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.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
1988 Score Inaugural Baseball Set
Number of Cards
The 1988 score has 660 cards, of which there are 21 Cubs players.
Card Dimensions
The standard-sized cards are the following dimensions: 2-1/2" by 3-1/2"
Basic Features
Score joined the list of baseball card manufacturers in 1988. The fronts featured six distinctive border colors, which were equally divided among 110 cards per color. The color photograph on the front had a thin white border. The players' names were located along the bottom, with their position just under their names. The score logo was found at the bottom right.
Along with being full color, the backs contained the team logo, a player portrait, along with a brief biography, player data, and statistics. That's pretty much normal for baseball cards of the era.
Subsets include:
Highlights (652-660)
Rookie Prospects (623-647)
1988 Score Glossy
This 660 card set is a parallel to the regular 1988 Score set. According to the Score, 5,000 of these sets were produced. These sets got there glossy look as "UV Coating" was added to the fronts of the card.
Chicago Cubs 1988 Score Baseball with Update Set Checklist
