1988 Fleer wax box

Description

1988 Fleer consists of 660 cards. Card fronts feature a distinctive white background with red and blue diagonal stripes across the card. As in years past cards are organized numerically by teams and team order is based upon the previous season's record. Subsets include Super Star Specials (622-640), Rookies (641-653), and checklists (654-660).

Rookie Cards in this set include Jay Bell, Ellis Burks, Ken Caminiti, Ron Gant, Tom Glavine, Mark Grace, Edgar Martinez, Jack McDowell and Matt Williams.

Compared to 1987 Fleer, production was dramatically increased; thereby depressing the long-run value of this set.

Sticker Set

In 1988 Fleer produced a set of "sticker" cards that featured a trophy with the team logo or two team logos with red and white stickers with the team names. These cards were not numbered. They featured a different baseball stadium on the back of each card.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards and 1 sticker per pack. 20 boxes per case.

Cello: 24 packs per box, 28 cards and 2 stickers per pack.

Rack: 24 packs per box, 45 cards and three stickers per pack.

Factory Sets

Glossy Factory Sets (Hobby only)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	660	-	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Keith Atherton

2 Don Baylor

3 Juan Berenguer

4 Bert Blyleven

5 Tom Brunansky

6 Randy Bush

7 Steve Carlton

8 Mark Davidson

9 George Frazier

10 Gary Gaetti

11 Greg Gagne

12 Dan Gladden

13 Kent Hrbek

14 Gene Larkin RC

15 Tim Laudner

16 Steve Lombardozzi

17 Al Newman

18 Joe Niekro

19 Kirby Puckett

20 Jeff Reardon

21 Dan Schatzeder COR

22 Roy Smalley

23 Mike Smithson

24 Les Straker

25 Frank Viola

26 Jack Clark

27 Vince Coleman

28 Danny Cox

29 Bill Dawley

30 Ken Dayley

31 Doug DeCinces

32 Curt Ford

33 Bob Forsch

34 David Green

35 Tom Herr

36 Ricky Horton

37 Lance Johnson RC

38 Steve Lake

39 Jim Lindeman

40 Joe Magrane RC

41 Greg Mathews

42 Willie McGee

43 John Morris

44 Jose Oquendo

45 Tony Pena

46 Terry Pendleton

47 Ozzie Smith

48 John Tudor

49 Lee Tunnell

50 Todd Worrell

51 Doyle Alexander

52 Dave Bergman

53 Tom Brookens

54 Darrell Evans

55 Kirk Gibson

56 Mike Heath

57 Mike Henneman RC

58 Willie Hernandez

59 Larry Herndon

60 Eric King

61 Chet Lemon

62 Scott Lusader

63 Bill Madlock

64 Jack Morris

65 Jim Morrison

66 Matt Nokes RC

67 Dan Petry

68 Jeff Robinson COR

69 Pat Sheridan

70 Nate Snell

71 Frank Tanana

72 Walt Terrell

73 Mark Thurmond

74 Alan Trammell

75 Lou Whitaker

76 Mike Aldrete

77 Bob Brenly

78 Will Clark

79 Chili Davis

80 Kelly Downs

81 Dave Dravecky

82 Scott Garrelts

83 Atlee Hammaker

84 Dave Henderson

85 Mike Krukow

86 Mike LaCoss

87 Craig Lefferts

88 Jeff Leonard

89 Candy Maldonado

90 Eddie Milner

91 Bob Melvin

92 Kevin Mitchell

93 Jon Perlman

94 Rick Reuschel

95 Don Robinson

96 Chris Speier

97 Harry Spilman

98 Robby Thompson

99 Jose Uribe

100 Mark Wasinger

101 Matt Williams RC

102 Jesse Barfield

103 George Bell

104 Juan Beniquez

105 John Cerutti

106 Jim Clancy

107 Rob Ducey

108 Mark Eichhorn

109 Tony Fernandez

110 Cecil Fielder

111 Kelly Gruber

112 Tom Henke

113 Garth Iorg COR

114 Jimmy Key

115 Rick Leach

116 Manny Lee

117 Nelson Liriano

118 Fred McGriff

119 Lloyd Moseby

120 Rance Mulliniks

121 Jeff Musselman

122 Jose Nunez

123 Dave Stieb

124 Willie Upshaw

125 Duane Ward FFC

126 Ernie Whitt

127 Rick Aguilera

128 Wally Backman

129 Mark Carreon RC

130 Gary Carter

131 David Cone

132 Ron Darling

133 Len Dykstra

134 Sid Fernandez

135 Dwight Gooden

136 Keith Hernandez

137 Gregg Jefferies RC

138 Howard Johnson

139 Terry Leach

140 Barry Lyons

141 Dave Magadan

142 Roger McDowell

143 Kevin McReynolds

144 Keith Miller RC

145 John Mitchell

146 Randy Myers FFC

147 Bob Ojeda

148 Jesse Orosco

149 Rafael Santana

150 Doug Sisk

151 Darryl Strawberry

152 Tim Teufel

153 Gene Walter

154 Mookie Wilson

155 Jay Aldrich

156 Chris Bosio

157 Glenn Braggs

158 Greg Brock

159 Juan Castillo

160 Mark Clear

161 Cecil Cooper

162 Chuck Crim

163 Rob Deer

164 Mike Felder

165 Jim Gantner

166 Ted Higuera

167 Steve Kiefer

168 Rick Manning

169 Paul Molitor

170 Juan Nieves

171 Dan Plesac

172 Earnest Riles

173 Bill Schroeder

174 Steve Stanicek

175 B.J. Surhoff

176 Dale Sveum

177 Bill Wegman

178 Robin Yount

179 Hubie Brooks

180 Tim Burke

181 Casey Candaele

182 Mike Fitzgerald

183 Tom Foley

184 Andres Galarraga

185 Neal Heaton

186 Wallace Johnson

187 Vance Law

188 Dennis Martinez

189 Bob McClure

190 Andy McGaffigan

191 Reid Nichols

192 Pascual Perez

193 Tim Raines

194 Jeff Reed

195 Bob Sebra

196 Bryn Smith

197 Randy St.Claire

198 Tim Wallach

199 Mitch Webster

200 Herm Winningham

201 Floyd Youmans

202 Brad Arnsberg

203 Rick Cerone

204 Pat Clements

205 Henry Cotto

206 Mike Easler

207 Ron Guidry

208 Bill Gullickson

209 Rickey Henderson

210 Charles Hudson

211 Tommy John

212 Roberto Kelly RC

213 Ron Kittle

214 Don Mattingly

215 Bobby Meacham

216 Mike Pagliarulo

217 Dan Pasqua

218 Willie Randolph

219 Rick Rhoden

220 Dave Righetti

221 Jerry Royster

222 Tim Stoddard

223 Wayne Tolleson

224 Gary Ward

225 Claudell Washington

226 Dave Winfield

227 Buddy Bell

228 Tom Browning

229 Dave Concepcion

230 Kal Daniels

231 Eric Davis

232 Bo Diaz

233 Nick Esasky UER (Dollar sign $ in front of 1987 stolen base total on back of card)

234 John Franco

235 Guy Hoffman

236 Tom Hume

237 Tracy Jones

238 Bill Landrum

239 Barry Larkin

240 Terry McGriff

241 Rob Murphy

242 Ron Oester

243 Dave Parker

244 Pat Perry

245 Ted Power

246 Dennis Rasmussen

247 Ron Robinson

248 Kurt Stillwell

249 Jeff Treadway RC

250 Frank Williams

251 Steve Balboni

252 Bud Black

253 Thad Bosley

254 George Brett

255 John Davis

256 Steve Farr

257 Gene Garber

258 Jerry Don Gleaton

259 Mark Gubicza

260 Bo Jackson

261 Danny Jackson

262 Ross Jones

263 Charlie Leibrandt

264 Bill Pecota RC

265 Melido Perez RC

266 Jamie Quirk

267 Dan Quisenberry

268 Bret Saberhagen

269 Angel Salazar

270 Kevin Seitzer UER (Incorrect birthdate listed on back of card)

271 Danny Tartabull

272 Gary Thurman

273 Frank White

274 Willie Wilson

275 Tony Bernazard

276 Jose Canseco

277 Mike Davis

278 Storm Davis

279 Dennis Eckersley

280 Alfredo Griffin

281 Rick Honeycutt

282 Jay Howell

283 Reggie Jackson

284 Dennis Lamp

285 Carney Lansford

286 Mark McGwire

287 Dwayne Murphy

288 Gene Nelson

289 Steve Ontiveros

290 Tony Phillips

291 Eric Plunk

292 Luis Polonia RC

293 Rick Rodriguez

294 Terry Steinbach

295 Dave Stewart

296 Curt Young

297 Luis Aguayo

298 Steve Bedrosian

299 Jeff Calhoun

300 Don Carman

301 Todd Frohwirth

302 Greg Gross

303 Kevin Gross

304 Von Hayes

305 Keith Hughes

306 Mike Jackson RC

307 Chris James

308 Steve Jeltz

309 Mike Maddux

310 Lance Parrish

311 Shane Rawley

312 Wally Ritchie

313 Bruce Ruffin

314 Juan Samuel

315 Mike Schmidt

316 Rick Schu

317 Jeff Stone

318 Kent Tekulve

319 Milt Thompson

320 Glenn Wilson

321 Rafael Belliard

322 Barry Bonds

323 Bobby Bonilla

324 Sid Bream

325 John Cangelosi

326 Mike Diaz

327 Doug Drabek

328 Mike Dunne

329 Brian Fisher

330 Brett Gideon

331 Terry Harper

332 Bob Kipper

333 Mike LaValliere

334 Jose Lind RC

335 Junior Ortiz

336 Vicente Palacios

337 Bob Patterson

338 Al Pedrique

339 R.J. Reynolds

340 John Smiley RC

341 Andy Van Slyke UER (Incorrect batting and throwing hand on back of card)

342 Bob Walk

343 Marty Barrett

344 Todd Benzinger RC

345 Wade Boggs

346 Tom Bolton

347 Oil Can Boyd

348 Ellis Burks

349 Roger Clemens

350 Steve Crawford

351 Dwight Evans

352 Wes Gardner

353 Rich Gedman

354 Mike Greenwell FFC

355 Sam Horn

356 Bruce Hurst

357 John Marzano

358 Al Nipper

359 Spike Owen

360 Jody Reed RC

361 Jim Rice

362 Ed Romero

363 Kevin Romine

364 Joe Sambito

365 Calvin Schiraldi

366 Jeff Sellers

367 Bob Stanley

368 Scott Bankhead

369 Phil Bradley

370 Scott Bradley

371 Mickey Brantley

372 Mike Campbell

373 Alvin Davis

374 Lee Guetterman

375 Dave Hengel

376 Mike Kingery

377 Mark Langston

378 Edgar Martinez RC

379 Mike Moore

380 Mike Morgan

381 John Moses

382 Donell Nixon UER (Named misspelled Donnell on front and back of card)

383 Edwin Nunez

384 Ken Phelps

385 Jim Presley

386 Rey Quinones

387 Jerry Reed

388 Harold Reynolds

389 Dave Valle

390 Bill Wilkinson

391 Harold Baines

392 Floyd Bannister

393 Daryl Boston

394 Ivan Calderon

395 Jose DeLeon

396 Richard Dotson

397 Carlton Fisk

398 Ozzie Guillen

399 Ron Hassey

400 Donnie Hill

401 Bob James

402 Dave LaPoint

403 Bill Lindsey

404 Bill Long

405 Steve Lyons

406 Fred Manrique

407 Jack McDowell RC

408 Gary Redus

409 Ray Searage

410 Bobby Thigpen

411 Greg Walker

412 Ken Williams

413 Jim Winn

414 Jody Davis

415 Andre Dawson

416 Brian Dayett

417 Bob Dernier

418 Frank DiPino

419 Shawon Dunston

420 Leon Durham

421 Les Lancaster

422 Ed Lynch

423 Greg Maddux

424 Dave Martinez

425 Keith Moreland COR

426 Jamie Moyer

427 Jerry Mumphrey

428 Paul Noce

429 Rafael Palmeiro

430 Wade Rowdon

431 Ryne Sandberg

432 Scott Sanderson

433 Lee Smith

434 Jim Sundberg

435 Rick Sutcliffe

436 Manny Trillo

437 Juan Agosto

438 Larry Andersen

439 Alan Ashby

440 Kevin Bass

441 Ken Caminiti RC

442 Rocky Childress

443 Jose Cruz

444 Danny Darwin

445 Glenn Davis

446 Jim Deshaies

447 Bill Doran

448 Ty Gainey

449 Billy Hatcher

450 Jeff Heathcock

451 Bob Knepper

452 Rob Mallicoat

453 Dave Meads

454 Craig Reynolds

455 Nolan Ryan

456 Mike Scott

457 Dave Smith

458 Denny Walling

459 Robbie Wine

460 Gerald Young

461 Bob Brower

462 Jerry Browne COR

463 Steve Buechele

464 Edwin Correa

465 Cecil Espy

466 Scott Fletcher

467 Jose Guzman

468 Greg Harris

469 Charlie Hough

470 Pete Incaviglia

471 Paul Kilgus

472 Mike Loynd

473 Oddibe McDowell

474 Dale Mohorcic

475 Pete O'Brien

476 Larry Parrish

477 Geno Petralli

478 Jeff Russell

479 Ruben Sierra

480 Mike Stanley

481 Curtis Wilkerson

482 Mitch Williams

483 Bobby Witt

484 Tony Armas

485 Bob Boone

486 Bill Buckner

487 DeWayne Buice

488 Brian Downing

489 Chuck Finley

490 Willie Fraser UER (Incorrect bio stats on back of card)

491 Jack Howell

492 Ruppert Jones

493 Wally Joyner

494 Jack Lazorko

495 Gary Lucas

496 Kirk McCaskill

497 Mark McLemore

498 Darrell Miller

499 Greg Minton

500 Donnie Moore

501 Gus Polidor

502 Johnny Ray

503 Mark Ryal

504 Dick Schofield

505 Don Sutton

506 Devon White

507 Mike Witt

508 Dave Anderson

509 Tim Belcher FFC

510 Ralph Bryant

511 Tim Crews

512 Mike Devereaux RC

513 Mariano Duncan

514 Pedro Guerrero

515 Jeff Hamilton

516 Mickey Hatcher

517 Brad Havens

518 Orel Hershiser

519 Shawn Hillegas

520 Ken Howell

521 Tim Leary

522 Mike Marshall

523 Steve Sax

524 Mike Scioscia

525 Mike Sharperson

526 John Shelby

527 Franklin Stubbs

528 Fernando Valenzuela

529 Bob Welch

530 Matt Young

531 Jim Acker

532 Paul Assenmacher

533 Jeff Blauser RC

534 Joe Boever

535 Martin Clary

536 Kevin Coffman

537 Jeff Dedmon

538 Ron Gant RC

539 Tom Glavine RC

540 Ken Griffey

541 Albert Hall

542 Glenn Hubbard

543 Dion James

544 Dale Murphy

545 Ken Oberkfell

546 David Palmer

547 Gerald Perry

548 Charlie Puleo

549 Ted Simmons

550 Zane Smith

551 Andres Thomas

552 Ozzie Virgil

553 Don Aase

554 Jeff Ballard

555 Eric Bell

556 Mike Boddicker

557 Ken Dixon

558 Jim Dwyer

559 Ken Gerhart

560 Rene Gonzales RC

561 Mike Griffin

562 John Habyan UER (Named misspelled Hayban on front and back)

563 Terry Kennedy

564 Ray Knight

565 Lee Lacy

566 Fred Lynn

567 Eddie Murray

568 Tom Niedenfuer

569 Bill Ripken RC

570 Cal Ripken

571 Dave Schmidt

572 Larry Sheets

573 Pete Stanicek

574 Mark Williamson

575 Mike Young

576 Shawn Abner

577 Greg Booker

578 Chris Brown

579 Keith Comstock

580 Joey Cora RC

581 Mark Davis

582 Tim Flannery

583 Goose Gossage

584 Mark Grant

585 Tony Gwynn

586 Andy Hawkins

587 Stan Jefferson

588 Jimmy Jones

589 John Kruk

590 Shane Mack FFC

591 Carmelo Martinez

592 Lance McCullers UER (Height on back 6'11")

593 Eric Nolte

594 Randy Ready

595 Luis Salazar

596 Benito Santiago

597 Eric Show

598 Garry Templeton

599 Ed Whitson

600 Scott Bailes

601 Chris Bando

602 Jay Bell

603 Brett Butler

604 Tom Candiotti

605 Joe Carter

606 Carmen Castillo

607 Brian Dorsett

608 John Farrell

609 Julio Franco

610 Mel Hall

611 Tommy Hinzo

612 Brook Jacoby

613 Doug Jones RC

614 Ken Schrom

615 Cory Snyder

616 Sammy Stewart

617 Greg Swindell

618 Pat Tabler

619 Ed VandeBerg

620 Eddie Williams RC

621 Rich Yett

622 Slugging Sophomores

623 Dominican Dynamite

624 M.McGwire/J.Canseco

625 Classic Relief

626 All Star Righties

627 Game Closers

628 O.Smith/R.Sandberg

629 Mark McGwire HL

630 Greenwell/Burks/Benz

631 Tony Gwynn/T.Raines

632 Pitching Magic

633 M.McGwire/P.Tabler

634 Tony Gwynn/V.Coleman

635 C.Ripken/Trammell/Fern

636 Mike Schmidt/G.Carter

637 D.Strawberry/E.Davis

638 M.Nokes/K.Puckett

639 NL All-Stars

640 Ripken Brothers

641 Major League Prospects Mark Grace/Darrin Jackson

642 Jeff Montgomery

643 Felix Fermin/Jesse Reid

644 Greg Myers

645 Joey Meyer/Jim Eppard

646 Randy Velarde

647 Pete Smith/C.Gwynn

648 Tom Newell/Greg Jelks

649 Mario Diaz RC/Clay Parker

650 J. Savage/T. Simmons

651 John Burkett

652 Walt Weiss

653 Jeff King

654 CL Twins/Cards Tigers/Giants UER (card 90 listed as Bob Melvin, card 91 listed as Ed Milner)

655 CL Blue Jays/Mets Brewers/Expos UER

656 CL Yankees/Reds Royals/A's

657 CL Phillies/Pirates Red Sox/Mariners

658 CL White Sox/Cubs Astros/Rangers

659 CL Angels/Dodgers Braves/Orioles

660 CL Padres/Indians Rookies/Specials

Errors

21A Dan Schatzeder ERR (Misspelled Schatzader on front and back of card) 21B Dan Schatzeder COR(correct spelling on front and back)

68A Jeff Robinson ERR (Has birthday 12/13/60 and stats of Jeff D. Robinson on back) 68B Jeff Robinson COR (correct birthdate of 12/14/61 and stats on back)

113A Garth Iorg ERR (Misspelled Iorq on card front) 113B Garth Iorg COR (correct spelling on front)

425A Keith Moreland ERR (Bunting, photo of Jody Davis) 425B Keith Moreland COR (Standing, correct photo)

462A Jerry Browne ERR (photo of Bob Brower, white) 462B Jerry Browne COR (correct photo, black)

654A Twins/Cardinals/Tigers/Giants CL ERR (card 21 incorrectly spelled as Schatzader)

654B Twins/Cardinals/Tigers/Giants CL COR (card 21 correctly spelled as Schatzeder)

655A

Parallels

Glossy

For the second consecutive year, Fleer produced a Glossy set. Similar to Topps Tiffany, Fleer Glossy is a 660 card parallel to the regular Fleer issue. The cards (along with the 12-card World Series insert set) were issued as a full set in a tin box distributed exclusively through hobby dealers. Since many dealers had problems selling their 1987 sets, production was reduced for the 1988 issues. It is believed that between 40,000 and 60,000 sets were produced.

Inserts

All-Stars

This 12-card set was inserted randomly in wax and cello packs.

1 Matt Nokes
2 Tom Henke
3 Ted Higuera
4 Roger Clemens
5 George Bell
6 Andre Dawson
7 Eric Davis
8 Wade Boggs
9 Alan Trammell
10 Juan Samuel
11 Jack Clark
12 Paul Molitor

Headliners

This six-card set came one-per rack pack.

1 Don Mattingly
2 Mark McGwire
3 Jack Morris
4 Darryl Strawberry
5 Dwight Gooden
6 Tim Raines

1 Don Mattingly

2 Mark McGwire

3 Jack Morris

4 Darryl Strawberry

5 Dwight Gooden

6 Tim Raines

World Series

This 12-card set was included in each factory set, and features highlights of the 1987 World Series. A Glossy version was also included in each factory set.

1 Dan Gladden
2 Randy Bush
3 John Tudor
4 Ozzie Smith
5 Todd Worrell / Tony Pena
6 Vince Coleman
7 Tommy Herr / Dan Driessen
8 Kirby Puckett
9 Kent Hrbek
10 Tommy Herr
11 Don Baylor
12 Frank Viola

1 Dan Gladden

2 Randy Bush

3 John Tudor

4 Ozzie Smith

5 Todd Worrell/Tony Pena

6 Vince Coleman

7 Tommy Herr/Dan Driessen

8 Kirby Puckett

9 Kent Hrbek

10 Tom Herr

11 Don Baylor

12 Frank Viola

Box Bottoms

These 16 cards (C1 to C16) were printed on the bottom of the wax boxes. There are four different "panels" with four cards on each panel. The value of the panel uncut is slightly greater, perhaps by 25 percent greater, than the value of the individual cards cut up carefully.

Panel A

C1 Cardinals Logo

C2 Dwight Evans

C3 Andres Galarraga

C4 Wally Joyner

Panel B

C5 Twins Logo

C6 Dale Murphy

C7 Kirby Puckett

C8 Shane Rawley

Panel C

C9 Giants Logo

C10 Ryne Sandberg

C11 Mike Schmidt

C12 Kevin Seitzer

Panel D

C13 Tigers Logo

C14 Dave Stewart

C15 Tim Wallach

C16 Todd Worrell

Sticker Set

"Trophy" series

Yankees

"2 Team logo" series

Red Sox/Dodgers