1988 Topps

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1988 Topps wax box

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 beginning 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)

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

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

1 Vince Coleman Record Breaker

2 Don Mattingly RB

3 Mark McGwire RB

4 Eddie Murray RB

5 Phil Niekro

6 Nolan Ryan RB

7 Benito Santiago RB

8 Kevin Elster

9 Andy Hawkins

10 Ryne Sandberg

11 Mike Young

12 Bill Schroeder

13 Andres Thomas

14 Sparky Anderson MG

15 Chili Davis

16 Kirk McCaskill

17 Ron Oester

19 Mark Davidson

20 Kevin Gross

21 Red Sox TL

22 Greg Swindell

23 Ken Landreaux

24 Jim Deshaies

25 Andres Galarraga

26 Mitch Williams

27 R.J. Reynolds

28 Jose Nunez

29 Angel 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

43 Dick Schofield

44 Lou Piniella MG

45 Kent Hrbek

46 Darnell Coles

47 Joaquin Andujar

48 Alan Ashby

49 Dave Clark

50 Hubie Brooks

51 C.Ripken/E.Murray TL

52 Don Robinson

53 Curt Wilkerson

54 Jim Clancy

55 Phil Bradley

56 Ed Hearn

57 Tim Crews

58 Dave Magadan

59 Danny Cox

60 Rickey Henderson

61 Mark Knudson

62 Jeff Hamilton

63 Jimmy Jones

64 Ken Caminiti

65 Leon Durham

66 Shane Rawley

67 Ken Oberkfell

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 FS

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

All-Stars

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

Turn Back the Clock

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

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

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.

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

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

One card from this 22-card set was inserted into each 42-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

New for '88 was the Glossy Rookies insert. One card from this 22-card set was inserted into each 90-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

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