This blog will explore the baseball card collecting hobby of the 1980s, particularly highlighting the Chicago Cubs. Unlike vintage baseball cards, most modern cards are quite budget-friendly. The different sets will be much easier to find. Therefore, with thousands of cards in the mix, we will begin with the 80 Topps and conclude with the highly valuable 1985 Topps Mini Test. The pinnacle of this era was marked 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) No Cubs
Rookie Prospects (623-647) No Cubs
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 Checklist
