1990 Fleer
Description
1990 Fleer is a 660 card set. Cards are ordered alphabetically by player within each team. The teams are in order based on their respective performance during the prior year. Subsets include Decade Greats (621-630), Superstar Combinations (631-639), Rookie Prospects (640-653) and checklists (654-660). The card fronts show either an action photo or posed photo of a player. The cards are printed in white card stock, with a non-glossy finish and have a white border. The photo is framed with a color border, the color, more or less, coordinated with the team colors. The card reverse is vertically oriented with the player name, personal 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 include: Moises Alou, Juan Gonzalez, David Justice, Sammy Sosa and Larry Walker.
Canadian Version
On cards distributed in Canada, the words "FLEER LTD./LTEE PTD. IN CANADA" are printed in small type on the backs. Unlike O-Pee-Chee and Leaf sets of the era, all Fleer Canadian cards are printed exclusively in English. Although these Canadian cards were undoubtedly produced in much lesser quantities compared to the U.S. issue, the fact that the American and Canadian versions are so similar has kept the demand down over the years. The Canadian version was distributed only in boxes that contained 48 packs with 10 cards in each pack. It's unknown if Canadian factory sets were produced.
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
Reviews
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 | ? | 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
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
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
640 Rudy Seanez RC
641 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
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 states that the Martinez variation can only be found in some Fleer cello boxes with the lot number 6841A.
353 Dave Martinez (Yellow Fleer logo)
Inserts
All-Stars
This 12-card set was exclusive to wax and cello packs.
- 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.
- 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
Each rack pack contained one of these six cards.
- 1 Barry Larkin
- 2 Don Mattingly
- 3 Darryl Strawberry
- 4 Jose Canseco
- 5 Wade Boggs
- 6 Mark Grace
World Series
This 12-card set, featuring highlights of the 1989 World Series, was included 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
Box Bottoms
The 1990 Fleer wax box cards comprise seven different box bottoms with four cards each, for a total of 28 standard-size cards. Each four-card panel has 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