1982 Fleer

Description

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

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

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

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

Distribution

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

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

500-card vending boxes.

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

Checklist

Test Cards

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

• 1 Mark Belanger
• 2 Juan Eichelberger
• 3 Dave Ford
• 4 Steve McCatty
• 5 Dave McKay
• 6 Eddie Murray
• 7 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Base Set

1 Dusty Baker

2 Robert Castillo

3 Ron Cey

4 Terry Forster

5 Steve Garvey

6 Dave Goltz

7 Pedro Guerrero

8 Burt Hooton

9 Steve Howe

10 Jay Johnstone

11 Ken Landreaux

12 Dave Lopes

13 Mike A. Marshall RC

14 Bobby Mitchell

15 Rick Monday

16 Tom Niedenfuer RC

17 Ted Power RC

18 Jerry Reuss UER

19 Ron Roenicke

20 Bill Russell

21 Steve Sax RC

22 Mike Scioscia

23 Reggie Smith

24 Dave Stewart RC

25 Rick Sutcliffe

26 Derrel Thomas

27 Fernando Valenzuela

28 Bob Welch

29 Steve Yeager

30 Bobby Brown

31 Rick Cerone

32 Ron Davis

33 Bucky Dent

34 Barry Foote

35 George Frazier

36 Oscar Gamble

37 Rich Gossage

38 Ron Guidry

39 Reggie Jackson

40 Tommy John

41 Rudy May

42 Larry Milbourne

43 Jerry Mumphrey

44 Bobby Murcer

45 Gene Nelson

46 Graig Nettles

47 Johnny Oates

48 Lou Piniella

49 Willie Randolph

50 Rick Reuschel

51 Dave Revering

52 Dave Righetti RC

53 Aurelio Rodriguez

54 Bob Watson

55 Dennis Werth

56 Dave Winfield

57 Johnny Bench

58 Bruce Berenyi

59 Larry Biittner

60 Scott Brown

61 Dave Collins

62 Geoff Combe

63 Dave Concepcion

64 Dan Driessen

65 Joe Edelen

66 George Foster

67 Ken Griffey

68 Paul Householder

69 Tom Hume

70 Junior Kennedy

71 Ray Knight

72 Mike LaCoss

73 Rafael Landestoy

74 Charlie Leibrandt

75 Sam Mejias

76 Paul Moskau

77 Joe Nolan

78 Mike O'Berry

79 Ron Oester

80 Frank Pastore

81 Joe Price

82 Tom Seaver

83 Mario Soto

84 Mike Vail

85 Tony Armas

86 Shooty Babitt

87 Dave Beard

88 Rick Bosetti

89 Keith Drumwright

90 Wayne Gross

91 Mike Heath

92 Rickey Henderson

93 Cliff Johnson

94 Jeff Jones

95 Matt Keough

96 Brian Kingman

97 Mickey Klutts

98 Rick Langford

99 Steve McCatty

100 Dave McKay

101 Dwayne Murphy

102 Jeff Newman

103 Mike Norris

104 Bob Owchinko

105 Mitchell Page

106 Rob Picciolo

107 Jim Spencer

108 Fred Stanley

109 Tom Underwood

110 Joaquin Andujar

111 Steve Braun

112 Bob Forsch

113 George Hendrick

114 Keith Hernandez

115 Tom Herr

116 Dane Iorg

117 Jim Kaat

118 Tito Landrum

119 Sixto Lezcano

120 Mark Littell

121 John Martin RC

122 Silvio Martinez

123 Ken Oberkfell

124 Darrell Porter

125 Mike Ramsey

126 Orlando Sanchez

127 Bob Shirley

128 Lary Sorensen

129 Bruce Sutter

130 Bob Sykes

131 Garry Templeton

132 Gene Tenace

133 Jerry Augustine

134 Sal Bando

135 Mark Brouhard

136 Mike Caldwell

137 Reggie Cleveland

138 Cecil Cooper

139 Jamie Easterly

140 Marshall Edwards

141 Rollie Fingers

142 Jim Gantner

143 Moose Haas

144 Larry Hisle

145 Roy Howell

146 Rickey Keeton

147 Randy Lerch

148 Paul Molitor

149 Don Money

150 Charlie Moore

151 Ben Oglivie

152 Ted Simmons

153 Jim Slaton

154 Gorman Thomas

155 Robin Yount

156 Pete Vuckovich

157 Benny Ayala

158 Mark Belanger

159 Al Bumbry

160 Terry Crowley

161 Rich Dauer

162 Doug DeCinces

163 Rick Dempsey

164 Jim Dwyer

165 Mike Flanagan

166 Dave Ford

167 Dan Graham

168 Wayne Krenchicki

169 John Lowenstein

170 Dennis Martinez

171 Tippy Martinez

172 Scott McGregor

173 Jose Morales

174 Eddie Murray

175 Jim Palmer

176 Cal Ripken RC

177 Gary Roenicke

178 Lenn Sakata

179 Ken Singleton

180 Sammy Stewart

181 Tim Stoddard

182 Steve Stone

183 Stan Bahnsen

184 Ray Burris

185 Gary Carter

186 Warren Cromartie

187 Andre Dawson

188 Terry Francona RC

189 Woodie Fryman

190 Bill Gullickson

191 Grant Jackson

192 Wallace Johnson

193 Charlie Lea

194 Bill Lee

195 Jerry Manuel

196 Brad Mills

197 John Milner

198 Rowland Office

199 David Palmer

200 Larry Parrish

201 Mike Phillips

202 Tim Raines

203 Bobby Ramos

204 Jeff Reardon

205 Steve Rogers

206 Scott Sanderson

207 Rodney Scott UER Raines

208 Elias Sosa

209 Chris Speier

210 Tim Wallach RC

211 Jerry White

212 Alan Ashby

213 Cesar Cedeno

214 Jose Cruz

215 Kiko Garcia

216 Phil Garner

217 Danny Heep

218 Art Howe

219 Bob Knepper

220 Frank LaCorte

221 Joe Niekro

222 Joe Pittman

223 Terry Puhl

224 Luis Pujols

225 Craig Reynolds

226 J.R. Richard

227 Dave Roberts

228 Vern Ruhle

229 Nolan Ryan

230 Joe Sambito

231 Tony Scott

232 Dave Smith

233 Harry Spilman

234 Don Sutton

235 Dickie Thon

236 Denny Walling

237 Gary Woods

238 Luis Aguayo

239 Ramon Aviles

240 Bob Boone

241 Larry Bowa

242 Warren Brusstar

243 Steve Carlton

244 Larry Christenson

245 Dick Davis

246 Greg Gross

247 Sparky Lyle

248 Garry Maddox

249 Gary Matthews

250 Bake McBride

251 Tug McGraw

252 Keith Moreland

253 Dickie Noles

254 Mike Proly

255 Ron Reed

256 Pete Rose

257 Dick Ruthven

258 Mike Schmidt

259 Lonnie Smith

260 Manny Trillo

261 Del Unser

262 George Vukovich

263 Tom Brookens

264 George Cappuzzello

265 Marty Castillo

266 Al Cowens

267 Kirk Gibson

268 Richie Hebner

269 Ron Jackson

270 Lynn Jones

271 Steve Kemp

272 Rick Leach

273 Aurelio Lopez

274 Jack Morris

275 Kevin Saucier

276 Lance Parrish

277 Rick Peters

278 Dan Petry

279 Dave Rozema

280 Stan Papi

281 Dan Schatzeder

282 Champ Summers

283 Alan Trammell

284 Lou Whitaker

285 Milt Wilcox

286 John Wockenfuss

287 Gary Allenson

288 Tom Burgmeier

289 Bill Campbell

290 Mark Clear

291 Steve Crawford

292 Dennis Eckersley

293 Dwight Evans

294 Rich Gedman

295 Garry Hancock

296 Glenn Hoffman

297 Bruce Hurst

298 Carney Lansford

299 Rick Miller

300 Reid Nichols

301 Bob Ojeda RC

302 Tony Perez

303 Chuck Rainey

304 Jerry Remy

305 Jim Rice

306 Joe Rudi

307 Bob Stanley

308 Dave Stapleton

309 Frank Tanana

310 Mike Torrez

311 John Tudor

312 Carl Yastrzemski

313 Buddy Bell

314 Steve Comer

315 Danny Darwin

316 John Ellis

317 John Grubb

318 Rick Honeycutt

319 Charlie Hough

320 Fergie Jenkins

321 John Henry Johnson

322 Jim Kern

323 Jon Matlack

324 Doc Medich

325 Mario Mendoza

326 Al Oliver

327 Pat Putnam

328 Mickey Rivers

329 Leon Roberts

330 Billy Sample

331 Bill Stein

332 Jim Sundberg

333 Mark Wagner

334 Bump Wills

335 Bill Almon

336 Harold Baines

337 Ross Baumgarten

338 Tony Bernazard

339 Britt Burns

340 Richard Dotson

341 Jim Essian

342 Ed Farmer

343 Carlton Fisk

344 Kevin Hickey RC

345 LaMarr Hoyt

346 Lamar Johnson

347 Jerry Koosman

348 Rusty Kuntz

349 Dennis Lamp

350 Ron LeFlore

351 Chet Lemon

352 Greg Luzinski

353 Bob Molinaro

354 Jim Morrison

355 Wayne Nordhagen

356 Greg Pryor

357 Mike Squires

358 Steve Trout

359 Alan Bannister

360 Len Barker

361 Bert Blyleven

362 Joe Charboneau

363 John Denny

364 Bo Diaz

365 Miguel Dilone

366 Jerry Dybzinski

367 Wayne Garland

368 Mike Hargrove

369 Toby Harrah

370 Ron Hassey

371 Von Hayes RC

372 Pat Kelly

373 Duane Kuiper

374 Rick Manning

375 Sid Monge

376 Jorge Orta

377 Dave Rosello

378 Dan Spillner

379 Mike Stanton

380 Andre Thornton

381 Tom Veryzer

382 Rick Waits

383 Doyle Alexander

384 Vida Blue

385 Fred Breining

386 Enos Cabell

387 Jack Clark

388 Darrell Evans

389 Tom Griffin

390 Larry Herndon

391 Al Holland

392 Gary Lavelle

393 Johnnie LeMaster

394 Jerry Martin

395 Milt May

396 Greg Minton

397 Joe Morgan

398 Joe Pettini

399 Allen Ripley

400 Billy Smith

401 Rennie Stennett

402 Ed Whitson

403 Jim Wohlford

404 Willie Aikens

405 George Brett

406 Ken Brett

407 Dave Chalk

408 Rich Gale

409 Cesar Geronimo

410 Larry Gura

411 Clint Hurdle

412 Mike Jones

413 Dennis Leonard

414 Renie Martin

415 Lee May

416 Hal McRae

417 Darryl Motley

418 Rance Mulliniks

419 Amos Otis

420 Ken Phelps

421 Jamie Quirk

422 Dan Quisenberry

423 Paul Splittorff

424 U.L. Washington

425 John Wathan

426 Frank White

427 Willie Wilson

428 Brian Asselstine

429 Bruce Benedict

430 Tommy Boggs

431 Larry Bradford

432 Rick Camp

433 Chris Chambliss

434 Gene Garber

435 Preston Hanna

436 Bob Horner

437 Glenn Hubbard

438 Al Hrabosky COR

439 Rufino Linares

440 Rick Mahler

441 Ed Miller

442 John Montefusco

443 Dale Murphy

444 Phil Niekro

445 Gaylord Perry

446 Biff Pocoroba

447 Rafael Ramirez

448 Jerry Royster

449 Claudell Washington

450 Don Aase

451 Don Baylor

452 Juan Beniquez

453 Rick Burleson

454 Bert Campaneris

455 Rod Carew

456 Bob Clark

457 Brian Downing

458 Dan Ford

459 Ken Forsch

460 Dave Fros

461 Bobby Grich

462 Larry Harlow

463 John Harris

464 Andy Hassler

465 Butch Hobson

466 Jesse Jefferson

467 Bruce Kison

468 Fred Lynn

469 Angel Moreno

470 Ed Ott

471 Fred Patek

472 Steve Renko

473 Mike Witt

474 Geoff Zahn

475 Gary Alexander

476 Dale Berra

477 Kurt Bevacqua

478 Jim Bibby

479 John Candelaria

480 Victor Cruz

481 Mike Easler

482 Tim Foli

483 Lee Lacy

484 Vance Law

485 Bill Madlock

486 Willie Montanez

487 Omar Moreno

488 Steve Nicosia

489 Dave Parker

490 Tony Pena

491 Pascual Perez

492 Johnny Ray RC

493 Rick Rhoden

494 Bill Robinson

495 Don Robinson

496 Enrique Romo

497 Rod Scurry

498 Eddie Solomon

499 Willie Stargell

500 Kent Tekulve

501 Jason Thompson

502 Glenn Abbott

503 Jim Anderson

504 Floyd Bannister

505 Bruce Bochte

506 Jeff Burroughs

507 Bryan Clark RC

508 Ken Clay

509 Julio Cruz

510 Dick Drago

511 Gary Gray

512 Dan Meyer

513 Jerry Narron

514 Tom Paciorek

515 Casey Parsons

516 Lenny Randle

517 Shane Rawley

518 Joe Simpson

519 Richie Zisk

520 Neil Allen

521 Bob Bailor

522 Hubie Brooks

523 Mike Cubbage

524 Pete Falcone

525 Doug Flynn

526 Tom Hausman

527 Ron Hodges

528 Randy Jones

529 Mike Jorgensen

530 Dave Kingman

531 Ed Lynch

532 Mike G. Marshall

533 Lee Mazzilli

534 Dyar Miller

535 Mike Scott

536 Rusty Staub

537 John Stearns

538 Craig Swan

539 Frank Taveras

540 Alex Trevino

541 Ellis Valentine

542 Mookie Wilson

543 Joel Youngblood

544 Pat Zachry

545 Glenn Adams

546 Fernando Arroyo

547 John Verhoeven

548 Sal Butera

549 John Castino

550 Don Cooper

551 Doug Corbett

552 Dave Engle

553 Roger Erickson

554 Danny Goodwin

555 Darrell Jackson COR

556 Pete Mackanin

557 Jack O'Connor

558 Hosken Powell

559 Pete Redfern

560 Roy Smalley

561 Chuck Baker UER (SS)

562 Gary Ward

563 Rob Wilfong

564 Al Williams

565 Butch Wynegar

566 Randy Bass RC

567 Juan Bonilla RC

568 Danny Boone

569 John Curtis

570 Juan Eichelberger

571 Barry Evans

572 Tim Flannery

573 Ruppert Jones

574 Terry Kennedy

575 Joe Lefebvre

576 John Littlefield COR

577 Gary Lucas

578 Steve Mura

579 Broderick Perkins

580 Gene Richards

581 Luis Salazar

582 Ozzie Smith

583 John Urrea

584 Chris Welsh

585 Rick Wise

586 Doug Bird

587 Tim Blackwell

588 Bobby Bonds

589 Bill Buckner

590 Bill Caudill

591 Hector Cruz

592 Jody Davis

593 Ivan DeJesus

594 Steve Dillard

595 Leon Durham

596 Rawly Eastwick

597 Steve Henderson

598 Mike Krukow

599 Mike Lum

600 Randy Martz

601 Jerry Morales

602 Ken Reitz

603 Lee Smith COR RC

604 Dick Tidrow

605 Jim Tracy

606 Mike Tyson

607 Ty Waller

608 Danny Ainge

609 George Bell RC

610 Mark Bomback

611 Barry Bonnell

612 Jim Clancy

613 Damaso Garcia

614 Jerry Garvin

615 Alfredo Griffin

616 Garth Iorg

617 Luis Leal

618 Ken Macha

619 John Mayberry

620 Joey McLaughlin

621 Lloyd Moseby

622 Dave Stieb

623 Jackson Todd

624 Willie Upshaw

625 Otto Velez

626 Ernie Whitt

627 Alvis Woods

628 All Star Game

629 All Star Infielders White

630 Big Red Machine

631 Bruce Sutter

632 Steve Carlton/C.Fisk

633 Yaz 3000th Game

634 J.Bench/T.Seaver

635 West Meets East

636 Fernando Valenzuela COR

637 Mike Schmidt IA

638 Gary Carter/D.Parker

639 Perfect Game UER

640 Pete and Re-Pete

641 L.Smith/Schmidt/Carlton

642 Red Sox Reunion

643 Rickey Henderson IA

644 R.Fingers Most Saves

645 Tom Seaver Most Wins

646 R.Jackson/D.Winfield

647 Yankees/Dodgers CL

648 A's/Reds CL

649 Cards/Brewers CL

650 Expos/Orioles CL

651 Astros/Phillies CL

652 Tigers/Red Sox CL

653 Rangers/White Sox CL

654 Giants/Indians CL

655 Royals/Braves CL

656 Angels/Pirates CL

657 Mariners/Mets CL

658 Padres/Twins CL

659 Blue Jays/Cubs CL

660 Specials Checklist CL

Errors

18 Jerry Reuss UER (Phrase 'Home:' omitted on back of card)

207 Rodney Scott UER (photo actually Tim Raines)

438A All Hrabosky ERR (Height 5'1" and named misspelled as 'ALL' on back)

438B Al Hrabosky ERR (Height 5'1", name spelled correctly on back)

438C Al Hrabosky COR (Height 5'10")

460A Dave Frost ERR (5 mm space before ERA)

460B Dave Frost COR (1 mm space before ERA)

555A Darrell Jackson (Black cap)

555B Darrell Jackson (Red cap with T)

555C Darrell Jackson (Red Cap no emblem)

561 Chuck Baker UER (listed as "shortshop" on front of card)

576A John Littlefield ERR (Reverse Negative, pitching lefty)

576B John Littlefield COR (normal, pitching righty)

603A Lee Smith ERR (Cubs Logo Reversed on back of card)

603B Lee Smith COR (Cubs logo normal on back of card)

636A Fernando Valenzuela 1981 N.L. Strike Out King ERR ("...and led he National League" on back of card)

636B Fernando Valenzuela 1981 N.L. Strike Out King COR ("...and led the National League" on back of card)

646A Yankee Powerhouse (Jackson & Winfield) ERR {comma after outfielder on back of card)

646B Yankee Powerhouse (Jackson & Winfield COR (no comma after outfielder on back of card)

Inserts

Team Sticker

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

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

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