1989 Bowman

Description

1989 Bowman (produced by Topps) is a 484-card set released July 6th, 1989. Billed as the "Comeback Edition!," 1989 Bowman bears little resemblance to the prospect and rookie-laden brand it would eventually become. John J. Langdon, president of the Topps Company lauded the set. "We will publish our cards around the All-Star break because it allows us to include players that have been traded as well as rookies. And unlike any other card in the market Bowman has statistics on the back of its card that tell, at a glance, how a particular player did against every other team in the league the previous season. The 1989 Topps card has a picture of Nolan Ryan with the Houston Astros but Bowman is the only major set in the country that has Ryan in a Texas uniform." [1]

The set is arranged alphabetically by team's city name starting with the American League then National League.

The design of the set was meant to resemble the 1953 Bowman Color Baseball set, and each card measures 2.5" X 3.75" -- a quarter-inch longer than the post-1957 standard-size trading card. As a result, the cards do not fit into standard-sized 9-pocket sheets, top-loaders, or cardboard set boxes. This lack of compatibility with standard storage supplies hurt sales of the product.

Of the 484 cards in the set, 46 are rookie cards. Notables include Ken Griffey, Jr. Gary Sheffield, Tino Martinez, and John Smoltz.

1., Baseball; New Line of Cards, The New York Times, July 10, 1989

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 14 cards per pack, 1 Stick of Bubble Gum

Cello: 24 packs per box, 31 cards per pack

Rack: 24 packs per box, 38 cards per pack

Factory Sets

Tiffany Factory Sets (limited to 6000 sets)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards
Base	484
Bowman Reprints	11

Checklist

Base Set

1 Oswaldo Peraza

2 Brian Holton

3 Jose Bautista RC

4 Pete Harnisch RC

5 Dave Schmidt

6 Gregg Olson RC

7 Jeff Ballard

8 Bob Melvin

9 Cal Ripken, Jr.

10 Randy Milligan

11 Juan Bell RC

12 Billy Ripken

13 Jim Traber

14 Pete Stanicek

15 Steve Finley RC

16 Larry Sheets

17 Phil Bradley

18 Brady Anderson RC

19 Lee Smith

20 Tom Fischer

21 Mike Boddicker

22 Rob Murphy

23 Wes Gardner

24 John Dopson

25 Bob Stanley

26 Roger Clemens

27 Rich Gedman

28 Marty Barrett

29 Luis Rivera

30 Jody Reed

31 Nick Esasky

32 Wade Boggs

33 Jim Rice

34 Mike Greenwell

35 Dwight Evans

36 Ellis Burks

37 Chuck Finley

38 Kirk McCaskill

39 Jim Abbott RC

40 Bryan Harvey RC

41 Bert Blyleven

42 Mike Witt

43 Bob McClure

44 Bill Schroeder

45 Lance Parrish

46 Dick Schofield

47 Wally Joyner

48 Jack Howell

49 Johnny Ray

50 Chili Davis

51 Tony Armas

52 Claudell Washington

53 Brian Downing

54 Devon White

55 Bobby Thigpen

56 Bill Long

57 Jerry Reuss

58 Shawn Hillegas

59 Melido Perez

60 Jeff Bittiger

61 Jack McDowell

62 Carlton Fisk

63 Steve Lyons

64 Ozzie Guillen

65 Robin Ventura RC

66 Fred Manrique

67 Dan Pasqua

68 Ivan Calderon

69 Ron Kittle

70 Daryl Boston

71 Dave Gallagher

72 Harold Baines

73 Charles Nagy RC

74 John Farrell

75 Kevin Wickander

76 Greg Swindell

77 Mike Walker

78 Doug Jones

79 Rich Yett

80 Tom Candiotti

81 Jesse Orosco

82 Bud Black

83 Andy Allanson

84 Pete O'Brien

85 Jerry Browne

86 Brook Jacoby

87 Mark Lewis RC

88 Luis Aguayo

89 Cory Snyder

90 Oddibe McDowell

91 Joe Carter

92 Frank Tanana

93 Jack Morrissey

94 Doyle Alexander

95 Steve Searcy

96 Randy Bockus

97 Jeff Robinson

98 Mike Henneman

99 Paul Gibson

100 Frank Williams

101 Matt Nokes

102 Rico Brogna RC UER

103 Lou Whitaker

104 Al Pedrique

105 Alan Trammell

106 Chris Brown

107 Pat Sheridan

108 Chet Lemon

109 Keith Moreland

110 Mel Stottlemyre

111 Bret Saberhagen

112 Floyd Bannister

113 Jeff Montgomery

114 Steve Farr

115 Tom Gordon RC UER

116 Charlie Leibrandt

117 Mark Gubicza

118 Mike Macfarlane RC

119 Bob Boone

120 Kurt Stillwell

121 George Brett

122 Frank White

123 Kevin Seitzer

124 Willie Wilson

125 Pat Tabler

126 Bo Jackson

127 Hugh Walker RC* (Never Played in Major Leagues)

128 Danny Tartabull

129 Teddy Higuera

130 Don August

131 Juan Nieves

132 Mike Birkbeck

133 Dan Plesac

134 Chris Bosio

135 Bill Wegman

136 Chuck Crim

137 B.J. Surhoff

138 Joey Meyer

139 Dale Sveum

140 Paul Molitor

141 Jim Gantner

142 Gary Sheffield RC

143 Greg Brock

144 Robin Yount

145 Glenn Braggs

146 Rob Deer

147 Freddie Toliver

148 Jeff Reardon

149 Alf Anderson

150 Frank Viola

151 Shane Rawley

152 Juan Berenguer

153 Johnny Ard

154 Tim Laudner

155 Brian Harper

156 Al Newman

157 Kent Hrbek

158 Gary Gaetti

159 Wally Backman

160 Gene Larkin

161 Greg Gagne

162 Kirby Puckett

163 Dan Gladden

164 Randy Bush

165 Dave LaPoint

166 Andy Hawkins

167 Dave Righetti

168 Lance McCullers

169 Jimmy Jones

170 Al Leiter

171 John Candelaria

172 Don Slaught

173 Jamie Quirk

174 Rafael Santana

175 Mike Pagliarulo

176 Don Mattingly

177 Ken Phelps

178 Steve Sax

179 Dave Winfield

180 Stan Jefferson

181 Rickey Henderson

182 Bob Brower

183 Roberto Kelly

184 Curt Young

185 Gene Nelson

186 Bob Welch

187 Rick Honeycutt

188 Dave Stewart

189 Mike Moore

190 Dennis Eckersley

191 Eric Plunk

192 Storm Davis

193 Terry Steinbach

194 Ron Hassey

195 Stan Royer RC

196 Walt Weiss

197 Mark McGwire

198 Carney Lansford

199 Glenn Hubbard

200 Dave Henderson

201 Jose Canseco

202 Dave Parker

203 Scott Bankhead

204 Tom Niedenfuer

205 Mark Langston

206 Erik Hanson RC

207 Mike Jackson

208 Dave Valle

209 Scott Bradley

210 Harold Reynolds

211 Tippy Martinez RC

212 Rich Renteria

213 Rey Quinones

214 Jim Presley

215 Alvin Davis

216 Edgar Martinez

217 Darnell Coles

218 Jeffrey Leonard

219 Jay Buhner

220 Ken Griffey, Jr. RC

221 Drew Hall

222 Bobby Witt

223 Jamie Moyer

224 Charlie Hough

225 Nolan Ryan

226 Jeff Russell

227 Jim Sundberg

228 Julio Franco

229 Buddy Bell

230 Scott Fletcher

231 Jeff Kunkel

232 Steve Buechele

233 Monty Fariss

234 Rick Leach

235 Ruben Sierra

236 Cecil Espy

237 Rafael Palmeiro

238 Pete Incaviglia

239 Dave Stieb

240 Jeff Musselman

241 Mike Flanagan

242 Todd Stottlemyre

243 Jimmy Key

244 Tony Castillo RC

245 Alex Sanchez RC

246 Tom Henke

247 John Cerutti

248 Ernie Whitt

249 Bob Brenly

250 Rance Mulliniks

251 Kelly Gruber

252 Ed Sprague RC

253 Fred McGriff

254 Tony Fernandez

255 Tom Lawless

256 George Bell

257 Jesse Barfield

258 Sandy Alomar, Sr. & Jr. & Roberto Alomar

259 Ken Griffey, Sr. & Jr.

260 Cal Ripken, Sr. & Jr.

261 Todd & Mel Stottlemyre

262 Zane Smith

263 Charlie Puleo

264 Derek Lilliquist RC

265 Paul Assenmacher

266 John Smoltz RC

267 Tom Glavine

268 Steve Avery RC

269 Pete Smith

270 Jody Davis

271 Bruce Benedict

272 Andres Thomas

273 Gerald Perry

274 Ron Gant

275 Darrell Evans

276 Dale Murphy

277 Dion James

278 Lonnie Smith

279 Geronimo Berroa

280 Steve Wilson RC

281 Rick Sutcliffe

282 Kevin Coffman

283 Mitch Williams

284 Greg Maddux

285 Paul Kilgus

286 Mike Harkey RC

287 Lloyd McClendon

288 Damon Berryhill

289 Ty Griffin

290 Ryne Sandberg

291 Mark Grace

292 Curtis Wilkerson

293 Vance Law

294 Shawon Dunston

295 Jerome Walton RC

296 Mitch Webster

297 Dwight Smith RC

298 Andre Dawson

299 Jeff Sellers

300 Jose Rijo

301 John Franco

302 Rick Mahler

303 Ron Robinson

304 Danny Jackson

305 Rob Dibble RC

306 Tom Browning

307 Bo Diaz

308 Manny Trillo

309 Chris Sabo RC

310 Ron Oester

311 Barry Larkin

312 Todd Benzinger

313 Paul O'Neill

314 Kal Daniels

315 Joel Youngblood

316 Eric Davis

317 Dave Smith

318 Mark Portugal

319 Brian Meyer

320 Jim Deshaies

321 Juan Agosto

322 Milt Scott

323 Rick Rhoden

324 Jim Clancy

325 Larry Andersen

326 Alex Trevino

327 Alan Ashby

328 Craig Reynolds

329 Bill Doran

330 Rafael Ramirez

331 Glenn Davis

332 Willie Ansley RC* (Never Played in Major Leagues)

333 George Young

334 Cameron Drew

335 Jay Howell

336 Tim Belcher

337 Fernando Valenzuela

338 Ricky Horton

339 Tim Leary

340 Billy Bean

341 Orel Hershiser

342 Mike Scioscia

343 Rick Dempsey

344 Willie Randolph

345 Alfredo Griffin

346 Eddie Murray

347 Mickey Hatcher

348 Mike Sharperson

349 John Shelby

350 Mike Marshall

351 Kirk Gibson

352 Mike Davis

353 Bryn Smith

354 Pascual Perez

355 Kevin Gross

356 Andy McGaffigan

357 Brian Holman RC

358 Dave Wainhouse RC

359 Dennis Martinez

360 Tim Burke

361 Nelson Santovenia

362 Tim Wallach

363 Spike Owen

364 Rex Hudler

365 Andres Galarraga

366 Otis Nixon

367 Hubie Brooks

368 Mike Aldrete

369 Tim Raines

370 Dave Martinez

371 Bob Ojeda

372 Ron Darling

373 Wally Whitehurst RC

374 Randy Myers

375 David Cone

376 Dwight Gooden

377 Sid Fernandez

378 Dave Proctor

379 Gary Carter

380 Keith Miller

381 Gregg Jefferies

382 Tim Teufel

383 Kevin Elster

384 Dave Magadan

385 Keith Hernandez

386 Mookie Wilson

387 Darryl Strawberry

388 Kevin McReynolds

389 Mark Carreon

390 Jeff Parrett

391 Mike Maddux

392 Don Carman

393 Bruce Ruffin

394 Ken Howell

395 Steve Bedrosian

396 Floyd Youmans

397 Larry McWilliams

398 Pat Combs RC

399 Steve Lake

400 Dickie Thon

401 Ricky Jordan RC

402 Mike Schmidt

403 Tom Herr

404 Charlie James

405 Juan Samuel

406 Von Hayes

407 Ron Jones

408 Curt Ford

409 Bob Walk

410 Jeff D. Robinson

411 Jim Gott

412 Scott Medvin

413 John Smiley

414 Bob Kipper

415 Brian Fisher

416 Doug Drabek

417 Mike LaValliere

418 Ken Oberkfell

419 Sid Bream

420 Austin Manahan

421 Jose Lind

422 Bobby Bonilla

423 Glenn Wilson

424 Andy Van Slyke

425 Gary Redus

426 Barry Bonds

427 Don Heinkel

428 Ken Dayley

429 Todd Worrell

430 Brad DuVall

431 Jose DeLeon

432 Joe Magrane

433 John Ericks

434 Frank DiPino

435 Tony Pena

436 Ozzie Smith

437 Terry Pendleton

438 Jose Oquendo

439 Tim Jones

440 Pedro Guerrero

441 Milt Thompson

442 Willie McGee

443 Vince Coleman

444 Tom Brunansky

445 Walt Terrell

446 Eric Show

447 Mark Davis

448 Andy Benes RC

449 Ed Whitson

450 Dennis Rasmussen

451 Bruce Hurst

452 Pat Clements

453 Benito Santiago

454 Sandy Alomar, Jr. RC

455 Garry Templeton

456 Jack Clark

457 Tim Flannery

458 Roberto Alomar

459 Carmelo Martinez

460 John Kruk

461 Tony Gwynn

462 Jerald Clark RC

463 Don Robinson

464 Craig Lefferts

465 Kelly Downs

466 Rick Reuschel

467 Scott Garrelts

468 Wilfredo Tejada

469 Kirt Manwaring

470 Terry Kennedy

471 Jose Uribe

472 Royce Clayton RC

473 Robby Thompson

474 Kevin Mitchell

475 Ernest Riles

476 Will Clark

477 Donell Nixon

478 Candy Maldonado

479 Tracy Jones

480 Brett Butler

481 Checklist 1-121

482 Checklist 122-242

483 Checklist 243-363

484 Checklist 364-484

Parallels

Topps Tiffany

Like other Topps sets of the era, a high-end Tiffany version was also produced. Available exclusively through Hobby dealers, only 6,000 1989 Bowman Tiffany sets were produced. Unlike the standard factory sets, the Tiffany sets also include the 11-card Reprint inserts.

Inserts

Bowman Reprints

This 11-card set features reproductions of classic-era Bowman cards. The backs of the cards have information on a contest where winners could win the actual card depicted on the front, or the grand prize of a complete 1953 Bowman Color set. All 11 cards were also included in the Bowman Tiffany set.

1 Richie Ashburn 1949

2 Yogi Berra 1948

3 Whitey Ford 1951

4 Gil Hodges 1949

5 Mickey Mantle 1951

6 Mickey Mantle 1953

7 Willie Mays 1951

8 Satchel Paige 1949

9 Jackie Robinson 1950

10 Duke Snider 1949

11 Ted Williams 1954