1984 Drakes Big Hitters Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1984 Drake's Big Hitters has 33 cards, two of which are Cubs players.

Size of Cards

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

Basic Features

Food cards from the early twentieth century to the present have a devoted following among collectors. This is only one of hundreds of strange sets available. There are some weird sets that are extremely difficult to obtain or extremely rare, but not this one.

Baseball cards have been packed as a promotional component in food products for decades. Drake's Bakery decided to try to capitalize on Hostess' popularity with baseball cards and baked products in 1981.

For the fourth year, Drake's Cakes has issued a set dubbed "Big Hitters." Drake's Cakes has released its fourth annual Collectors Edition of baseball cards, called "Big Hitters." The front displays a frameline with the set's title, Drake's logo, and the player's name, team, and position, like in previous years. On all of the cards, the player is depicted in a batting posture. The card fronts differ from this year's Topps fronts, but the backs are identical, except for the card number and the use of the Drake logo instead of the Topps logo.

If you've observed, the set includes a new Cubs player in Ron Cey. This will be Buckner's final appearance in a Cubs uniform. The main reason for this was that Dallas Green had begun looking for a buyer for Buckner, and on May 25, 1984, he negotiated a trade with the Red Sox in exchange for Dennis Eckersley and Mike Brumley.

Drake's Big Hitters Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
1981 Drake's Big Hitters
13	Bill Buckner
1982 Drake's Big Hitters
5	Bill Buckner
1983 Drake's Big Hitters
2	Bill Buckner
1984 Drake's Big Hitters
4	Bill Buckner
7	Ron Cey
1985 Drake's Big Hitters
6	Ron Cey
18	Gary Matthews
28	Ryne Sandberg
43	Rick Sutcliffe
1986 Drake's Big Hitters
9	Keith Moreland
19	Ryne Sandberg
1987 Drake's Big Hitters
7	Keith Moreland
21	Ryne Sandberg
1988 Drake's Big Hitters
16	Andre Dawson
31	Rick Sutcliffe

Topps 84 reverse

Topps 84 reverse

1983 Drake’s Big Hitters Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1983 Drake’s Big Hitters has 33 cards which there are 1 Cubs player

Size of Cards

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

Basic Features

Food cards from the early twentieth century to the present have a devoted following among collectors. This is only one of hundreds of strange sets available. There are some weird sets that are extremely difficult to obtain or extremely rare, but not this one.

Baseball cards have been packed as a promotional component in food products for decades. Drake's Bakery decided to try to capitalize on Hostess' popularity with baseball cards and baked products in 1981.

For the third year, Drake's Cakes has issued a set dubbed "Big Hitters." The fronts look to be very identical to those of the previous two years, with minor variations in the framelines and player-identifying portions. This card is a must-have for food card collectors, featuring action shots of the sportsmen as well as facsimile autographs.

The backs are similar to the Topps backs from this year, save for the card number and the Drake insignia.

Drake's Big Hitters Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
1981 Drake's Big Hitters
13	Bill Buckner
1982 Drake's Big Hitters
5	Bill Buckner
1983 Drake's Big Hitters
2	Bill Buckner
1984 Drake's Big Hitters
4	Bill Buckner
7	Ron Cey
1985 Drake's Big Hitters
6	Ron Cey
18	Gary Matthews
28	Ryne Sandberg
43	Rick Sutcliffe
1986 Drake's Big Hitters
9	Keith Moreland
19	Ryne Sandberg
1987 Drake's Big Hitters
7	Keith Moreland
21	Ryne Sandberg
1988 Drake's Big Hitters
16	Andre Dawson
31	Rick Sutcliffe

1988 Sportflics Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1988 Sportflics has 225 cards which there are 6 Cubs players

Size of Cards

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

Basic Features

Each card features 3 different photos on the front, using a lenticular lens setup to display different photos at different viewing angles, also known as "magic motion" cards. The front of the cards has a crimson border. On the back of the card is a full-color photo of the player and the usual stats, bio, and a blurb about their career.

Chicago Cubs 1988 Sportflics Checklist

Number	Player
12	Ryne Sandberg
27	Rick Sutcliffe
60	Jody Davis
163	Shawon Dunston
164	Keith Moreland
179	Lee Smith

1988 Sportflics Gamewinners - Baseball Trivia Quiz

1982 Renata Galasso 1910-1911 T3 Turkey Red Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1982: Renata Galasso, Turkey Red has 100 cards, of which there are 10 Cubs players.

Size of Cards

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

Basic Features

Renata Galasso reproduced the T3 1910-1911 Turkey Red Baseball Card in 1982. 100 of the original 126 cards are included in the set, each with full-color lithographs on the front and a checklist or commercial for Turkey Red cigarettes on the back. The reissued Turkey Red cards are substantially smaller than their original counterparts.

Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
1	Mordecai Brown
16	Johnny Evers
32	Orval Overall
33	Jack Pfiester
35	Joe Tinker
47	Frank Chance
98	Solly Hofman
102	Johnny Kling
109	Pat Moran
117	Frank Schulte

1982 TCMA "Hitters," "Pitchers," and "Sluggers" Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

There are 45 cards per set, for a total of 135 cards, of which there are 6 Cubs players.

Size of Cards

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

Basic Features

There are 45 cards in each set, which focuses on the game's legends with "Hitters," "Pitchers," and "Sluggers" and includes both color and black-and-white player photographs with thin red or green borders printed on white. The backs provide information on the players as well as their career statistics. TCMA published Collectors Quarterly, a baseball card magazine, in which it advertised their set and sold it directly via mail order. Tom Collier and Michael Aronstein are known as TCMA. It's a play on the names of the company's two founders. Throughout TCMA's 15-year existence, the business mostly manufactured cards that paid respect to the game's golden age, focusing on teams and stars from the 1920s to the 1950s.

Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
1982 TCMA Hitters
25	Riggs Stephenson
27	Cap Anson
1982 TCMA Pitchers
34	Mordecai Brown
1982 TCMA Sluggers
8	Ernie Banks
13	Billy Williams
23	Hack Wilson

1982 Cracker Jack Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1982 Cracker Jack has 16 cards, of which there is 1 Cubs player.

Size of Cards

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

Basic Features

For the first time since 1915, Topps teamed up with Cracker Jack and reentered the baseball card market. Cards came in two sheets of eight cards apiece, plus an advertising card with a title in the center, which measured approximately 7 1/2" by 10 1/2". Two sheets were originally available over the mail. This was to promote the first "Old Timers Baseball Classic," which took place on July 19, 1982.

The color player photographs include a Cracker Jack border and either green (NL) or red (AL) frame lines and name panels. The Cracker Jack emblem appears on both sides of each card, along with the numbers 1–8 for AL players and 9–16 for NL players. The backs had the usual stats, bio, and a blurb about their career.

1982 Cracker Jack Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
10	Ernie Banks