1981 Fleer

Description

1981 Fleer is a 660-card set and marks Fleer's first modern era entry into the current player baseball card market since 1963. Unopened packs contained 17 cards as well as a piece of gum -- the only year Fleer packs would contain gum. Wax boxes contained 38 packs. As a matter of fact, the boxes actually told the retailer there was extra profit as they were charged as if there were 36 packs in the box.

Cards are grouped in team order and teams are ordered based upon their standings from the 1980 season with the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies starting off the set. (Not coincedentially, Fleer was based in Philadelphia.) Cards 638-660 feature specials and checklists.

The 1981 Fleer set is best known for the sheer amount of errors that riddled it. There were three distinct printings: the two following the primary run were designed to correct numerous errors. The variations caused by these multiple printings are noted in the checklist below (P1, P2, or P3). The Craig Nettles variation was corrected before the end of the first printing and thus is not included in the complete set consideration due to scarcity.

All cards of pitchers in this set erroneously show a heading (on the card backs) of "Batting Record" over their career pitching statistics. Fleer never bothered to correct it.

Key Rookie Cards in this set are Danny Ainge, Harold Baines, Kirk Gibson, Jeff Reardon, and Fernando Valenzuela, whose first name was erroneously spelled "Fernand" on the card front.

Distribution

Wax: 38 packs per box, 17 cards per pack. 20 boxes per case.

Vending Boxes.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	660	-	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Pete Rose UER

2 Larry Bowa

3 Manny Trillo

4 Bob Boone

5 Mike Schmidt

6 Steve Carlton

7 Tug McGraw

8 Larry Christenson

9 Bake McBride

10 Greg Luzinski

11 Ron Reed

12 Dickie Noles

13 Keith Moreland

14 Bob Walk RC

15 Lonnie Smith

16 Dick Ruthven

17 Sparky Lyle

18 Greg Gross

19 Garry Maddox

20 Nino Espinosa

21 George Vukovich RC

22 John Vukovich

23 Ramon Aviles

24 Kevin Saucier

25 Randy Lerch

26 Del Unser

27 Tim McCarver

28 George Brett

29 Willy Wilson

30 Paul Splittorff

31 Dan Quisenberry

32 Amos Otis

33 Steve Busby

34 U.L. Washington

35 Dave Chalk

36 Darrell Porter

37 Marty Pattin

38 Larry Gura

39 Renie Martin

40 Rich Gale

41 Hal McRae

42 Dennis Leonard

43 Willie Aikens

44 Frank White

45 Clint Hurdle

46 John Wathan

47 Pete LaCock

48 Rance Mulliniks

49 Jeff Twitty RC

50 Jamie Quirk

51 Art Howe

52 Ken Forsch

53 Vern Ruhle

54 Joe Niekro

55 Frank LaCorte

56 J.R. Richard

57 Nolan Ryan

58 Enos Cabell

59 Cesar Cedeno

60 Jose Cruz

61 Bill Virdon MG

62 Terry Puhl

63 Joaquin Andujar

64 Alan Ashby

65 Joe Sambito

66 Denny Walling

67 Jeffrey Leonard

68 Luis Pujols

69 Bruce Bochy

70 Rafael Landestoy

71 Dave Smith RC

72 Danny Heep RC

73 Julio Gonzalez

74 Craig Reynolds

75 Gary Woods

76 Dave Bergman

77 Randy Niemann

78 Joe Morgan

79 Reggie Jackson

80 Bucky Dent

81 Tommy John

82 Luis Tiant

83 Rick Cerone

84 Dick Howser MG

85 Lou Piniella

86 Ron Davis

87 Graig Nettles COR

88 Ron Guidry

89 Goose Gossage

90 Rudy May

91 Gaylord Perry

92 Eric Soderholm

93 Bob Watson

94 Bobby Murcer

95 Bobby Brown

96 Jim Spencer

97 Tom Underwood

98 Oscar Gamble

99 Johnny Oates

100 Fred Stanley

101 Ruppert Jones

102 Dennis Werth RC

103 Joe Lefebvre RC

104 Brian Doyle

105 Aurelio Rodriguez

106 Doug Bird

107 Mike Griffin RC

108 Tim Lollar RC

109 Willie Randolph

110 Steve Garvey

111 Reggie Smith

112 Don Sutton

113 Burt Hooton

114 Davey Lopes

115 Dusty Baker

116 Tommy Lasorda MG

117 Bill Russell

118 Jerry Reuss UER

119 Terry Forster

120 Bob Welch

121 Don Stanhouse

122 Rick Monday

123 Derrel Thomas

124 Joe Ferguson

125 Rick Sutcliffe

126 Ron Cey P1

127 Dave Goltz

128 Jay Johnstone

129 Steve Yeager

130 Gary Weiss RC

131 Mike Scioscia RC

132 Vic Davalillo

133 Doug Rau

134 Pepe Frias

135 Mickey Hatcher

136 Steve Howe RC

137 Bobby Castillo RC

138 Gary Thomasson

139 Rudy Law

140 Fernando Valenzuela UER RC

141 Manny Mota

142 Gary Carter

143 Steve Rogers

144 Warren Cromartie

145 Andre Dawson

146 Larry Parrish

147 Rowland Office

148 Ellis Valentine

149 Dick Williams MG

150 Bill Gullickson RC

151 Elias Sosa

152 John Tamargo

153 Chris Speier

154 Ron LeFlore

155 Rodney Scott

156 Stan Bahnsen

157 Billy Lee

158 Fred Norman

159 Woodie Fryman

160 Dave Palmer

161 Jerry White

162 Bobby Ramos RC

163 John D'Acquisto

164 Tom Hutton

165 Charlie Lea RC

166 Scott Sanderson

167 Ken Macha

168 Tony Bernazard

169 Jim Palmer

170 Steve Stone

171 Mike Flanagan

172 Al Bumbry

173 Doug DeCinces

174 Scott McGregor

175 Mark Belanger

176 Tim Stoddard

177 Rick Dempsey

178 Earl Weaver MG

179 Tippy Martinez

180 Dennis Martinez

181 Sammy Stewart

182 Rich Dauer

183 Lee May

184 Eddie Murray

185 Benny Ayala

186 John Lowenstein

187 Gary Roenicke

188 Ken Singleton

189 Dan Graham

190 Terry Crowley

191 Kiko Garcia

192 Dan Ford RC

193 Mark Corey

194 Lenn Sakata

195 Doug DeCinces

196 Johnny Bench

197 Dave Concepcion

198 Ray Knight

199 Ken Griffey

200 Tom Seaver

201 Dan Collins

202 George Foster

203 Junior Kennedy

204 Frank Pastore

205 Dan Driessen

206 Hector Cruz

207 Paul Moskau

208 Charlie Leibrandt RC

209 Harry Spilman

210 Joe Price RC

211 Tom Hume

212 Joe Nolan RC

213 Doug Bair

214 Mario Soto

215 Bill Bonham

216 George Foster SLG

217 Pat House RC

218 Ron Oester

219 Sam Mejias

220 Sheldon Burnside RC

221 Carl Yastrzemski

222 Jim Rice

223 Fred Lynn

224 Carlton Fisk

225 Rick Burleson

226 Dennis Eckersley

227 Butch Hobson

228 Tom Burgmeier

229 Garry Hancock

230 Don Zimmer MG

231 Steve Renko

232 Dwight Evans

233 Mike Torrez

234 Bob Stanley

235 Jim Dwyer

236 Dave Stapleton RC

237 Glenn Hoffman RC

238 Jerry Remy

239 Dick Drago

240 Bill Campbell

241 Tony Perez

242 Phil Niekro

243 Dale Murphy

244 Bob Horner

245 Jeff Burroughs

246 Rick Camp

247 Bobby Cox MG

248 Bruce Benedict

249 Gene Garber

250 Jerry Royster

251 Gary Matthews P1

252 Chris Chambliss

253 Luis Gomez

254 Bill Nahorodny

255 Doyle Alexander

256 Brian Asselstine

257 Biff Pocoroba

258 Mike Lum

259 Charlie Spikes

260 Glenn Hubbard

261 Tommy Boggs

262 Al Hrabosky

263 Rick Matula

264 Preston Hanna

265 Larry Bradford

266 Rafael Ramirez RC

267 Larry McWilliams

268 Rod Carew

269 Bobby Grich

270 Carney Lansford

271 Don Baylor

272 Joe Rudi

273 Dan Ford

274 Jim Fregosi MG

275 Dave Frost

276 Frank Tanana

277 Dickie Thon

278 Jason Thompson

279 Rick Miller

280 Bert Campaneris

281 Tom Donohue

282 Brian Downing

283 Freddie Patek

284 Bruce Kison

285 Dave LaRoche

286 Don Aase

287 Jim Barr

288 Alfredo Martinez RC

289 Larry Harlow

290 Andy Hassler

291 Dave Kingman

292 Bill Buckner

293 Rick Reuschel

294 Bruce Sutter

295 Jerry Martin

296 Scot Thompson

297 Ivan DeJesus

298 Steve Dillard

299 Dick Tidrow

300 Randy Martz RC

301 Len Randle

302 Lynn McGlothen

303 Cliff Johnson

304 Tim Blackwell

305 Dennis Lamp

306 Bill Caudill

307 Carlos Lezcano RC

308 Jim Tracy RC

309 Doug Capilla UER

310 Willie Hernandez

311 Mike Vail

312 Mike Krukow RC

313 Barry Foote

314 Larry Biittner

315 Mike Tyson

316 Lee Mazzilli

317 John Stearns

318 Alex Trevino

319 Craig Swan

320 Frank Taveras

321 Steve Henderson

322 Neil Allen

323 Mark Bomback RC

324 Mike Jorgensen

325 Joe Torre MG

326 Elliott Maddox

327 Pete Falcone

328 Ray Burris

329 Claudell Washington

330 Doug Flynn

331 Joel Youngblood

332 Bill Almon RC

333 Tom Hausman

334 Pat Zachry

335 Jeff Reardon RC

336 Wally Backman RC

337 Dan Norman

338 Jerry Morales

339 Ed Farmer

340 Bob Molinaro

341 Tommy Cruz

342 Britt Burns

343 Kevin Bell

344 Tony La Russa MG

345 Steve Trout

346 Harold Baines RC

347 Rich Wortham

348 Wayne Nordhagen

349 Mike Squires

350 Lamar Johnson

351 Rickey Henderson

352 Francisco Barrios

353 Thad Bosley

354 Chet Lemon

355 Bruce Kimm

356 Richard Dotson RC

357 Jim Morrison

358 Mike Proly

359 Greg Pryor

360 Dave Parker

361 Omar Moreno

362 Kent Tekulve P1

363 Willie Stargell

364 Phil Garner

365 Ed Ott

366 Don Robinson

367 Chuck Tanner MG

368 Jim Rooker

369 Dale Berra

370 Jim Bibby

371 Steve Nicosia

372 Mike Easler

373 Bill Robinson

374 Lee Lacy

375 John Candelaria

376 Manny Sanguillen

377 Rick Rhoden

378 Grant Jackson

379 Tim Foli

380 Rod Scurry RC

381 Bill Madlock

382 Kurt Bevacqua P1

383 Bert Blyleven

384 Eddie Solomon

385 Enrique Romo

386 John Milner

387 Mike Hargrove

388 Jorge Orta

389 Toby Harrah

390 Tom Veryzer

391 Miguel Dilone

392 Dan Spillner

393 Jack Brohamer

394 Wayne Garland

395 Sid Monge

396 Rick Waits

397 Joe Charboneau RC

398 Gary Alexander

399 Jerry Dybzinski RC

400 Mike Stanton RC

401 Mike Paxton

402 Gary Gray RC

403 Rick Manning

404 Bo Diaz

405 Ron Hassey

406 Ross Grimsley

407 Victor Cruz

408 Len Barker

409 Bob Bailor

410 Otto Velez

411 Ernie Whitt

412 Jim Clancy

413 Barry Bonnell

414 Dave Stieb

415 Damaso Garcia RC

416 John Mayberry

417 Roland Howell

418 Danny Ainge RC

419 Jesse Jefferson P1

420 Joey McLaughlin

421 Lloyd Moseby RC

422 Al Woods

423 Garth Iorg

424 Doug Ault

425 Ken Schrom RC

426 Mike Willis

427 Steve Braun

428 Bob Davis

429 Jerry Garvin

430 Alfredo Griffin

431 Bobby Mattick MG RC

432 Vida Blue

433 Jack Clark

434 Willie McCovey

435 Mike Ivie

436 Darrell Evans COR

437 Terry Whitfield

438 Rennie Stennett

439 John Montefusco

440 Jim Wohlford

441 Billy North

442 Milt May

443 Max Venable RC

444 Ed Whitson

445 Al Holland RC

446 Randy Moffitt

447 Bob Knepper

448 Gary Lavelle

449 Greg Minton

450 Johnnie LeMaster

451 Larry Herndon

452 Rich Murray RC

453 Joe Pettini RC

454 Allen Ripley

455 Dennis Littlejohn

456 Tommy Griffith

457 Alan Hargesheimer RC

458 Joe Strain

459 Steve Kemp

460 Sparky Anderson MG

461 Alan Trammell

462 Mark Fidrych

463 Lou Whitaker

464 Dave Rozema

465 Milt Wilcox

466 Champ Summers

467 Lance Parrish

468 Dan Petry

469 Pat Underwood

470 Rick Peters RC

471 Al Cowens

472 John Wockenfuss

473 Tom Brookens

474 Richie Hebner

475 Jack Morris

476 Jim Lentine RC

477 Bruce Robbins

478 Mark Wagner

479 Tim Corcoran

480 Stan Papi

481 Kirk Gibson RC

482 Dan Schatzeder

483 Amos Otis

484 Dave Winfield

485 Rollie Fingers

486 Gene Richards

487 Randy Jones

488 Ozzie Smith

489 Gene Tenace

490 Bill Fahey

491 John Curtis

492 Dave Cash

493 Tim Flannery

494 Jerry Mumphrey

495 Bob Shirley

496 Steve Mura

497 Eric Rasmussen

498 Broderick Perkins

499 Barry Evans RC

500 Chuck Baker

501 Luis Salazar RC

502 Gary Lucas RC

503 Mike Armstrong RC

504 Jerry Turner

505 Dennis Kinney RC

506 Willie Montanez UER

507 Gorman Thomas

508 Ben Oglivie

509 Larry Hisle

510 Sal Bando

511 Ross Youngs

512 Mike Caldwell

513 Sixto Lezcano

514 Bill Travers COR

515 Paul Molitor

516 Moose Haas

517 Bill Castro

518 Jim Slaton

519 Lary Sorensen

520 Bob McClure

521 Charlie Moore

522 Jim Gantner

523 Reggie Cleveland

524 Don Money

525 Bill Travers

526 Buck Martinez

527 Dick Davis

528 Ted Simmons

529 Garry Templeton

530 Ken Reitz

531 Tony Scott

532 Ken Oberkfell

533 Bob Sykes

534 Keith Smith

535 John Littlefield RC

536 Jim Kaat

537 Bob Forsch

538 Mike Phillips

539 Tito Landrum RC

540 Leon Durham RC

541 Terry Kennedy

542 George Hendrick

543 Dane Iorg

544 Mark Littell

545 Keith Hernandez

546 Silvio Martinez

547 Don Hood COR

548 Bobby Bonds

549 Mike Ramsey RC

550 Tom Herr

551 Roy Smalley

552 Jerry Koosman

553 Ken Landreaux

554 John Castino

555 Doug Corbett RC

556 Bombo Rivera

557 Ron Jackson

558 Butch Wynegar

559 Hosken Powell

560 Pete Redfern

561 Roger Erickson

562 Glenn Adams

563 Rick Sofield

564 Geoff Zahn

565 Pete Mackanin

566 Mike Cubbage

567 Darrell Jackson

568 Dave Edwards

569 Rob Wilfong

570 Sal Butera RC

571 Jose Morales

572 Rick Langford

573 Mike Norris

574 Rickey Henderson

575 Tony Armas

576 Dave Revering

577 Jeff Newman

578 Bob Lacey

579 Brian Kingman

580 Mike Page

581 Billy Martin MG

582 Rob Picciolo

583 Mickey Heath

584 Mickey Klutts

585 Orlando Gonzalez

586 Mike Davis RC

587 Wayne Gross

588 Marty Keough

589 Steve McCatty

590 Dwayne Murphy

591 Mario Guerrero

592 Dave McKay RC

593 Jim Essian

594 Dave Heaverlo

595 Maury Wills MG

596 Juan Beniquez

597 Rod Craig

598 Jim Anderson

599 Floyd Bannister

600 Bruce Bochte

601 Julio Cruz

602 Terry Cox

603 Dan Meyer

604 Larry Cox

605 Bill Steinecke

606 Steve Garvey

607 Dave Roberts

608 Leon Roberts

609 Reggie Walton RC

610 Dave Edler RC

611 Larry Milbourne

612 Kim Allen RC

613 Mario Mendoza

614 Tom Paciorek

615 Glenn Abbott

616 Joe Simpson

617 Mickey Rivers

618 Jim Kern

619 Jim Sundberg

620 Richie Zisk

621 Jon Matlack

622 Fergie Jenkins

623 Pat Corrales MG

624 Ed Figueroa

625 Buddy Bell

626 Al Oliver

627 Doc Medich

628 Bump Wills

629 Rusty Staub

630 Pat Putnam

631 Johnny Grubb

632 Danny Darwin

633 Ken Clay

634 Jim Norris

635 John Butcher RC

636 Dave Roberts

637 Billy Sample

638 Carl Yastrzemski

639 Cecil Cooper

640 Mike Schmidt

641 Checklist 1-50

642 Checklist 51-109

643 Checklist 110-168

644 Checklist 169-220

645 Schmidt/ Bowa/ Rose

646 Checklist 221-267

647 Checklist 268-315

648 Checklist 316-359

649 Checklist 360-408

650 Reggie Jackson

651 Checklist 409-458

652 Checklist 459-509

653 Willie Wilson Double Threat

654 Checklist 507-550

655 George Brett

656 Checklist 551-593

657 Tug McGraw

658 Checklist 594-637

659 Checklist 640-660

660 Steve Carlton

Errors and Variations

1 Pete Rose UER (270 hits in 63 should be 170)

6A Steve Carlton P1 ("Lefty" The Golden Arm on front of card, Year 1066 instead of 1966 on back, card #6)

6B Steve Carlton P2 (Pitcher of Year on front of card, Year 1066 instead of 1966 on back, card #6)

6C Steve Carlton P3 (Pitcher of the Year on front of card, Year 1966 on back, card #660)

18 Greg Gross UER (card #18 on back in italics)

24A Kevin Saucier P1 ERR (Name on back Ken)

24B Kevin Saucier P2 ERR (Name on front Ken)

24C Kevin Saucier P3 COR (Name on back Kevin)

29A Willie Wilson P1 (Batting Pose on front)

29B Willie Wilson P2 (Portrait Pose on front)

32A Amos Otis P1 (Batting Pose on front, card# 32 on back)

32B Amos Otis P2 (Portrait Pose on front, card# 483 on back)

41A Hal McRae P1 (Royals on front in black letters)

41B Hal McRae P2 (Royals on front in Blue letters)

87A Graig Nettles ERR (name on back spelled "Craig")

87B Graig Nettles COR (name on back spelled "Graig")

114A Davy Lopes P1 (Small hand on back of card), UER name misspelled Davy (Davey)

114B Davy Lopes P2 (No Hand on back of card), UER name misspelled Davy (Davey)

118 Jerry Reuss UER ("Home:" on back of card omitted)

120A Bob Welch P1 (name on back of card "Robert")

120B Bob Welch P2 (name on back of card "Bob")

126A Ron Cey P1 (Small hand on back of card)

126B Ron Cey P2 (No Hand on back of card)

140 F.Valenzuela RC UER (misspelled Fernand on card)

177A Rick Dempsey P1 (Small hand on front of card)

177B Rick Dempsey P2 (No Hand on front of card)

202A George Foster P1 ("Slugger" on front of card, card #216 on back)

202B George Foster P2 ("Slugger" on front of card, card #202 on back)

215A Bill Bonham P1 (Small hand on back of card)

215B Bill Bonham P2 (No Hand on back of card)

251A Gary Matthews P1 (Small hand on back of card)

251B Gary Matthews P2 (No Hand on back of card)

309 Doug Capilla UER (Cubs on front but Braves on back)

342A Britt Burns P1 (Small hand on front of card)

342B Britt Burns P2 (No hand on front of card)

362A Kent Tekulve P1 (Year "1071 Waterbury" and "1078 Pirates" on back of card)

362B Kent Tekulve P2 (Year "1971 Waterbury" and "1978 Pirates" on back of card)

382A Kurt Bevacqua P1 ERR (Reverse negative, P on cap backwards)

382B Kurt Bevacqua P2 COR (photo normal, P on cap normal)

419A Jesse Jefferson P1 ERR (Team on back of card reads Pirates)

419B Jesse Jefferson P2 ERR (Team on back of card reads Pirates)

419C Jesse Jefferson P3 COR (Team on back of card reads Blue Jays)

436A Darrel Evans P1 ERR (Name on front "Darrel")

436B Darrell Evans P2 COR (Name on front "Darrell")

480A Stan Papi P1 ERR (Listed on front as Pitcher)

480B Stan Papi P2 COR (Listed on front as Shortstop)

493A Tim Flannery P1 ERR (Reverse negative, batting right)

493B Tim Flannery P2 COR (Photo normal, batting left)

506 Willie Montanez UER (Misspelled Willy on card front)

514A Jerry Augustine ERR (Photo on front is Billy Travers)

514B Billy Travers COR (Photo is correct)

544 Mark Littell UER (Photo is of Jeff Little)

547A Pete Vuckovich P1 ERR (Photo on front is Don Hood, UER name spelled "Vukovic")

547B Don Hood P2 COR (Photo is correct)

579 Brian Kingman UER (Photo is Alan Wirth)

640 Mike Schmidt P1 (Portrait Pose, "Third Base" on front of card, card #5 on back)

641A CL: Phils/Royals P1 (card #41 is "Hal McRae")

641B CL: Phils/Royals P2 (card #41 is "Hal McRae Double Threat")

644A CL: 169-220 P1 (card #202 is "George Foster")

644B CL: 169-220 P2 (card #202 is "George Foster Slugger")

645A Pete Rose Larry Bowa Mike Schmidt Triple Threat P1 (Missing number on back)

645B Pete Rose Larry Bowa Mike Schmidt Triple Threat P2 (Number on back)

650A Reggie Jackson "Mr. Baseball" P1 (card #79 on back of card)

650B Reggie Jackson "Mr. Baseball" P2 (card #650 on back of card)

652A CL: Tigers/Padres P1 (card #483 Aurelio Lopez is listed)

652B CL: Tigers/Padres P2 (card #483 Aurelio Lopez is deleted)

654A CL: Brewers/Cards P1 (card #514 Jerry Augustine, #547 Pete Vuckovich)

654B CL: Brewers/Cards P2 (card #514 Billy Travers, #547 Don Hood)

655A George Brett P1 ("390 Average" on front of card, card #28 on back)

655B George Brett P2 ("390 Average" on front of card, card #655 on back)

657A Tug McGraw P1 ("Game Saver" on front of card, card #7 on back)

657B Tug McGraw P2 ("Game Saver" on front of card, card #657 on back)

660A Steve Carlton P1 ("Lefty The Golden Arm" on front of card, Year 1066 instead of 1966 on back of card, card #660)

660B Steve Carlton P2 ("Lefty The Golden Arm" on front of card, Year 1966 shown on back, card #660)