Revision as of 14:22, 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

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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

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

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.

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

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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 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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Topps (flagship) Parallel Brands
Chrome: 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
Chrome Update: 1999 - 2000 - 2005 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
Super Chrome: 1998 - 1999
Sapphire Chrome: 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023
Holiday: 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023
Mini: 1975 - 1985 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2022
Opening Day: 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022