Leaders in every
field climb to their perch by taking calculated risks, and collectors witnessed this concept firsthand when 1990 Upper Deck baseball cards hit store shelves that spring.
The year before, UD had immediately established itself as a disruptive force in the baseball card business not only for their revolutionary yet classic card design, but also for the audacity of making a ROOKIE the very first card in their very first set.
Sure, pegging Ken Griffey, Jr., as the poster child for UD looks like a stroke of genius nearly three decades later, but the truth is that it was a gamble that paid off.
So, how would Upper Deck leverage that bit of luck as it planned out the prime slot in its sophomore issue?
While Topps led off its 1990 offering with a string of Nolan Ryan cards and Donruss treated collectors to a Bo Jackson Diamond Kings pasteboard, UD once again went their own way. After all it takes the swagger of a leader, a champion, to start off your base set — your only set that really mattered at all at the time — with a checklist.
And coming into the 1990 collecting season, Upper Deck clearly was the champion of the card-makers, excepting perhaps the hue and cry of a few traditionalists who couldn’t stomach paying more than 40 cents for a pack of baseball cards.
Just as surely, card #1 in UD’s sophomore effort was nothing but a bunch of text and a gaudy drawing — the Star Rookie Checklist.
Boring o
r Classic?
Upper Deck was willing to forgo making card #1 a centerpiece of their set for three reasons: 1) they were king of the hill (see above); 2) their #1 could at least bank on the cachet of “Rookie”; and 3) they were backed by an award-winning design.
In fact, at first glance, and especially if you didn’t live through the boom years, you might have trouble distinguishing the 1990 Upper Deck cards from the 1989 Upper Deck cards — and from the 1991 Upper Deck cardsb for that matter. As in the previous year, UD’s 1990 issue was focused on presenting bright, crisp photos of the players we loved to watch, in a mix of posed and action shots.
Aside from that huge photo that covers more than 80% of available real estate, card fronts feature very little in the way of design. On the left-hand side of the lower white border, the player’s name appears in small black letters, with the team logo just above, in the lower left-hand corner of the photo itself.
Whereas the right-hand border of the 1989 set showed a first-base line capped by, well, first base, 1990 cards feature only a clean white strip to the right. Instead, the Upper Deck logo picks up the action in the upper right-hand corner, and a baseline extends along the upper border to the left, terminating in a small “second base,” inside of which is the player’s position in black letters.
Of course, the design of Upper Deck baseball cards does not stop on the front. When you turn one over, you’re treated to a color and techno explosion that dwarfed the card fronts of most sets made to that point.
In the top left-hand corner of the vertical layout is the card number in black type, with the fabled Upper Deck hologram to its right. Collectors were skeptical about the supposed anti-counterfeiting device during UD’s first few years, but we quickly became accustomed to such wizardry, and it was a milestone on the path toward the super premium brands that were to follow.
Beneath these two, which stake out the left-hand third of the card, are the MLB and MLBPA logos. Rounding out the panel is a block containing the player’s name and team name, along with his position and vital stats and a table with up to five years of statistics, plus career totals. The right-hand two-thirds of each card is devoted to another crisp, beautiful full-color image of the player.
The Upper Deck card back seemed to be a direct throat punch aimed at Topps, who never (well, almost never — see 1971) included photos on card backs and who always took grief for their dingy brown card stock. The blazing white borders on the fronts AND backs of UD cards were almost blinding by comparison.
Greenhorns and Greats
Of course, no set could get by on its design alone, especially during the end-cap years of the 1980s and 1990s when the rookie card blaze was still burning out of control. And, while the 1990 Upper Deck set never could boast of a surefire legend on the order of Junior Griffey, it did fine in the realm of first-year standouts.
Among the rookie cards from the 1990 Upper Deck set that still draw interest decades later are Sammy Sosa (#17), Juan Gonzalez (#72), John Olerud (#56), and Larry Walker (#466).
Beyond this quartet, though, several other players who made their UD debut in 1990 have caused their own ripples in the market, including Marquis Grissom (#9), Eric Anthony (#28), Bob Hamelin (#45), Jose Offerman (#46), Ben McDonald (#54), Kevin Maas (#70), and Dean Palmer (#74). These lower number cards were tagged with the “Star Rookie” designation, as was Deion Sanders (#13), even though that pasteboard is not a “true” rookie.
Even in 1990, there were plenty of hobbyists more interested in particular star players than in rookies, and Upper Deck had sufficient room to showcase the game’s best among their 700-card base set. Ranging from Jose Canseco (#66) to Kevin Mitchell (#117), and from Orel Hershiser (#256) to Dennis Eckersley (#513), UD had every big name you could ask for.
Beyond the “normal” card for each star, however, Upper Deck also offered paintings of one player from each team on the front of club checklist cards, ranging from ho-hum choices like Steve Sax for the New York Yankees (#18) to Hall of Famers like Robin Yount for the Milwaukee Brewers (#91). And, even though Julio Franco somehow pulled the checklist rug out from under Nolan Ryan for the Texas Rangers (#82), Upper Deck still saw fit to include two different cards of The Express: a 5000K card at #34 and Ryan’s base card at #544.
Get UD High!
If all of that nearly-full-bleed magic weren’t enough Upper Deck goodness for you, all you had to do was wait until late in the season. That’s when UD jumped into the update set foray with a concept they called their “High Number Series.”
Of course, issuing cards in series was not a new idea to veteran collectors, but it was considered dated in 1990. Ever since Topps had 
ditched multiple series in favor of one big issue per year in 1974, we had come to view the former as a quaint practice of the past.
Never mind that Topps themselves continued to issue cards in stages throughout most of the intervening years in the form of their own Traded Series.
But Upper Deck took a different tact to update sets than Topps or Fleer ever had.
Rather than issuing the cards as a dedicated box set OR putting them in their own Mylar-pack boxes, UD slid their high numbers in with cards from the lower 700 and wrapped them 15 cards to a pack and 36 packs to a box, same as always.
As you might expect from a late issue, the 1990 Upper Deck high numbers were loaded with players who had changed teams and rookies who made an impact but whom UD had missed the first time around.
Among the notable veterans making a high-number appearance were Willie Randolph (#704), John Fran
co (#709), Jeff Reardon (#729), Dave Winfield (#745), Dave Parker (#766), and Cecil Fielder (#786).
“New” rookie cards in the upper 100 included David Justice (#711), Carlos Baerga (#737), Delino DeShields (#746), and David Segui (#773).
Upper Deck also treated collectors to an “updated” Nolan Ryan card (#734), as The Ryan Express did indeed join a new club — the 300-Win Club — on July 31, 1990.
Hero and Harbinger
Even though Upper Deck had forged their initial success at least partly on the shoulders of a young man who had yet to become a superstar (Griffey), they weren’t content to build on just current players in 1990. Perhaps inspired by Ryan, the ageless wonder, Upper Deck set out to make a recently retired legend one of the centerpieces of their marketing strategy.
Specifically, they produced a 10-card set of “Baseball Heroes” that featured eight different milestones in the career of Reggie Jackson, p
lus a checklist, plus an artwork “topper” card showing Reggie with each of three teams (A’s, Yankees, Angels), along with a Baltimore Orioles hat. These cards were inserted in high-number packs, and the entire operation was dubbed, “Find the Reggie.”
As an added incentive, Jackson signed and numbered 2500 of those topper cards, effectively giving birth to the modern chase card.
Certainly, the chance of pulling a Reggie autograph was more compelling than the promise of “A Minimum of One 3-D Team Logo Hologram,” as their Mylar wrappers proclaimed. And since it was Mr. October, the nostalgia factor was steep enough to draw in even veteran collectors who naturally preferred the pink death-by-gum offered up by Topps packs.
Still today, and although 2500 is not a *small* print run, the autographed Reggie topper card sells for more than $100 in ungraded condition. And, de
spite the continued wide availability of 1990 Upper Deck packs, the chance to pull a Reggie is enough to entice the occasional impulse purchase.
Variety Is the Spice of Cardboard
If you’ve followed along this far, then you know that the 1990 Upper Deck set featured 700 base cards, 100 high-number cards, 10 Reggie Jackson cards, 1 Reggie Jackson autograph card, and 26 team logo cards (in 3-D!).
But if you’re the sort who has to have everything or nothing at all, then the 1990 set might prove more challenging than it first appears.
To begin, there are a handful of interesting misspellings among the first 100 or so cards, including such doozies as “suprising” news about Mike Schmidt’s retirement (#20) and the ever-popular “definately” (#42), which has definitely tripped up more than a few inattentive wordsmiths over the years.
These were never corrected, however, so they won’t do much extra for you other than maybe make you feel better about your own shortcomings.
There are, on the other hand, several variations which make building a master set quite an endeavor.
Some of the more obvious of these include:
- Ben McDonald (#54) can be found with either the Orioles or Star Rookie logo on front.
- The Mickey Tettleton checklist card (#60) lists #683 as either Jamie Weston (ERR) or Mickey Weston (COR).
- Andy McGaffigan’s (#597) card shows either McGaffigan or Rich Thompson.
- Ditto for #89, which shows either Rick Reed (ERR) or Jim Gott (CORR).
- Nolan Ryan’s #734 can be found with and without the “300th Win” stripe.
Then, starting at number 101 (Gerald Perry), the wheels fell off the Upper Deck printing press. From there through #199 (Al Newman), every card exists either with or without the copyright date on the back of the card.
A minor variation? Sure, you bet.
But if you want to collect EVERY possible variant of 1990 Upper Deck, you have to get all these babies, too. If t
hat’s where you find yourself, and you want to see every known error and variation in gory black-and-white detail (and usually with photos), check out The Trading Card Database, as they’ve done a typically bang-up job of cataloging the E & V love.
For our purposes, just know that a master set of 1990 Upper Deck baseball will come in somewhere north of 950 cards when you add in the base set, the high series, the Reggies, the 3-D team logos, and the goodies in this section.
That’s a Lot of Cards — Who Has That Kind of Money?
Considering that we’re talking about nearly 1000 of the finest, most technologically advanced baseball cards that 1990 had to offer, it must cost an arm and a leg to collect second-year Upper Deck cards, right?
Not unless you’re in the habit of giving away your limbs for free.
Even a s
econd-year Ken Griffey, Jr., card in the highest graded condition (PSA 10) checks in at around $100, and graded specimens of other cards from the set just go down from there.
You can find low-number unopened boxes for $5-10, and the high-number series run about the same despite the chance to pull a signed Reggie.
And if you paid more than $10 or so for a complete factory set anytime this decade, you might have been had. You can also occasionally find complete runs of the “no copyright” cards for a reasonable sum, and that includes Griffey and Craig Biggio.
So are these cards worthless? Only if you don’t have the memory or imagination to let them tug you into the sunlit outfields of 1989, before we knew what PEDs or Florida Marlins were.
For the rest of us, 1990 Upper Deck baseball cards are an affordable — and gorgeous — reminder of simpler times, when the hobby and the game held us spellbound all summer long.
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1 Star Rookie Checklist
2 Randy Nosek RC
3 Tom Drees RC
4 Curt Young
5 Devon White Angels Checklist
6 Luis Salazar
7 Von Hayes Phillies Checklist
8 Jose Bautista
9 Marquis Grissom RC
10 Orel Hershiser Dodgers Checklist
11 Rick Aguilera
12 Benito Santiago Padres Checklist
13 Deion Sanders
14 Marvell Wynne
15 Dave West
16 Bobby Bonilla Pirates Checklist
17 Sammy Sosa RC
18 Steve Sax Yankees Checklist
19 Jack Howell
20 Mike Schmidt Special
21 Robin Ventura
22 Brian Meyer
23 Blaine Beatty RC
24 Ken Griffey Jr. Mariners Checklist
25 Greg Vaughn
26 Xavier Hernandez RC
27 Jason Grimsley RC
28 Eric Anthony RC
29 Tim Raines Expos Checklist
30 David Wells
31 Hal Morris
32 Bo Jackson Royals Checklist
33 Kelly Mann RC
34 Nolan Ryan 5,000 K
35 Scott Service
36 Mark McGwire Athletics Checklist
37 Tino Martinez
38 Chili Davis
39 Scott Sanderson
40 Kevin Mitchell Giants Checklist
41 Lou Whitaker Tigers Checklist
42 Scott Coolbaugh
43 Jose Cano RC
44 Jose Vizcaino RC
45 Bob Hamelin RC
46 Jose Offerman RC
47 Kevin Blankenship
48 Kirby Puckett Twins Checklist
49 Tommy Greene RC
50 Will Clark Special
51 Rob Nelson
52 Chris Hammond RC
53 Joe Carter Indians Checklist
54 Ben McDonald RC
55 Andy Benes
56 John Olerud RC
57 Roger Clemens Red Sox Checklist
58 Tony Armas
59 George Canale RC
60 Mickey Tettleton Tigers Checklist
61 Mike Stanton RC
62 Dwight Gooden Mets Checklist
63 Kent Mercker RC
64 Francisco Cabrera
65 Steve Avery
66 Jose Canseco
67 Matt Merullo
68 Vince Coleman Cardinals Checklist
69 Ron Karkovice
70 Kevin Maas RC
71 Dennis Cook
72 Juan Gonzalez RC
73 Andre Dawson Cubs Checklist
74 Dean Palmer RC
75 Bo Jackson Special
76 Rob Richie RC
77 Bobby Rose
78 Brian DuBois RC
79 Ozzie Guillen White Sox Checklist
80 Gene Nelson
81 Bob McClure
82 Julio Franco Rangers Checklist
83 Greg Minton
84 John Smoltz Braves Checklist
85 Willie Fraser
86 Neal Heaton
87 Kevin Tapan RC
88 Mike Scott Astros Checklist
89 Jim Gott
90 Lance Johnson
91 Robin Yount Brewers Checklist
92 Jeff Parrett
93 Julio Machado RC
94 Ron Jones
95 George Bell Blue Jays Checklist
96 Jerry Reuss
97 Brian Fisher
98 Kevin Ritz RC
99 Barry Larkin Reds Checklist
100 Checklist (cards #1-100)
101 Gerald Perry
102 Kevin Appier
103 Julio Franco
104 Craig Biggio
105 Bo Jackson
106 Junior Felix
107 Mike Harkey
108 Fred McGriff
109 Rick Sutcliffe
110 Pete O’Brien
111 Kelly Gruber
112 Dwight Evans
113 Pat Borders
114 Dwight Gooden
115 Kevin Batiste RC
116 Eric Davis
117 Kevin Mitchell
118 Ron Oester
119 Brett Butler
120 Danny Jackson
121 Tommy Gregg
122 Ken Caminiti
123 Kevin Brown
124 George Brett
125 Mike Scott
126 Cory Snyder
127 George Bell
128 Mark Grace
129 Devon White
130 Tony Fernandez
131 Don Aase
132 Rance Mulliniks
133 Marty Barrett
134 Nelson Liriano
135 Mark Carreon
136 Candy Maldonado
137 Tim Birtsas
138 Tom Brookens
139 John Franco
140 Mike LaCoss
141 Jeff Treadway
142 Pat Tabler
143 Darrell Evans
144 Rafael Ramirez
145 O.McDowell
146 Brian Downing
147 Curt Wilkerson
148 Ernie Whitt
149 Bill Schroeder
150 Domingo Ramos
151 Rick Honeycutt
152 Don Slaught
153 Mitch Webster
154 Tony Phillips
155 Paul Kilgus
156 Ken Griffey Jr.
157 Gary Sheffield
158 Wally Backman
159 B.J. Surhoff
160 Louie Meadows
161 Paul O’Neill
162 Jeff McKnight RC
163 Alvaro Espinoza
164 Scott Scudder
165 Jeff Reed
166 Gregg Jefferies
167 Barry Larkin
168 Gary Carter
169 Robby Thompson
170 Rolando Roomes
171 Mark McGwire
172 Steve Sax
173 Mark Williamson
174 Mitch Williams
175 Brian Holton
176 Rob Deer
177 Tim Raines
178 Mike Felder
179 Harold Reynolds
180 Terry Francona
181 Chris Sabo
182 Darryl Strawberry
183 Willie Randolph
184 Bill Ripken
185 Mackey Sasser
186 Todd Benzinger
187 Kevin Elster
188 Jose Uribe
189 Tom Browning
190 Keith Miller
191 Don Mattingly
192 Dave Parker
193 Roberto Kelly
194 Phil Bradley
195 Ron Hassey
196 Gerald Young
197 Hubie Brooks
198 Bill Doran
199 Al Newman
200 Checklist (cards #101-200)
201 Terry Puhl
202 Frank DiPino
203 Jim Clancy
204 Bob Ojeda
205 Alex Trevino
206 Dave Henderson
207 Henry Cotto
208 Rafael Belliard
209 Stan Javier
210 Jerry Reed
211 Doug Dascenzo
212 Andres Thomas
213 Greg Maddux
214 Mike Schooler
215 Lonnie Smith
216 Jose Rijo
217 Greg Gagne
218 Jim Gantner
219 Allan Anderson
220 Rick Mahler
221 Jim Deshaies
222 Keith Hernandez
223 Vince Coleman
224 David Cone
225 Ozzie Smith
226 Matt Nokes
227 Barry Bonds
228 Felix Jose
229 Dennis Powell
230 Mike Gallego
231 Shawon Dunston
232 Ron Gant
233 Omar Vizquel
234 Derek Lilliquist
235 Erik Hanson
236 Kirby Puckett
237 Bill Spiers
238 Dan Gladden
239 Bryan Clutterbuck
240 John Moses
241 Ron Darling
242 Joe Magrane
243 Dave Magadan
244 Pedro Guerrero
245 Glenn Davis
246 Terry Steinbach
247 Fred Lynn
248 Gary Redus
249 Ken Williams
250 Sid Bream
251 Bob Welch
252 Bill Buckner
253 Carney Lansford
254 Paul Molitor
255 Jose DeJesus
256 Orel Hershiser
257 Tom Brunansky
258 Mike Davis
259 Jeff Ballard
260 Scott Terry
261 Sid Fernandez
262 Mike Marshall
263 Howard Johnson
264 Kirk Gibson
265 Kevin McReynolds
266 Cal Ripken
267 Ozzie Guillen
268 Jim Traber
269 Bobby Thigpen
270 Joe Orsulak
271 Bob Boone
272 Dave Stewart
273 Tim Wallach
274 Luis Aquino
275 Mike Moore
276 Tony Pena
277 Eddie Murray
278 Milt Thompson
279 Alejandro Pena
280 Ken Dayley
281 Carmelo Castillo
282 Tom Henke
283 Mickey Hatcher
284 Roy Smith
285 Manny Lee
286 Dan Pasqua
287 Larry Sheets
288 Garry Templeton
289 Eddie Williams
290 Brady Anderson
291 Spike Owen
292 Storm Davis
293 Chris Bosio
294 Jim Eisenreich
295 Don August
296 Jeff Hamilton
297 Mickey Tettleton
298 Mike Scioscia
299 Kevin Hickey
300 Checklist (cards #201-300)
301 Shawn Abner
302 Kevin Bass
303 Bip Roberts
304 Joe Girardi
305 Danny Darwin
306 Mike Heath
307 Mike Macfarlane
308 Ed Whitson
309 Tracy Jones
310 Scott Fletcher
311 Darnell Coles
312 Mike Brumley
313 Bill Swift
314 Charlie Hough
315 Jim Presley
316 Luis Polonia
317 Mike Morgan
318 Lee Guetterman
319 Jose Oquendo
320 Wayne Tolleson
321 Jody Reed
322 Damon Berryhill
323 Roger Clemens
324 Ryne Sandberg
325 Benito Santiago
326 Bret Saberhagen
327 Lou Whitaker
328 Dave Gallagher
329 Mike Pagliarulo
330 Doyle Alexander
331 Jeffrey Leonard
332 Torey Lovullo
333 Pete Incaviglia
334 Rickey Henderson
335 Rafael Palmeiro
336 Ken Hill
337 Dave Winfield
338 Alfredo Griffin
339 Andy Hawkins
340 Ted Power
341 Steve Wilson
342 Jack Clark
343 Ellis Burks
344 Tony Gwynn
345 Jerome Walton
346 Roberto Alomar
347 Carlos Martinez
348 Chet Lemon
349 Willie Wilson
350 Greg Walker
351 Tom Bolton
352 German Gonzalez
353 Harold Baines
354 Mike Greenwell
355 Ruben Sierra
356 Andres Galarraga
357 Andre Dawson
358 Jeff Brantley
359 Mike Bielecki
360 Ken Oberkfell
361 Kurt Stillwell
362 Brian Holman
363 Kevin Seitzer
364 Alvin Davis
365 Tom Gordon
366 Bobby Bonilla
367 Carlton Fisk
368 Steve Carter
369 Joel Skinner
370 John Cangelosi
371 Cecil Espy
372 Gary Wayne
373 Jim Rice –
374 Mike Dyer RC
375 Joe Carter
376 Dwight Smith
377 John Wetteland
378 Earnie Riles
379 Otis Nixon
380 Vance Law
381 Dave Bergman
382 Frank White
383 Scott Bradley
384 Israel Sanchez
385 Gary Pettis
386 Donn Pall
387 John Smiley
388 Tom Candiotti
389 Junior Ortiz
390 Steve Lyons
391 Brian Harper
392 Fred Manrique
393 Lee Smith
394 Jeff Kunkel
395 Claudell Washington
396 John Tudor
397 Terry Kennedy
398 Lloyd McClendon
399 Craig Lefferts
400 Checklist (cards #301-400)
401 Keith Moreland
402 Rich Gedman
403 Jeff D. Robinson
404 Randy Ready
405 Rick Cerone
406 Jeff Blauser
407 Larry Andersen
408 Joe Boever
409 Felix Fermin
410 Glenn Wilson
411 Rex Hudler
412 Mark Grant
413 Dennis Martinez
414 Darrin Jackson
415 Mike Aldrete
416 Roger McDowell
417 Jeff Reardon
418 Darren Daulton
419 Tim Laudner
420 Don Carman
421 Lloyd Moseby
422 Doug Drabek
423 Lenny Harris
424 Jose Lind
425 Dave Wayne Johnson RC
426 Jerry Browne
427 Eric Yelding RC
428 Brad Komminsk
429 Jody Davis
430 Mariano Duncan
431 Mark Davis
432 Nelson Santovenia
433 Bruce Hurst
434 Jeff Huson RC
435 Chris James
436 Mark Guthrie RC
437 Charlie Hayes
438 Shane Rawley
439 Dickie Thon
440 Juan Berenguer
441 Kevin Romine
442 Bill Landrum
443 Todd Frohwirth
444 Craig Worthington
445 Fernando Valenzuela
446 Joey Belle
447 Ed Whited RC
448 Dave Smith
449 Dave Clark
450 Juan Agosto
451 Dave Valle
452 Kent Hrbek
453 Von Hayes
454 Gary Gaetti
455 Greg Briley
456 Glenn Braggs
457 Kirt Manwaring
458 Mel Hall
459 Brook Jacoby
460 Pat Sheridan
461 Rob Murphy
462 Jimmy Key
463 Nick Esasky
464 Rob Ducey
465 Carlos Quintana
466 Larry Walker RC
467 Todd Worrell
468 Kevin Gross
469 Terry Pendleton
470 Dave Martinez
471 Gene Larkin
472 Len Dykstra
473 Barry Lyons
474 Terry Mulholland
475 Chip Hale RC
476 Jesse Barfield
477 Dan Plesac
478 Scott Garrelts
479 Dave Righetti
480 Gus Polidor
481 Mookie Wilson
482 Luis Rivera
483 Mike Flanagan
484 Dennis Boyd
485 John Cerutti
486 John Costello
487 Pascual Perez
488 Tommy Herr
489 Tom Foley
490 Curt Ford
491 Steve Lake
492 Tim Teufel
493 Randy Bush
494 Mike Jackson
495 Steve Jeltz
496 Paul Gibson
497 Steve Balboni
498 Bud Black
499 Dale Sveum
500 Checklist (cards #401-500)
501 Tim Jones
502 Mark Portugal
503 Ivan Calderon
504 Rick Rhoden
505 Willie McGee
506 Kirk McCaskill
507 Dave LaPoint
508 Jay Howell
509 Johnny Ray
510 Dave Anderson
511 Chuck Crim
512 Joe Hesketh
513 Dennis Eckersley
514 Greg Brock
515 Tim Burke
516 Frank Tanana
517 Jay Bell
518 Guillermo Hernandez
519 Randy Kramer
520 Charles Hudson
521 Jim Corsi
522 Steve Rosenberg
523 Cris Carpenter
524 Matt Winters RC
525 Melido Perez
526 Chris Gwynn
527 Bert Blyleven
528 Chuck Cary
529 Daryl Boston
530 Dale Mohorcic
531 Geronimo Berroa
532 Edgar Martinez
533 Dale Murphy
534 Jay Buhner
535 John Smoltz
536 Andy Van Slyke
537 Mike Henneman
538 Miguel Garcia
539 Frank Williams
540 R.J. Reynolds
541 Shawn Hillegas
542 Walt Weiss
543 Greg Hibbard RC
544 Nolan Ryan
545 Todd Zeile
546 Hensley Meulens
547 Tim Belcher
548 Mike Witt
549 Greg Cadaret
550 Franklin Stubbs
551 Tony Castillo
552 Jeff M. Robinson
553 Steve Olin RC
554 Alan Trammell
555 Wade Boggs
556 Will Clark
557 Jeff King
558 Mike Fitzgerald
559 Ken Howell
560 Bob Kipper
561 Scott Bankhead
562 Jeff Innis RC
563 Randy Johnson
564 Wally Whitehurst
565 Gene Harris
566 Norm Charlton
567 Robin Yount
568 Joe Oliver
569 Mark Parent
570 John Farrell
571 Tom Glavine
572 Rod Nichols
573 Jack Morris
574 Greg Swindell
575 Steve Searcy
576 Ricky Jordan
577 Matt Williams
578 Mike LaValliere
579 Bryn Smith
580 Bruce Ruffin
581 Randy Myers
582 Rick Wrona
583 Juan Samuel
584 Les Lancaster
585 Jeff Musselman
586 Rob Dibble
587 Eric Show
588 Jesse Orosco
589 Herm Winningham
590 Andy Allanson
591 Dion James
592 Carmelo Martinez
593 Luis Quinones
594 Dennis Rasmussen
595 Rich Yett
596 Bob Walk
597 Andy McGaffigan
598 Billy Hatcher
599 Bob Knepper
600 Checklist (cards #501-600)
601 Joey Cora
602 Steve Finley
603 Kal Daniels
604 Gregg Olson
605 Dave Stieb
606 Kenny Rogers
607 Zane Smith
608 Bob Geren
609 Chad Kreuter
610 Mike Smithson
611 Jeff Wetherby RC
612 Gary Mielke RC
613 Pete Smith
614 Jack Daugherty RC
615 Lance McCullers
616 Don Robinson
617 Jose Guzman
618 Steve Bedrosian
619 Jamie Moyer
620 Atlee Hammaker
621 Rick Luecken RC
622 Greg W. Harris
623 Pete Harnisch
624 Jerald Clark
625 Jack McDowell
626 Frank Viola
627 Teddy Higuera
628 Marty Pevey RC
629 Bill Wegman
630 Eric Plunk
631 Drew Hall
632 Doug Jones
633 Geno Petralli
634 Jose Alvarez
635 Bob Milacki
636 Bobby Witt
637 Trevor Wilson
638 Jeff Russell
639 Mike Krukow
640 Rick Leach
641 Dave Schmidt
642 Terry Leach
643 Calvin Schiraldi
644 Bob Melvin
645 Jim Abbott
646 Jaime Navarro
647 Mark Langston
648 Juan Nieves
649 Damaso Garcia
650 Charlie O’Brien
651 Eric King
652 Mike Boddicker
653 Duane Ward
654 Bob Stanley
655 Sandy Alomar Jr.
656 Danny Tartabull
657 Randy McCament RC
658 Charlie Leibrandt
659 Dan Quisenberry
660 Paul Assenmacher
661 Walt Terrell
662 Tim Leary
663 Randy Milligan
664 Bo Diaz
665 Mark Lemke
666 Jose Gonzalez
667 Chuck Finley
668 John Kruk
669 Dick Schofield
670 Tim Crews
671 John Dopson
672 John Orton RC
673 Eric Hetzel
674 Lance Parrish
675 Ramon Martinez
676 Mark Gubicza
678 Greg Mathews
679 Dave Dravecky
680 Steve Farr
681 Mike Devereaux
682 Ken Griffey Sr
683 Mickey Weston
684 Jack Armstrong
685 Steve Buechele
686 Bryan Harvey
687 Lance Blankenship
688 Dante Bichette
689 Todd Burns
690 Dan Petry
691 Kent Anderson
692 Todd Stottlemyre
693 Wally Joyner
694 Mike Rochford
695 Floyd Bannister
696 Rick Reuschel
697 Jose DeLeon
698 Jeff Montgomery
699 Kelly Downs
700 Checklist (cards #601-700)
701 Jim Gott
702 Delino DeShields, Larry Walker, Marquis Grissom
703 Alejandro Pena
704 Willie Randolph
705 Tim Leary
706 Chuck McElroy RC
707 Gerald Perry
708 Tom Brunansky
709 John Franco
710 Mark Davis
711 David Justice RC
712 Storm Davis
713 Scott Ruskin RC
714 Glenn Braggs
715 Kevin Bearse RC
716 Jose Nunez
717 Tim Layana RC
718 Greg Myers
719 Pete O’Brien
720 John Candelaria
721 Craig Grebeck RC
722 Shawn Boskie RC
723 Jim Leyritz RC
724 Bill Sampen RC
725 Scott Radinsky RC
726 Todd Hundley RC
727 Scott Hemond RC
728 Lenny Webster RC
729 Jeff Reardon
730 Mitch Webster
731 Brian Bohanon RC
732 Rick Parker RC
733 Terry Shumpert RC
734 Nolan Ryan
735 John Burkett
736 Derrick May RC
737 Carlos Baerga RC
738 Greg Smith RC
739 Scott Sanderson
740 Joe Kraemer RC
741 Hector Villanueva RC
742 Mike Fetters RC
743 Mark Gardner RC
744 Matt Nokes
745 Dave Winfield
746 Delino DeShields RC
747 Dann Howitt RC
748 Tony Pena
749 Oil Can Boyd
750 Mike Benjamin RC
751 Alex Cole RC
752 Eric Gunderson RC
753 Howard Farmer RC
754 Joe Carter
755 Ray Lankford RC
756 Sandy Alomar Jr.
757 Alex Sanchez
758 Nick Esasky
759 Stan Belinda RC
760 Jim Presley
761 Gary DiSarcina RC
762 Wayne Edwards RC
763 Pat Combs
764 Mickey Pina RC
765 Wilson Alvarez RC
766 Dave Parker
767 Mike Blowers RC
768 Tony Phillips
769 Pascual Perez
770 Gary Pettis
771 Fred Lynn
772 Mel Rojas RC
773 David Segui RC
774 Gary Carter
775 Rafael Valdez RC
776 Glenallen Hill
777 Keith Hernandez
778 Billy Hatcher
779 Marty Clary
780 Candy Maldonado
781 Mike Marshall
782 Billy Joe Robidoux
783 Mark Langston
784 Paul Sorrento RC
785 Dave Hollins RC
786 Cecil Fielder
787 Matt Young
788 Jeff Huson
789 Lloyd Moseby
790 Ron Kittle
791 Hubie Brooks
792 Craig Lefferts
793 Kevin Bass
794 Bryn Smith
795 Juan Samuel
796 Sam Horn
797 Randy Myers
798 Chris James
799 Bill Gullickson
800 Checklist (cards #701-800)
Reggie Jackson Baseball Heroes
1 1969 Emerging Superstar
2 1973 An MVP Year
3 1977 “Mr. October”
4 1978 Jackson vs. Welch
5 1982 Under the Halo
6 1984 500!
7 1986 Moving Up the List
8 1987 A Great Career Ends
9 Checklist
Topper/Header
I like the 1990 Tim Raines card. His uniform radiates a heavenly white glow and his wristbands look like they are some kind of artificially flavored sweet Hostess cake. There are some other Expos cards with closeup shots in the home whites where the players are illuminated by an inner light. Check out the 1990 Upper Deck cards of Andres Galarraga and Marquis Grissom.