The 1986 Sportflics set was the first new major baseball card issue since Donruss and Fleer crashed the Topps party back in 1981.
As such, it had the hobby all frothed up and eager to see what triple-action cards might look like.
Well …
Let’s just say that the backs of the cards were the best of the cards, thanks to high-quality full-color photos, complete stats, and verbose narratives.
The fronts?
Those were and are sort of hard to take — the grooved plastic covering and multiple exposures make the players hard to see unless you hold everything *just* right.
Still, at 200 cards, it’s a full-ish checklist that provides plenty of flavor from the middle of the 1980s hobby boom, and you pretty much have to have some Sportflics in your collection if you grew up before the 90s.
Here, then, for your perusal and enjoyment, is the complete checklist for the 1986 Sportflics baseball card set … an innovator, even if no one really cared for the innovations they brought to the table.
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51 Steve Garvey / Pete Rose / Ryne Sandberg
52 Harold Baines / George Brett / Jim Rice
53 Phil Niekro / Jerry Reuss / Mike Witt
54 Don Mattingly / Cal Ripken Jr. / Robin Yount
55 Goose Gossage / Dan Quisenberry / Lee Smith
56 Pete Rose / Steve Sax / Darryl Strawberry
57 Don Baylor / Reggie Jackson / Cal Ripken Jr.
58 Bill Madlock / Dave Parker / Pete Rose
59 Mike Flanagan / Ron Guidry / LaMarr Hoyt
60 Tom Seaver / Rick Sutcliffe / Fernando Valenzuela
61 Tony Armas / Reggie Jackson / Jim Rice
62 Keith Hernandez / Dale Murphy / Mike Schmidt
63 George Brett / Fred Lynn / Robin Yount
64 Bert Blyleven / John Denny / Jerry Koosman
65 Rollie Fingers / Bruce Sutter
66 Andre Dawson / Bob Horner / Gary Matthews
67 Carlton Fisk / Ron Kittle / Tom Seaver
68 George Foster / Dave Kingman / Mike Schmidt
69 Rod Carew / Cal Ripken Jr. / Pete Rose
70 Steve Carlton / Tom Seaver / Rick Sutcliffe
71 Reggie Jackson / Fred Lynn / Robin Yount
72 Dave Righetti / Rick Sutcliffe / Fernando Valenzuela
73 Fred Lynn / Eddie Murray / Cal Ripken Jr.
74 Rod Carew / Alvin Davis / Lou Whitaker
75 Wade Boggs / Carney Lansford / Don Mattingly
And back to “Tri-Stars” …
126 Gary Carter / George Foster / Al Oliver
127 Tim Raines / Ryne Sandberg
128 Paul Molitor / Cal Ripken Jr. / Willie Wilson
129 Dennis Eckersley / John Candelaria
130 Ron Cey / Rollie Fingers / Pete Rose
131 Dave Concepcion / George Foster / Bill Madlock
132 Vida Blue / John Denny / Fernando Valenzuela
133 Doyle Alexander / Joaquin Andujar / Richard Dotson
134 John Denny / Tom Seaver / Rick Sutcliffe
135 Phil Niekro / Tom Seaver / Don Sutton
136 Vince Coleman / Dwight Gooden / Alfredo Griffin
137 Gary Carter / Steve Garvey / Fred Lynn
138 Tony Perez / Pete Rose / Rusty Staub
139 George Foster / Jim Rice / Mike Schmidt
140 Bill Buckner / Tony Gwynn / Al Oliver
141 Jack Morris / Dave Righetti / Nolan Ryan
142 Vida Blue / Bert Blyleven / Tom Seaver
143 Dwight Gooden / Nolan Ryan / Fernando Valenzuela
144 Davey Lopes / Tim Raines / Willy Wilson
145 Tony Armas / Cecil Cooper / Ed Murray
146 Rod Carew / Rollie Fingers / Jim Rice
147 Rick Dempsey / Reggie Jackson / Alan Trammell
148 Pedro Guerrero / Mike Schmidt / Dan Porter
149 Mike Boddicker / Ron Guidry / Rick Sutcliffe
150 Reggie Jackson / Dave Kingman / Fred Lynn
Single players again … hope they weren’t lonely!
Next up, the World Champion Kansas City Royals …
And a strong finish with some singles …
1986 Sportflics Rookies Jose Canseco Rookie RC #11 PSA 9 MINT Athletics
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1986 Sportflics - Brewers #42 Robin Yount #475
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1986 Sportflics Premier Edition Baseball Complete Factory Set, never out of box
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Tom Seaver 1986 Sportflics #25 Card HOF White Sox FREE SHIP *AutographDen*
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