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1984 Topps wax box

Description

1984 Topps is a 792-card, single-series, set. For the second consecutive year, the design featured two photos on the front. Rookie Cards in this set include Don Mattingly and Darryl Strawberry.

Topps tested a special send-in offer in Michigan and a few other states whereby collectors could obtain direct from Topps ten cards of their choice. Needless to say most people ordered the key (most valuable) players necessitating the printing of a special sheet to keep up with the demand. The special sheet had five cards of Darryl Strawberry, three cards of Don Mattingly, etc. The test was apparently a failure in Topps' eyes as they have never tried it again.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.30).

Cello: 24 packs per box, 28 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $0.49).

Rack: 24 packs per box, 54 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99).

Factory Sets

Tiffany Factory Sets

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	792	-	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Steve Carlton HL

2 Rickey Henderson HL

3 Dan Quisenberry HL

4 N.Ryan/Carlton/Perry HL

5 Righetti/Forsch/Warren HL

6 Bench/Perry/Yastrzemski HL

7 Gary Lucas

8 Don Mattingly RC

9 Jim Gott

10 Robin Yount

11 Minnesota Twins TL

12 Billy Sample

13 Scott Holman

14 Tom Brookens

15 Burt Hooton

16 Omar Moreno

17 John Denny

18 Dale Berra

19 Ray Fontenot

20 Greg Luzinski

21 Joe Altobelli MG

22 Bryan Clark

23 Keith Moreland

24 John Martin

25 Glenn Hubbard

26 Bud Black

27 Daryl Sconiers

28 Frank Viola

29 Danny Heep

30 Wade Boggs

31 Andy McGaffigan

32 Bobby Ramos

33 Tom Burgmeier

34 Eddie Milner

35 Don Sutton

36 Denny Walling

37 Texas Rangers TL

38 Luis DeLeon

39 Garth Iorg

40 Dusty Baker

41 Tony Bernazard

42 Johnny Grubb

43 Ron Reed

44 Jim Morrison

45 Jerry Mumphrey

46 Ray Smith

47 Rudy Law

48 Julio Franco FTC

49 John Stuper

50 Chris Chambliss

51 Jim Frey MG

52 Paul Splittorff

53 Juan Beniquez

54 Jesse Orosco

55 Dave Concepcion

56 Gary Allenson

57 Dan Schatzeder

58 Max Venable

59 Sammy Stewart

60 Paul Molitor

61 Chris Codiroli

62 Dave Hostetler

63 Ed VandeBerg

64 Mike Scioscia

65 Kirk Gibson

66 Houston Astros TL

67 Gary Ward

68 Luis Salazar

69 Rod Scurry

70 Gary Matthews

71 Leo Hernandez

72 Mike Squires

73 Jody Davis

74 Jerry Martin

75 Bob Forsch

76 Alfredo Griffin

77 Brett Butler

78 Mike Torrez

79 Rob Wilfong

80 Steve Rogers

81 Billy Martin MG

82 Doug Bird

83 Richie Zisk

84 Lenny Faedo

85 Atlee Hammaker

86 John Shelby

87 Frank Pastore

88 Rob Picciolo

89 Mike Smithson

90 Pedro Guerrero

91 Dan Spillner

92 Lloyd Moseby

93 Bob Knepper

94 Mario Ramirez

95 Aurelio Lopez

96 Kansas City Royals TL

97 LaMarr Hoyt

98 Steve Nicosia

99 Craig Lefferts RC

100 Reggie Jackson

101 Porfirio Altamirano

102 Ken Oberkfell

103 Dwayne Murphy

104 Ken Dayley

105 Tony Armas

106 Tim Stoddard

107 Ned Yost

108 Randy Moffitt

109 Brad Wellman

110 Ron Guidry

111 Bill Virdon MG

112 Tom Niedenfuer

113 Kelly Paris

114 Checklist 1-132

115 Andre Thornton

116 George Bjorkman

117 Tom Veryzer

118 Charlie Hough

119 John Wockenfuss

120 Keith Hernandez

121 Pat Sheridan

122 Cecilio Guante

123 Butch Wynegar

124 Damaso Garcia

125 Britt Burns

126 Atlanta Braves TL

127 Mike Madden

128 Rick Manning

129 Bill Laskey

130 Ozzie Smith

131 W. Boggs/B. Madlock LL

132 M. Schmidt/J. Rice LL

133 Murphy/Cooper/Rice LL

134 Raines/Henderson LL

135 Denny/Hoyt LL

136 Carlton/Morris LL

137 Hammaker/Honeycutt LL

138 Holland/Quisenberry LL

139 Bert Campaneris

140 Storm Davis

141 Pat Corrales MG

142 Rich Gale

143 Jose Morales

144 Brian Harper RC

145 Gary Lavelle

146 Ed Romero

147 Dan Petry

148 Joe Lefebvre

149 Jon Matlack

150 Dale Murphy

151 Steve Trout

152 Glenn Brummer

153 Dick Tidrow

154 Dave Henderson

155 Frank White

156 Oakland A's TL

157 Gary Gaetti

158 John Curtis

159 Darryl Cias

160 Mario Soto

161 Junior Ortiz

162 Bob Ojeda

163 Lorenzo Gray

164 Scott Sanderson

165 Ken Singleton

166 Jamie Nelson

167 Marshall Edwards

168 Juan Bonilla

169 Larry Parrish

170 Jerry Reuss

171 Frank Robinson MG

172 Frank DiPino

173 Marvell Wynne

174 Juan Berenguer

175 Graig Nettles

176 Lee Smith

177 Jerry Hairston

178 Bill Krueger RC

179 Buck Martinez

180 Manny Trillo

181 Roy Thomas

182 Darryl Strawberry RC

183 Al Williams

184 Mike O'Berry

185 Sixto Lezcano

186 St.Louis Cardinal TL

187 Luis Aponte

188 Bryan Little

189 Tim Conroy

190 Ben Oglivie

191 Mike Boddicker

192 Nick Esasky

193 Darrell Brown

194 Domingo Ramos

195 Jack Morris

196 Don Slaught FTC

197 Garry Hancock

198 Bill Doran RC

199 Willie Hernandez

200 Andre Dawson

201 Bruce Kison

202 Bobby Cox MG

203 Matt Keough

204 Bobby Meacham

205 Greg Minton

206 Andy Van Slyke RC

207 Donnie Moore

208 Jose Oquendo RC

209 Manny Sarmiento

210 Joe Morgan

211 Rick Sweet

212 Broderick Perkins

213 Bruce Hurst

214 Paul Householder

215 Tippy Martinez

216 Chicago White Sox TL

217 Alan Ashby

218 Rick Waits

219 Joe Simpson

220 Fernando Valenzuela

221 Cliff Johnson

222 Rick Honeycutt

223 Wayne Krenchicki

224 Sid Monge

225 Lee Mazzilli

226 Juan Eichelberger

227 Steve Braun

228 John Rabb

229 Paul Owens MG

230 Rickey Henderson

231 Gary Woods

232 Tim Wallach

233 Checklist 133-264

234 Rafael Ramirez

235 Matt Young RC

236 Ellis Valentine

237 John Castino

238 Reid Nichols

239 Jay Howell

240 Eddie Murray

241 Bill Almon

242 Alex Trevino

243 Pete Ladd

244 Candy Maldonado

245 Rick Sutcliffe

246 New York Mets TL

247 Onix Concepcion

248 Bill Dawley

249 Jay Johnstone

250 Bill Madlock

251 Tony Gwynn

252 Larry Christenson

253 Jim Wohlford

254 Shane Rawley

255 Bruce Benedict

256 Dave Geisel

257 Julio Cruz

258 Luis Sanchez

259 Sparky Anderson MG

260 Scott McGregor

261 Bobby Brown

262 Tom Candiotti RC

263 Jack Fimple

264 Doug Frobel RC

265 Donnie Hill

266 Steve Lubratich

267 Carmelo Martinez

268 Jack O'Connor

269 Aurelio Rodriguez

270 Jeff Russell RC

271 Moose Haas

272 Rick Dempsey

273 Charlie Puleo

274 Rick Monday

275 Len Matuszek

276 California Angels TL

277 Eddie Whitson

278 George Bell

279 Ivan DeJesus

280 Floyd Bannister

281 Larry Milbourne

282 Jim Barr

283 Larry Biittner

284 Howard Bailey

285 Darrell Porter

286 Lary Sorensen

287 Warren Cromartie

288 Jim Beattie

289 Randy Johnson

290 Dave Dravecky

291 Chuck Tanner MG

292 Tony Scott

293 Ed Lynch

294 U.L. Washington

295 Mike Flanagan

296 Jeff Newman

297 Bruce Berenyi

298 Jim Gantner

299 John Butcher

300 Pete Rose

301 Frank LaCorte

302 Barry Bonnell

303 Marty Castillo

304 Warren Brusstar

305 Roy Smalley

306 Los Angeles Dodgers TL

307 Bobby Mitchell

308 Ron Hassey

309 Tony Phillips RC

310 Willie McGee

311 Jerry Koosman

312 Jorge Orta

313 Mike Jorgensen

314 Orlando Mercado

315 Bob Grich

316 Mark Bradley

317 Greg Pryor

318 Bill Gullickson

319 Al Bumbry

320 Bob Stanley

321 Harvey Kuenn MG

322 Ken Schrom

323 Alan Knicely

324 Alejandro Pena RC

325 Darrell Evans

326 Bob Kearney

327 Ruppert Jones

328 Vern Ruhle

329 Pat Tabler

330 John Candelaria

331 Bucky Dent

332 Kevin Gross RC

333 Larry Herndon

334 Chuck Rainey

335 Don Baylor

336 Seattle Mariners TL

337 Kevin Hagen

338 Mike Warren

339 Roy Lee Jackson

340 Hal McRae

341 Dave Tobik

342 Tim Foli

343 Mark Davis

344 Rick Miller

345 Kent Hrbek

346 Kurt Bevacqu

347 Allan Ramirez

348 Toby Harrah

349 Bob L. Gibson

350 George Foster

351 Russ Nixon MG

352 Dave Stewart

353 Jim Anderson

354 Jeff Burroughs

355 Jason Thompson

356 Glenn Abbott

357 Ron Cey

358 Bob Dernier

359 Jim Acker

360 Willie Randolph

361 Dave Smith

362 David Green

363 Tim Laudner

364 Scott Fletcher

365 Steve Bedrosian

366 San Diego Padres TL

367 Jamie Easterly

368 Hubie Brooks

369 Steve McCatty

370 Tim Raines

371 Dave Gumpert

372 Gary Roenicke

373 Bill Scherrer

374 Don Money

375 Dennis Leonard

376 Dave Anderson

377 Danny Darwin

378 Bob Brenly

379 Checklist 265-396

380 Steve Garvey

381 Ralph Houk MG

382 Chris Nyman

383 Terry Puhl

384 Lee Tunnell

385 Tony Perez

386 George Hendrick AS

387 Johnny Ray AS

388 Mike Schmidt AS

389 Ozzie Smith AS

390 Tim Raines AS

391 Dale Murphy AS

392 Andre Dawson AS

393 Gary Carter AS

394 Steve Rogers AS

395 Steve Carlton AS

396 Jesse Orosco AS

397 Eddie Murray AS

398 Lou Whitaker AS

399 George Brett AS

400 Cal Ripken AS

401 Jim Rice AS

402 Dave Winfield AS

403 Lloyd Moseby AS

404 Ted Simmons AS

405 LaMarr Hoyt AS

406 Ron Guidry AS

407 Dan Quisenberry AS

408 Lou Piniella

409 Juan Agosto

410 Claudell Washington

411 Houston Jimenez

412 Doug Rader MG

413 Spike Owen RC

414 Mitchell Page

415 Tommy John

416 Dane Iorg

417 Mike Armstrong

418 Ron Hodges

419 John Henry Johnson

420 Cecil Cooper

421 Charlie Lea

422 Jose Cruz

423 Mike Morgan

424 Dann Bilardello

425 Steve Howe

426 Baltimore Orioles TL

427 Rick Leach

428 Fred Breining

429 Randy Bush

430 Rusty Staub

431 Chris Bando

432 Charles Hudson

433 Rich Hebner

434 Harold Baines

435 Neil Allen

436 Rick Peters

437 Mike Proly

438 Biff Pocoroba

439 Bob Stoddard

440 Steve Kemp

441 Bob Lillis MGR

442 Byron McLaughlin

443 Benny Ayala

444 Steve Renko

445 Jerry Remy

446 Luis Pujols

447 Tom Brunansky

448 Ben Hayes

449 Joe Pettini

450 Gary Carter

451 Bob Jones

452 Chuck Porter

453 Willie Upshaw

454 Joe Beckwith

455 Terry Kennedy

456 Chicago Cubs TL

457 Dave Rozema

458 Kiko Garcia

459 Kevin Hickey

460 Dave Winfield

461 Jim Maler

462 Lee Lacy

463 Dave Engle

464 Jeff A. Jones

465 Mookie Wilson

466 Gene Garber

467 Mike Ramsey

468 Geoff Zahn

469 Tom O'Malley

470 Nolan Ryan

471 Dick Howser MG

472 Mike G. Brown

473 Jim Dwyer

474 Greg Bargar

475 Gary Redus RC

476 Tom Tellmann

477 Rafael Landestoy

478 Alan Bannister

479 Frank Tanana

480 Ron Kittle

481 Mark Thurmond

482 Enos Cabell

483 Fergie Jenkins

484 Ozzie Virgil

485 Rick Rhoden

486 New York Yankees TL

487 Ricky Adams

488 Jesse Barfield

489 Dave Von Ohlen

490 Cal Ripken

491 Bobby Castillo

492 Tucker Ashford

493 Mike Norris

494 Chili Davis

495 Rollie Fingers

496 Terry Francona

497 Bud Anderson

498 Rich Gedman

499 Mike Witt

500 George Brett

501 Steve Henderson

502 Joe Torre MG

503 Elias Sosa

504 Mickey Rivers

505 Pete Vuckovich

506 Ernie Whitt

507 Mike LaCoss

508 Mel Hall

509 Brad Havens

510 Alan Trammell

511 Marty Bystrom

512 Oscar Gamble

513 Dave Beard

514 Floyd Rayford

515 Gorman Thomas

516 Montreal Expos TL

517 John Moses

518 Greg Walker

519 Ron Davis

520 Bob Boone

521 Pete Falcone

522 Dave Bergman

523 Glenn Hoffman

524 Carlos Diaz

525 Willie Wilson

526 Ron Oester

527 Checklist 397-528

528 Mark Brouhard

529 Keith Atherton

530 Dan Ford

531 Steve Boros MG

532 Eric Show

533 Ken Landreaux

534 Pete O'Brien RC

535 Bo Diaz

536 Doug Bair

537 Johnny Ray

538 Kevin Bass

539 George Frazier

540 George Hendrick

541 Dennis Lamp

542 Duane Kuiper

543 Craig McMurtry

544 Cesar Geronimo

545 Bill Buckner

546 Cleveland Indians TL

547 Mike Moore

548 Ron Jackson

549 Walt Terrell

550 Jim Rice

551 Scott Ullger

552 Ray Burris

553 Joe Nolan

554 Ted Power

555 Greg Brock

556 Joey McLaughlin

557 Wayne Tolleson

558 Mike Davis

559 Mike Scott

560 Carlton Fisk

561 Whitey Herzog MG

562 Manny Castillo

563 Glenn Wilson

564 Al Holland

565 Leon Durham

566 Jim Bibby

567 Mike Heath

568 Pete Filson

569 Bake McBride

570 Dan Quisenberry

571 Bruce Bochy

572 Jerry Royster

573 Dave Kingman

574 Brian Downing

575 Jim Clancy

576 San Francisco Giants TL

577 Mark Clear

578 Lenn Sakata

579 Bob James

580 Lonnie Smith

581 Jose DeLeon

582 Bob McClure

583 Derrel Thomas

584 Dave Schmidt

585 Dan Driessen

586 Joe Niekro

587 Von Hayes

588 Milt Wilcox

589 Mike Easler

590 Dave Stieb

591 Tony LaRussa MG

592 Andre Robertson

593 Jeff Lahti

594 Gene Richards

595 Jeff Reardon

596 Ryne Sandberg

597 Rick Camp

598 Rusty Kuntz

599 Doug Sisk

600 Rod Carew

601 John Tudor

602 John Wathan

603 Renie Martin

604 John Lowenstein

605 Mike Caldwell

606 Toronto Blue Jays TL

607 Tom Hume

608 Bobby Johnson

609 Dan Meyer

610 Steve Sax

611 Chet Lemon

612 Harry Spilman

613 Greg Gross

614 Len Barker

615 Garry Templeton

616 Don Robinson

617 Rick Cerone

618 Dickie Noles

619 Jerry Dybzinski

620 Al Oliver

621 Frank Howard MG

622 Al Cowens

623 Ron Washington

624 Terry Harper

625 Larry Gura

626 Bob Clark

627 Dave LaPoint

628 Ed Jurak

629 Rick Langford

630 Ted Simmons

631 Dennis Martinez

632 Tom Foley

633 Mike Krukow

634 Mike Marshall

635 Dave Righetti

636 Pat Putnam

637 Philadelphia Phillies TL

638 George Vukovich

639 Rick Lysander

640 Lance Parrish

641 Mike Richardt

642 Tom Underwood

643 Mike C. Brown

644 Tim Lollar

645 Tony Pena

646 Checklist 529-660

647 Ron Roenicke

648 Len Whitehouse

649 Tom Herr

650 Phil Niekro

651 John McNamara MG

652 Rudy May

653 Dave Stapleton

654 Bob Bailor

655 Amos Otis

656 Bryn Smith

657 Thad Bosley

658 Jerry Augustine

659 Duane Walker

660 Ray Knight

661 Steve Yeager

662 Tom Brennan

663 Johnnie LeMaster

664 Dave Stegman

665 Buddy Bell

666 Detroit Tigers TL

667 Vance Law

668 Larry McWilliams

669 Dave Lopes

670 Rich Gossage

671 Jamie Quirk

672 Ricky Nelson

673 Mike Walters

674 Tim Flannery

675 Pascual Perez

676 Brian Giles

677 Doyle Alexander

678 Chris Speier

679 Art Howe

680 Fred Lynn

681 Tom Lasorda MG

682 Dan Morogiello

683 Marty Barrett

684 Bob Shirley

685 Willie Aikens

686 Joe Price

687 Roy Howell

688 George Wright

689 Mike Fischlin

690 Jack Clark

691 Steve Lake

692 Dickie Thon

693 Alan Wiggins

694 Mike Stanton

695 Lou Whitaker

696 Pittsburgh Pirates TL

697 Dale Murray

698 Marc Hill

699 Dave Rucker

700 Mike Schmidt

701 Madlock/Rose/Parker LL

702 Rose/Staub/Perez LL

703 Schmidt/Perez/Kingman LL

704 Perez/Staub/Oliver LL

705 Morgan/Cedeno/Bowa LL

706 Carlton/Jenkins/Seaver LL

707 Ryan/Seaver/Carlton LL

708 Seaver/Carlton/Rogers LL

709 Sutter/McGraw/Garber LL

710 Carew/Brett/Cooper LL

711 Carew/Campi./ Jackson LL

712 Jackson/Nettles/ Luzinski LL

713 Jackson/Simmons/ Nettles LL

714 Campaneris/Lopes LL

715 Palmer/Sutton/John LL

716 Sutton/Bert Blyleven LL

717 Palmer/Fingers LL

718 Fingers/Gossage/Quisen.. LL

719 Andy Hassler

720 Dwight Evans

721 Del Crandall MG

722 Bob Welch

723 Rich Dauer

724 Eric Rasmussen

725 Cesar Cedeno

726 Milwaukee Brewers TL

727 Joel Youngblood

728 Tug McGraw

729 Gene Tenace

730 Bruce Sutter

731 Lynn Jones

732 Terry Crowley

733 Dave Collins

734 Odell Jones

735 Rick Burleson

736 Dick Ruthven

737 Jim Essian

738 Bill Schroeder

739 Bob Watson

740 Tom Seaver

741 Wayne Gross

742 Dick Williams MG

743 Don Hood

744 Jamie Allen

745 Dennis Eckersley

746 Mickey Hatcher

747 Pat Zachry

748 Jeff Leonard

749 Doug Flynn

750 Jim Palmer

751 Charlie Moore

752 Phil Garner

753 Doug Gwosdz

754 Kent Tekulve

755 Garry Maddox

756 Cincinnati Reds TL

757 Larry Bowa

758 Bill Stein

759 Richard Dotson

760 Bob Horner

761 John Montefusco

762 Rance Mulliniks

763 Craig Swan

764 Mike Hargrove

765 Ken Forsch

766 Mike Vail

767 Carney Lansford

768 Champ Summers

769 Bill Caudill

770 Ken Griffey

771 Billy Gardner MG

772 Jim Slaton

773 Todd Cruz

774 Tom Gorman

775 Dave Parker

776 Craig Reynolds

777 Tom Paciorek

778 Andy Hawkins

779 Jim Sundberg

780 Steve Carlton

781 Checklist 661-792

782 Steve Balboni

783 Luis Leal

784 Leon Roberts

785 Joaquin Andujar

786 Boston Red Sox TL

787 Bill Campbell

788 Milt May

789 Bert Blyleven

790 Doug DeCinces

791 Terry Forster

792 Bill Russell

Variations

According to hobby lore, several card test sheets made their way out of the factory and were cut up into single cards. These test cards have a slight variation when compared to a standard 1984 Topps cards. The player's head on the test cards, located in the lower left corner, is totally inside the box. It appears only 66 different head-in-box cards were produced in this fashion.

Parallels

Nestle

Topps produced a full 792-card parallel of their flagship Topps set, in uncut sheet form, as part of a promotion with Nestle. For $4.95 and five Nestle candy wrappers, collectors would receive their choice of one of six 132-card uncut sheets. All six sheets make up the full set. Only 5000 of each sheet was printed.

The cards are exactly the same as the regular Topps set, with the exception of the Nestle logo replacing the Topps logo on the front.

Because the Nestle set was distributed in uncut sheet format, singles that are (very, very, carefully) cut out, command a premium.

Tiffany

1984 marked the debut of the Topps Tiffany factory set. Sold exclusively to Hobby dealers, Tiffany was a full 792-card parallel of the 1984 Topps set, but printed on a higher-quality glossy cardstock. The sets were printed at Topps' plant in Ireland and use the same white cardstock as the Topps Traded sets of the era.

Only 10,000 Tiffany sets were produced.