Revision as of 18:55, 8 April 2021

Description

1983 Fleer is a 660-card set. The set was a notable improvement over the previous year's set in terms of both aesthetics (a visually-pleasing beige design) and quality (fewer errors).

The player cards are again ordered alphabetically within team and teams seeded in descending order based upon the previous season's standings. The front of each card has a colorful team logo at bottom left and the player's name and position at lower right. The reverses are done in shades of brown on white.

Notable Rookie Cards include Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn and Ryne Sandberg.

Distribution

Wax: 38 packs per box, 15 cards plus one sticker per pack (MSRP: $0.30).

Cello: 24 packs per box, 28 cards plus two stickers per pack (MSRP: $0.49).

Rack: 24 packs per box, 84 cards plus six stickers per pack (MSRP: $1.49). Three boxes per pack.

Triple Wax Racks: Three wax packs per pack.

500 card Vending Boxes

Reviews

Checklist

Promos

A 7 1/2" X 10 1/2" sheet promoting the upcoming 1983 Fleer Baseball set was inserted into the December 1982 issue of Baseball Hobby News. The front of the sheet features mock-ups of six '83 Fleer cards. The back has mock-ups of the reverse sides of each card along with the statement "Support FLEER: the company that brought competition to Baseball!"

Base Set

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1 Joaquin Andujar
2 Doug Bair
3 Steve Braun
4 Glenn Brummer
5 Bob Forsch
6 David Green RC
7 George Hendrick
8 Keith Hernandez
9 Tom Herr
10 Dane Iorg
11 Jim Kaat
12 Jeff Lahti RC
13 Tito Landrum
14 Dave LaPoint RC
15 Willie McGee RC
16 Steve Mura
17 Ken Oberkfell
18 Darrell Porter
19 Mike Ramsey
20 Gene Roof
21 Lonnie Smith
22 Ozzie Smith
23 John Stuper
24 Bruce Sutter
25 Gene Tenace
26 Jerry Augustine
27 Dwight Bernard
28 Mark Brouhard
29 Mike Caldwell
30 Cecil Cooper
31 Jamie Easterly
32 Marshall Edwards
33 Rollie Fingers
34 Jim Gantner
35 Moose Haas
36 Roy Howell
37 Pete Ladd
38 Bob McClure
39 Doc Medich
40 Paul Molitor
41 Don Money
42 Charlie Moore
43 Ben Oglivie
44 Ed Romero
45 Ted Simmons
46 Jim Slaton
47 Don Sutton
48 Gorman Thomas
49 Pete Vuckovich
50 Ned Yost
51 Robin Yount
52 Benny Ayala
53 Bob Bonner
54 Al Bumbry
55 Terry Crowley
56 Storm Davis
57 Rich Dauer
58 Rick Dempsey
59 Jim Dwyer
60 Mike Flanagan
61 Dan Ford
62 Glenn Gulliver
63 John Lowenstein
64 Dennis Martinez
65 Tippy Martinez
66 Scott McGregor
67 Eddie Murray
68 Joe Nolan
69 Jim Palmer
70 Cal Ripken, Jr.
71 Gary Roenicke
72 Lenn Sakata
73 Ken Singleton
74 Sammy Stewart
75 Tim Stoddard
76 Don Aase
77 Don Baylor
78 Juan Beniquez
79 Bob Boone
80 Rick Burleson
81 Rod Carew
82 Bobby Clark
83 Doug Corbett
84 John Curtis
85 Doug DeCinces
86 Brian Downing
87 Joe Ferguson
88 Tim Foli
89 Ken Forsch
90 Dave Goltz
91 Bob Grich
92 Andy Hassler
93 Reggie Jackson
94 Ron Jackson
95 Tommy John
96 Bruce Kison
97 Fred Lynn
98 Ed Ott
99 Steve Renko
100 Luis Sanchez
101 Rob Wilfong
102 Mike Witt
103 Geoff Zahn
104 Willie Aikens
105 Mike Armstrong
106 Vida Blue
107 Bud Black
108 George Brett
109 Bill Castro
110 Onix Concepcion
111 Dave Frost
112 Cesar Geronimo
113 Larry Gura
114 Steve Hammond
115 Don Hood
116 Dennis Leonard
117 Jerry Martin
118 Lee May
119 Hal McRae
120 Amos Otis
121 Greg Pryor
122 Dan Quisenberry
123 Don Slaught
124 Paul Splittorff
125 U.L. Washington
126 John Wathan
127 Frank White
128 Willie Wilson
129 Steve Bedrosian
130 Bruce Benedict
131 Tommy Boggs
132 Brett Butler
133 Rick Camp
134 Chris Chambliss
135 Ken Dayley
136 Gene Garber
137 Terry Harper
138 Bob Horner
139 Glenn Hubbard
140 Rufino Linares
141 Rick Mahler
142 Dale Murphy
143 Phil Niekro
144 Pascual Perez
145 Biff Pocoroba
146 Rafael Ramirez
147 Jerry Royster
148 Ken Smith
149 Bob Walk
150 Claudell Washington
151 Bob Watson
152 Larry Whisenton
153 Porfirio Altamirano
154 Marty Bystrom
155 Steve Carlton
156 Larry Christenson
157 Ivan DeJesus
158 John Denny
159 Bob Dernier
160 Bo Diaz
161 Ed Farmer
162 Greg Gross
163 Mike Krukow
164 Garry Maddox
165 Gary Matthews
166 Tug McGraw
167 Bob Molinaro
168 Sid Monge
169 Ron Reed
170 Bill Robinson
171 Pete Rose
172 Dick Ruthven
173 Mike Schmidt
174 Manny Trillo
175 Ozzie Virgil
176 George Vukovich
177 Gary Allenson
178 Luis Aponte
179 Wade Boggs
180 Tom Burgmeier
181 Mark Clear
182 Dennis Eckersley
183 Dwight Evans
184 Rich Gedman
185 Glenn Hoffman
186 Bruce Hurst
187 Carney Lansford
188 Rick Miller
189 Reid Nichols
190 Bob Ojeda
191 Tony Perez
192 Chuck Rainey
193 Jerry Remy
194 Jim Rice
195 Bob Stanley
196 Dave Stapleton
197 Mike Torrez
198 John Tudor
199 Julio Valdez
200 Carl Yastrzemski
201 Dusty Baker
202 Joe Beckwith
203 Greg Brock
204 Ron Cey
205 Terry Forster
206 Steve Garvey
207 Pedro Guerrero
208 Burt Hooton
209 Steve Howe
210 Ken Landreaux
211 Mike Marshall
212 Candy Maldonado
213 Rick Monday
214 Tom Niedenfuer
215 Jorge Orta
216 Jerry Reuss
217 Ron Roenicke
218 Vicente Romo
219 Bill Russell
220 Steve Sax
221 Mike Scioscia
222 Dave Stewart
223 Derrel Thomas
224 Fernando Valenzuela
225 Bob Welch
226 Ricky Wright
227 Steve Yeager
228 Bill Almon
229 Harold Baines
230 Salome Barojas
231 Tony Bernazard
232 Britt Burns
233 Rich Dotson
234 Ernesto Escarrega
235 Carlton Fisk
236 Jerry Hairston
237 Kevin Hickey
238 LaMarr Hoyt
239 Steve Kemp
240 Jim Kern
241 Ron Kittle RC
242 Jerry Koosman
243 Dennis Lamp
244 Rudy Law
245 Vance Law
246 Ron LeFlore
247 Greg Luzinski
248 Tom Paciorek
249 Aurelio Rodriguez
250 Mike Squires
251 Steve Trout
252 Jim Barr
253 Dave Bergman
254 Fred Breining
255 Bob Brenly
256 Jack Clark
257 Chili Davis
258 Darrell Evans
259 Alan Fowlkes
260 Rich Gale
261 Charlie Haag
262 Al Holland
263 Duane Kuiper
264 Bill Laskey
265 Gary Lavelle
266 Johnnie LeMaster
267 Renie Martin
268 Milt May
269 Greg Minton
270 Joe Morgan
271 Tom O'Malley
272 Reggie Smith
273 Guy Sularz
274 Champ Summers
275 Max Venable
276 Jim Wohlford
277 Ray Burris
278 Gary Carter
279 Warren Cromartie
280 Andre Dawson
281 Terry Francona
282 Doug Flynn
283 Woodie Fryman
284 Bill Gullickson
285 Wallace Johnson
286 Charlie Lea
287 Randy Lerch
288 Brad Mills
289 Dan Norman
290 Al Oliver
291 David Palmer
292 Tim Raines
293 Jeff Reardon
294 Steve Rogers
295 Scott Sanderson
296 Dan Schatzeder
297 Bryn Smith
298 Chris Speier
299 Tim Wallach
300 Jerry White
301 Joel Youngblood
302 Ross Baumgarten
303 Dale Berra
304 John Candelaria
305 Dick Davis
306 Mike Easler
307 Richie Hebner
308 Lee Lacy
309 Bill Madlock
310 Larry McWilliams
311 John Milner
312 Omar Moreno
313 Jim Morrison
314 Steve Nicosia
315 Dave Parker
316 Tony Pena
317 Johnny Ray
318 Rick Rhoden
319 Don Robinson
320 Enrique Romo
321 Manny Sarmiento
322 Rod Scurry
323 Jimmy Smith
324 Willie Stargell
325 Jason Thompson
326 Kent Tekulve
327 Tom Brookens (Longer 1.25 brown box)
327 Tom Brookens (Short .375 brown box)
328 Enos Cabell
329 Kirk Gibson
330 Larry Herndon
331 Mike Ivie
332 Howard Johnson
333 Lynn Jones
334 Rick Leach
335 Chet Lemon
336 Jack Morris
337 Lance Parrish
338 Larry Pashnick
339 Dan Petry
340 Dave Rozema
341 Dave Rucker
342 Elias Sosa
343 Dave Tobik
344 Alan Trammell
345 Jerry Turner
346 Jerry Ujdur
347 Pat Underwood
348 Lou Whitaker
349 Milt Wilcox
350 Glenn Wilson
351 John Wockenfuss
352 Kurt Bevacqua
353 Juan Bonilla
354 Floyd Chiffer
355 Luis DeLeon
356 Dave Dravecky
357 Dave Edwards
358 Juan Eichelberger
359 Tim Flannery
360 Tony Gwynn
361 Ruppert Jones
362 Terry Kennedy
363 Joe Lefebvre
364 Sixto Lezcano
365 Tim Lollar
366 Gary Lucas
367 John Montefusco
368 Broderick Perkins
369 Joe Pittman
370 Gene Richards
371 Luis Salazar
372 Eric Show RC
373 Garry Templeton
374 Chris Welsh
375 Alan Wiggins
376 Rick Cerone
377 Dave Collins
378 Roger Erickson
379 George Frazier
380 Oscar Gamble
381 Rich Gossage
382 Ken Griffey, Sr.
383 Ron Guidry
384 Dave LaRoche
385 Rudy May
386 John Mayberry
387 Lee Mazzilli
388 Mike Morgan
389 Jerry Mumphrey
390 Bobby Murcer
391 Graig Nettles
392 Lou Piniella
393 Willie Randolph
394 Shane Rawley
395 Dave Righetti
396 Andre Robertson
397 Roy Smalley
398 Dave Winfield
399 Butch Wynegar
400 Chris Bando
401 Alan Bannister
402 Len Barker
403 Tom Brennan
404 Carmelo Castillo
405 Miguel Dilone
406 Jerry Dybzinski
407 Mike Fischlin
408 Ed Glynn
409 Mike Hargrove
410 Toby Harrah
411 Ron Hassey
412 Von Hayes
413 Rick Manning
414 Bake McBride
415 Larry Milbourne
416 Bill Nahorodny
417 Jack Perconte
418 Lary Sorensen
419 Dan Spillner
420 Rick Sutcliffe
421 Andre Thornton
422 Rick Waits
423 Ed Whitson
424 Jesse Barfield
425 Barry Bonnell
426 Jim Clancy
427 Damaso Garcia
428 Jerry Garvin
429 Alfredo Griffin
430 Garth Iorg
431 Roy Lee Jackson
432 Luis Leal
433 Buck Martinez
434 Joey McLaughlin
435 Lloyd Moseby
436 Rance Mulliniks
437 Dale Murray
438 Wayne Nordhagen
439 Geno Petralli
440 Hosken Powell
441 Dave Stieb
442 Willie Upshaw
443 Ernie Whitt
444 Alvis Woods
445 Alan Ashby
446 Jose Cruz
447 Kiko Garcia
448 Phil Garner
449 Danny Heep
450 Art Howe
451 Bob Knepper
452 Alan Knicely
453 Ray Knight
454 Frank LaCorte
455 Mike LaCoss
456 Randy Moffitt
457 Joe Niekro
458 Terry Puhl
459 Luis Pujols
460 Craig Reynolds
461 Bert Roberge
462 Vern Ruhle
463 Nolan Ryan
464 Joe Sambito
465 Tony Scott
466 Dave Smith
467 Harry Spilman
468 Dickie Thon
469 Denny Walling
470 Larry Andersen
471 Floyd Bannister
472 Jim Beattie
473 Bruce Bochte
474 Manny Castillo
475 Bill Caudill
476 Bryan Clark
477 Al Cowens
478 Julio Cruz
479 Todd Cruz
480 Gary Gray
481 Dave Henderson
482 Mike Moore
483 Gaylord Perry
484 Dave Revering
485 Joe Simpson
486 Mike Stanton
487 Rick Sweet
488 Ed Vande Berg
489 Richie Zisk
490 Doug Bird
491 Larry Bowa
492 Bill Buckner
493 Bill Campbell
494 Jody Davis
495 Leon Durham
496 Steve Henderson
497 Willie Hernandez
498 Fergie Jenkins
499 Jay Johnstone
500 Junior Kennedy
501 Randy Martz
502 Jerry Morales
503 Keith Moreland
504 Dickie Noles
505 Mike Proly
506 Allen Ripley
507 Ryne Sandberg
508 Lee Smith
509 Pat Tabler
510 Dick Tidrow
511 Bump Wills
512 Gary Woods
513 Tony Armas
514 Dave Beard
515 Jeff Burroughs
516 John D'Acquisto
517 Wayne Gross
518 Mike Heath
519 Rickey Henderson
520 Cliff Johnson
521 Matt Keough
522 Brian Kingman
523 Rick Langford
524 Davey Lopes
525 Steve McCatty
526 Dave McKay
527 Dan Meyer
528 Dwayne Murphy
529 Jeff Newman
530 Mike Norris
531 Bob Owchinko
532 Joe Rudi
533 Jimmy Sexton
534 Fred Stanley
535 Tom Underwood
536 Neil Allen
537 Wally Backman
538 Bob Bailor
539 Hubie Brooks
540 Carlos Diaz
541 Pete Falcone
542 George Foster
543 Ron Gardenhire
544 Brian Giles
545 Ron Hodges
546 Randy Jones
547 Mike Jorgensen
548 Dave Kingman
549 Ed Lynch
550 Jesse Orosco
551 Rick Ownbey
552 Charlie Puleo
553 Gary Rajsich
554 Mike Scott
555 Rusty Staub
556 John Stearns
557 Craig Swan
558 Ellis Valentine
559 Tom Veryzer
560 Mookie Wilson
561 Pat Zachry
562 Buddy Bell
563 John Butcher
564 Steve Comer
565 Danny Darwin
566 Bucky Dent
567 John Grubb
568 Rick Honeycutt
569 Dave Hostetler
570 Charlie Hough
571 Lamar Johnson
572 Jon Matlack
573 Paul Mirabella
574 Larry Parrish
575 Mike Richardt
576 Mickey Rivers
577 Billy Sample
578 Dave Schmidt
579 Bill Stein
580 Jim Sundberg
581 Frank Tanana
582 Mark Wagner
583 George Wright
584 Johnny Bench
585 Bruce Berenyi
586 Larry Biittner
587 Cesar Cedeno
588 Dave Concepcion
589 Dan Driessen
590 Greg Harris
591 Ben Hayes
592 Paul Householder
593 Tom Hume
594 Wayne Krenchicki
595 Rafael Landestoy
596 Charlie Leibrandt
597 Eddie Milner
598 Ron Oester
599 Frank Pastore
600 Joe Price
601 Tom Seaver
602 Bob Shirley
603 Mario Soto
604 Alex Trevino
605 Mike Vail
606 Duane Walker
607 Tom Brunansky
608 Bobby Castillo
609 John Castino
610 Ron Davis
611 Lenny Faedo
612 Terry Felton
613 Gary Gaetti
614 Mickey Hatcher
615 Brad Havens
616 Kent Hrbek
617 Randy Johnson RC
618 Tim Laudner
619 Jeff Little RC
620 Bobby Mitchell
621 Jack O'Connor
622 John Pacella
623 Pete Redfern
624 Jesus Vega RC
625 Frank Viola RC
626 Ron Washington RC
627 Gary Ward
628 Al Williams

SuperStar Specials

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1983 Fleer marked the beginning of the annual SuperStar Specials subset, which would be featured in every Fleer baseball set until 1994.

NOTES:

Card #642 is meant to correct and error from the previous year's set. Card #639 of the 1982 Fleer set commemorates Cleveland Indians pitcher Len Barker's 1981 perfect game by showing Barker and Indians catcher Bo Diaz. Unfortunately, it was Ron Hassey who was catching that night.
Cards #643-#644 and #645-#646 are "puzzles" that are meant to laid side-by-side.

629 Dennis Eckersley / Carl Yastrzemski / Mark Clear "Red Sox All-Stars"
630 Gaylord Perry / Terry Bulling "300 Career Wins"
631 Dave Concepcion / Manny Trillo "Pride of Venezuela"
632 Robin Yount / Buddy Bell "All-Star Infielders"
633 Dave Winfield / Kent Hrbek "Mr. Vet & Mr. Rookie"
634 Willie Stargell / Pete Rose "Fountain of Youth"
635 Toby Harrah / Andre Thornton "Big Chiefs"
636 Ozzie Smith / Lonnie Smith "Smith Bros."
637 Bo Diaz / Gary Carter "Base Stealers' Threat"
638 Carlton Fisk / Gary Carter "All-Star Catchers"
639 Rickey Henderson "The Silver Shoe"
640 Ben Oglivie / Reggie Jackson "Home Run Threats"
641 Joel Youngblood "Two Teams -- Same Day"
642 Ron Hassey / Len Barker "Last Perfect Game"
643 Vida Blue "? Blue"
644 Bud Black "Black & ? "
645 Reggie Jackson "? Power"
646 Rickey Henderson "Speed & ?"

Checklists

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647 Checklist 1-51 CL STL / MKE
648 Checklist 52-103 CL BAL / CAL
649 Checklist 104-152 CL KC / ATL
650 Checklist 153-200 CL PHL / BOS
651 Checklist 201-251 CL LA / CWS
652 Checklist 252-301 CL SF / MTL
653 Checklist 302-351 CL PIT / DET
654 Checklist 352-399 CL SD / NYY
655 Checklist 400-444 CL CLE / TOR
656 Checklist 445-489 CL HOU / SEA
657 Checklist 490-535 CL CHC / OAK
658 Checklist 536-583 CL NYM / TEX
659 Checklist 584-628 CL CIN / MIN
660 Checklist 629-646 CL SuperStar Specials

Errors

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Card 129 Steve Bedrosian UER (Reads Height 6'33")

Card 216 Jerry Reuss UER (Home omitted)

Card 327A Tom Brookens (Short 3/8" brown box shaded in on Back)

Card 327B Tom Brookens (Longer 1 1/2" brown box shaded in on Back)

Card 408 Ed Glynn UER (Photo actually of Bud Anderson)

Inserts

Team Stickers

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Each pack of 1983 Fleer Baseball contained a team logo sticker. There were two styles: "Hat" and "Large Logo." Variations of each sticker involving the red-to-green gradient background are known to exist. The design of this set was recycled for next year's Fleer Baseball set.

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