1990 Fleer

Description

1990 Fleer was a 660-card set that was ordered alphabetically by player within each team. The teams were ordered by their respective performance during the 1989 season. There were 3 subsets plus Checklist cards (654-660):

• Decade Greats (621-630)
• Superstar Combinations (631-639)
• Rookie Prospects (640-653)

Card fronts featured an action or posed photo of a player on white, non-glossy card stock that was framed with a team-colored border. Card backs were vertically oriented with the player name, statistics, and career stats by year. There is a "Vital Signs" graphic at the bottom of the card giving key career stats.

Key rookie cards included: Moises Alou, Juan Gonzalez, David Justice, Sammy Sosa, and Larry Walker.

Fleer produced, for the only time, a special Canadian edition of their annual baseball set.

Distribution

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

Canadian Wax: 48 packs per box, 10 cards and one team logo sticker per pack. 12 boxes per case.

Cello (Blue wrapper): 24 packs per box, 33 cards and 3 stickers per pack. 8 boxes per case.

Jumbo (Green wrapper): 24 packs per box, 43 cards and 3 stickers per pack. 8 boxes per case. Two possible wrappers (solid mylar or clear cellophane). (MSRP: $1.49)

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

Factory Sets

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Wax Odds	Cello Odds	Rack Odds
Base	660	-	15:1	33:1	44:1
All-Stars	12	-	?	N/A	N/A
Soaring Stars	12	-	N/A	1:4	N/A
League Standouts	6	-	N/A	N/A	1:1

Checklist

Base Set

1 Lance Blankenship

2 Todd Burns

3 Jose Canseco

4 Jim Corsi

5 Storm Davis

6 Dennis Eckersley

7 Mike Gallego

8 Ron Hassey

9 Dave Henderson

10 Rickey Henderson

11 Rick Honeycutt

12 Stan Javier

13 Felix Jose

14 Carney Lansford

15 Mark McGwire UER

16 Mike Moore

17 Gene Nelson

18 Dave Parker

19 Tony Phillips

20 Terry Steinbach

21 Dave Stewart

22 Walt Weiss

23 Bob Welch

24 Curt Young

25 Paul Assenmacher

26 Damon Berryhill

27 Mike Bielecki

28 Kevin Blankenship

29 Andre Dawson

30 Shawon Dunston

31 Joe Girardi

32 Mark Grace

33 Mike Harkey

34 Paul Kilgus

35 Les Lancaster

36 Vance Law

37 Greg Maddux

38 Lloyd McClendon

39 Jeff Pico

40 Ryne Sandberg

41 Scott Sanderson

42 Dwight Smith

43 Rick Sutcliffe

44 Jerome Walton

45 Mitch Webster

46 Curt Wilkerson

47 Dean Wilkins

48 Mitch Williams

49 Steve Wilson

50 Steve Bedrosian

51 Mike Benjamin RC

52 Jeff Brantley

53 Brett Butler

54 Will Clark UER

55 Kelly Downs

56 Scott Garrelts

57 Atlee Hammaker

58 Terry Kennedy

59 Mike LaCoss

60 Craig Lefferts

61 Greg Litton

62 Candy Maldonado

63 Kirt Manwaring

64 Randy McCament

65 Kevin Mitchell

66 Donell Nixon

67 Ken Oberkfell

68 Rick Reuschel

69 Ernest Riles

70 Don Robinson

71 Pat Sheridan

72 Chris Speier

73 Robby Thompson

74 Jose Uribe

75 Matt Williams

76 George Bell

77 Pat Borders

78 John Cerutti

79 Junior Felix

80 Tony Fernandez

81 Mike Flanagan

82 Mauro Gozzo RC

83 Kelly Gruber

84 Tom Henke

85 Jimmy Key

86 Manny Lee

87 Nelson Liriano

88 Lee Mazzilli

89 Fred McGriff

90 Lloyd Moseby

91 Rance Mulliniks

92 Alex Sanchez

93 Dave Stieb

94 Todd Stottlemyre

95 Duane Ward

96 David Wells

97 Ernie Whitt

98 Frank Wills

99 Mookie Wilson

100 Kevin Appier

101 Luis Aquino

102 Bob Boone

103 George Brett

104 Jose DeJesus

105 Luis De Los Santos

106 Jim Eisenreich

107 Steve Farr

108 Tom Gordon

109 Mark Gubicza

110 Bo Jackson

111 Terry Leach

112 Charlie Leibrandt

113 Rick Luecken

114 Mike Macfarlane

115 Jeff Montgomery

116 Bret Saberhagen

117 Kevin Seitzer

118 Kurt Stillwell

119 Pat Tabler

120 Danny Tartabull

121 Gary Thurman

122 Frank White

123 Willie Wilson

124 Matt Winters

125 Jim Abbott

126 Tony Armas

127 Dante Bichette

128 Bert Blyleven

129 Chili Davis

130 Brian Downing

131 Mike Fetters RC

132 Chuck Finley

133 Willie Fraser

134 Bryan Harvey

135 Jack Howell

136 Wally Joyner

137 Jeff Manto

138 Kirk McCaskill

139 Bob McClure

140 Greg Minton

141 Lance Parrish

142 Dan Petry

143 Johnny Ray

144 Dick Schofield

145 Lee Stevens

146 Claudell Washington

147 Devon White

148 Mike Witt

149 Roberto Alomar

150 Sandy Alomar Jr.

151 Andy Benes

152 Jack Clark

153 Pat Clements

154 Joey Cora

155 Mark Davis

156 Mark Grant

157 Tony Gwynn

158 Greg W. Harris

159 Bruce Hurst

160 Darrin Jackson

161 Chris James

162 Carmelo Martinez

163 Mike Pagliarulo

164 Mark Parent

165 Dennis Rasmussen

166 Bip Roberts

167 Benito Santiago

168 Calvin Schiraldi

169 Eric Show

170 Garry Templeton

171 Ed Whitson

172 Brady Anderson

173 Jeff Ballard

174 Phil Bradley

175 Mike Devereaux

176 Steve Finley

177 Pete Harnisch FFC

178 Kevin Hickey

179 Brian Holton

180 Ben McDonald

181 Bob Melvin

182 Bob Milacki

183 Randy Milligan

184 Gregg Olson

185 Joe Orsulak

186 Bill Ripken

187 Cal Ripken

188 Dave Schmidt

189 Larry Sheets

190 Mickey Tettleton

191 Mark Thurmond

192 Jay Tibbs

193 Jim Traber

194 Mark Williamson

195 Craig Worthington

196 Don Aase

197 Blaine Beatty

198 Mark Carreon

199 Gary Carter

200 David Cone

201 Ron Darling

202 Kevin Elster

203 Sid Fernandez

204 Dwight Gooden

205 Keith Hernandez

206 Jeff Innis

207 Gregg Jefferies

208 Howard Johnson

209 Barry Lyons

210 Dave Magadan

211 Kevin McReynolds

212 Jeff Musselman

213 Randy Myers

214 Bob Ojeda

215 Juan Samuel

216 Mackey Sasser

217 Darryl Strawberry

218 Tim Teufel

219 Frank Viola

220 Juan Agosto

221 Larry Andersen

222 Eric Anthony RC

223 Kevin Bass

224 Craig Biggio

225 Ken Caminiti

226 Jim Clancy

227 Danny Darwin

228 Glenn Davis

229 Jim Deshaies

230 Bill Doran

231 Bob Forsch

232 Brian Meyer

233 Terry Puhl

234 Rafael Ramirez

235 Rick Rhoden

236 Dan Schatzeder

237 Mike Scott

238 Dave Smith

239 Alex Trevino

240 Glenn Wilson

241 Gerald Young

242 Tom Brunansky

243 Cris Carpenter

244 Alex Cole RC

245 Vince Coleman

246 John Costello

247 Ken Dayley

248 Jose DeLeon

249 Frank DiPino

250 Pedro Guerrero

251 Ken Hill

252 Joe Magrane

253 Willie McGee

254 John Morris

255 Jose Oquendo

256 Tony Pena

257 Terry Pendleton

258 Ted Power

259 Dan Quisenberry

260 Ozzie Smith

261 Scott Terry

262 Milt Thompson

263 Denny Walling

264 Todd Worrell

265 Todd Zeile

266 Marty Barrett

267 Mike Boddicker

268 Wade Boggs

269 Ellis Burks

270 Rick Cerone

271 Roger Clemens

272 John Dopson

273 Nick Esasky

274 Dwight Evans

275 Wes Gardner

276 Rich Gedman

277 Mike Greenwell

278 Danny Heep

279 Eric Hetzel

280 Dennis Lamp

281 Rob Murphy

282 Joe Price

283 Carlos Quintana

284 Jody Reed

285 Luis Rivera

286 Kevin Romine

287 Lee Smith

288 Mike Smithson

289 Bob Stanley

290 Harold Baines

291 Kevin Brown

292 Steve Buechele

293 Scott Coolbaugh

294 Jack Daugherty

295 Cecil Espy

296 Julio Franco

297 Juan Gonzalez RC

298 Cecilio Guante

299 Drew Hall

300 Charlie Hough

301 Pete Incaviglia

302 Mike Jeffcoat

303 Chad Kreuter

304 Jeff Kunkel

305 Rick Leach

306 Fred Manrique

307 Jamie Moyer

308 Rafael Palmeiro

309 Geno Petralli

310 Kevin Reimer

311 Kenny Rogers

312 Jeff Russell

313 Nolan Ryan

314 Ruben Sierra

315 Bobby Witt

316 Chris Bosio

317 Glenn Braggs

318 Greg Brock

319 Chuck Crim

320 Rob Deer

321 Mike Felder

322 Tom Filer

323 Tony Fossas

324 Jim Gantner

325 Darryl Hamilton

326 Teddy Higuera

327 Mark Knudson

328 Bill Krueger

329 Tim McIntosh

330 Paul Molitor

331 Jaime Navarro

332 Charlie O'Brien

333 Jeff Peterek

334 Dan Plesac

335 Jerry Reuss

336 Gary Sheffield UER

337 Bill Spiers

338 B.J. Surhoff

339 Greg Vaughn

340 Robin Yount

341 Hubie Brooks

342 Tim Burke

343 Mike Fitzgerald

344 Tom Foley

345 Andres Galarraga

346 Damaso Garcia

347 Marquis Grissom RC

348 Kevin Gross

349 Joe Hesketh

350 Jeff Huson RC

351 Wallace Johnson

352 Mark Langston

353 Dave Martinez

354 Dennis Martinez

355 Andy McGaffigan

356 Otis Nixon

357 Spike Owen

358 Pascual Perez

359 Tim Raines

360 Nelson Santovenia

361 Bryn Smith

362 Zane Smith

363 Larry Walker RC

364 Tim Wallach

365 Rick Aguilera

366 Allan Anderson

367 Wally Backman

368 Doug Baker

369 Juan Berenguer

370 Randy Bush

371 Carmelo Castillo

372 Mike Dyer

373 Gary Gaetti

374 Greg Gagne

375 Dan Gladden

376 German Gonzalez

377 Brian Harper

378 Kent Hrbek

379 Gene Larkin

380 Tim Laudner

381 John Moses

382 Al Newman

383 Kirby Puckett

384 Shane Rawley

385 Jeff Reardon

386 Roy Smith

387 Gary Wayne

388 Dave West

389 Tim Belcher

390 Tim Crews

391 Mike Davis

392 Rick Dempsey

393 Kirk Gibson

394 Jose Gonzalez

395 Alfredo Griffin

396 Jeff Hamilton

397 Lenny Harris RC

398 Mickey Hatcher

399 Orel Hershiser

400 Jay Howell

401 Mike Marshall

402 Ramon Martinez

403 Mike Morgan

404 Eddie Murray

405 Alejandro Pena

406 Willie Randolph

407 Mike Scioscia

408 Ray Searage

409 Fernando Valenzuela

410 Jose Vizcaino RC

411 John Wetteland

412 Jack Armstrong

413 Todd Benzinger

414 Tim Birtsas

415 Tom Browning

416 Norm Charlton

417 Eric Davis

418 Rob Dibble

419 John Franco

420 Ken Griffey Sr.

421 Chris Hammond RC

422 Danny Jackson

423 Barry Larkin

424 Tim Leary

425 Rick Mahler

426 Joe Oliver FFC

427 Paul O'Neill

428 Luis Quinones

429 Jeff Reed

430 Jose Rijo

431 Ron Robinson

432 Rolando Roomes

433 Chris Sabo

434 Scott Scudder

435 Herm Winningham

436 Steve Balboni

437 Jesse Barfield

438 Mike Blowers RC

439 Tom Brookens

440 Greg Cadaret

441 Alvaro Espinoza UER

442 Bob Geren

443 Lee Guetterman

444 Mel Hall

445 Andy Hawkins

446 Roberto Kelly

447 Don Mattingly

448 Lance McCullers

449 Hensley Meulens

450 Dale Mohorcic

451 Clay Parker

452 Eric Plunk

453 Dave Righetti

454 Deion Sanders

455 Steve Sax

456 Don Slaught

457 Walt Terrell

458 Dave Winfield

459 Jay Bell

460 Rafael Belliard

461 Barry Bonds

462 Bobby Bonilla

463 Sid Bream

464 Benny Distefano

465 Doug Drabek

466 Jim Gott

467 Billy Hatcher

468 Neal Heaton

469 Jeff King

470 Bob Kipper

471 Randy Kramer

472 Bill Landrum

473 Mike LaValliere

474 Jose Lind

475 Junior Ortiz

476 Gary Redus

477 Rick Reed RC

478 R.J. Reynolds

479 Jeff D. Robinson

480 John Smiley

481 Andy Van Slyke

482 Bob Walk

483 Andy Allanson

484 Scott Bailes

485 Albert Belle UER

486 Bud Black

487 Jerry Browne

488 Tom Candiotti

489 Joe Carter

490 Dave Clark (No '84 stats)

491 John Farrell

492 Felix Fermin

493 Brook Jacoby

494 Dion James

495 Doug Jones

496 Brad Komminsk

497 Rod Nichols

498 Pete O'Brien

499 Steve Olin RC

500 Jesse Orosco

501 Joel Skinner

502 Cory Snyder

503 Greg Swindell

504 Rich Yett

505 Scott Bankhead

506 Scott Bradley

507 Greg Briley

508 Jay Buhner

509 Darnell Coles

510 Keith Comstock

511 Henry Cotto

512 Alvin Davis

513 Ken Griffey Jr.

514 Erik Hanson

515 Gene Harris

516 Brian Holman

517 Mike Jackson

518 Randy Johnson

519 Jeffrey Leonard

520 Edgar Martinez

521 Dennis Powell

522 Jim Presley

523 Jerry Reed

524 Harold Reynolds

525 Mike Schooler

526 Bill Swift

527 Dave Valle

528 Omar Vizquel

529 Ivan Calderon

530 Carlton Fisk

531 Scott Fletcher

532 Dave Gallagher

533 Ozzie Guillen

534 Greg Hibbard

535 Shawn Hillegas

536 Lance Johnson

537 Eric King

538 Ron Kittle

539 Steve Lyons

540 Carlos Martinez

541 Tom McCarthy

542 Matt Merullo

543 Donn Pall

544 Dan Pasqua

545 Ken Patterson

546 Melido Perez

547 Steve Rosenberg

548 Sammy Sosa RC

549 Bobby Thigpen

550 Robin Ventura

551 Greg Walker

552 Don Carman

553 Pat Combs

554 Dennis Cook

555 Darren Daulton

556 Len Dykstra

557 Curt Ford

558 Charlie Hayes

559 Von Hayes

560 Tommy Herr

561 Ken Howell

562 Steve Jeltz

563 Ron Jones

564 Ricky Jordan

565 John Kruk

566 Steve Lake

567 Roger McDowell

568 Terry Mulholland

569 Dwayne Murphy

570 Jeff Parrett

571 Randy Ready

572 Bruce Ruffin

573 Dickie Thon

574 Jose Alvarez

575 Geronimo Berroa

576 Jeff Blauser

577 Joe Boever

578 Marty Clary

579 Jody Davis

580 Mark Eichhorn

581 Darrell Evans

582 Ron Gant

583 Tom Glavine

584 Tommy Greene

585 Tommy Gregg

586 David Justice UER RC

587 Mark Lemke

588 Derek Lilliquist

589 Oddibe McDowell

590 Kent Mercker UER RC

591 Dale Murphy

592 Gerald Perry

593 Lonnie Smith

594 Pete Smith

595 John Smoltz

596 Mike Stanton RC

597 Andres Thomas

598 Jeff Treadway

599 Doyle Alexander

600 Dave Bergman

601 Brian DuBois

602 Paul Gibson

603 Mike Heath

604 Mike Henneman

605 Guillermo Hernandez

606 Shawn Holman

607 Tracy Jones

608 Chet Lemon

609 Fred Lynn

610 Jack Morris

611 Matt Nokes

612 Gary Pettis

613 Kevin Ritz

614 Jeff M. Robinson

615 Steve Searcy

616 Frank Tanana

617 Alan Trammell

618 Gary Ward

619 Lou Whitaker

620 Frank Williams

Decade Greats

621 George Brett '80 COR

622 Fern.Valenzuela '81

623 Dale Murphy '82

624 Cal Ripken, Jr. '83 COR

625 Ryne Sandberg '84

626 Don Mattingly '85

627 Roger Clemens '86

628 George Bell '87

629 Jose Canseco '88

630 Will Clark '89 COR

Super Star Specials

631 Game Savers

632 W.Boggs/M.Greenwell

633 Starter and Stopper

634 C.Ripken/T.Fernandez

635 K.Puckett/Bo Jackson

636 N.Ryan/M.Scott

637 W.Clark/K.Mitchell

638 M.McGwire/D.Mattingly

639 R.Sandberg/H.Johnson

Rookie Prospects

640 Rudy Seanez RC

641 George Canale/Kevin Maas RC

642 Kelly Mann/D.Hansen RC

643 Greg Smith/Stu Tate

644 Tom Drees/Dann Howitt

645 Derrick May RC

646 S.Hemond/M.Gardner RC

647 John Orton/S.Leius

648 Rich Monteleone/D. Williams

649 Mike Huff/ Steve Frey

650 Moises Alou RC

651 Bobby Rose/ Mike Hartley

652 Matt Kinzer RC/Edwards

653 Delino DeShields RC

Checklists

654 CL A's/Cubs Giants/Blue Jays

655 CL Royals/Angels Padres/Orioles

656 CL Mets/Astros Cards/Red Sox

657 CL Rangers/Brewers Expos/Twins

658 CL Dodgers/Reds Yankees/Pirates

659 CL Indians/Mariners White Sox/Phillies

660 CL Braves/Tigers Specials/Checklists COR

Errors

15 - Mark McGwire UER (1989 runs listed as 4, should be 74)

54 - Will Clark UER ("Did You Know" says first in runs, should say tied for first)

353A - Dave Martinez ERR (90 in YELLOW on front of card)

353B - Dave Martinez COR (90 in RED on front of card)

441 - Alvaro Espinoza UER (Career games say 218, should be 219)

485 - Joey Belle UER ("Did You Know" of Jay Bell on back of card)

586 - Dave Justice UER RC) (Actually had 16 2B in Sumter in '86)

590 - Kent Mercker UER RC (Bio reads ERA 2.75 ERA, stats reads 2.68 ERA)

621A - George Brett Players of the Decade ERR ("10 .390 seasons" on back of card)

621B - George Brett Players of the Decade COR ("10 .300 seasons" on back of card)

624A - Cal Ripken Players of the Decade ERR (Misspelled Ripkin on front of card)

624B - Cal Ripken Players of the Decade COR (Named spelled correct on front of card)

630A - Will Clark Players of the Decade ERR (32 total bases on card back)

630B - Will Clark Players of the Decade COR (321 total bases)

Printing Variations

In the September 1990 issue of Tuff Stuff, columnist Dick Gilkeson stated that the Martinez variation could only be found in some Fleer cello boxes with the lot number 6841A.

353 Dave Martinez (Yellow Fleer logo)

Team Logo Stickers

Parallels

Canadian

For the first, and only, time, Fleer produced a version of their annual flagship baseball set for the Canadian market. 1990 Fleer Canadian Baseball is a full 660-card parallel of the regular 1990 Fleer Baseball set, but unlike similar Canadian sets of the era (e.g. O-Pee-Chee) there is no French text on any of the cards -- only English. In fact, with the exception of the line "FLEER LTD./LTEE PTD. IN CANADA" on the card backs, there is hardly any difference between the two sets.

1990 Fleer Canadian was distributed exclusive in 48-pack wax boxes (12 more than the U.S. edition) with ten cards and a team logo sticker per pack.

Although these Canadian cards were undoubtedly produced in much lesser quantities compared to the U.S. issue, the fact that the versions are so similar has kept the demand down over the years. Most collectors probably aren't even aware of this issue.

Inserts

All-Stars

This 12-card set was exclusive to wax and cello packs and featured the most popular players in the game.

• 1 Harold Baines
• 2 Will Clark
• 3 Mark Davis
• 4 Howard Johnson
• 5 Joe Magrane
• 6 Kevin Mitchell
• 7 Kirby Puckett
• 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 9 Ryne Sandberg
• 10 Mike Scott
• 11 Ruben Sierra
• 12 Mickey Tettleton

Soaring Stars

This 12-card set was exclusive to jumbo packs and highlighted top young players in the game.

• 1 Todd Zeile
• 2 Mike Stanton
• 3 Larry Walker
• 4 Robin Ventura
• 5 Scott Coolbaugh
• 6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 7 Tom Gordon
• 8 Jerome Walton
• 9 Junior Felix
• 10 Jim Abbott
• 11 Ricky Jordan
• 12 Dwight Smith

League Standouts

This 6-card set was exclusive to rack packs (one per pack) and featured top players in the game.

• 1 Barry Larkin
• 2 Don Mattingly
• 3 Darryl Strawberry
• 4 Jose Canseco
• 5 Wade Boggs
• 6 Mark Grace

World Series

This 12-card set featured player-themed highlights from the 1989 World Series and was included - in entirety - in each factory set.

• 10 Dave Parker / Jose Canseco / Will Clark
• 1 Mike Moore
• 2 Kevin Mitchell
• 3 Terry Steinbach
• 4 Will Clark
• 5 Jose Canseco
• 6 Walt Weiss
• 7 Terry Steinbach
• 8 Dave Stewart
• 9 Dave Parker
• 11 Rickey Henderson
• 12 Oakland Athletics

Wax Box Bottoms

The 1990 Fleer Wax Box Bottoms cards comprised seven different box bottoms with four cards each, totaling 28 standard-size cards. Each four-card panel had one team logo and three player cards.

• C3 Roger Clemens
• C2 Tim Belcher
• C1 San Francisco Giants
• C4 Eric Davis
• C5 Glenn Davis
• C6 Chicago Cubs
• C7 John Franco
• C8 Mike Greenwell
• C9 Oakland Athletics
• C10 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• C11 Pedro Guerrero
• C12 Tony Gwynn
• C13 Toronto Blue Jays
• C14 Orel Hershiser
• C15 Bo Jackson
• C16 Howard Johnson
• C17 New York Mets
• C18 St. Louis Cardinals
• C19 Don Mattingly
• C20 Mark McGwire
• C21 Kevin Mitchell
• C22 Kirby Puckett
• C23 Kansas City Royals
• C24 Baltimore Orioles
• C25 Ruben Sierra
• C26 Dave Stewart
• C27 Jerome Walton
• C28 Robin Yount

Boxed Sets

Each of these boxed sets were sold separately from the 1990 Fleer flagship brand and contained a full 44-card set and 6 team logo stickers.

All-Stars

Not to be confused with the 12-card All-Star insert set in the flagship brand, these 44 cards were sold separately as a boxed set.

Award Winners

League Leaders

Baseball MVP

This 44-card boxed set was sold exclusively at Toys "R" Us and featured all 44 players and 6 logo stickers. Each box set was factory sealed with plastic featuring a Toys "R" Us logo on the bottom of the box.

factory sealed with