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Description

1989 Score Baseball is a 660-card set. Like 1988 Score cards feature six distinctive inner-border colors on the front and are divided into 110 card color groups. One of the few 1989 sets that did NOT include Ken Griffey, Jr. (he was in the Rookie/Traded set), '89 Score did include rookie cards of Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Gary Sheffield, and John Smoltz.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 16 cards plus one "Magic Motion" trivia card per pack

Rack: 24 packs per box, 48 cards per pack

Factory Sets

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Wax Odds	Rack Odds
Base	660	?	?
Young Superstars Series One	42	N/A	one-per-pack

Checklist

Promos

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Promos exist for cards 221-330. Unfortunately, these cards were not marked as such. The only differentiating feature of these cards is the lack of copyright date on the reverse.

Base Set

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1 Jose Canseco
2 Andre Dawson
3 Mark McGwire
4 Benito Santiago
5 Rick Reuschel
6 Fred McGriff
7 Kal Daniels
8 Gary Gaetti
9 Ellis Burks
10 Darryl Strawberry
11 Julio Franco
12 Lloyd Moseby
13 Jeff Pico
14 Johnny Ray
15 Cal Ripken, Jr.
16 Dick Schofield
17 Mel Hall
18 Bill Ripken
19 Brook Jacoby
20 Kirby Puckett
21 Bill Doran
22 Pete O'Brien
23 Matt Nokes
24 Brian Fisher
25 Jack Clark
26 Gary Pettis
27 Dave Valle
28 Willie Wilson
29 Curt Young
30 Dale Murphy
31 Barry Larkin
32 Dave Stewart
33 Mike LaValliere
34 Glenn Hubbard
35 Ryne Sandberg
36 Tony Pena
37 Greg Walker
38 Von Hayes
39 Kevin Mitchell
40 Tim Raines
41 Keith Hernandez
42 Keith Moreland
43 Ruben Sierra
44 Chet Lemon
45 Willie Randolph
46 Andy Allanson
47 Candy Maldonado
48 Sid Bream
49 Denny Walling
50 Dave Winfield
51 Alvin Davis
52 Cory Snyder
53 Hubie Brooks
54 Chili Davis
55 Kevin Seitzer
56 Jose Uribe
57 Tony Fernandez
58 Tim Teufel
59 Oddibe McDowell
60 Les Lancaster
61 Billy Hatcher
62 Dan Gladden
63 Marty Barrett
64 Nick Esasky
65 Wally Joyner
66 Mike Greenwell
67 Ken Williams
68 Bob Horner
69 Steve Sax
70 Rickey Henderson
71 Mitch Webster
72 Rob Deer
73 Jim Presley
74 Albert Hall
75
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76 Brian Downing
77 Dave Martinez
78 Scott Fletcher
79 Phil Bradley
80 Ozzie Smith
81 Larry Sheets
82 Mike Aldrete
83 Darnell Coles
84 Lenny Dykstra
85 Jim Rice
86 Jeff Treadway
87 Jose Lind
88 Willie McGee
89 Mickey Brantley
90 Tony Gwynn
91 R.J. Reynolds
92 Milt Thompson
93 Kevin McReynolds
94 Eddie Murray
95 Lance Parrish
96 Ron Kittle
97 Gerald Young
98 Ernie Whitt
99 Jeff Reed
100 Don Mattingly
101 Gerald Perry
102 Vance Law
103 John Shelby
104 Chris Sabo RC
105 Danny Tartabull
106 Glenn Wilson
107 Mark Davidson
108 Dave Parker
109 Eric Davis
110 Alan Trammell
111 Ozzie Virgil
112 Frank Tanana
113 Rafael Ramirez
114 Dennis Martinez
115 Jose DeLeon
116 Bob Ojeda
117 Doug Drabek
118 Andy Hawkins
119 Greg Maddux
120 Cecil Fielder
121 Mike Scioscia
122 Dan Petry
123 Terry Kennedy
124 Kelly Downs
125 Greg Gross
126 Fred Lynn
127 Barry Bonds
128 Harold Baines
129 Doyle Alexander
130 Kevin Elster
131 Mike Heath
132 Teddy Higuera
133 Charlie Leibrandt
134 Tim Laudner
135 Ray Knight
135 Ray Knight (Reverse negative)
136 Howard Johnson
137 Terry Pendleton
138 Andy McGaffigan
139 Ken Oberkfell
140 Butch Wynegar
141 Rob Murphy
142 Rich Renteria
143 Jose Guzman
144 Andres Galarraga
145 Ricky Horton
146 Frank DiPino
147 Glenn Braggs
148 John Kruk
149 Mike Schmidt
150 Lee Smith
151 Robin Yount
152 Mark Eichhorn
153 DeWayne Buice
154 B.J. Surhoff
155 Vince Coleman
156 Tony Phillips
157 Willie Fraser
158 Lance McCullers
159 Greg Gagne
160 Jesse Barfield
161 Mark Langston
162 Kurt Stillwell
163 Dion James
164 Glenn Davis
165 Walt Weiss
166 Dave Concepcion
167 Alfredo Griffin
168 Don Heinkel
169 Luis Rivera
170 Shane Rawley
171 Darrell Evans
172 Robby Thompson
173 Jody Davis
174 Andy Van Slyke
175 Wade Boggs
176 Garry Templeton
177 Gary Redus
178 Craig Lefferts
179 Carney Lansford
180 Ron Darling
181 Kirk McCaskill
182 Tony Armas
183 Steve Farr
184 Tom Brunansky
185 Bryan Harvey RC
186 Mike Marshall
187 Bo Diaz
188 Willie Upshaw
189 Mike Pagliarulo
190 Mike Krukow
191 Tommy Herr
192 Jim Pankowits
193 Dwight Evans
194 Kelly Gruber
195 Bobby Bonilla
196 Wallace Johnson
197 Dave Stieb
198 Pat Borders RC
199 Rafael Palmeiro
200 Dwight Gooden
201 Pete Incaviglia
202 Chris James
203 Marvell Wynne
204 Pat Sheridan
205 Don Baylor
206 Paul O'Neill
207 Pete Smith
208 Mark McLemore
209 Henry Cotto
210 Kirk Gibson
211 Claudell Washington
212 Randy Bush
213 Joe Carter
214 Bill Buckner
215 Bert Blyleven
216 Brett Butler
217 Lee Mazzilli
218 Spike Owen
219 Bill Swift
220 Tim Wallach
221 David Cone
222 Don Carman
223 Rich Gossage
224 Bob Walk
225 Dave Righetti
226 Kevin Bass
227 Kevin Gross
228 Tim Burke
229 Rick Mahler
230 Lou Whitaker
231 Luis Alicea RC
232 Roberto Alomar
233 Bob Boone
234 Dickie Thon
235 Shawon Dunston
236 Pete Stanicek
237 Craig Biggio RC
238 Dennis Boyd
239 Tom Candiotti
240 Gary Carter
241 Mike Stanley
242 Ken Phelps
243 Chris Bosio
244 Les Straker
245 Dave Smith
246 John Candelaria
247 Joe Orsulak
248 Storm Davis
249 Floyd Bannister
250 Jack Morris
251 Bret Saberhagen
252 Tom Niedenfuer
253 Neal Heaton
254 Eric Show
255 Juan Samuel
256 Dale Sveum
257 Jim Gott
258 Scott Garrelts
259 Larry McWilliams
260 Steve Bedrosian
261 Jack Howell
262 Jay Tibbs
263 Jamie Moyer
264 Doug Sisk
265 Todd Worrell
266 John Farrell
267 Dave Collins
268 Sid Fernandez
269 Tom Brookens
270 Shane Mack
271 Paul Kilgus
272 Chuck Crim
273 Bob Knepper
274 Mike Moore
275 Guillermo Hernandez
276 Dennis Eckersley
277 Graig Nettles
278 Rich Dotson
279 Larry Herndon
280 Gene Larkin
281 Roger McDowell
282 Greg Swindell
283 Juan Agosto
284 Jeff M. Robinson
285 Mike Dunne
286 Greg Mathews
287 Kent Tekulve
288 Jerry Mumphrey
289 Jack McDowell
290 Frank Viola
291 Mark Gubicza
292 Dave Schmidt
293 Mike Henneman
294 Jimmy Jones
295 Charlie Hough
296 Rafael Santana
297 Chris Speier
298 Mike Witt
299 Pascual Perez
300 Nolan Ryan
301 Mitch Williams
302 Mookie Wilson
303 Mackey Sasser
304 John Cerutti
305 Jeff Reardon
306 Randy Myers
307 Greg Brock
308 Bob Welch
309 Jeff D. Robinson
310 Harold Reynolds
311 Jim Walewander
312 Dave Magadan
313 Jim Gantner
314 Walt Terrell
315 Wally Backman
316 Luis Salazar
317 Rick Rhoden
318 Tom Henke
319 Mike Macfarlane RC
320 Dan Plesac
321 Calvin Schiraldi
322 Stan Javier
323 Devon White
324 Scott Bradley
325 Bruce Hurst
326 Manny Lee
327 Rick Aguilera
328 Bruce Ruffin
329 Ed Whitson
330 Bo Jackson
331 Ivan Calderon
332 Mickey Hatcher
333 Barry Jones
334 Ron Hassey
335 Bill Wegman
336 Damon Berryhill RC
337 Steve Ontiveros
338 Dan Pasqua
339 Bill Pecota
340 Greg Cadaret
341 Scott Bankhead
342 Ron Guidry
343 Danny Heep
344 Bob Brower
345 Rich Gedman
346 Nelson Santovenia
347 George Bell
348 Ted Power
349 Mark Grant
350 Roger Clemens (778 wins)
350 Roger Clemens (78 wins)
351 Bill Long
352 Jay Bell
353 Steve Balboni
354 Bob Kipper
355 Steve Jeltz
356 Jesse Orosco
357 Bob Dernier
358 Mickey Tettleton
359 Duane Ward
360 Darrin Jackson RC
361 Rey Quinones
362 Mark Grace
363 Steve Lake
364 Pat Perry
365 Terry Steinbach
366 Alan Ashby
367 Jeff Montgomery
368 Steve Buechele
369 Chris Brown
370 Orel Hershiser
371 Todd Benzinger
372 Ron Gant
373 Paul Assenmacher
374 Joey Meyer
375 Neil Allen
376 Mike Davis
377 Jeff Parrett
378 Jay Howell
379 Rafael Belliard
380 Luis Polonia
381 Keith Atherton
382 Kent Hrbek
383 Bob Stanley
384 Dave LaPoint
385 Rance Mulliniks
386 Melido Perez
387 Doug Jones
388 Steve Lyons
389 Alejandro Pena
390 Frank White
391 Pat Tabler
392 Eric Plunk
393 Mike Maddux
394 Allan Anderson
395 Bob Brenly
396 Rick Cerone
397 Scott Terry
398 Mike Jackson
399 Bobby Thigpen
400 Don Sutton
401 Cecil Espy
402 Junior Ortiz
403 Mike Smithson
404 Bud Black
405 Tom Foley
406 Andres Thomas
407 Rick Sutcliffe
408 Brian Harper
409 John Smiley
410 Juan Nieves
411 Shawn Abner
412 Wes Gardner
413 Darren Daulton
414 Juan Berenguer
415 Charles Hudson
416 Rick Honeycutt
417 Greg Booker
418 Tim Belcher
419 Don August
420 Dale Mohorcic
421 Steve Lombardozzi
422 Charlie Haag
423 Jerry Don Gleaton
424 Scott Bailes
425 Bruce Sutter
426 Randy Ready
427 Jerry Reed
428 Bryn Smith
429 Tim Leary
430 Mark Clear
431 Terry Leach
432 John Moses
433 Ozzie Guillen
434 Gene Nelson
435 Gary Ward
436 Luis Aguayo
437 Fernando Valenzuela
438 Jeff Russell
439 Cecilio Guante
440 Don Robinson
441 Rick Anderson
442 Tom Glavine
443 Daryl Boston
444 Joe Price
445 Stu Cliburn
446 Manny Trillo
447 Joel Skinner
448 Charlie Puleo
449 Carlton Fisk
450 Will Clark
451 Otis Nixon
452 Rick Schu
453 Todd Stottlemyre RC
454 Tim Birtsas
455 Dave Gallagher
456 Barry Lyons
457 Fred Manrique
458 Ernest Riles
459 Doug Jennings RC
460 Joe Magrane
461 Jamie Quirk
462 Jack Armstrong RC
463 Bobby Witt
464 Keith A. Miller
465 Todd Burns
466 John Dopson
467 Rich Yett
468 Craig Reynolds
469 Dave Bergman
470 Rex Hudler
471 Eric King
472 Joaquin Andujar
473 Sil Campusano
474 Terry Mulholland
475 Mike Flanagan
476 Greg A. Harris
477 Tommy John
478 Dave Anderson
479 Fred Toliver
480 Jimmy Key
481 Donell Nixon
482 Mark Portugal
483 Tom Pagnozzi
484 Jeff Kunkel
485 Frank Williams
486 Jody Reed
487 Roberto Kelly
488 Shawn Hillegas
489 Jerry Reuss
490 Mark Davis
491 Jeff Sellers
492 Zane Smith
493 Al Newman
494 Mike Young
495 Larry Parrish
496 Herm Winningham
497 Carmen Castillo
498 Joe Hesketh
499 Darrell Miller
500 Mike LaCoss
501 Charlie Lea
502 Bruce Benedict
503 Chuck Finley
504 Brad Wellman
505 Tim Crews
506 Ken Gerhart
507 Brian Holton ERR Born January 25, 1965 in Denver, CO
507 Brian Holton COR Born November 29, 1959 Mckeesport, PA
508 Dennis Lamp
509 Bobby Meacham UER "099" G's in 84
510 Tracy Jones
511 Mike Fitzgerald
512 Jeff Bittiger RC
513 Tim Flannery
514 Ray Hayward
515 Dave Leiper
516 Rod Scurry
517 Carmelo Martinez
518 Curtis Wilkerson
519 Stan Jefferson
520 Dan Quisenberry
521 Lloyd McClendon
522 Steve Trout
523 Larry Andersen
524 Don Aase
525 Bob Forsch
526 Geno Petralli
527 Angel Salazar
528 Mike Schooler RC
529 Jose Oquendo
530 Jay Buhner UER Wearing #43 on front, listed as #34 on back.
531 Tom Bolton
532 Al Nipper
533 Dave Henderson
534 John Costello RC
535 Donnie Moore
536 Mike Laga
537 Mike Gallego
538 Jim Clancy
539 Joel Youngblood
540 Rick Leach
541 Kevin Romine
542 Mark Salas
543 Greg Minton
544 David Palmer
545 Dwayne Murphy
546 Jim Deshaies
547 Don Gordon
548 Ricky Jordan RC
549 Mike Boddicker
550 Mike Scott
551 Jeff Ballard
552 Jose Rijo ERR Wearing #27 on front, listed as #24 on back
552 Jose Rijo COR
553 Danny Darwin
554 Tom Browning
555 Danny Jackson
556 Rick Dempsey
557 Jeff Leonard
558 Jeff Musselman
559 Ron Robinson
560 John Tudor
561 Don Slaught UER "237" G's in '87
562 Dennis Rasmussen
563 Brady Anderson RC
564 Pedro Guerrero
565 Paul Molitor
566 Terry Clark RC
567 Terry Puhl
568 Mike Campbell
569 Paul Mirabella
570 Jeff Hamilton
571 Oswald Peraza RC
572 Bob McClure
573 Jose Bautista RC
574 Alex Trevino
575 John Franco
576 Mark Parent RC
577 Nelson Liriano
578 Steve Shields
579 Odell Jones
580 Al Leiter
581 Dave Stapleton
582 Orel Hershiser / Jose Canseco / Dave Stewart / Kirk Gibson 88 WS
583 Donnie Hill UER "7" SB's in '84. Stole only one.
584 Chuck Jackson
585 Rene Gonzales
586 Tracy Woodson
587 Jim Adduci
588 Mario Soto
589 Jeff Blauser
590 Jim Traber
591 Jon Perlman
592 Mark Williamson
593 Dave Meads
594 Jim Eisenreich
595 Paul Gibson ERR (Player holding crotch in background)
595 Paul Gibson COR (Airbrushed leg on player in back)
596 Mike Birkbeck
597 Terry Francona
598 Paul Zuvella
599 Franklin Stubbs
600 Gregg Jefferies
601 John Cangelosi
602 Mike Sharperson
603 Mike Diaz
604 Gary Varsho
605 Terry Blocker
606 Charlie O'Brien
607 Jim Eppard
608 John Davis
609 Ken Griffey, Sr.
610 Buddy Bell
611 Ted Simmons
612 Matt Williams
613 Danny Cox
614 Al Pedrique
615 Ron Oester
616 John Smoltz RC
617 Bob Melvin
618 Rob Dibble RC
619 Kirt Manwaring
620 Felix Fermin

1989 Rookies

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621 Doug Dascenzo
622 Bill Brennan
623 Carlos Quintana RC
624 Mike Harkey RC
625 Gary Sheffield RC
626 Tom Prince
627 Steve Searcy
628 Charlie Hayes RC
629 Felix Jose RC
630 Sandy Alomar, Jr. RC
631 Derek Lilliquist RC
632 Geronimo Berroa
633 Luis Medina
634 Tom Gordon RC
635 Ramon Martinez RC
636 Craig Worthington
637 Edgar Martinez
638 Chad Kreuter RC
639 Ron Jones
640 Van Snider
641 Lance Blankenship RC
642 Dwight Smith RC
643 Cameron Drew
644 Jerald Clark
645 Randy Johnson RC
646 Norm Charlton RC
647 Todd Frohwirth
648 Luis de los Santos
649 Tim Jones
650 Dave West RC
651 Bob Milacki

1988 Highlights

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652 Wrigley Field HL
653 Orel Hershiser HL
654 Highlights - Wade Boggs
654 Wade Boggs HL (seaason on back)
655 Highlights - Jose Canseco
656 Doug Jones HL
657 Highlights - Rickey Henderson
658 Tom Browning HL
659 Mike Greenwell HL
660 Joe Morgan HL

Errors and Variations

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75A George Brett ERR ("top hitters at age 33" on back of card)

75B George Brett COR ("top hitters at age 35" on back of card)

120 Cecil Fielder UER (Reverse negative of Fielder on back of card)

135A Ray Knight ERR (Reverse negative, facing left, on front of card)

135B Ray Knight COR (Photo normal, facing right, on front of card

350A Roger Clemens ERR (778 career wins on back of card)

350B Roger Clemens COR (78 career wins on back of card)

507A Brian Holton ERR (Incorrect birthdate on back of card, January 25, 1965)

507B Brian Holton COR (Correct birthdate on back of card, November 29, 1959)

552A Jose Rijo ERR (Incorrect uniform number "24" on back of card)

552B Jose Rijo COR (Correct uniform number "27" on back of card)

561 Don Slaught UER (237 games in 1987)

595A Paul Gibson ERR (Player in background grabbing crotch)

595B Paul Gibson COR (Players hand airbrushed away in background)

654A Wade Boggs HL ERR ("...sixth consecutve seaason" misspelled on back)

654B Wade Boggs HL COR ("...sixth consecutive season" spelled correctly on back)

Inserts

Young Superstars Series One

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The 1989 Score Young Superstars Series One is a 42-card insert set, seeded at the rate of one per rack pack. As with the previous year's set, a second series of 42 Young Superstars was issued exclusively as a factory set later in 1989. Both series have the same design and both have a glossy coating applied to the fronts. However, the Series One cards and blue and salmon colored while the Series Two cards are orange and purple.

1 Gregg Jefferies
2 Jody Reed
3 Mark Grace
4 Dave Gallagher
5 Bo Jackson
6 Jay Buhner
7 Melido Perez
8 Bobby Witt
9 David Cone
10 Chris Sabo
11 Pat Borders
12 Mark Grant
13 Mike Macfarlane
14 Mike Jackson
15 Ricky Jordan
16 Ron Gant
17 Al Leiter
18 Jeff Parrett
19 Pete Smith
20 Walt Weiss
21 Doug Drabek
22 Kirt Manwaring
23 Keith Miller
24 Damon Berryhill
25 Gary Sheffield
26 Brady Anderson
27 Mitch Williams
28 Roberto Alomar
29 Bobby Thigpen
30 Bryan Harvey
31 Jose Rijo
32 Dave West
33 Joey Meyer
34 Allan Anderson
35 Rafael Palmeiro
36 Tim Belcher
37 John Smiley
38 Mackey Sasser
39 Greg Maddux
40 Ramon Martinez
41 Randy Myers
42 Scott Bankhead

A Year to Remember Magic Motion Trivia

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As licensing requirements mandated something other than cards be included, each pack contained one of 56 lenticular "Magic Motion" trivia cards. Each card gives a synopsis of that season's highlights beginning with 1932 and continuing until 1987.

It should be noted that, while there are players listed in the checklist below, none of the cards have the player's image.

1 Babe Ruth
2 Babe Ruth
3 Carl Hubbell
4 Crosley Field
5 Chuck Klein
6 Joe "Ducky" Medwick
7 Johnny Vander Meer
8 Lou Gehrig
9 Bob Feller
10 Joe DiMaggio
11 Ted Williams
12 Spud Chandler
13 St. Louis Browns
14 Hal Newhouser
15 Pete Reiser
16 Jackie Robinson
17 Lou Boudreau
18 George Kell
19 Philadelphia Phillies
20 Bobby Thomson
21 Walt Dropo
22 New York Yankees
23 Joe Adcock
24 Al Kaline
25 Mickey Mantle
26 Lew Burdette
27 Los Angles Dodgers / San Francisco Giants
28 Rocky Colavito
29 Ted Williams
30 Roger Maris
31 Maury Wills
32 Stan Musial
33 New York Yankees / St. Louis Cardinals
34 Sandy Koufax
35 Frank Robinson
36 Carl Yastrzemski
37 Denny McLain
38 New York Mets
39 Frank Robinson
40 Vida Blue
41 Joe Morgan
42 Nolan Ryan
43 Hank Aaron
44 Carlton Fisk
45 Mike Schmidt
46 Reggie Jackson
47 Pete Rose
48 Willie Stargell
49 George Brett
50 "Strike Splits Up Season"
51 Steve Carlton
52 Fred Lynn
53 Detroit Tigers
54 Pete Rose
55 Roger Clemens
56 Don Mattingly

Score
1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998

Rookie/Traded: 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1994 - 1998
Hottest 100 Sets: 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992
Young Superstars: 1988 - 1989 - 1990
Other Score Sets: 1989 Scoremasters - 1990 Score McDonald's - 1997 Score Regional Team - 1998 Score Team Sets