stan Musial TBC
666 Mario Soto
667 Luis Quinones
668 Walt Terrell
669 Phillies TL
670 Dan Plesac
671 Tim Laudner
672 John Davis
673 Tony Phillips
674 Mike Fitzgerald
675 Jim Rice
676 Ken Dixon
677 Eddie Milner
678 Jim Acker
679 Darrell Miller
680 Charlie Hough
681 Bobby Bonilla
682 Jimmy Key
683 Julio Franco
684 Hal Lanier MG
685 Ron Darling
686 Terry Francona  
687 Mickey Brantley
688 Jim Winn
689 Tom Pagnozzi
690 Jay Howell
691 Dan Pasqua
692 Mike Birkbeck
693 Benito Santiago
694 Eric Nolte
695 Shawon Dunston
696 Duane Ward
697 Steve Lombardozzi
698 Brad Havens
699 B.Santiago/T.Gwynn TL
700 George Brett
701 Sammy Stewart
702 Mike Gallego
703 Bob Brenly
704 Dennis Boyd
705 Juan Samuel
706 Rick Mahler
707 Fred Lynn
708 Gus Polidor
709 George Frazier
710 Darryl Strawberry
711 Bill Gullickson
712 John Moses
713 Willie Hernandez
714 Jim Fregosi MG
715 Todd Worrell
716 Lenn Sakata
717 Jay Baller
718 Mike Felder
719 Denny Walling
720 Tim Raines
721 Pete O'Brien
722 Manny Lee
723 Bob Kipper
724 Danny Tartabull
725 Mike Boddicker
726 Alfredo Griffin
727 Greg Booker
728 Andy Allanson
729 G.Bell/F.McGriff TL
730 John Franco
731 Rick Schu
732 David Palmer
733 Spike Owen
734 Craig Lefferts
735 Kevin McReynolds
736 Matt Young
737 Butch Wynegar
738 Scott Bankhead
739 Daryl Boston
740 Rick Sutcliffe
741 Mike Easler
742 Mark Clear
743 Larry Herndon
744 Whitey Herzog MG
745 Bill Doran
746 Gene Larkin RC
747 Bobby Witt
748 Reid Nichols
749 Mark Eichhorn
750 Bo Jackson
751 Jim Morrison
752 Mark Grant
753 Danny Heep
754 Mike LaCoss
755 Ozzie Virgil
756 Mike Maddux
757 John Marzano
758 Eddie Williams
759 M.McGwire/J.Canseco TL
760 Mike Scott
761 Tony Armas
762 Scott Bradley
763 Doug Sisk
764 Greg Walker
765 Neal Heaton
766 Henry Cotto
767 Jose Lind
768 Dickie Nole
769 Cecil Cooper
770 Lou Whitaker
771 Ruben Sierra
772 Sal Butera
773 Frank Williams
774 Gene Mauch MG
775 Dave Stieb
776 Checklist 661-792
777 Lonnie Smith
778 Keith Comstock
779 Tom Glavine
780 Fernando Valenzuela
781 Keith Hughes
782 Jeff Ballard
783 Ron Roenicke
784 Joe Sambito
785 Alvin Davis
786 Joe Price
787 Bill Almon
788 Ray Searage
789 Joe Carter TL
790 Dave Righetti
791 Ted Simmons
792 John Tudor


==Parallels==
==Parallels==
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In 1988, Topps allegedly produced 25,000 Tiffany sets which are identical to the regular issue set, except for the higher quality white cardboard stock and the addition of a protective UV coating giving the cards a high gloss. According [https://www.tiffanycards.com/topps-tiffany/1988-topps-tiffany to the site tiffanycards.com], sets with serial numbers as high as 29,000 have surfaced.


==Inserts==
==Inserts==


==Autographs & Game-Used==
===Box Bottoms===
 
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These "cards" were featured four to a box on the bottom of each waxbox.  There were four different panels for a total of 16 cards. The set is lettered A-P rather than sequentially-numbered. When individually cut out, each card measures 2.5" X 3.5".  The design is identical to that of the base set, only with light blue borders.
 
'''NOTE:''' The same sixteen cards were also printed on the bottom of [[1988 O-Pee-Chee]] waxboxes -- the only difference being French text on the back.
 
====Panel 1====
 
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====Panel 2====
 
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1988) AND (setname = 'Topps Wax Box Cards') AND (num BETWEEN 'E' AND 'H');
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====Panel 3====
 
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====Panel 4====
 
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===Glossy Send-Ins===
 
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This 60-card set was available by mailing in the special offer cards found in 1988 Topps wax packs.  For six special offer cards, and a nominal shipping & handling fee of $1.25, collectors could choose one of six different "series" of Glossies, with two cards per series (cards ending in 9 and 0) featuring a "young star."  For 18 special offer cards and $7.50 shipping and handling, collectors would receive the whole 60-card set. 
 
The design of the set is identical to previous year's Glossies, except for a thin, magenta, border. 
 
====Series A====
 
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====Series B====
 
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====Series C====
 
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====Series D====
 
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====Series E====
 
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====Series F====
 
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===Glossy All-Stars===
 
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One card from this 22-card set was inserted into each 43-card rack pack. The design of the set is identical to previous years Glossy All-Stars.  The checklist consists of the starting line-ups for the 1987 All-Star Game, both managers, and both team's honorary captain. 
 
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===Glossy Rookies===
 
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New for '88 was the Glossy Rookies insert.  One card from this 22-card set was inserted into each 91-card "supermarket jumbo" pack.  The design of the cards slightly resemble the Glossy All-Star set.


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Latest revision as of 16:23, 9 March 2021

Description

1988 Topps is a 792-card set. One of the blander sets of the era, '88 Topps' long-run value has been hindered by the lackluster design, paucity of decent rookies, and overproduction -- as it was the dawn of The Junk Wax Era. Subsets include Record Breakers (1-7), All-Stars (386-407), Turn Back the Clock (661-665), and Team Leaders (scattered throughout the set). The manager cards also double as team checklists.

The key Rookie Cards in this set are Ellis Burks, Ken Caminiti, Tom Glavine, and Matt Williams.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.40). 20 boxes per case.

Cello: 24 packs per box, 28 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.69).

Rack: 24 packs per box, 43 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.29). Three boxes per case.

Jumbo: 18 packs per box, 91 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $2.49).

500-card Vending Boxes

Factory sets

Tiffany factory sets (approximately 25,000 sets produced)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Wax Odds Cello Odds Rack Odds Jumbo Odds
Base 792 - 15:1 28:1 42:1 90:1
Glossy All-Stars 22 - N/A N/A one-per-pack N/A
Glossy Rookies 22 - N/A N/A N/A one-per-pack

Checklist

Promo

Don Mattingly World of Baseball

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A promo card of Don Mattingly for a proposed "Topps World of Baseball" set was produced. This card is identical to Mattingly's 1988 Topps base card EXCEPT, it is NOT licensed by Major League Baseball and as such, the team name on the front is listed as "NEW YORK-A.L." In addition the words "SPECIAL WORLD OF BASEBALL EDITION" is on the reverse side.

It is believed that this card was intended to promote a proposed baseball card set for the U.K. market. Topps would make a baseball card set for the U.K., but it looked nothing like this card.

Base Set

Record Breakers

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  • 1 Vince Coleman� RB
  • 2 Don Mattingly� RB
  • 3b Mark McGwire RB COR
  • 3a Mark McGwire RB ERR (White area behind left foot)
  • 4b Eddie Murray RB COR
  • 4a Eddie Murray RB ERR (Text on front)
  • 5 Phil Niekro / Joe Niekro RB
  • 6 Nolan Ryan� RB
  • 7 Benny Santiago� RB

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  • 8 Kevin Elster FS
  • 9 Andy Hawkins
  • 10 Ryne Sandberg
  • 11 Mike Young
  • 12 Bill Schroeder
  • 13 Andres Thomas
  • 14 Sparky Anderson MGR
  • 15 Chili Davis
  • 16 Kirk McCaskill
  • 17 Ron Oester
  • 18b Al Leiter FS RC COR
  • 18a Al Leiter FS ERR (Photo is Steve George)
  • 19 Mark Davidson RC
  • 20 Kevin Gross
  • 21 Wade Boggs / Spike Owen TL
  • 22 Greg Swindell
  • 23 Ken Landreaux
  • 24 Jim Deshaies
  • 25 Andres Galarraga
  • 26 Mitch Williams
  • 27 R.J. Reynolds
  • 28 Jose Nunez RC
  • 29 Argenis Salazar
  • 30 Sid Fernandez
  • 31 Bruce Bochy
  • 32 Mike Morgan
  • 33 Rob Deer
  • 34 Ricky Horton
  • 35 Harold Baines
  • 36 Jamie Moyer
  • 37 Ed Romero
  • 38 Jeff Calhoun
  • 39 Gerald Perry
  • 40 Orel Hershiser
  • 41 Bob Melvin
  • 42 Bill Landrum RC
  • 43 Dick Schofield
  • 44 Lou Piniella MGR
  • 45 Kent Hek
  • 46 Darnell Coles
  • 47 Joaquin Andujar
  • 48 Alan Ashby
  • 49 Dave Clark
  • 50 Hubie Brooks
  • 51 Eddie Murray / Cal Ripken, Jr. TL
  • 52 Don Robinson
  • 53 Curt Wilkerson
  • 54 Jim Clancy
  • 55 Phil Bradley
  • 56 Ed Hearn
  • 57 Tim Crews RC
  • 58 Dave Magadan
  • 59 Danny Cox
  • 60 Rickey Henderson
  • 61 Mark Knudson RC
  • 62 Jeff Hamilton
  • 63 Jimmy Jones
  • 64 Ken Caminiti RC
  • 65 Leon Durham
  • 66 Shane Rawley
  • 67 Ken Oberkfell
  • 68 Dave Dravecky
  • 69 Mike Hart RC
  • 70 Roger Clemens
  • 71 Gary Pettis
  • 72 Dennis Eckersley
  • 73 Randy Bush
  • 74 Tom Lasorda MGR
  • 75 Joe Carter
  • 76 Denny Martinez
  • 77 Tom O'Malley
  • 78 Dan Petry
  • 79 Ernie Whitt
  • 80 Mark Langston
  • 81 Ron Robinson / John Franco TL
  • 82 Darrel Akerfelds RC
  • 83 Jose Oquendo
  • 84 Cecilio Guante
  • 85 Howard Johnson
  • 86 Ron Karkovice
  • 87 Mike Mason
  • 88 Earnie Riles
  • 89 Gary Thurman RC
  • 90 Dale Murphy
  • 91 Joey Cora RC
  • 92 Len Matuszek
  • 93 Bob Sebra
  • 94 Chuck Jackson RC
  • 95 Lance Parrish
  • 96 Todd Benzinger RC
  • 97 Scott Garrelts
  • 98 Rene Gonzales RC
  • 99 Chuck Finley
  • 100 Jack Clark
  • 101 Allan Anderson
  • 102 Barry Larkin
  • 103 Curt Young
  • 104 Dick Williams MGR
  • 105 Jesse Orosco
  • 106 Jim Walewander
  • 107 Scott Bailes
  • 108 Steve Lyons
  • 109 Joel Skinner
  • 110 Teddy Higuera
  • 111 Hubie Brooks / Vance Law TL
  • 112 Les Lancaster
  • 113 Kelly Gruber
  • 114 Jeff Russell
  • 115 Johnny Ray
  • 116 Jerry Don Gleaton
  • 117 James Steels RC
  • 118 Bob Welch
  • 119 Robbie Wine RC
  • 120 Kiy Puckett
  • 121 Checklist #1 1-132
  • 122 Tony Bernazard
  • 123 Tom Candiotti
  • 124 Ray Knight
  • 125 Bruce Hurst
  • 126 Steve Jeltz
  • 127 Jim Gott
  • 128 Johnny Grubb
  • 129 Greg Minton
  • 130 Buddy Bell
  • 131 Don Schulze
  • 132 Donnie Hill
  • 133 Greg Mathews
  • 134 Chuck Tanner MGR
  • 135 Dennis Rasmussen
  • 136 Brian Dayett
  • 137 Chris Bosio
  • 138 Mitch Webster
  • 139 Jerry Browne
  • 140 Jesse Barfield
  • 141 George Brett / Bret Saberhagen TL
  • 142 Andy Van Slyke
  • 143 Mickey Tettleton
  • 144 Don Gordon RC
  • 145 Bill Madlock
  • 146 Donell Nixon RC
  • 147 Bill Buckner
  • 148 Carmelo Martinez
  • 149 Ken Howell
  • 150 Eric Davis
  • 151 Bob Knepper
  • 152 Jody Reed RC
  • 153 John Habyan
  • 154 Jeff Stone
  • 155 Bruce Sutter
  • 156 Gary Matthews
  • 157 Atlee Hammaker
  • 158 Tim Hulett
  • 159 Brad Arnsberg RC
  • 160 Willie McGee
  • 161 Bryn Smith
  • 162 Mark McLemore
  • 163 Dale Mohorcic
  • 164 Dave Johnson MGR
  • 165 Robin Yount
  • 166 Rick Rodriguez RC
  • 167 Rance Mulliniks
  • 168 Barry Jones
  • 169 Ross Jones RC
  • 170 Rich Gossage
  • 171 Shawon Dunston / Manny Trillo TL
  • 172 Lloyd McClendon RC
  • 173 Eric Plunk
  • 174 Phil Garner
  • 175 Kevin Bass
  • 176 Jeff Reed
  • 177 Frank Tanana
  • 178 Dwayne Henry
  • 179 Charlie Puleo
  • 180 Terry Kennedy
  • 181 Dave Cone
  • 182 Ken Phelps
  • 183 Tom Lawless
  • 184 Ivan Calderon
  • 185 Rick Rhoden
  • 186 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 187 Steve Kiefer
  • 188 John Russell
  • 189 Wes Gardner RC
  • 190 Candy Maldonado
  • 191 John Cerutti
  • 192 Devon White Rcup
  • 193 Brian Fisher
  • 194 Tom Kelly MGR
  • 195 Dan Quisenberry
  • 196 Dave Engle
  • 197 Lance McCullers
  • 198 Franklin Stubbs
  • 199 Dave Meads RC
  • 200 Wade Boggs
  • 201 Steve Buechele / Pete Incaviglia TL
  • 202 Glenn Hoffman
  • 203 Fred Toliver
  • 204 Paul O'Neill
  • 205 Nelson Liriano RC
  • 206 Domingo Ramos
  • 207 John Mitchell RC
  • 208 Steve Lake
  • 209 Richard Dotson
  • 210 Willie Randolph
  • 211 Frank DiPino
  • 212 Greg Brock
  • 213 Albert Hall
  • 214 Dave Schmidt
  • 215 Von Hayes
  • 216 Jerry Reuss
  • 217 Harry Spilman
  • 218 Dan Schatzeder
  • 219 Mike Stanley
  • 220 Tom Henke
  • 221 Rafael Belliard
  • 222 Steve Farr
  • 223 Stan Jefferson
  • 224 Tom Trebelhorn MGR
  • 225 Mike Scioscia
  • 226 Dave Lopes
  • 227 Ed Correa
  • 228 Wallace Johnson
  • 229 Jeff Musselman Rcup
  • 230 Pat Tabler
  • 231 Barry Bonds / Bobby Bonilla TL
  • 232 Bob James
  • 233 Rafael Santana
  • 234 Ken Dayley
  • 235 Gary Ward
  • 236 Ted Power
  • 237 Mike Heath
  • 238 Luis Polonia RC
  • 239 Roy Smalley
  • 240 Lee Smith
  • 241 Damaso Garcia
  • 242 Tom Niedenfuer
  • 243 Mark Ryal
  • 244 Jeff Robinson
  • 245 Rich Gedman
  • 246 Mike Campbell RC FS
  • 247 Thad Bosley
  • 248 Storm Davis
  • 249 Mike Marshall
  • 250 Nolan Ryan
  • 251 Tom Foley
  • 252 Bob Brower
  • 253 Checklist #2 133-264
  • 254 Lee Elia MGR
  • 255 Mookie Wilson
  • 256 Ken Schrom
  • 257 Jerry Royster
  • 258 Ed Nunez
  • 259 Ron Kittle
  • 260 Vince Coleman UER (Was born in 1961, not 1960)
  • 261 Will Clark / Candy Maldonado / Jose Uribe TL
  • 262 Drew Hall
  • 263 Glenn Braggs
  • 264 Les Straker RC
  • 265 Bo Diaz
  • 266 Paul Assenmacher
  • 267 Billy Bean RC
  • 268 Bruce Ruffin
  • 269 Ellis Burks RC Rcup
  • 270 Mike Witt
  • 271 Ken Gerhart
  • 272 Steve Ontiveros
  • 273 Garth Iorg
  • 274 Junior Ortiz
  • 275 Kevin Seitzer RCup
  • 276 Luis Salazar
  • 277 Alejandro Pena
  • 278 Jose Cruz
  • 279 Randy St. Claire
  • 280 Pete Incaviglia
  • 281 Jerry Hairston
  • 282 Pat Perry
  • 283 Phil Lombardi
  • 284 Larry Bowa MGR
  • 285 Jim Presley
  • 286 Chuck Crim RC
  • 287 Manny Trillo
  • 288 Pat Pacillo
  • 289 Dave Bergman
  • 290 Tony Fernandez
  • 291 Kevin Bass / Billy Hatcher TL
  • 292 Carney Lansford
  • 293 Doug Jones RC
  • 294 Al Pedrique RCup
  • 295 Bert Blyleven
  • 296 Floyd Rayford
  • 297 Zane Smith
  • 298 Milt Thompson
  • 299 Steve Crawford
  • 300 Don Mattingly
  • 301 Bud Black
  • 302 Jose Uribe
  • 303 Eric Show
  • 304 George Hendrick
  • 305 Steve Sax
  • 306 Billy Hatcher
  • 307 Mike Trujillo
  • 308 Lee Mazzilli
  • 309 Bill Long RC
  • 310 Tom Herr
  • 311 Scott Sanderson
  • 312 Joey Meyer FS
  • 313 Bob McClure
  • 314 Jimy Williams MGR
  • 315 Dave Parker
  • 316 Jose Rijo
  • 317 Tom Nieto
  • 318 Mel Hall
  • 319 Mike Loynd
  • 320 Alan Trammell
  • 321 Harold Baines / Carlton Fisk TL
  • 322 Vicente Palacios RC
  • 323 Rick Leach
  • 324 Danny Jackson
  • 325 Glenn Hubbard
  • 326 Al Nipper
  • 327 Larry Sheets
  • 328 Greg Cadaret
  • 329 Chris Speier
  • 330 Eddie Whitson
  • 331 Brian Downing
  • 332 Jerry Reed
  • 333 Wally Backman
  • 334 Dave LaPoint
  • 335 Claudell Washington
  • 336 Ed Lynch
  • 337 Jim Gantner
  • 338 Brian Holton UER (ERA for '87 was 3.89)
  • 339 Kurt Stillwell
  • 340 Jack Morris
  • 341 Carmen Castillo
  • 342 Larry Andersen
  • 343 Greg Gagne
  • 344 Tony LaRussa MGR
  • 345 Scott Fletcher
  • 346 Vance Law
  • 347 Joe Johnson
  • 348 Jim Eisenreich
  • 349 Bob Walk
  • 350 Will Clark
  • 351 Red Schoendienst / Tony Pena TL
  • 352 Billy Ripken RC
  • 353 Ed Olwine
  • 354 Marc Sullivan
  • 355 Roger McDowell
  • 356 Luis Aguayo
  • 357 Floyd Bannister
  • 358 Rey Quinones
  • 359 Tim Stoddard
  • 360 Tony Gwynn
  • 361 Greg Maddux
  • 362 Juan Castillo
  • 363 Willie Fraser
  • 364 Nick Esasky
  • 365 Floyd Youmans
  • 366 Chet Lemon
  • 367 Tim Leary
  • 368 Gerald Young
  • 369 Greg Harris
  • 370 Jose Canseco
  • 371 Joe Hesketh
  • 372 Matt Williams RC
  • 373 Checklist #3 265-396
  • 374 Doc Edwards MGR
  • 375 Tom Brunansky
  • 376 Bill Wilkinson RC
  • 377 Sam Horn RC
  • 378 Todd Frohwirth RC
  • 379 Rafael Ramirez
  • 380 Joe Magrane RC
  • 381 Wally Joyner / Jack Howell TL
  • 382 Keith Miller RC
  • 383 Eric Bell
  • 384 Neil Allen
  • 385 Carlton Fisk

All-Stars

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  • 386 Don Mattingly
  • 387 Willie Randolph
  • 388 Wade Boggs
  • 389 Alan Trammell
  • 390 George Bell
  • 391 Kiy Puckett
  • 392 Dave Winfield
  • 393 Matt Nokes
  • 394 Roger Clemens
  • 395 Jimmy Key
  • 396 Tom Henke
  • 397 Jack Clark
  • 398 Juan Samuel
  • 399 Tim Wallach
  • 400 Ozzie Smith
  • 401 Andre Dawson
  • 402 Tony Gwynn
  • 403 Tim Raines
  • 404 Benny Santiago
  • 405 Dwight Gooden
  • 406 Shane Rawley
  • 407 Steve Bedrosian

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  • 408 Dion James
  • 409 Joel McKeon
  • 410 Tony Pena
  • 411 Wayne Tolleson
  • 412 Randy Myers
  • 413 John Christensen
  • 414 John McNamara MGR
  • 415 Don Carman
  • 416 Keith Moreland
  • 417 Mark Ciardi RC
  • 418 Joel Youngblood
  • 419 Scott McGregor
  • 420 Wally Joyner
  • 421 Ed Vande Berg
  • 422 Dave Concepcion
  • 423 John Smiley RC
  • 424 Dwayne Murphy
  • 425 Jeff Reardon
  • 426 Randy Ready
  • 427 Paul Kilgus
  • 428 John Shelby
  • 429 Alan Trammell / Kirk Gibson TL
  • 430 Glenn Davis
  • 431 Casey Candaele RCup
  • 432 Mike Moore
  • 433 Bill Pecota RC
  • 434 Rick Aguilera
  • 435 Mike Pagliarulo
  • 436 Mike Bielecki
  • 437 Fred Manrique RC
  • 438 Rob Ducey RC
  • 439 Dave Martinez
  • 440 Steve Bedrosian
  • 441 Rick Manning
  • 442 Tom Bolton RC
  • 443 Ken Griffey
  • 444 Cal Ripken, Sr. MGR UER (Two copyright dates on reverse)
  • 445 Mike Krukow
  • 446 Doug DeCinces
  • 447 Jeff Montgomery RC
  • 448 Mike Davis
  • 449 Jeff Robinson RC
  • 450 Barry Bonds
  • 451 Keith Atherton
  • 452 Willie Wilson
  • 453 Dennis Powell
  • 454 Marvell Wynne
  • 455 Shawn Hillegas RC
  • 456 Dave Anderson
  • 457 Terry Leach
  • 458 Ron Hassey
  • 459 Dave Winfield / Willie Randolph TL
  • 460 Ozzie Smith
  • 461 Danny Darwin
  • 462 Don Slaught
  • 463 Fred McGriff
  • 464 Jay Tibbs
  • 465 Paul Molitor
  • 466 Jerry Mumphrey
  • 467 Don Aase
  • 468 Darren Daulton
  • 469 Jeff Dedmon
  • 470 Dwight Evans
  • 471 Donnie Moore
  • 472 Robby Thompson
  • 473 Joe Niekro
  • 474 Tom Brookens
  • 475 Pete Rose MGR
  • 476 Dave Stewart
  • 477 Jamie Quirk
  • 478 Sid Bream
  • 479 Brett Butler
  • 480 Dwight Gooden
  • 481 Mariano Duncan
  • 482 Mark Davis
  • 483 Rod Booker RC
  • 484 Pat Clements
  • 485 Harold Reynolds
  • 486 Pat Keedy RC
  • 487 Jim Pankovits
  • 488 Andy McGaffigan
  • 489 Pedro Guerrero / Fernando Valenzuela TL
  • 490 Larry Parrish
  • 491 B.J. Surhoff
  • 492 Doyle Alexander UER (Born Sept. 4th, not Sept. 5th)
  • 493 Mike Greenwell RCup
  • 494 Wally Ritchie RC
  • 495 Eddie Murray
  • 496 Guy Hoffman
  • 497 Kevin Mitchell
  • 498 Bob Boone
  • 499 Eric King
  • 500 Andre Dawson
  • 501 Tim Birtsas
  • 502 Danny Gladden
  • 503 Junior Noboa RC
  • 504 Bob Rodgers MGR
  • 505 Willie Upshaw
  • 506 John Cangelosi
  • 507 Mark Gubicza
  • 508 Tim Teufel
  • 509 Bill Dawley
  • 510 Dave Winfield
  • 511 Joel Davis
  • 512 Alex Trevino
  • 513 Tim Flannery
  • 514 Pat Sheridan
  • 515 Juan Nieves
  • 516 Jim Sundberg
  • 517 Ron Robinson
  • 518 Greg Gross
  • 519 Harold Reynolds / Phil Bradlery TL
  • 520 Dave Smith
  • 521 Jim Dwyer
  • 522 Bob Patterson RC
  • 523 Gary Roenicke
  • 524 Gary Lucas
  • 525 Marty Barrett
  • 526 Juan Berenguer
  • 527 Steve Henderson
  • 528a Checklist #4 397-528 ERR (#455: Steve Carlton)
  • 528b Checklist #4 397-528 COR (#455: Shawn Hillegas)
  • 529 Tim Burke
  • 530 Gary Carter
  • 531 Rich Yett
  • 532 Mike Kingery
  • 533 John Farrell RC
  • 534 John Wathan MGR
  • 535 Ron Guidry
  • 536 John Morris
  • 537 Steve Buechele
  • 538 Bill Wegman
  • 539 Mike LaValliere
  • 540 Bret Saberhagen
  • 541 Juan Beniquez
  • 542 Paul Noce RC
  • 543 Kent Tekulve
  • 544 Jim Traber
  • 545 Don Baylor
  • 546 John Candelaria
  • 547 Felix Fermin
  • 548 Shane Mack
  • 549 Dion James / Dale Murphy / Ken Griffey, Sr. / Gerald Perry TL
  • 550 Pedro Guerrero
  • 551 Terry Steinbach
  • 552 Mark Thurmond
  • 553 Tracy Jones
  • 554 Mike Smithson
  • 555 Brook Jacoby
  • 556 Stan Clarke RC
  • 557 Craig Reynolds
  • 558 Bob Ojeda
  • 559 Ken Williams RC
  • 560 Tim Wallach
  • 561 Rick Cerone
  • 562 Jim Lindeman
  • 563 Jose Guzman
  • 564 Frank Lucchesi MGR
  • 565 Lloyd Moseby
  • 566 Charlie O'Brien RC
  • 567 Mike Diaz
  • 568 Chris Brown
  • 569 Charlie Leibrandt
  • 570 Jeffrey Leonard
  • 571 Mark Williamson RC
  • 572 Chris James
  • 573 Bob Stanley
  • 574 Graig Nettles
  • 575 Don Sutton
  • 576 Tommy Hinzo RC
  • 577 Tom Browning
  • 578 Gary Gaetti
  • 579 Gary Carter / Kevin McReynolds TL
  • 580 Mark McGwire RCup
  • 581 Tito Landrum
  • 582 Mike Henneman RC
  • 583 Dave Valle
  • 584 Steve Trout
  • 585 Ozzie Guillen
  • 586 Bob Forsch
  • 587 Terry Puhl
  • 588 Jeff Parrett RC
  • 589 Geno Petralli
  • 590 George Bell
  • 591 Doug Drabek
  • 592 Dale Sveum
  • 593 Bob Tewksbury
  • 594 Bobby Valentine MGR
  • 595 Frank White
  • 596 John Kruk
  • 597 Gene Gaer
  • 598 Lee Lacy
  • 599 Calvin Schiraldi
  • 600 Mike Schmidt
  • 601 Jack Lazorko
  • 602 Mike Aldrete
  • 603 Rob Murphy
  • 604 Chris Bando
  • 605 Kirk Gibson
  • 606 Moose Haas
  • 607 Mickey Hatcher
  • 608 Charlie Kerfeld
  • 609 Gary Gaetti / Kent Hrbek TL
  • 610 Keith Hernandez
  • 611 Tommy John
  • 612 Curt Ford
  • 613 Bobby Thigpen
  • 614 Herm Winningham
  • 615 Jody Davis
  • 616 Jay Aldrich
  • 617 Oddibe McDowell
  • 618 Cecil Fielder
  • 619 Mike Dunne RCup
  • 620 Cory Snyder
  • 621 Gene Nelson
  • 622 Kal Daniels
  • 623 Mike Flanagan
  • 624 Jim Leyland MGR
  • 625 Frank Viola
  • 626 Glenn Wilson
  • 627 Joe Boever RC
  • 628 Dave Henderson
  • 629 Kelly Downs UER (1984 statline displayed as "4")
  • 630 Darrell Evans
  • 631 Jack Howell
  • 632 Steve Shields
  • 633 Barry Lyons RC
  • 634 Jose DeLeon
  • 635 Terry Pendleton
  • 636 Charles Hudson
  • 637 Jay Bell RC
  • 638 Steve Balboni
  • 639 Tony Muser / Glenn Braggs TL
  • 640 Garry Templeton UER (Birthplace mispelled "Lockney, TX")
  • 641 Rick Honeycutt
  • 642 Bob Dernier
  • 643 Rocky Childress RC
  • 644 Terry McGriff
  • 645 Matt Nokes RC RCup
  • 646 Checklist #5 529-660
  • 647 Pascual Perez
  • 648 Al Newman
  • 649 DeWayne Buice RC
  • 650 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 651 Mike Jackson RC
  • 652 Bruce Benedict
  • 653 Jeff Sellers
  • 654 Roger Craig MGR
  • 655 Len Dykstra
  • 656 Lee Guetterman
  • 657 Gary Redus
  • 658 Tim Conroy
  • 659 Bobby Meacham
  • 660 Rick Reuschel

Turn Back the Clock

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  • 661 Nolan Ryan
  • 662 Jim Rice
  • 663 Ron Blomberg
  • 664 Bob Gibson
  • 665 Stan Musial

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  • 666 Mario Soto
  • 667 Luis Quinones
  • 668 Walt Terrell
  • 669 Lance Parrish / Mike Ryan TL
  • 670 Dan Plesac
  • 671 Tim Laudner
  • 672 John Davis RC
  • 673 Tony Phillips
  • 674 Mike Fitzgerald
  • 675 Jim Rice
  • 676 Ken Dixon
  • 677 Eddie Milner
  • 678 Jim Acker
  • 679 Darrell Miller
  • 680 Charlie Hough
  • 681 Bobby Bonilla
  • 682 Jimmy Key
  • 683 Julio Franco
  • 684 Hal Lanier MGR
  • 685 Ron Darling
  • 686 Terry Francona
  • 687 Mickey Brantley
  • 688 Jim Winn
  • 689 Tom Pagnozzi RC
  • 690 Jay Howell
  • 691 Dan Pasqua
  • 692 Mike Birkbeck UER (Had zero saves in '84)
  • 693 Benny Santiago
  • 694 Eric Nolte RC
  • 695 Shawon Dunston
  • 696 Duane Ward
  • 697 Steve Lombardozzi
  • 698 Brad Havens
  • 699 Tony Gwynn / Benito Santiago TL
  • 700 George Brett
  • 701 Sammy Stewart
  • 702 Mike Gallego
  • 703 Bob Brenly
  • 704 Dennis Boyd
  • 705 Juan Samuel
  • 706 Rick Mahler
  • 707 Fred Lynn
  • 708 Gus Polidor
  • 709 George Frazier
  • 710 Darryl Strawberry
  • 711 Bill Gullickson
  • 712 John Moses
  • 713 Willie Hernandez
  • 714 Jim Fregosi MGR
  • 715 Todd Worrell
  • 716 Lenn Sakata UER (Born in '54, not '53)
  • 717 Jay Baller
  • 718 Mike Felder
  • 719 Denny Walling
  • 720 Tim Raines
  • 721 Pete O'Brien
  • 722 Manny Lee
  • 723 Bob Kipper
  • 724 Danny Tartabull
  • 725 Mike Boddicker
  • 726 Alfredo Griffin
  • 727 Greg Booker
  • 728 Andy Allanson
  • 729 Fred McGriff / George Bell TL
  • 730 John Franco
  • 731 Rick Schu
  • 732 Dave Palmer
  • 733 Spike Owen
  • 734 Craig Lefferts
  • 735 Kevin McReynolds
  • 736 Matt Young
  • 737 Butch Wynegar
  • 738 Scott Bankhead
  • 739 Daryl Boston
  • 740 Rick Sutcliffe
  • 741 Mike Easler
  • 742 Mark Clear
  • 743 Larry Herndon
  • 744 Whitey Herzog MGR
  • 745 Bill Doran
  • 746 Gene Larkin RC
  • 747 Bobby Witt
  • 748 Reid Nichols
  • 749 Mark Eichhorn
  • 750 Bo Jackson
  • 751 Jim Morrison
  • 752 Mark Grant
  • 753 Danny Heep
  • 754 Mike LaCoss
  • 755 Ozzie Virgil
  • 756 Mike Maddux
  • 757 John Marzano
  • 758 Eddie Williams RC
  • 759 Mark McGwire / Jose Canseco TL UER (Two copyright dates on reverse)
  • 760 Mike Scott
  • 761 Tony Armas
  • 762 Scott Bradley
  • 763 Doug Sisk
  • 764 Greg Walker
  • 765 Neal Heaton
  • 766 Henry Cotto
  • 767 Jose Lind RC FS
  • 768 Dickie Noles
  • 769 Cecil Cooper
  • 770 Lou Whitaker
  • 771 Ruben Sierra
  • 772 Sal Butera
  • 773 Frank Williams
  • 774 Gene Mauch MGR
  • 775 Dave Stieb
  • 776 Checklist #6 661-792
  • 777 Lonnie Smith
  • 778a Keith Comstock ERR ("Padres" in white)
  • 778b Keith Comstock COR ("Padres" in blue)
  • 779 Tom Glavine RC
  • 780 Fernando Valenzuela
  • 781 Keith Hughes RC
  • 782 Jeff Ballard RC
  • 783 Ron Roenicke
  • 784 Joe Sambito
  • 785 Alvin Davis
  • 786 Joe Price
  • 787 Bill Almon
  • 788 Ray Searage
  • 789 Joe Carter / Cory Snyder TL
  • 790 Dave Righetti
  • 791 Ted Simmons
  • 792 John Tudor

Errors and Variations

  • On early copies of card #3, there appears a white "triangle" next to Mark McGwire's left foot. This was quickly corrected.
  • Early copies of card #4 have a block of text on the front that does not appear on other Record Breaker subset cards. This too, was also quickly corrected.
  • Probably the most significant error card was that of #18 which had a photo of Yankee farm hand Steve George instead of Al Leiter. A correction was issued.
  • Steve Carlton was on the provisional checklist as card #455; however, he was released after the '87 season and pulled from the '88 Topps checklist (to be replaced by Shawn Hillegas). Early copies of Checklist #4 (card #528 in the set), show card #455 as Carlton. Corrections were issued.
  • Card #778 shows the word "PADRES" in either white or blue text. The white card is scarcer.

Parallels

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In 1988, Topps allegedly produced 25,000 Tiffany sets which are identical to the regular issue set, except for the higher quality white cardboard stock and the addition of a protective UV coating giving the cards a high gloss. According to the site tiffanycards.com, sets with serial numbers as high as 29,000 have surfaced.

Inserts

Box Bottoms

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These "cards" were featured four to a box on the bottom of each waxbox. There were four different panels for a total of 16 cards. The set is lettered A-P rather than sequentially-numbered. When individually cut out, each card measures 2.5" X 3.5". The design is identical to that of the base set, only with light blue borders.

NOTE: The same sixteen cards were also printed on the bottom of 1988 O-Pee-Chee waxboxes -- the only difference being French text on the back.

Panel 1

  • A Don Baylor
  • B Steve Bedrosian
  • C Juan Beniquez
  • D Bob Boone

Panel 2

  • E Darrell Evans
  • F Tony Gwynn
  • G John Kruk
  • H Marvell Wynne

Panel 3

  • I Joe Carter
  • J Eric Davis
  • K Howard Johnson
  • L Darryl Strawberry

Panel 4

  • M Rickey Henderson
  • N Nolan Ryan
  • O Mike Schmidt
  • P Kent Tekulve

Glossy Send-Ins

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This 60-card set was available by mailing in the special offer cards found in 1988 Topps wax packs. For six special offer cards, and a nominal shipping & handling fee of $1.25, collectors could choose one of six different "series" of Glossies, with two cards per series (cards ending in 9 and 0) featuring a "young star." For 18 special offer cards and $7.50 shipping and handling, collectors would receive the whole 60-card set.

The design of the set is identical to previous year's Glossies, except for a thin, magenta, border.

Series A

  • 1 Andre Dawson
  • 2 Jesse Barfield
  • 3 Mike Schmidt
  • 4 Ruben Sierra
  • 5 Mike Scott
  • 6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 7 Gary Carter
  • 8 Kent Hrbek
  • 9 Kevin Seitzer
  • 10 Mike Henneman

Series B

  • 11 Don Mattingly
  • 12 Tim Raines
  • 13 Roger Clemens
  • 14 Ryne Sandberg
  • 15 Tony Fernandez
  • 16 Eric Davis
  • 17 Jack Morris
  • 18 Tim Wallach
  • 19 Mike Dunne
  • 20 Mike Greenwell

Series C

  • 21 Dwight Evans
  • 22 Darryl Strawberry
  • 23 Cory Snyder
  • 24 Pedro Guerrero
  • 25 Rickey Henderson
  • 26 Dale Murphy
  • 27 Kirby Puckett
  • 28 Steve Bedrosian
  • 29 Devon White
  • 30 Benito Santiago

Series D

  • 31 George Bell
  • 32 Keith Hernandez
  • 33 Dave Stewart
  • 34 Dave Parker
  • 35 Tom Henke
  • 36 Willie McGee
  • 37 Alan Trammell
  • 38 Tony Gwynn
  • 39 Mark McGwire
  • 40 Joe Magrane

Series E

  • 41 Jack Clark
  • 42 Willie Randolph
  • 43 Juan Samuel
  • 44 Joe Carter
  • 45 Shane Rawley
  • 46 Dave Winfield
  • 47 Ozzie Smith
  • 48 Wally Joyner
  • 49 B.J. Surhoff
  • 50 Ellis Burks

Series F

  • 51 Wade Boggs
  • 52 Howard Johnson
  • 53 George Brett
  • 54 Dwight Gooden
  • 55 Jose Canseco
  • 56 Lee Smith
  • 57 Paul Molitor
  • 58 Andres Galarraga
  • 59 Matt Nokes
  • 60 Casey Candaele

Glossy All-Stars

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One card from this 22-card set was inserted into each 43-card rack pack. The design of the set is identical to previous years Glossy All-Stars. The checklist consists of the starting line-ups for the 1987 All-Star Game, both managers, and both team's honorary captain.

  • 1 John McNamara
  • 2 Don Mattingly
  • 3 Willie Randolph
  • 4 Wade Boggs
  • 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 6 George Bell
  • 7 Rickey Henderson
  • 8 Dave Winfield
  • 9 Terry Kennedy
  • 10 Bret Saberhagen
  • 11 Jim Hunter
  • 12 Dave Johnson
  • 13 Jack Clark
  • 14 Ryne Sandberg
  • 15 Mike Schmidt
  • 16 Ozzie Smith
  • 17 Eric Davis
  • 18 Andre Dawson
  • 19 Darryl Strawberry
  • 20 Gary Carter
  • 21 Mike Scott
  • 22 Billy Williams

Glossy Rookies

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New for '88 was the Glossy Rookies insert. One card from this 22-card set was inserted into each 91-card "supermarket jumbo" pack. The design of the cards slightly resemble the Glossy All-Star set.

  • 1 Bill Ripken
  • 2 Ellis Burks
  • 3 Mike Greenwell
  • 4 DeWayne Buice
  • 5 Devon White
  • 6 Fred Manrique
  • 7 Mike Henneman
  • 8 Matt Nokes
  • 9 Kevin Seitzer
  • 10 B.J. Surhoff
  • 11 Casey Candaele
  • 12 Randy Myers
  • 13 Mark McGwire
  • 14 Luis Polonia
  • 15 Terry Steinbach
  • 16 Mike Dunne
  • 17 Al Pedrique
  • 18 Benito Santiago
  • 19 Kelly Downs
  • 20 Joe Magrane
  • 21 Jerry Browne
  • 22 Jeff Musselman