1980 Topps

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1980 Topps wax box

Description

1980 Topps is a 726-card set released in April. This would be the final year Topps had a defacto monopoly on officially licensed Major League Baseball cards until again in 2010.

As it had the last two years, Topps again double-printed 66 cards in the set; they are noted by DP in the checklist below.

The player's name appears over the picture and his position and team are found in "double pennant" design. Every card carries a facsimile autograph.

Team cards feature a team checklist of players in the set on the back and the manager's name on the front.

Cards 1-6 show Highlights (HL) of the 1979 season, cards 201-207 are League Leaders, and cards 661-686 feature American and National League rookie "Future Stars," one card for each team showing three young prospects.

The key Rookie Card in this set is Rickey Henderson.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: .25¢). 20 boxes per case

Wax Rack: Three .25¢ packs housed in a rack pack (MSRP .75¢)

Wax Tray: Three .25¢ packs housed in a tray (MSRP .75¢)

Cello: 24 packs per box, 25 cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: .39¢)

Super-Pack (Cello): 28 cards plus three sticks of "Super-Soft" gum wrapped separately per pack plus a baseball strach-off game piece (MSRP: .59¢)

Rack: 24 packs per box, 42 cards plus three sticks of gum per pack (MSRP: .69¢)

500 card Vending Boxes (referred to by dealers at the time as "Unopened Boxes")

Vending Cases (24 Vending Boxes) were sold to dealers by Topps for $79, minimum purchase of 5.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards
Base 726

Checklist

Base Set

1 Lou Brock/Carl Yastrzemski HL

2 Willie McCovey HL

3 Manny Mota HL

4 Pete Rose HL

5 Garry Templeton HL

6 Del Unser HL

7 Mike Lum

8 Craig Swan

9 Steve Braun

10 Denny Martinez

11 Jimmy Sexton

12 John Curtis DP

13 Ron Pruitt

14 Dave Cash

15 Bill Campbell

16 Jerry Narron RC

17 Bruce Sutter

18 Ron Jackson

19 Balor Moore

20 Dan Ford

21 Manny Sarmiento

22 Pat Putnam

23 Derrel Thomas

24 Jim Slaton

25 Lee Mazzilli

26 Marty Pattin

27 Del Unser

28 Bruce Kison

29 Mark Wagner

30 Vida Blue

31 Jay Johnstone

32 Julio Cruz DP

33 Tony Scott

34 Jeff Newman DP

35 Luis Tiant

36 Rusty Torres

37 Kiko Garcia

38 Dan Spillner DP

39 Rowland Office

40 Carlton Fisk

41 Texas Rangers CL

42 Dave Palmer RC

43 Bombo Rivera

44 Bill Fahey

45 Frank White

46 Rico Carty

47 Bill Bonham DP

48 Rick Miller

49 Mario Guerrero

50 J.R. Richard

51 Joe Ferguson

52 Warren Brusstar

53 Ben Oglivie

54 Dennis Lamp

55 Bill Madlock

56 Bobby Valentine

57 Pete Vuckovich

58 Doug Flynn

59 Eddy Putman RC

60 Bucky Dent

61 Gary Serum

62 Mike Ivie

63 Bob Stanley

64 Joe Nolan

65 Al Bumbry

66 Kansas City Royals CL

67 Doyle Alexander

68 Larry Harlow

69 Rick Williams

70 Gary Carter

71 John Milner DP

72 Fred Howard RC DP

73 Dave Collins

74 Sid Monge

75 Bill Russell

76 John Stearns

77 Dave Stieb RC

78 Ruppert Jones

79 Bob Owchinko

80 Ron LeFlore

81 Ted Sizemore

82 Houston Astros CL

83 Steve Trout RC

84 Gary Lavelle

85 Ted Simmons

86 Dave Hamilton

87 Pepe Frias

88 Ken Landreaux

89 Don Hood

90 Manny Trillo

91 Rick Dempsey

92 Rick Rhoden

93 Dave Roberts DP

94 Neil Allen RC

95 Cecil Cooper

96 Oakland Athletics CL

97 Bill Lee

98 Jerry Terrell

99 Victor Cruz

100 Johnny Bench

101 Aurelio Lopez

102 Rich Dauer

103 Bill Caudill RC

104 Manny Mota

105 Frank Tanana

106 Jeff Leonard RC

107 Francisco Barrios

108 Bob Horner

109 Bill Travers

110 Fred Lynn DP

111 Bob Knepper

112 Chicago White Sox CL

113 Geoff Zahn

114 Juan Beniquez

115 Sparky Lyle

116 Larry Cox

117 Dock Ellis

118 Phil Garner

119 Sammy Stewart

120 Greg Luzinski

121 Checklist 1-121

122 Dave Rosello DP

123 Lynn Jones

124 Dave Lemanczyk

125 Tony Perez

126 Dave Tomlin

127 Gary Thomasson

128 Tom Burgmeier

129 Craig Reynolds

130 Amos Otis

131 Paul Mitchell

132 Biff Pocoroba

133 Jerry Turner

134 Matt Keough

135 Bill Buckner

136 Dick Ruthven

137 John Castino RC

138 Ross Baumgarten

139 Dane Iorg RC

140 Rich Gossage

141 Gary Alexander

142 Phil Huffman RC

143 Bruce Bochte DP

144 Steve Comer

145 Darrell Evans

146 Bob Welch

147 Terry Puhl

148 Manny Sanguillen

149 Tom Hume

150 Jason Thompson

151 Tom Hausman DP

152 John Fulgham RC

153 Tim Blackwell

154 Lary Sorensen

155 Jerry Remy

156 Tony Brizzolara RC

157 Willie Wilson DP

158 Rob Picciolo DP

159 Ken Clay

160 Eddie Murray

161 Larry Christenson

162 Bob Randall

163 Steve Swisher

164 Greg Pryor

165 Omar Moreno

166 Glen Abbott

167 Jack Clark

168 Rick Waits

169 Luis Gomez

170 Burt Hooton

171 Fernando Gonzalez

172 Ron Hodges

173 John Henry Johnson

174 Ray Knight

175 Rick Reuschel

176 Champ Summers

177 Dave Heaverlo

178 Tim McCarver

179 Ron Davis RC

180 Warren Cromartie

181 Moose Haas

182 Ken Reitz

183 Jim Anderson DP

184 Steve Renko DP

185 Hal McRae

186 Junior Moore

187 Alan Ashby

188 Terry Crowley

189 Kevin Kobel

190 Buddy Bell

191 Ted Martinez

192 Atlanta Braves CL

193 Dave Goltz

194 Mike Easler

195 John Montefusco

196 Lance Parrish

197 Byron McLaughlin

198 Dell Alston

199 Mike LaCoss

200 Jim Rice

201 Batting Leaders

202 Home Run Leaders

203 RBI Leaders

204 Stolen Base Leaders

205 Victory Leaders

206 Strikeout Leaders

207 ERA Leaders

208 Wayne Cage

209 Von Joshua

210 Steve Carlton

211 Dave Skaggs DP

212 Dave Roberts

213 Mike Jorgensen DP

214 California Angels CL

215 Sixto Lezcano

216 Phil Mankowski

217 Ed Halicki

218 Jose Morales

219 Steve Mingori

220 Dave Concepcion

221 Joe Cannon RC

222 Ron Hassey RC

223 Bob Sykes

224 Willie Montanez

225 Lou Piniella

226 Bill Stein

227 Len Barker

228 Johnny Oates

229 Jim Bibby

230 Dave Winfield

231 Steve McCatty

232 Alan Trammell

233 LaRue Washington RC

234 Vern Ruhle

235 Andre Dawson

236 Marc Hill

237 Scott McGregor

238 Rob Wilfong

239 Don Aase

240 Dave Kingman

241 Checklist 122-242

242 Lamar Johnson

243 Jerry Augustine

244 St. Louis Cardinals CL

245 Phil Niekro

246 Tim Foli DP

247 Frank Riccelli

248 Jamie Quirk

249 Jim Clancy

250 Jim Kaat

251 Kip Young

252 Ted Cox

253 John Montague

254 Paul Dade DP

255 Dusty Baker DP

256 Roger Erickson

257 Larry Herndon

258 Paul Moskau

259 New York Mets CL

260 Al Oliver

261 Dave Chalk

262 Benny Ayala

263 Dave LaRoche DP

264 Bill Robinson

265 Robin Yount

266 Bernie Carbo

267 Dan Schatzeder

268 Rafael Landestoy

269 Dave Tobik

270 Mike Schmidt DP

271 Dick Drago DP

272 Ralph Garr

273 Eduardo Rodriguez

274 Dale Murphy

275 Jerry Koosman

276 Tom Veryzer

277 Rick Bosetti

278 Jim Spencer

279 Rob Andrews

280 Gaylord Perry

281 Paul Blair

282 Seattle Mariners CL

283 John Ellis

284 Larry Murray RC DP

285 Don Baylor

286 Darold Knowles DP

287 John Lowenstein

288 Dave Rozema

289 Bruce Bochy

290 Steve Garvey

291 Randy Scarbery RC

292 Dale Berra

293 Elias Sosa

294 Charlie Spikes

295 Larry Gura

296 Dave Rader

297 Tim Johnson

298 Ken Holtzman

299 Steve Henderson

300 Ron Guidry

301 Mike Edwards

302 Los Angeles Dodgers CL

303 Bill Castro

304 Butch Wynegar

305 Randy Jones

306 Denny Walling

307 Rick Honeycutt

308 Mike Hargrove

309 Larry McWilliams

310 Dave Parker

311 Roger Metzger

312 Mike Barlow

313 Johnny Grubb

314 Tom Stoddard

315 Steve Kemp

316 Bob Lacey

317 Mike Anderson

318 Jerry Reuss

319 Chris Speier

320 Dennis Eckersley

321 Keith Hernandez

322 Claudell Washington

323 Mick Kelleher

324 Tom Underwood

325 Dan Driessen

326 Bo McLaughlin

327 Ray Fosse DP

328 Minnesota Twins CL

329 Bert Roberge

330 Al Cowens

331 Rich Hebner

332 Enrique Romo

333 Jim Norris

334 Jim Beattie

335 Willie McCovey

336 George Medich

337 Carney Lansford

338 Johnny Wockenfuss

339 John D'Acquisto

340 Ken Singleton

341 Jim Essian

342 Odell Jones

343 Mike Vail

344 Randy Lerch

345 Larry Parrish

346 Buddy Solomon

347 Harry Chappas RC

348 Checklist 243-363

349 Jack Brohamer

350 George Hendrick

351 Bob Davis

352 Dan Briggs

353 Andy Hassler

354 Rick Auerbach

355 Gary Matthews

356 San Diego Padres CL

357 Bob McClure

358 Lou Whitaker

359 Randy Moffitt

360 Darrell Porter

361 Wayne Garland

362 Danny Goodwin

363 Wayne Gross

364 Ray Burris

365 Bobby Murcer

366 Rob Dressler

367 Billy Smith

368 Willie Aikens

369 Jim Kern

370 Cesar Cedeno

371 Jack Morris

372 Joel Youngblood

373 Dan Petry RC

374 Jim Gantner

375 Ross Grimsley

376 Gary Allenson RC

377 Junior Kennedy

378 Jerry Mumphrey

379 Kevin Bell

380 Garry Maddox

381 Chicago Cubs CL

382 Dave Freisleben

383 Ed Ott

384 Joey McLaughlin

385 Enos Cabell

386 Darrell Jackson

387 Fred Stanley (yellow name)

388 Mike Paxton

389 Pete LaCock

390 Fergie Jenkins

391 Tony Armas DP

392 Milt Wilcox

393 Ozzie Smith

394 Reggie Cleveland

395 Ellis Valentine

396 Dan Meyer

397 Roy Thomas DP

398 Barry Foote

399 Mike Proly DP

400 George Foster

401 Pete Falcone

402 Merv Rettenmund

403 Pete Redfern DP

404 Baltimore Orioles CL

405 Dwight Evans

406 Paul Molitor

407 Tony Solaita

408 Bill North

409 Paul Splittorff

410 Bobby Bonds

411 Frank LaCorte

412 Thad Bosley

413 Allen Ripley

414 George Scott

415 Bill Atkinson

416 Tom Brookens

417 Craig Chamberlain RC DP

418 Roger Freed DP

419 Vic Correll

420 Butch Hobson

421 Doug Bird

422 Larry Milbourne

423 Dave Frost

424 New York Yankees CL

425 Mark Belanger

426 Grant Jackson

427 Tom Hutton

428 Pat Zachry

429 Duane Kuiper

430 Larry Hisle DP

431 Mike Krukow

432 Willie Norwood

433 Rich Gale

434 Johnnie LeMaster

435 Don Gullett

436 Billy Almon

437 Joe Niekro

438 Dave Revering

439 Mike Phillips

440 Don Sutton

441 Eric Soderholm

442 Jorge Orta

443 Mike Parrott

444 Alvis Woods

445 Mark Fidrych

446 Duffy Dryer

447 Nino Espinosa

448 Jim Wohlford

449 Doug Bair

450 George Brett

451 Cleveland Indians CL

452 Steve Dillard

453 Mike Bacsik

454 Tom Donohue RC

455 Mike Torrez

456 Frank Taveras

457 Bert Blyleven

458 Billy Sample

459 Mickey Lolich

460 Willie Randolph

461 Dwayne Murphy

462 Mike Sadek

463 Jerry Royster

464 John Denny

465 Rick Monday

466 Mike Squires

467 Jesse Jefferson

468 Aurelio Rodriguez

469 Randy Niemann RC DP

470 Bob Boone

471 Hosken Powell

472 Willie Hernandez

473 Bump Wills

474 Steve Busby

475 Cesar Geronimo

476 Bob Shirley

477 Buck Martinez

478 Gil Flores

479 Montreal Expos CL

480 Bob Watson

481 Tom Paciorek

482 Rickey Henderson RC UER (7 steals at Modesto should be Fresno)

483 Bo Diaz

484 Checklist 364-484

485 Mickey Rivers

486 Mike Tyson DP

487 Wayne Nordhagen

488 Roy Howell

489 Preston Hanna DP

490 Lee May

491 Steve Mura DP

492 Todd Cruz RC

493 Jerry Martin

494 Craig Minetto RC

495 Bake McBride

496 Silvio Martinez

497 Jim Mason

498 Danny Darwin

499 San Francisco Giants CL

500 Tom Seaver

501 Rennie Stennett

502 Rich Wortham RC DP

503 Mike Cubbage

504 Gene Garber

505 Bert Campaneris

506 Tom Buskey

507 Leon Roberts

508 U.L. Washington

509 Ed Glynn

510 Ron Cey

511 Eric Wilkins RC

512 Jose Cardenal

513 Tom Dixon DP

514 Steve Ontiveros

515 Mike Caldwell UER (1979 loss total reads 96 instead of 6)

516 Hector Cruz

517 Don Stanhouse

518 Nelson Norman RC

519 Steve Nicosia RC

520 Steve Rogers

521 Ken Brett

522 Jim Morrison

523 Ken Henderson

524 Jim Wright DP

525 Clint Hurdle

526 Philadelphia Phillies CL

527 Doug Rau DP

528 Adrian Devine

529 Jim Barr

530 Jim Sundberg DP

531 Eric Rasmussen

532 Willie Horton

533 Checklist 485-605

534 Andre Thornton

535 Bob Forsch

536 Lee Lacy

537 Alex Trevino RC

538 Joe Strain

539 Rudy May

540 Pete Rose

541 Miguel Dilone

542 Joe Coleman

543 Pat Kelly

544 Rick Sutcliffe RC

545 Jeff Burroughs

546 Rick Langford

547 John Wathan

548 Dave Rajsich

549 Larry Wolfe

550 Ken Griffey

551 Pittsburgh Pirates CL

552 Bill Nahorodny

553 Dick Davis

554 Art Howe

555 Ed Figueroa

556 Joe Rudi

557 Mark Lee

558 Alfredo Griffin

559 Dale Murray

560 Dave Lopes

561 Eddie Whitson

562 Joe Wallis

563 Will McEnaney

564 Rick Manning

565 Dennis Leonard

566 Bud Harrelson

567 Skip Lockwood

568 Gary Roenicke

569 Terry Kennedy

570 Roy Smalley

571 Joe Sambito

572 Jerry Morales DP

573 Kent Tekulve

574 Scot Thompson

575 Ken Kravec

576 Jim Dwyer

577 Toronto Blue Jays CL

578 Scott Sanderson

579 Charlie Moore

580 Nolan Ryan

581 Bob Bailor

582 Brian Doyle

583 Bob Stinson

584 Kurt Bevacqua

585 Al Hrabosky

586 Mitchell Page

587 Garry Templeton

588 Greg Minton

589 Chet Lemon

590 Jim Palmer

591 Rick Cerone

592 Jon Matlack

593 Jesus Alou

594 Dick Tidrow

595 Don Money

596 Rick Matula RC

597 Tom Poquette

598 Fred Kendall DP

599 Mike Norris

600 Reggie Jackson

601 Buddy Schultz

602 Brian Downing

603 Jack Billingham DP

604 Glenn Adams

605 Terry Forster

606 Cincinnati Reds CL

607 Woodie Fryman

608 Alan Bannister

609 Ron Reed

610 Willie Stargell

611 Jerry Garvin DP

612 Cliff Johnson

613 Randy Stein

614 John Hiller

615 Doug DeCinces

616 Gene Richards

617 Joaquin Andujar

618 Bob Montgomery

619 Sergio Ferrer

620 Richie Zisk

621 Bob Grich

622 Mario Soto

623 Gorman Thomas

624 Lerrin LaGrow

625 Chris Chambliss

626 Detroit Tigers CL

627 Pedro Borbon

628 Doug Capilla

629 Jim Todd

630 Larry Bowa

631 Mark Littell

632 Barry Bonnell

633 Bob Apodaca

634 Glenn Borgmann

635 John Candelaria

636 Toby Harrah

637 Joe Simpson

638 Mark Clear RC

639 Larry Biittner

640 Mike Flanagan

641 Ed Kranepool

642 Ken Forsch DP

643 John Mayberry

644 Charlie Hough

645 Rick Burleson

646 Checklist 606-726

647 Milt May

648 Roy White

649 Tom Griffin

650 Joe Morgan

651 Rollie Fingers

652 Mario Mendoza

653 Stan Bahnsen

654 Bruce Boisclair DP

655 Tug McGraw

656 Larvell Blanks

657 Dave Edwards

658 Chris Knapp

659 Milwaukee Brewers CL

660 Rusty Staub

661 Orioles Future Stars

662 Red Sox Future Stars

663 Angels Future Stars

664 White Sox Future Stars

665 Indians Future Stars

666 Tigers Future Stars

667 Royals Future Stars

668 Brewers Future Stars

669 Twins Future Stars

670 Yankees Future Stars

671 Athletics Future Stars

672 Mariners Future Stars

673 Rangers Future Stars

674 Blue Jays Future Stars

675 Braves Future Stars

676 Cubs Future Stars

677 Reds Future Stars

678 Astros Future Stars

679 Dodgers Future Stars

680 Expos Future Stars

681 Mets Future Stars

682 Phillies Future Stars

683 Pirates Future Stars

684 Cardinals Future Stars

685 Padres Future Stars

686 Giants Future Stars

687 Mike Heath DP

688 Steve Stone

689 Boston Red Sox CL

690 Tommy John

691 Ivan DeJesus

692 Rawly Eastwick

693 Craig Kusick

694 Jim Rooker

695 Reggie Smith

696 Julio Gonzalez

697 David Clyde

698 Oscar Gamble

699 Floyd Bannister

700 Rod Carew

701 Ken Oberkfell RC

702 Ed Farmer

703 Otto Velez

704 Gene Tenace

705 Freddie Patek

706 Tippy Martinez

707 Elliott Maddox

708 Bob Tolan

709 Pat Underwood RC

710 Graig Nettles

711 Bob Galasso

712 Rodney Scott

713 Terry Whitfield

714 Fred Norman

715 Sal Bando

716 Lynn McGlothen

717 Mickey Klutts DP

718 Greg Gross

719 Don Robinson

720 Carl Yastrzemski DP

721 Paul Hartzell

722 Jose Cruz

723 Shane Rawley

724 Jerry White

725 Rick Wise

726 Steve Yeager

Errors

164 Greg Pryor: No name listed on front.

387 Fred Stanley: Name on front appears in Yellow. Base (non-error) is RED

424 Yankees Team card: Billy Martin shown on front (error). Dick Howser (non-error)

547 John Wathan: Name on front appears in Yellow. Base (non-error) is RED

597 Tom Poquette: Name on front appears in YELLOW. Base (non-error) is RED

Inserts

Retail Promo Cards

This set features special promotional redemption cards that could be redeemed for an unopened pack of three standard 1980 Topps/OPC Baseball cards. Hunt's Bread did the same promotion in Canada. The promotion was limited to certain states and to certain stores.

1. Mrs. Butterworth's. With a purchase of Mrs. Butterworth's Syrup you would receive a cellophane wrapped pack containing 3 cards with a header card with single season and career major league records.

2. K-mart. While supplies lasted Kmart shoppers would receive a cellophane wrapped pack containing 3 cards with a header card with players with 3000-or-more hits.

3. Squirt Soda. With purchase of Squirt you would receive cellophane wrapped pack containing 3 cards and a header card with Active Players batting .300 or better for their career with minimum 1000 at-bats.

4. Hunt's Bread (OPC)

Team Checklist Uncut Sheet

As part of a mail-away offer, Topps offered all 26 team checklist cards on an uncut sheet. These cards enabled the collector to have an easy reference for which card(s) he/she needed to finish their sets. When cut from the sheet, all cards measure the standard size.