1991 Topps

Description

1991 Topps is a 792-card set -- the tenth consecutive year the annual Topps flagship clocked-in at 792 cards. Notable for being its 40th Anniversary, 1991 Topps is renowned excellent photography and design. Subsets include Record Breakers, All-Stars, Draft Picks, and Future Stars. The only notable rookie is of Chipper Jones, the first pick in the MLB Draft the previous year.

Topps began transitioning away from wax paper wrappers in favor of plastic "poly" packs -- similar to those used in 1991 Stadium Club. "Wax" packs exist in both wax paper and poly plastic. This would be the final year Topps would be printed on gray back cardstock and the final year packs contained a stick of gum.

An estimated 4-5 million copies of each card were printed.

40th Anniversary Promotion

In 1991 Topps celebrated 40th anniversary in the baseball card business with a sweepstakes and instant win game. One copy of each Topps base card (1951-1990 inclusive) was randomly inserted into packs. According to an newspaper interview with Topps spokesman Dennis Liss, buyback cards with a value of less than $50 were inserted into packs, while cards worth more than $50 and issued before 1957 (which were oversized) would be redemptions. Based on data from collectors who opened large quantities of 1991 Topps packs, the buybacks and redemption coupons were seeded into packs at the "case hit" level. Topps advertised that they spent $1 million on prior-year cards for this promotion.

The contest consisted of:

• One contest card was seeded in every pack. Collectors could fill out the card with their name and address for a chance to win one of 41 different prizes. The first-place prize was every Topps complete set from 1952 to 1991. The forty second-place prizes was one Topps complete set from a random year.

• Contest cards, which were seeded at one in every 1000 packs, contained an X were "instant winners" and could be redeemed for a vintage buy-back card.

Single-card Prize Winners:

• 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle by Mark Leffler, Shelbyville, IN
• 1952 Andy Pafko by John Grupp, East Meadow, NY
• 1952 Bill Dickey by Barry Black, Johnson City, TN
• 1953 Jackie Robinson by Wayne Curtis, Fremont, CA
• 1955 Willie Mays by Ben Phillip, Minneapolis, MN
• 1957 Mickey Mantle by Robbie Alter, Prosser, WA
• 1958 Mickey Mantle by Tracy Whitehead, Senora, TX
• 1960 Carl Yastrzemski by a man from PA
• 1966 Gaylord Perry by a man from VA
• 1968 Ryan/Koosman by Mark Mix, Saint Cloud, MN
• 1969 Reggie Jackson by Edward Thimons, Natrona Heights, PA

Complete set winners, who were randomly selected on May 1st, Aug. 1st, Sept. 15th, and Nov. 1st, 1991.

• 1952 Topps Complete Set - David Mayberry, Comanche, IA
• 1953 Topps Complete Set
• 1954 Topps Complete Set
• 1955 Topps Complete Set
• 1956 Topps Complete Set
• 1957 Topps Complete Set - Tony Petronella, Chicago, IL
• 1958 Topps Complete Set
• 1959 Topps Complete Set
• 1960 Topps Complete Set
• 1961 Topps Complete Set
• 1962 Topps Complete Set
• 1963 Topps Complete Set
• 1964 Topps Complete Set
• 1965 Topps Complete Set - Clint Ratke, Custer City, OK

Grand Prize Set Winner (announced May 1st, 1991)

• Jack Glenn, New York, NY - All 40 sets (1952-1991)

Distribution

Wax/Poly: 36 packs per box, fifteen cards plus one stick of bubble gum per pack (MSRP: $0.50). 20 boxes per case.

Cello: 24 packs per box, 34 cards plus one stick of bubble gum per pack (MSRP: $0.99).

Rack: 24 packs per box, 45 cards per pack. Three boxes per case.

Jumbo: 100 cards per pack.

Vending Boxes: 500 cards per box. Fifteen boxes per case.

Factory Sets.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Wax Odds	Cello Odds	Rack Odds	Jumbo Odds
Base	792	-	15:1	34:1	44:1	99:1
Glossy All-Stars	22	-	N/A	N/A	one-per-pack	N/A
Glossy Rookies	33	-	N/A	N/A	N/A	one-per-pack

Checklist

Promos

A nine-card set was distributed to promote the upcoming 1991 Topps Baseball set.

• Wade Boggs
• Jose Canseco
• Roger Clemens
• Rickey Henderson
• Bo Jackson
• Willie Randolph
• Benny Santiago
• Walt Weiss

Base Set

• 1 Nolan Ryan

Record Breakers

• 2 George Brett
• 3 Carlton Fisk
• 4 Kevin Maas
• 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 6 Nolan Ryan
• 7 Ryne Sandberg
• 8 Bobby Thigpen

• 9 Darrin Fletcher
• 10 Gregg Olson
• 11 Roberto Kelly
• 12 Paul Assenmacher
• 13 Mariano Duncan
• 14 Dennis Lamp
• 15 Von Hayes
• 16 Mike Heath
• 17 Jeff Brantley
• 18 Nelson Liriano
• 19 Jeff D. Robinson
• 20 Pedro Guerrero
• 21 Joe Morgan
• 22 Storm Davis
• 23 Jim Gantner
• 24 Dave Martinez
• 25 Tim Belcher
• 26 Luis Sojo
• 27 Bobby Witt
• 28 Alvaro Espinoza
• 29 Bob Walk
• 30 Gregg Jefferies
• 31 Colby Ward
• 32 Mike Simms RC
• 33 Barry Jones
• 34 Charlie Haag
• 35 Greg Maddux
• 36 Donnie Hill
• 37 Tom Bolton
• 38 Scott Bradley
• 39 Jim Neidlinger
• 40 Kevin Mitchell
• 41 Ken Dayley
• 42 Chris Hoiles
• 43 Roger McDowell
• 44 Mike Felder
• 45 Chris Sabo
• 46 Tim Drummond
• 47 Brook Jacoby
• 48 Dennis Boyd
• 49 Pat Borders
• 49 Pat Borders (40 steals at Kinston in '86)
• 50 Bob Welch
• 51 Art Howe
• 52 Francisco Oliveras
• 53 Mike Sharperson
• 54 Gary Mielke
• 55 Jeffrey Leonard
• 56 Jeff Parrett
• 57 Jack Howell
• 58 Mel Stottlemyre
• 59 Eric Yelding
• 60 Frank Viola
• 61 Stan Javier
• 62 Lee Guetterman
• 63 Milt Thompson
• 64 Tom Herr
• 65 Bruce Hurst
• 66 Terry Kennedy
• 67 Rick Honeycutt
• 68 Gary Sheffield
• 69 Steve Wilson
• 70 Ellis Burks
• 71 Jim Acker
• 72 Junior Ortiz
• 73 Craig Worthington
• 74 Shane Andrews
• 75 Jack Morris
• 76 Jerry Browne
• 77 Drew Hall
• 78 Geno Petralli
• 79 Frank Thomas
• 80a Fernando Valenzuela ERR (20 complete games in 1986 not italicized, tied for earned runs in 1990
• 80b Fernando Valenzuela COR (20 complete games in 1986 italicized, led league in earned runs in 199
• 81 Cito Gaston MGR
• 82 Tom Glavine
• 83a Daryl Boston VAR ("A* B*" on copyright)
• 83b Daryl Boston VAR ("A*" on copyright)
• 84 Bob McClure
• 85 Jesse Barfield
• 86 Les Lancaster
• 87a Tracy Jones VAR ("E* F*" on copyright)
• 87b Tracy Jones VAR ("F*" on copyright)
• 88 Bob Tewksbury
• 89 Darren Daulton
• 90 Danny Tartabull
• 91 Greg Colbrunn RC FS
• 92 Danny Jackson
• 93 Ivan Calderon
• 94 John Dopson
• 95 Paul Molitor
• 96 Trevor Wilson
• 97a Brady Anderson ERR (Monthly Scoreboard for Sept: 3H, 2RBI)
• 97b Brady Anderson COR (Monthly scoreboard for Sept.: 14 H, 3 RBI)
• 98 Sergio Valdez
• 99 Chris Gwynn
• 100a Don Mattingly ERR (10 H in '90, 1310 career H, .483 career SLG, .297 career BA)
• 100b Don Mattingly COR (101 H in '90, 1401 career H, .504 career SLG, .317 career BA)
• 101 Rob Ducey
• 102 Gene Larkin
• 103 Tim Costo RC DP
• 104 Don Robinson
• 105 Kevin McReynolds
• 106 Ed Nunez
• 107 Luis Polonia
• 108 Matt Young
• 109 Greg Riddoch MGR
• 110 Tom Henke
• 111 Andres Thomas
• 112 Frank DiPino
• 113 Carl Everett RC DP
• 114 Lance Dickson RC FS
• 115 Hubie Brooks
• 116 Mark Davis
• 117 Dion James
• 118 Tom Edens RC
• 119 Carl Nichols
• 120 Joe Carter
• 121 Eric King
• 122 Paul O'Neill
• 123 Greg Harris
• 124 Randy Bush
• 125 Steve Bedrosian
• 126 Bernard Gilkey
• 127 Joe Price
• 128 Travis Fryman
• 129 Mark Eichhorn
• 130 Ozzie Smith
• 131a Checklist #1 ERR (Phil Bradley #727)
• 131b Checklist #1 COR (Phil Bradley #717)
• 132 Jamie Quirk
• 133 Greg Briley
• 134 Kevin Elster
• 135 Jerome Walton
• 136 Dave Schmidt
• 137 Randy Ready
• 138 Jamie Moyer
• 139 Jeff Treadway
• 140 Fred McGriff
• 141 Nick Leyva MGR
• 142 Curt Wilkerson
• 143 John Smiley
• 144 Dave Henderson
• 145 Lou Whitaker
• 146 Dan Plesac
• 147 Carlos Baerga
• 148 Rey Palacios
• 149 Al Osuna RC UER (Bats Left, Throws Right, should be opposite)
• 150 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 151 Tom Browning
• 152 Mickey Hatcher
• 153 Bryan Harvey
• 154 Jay Buhner
• 155a Dwight Evans ERR (League Leader in G's for '82)
• 155b Dwight Evans COR (Tied for league lead in G's for '82)
• 156 Carlos Martinez
• 157 John Smoltz
• 158 Jose Uribe
• 159 Joe Boever
• 160 Vince Coleman UER (Birth date listed as 9/22/60, it is actually 9/22/61)
• 161 Tim Leary
• 162 Ozzie Canseco
• 163 Dave Johnson
• 164 Edgar Diaz
• 165 Sandy Alomar, Jr. RCup
• 166 Harold Baines
• 167a Randy Tomlin ERR (Harrisburg mispelled "Harriburg")
• 167b Randy Tomlin RC COR
• 168 John Olerud
• 169 Luis Aquino
• 170 Carlton Fisk
• 171 Tony LaRussa MGR
• 172 Pete Incaviglia
• 173 Jason Grimsley
• 174 Ken Caminiti
• 175 Jack Armstrong
• 176 John Orton
• 177 Reggie Harris
• 178 Dave Valle
• 179 Pete Harnisch
• 180 Tony Gwynn
• 181 Duane Ward
• 182 Junior Noboa
• 183 Clay Parker
• 184 Gary Green
• 185 Joe Magrane
• 186 Rod Booker
• 187 Greg Cadaret
• 188 Damon Berryhill
• 189 Daryl Irvine RC
• 190 Matt Williams
• 191 Willie Blair
• 192 Rob Deer
• 193 Felix Fermin
• 194 Xavier Hernandez
• 195 Wally Joyner
• 196 Jim Vatcher
• 197 Chris Nabholz
• 198 R.J. Reynolds
• 199 Mike Hartley
• 200 Darryl Strawberry
• 201 Tom Kelly
• 202 Jim Leyritz
• 203 Gene Harris
• 204 Herm Winningham
• 205 Mike Perez
• 206 Carlos Quintana
• 207 Gary Wayne
• 208 Willie Wilson
• 209 Ken Howell
• 210 Lance Parrish
• 211 Brian Barnes RC
• 212 Steve Finley
• 213 Frank Wills
• 214 Joe Girardi
• 215 Dave Smith
• 216 Greg Gagne
• 217 Chris Bosio
• 218 Rick Parker
• 219 Jack McDowell
• 220 Tim Wallach
• 221 Don Slaught
• 222 Brian McRae RC
• 223 Allan Anderson
• 224 Juan Gonzalez
• 225 Randy Johnson
• 226 Alfredo Griffin
• 227 Steve Avery
• 228 Rex Hudler
• 229 Rance Mulliniks
• 230 Sid Fernandez
• 231 Doug Rader
• 232 Jose DeJesus
• 233 Al Leiter
• 234 Scott Erickson
• 235 Dave Parker
• 236 Frank Tanana (Led league with 269 K's in '75)
• 236 Frank Tanana (Tied for lead with 269 K's in)
• 237 Rick Cerone
• 238 Mike Dunne
• 239 Darren Lewis
• 240 Mike Scott
• 241 Dave Clark
• 242 Mike LaCoss
• 243 Lance Johnson
• 244 Mike Jeffcoat
• 245 Kal Daniels
• 246 Kevin Wickander
• 247 Jody Reed
• 248 Tom Gordon
• 249 Bob Melvin
• 250 Dennis Eckersley
• 251 Mark Lemke
• 252 Mel Rojas
• 253 Garry Templeton
• 254 Shawn Boskie
• 255 Brian Downing
• 256 Greg Hibbard
• 257 Tom O'Malley
• 258 Chris Hammond
• 259 Hensley Meulens
• 260 Harold Reynolds
• 261 Bud Harrelson
• 262 Tim Jones
• 263 Checklist
• 264 Dave Hollins
• 265 Mark Gubicza
• 266 Carmelo Castillo
• 267 Mark Knudson
• 268 Tom Brookens
• 269 Joe Hesketh
• 270 Mark McGwire
• 270 Mark McGwire (No decimal before 1987 SLG)
• 271 Omar Olivares
• 272 Jeff King
• 273 Johnny Ray
• 274 Ken Williams
• 275 Alan Trammell
• 276 Bill Swift
• 277 Scott Coolbaugh
• 278 Alex Fernandez
• 279 Jose Gonzalez
• 279 Jose Gonzalez (Photo is Billy Bean)
• 280 Bret Saberhagen
• 281 Larry Sheets
• 282 Don Carman
• 283 Marquis Grissom
• 284 Billy Spiers
• 285 Jim Abbott
• 286 Ken Oberkfell
• 287 Mark Grant
• 288 Derrick May
• 289 Tim Birtsas
• 290 Steve Sax
• 291 John Wathan
• 292 Bud Black
• 293 Jay Bell
• 294 Mike Moore
• 295 Rafael Palmeiro
• 296 Mark Williamson
• 297 Manny Lee
• 298 Omar Vizquel
• 299 Scott Radinsky
• 300 Kirby Puckett
• 301 Steve Farr
• 302 Tim Teufel
• 303 Mike Boddicker
• 304 Kevin Reimer
• 305 Mike Scioscia
• 306 Lonnie Smith (136 games in '90)
• 306 Lonnie Smith (135 games in '90)
• 307 Andy Benes
• 308 Tom Pagnozzi
• 309 Norm Charlton
• 310 Gary Carter
• 311 Jeff Pico
• 312 Charlie Hayes
• 313 Ron Robinson
• 314 Gary Pettis
• 315 Roberto Alomar
• 316 Gene Nelson
• 317 Mike Fitzgerald
• 318 Rick Aguilera
• 319 Jeff McKnight
• 320 Tony Fernandez
• 321 Bob Rodgers
• 322 Terry Shumpert
• 323 Cory Snyder
• 324 Ron Kittle (Tied another standard ...)
• 324 Ron Kittle (Set another standard ...)
• 325 Brett Butler
• 326 Ken Patterson
• 327 Ron Hassey
• 328 Walt Terrell
• 329 Dave Justice
• 330 Dwight Gooden
• 331 Eric Anthony
• 332 Kenny Rogers
• 333 Chipper Jones
• 334 Todd Benzinger
• 335 Mitch Williams
• 336 Matt Nokes
• 337 Keith Comstock (Mariners logo on front)
• 337 Keith Comstock (Cubs logo on front)
• 338 Luis Rivera
• 339 Larry Walker
• 340 Ramon Martinez
• 341 John Moses
• 342 Mickey Morandini
• 343 Jose Oquendo
• 344 Jeff Russell
• 345 Lenny Dykstra
• 346 Jesse Orosco
• 347 Greg Vaughn
• 348 Todd Stottlemyre
• 349 Dave Gallagher
• 350 Glenn Davis
• 351 Joe Torre
• 352 Frank White
• 353 Tony Castillo
• 354 Sid Bream
• 355 Chili Davis
• 356 Mike Marshall
• 357 Jack Savage
• 358 Mark Parent
• 359 Chuck Cary
• 360 Tim Raines
• 361 Scott Garrelts
• 362 Hector Villenueva
• 363 Rick Mahler
• 364 Dan Pasqua
• 365 Mike Schooler
• 366 Checklist CL (119 Carl Nichols)
• 366 Checklist CL (19 Carl Nichols)
• 367 Dave Walsh
• 368 Felix Jose
• 369 Steve Searcy
• 370 Kelly Gruber
• 371 Jeff Montgomery
• 372 Spike Owen
• 373 Darrin Jackson
• 374 Larry Casian
• 375 Tony Pena
• 376 Mike Harkey
• 377 Rene Gonzales
• 378 Wilson Alvarez
• 378 Wilson Alvarez (No 1989 Port Charlotte stats)
• 379 Randy Velarde
• 380 Willie McGee
• 381 Jim Leyland
• 382 Mackey Sasser
• 383 Pete Smith
• 384 Gerald Perry
• 385 Mickey Tettleton

All-Stars

• 386 Cecil Fielder
• 387 Julio Franco
• 388 Kelly Gruber
• 389 Alan Trammell
• 390 Jose Canseco
• 391 Rickey Henderson
• 392 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 393 Carlton Fisk
• 394 Bob Welch
• 395 Chuck Finley
• 396 Bobby Thigpen
• 397 Eddie Murray
• 398 Ryne Sandberg
• 399 Matt Williams
• 400 Barry Larkin
• 401 Barry Bonds
• 402 Darryl Strawberry
• 403 Bobby Bonilla
• 404 Mike Scioscia
• 405 Doug Drabek
• 406 Frank Viola
• 407 John Franco

• 408 Earnest Riles
• 409 Mike Stanley
• 410 Dave Righetti
• 411 Lance Blankenship
• 412 Dave Bergman
• 413 Terry Mulholland
• 414 Sammy Sosa
• 415 Rick Sutcliffe
• 416 Randy Milligan
• 417 Bill Krueger
• 418 Nick Esasky
• 419 Jeff Reed
• 420 Bobby Thigpen
• 421 Alex Cole
• 422 Rick Reuschel
• 423 Rafael Ramirez
• 424 Calvin Schiraldi
• 425 Andy Van Slyke
• 426 Joe Grahe
• 427 Rick Dempsey
• 428 John Barfield
• 429 Stump Merrill
• 430 Gary Gaetti
• 431 Paul Gibson
• 432 Delino DeShields
• 433 Pat Tabler
• 434 Julio Machado
• 435 Kevin Maas
• 436 Scott Bankhead
• 437 Doug Dascenzo
• 438 Vicente Palacios
• 439 Dickie Thon
• 440 George Bell
• 441 Zane Smith
• 442 Charlie O'Brien
• 443 Jeff Innis
• 444 Glenn Braggs
• 445 Greg Swindell
• 446 Craig Grebeck
• 447 John Burkett
• 448 Craig Lefferts
• 449 Juan Berenguer
• 450 Wade Boggs
• 451 Neal Heaton
• 452 Bill Schroeder
• 453 Lenny Harris
• 454 Kevin Appier
• 454 Kevin Appier (No 1990 Omaha stats)
• 455 Walt Weiss
• 456 Charlie Leibrandt
• 457 Todd Hundley
• 458 Brian Holman
• 459 Tom Trebelhorn
• 460 Dave Stieb
• 461 Robin Ventura
• 462 Steve Frey
• 463 Dwight Smith
• 464 Steve Buechele
• 465 Ken Griffey, Sr.
• 466 Charles Nagy
• 467 Dennis Cook
• 468 Tim Hulett
• 469 Chet Lemon
• 470 Howard Johnson
• 471 Mike Lieberthal
• 472 Kirt Manwaring
• 473 Curt Young
• 474 Phil Plantier RC
• 475 Ted Higuera
• 476 Glenn Wilson
• 477 Mike Fetters
• 478 Kurt Stillwell
• 479 Bob Patterson
• 480 Dave Magadan
• 481 Ed Whitson
• 482 Tino Martinez
• 483 Mike Aldrete
• 484 Dave LaPoint
• 485 Terry Pendleton
• 486 Tommy Greene
• 487 Rafael Belliard
• 488 Jeff Manto
• 489 Bobby Valentine
• 490 Kirk Gibson
• 491 Kurt Miller
• 492 Ernie Whitt
• 493 Jose Rijo
• 494 Chris James
• 495 Charlie Hough
• 496 Marty Barrett
• 497 Ben McDonald
• 498 Mark Salas
• 499 Melido Perez
• 500 Will Clark
• 501 Mike Bielecki
• 502 Carney Lansford
• 503 Roy Smith
• 504 Julio Valera
• 505 Chuck Finley
• 506 Darnell Coles
• 507 Steve Jeltz
• 508 Mike York
• 509 Glenallen Hill
• 510 John Franco
• 511 Steve Balboni
• 512 Jose Mesa
• 513 Jerald Clark
• 514 Mike Stanton
• 515 Alvin Davis
• 516 Karl Rhodes
• 517 Joe Oliver
• 518 Cris Carpenter
• 519 Sparky Anderson
• 520 Mark Grace
• 521 Joe Orsulak
• 522 Stan Belinda
• 523 Rodney McCray
• 524 Darrel Akerfelds
• 525 Willie Randolph
• 526 Moises Alou
• 526 Moises Alou (37 runs 1990 Pirates)
• 527 Checklist ERR (105 Kevin McReynolds)
• 527 Checklist ERR (105 Keith Miller)
• 528 Dennis Martinez
• 529 Marc Newfield
• 530 Roger Clemens
• 531 Dave Rohde
• 532 Kirk McCaskill
• 533 Oddibe McDowell
• 534 Mike Jackson
• 535 Ruben Sierra
• 536 Mike Witt
• 537 Jose Lind
• 538 Bip Roberts
• 539 Scott Terry
• 540 George Brett
• 541 Domingo Ramos
• 542 Rob Murphy
• 543 Junior Felix
• 544 Alejandro Pena
• 545 Dale Murphy
• 546 Jeff Ballard
• 547 Mike Pagliarulo
• 548 Jaime Navarro
• 549 John McNamara
• 550 Eric Davis
• 551 Bob Kipper
• 552 Jeff Hamilton
• 553 Joe Klink
• 554 Brian Harper
• 555 Turner Ward RC
• 556 Gary Ward
• 557 Wally Whitehurst
• 558 Otis Nixon
• 559 Adam Peterson
• 560 Greg Smith
• 561 Tim McIntosh
• 562 Jeff Kunkel
• 563 Brent Knackert
• 564 Dante Bichette
• 565 Craig Biggio
• 566 Craig Wilson RC
• 567 Dwayne Henry
• 568 Ron Karkovice
• 569 Curt Schilling
• 570 Barry Bonds
• 571 Pat Combs
• 572 Dave Anderson
• 573 Rich Rodriguez RC
• 574 John Marzano
• 575 Robin Yount
• 576 Jeff Kaiser
• 577 Bill Doran
• 578 Dave West
• 579 Roger Craig
• 580 Dave Stewart
• 581 Luis Quinones
• 582 Marty Clary
• 583 Tony Phillips
• 584 Kevin Brown
• 585 Pete O'Brien
• 586 Fred Lynn
• 587 Jose Offerman
• 588 Mark Whiten
• 589 Scott Ruskin
• 590 Eddie Murray
• 591 Ken Hill
• 592 B.J. Surhoff
• 593 Mike Walker
• 593 Mike Walker ERR (1990 Canton-Akron stat line omit)
• 594 Rich Garces RC
• 595 Bill Landrum
• 596 Ron Walden
• 597 Jerry Don Gleaton
• 598 Sam Horn
• 599 Greg Myers
• 599 Greg Myers ERR (1990 Syracuse stat line omitted)
• 600 Bo Jackson
• 601 Bob Ojeda
• 602 Casey Candaele
• 603 Wes Chamberlain RC
• 603 Wes Chamberlain (Photo is Louie Meadows (no bat))
• 604 Billy Hatcher
• 605 Jeff Reardon
• 606 Jim Gott
• 607 Edgar Martinez
• 608 Todd Burns
• 609 Jeff Torborg
• 610 Andres Galarraga
• 611 Dave Eiland
• 612 Steve Lyons
• 613 Eric Show
• 614 Luis Salazar
• 615 Bert Blyleven
• 616 Todd Zeile
• 617 Bill Wegman
• 618 Sil Campusano
• 619 David Wells
• 620 Ozzie Guillen
• 621 Ted Power
• 622 Jack Daugherty
• 623 Jeff Blauser
• 624 Tom Candiotti
• 625 Terry Steinbach
• 626 Gerald Young
• 627 Tim Layana
• 628 Greg Litton
• 629 Wes Gardner
• 630 Dave Winfield
• 631 Mike Morgan
• 632 Lloyd Moseby
• 633 Kevin Tapani
• 634 Henry Cotto
• 635 Andy Hawkins
• 636 Geronimo Pena
• 637 Bruce Ruffin
• 638 Mike Macfarlane
• 639 Frank Robinson
• 640 Andre Dawson
• 641 Mike Henneman
• 642 Hal Morris
• 643 Jim Presley
• 644 Chuck Crim
• 645 Juan Samuel
• 646 Andujar Cedeno
• 647 Mark Portugal
• 648 Lee Stevens
• 649 Bill Sampen
• 650 Jack Clark
• 651 Alan Mills
• 652 Kevin Romine
• 653 Anthony Telford RC
• 654 Paul Sorrento
• 655 Erik Hanson
• 656 Checklist CL (438 Vicente Palacios)
• 656 Checklist CL (433 Vicente Palacios)
• 656 Checklist CL (348 Vicente Palacios)
• 657 Mike Kingery
• 658 Scott Aldred
• 659 Oscar Azocar
• 660 Lee Smith
• 661 Steve Lake
• 662 Rob Dibble
• 663 Greg Brock
• 664 John Farrell
• 665 Mike LaValliere
• 666 Danny Darwin
• 667 Kent Anderson
• 668 Bill Long
• 669 Lou Piniella
• 670 Rickey Henderson
• 671 Andy McGaffigan
• 672 Shane Mack
• 673 Greg Olson
• 674 Kevin Gross (89 BB with Phillies in '88 tied)
• 674 Kevin Gross (89 BB with Phillies in '88 led)
• 675 Tom Brunansky
• 676 Scott Chiamparino
• 677 Billy Ripken
• 678 Mark Davidson
• 679 Bill Bathe
• 680 David Cone
• 681 Jeff Schaefer
• 682
• 683 Derek Lilliquist
• 684 Milt Cuyler
• 685 Doug Drabek
• 686 Mike Gallego
• 687 John Cerutti (4.76 ERA in '90)
• 687 John Cerutti (4.46 ERA in '90)
• 688 Rosario Rodriguez
• 689 John Kruk
• 690 Orel Hershiser
• 691 Mike Blowers
• 692 Efrain Valdez RC
• 692 Efrain Valdez (No text below stats)
• 693 Francisco Cabrera
• 694 Randy Veres
• 695 Kevin Seitzer
• 696 Steve Olin
• 697 Shawn Abner
• 698 Mark Guthrie
• 699 Jim Lefebvre
• 700 Jose Canseco
• 701 Pascual Perez
• 702 Tim Naehring
• 703 Juan Agosto
• 704 Devon White
• 705 Robby Thompson
• 706 Brad Arnsberg
• 706 Brad Arnsberg (68.2 innings in 1990)
• 707 Jim Eisenreich
• 708 John Mitchell
• 709 Matt Sinatro
• 710 Kent Hrbek
• 711 Jose DeLeon
• 712 Ricky Jordan
• 713 Scott Scudder
• 714 Marvell Wynne
• 715 Tim Burke
• 716 Bob Geren
• 717 Phil Bradley
• 718 Steve Crawford
• 719 Keith Miller
• 720 Cecil Fielder
• 721 Mark Lee
• 722 Wally Backman
• 723 Candy Maldonado
• 724 David Segui
• 725 Ron Gant
• 726 Phil Stephenson
• 727 Mookie Wilson
• 728 Scott Sanderson
• 729 Don Zimmer
• 730 Barry Larkin
• 731 Jeff Gray RC
• 732 Franklin Stubbs
• 733 Kelly Downs
• 734 John Russell
• 735 Ron Darling
• 736 Dick Schofield
• 737 Tim Crews
• 738 Mel Hall
• 739 Russ Swan
• 740 Ryne Sandberg
• 741 Jimmy Key
• 742 Tommy Gregg
• 743 Bryn Smith
• 744 Nelson Santovenia
• 745 Doug Jones
• 746 John Shelby
• 747 Tony Fossas
• 748 Al Newman
• 749 Greg W. Harris
• 750 Bobby Bonilla
• 751 Wayne Edwards
• 752 Kevin Bass
• 753 Paul Marak
• 754 Bill Pecota
• 755 Mark Langston
• 756 Jeff Huson
• 757 Mark Gardner
• 758 Mike Devereaux
• 759 Bobby Cox
• 760 Benito Santiago
• 761 Larry Andersen
• 762 Mitch Webster
• 763 Dana Kiecker
• 764 Mark Carreon
• 765 Shawon Dunston
• 766 Jeff Robinson
• 767 Dan Wilson RC
• 768 Don Pall
• 769 Tim Sherrill
• 770 Jay Howell
• 771 Gary Redus
• 772 Kent Mercker
• 773 Tom Foley
• 774 Dennis Rasmussen
• 775 Julio Franco
• 776 Brent Mayne
• 777 John Candelaria
• 778 Dan Gladden
• 779 Carmelo Martinez
• 780 Randy Myers (19 career losses)
• 780 Randy Myers (15 career losses)
• 781 Darryl Hamilton
• 782 Jim Deshaies
• 783 Joel Skinner
• 784 Willie Fraser
• 785 Scott Fletcher
• 786 Eric Plunk
• 787 Checklist
• 788 Bob Milacki
• 789 Tom Lasorda
• 790 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 791 Mike Benjamin
• 792 Mike Greenwell

Errors

49A Pat Borders (1986 - 40 steals in Kinston) 49B (0 Steal in Kinston)

80A Fernando Valenzuela (104 ER in '90 Tied League Lead) 80B (Led League)

97A Brady Anderson (Sept 2 RBI and 3 Hits) 97B (Set, 3 RBI and 14 Hits)

100A Don Mattingly (10 hits in 1990) 100B (101 hits in 1990)

131A Checklist 1 (#727 Phil Bradley) 131B (#727 Mookie Wilson)

155A Dwight Evans (Lead league w/162 games in 1982) 155B (tied for lead.....)

167A Randy Tomlin (Harriburg) 167B (Harrisburg)

236A Frank Tanana (Tied for lead w/269 K’s on 1975) 236B (Lead League w/269....)

270A Mark McGwire (1987 Slug % 618) 270B (1987 Slug % .618)

279A Jose Gonzalez (Photo Billy Bean) 279B (correct photo)

306A Lonnie Smith (136 Games in 1990) 396B (135 Games in 1990)

324A Ron Kittle (set another standard) 324B (tied another standard)

337A Keith Comstock (Cubs logo on front) 337B (mariners logo on front)

366A Checklist 3 (#19 Carl Nichols) 366B (#119 Carl Nichols)

378A Wilson Alvarez (1989 & 1990 minor league stats deleted) 378B (stats included)

454A Kevin Appier (1990 Omaha Stats deleted 454B (stats included)

526A Moises Alou (37 runs in 2 games for 1990 Pirates 526B (0 Runs in 2 games)

527A Checklist 4 (#105 Keith Miller #719 Kevin McReyolds 527B (#105 Kevin McReyolds #719 Keith Miller)

593A Mike Walker (1990 Canton Stats deleted 593B (Stats included)

599A Greg Myers (1990 Syracuse stats deleted 599B (Stats included)

603A Wes Chamberlain (Photo Louie Meadows) 603B (correct photo)

656A Checklist 5 (348 Palacios, 381 Lind, 537 Lavalliere) 656B (438 Palacios 537 Lind 665 Lavalliere) 656C (433 Palacios)

674A Kevin Gross (1988 Tied for lead) 674B (1988 Lead league)

687A John Cerutti (4.46 ERA in 1990) 687B (4.76 ERA in 1990)

692A Efrain Valdez (Born 6/11/66) 692B (Born 7/11/66)

706A Brad Arnsberg (68.2 IP in 1990) 706B (62.2 IP in 1990)

780A Randy Myers (15 Career losses) 780B (19 Career losses)

Parallels

O-Pee-Chee

The 1991 O-Pee-Chee baseball set was produced for the Canadian market and for the second consecutive year it was a full 792-card parallel of the Topps base set. The only distinctions between the Topps and OPC sets are the bilingual text and the O-Pee-Chee copyright on the backs. (The fronts of the OPC cards even feature the Topps 40th anniversary logo.) The cards were also printed on a lighter, brighter, cardstock -- similar to the Tiffanys.

Because OPC was issued months after the Topps set, traded players were able to have their new teams and dates of trade notated on their card.

As with Topps, O-Pee-Chee threw a contest of their own. 1500 lucky collectors could win a 1990 O-Pee-Chee factory set. (Wow!)

Desert Shield

1991 Topps Desert Shield is a 792-card parallel of the Topps set. Produced as a "thank you" to American troops serving in the Gulf War, this special run was supposed to be sent to the Middle East (in reality, a large amount of the print run never made it past an Air Force base in South Carolina). Cards were distributed in 15-card packs that look and feel like an ordinary 1991 Topps wax pack and each service member was entitled to one pack. All cards have a special "Desert Shield" gold-foil logo stamped in the upper-left corner.

Collectors should be advised that Desert Shield cards are very easy to counterfeit. Unopened Desert Shield wax packs are extremely rare and should only be purchased from a reliable source. Under close inspection, one can spot a fake by the orientation of the palm tree in the foil stamp. The bottom left tip of the tree should point between the E and R in OPERATION. If it doesn't, the stamp/card is most likely fake. In addition, the foil stamp should be crisp. The stamp is fuzzy on some fakes.

According to internal Topss documents, 500 cases of Desert Shield Baseball were produced. Approximately 6313 copies of each Desert Shield card were printed.

Tiffany

1991 was the eighth, and final, year Topps would produce a Tiffany factory set. Like with all previous Tiffany sets, each card was printed on white cardstock and has a glossy coating.

Of all the Tiffany sets, it is believed that the 1991 set is the scarcest with an advertised print run of 4,000 sets.

Micro

In 1991, Topps debuted Topps Micro a parallel set. Micro was sold exclusively in factory set form and primarily to mass market retail outlets. Each card measures 1" X 1 3/8".

Glow Backs

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The "Glow Backs" are a variation that was not discovered until decades after 1991 Topps' release. When exposed to a black light, the pink and navy blue ink on the backs of some cards appear to give off a magenta and cobalt blue "glow."

It's unclear if all 792 cards are available as Glow Backs.

Dark Backs

About a third of the base set can be found with a noticeably darker 40th Anniversary logo.

Inserts

Glossy 1990 All-Stars

For the eighth, and final, year, each rack pack contained one Glossy All-Star. As with the previous versions of this insert, the checklist consists of the starting lineups of the previous year's All-Star Game. The design is also identical, but with the addition of a 40th Anniversary logo.

• 1 Tony LaRussa
• 2 Mark McGwire
• 3 Steve Sax
• 4 Wade Boggs
• 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 6 Rickey Henderson
• 7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 8 Jose Canseco
• 9 Sandy Alomar
• 10 Bob Welch
• 11 Al Lopez CAPT
• 12 Roger Craig
• 13 Will Clark
• 14 Ryne Sandberg
• 15 Chris Sabo
• 16 Ozzie Smith
• 17 Kevin Mitchell
• 18 Lenny Dykstra
• 19 Andre Dawson
• 20 Mike Scioscia
• 21 Jack Armstrong
• 22 Juan Marichal

Glossy 1990 Rookies

One card from this 33-card set was inserted into each 100-card jumbo pack. The design identical to the previous year's set, but with a 40th Anniversary logo on the front. As with the Glossy All-Stars (see above), this would be the final year for the Glossy Rookies.

• 1 Sandy Alomar
• 2 Kevin Appier
• 3 Steve Avery
• 4 Carlos Baerga
• 5 John Burkett
• 6 Alex Cole
• 7 Pat Combs
• 8 Delino DeShields
• 9 Travis Fryman
• 10 Marquis Grissom
• 11 Mike Harkey
• 12 Glenallen Hill
• 13 Jeff Huson
• 14 Felix Jose
• 15 Dave Justice
• 16 Jim Leyritz
• 17 Kevin Maas
• 18 Ben McDonald
• 19 Kent Mercker
• 20 Hal Morris
• 21 Chris Nabholz
• 22 Tim Naehring
• 23 Jose Offerman
• 24 John Olerud
• 25 Scott Radinsky
• 26 Scott Ruskin
• 27 Kevin Tapani
• 28 Frank Thomas
• 29 Randy Tomlin
• 30 Greg Vaughn
• 31 Robin Ventura
• 32 Larry Walker
• 33 Todd Zeile

Box Bottoms

For the final time, Topps printed cards on the bottom of their wax pack boxes. There are four different boxes, each with four cards with the checklist on the side. These cards have yellow borders rather than the white borders of the regular issue cards, and they have different photos of the players. The backs are printed in pink and blue on gray cardboard stock and feature outstanding achievements of the players.

O-Pee-Chee

The same 16 cards that were printed on the bottom of Topps wax boxes were also printed on O-Pee-Chee boxes, as well. Just like the with base set, the only differentiation between the Topps and OPC Box Bottoms are the French text on the OPC cards.

• A Bert Blyleven
• B George Brett
• C Brett Butler
• D Andre Dawson
• E Dwight Evans
• F Carlton Fisk
• G Alfredo Griffin
• H Rickey Henderson
• I Willie McGee
• J Dale Murphy
• K Eddie Murray
• L Dave Parker
• M Jeff Reardon
• N Nolan Ryan
• O Juan Samuel
• P Robin Yount

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