1988 Score
Description
1988 Score is a 660 card set that was distributed by Major League Marketing (the parent company of Sportflics). The set is distinguished by the fact that each card back shows a full-color picture of the player; and the set is broken up into six distinctive 110-card color subsets.
Subsets include Reggie Jackson Tribute (500-504), Rookie Prospects (623-647), and 1987 Season Highlights (648-660).
Card #501, is one of the few cards of Reggie Jackson depicted as a Baltimore Oriole.
Rookie Cards in this set include Ken Caminiti, Tom Glavine and Matt Williams.
Distribution
Wax: 36 packs per box, 17 cards plus one "Magic Motion" Trivia Card per pack. 20 boxes per case
Rack: 24 rack packs per box, 54 cards per three "Magic Motion" Trivia Cards rack. Three boxes per case.
Factory Sets
Glossy Factory Sets (limited to 5000 sets)
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards |
|---|---|
| Base | 660 |
| Young Superstars Series One | 40 |
Checklist
Samples
Early in 1988, Score prepared some samples to show prospective dealers and buyers of the new Score cards what they would look like. These sample cards are distinguished by the fact that there is a row of zeroes for the 1987 season statistics since the season was not over when these sample cards were being printed. The cards are standard size and are virtually indistinguishable from the regular 1988 Score cards of the same players except for border color variations in a few instances.
- 30 Mark Langston
- 48 Tony Pena
- 71 Keith Moreland
- 72 Barry Larkin
- 121 Dennis Boyd
- 145 Denny Walling
Base Set
- 1 Don Mattingly
- 2 Wade Boggs
- 3 Tim Raines
- 4 Andre Dawson
- 5 Mark McGwire
- 6 Kevin Seitzer
- 7 Wally Joyner
- 8 Jesse Barfield
- 9 Pedro Guerrero
- 10 Eric Davis
- 11 George Brett
- 12 Ozzie Smith
- 13 Rickey Henderson
- 14 Jim Rice
- 15 Matt Nokes RC
- 16 Mike Schmidt
- 17 Dave Parker
- 18 Eddie Murray
- 19 Andres Galarraga
- 20 Tony Fernandez
- 21 Kevin McReynolds
- 22 B.J. Surhoff
- 23 Pat Tabler
- 24 Kirby Puckett
- 25 Benito Santiago
- 26 Ryne Sandberg
- 27 Kelly Downs
- 28 Jose Cruz
- 29 Pete O'Brien
- 30 Mark Langston
- 31 Lee Smith
- 32 Juan Samuel
- 33 Kevin Bass
- 34 R.J. Reynolds
- 35 Steve Sax
- 36 John Kruk
- 37 Alan Trammell
- 38 Chris Bosio
- 39 Brook Jacoby
- 40 Willie McGee
- 41 Dave Magadan
- 42 Fred Lynn
- 43 Kent Hrbek
- 44 Brian Downing
- 45 Jose Canseco
- 46 Jim Presley
- 47 Mike Stanley
- 48 Tony Pena
- 49 David Cone
- 50 Rick Sutcliffe
- 51 Doug Drabek
- 52 Bill Doran
- 53 Mike Scioscia
- 54 Candy Maldonado
- 55 Dave Winfield
- 56 Lou Whitaker
- 57 Tom Henke
- 58 Ken Gerhart
- 59 Glenn Braggs
- 60 Julio Franco
- 61 Charlie Leibrandt
- 62 Gary Gaetti
- 63 Bob Boone
- 64 Luis Polonia RC
- 65 Dwight Evans
- 66 Phil Bradley
- 67 Mike Boddicker
- 68 Vince Coleman
- 69 Howard Johnson
- 70 Tim Wallach
- 71 Keith Moreland
- 72 Barry Larkin
- 73 Alan Ashby
- 74 Rick Rhoden
- 75 Darrell Evans
- 76 Dave Stieb
- 77 Dan Plesac
- 78 Will Clark
- 79 Frank White
- 80 Joe Carter
- 81 Mike Witt
- 82 Terry Steinbach
- 83 Alvin Davis
- 84 Tommy Herr
- 85 Vance Law
- 86 Kal Daniels
- 87 Rick Honeycutt
- 88 Alfredo Griffin
- 89 Bret Saberhagen
- 90 Bert Blyleven
- 91 Jeff Reardon
- 92 Cory Snyder
- 93 Greg Walker
- 93 Greg Walker (93 of 660)
- 94 Joe Magrane RC
- 95 Rob Deer
- 96 Ray Knight
- 97 Casey Candaele
- 98 John Cerutti
- 99 Buddy Bell
- 100 Jack Clark
- 101 Eric Bell
- 102 Willie Wilson
- 103 Dave Schmidt
- 104 Dennis Eckersley
- 105 Don Sutton
- 106 Danny Tartabull
- 107 Fred McGriff
- 108 Les Straker
- 109 Lloyd Moseby
- 110 Roger Clemens
- 111 Glenn Hubbard
- 112 Ken Williams
- 113 Ruben Sierra
- 114 Stan Jefferson
- 115 Milt Thompson
- 116 Bobby Bonilla
- 117 Wayne Tolleson
- 118 Matt Williams RC
- 119 Chet Lemon
- 120 Dale Sveum
- 121 Dennis Boyd
- 122 Brett Butler
- 123 Terry Kennedy
- 124 Jack Howell
- 125 Curt Young
- 126 Dave Valle (Misspelled Dale on card front)
- 126 Dave Valle
- 127 Curt Wilkerson
- 128 Tim Teufel
- 129 Ozzie Virgil
- 130 Brian Fisher
- 131 Lance Parrish
- 132 Tom Browning
- 133 Larry Andersen (Misspelled Anderson on card)
- 133 Larry Andersen
- 134 Bob Brenly (Misspelled Brenley on card front)
- 134 Bob Brenly
- 135 Mike Marshall
- 136 Gerald Perry
- 137 Bobby Meacham
- 138 Larry Herndon
- 139 Fred Manrique
- 140 Charlie Hough
- 141 Ron Darling
- 142 Herm Winningham
- 143 Mike Diaz
- 144 Mike Jackson
- 145 Denny Walling
- 146 Robby Thompson
- 147 Franklin Stubbs
- 148 Albert Hall
- 149 Bobby Witt
- 150 Lance McCullers
- 151 Scott Bradley
- 152 Mark McLemore
- 153 Tim Laudner
- 154 Greg Swindell
- 155 Marty Barrett
- 156 Mike Heath
- 157 Gary Ward
- 158 Lee Mazzilli (Misspelled Mazilli on card fro)
- 158 Lee Mazzilli
- 159 Tom Foley
- 160 Robin Yount
- 161 Steve Bedrosian
- 162 Bob Walk
- 163 Nick Esasky
- 164 Ken Caminiti
- 165 Jose Uribe
- 166 Dave Anderson
- 167 Ed Whitson
- 168 Ernie Whitt
- 169 Cecil Cooper
- 170 Mike Pagliarulo
- 171 Pat Sheridan
- 172 Chris Bando
- 173 Lee Lacy
- 174 Steve Lombardozzi
- 175 Mike Greenwell
- 176 Greg Minton
- 177 Moose Haas
- 178 Mike Kingery
- 179 Greg A. Harris
- 180 Bo Jackson
- 181 Carmelo Martinez
- 182 Alex Trevino
- 183 Ron Oester
- 184 Danny Darwin
- 185 Mike Krukow
- 186 Rafael Palmeiro
- 187 Tim Burke
- 188 Roger McDowell
- 189 Garry Templeton
- 190 Terry Pendleton
- 191 Larry Parrish
- 192 Rey Quinones
- 193 Joaquin Andujar
- 194 Tom Brunansky
- 195 Donnie Moore
- 196 Dan Pasqua
- 197 Jim Gantner
- 198 Mark Eichhorn
- 199 John Grubb
- 200 Bill Ripken
- 201 Sam Horn
- 202 Todd Worrell
- 203 Terry Leach
- 204 Garth Iorg
- 205 Brian Dayett
- 206 Bo Diaz
- 207 Craig Reynolds
- 208 Brian Holton
- 209 Marvell Wynne
- 210 Dave Concepcion
- 211 Mike Davis
- 212 Devon White
- 213 Mickey Brantley
- 214 Greg Gagne
- 215 Oddibe McDowell
- 216 Jimmy Key
- 217 Dave Bergman
- 218 Calvin Schiraldi
- 219 Larry Sheets
- 220 Mike Easler
- 221 Kurt Stillwell
- 222 Chuck Jackson
- 223 Dave Martinez
- 224 Tim Leary
- 225 Steve Garvey
- 226 Greg Mathews
- 227 Doug Sisk
- 228 Dave Henderson
- 229 Jim Dwyer
- 230 Larry Owen
- 231 Andre Thornton
- 232 Mark Salas
- 233 Tom Brookens
- 234 Greg Brock
- 235 Rance Mulliniks
- 236 Bob Brower
- 237 Joe Niekro
- 238 Scott Bankhead
- 239 Doug DeCinces
- 240 Tommy John
- 241 Rich Gedman
- 242 Ted Power
- 243 Dave Meads
- 244 Jim Sundberg
- 245 Ken Oberkfell
- 246 Jimmy Jones
- 247 Ken Landreaux
- 248 Jose Oquendo
- 249 John Mitchell RC
- 250 Don Baylor
- 251 Scott Fletcher
- 252 Al Newman
- 253 Carney Lansford
- 254 Johnny Ray
- 255 Gary Pettis
- 256 Ken Phelps
- 257 Rick Leach
- 258 Tim Stoddard
- 259 Ed Romero
- 260 Sid Bream
- 261 Tom Niedenfuer ERR (Misspelled Neidenfuer)
- 261 Tom Niedenfuer
- 262 Rick Dempsey
- 263 Lonnie Smith
- 264 Bob Forsch
- 265 Barry Bonds
- 266 Willie Randolph
- 267 Mike Ramsey
- 268 Don Slaught
- 269 Mickey Tettleton
- 270 Jerry Reuss
- 271 Marc Sullivan
- 272 Jim Morrison
- 273 Steve Balboni
- 274 Dick Schofield
- 275 John Tudor
- 276 Gene Larkin
- 277 Harold Reynolds
- 278 Jerry Browne
- 279 Willie Upshaw
- 280 Ted Higuera
- 281 Terry McGriff
- 282 Terry Puhl
- 283 Mark Wasinger
- 284 Luis Salazar
- 285 Ted Simmons
- 286 John Shelby
- 287 John Smiley RC
- 288 Curt Ford
- 289 Steve Crawford
- 290 Dan Quisenberry
- 291 Alan Wiggins
- 292 Randy Bush
- 293 John Candelaria
- 294 Tony Phillips
- 295 Mike Morgan
- 296 Bill Wegman
- 297 Terry Francona (Misspelled Franconia on card)
- 297 Terry Francona
- 298 Mickey Hatcher
- 299 Andres Thomas
- 300 Bob Stanley
- 301 Al Pedrique
- 302 Jim Lindeman
- 303 Wally Backman
- 304 Paul O'Neill
- 305 Hubie Brooks
- 306 Steve Buechele
- 307 Bobby Thigpen
- 308 George Hendrick
- 309 John Moses
- 310 Ron Guidry
- 311 Bill Schroeder
- 312 Jose Nunez
- 313 Bud Black
- 314 Joe Sambito
- 315 Scott McGregor
- 316 Rafael Santana
- 317 Frank Williams
- 318 Mike Fitzgerald
- 319 Rick Mahler
- 320 Jim Gott
- 321 Mariano Duncan
- 322 Jose Guzman
- 323 Lee Guetterman
- 324 Dan Gladden
- 325 Gary Carter
- 326 Tracy Jones
- 327 Floyd Youmans
- 328 Bill Dawley
- 329 Paul Noce
- 330 Angel Salazar
- 331 Goose Gossage
- 332 George Frazier
- 333 Ruppert Jones
- 334 Billy Jo Robidoux
- 335 Mike Scott
- 336 Randy Myers
- 337 Bob Sebra
- 338 Eric Show
- 339 Mitch Williams
- 340 Paul Molitor
- 341 Gus Polidor
- 342 Steve Trout
- 343 Jerry Don Gleaton
- 344 Bob Knepper
- 345 Mitch Webster
- 346 John Morris
- 347 Andy Hawkins
- 348 Dave Leiper
- 349 Ernest Riles
- 350 Dwight Gooden
- 351 Dave Righetti
- 352 Pat Dodson
- 353 John Habyan
- 354 Jim Deshaies
- 355 Butch Wynegar
- 356 Bryn Smith
- 357 Matt Young
- 358 Tom Pagnozzi
- 359 Floyd Rayford
- 360 Darryl Strawberry
- 361 Sal Butera
- 362 Domingo Ramos
- 363 Chris Brown
- 364 Jose Gonzalez
- 365 Dave Smith
- 366 Andy McGaffigan
- 367 Stan Javier
- 368 Henry Cotto
- 369 Mike Birkbeck
- 370 Lenny Dykstra
- 371 Dave Collins
- 372 Spike Owen
- 373 Geno Petralli
- 374 Ron Karkovice
- 375 Shane Rawley
- 376 DeWayne Buice
- 377 Bill Pecota
- 378 Leon Durham
- 379 Ed Olwine
- 380 Bruce Hurst
- 381 Bob McClure
- 382 Mark Thurmond
- 383 Buddy Biancalana
- 384 Tim Conroy
- 385 Tony Gwynn
- 386 Greg Gross
- 387 Barry Lyons
- 388 Mike Felder
- 389 Pat Clements
- 390 Ken Griffey, Sr.
- 391 Mark Davis
- 392 Jose Rijo
- 393 Mike Young
- 394 Willie Fraser
- 395 Dion James
- 396 Steve Shields
- 397 Randy St.Claire
- 398 Danny Jackson
- 399 Cecil Fielder
- 400 Keith Hernandez
- 401 Don Carman
- 402 Chuck Crim
- 403 Rob Woodward
- 404 Junior Ortiz
- 405 Glenn Wilson
- 406 Ken Howell
- 407 Jeff Kunkel
- 408 Jeff Reed
- 409 Chris James
- 410 Zane Smith
- 411 Ken Dixon
- 412 Ricky Horton
- 413 Frank DiPino
- 414 Shane Mack
- 415 Danny Cox
- 416 Andy Van Slyke
- 417 Danny Heep
- 418 John Cangelosi
- 419 John Christensen (Christiansen on card front)
- 419 John Christensen
- 420 Joey Cora
- 421 Mike LaValliere
- 422 Kelly Gruber
- 423 Bruce Benedict
- 424 Len Matuszek
- 425 Kent Tekulve
- 426 Rafael Ramirez
- 427 Mike Flanagan
- 428 Mike Gallego
- 429 Juan Castillo
- 430 Neal Heaton
- 431 Phil Garner
- 432 Mike Dunne
- 433 Wallace Johnson
- 434 Jack O'Connor
- 435 Steve Jeltz
- 436 Donell Nixon
- 437 Jack Lazorko
- 438 Keith Comstock
- 439 Jeff D. Robinson
- 440 Graig Nettles
- 441 Mel Hall
- 442 Gerald Young
- 443 Gary Redus
- 444 Charlie Moore
- 445 Bill Madlock
- 446 Mark Clear
- 447 Greg Booker
- 448 Rick Schu
- 449 Ron Kittle
- 450 Dale Murphy
- 451 Bob Dernier
- 452 Dale Mohorcic
- 453 Rafael Belliard
- 454 Charlie Puleo
- 455 Dwayne Murphy
- 456 Jim Eisenreich
- 457 David Palmer
- 458 Dave Stewart
- 459 Pascual Perez
- 460 Glenn Davis
- 461 Dan Petry
- 462 Jim Winn
- 463 Darrell Miller
- 464 Mike Moore
- 465 Mike LaCoss
- 466 Steve Farr
- 467 Jerry Mumphrey
- 468 Kevin Gross
- 469 Bruce Bochy
- 470 Orel Hershiser
- 471 Eric King
- 472 Ellis Burks RC
- 473 Darren Daulton
- 474 Mookie Wilson
- 475 Frank Viola
- 476 Ron Robinson
- 477 Bob Melvin
- 478 Jeff Musselman
- 479 Charlie Kerfeld
- 480 Rich Dotson
- 481 Kevin Mitchell
- 482 Gary Roenicke
- 483 Tim Flannery
- 484 Rich Yett
- 485 Pete Incaviglia
- 486 Rick Cerone
- 487 Tony Armas
- 488 Jerry Reed
- 489 Davey Lopes
- 490 Frank Tanana
- 491 Mike Loynd
- 492 Bruce Ruffin
- 493 Chris Speier
- 494 Tom Hume
- 495 Jesse Orosco
- 496 Robbie Wine (Misspelled Robby on card front)
- 497 Jeff Montgomery
- 498 Jeff Dedmon
- 499 Luis Aguayo
Reggie Jackson Tribute
1988 Rookie Prospects
1987 Highlights
- 648 Mark McGwire / Matt Nokes
- 649 Eric Davis / Tim Raines (Speed and Power)
- 650 Don Mattingly / Jack Clark
- 651 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Alan Trammell / Tony Fernandez
- 652 Highlights - Vince Coleman
- 653 Highlights - Kirby Puckett
- 654 Highlights - Benito Santiago
- 655 Highlights - Juan Nieves
- 656 Highlights - Steve Bedrosian
- 657 Highlights - Mike Schmidt
- 658 Highlights - Don Mattingly
- 659 Highlights - Mark McGwire
- 660 Highlights - Paul Molitor
Errors and Variations
40 Willie McGee UER ("Excited" misspelled as "excitd" on last line of first paragraph on back of card)
87 Rick Honeycutt UER (Years and statlines do not match on back of card)
93A Greg Walker ERR (Card "98 of 66" on back of card)
93B Greg Walker COR (Card "93 of 660" on back of card)
126A Dave Valle ERR (First name of "Dale" on front and back of card)
126B Dave Valle COR (First name correct on both sides of card)
133A Larry Andersen ERR (Last name spelled "Anderson" on front and back of card)
133B Larry Andersen COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
134A Bob Brenly ERR (Last name spelled "Brenley" on front and back of card)
134B Bob Brenly COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
158A Lee Mazzilli ERR (Last name spelled "Mazilli" on front and back of card)
158B Lee Mazzilli COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
209 Marvell Wynne UER (First name spelled "Marvelle" on front and back of card)
261A Tom Niedenfuer ERR (Last name spelled "Neidenfuer" on front and back of card)
261B Tom Niedenfuer COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
297A Terry Francona ERR (Last name spelled "Franconia" on front and back of card)
297B Terry Francona COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
419A John Christensen ERR (Last name spelled "Christiansen" on front and back of card)
419B John Christensen COR (Last name correct on both sides of card)
496 Robbie Wine UER (Name misspelled "Robby" on front of card)
587 Lee Tunnell UER (1987 ERA stat reads ".4.84")
Parallels
Score Glossy
Similar to Topps Tiffany and Fleer Glossy, 1988 Score Glossy is a 660 card parallel of the regular 1988 Score set. Although not serial-numbered, only 5000 of these sets were produced. These sets were issued in factory set versions only and released solely through Major League Marketing's hobby accounts.
Inserts
Young Superstars Series One
This high-gloss set was inserted into rack packs and as a factory set and features 40 of the top prospects for 1988. A second series of 40 cards was sold exclusively as a factory set.
1 Mark McGwire
2 Benito Santiago
3 Sam Horn
4 Chris Bosio
5 Matt Nokes
6 Ken Williams
7 Dion James
8 B.J. Surhoff
9 Joe Magrane
10 Kevin Seitzer
11 Stanley Jefferson
12 Devon White
13 Nelson Liriano
14 Chris James
15 Mike Henneman
16 Terry Steinbach
17 John Kruk
18 Matt Williams
19 Kelly Downs
20 Bill Ripken
21 Ozzie Guillen
22 Luis Polonia
23 Dave Magadan
24 Mike Greenwell
25 Will Clark
26 Mike Dunne
27 Wally Joyner
28 Robby Thompson
29 Ken Caminiti
30 Jose Canseco
31 Todd Benzinger
32 Pete Incaviglia
33 John Farrell
34 Casey Candaele
35 Mike Aldrete
36 Ruben Sierra
37 Ellis Burks
38 Tracy Jones
39 Kal Daniels
40 Cory Snyder
Box Bottoms
Similar to their competitors, Score printed "cards" on the bottoms of their wax boxes. Unlike the competition, the design of the 1988 Score Box Bottoms was original. There are six different wax box bottom panels each featuring three players and a trivia question. When panels are cut into individual cards, they are standard size. The card backs of the players feature the respective League logos most prominently.
Panel A
1 Terry Kennedy
2 Don Mattingly
3 Willie Randolph
T1 Fenway Park
Panel B
4 Wade Boggs
5 Cal Ripken
6 George Bell
T2 Comiskey Park
Panel C
7 Rickey Henderson
8 Dave Winfield
9 Bret Saberhagen
T3 Anaheim Stadium
Panel D
10 Gary Carter
11 Jack Clark
12 Ryne Sandberg
T4 Wrigley Field
Panel E
13 Mike Schmidt
14 Ozzie Smith
15 Eric Davis
T5 Comiskey Park
Panel F
16 Andre Dawson
17 Darryl Strawberry
18 Mike Scott
T6 County Stadium
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