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Description

1988 Fleer consists of 660 cards. Card fronts feature a distinctive white background with red and blue diagonal stripes across the card. As in years past cards are organized numerically by teams and team order is based upon the previous season's record. Subsets include Super Star Specials (622-640), Major League Prospects (641-653), and checklists (654-660).

Rookie Cards in this set include Jay Bell, Ellis Burks, Ken Caminiti, Ron Gant, Tom Glavine, Mark Grace, Edgar Martinez, Jack McDowell and Matt Williams.

Compared to 1987 Fleer, production was dramatically increased; thereby depressing the long-run value of this set.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards and 1 sticker per pack. 20 boxes per case.

Cello: 24 packs per box, 28 cards and 2 stickers per pack.

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

Factory Sets

Glossy Factory Sets (Hobby only)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Wax Odds	Cello Odds	Rack Odds
Base	660	-	?	?	?
All-Stars	12	-	?	?	N/A
Headliners	6	-	N/A	N/A	one-per-pack

Checklist

Base Set

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1 Keith Atherton
2 Don Baylor
3 Juan Berenguer
4 Bert Blyleven
5 Tom Brunansky
6 Randy Bush
7 Steve Carlton
8 Mark Davidson
9 George Frazier
10 Gary Gaetti
11 Greg Gagne
12 Dan Gladden
13 Kent Hrbek
14 Gene Larkin
15 Tim Laudner
16 Steve Lombardozzi
17 Al Newman
18 Joe Niekro
19 Kirby Puckett
20 Jeff Reardon
21 Dan Schatzeder ERR (Schatzader)
21 Dan Schatzeder
22 Roy Smalley
23 Mike Smithson
24 Les Straker
25 Frank Viola
26 Jack Clark
27 Vince Coleman
28 Danny Cox
29 Bill Dawley
30 Ken Dayley
31 Doug DeCinces
32 Curt Ford
33 Bob Forsch
34 David Green
35 Tom Herr
36 Ricky Horton
37 Lance Johnson
38 Steve Lake
39 Jim Lindeman
40 Joe Magrane RC
41 Greg Mathews
42 Willie McGee
43 John Morris
44 Jose Oquendo
45 Tony Pena
46 Terry Pendleton
47 Ozzie Smith
48 John Tudor
49 Lee Tunnell
50 Todd Worrell
51 Doyle Alexander
52 Dave Bergman
53 Tom Brookens
54 Darrell Evans
55 Kirk Gibson
56 Mike Heath
57 Mike Henneman RC
58 Willie Hernandez
59 Larry Herndon
60 Eric King
61 Chet Lemon
62 Scott Lusader
63 Bill Madlock
64 Jack Morris
65 Jim Morrison
66 Matt Nokes RC
67 Dan Petry
68 Jeff M. Robinson ERR (Stats for Jeff D. Robinson)
68 Jeff M. Robinson
69 Pat Sheridan
70 Nate Snell
71 Frank Tanana
72 Walt Terrell
73 Mark Thurmond
74 Alan Trammell
75 Lou Whitaker
76 Mike Aldrete
77 Bob Brenly
78 Will Clark
79 Chili Davis
80 Kelly Downs
81 Dave Dravecky
82 Scott Garrelts
83 Charlie Haag
84 Dave Henderson
85 Mike Krukow
86 Mike LaCoss
87 Craig Lefferts
88 Jeff Leonard
89 Candy Maldonado
90 Eddie Milner
91 Bob Melvin
92 Kevin Mitchell
93 Jon Perlman
94 Rick Reuschel
95 Don Robinson
96 Chris Speier
97 Harry Spilman
98 Robby Thompson
99 Jose Uribe
100 Mark Wasinger
101 Matt Williams RC
102 Jesse Barfield
103 George Bell
104 Juan Beniquez
105 John Cerutti
106 Jim Clancy
107 Rob Ducey
108 Mark Eichhorn
109 Tony Fernandez
110 Cecil Fielder
111 Kelly Gruber
112 Tom Henke
113 Garth Iorg ERR (Misspelled Iorq on card front)
113 Garth Iorg
114 Jimmy Key
115 Rick Leach
116 Manny Lee
117 Nelson Liriano
118 Fred McGriff
119 Lloyd Moseby
120 Rance Mulliniks
121 Jeff Musselman
122 Jose Nunez
123 Dave Stieb
124 Willie Upshaw
125 Duane Ward
126 Ernie Whitt
127 Rick Aguilera
128 Wally Backman
129 Mark Carreon
130 Gary Carter
131 David Cone
132 Ron Darling
133 Lenny Dykstra
134 Sid Fernandez
135 Dwight Gooden
136 Keith Hernandez
137 Gregg Jefferies
138 Howard Johnson
139 Terry Leach
140 Barry Lyons
141 Dave Magadan
142 Roger McDowell
143 Kevin McReynolds
144 Keith Miller
145 John Mitchell RC
146 Randy Myers
147 Bob Ojeda
148 Jesse Orosco
149 Rafael Santana
150 Doug Sisk
151 Darryl Strawberry
152 Tim Teufel
153 Gene Walter
154 Mookie Wilson
155 Jay Aldrich
156 Chris Bosio
157 Glenn Braggs
158 Greg Brock
159 Juan Castillo
160 Mark Clear
161 Cecil Cooper
162 Chuck Crim
163 Rob Deer
164 Mike Felder
165 Jim Gantner
166 Ted Higuera
167 Steve Kiefer
168 Rick Manning
169 Paul Molitor
170 Juan Nieves
171 Dan Plesac
172 Earnest Riles
173 Bill Schroeder
174 Steve Stanicek
175 B.J. Surhoff
176 Dale Sveum
177 Bill Wegman
178 Robin Yount
179 Hubie Brooks
180 Tim Burke
181 Casey Candaele
182 Mike Fitzgerald
183 Tom Foley
184 Andres Galarraga
185 Neal Heaton
186 Wallace Johnson
187 Vance Law
188 Dennis Martinez
189 Bob McClure
190 Andy McGaffigan
191 Reid Nichols
192 Pascual Perez
193 Tim Raines
194 Jeff Reed
195 Bob Sebra
196 Bryn Smith
197 Randy St.Claire
198 Tim Wallach
199 Mitch Webster
200 Herm Winningham
201 Floyd Youmans
202 Brad Arnsberg
203 Rick Cerone
204 Pat Clements
205 Henry Cotto
206 Mike Easler
207 Ron Guidry
208 Bill Gullickson
209 Rickey Henderson
210 Charles Hudson
211 Tommy John
212 Roberto Kelly RC
213 Ron Kittle
214 Don Mattingly
215 Bobby Meacham
216 Mike Pagliarulo
217 Dan Pasqua
218 Willie Randolph
219 Rick Rhoden
220 Dave Righetti
221 Jerry Royster
222 Tim Stoddard
223 Wayne Tolleson
224 Gary Ward
225 Claudell Washington
226 Dave Winfield
227 Buddy Bell
228 Tom Browning
229 Dave Concepcion
230 Kal Daniels
231 Eric Davis
232 Bo Diaz
233 Nick Esasky
234 John Franco
235 Guy Hoffman
236 Tom Hume
237 Tracy Jones
238 Bill Landrum
239 Barry Larkin
240 Terry McGriff
241 Rob Murphy
242 Ron Oester
243 Dave Parker
244 Pat Perry
245 Ted Power
246 Dennis Rasmussen
247 Ron Robinson
248 Kurt Stillwell
249 Jeff Treadway RC
250 Frank Williams
251 Steve Balboni
252 Bud Black
253 Thad Bosley
254 George Brett
255 John Davis
256 Steve Farr
257 Gene Garber
258 Jerry Don Gleaton
259 Mark Gubicza
260 Bo Jackson
261 Danny Jackson
262 Ross Jones
263 Charlie Leibrandt
264 Bill Pecota
265 Melido Perez RC
266 Jamie Quirk
267 Dan Quisenberry
268 Bret Saberhagen
269 Angel Salazar
270 Kevin Seitzer
271 Danny Tartabull
272 Gary Thurman
273 Frank White
274 Willie Wilson
275 Tony Bernazard
276 Jose Canseco
277 Mike Davis
278 Storm Davis
279 Dennis Eckersley
280 Alfredo Griffin
281 Rick Honeycutt
282 Jay Howell
283 Reggie Jackson
284 Dennis Lamp
285 Carney Lansford
286 Mark McGwire
287 Dwayne Murphy
288 Gene Nelson
289 Steve Ontiveros
290 Tony Phillips
291 Eric Plunk
292 Luis Polonia RC
293 Rick Rodriguez
294 Terry Steinbach
295 Dave Stewart
296 Curt Young
297 Luis Aguayo
298 Steve Bedrosian
299 Jeff Calhoun
300 Don Carman
301 Todd Frohwirth
302 Greg Gross
303 Kevin Gross
304 Von Hayes
305 Keith Hughes
306 Mike Jackson
307 Chris James
308 Steve Jeltz
309 Mike Maddux
310 Lance Parrish
311 Shane Rawley
312 Wally Ritchie
313 Bruce Ruffin
314 Juan Samuel
315 Mike Schmidt
316 Rick Schu
317 Jeff Stone
318 Kent Tekulve
319 Milt Thompson
320 Glenn Wilson
321 Rafael Belliard
322 Barry Bonds
323 Bobby Bonilla
324 Sid Bream
325 John Cangelosi
326 Mike Diaz
327 Doug Drabek
328 Mike Dunne
329 Brian Fisher
330 Brett Gideon
331 Terry Harper
332 Bob Kipper
333 Mike LaValliere
334 Jose Lind
335 Junior Ortiz
336 Vicente Palacios
337 Bob Patterson
338 Al Pedrique
339 R.J. Reynolds
340 John Smiley RC
341 Andy Van Slyke
342 Bob Walk
343 Marty Barrett
344 Todd Benzinger
345 Wade Boggs
346 Tom Bolton
347 Dennis Boyd
348 Ellis Burks RC
349 Roger Clemens
350 Steve Crawford
351 Dwight Evans
352 Wes Gardner
353 Rich Gedman
354 Mike Greenwell
355 Sam Horn
356 Bruce Hurst
357 John Marzano
358 Al Nipper
359 Spike Owen
360 Jody Reed
361 Jim Rice
362 Ed Romero
363 Kevin Romine
364 Joe Sambito
365 Calvin Schiraldi
366 Jeff Sellers
367 Bob Stanley
368 Scott Bankhead
369 Phil Bradley
370 Scott Bradley
371 Mickey Brantley
372 Mike Campbell
373 Alvin Davis
374 Lee Guetterman
375 Dave Hengel
376 Mike Kingery
377 Mark Langston
378 Edgar Martinez
379 Mike Moore
380 Mike Morgan
381 John Moses
382 Donell Nixon
383 Edwin Nunez
384 Ken Phelps
385 Jim Presley
386 Rey Quinones
387 Jerry Reed
388 Harold Reynolds
389 Dave Valle
390 Bill Wilkinson
391 Harold Baines
392 Floyd Bannister
393 Daryl Boston
394 Ivan Calderon
395 Jose DeLeon
396 Rich Dotson
397 Carlton Fisk
398 Ozzie Guillen
399 Ron Hassey
400 Donnie Hill
401 Bob James
402 Dave LaPoint
403 Bill Lindsey
404 Bill Long
405 Steve Lyons
406 Fred Manrique
407 Jack McDowell RC
408 Gary Redus
409 Ray Searage
410 Bobby Thigpen
411 Greg Walker
412 Ken Williams
413 Jim Winn
414 Jody Davis
415 Andre Dawson
416 Brian Dayett
417 Bob Dernier
418 Frank DiPino
419 Shawon Dunston
420 Leon Durham
421 Les Lancaster
422 Ed Lynch
423 Greg Maddux
424 Dave Martinez
425 Keith Moreland ERR (Bat on shoulder)
425 Keith Moreland
426 Jamie Moyer
427 Jerry Mumphrey
428 Paul Noce
429 Rafael Palmeiro
430 Wade Rowdon
431 Ryne Sandberg
432 Scott Sanderson
433 Lee Smith
434 Jim Sundberg
435 Rick Sutcliffe
436 Manny Trillo
437 Juan Agosto
438 Larry Andersen
439 Alan Ashby
440 Kevin Bass
441 Ken Caminiti
442 Rocky Childress
443 Jose Cruz
444 Danny Darwin
445 Glenn Davis
446 Jim Deshaies
447 Bill Doran
448 Ty Gainey
449 Billy Hatcher
450 Jeff Heathcock
451 Bob Knepper
452 Rob Mallicoat
453 Dave Meads
454 Craig Reynolds
455 Nolan Ryan
456 Mike Scott
457 Dave Smith
458 Denny Walling
459 Robbie Wine
460 Gerald Young
461 Bob Brower
462 Jerry Browne ERR
462 Jerry Browne
463 Steve Buechele
464 Edwin Correa
465 Cecil Espy RC
466 Scott Fletcher
467 Jose Guzman
468 Greg Harris
469 Charlie Hough
470 Pete Incaviglia
471 Paul Kilgus
472 Mike Loynd
473 Oddibe McDowell
474 Dale Mohorcic
475 Pete O'Brien
476 Larry Parrish
477 Geno Petralli
478 Jeff Russell
479 Ruben Sierra
480 Mike Stanley
481 Curt Wilkerson
482 Mitch Williams
483 Bobby Witt
484 Tony Armas
485 Bob Boone
486 Bill Buckner
487 DeWayne Buice
488 Brian Downing
489 Chuck Finley
490 Willie Fraser
491 Jack Howell
492 Ruppert Jones
493 Wally Joyner
494 Jack Lazorko
495 Gary Lucas
496 Kirk McCaskill
497 Mark McLemore
498 Darrell Miller
499 Greg Minton
500 Donnie Moore
501 Gus Polidor
502 Johnny Ray
503 Mark Ryal
504 Dick Schofield
505 Don Sutton
506 Devon White
507 Mike Witt
508 Dave Anderson
509 Tim Belcher
510 Ralph Bryant
511 Tim Crews
512 Mike Devereaux
513 Mariano Duncan
514 Pedro Guerrero
515 Jeff Hamilton
516 Mickey Hatcher
517 Brad Havens
518 Orel Hershiser
519 Shawn Hillegas
520 Ken Howell
521 Tim Leary
522 Mike Marshall
523 Steve Sax
524 Mike Scioscia
525 Mike Sharperson
526 John Shelby
527 Franklin Stubbs
528 Fernando Valenzuela
529 Bob Welch
530 Matt Young
531 Jim Acker
532 Paul Assenmacher
533 Jeff Blauser
534 Joe Boever
535 Martin Clary
536 Kevin Coffman
537 Jeff Dedmon
538 Ron Gant RC
539 Tom Glavine
540 Ken Griffey, Sr.
541 Albert Hall
542 Glenn Hubbard
543 Dion James
544 Dale Murphy
545 Ken Oberkfell
546 David Palmer
547 Gerald Perry
548 Charlie Puleo
549 Ted Simmons
550 Zane Smith
551 Andres Thomas
552 Ozzie Virgil
553 Don Aase
554 Jeff Ballard
555 Eric Bell
556 Mike Boddicker
557 Ken Dixon
558 Jim Dwyer
559 Ken Gerhart
560 Rene Gonzales
561 Mike Griffin
562 John Habyan
563 Terry Kennedy
564 Ray Knight
565 Lee Lacy
566 Fred Lynn
567 Eddie Murray
568 Tom Niedenfuer
569 Bill Ripken
570 Cal Ripken, Jr.
571 Dave Schmidt
572 Larry Sheets
573 Pete Stanicek RC
574 Mark Williamson
575 Mike Young
576 Shawn Abner
577 Greg Booker
578 Chris Brown
579 Keith Comstock RC
580 Joey Cora RC
581 Mark Davis
582 Tim Flannery
583 Goose Gossage
584 Mark Grant
585 Tony Gwynn
586 Andy Hawkins
587 Stan Jefferson
588 Jimmy Jones
589 John Kruk
590 Shane Mack
591 Carmelo Martinez
592 Lance McCullers UER (Listed as 6' 11")
593 Eric Nolte RC
594 Randy Ready
595 Luis Salazar
596 Benito Santiago
597 Eric Show
598 Garry Templeton
599 Ed Whitson
600 Scott Bailes
601 Chris Bando
602 Jay Bell RC
603 Brett Butler
604 Tom Candiotti
605 Joe Carter
606 Carmen Castillo
607 Brian Dorsett RC
608 John Farrell RC
609 Julio Franco
610 Mel Hall
611 Tommy Hinzo RC
612 Brook Jacoby
613 Doug Jones RC
614 Ken Schrom
615 Cory Snyder
616 Sammy Stewart
617 Greg Swindell
618 Pat Tabler
619 Ed Vande Berg
620 Eddie Williams RC
621 Rich Yett

SuperStar Specials

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622 Wally Joyner / Cory Snyder "Slugging Sophomores"
623 George Bell / Pedro Guerrero "Dominican Dynamite"
624 Mark McGwire / Jose Canseco "Oakland's Power Team"
625 Dave Righetti / Dan Plesac "Classic Relief"
626 Brett Saberhagen / Mike Witt / Jack Morris "All-Star Righties"
627 John Franco / Steve Bedrosian "Game Closers"
628 Ozzie Smith / Ryne Sandberg "Masters of the Double Play"
629 Mark McGwire "Rookie Record Setter"
630 Mike Greenwell / Ellis Burks / Todd Benzinger "Changing the Guard in Boston"
631 Tony Gwynn / Tim Raines "National League Batting Champs"
632 Mike Scott / Orel Hershiser "Pitching Magic"
633 Pat Tabler / Mark McGwire "Big Bats at First"
634 Tony Gwynn / Vince Coleman "Hitting King & The Thief"
635 Tony Fernandez / Cal Ripken, Jr. / Alan Trammell "A.L. Slugging Shortstops"
636 Mike Schmidt / Gary Carter "Tried & True Sluggers"
637 Darryl Strawberry / Eric Davis "Crunch Time"
638 Matt Nokes / Kirby Puckett "A.L. All-Stars"
639 Keith Hernandez / Dale Murphy "N.L. All-Stars"
640 Billy Ripken / Cal Ripken, Jr. "The `O's' Brothers"

Major League Prospects

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641 Mark Grace / Darrin Jackson RC
642 Damon Berryhill / Jeff Montgomery RC
643 Felix Fermin / Jessie Reid RC
644 Greg Myers / Greg Tabor RC
645 Jim Eppard / Joey Meyer RC
646 Randy Velarde / Adam Peterson RC
647 Chris Gwynn / Pete Smith RC
648 Greg Jelks / Tom Newell RC
649 Mario Diaz / Clay Parker RC
650 Jack Savage / Todd Simmons RC
651 Kirt Manwaring / John Burkett RC
652 Walt Weiss / Dave Otto RC
653 Jeff King / Randall Byers RC UER

Checklists

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654a Checklist 1-101 ERR (#21 spelled "Schatzader") MIN / STL / DET / SF
654b Checklist 1-101 COR (#21 spelled "Schatzeder") MIN / STL / DET / SF
655 Checklist 102-201 UER Mets listed before Blue Jays. TOR had better record. NYM / TOR / MKE /
656 Checklist 202-296 NYY / CIN / KC / OAK
657 Checklist 297-390 PHL / PIT / BOS / SEA
658 Checklist 391-483 CWS / CHC / HOU / TEX
659 Checklist 484-575 CAL / LA / ATL / BAL
660 Checklist 576-660 SD / CLE / SuperStar Specials / Prospects

Parallels

Glossy

For the second consecutive year, Fleer produced a Glossy set. Similar to Topps Tiffany, Fleer Glossy is a 660 card parallel to the regular Fleer issue. The cards (along with the 12-card World Series insert set) were issued as a full set in a tin box distributed exclusively through hobby dealers. Since many dealers had problems selling their 1987 sets, production was reduced for the 1988 issues. It is believed that between 40,000 and 60,000 sets were produced.

Mini

See 1988 Fleer Mini.

Inserts

All-Star Team

This 12-card set was inserted randomly in wax and cello packs.

1 Matt Nokes
2 Tom Henke
3 Ted Higuera
4 Roger Clemens
5 George Bell
6 Andre Dawson
7 Eric Davis
8 Wade Boggs
9 Alan Trammell
10 Juan Samuel
11 Jack Clark
12 Paul Molitor

Headliners

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This six-card set came one-per rack pack.

1 Don Mattingly
2 Mark McGwire
3 Jack Morris
4 Darryl Strawberry
5 Dwight Gooden
6 Tim Raines

World Series

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This 12-card set was included in each factory set, and features highlights of the 1987 World Series. A Glossy version was also included in each factory set.

1 Dan Gladden
2 Randy Bush
3 John Tudor
4 Ozzie Smith
5 Todd Worrell / Tony Pena
6 Vince Coleman
7 Tommy Herr / Dan Driessen
8 Kirby Puckett
9 Kent Hrbek
10 Tommy Herr
11 Don Baylor
12 Frank Viola

Box Bottoms

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These 16 cards (C1 to C16) were printed on the bottom of the wax boxes. There are four different "panels" with four cards on each panel. The value of the panel uncut is slightly greater, perhaps by 25 percent greater, than the value of the individual cards cut up carefully.

Panel A

C1 St. Louis Cardinals
C2 Dwight Evans
C3 Andres Galarraga
C4 Wally Joyner

Panel B

C5 Minnesota Twins
C6 Dale Murphy
C7 Kirby Puckett
C8 Shane Rawley

Panel C

C9 San Francisco Giants
C10 Ryne Sandberg
C11 Mike Schmidt
C12 Kevin Seitzer

Panel D

C13 Detroit Tigers
C14 Dave Stewart
C15 Tim Wallach
C16 Todd Worrell

Team Stickers

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Once again, each pack of 1988 Fleer Baseball contained one team logo sticker. Each team has two designs, which are the same as the previous year's set: "Logo on Baseball" and "Dual Logos with Wordmarks." The Dual Logos stickers pair-up two teams (usually from opposite leagues) with two nickel-sized mini team logos along with four team wordmarks -- two for each team. The wordmark stickers were, at the time, popular for labeling team sets.

The reverse of each sticker features a photo of a Major League stadium.

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