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This blog will discuss the 1980s and the baseball card collecting hobby, with a focus on the Chicago Cubs. Contrary to vintage baseball cards, the majority of modern cards are affordable. The various sets will be considerably simpler to obtain. So, with thousands of cards in between, we'll start with 80 Topps and end with 89 Upper Deck. The apex of this period was represented by the Sandberg Rookie of the Year in 1983.


Friday, February 4, 2011

1980 Topps Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1980 Topps has 726 cards which there are 27 Cubs

Card Dimensions

The standard-sized cards are the following dimensions: 2-1/2" by 3-1/2"

Basic Features

The card fronts feature a large color portrait of the player with a facsimile autograph. The player's name is positioned along the top border of the card. The players' positions are inside a pennant at the top left, and the team is inside another pennant at the bottom right.

The backs of these cards contain player statistics, biographical information, and a cartoon about the player. Many rookies appear in team threesome cards.

Subsets include:

  • Statistical Leaders (LL)
  • Previous Seasons Highlights (HL)

Topps Traded Baseball Card Set didn't start till 1981



Chicago Cubs 1980 Topps Checklist


Number Player
17 Bruce Sutter
54 Dennis Lamp
103 Bill Caudill
135 Bill Buckner
153 Tim Blackwell
175 Rick Reuschel
202 Dave Kingman LL
240 Dave Kingman
298 Ken Holtzman
323 Mick Kelleher
343 Mike Vail
381 Cubs CL
398 Barry Foote
431 Mike Krukow
452 Steve Dillard
472 Willie Hernandez
493 Jerry Martin
514 Steve Ontiveros
523 Ken Henderson
541 Miguel Dilone
574 Scot Thompson
594 Dick Tidrow
628 Doug Capilla
639 Larry Biittner
676 Macko /Geisel /Pagel
691 Ivan DeJesus
716 Lynn McGlothen