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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.


Saturday, October 29, 2022

1983 TCMA Playball 1942 Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1983 TCMA Playball has 45 cards which there are 2 Cubs players

Card Dimensions

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

Basic Features

This 45-card standard-size set, which has sepia-toned posed and action player photographs with white borders, was produced by TCMA in 1983. The player's name is displayed in a black-outline banner at the bottom, which also features icons of a baseball glove, bat, ball, and catchers' mask. The cardboard backs have a navy blue print and display a player profile, a biography, and a Playball commercial. Each TCMA Playball set cost $4 and could be purchased straight from TCMA.

TCMA is the initials of founders Tom Collier and Michael Aronstein

I enjoy collecting this set because it contains several under-the-radar players from earlier decades. Who knew Swish had four years in a row with more than 100 RBIs?

1983 TCMA Playball  Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number Player
1983 TCMA Playball 1942
 40  Stan Hack
 41  Lou Novikoff
1983 TCMA Playball 1943
 35  Phil Cavarretta
 36  Swish Nicholson
 37  Peanuts Lowrey
1983 TCMA Playball 1944
 32  Dom Dellessandro
 33  Bob Chipman
 34  Hank Wyse
1983 TCMA Playball 1945
 23  Paul Derringer
 24  Stan Hack
 25  Lennie Merullo