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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.


Monday, October 30, 2023

1988 Fleer Baseball’s Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

44 cards in the 1988 Fleer Baseball’s Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers collection included 2 Cubs players.

Size of Cards

The size of the cards are standard-size 2 ½ x 3 ½

Basic Features

The 1988 Fleer Baseball’s Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers boxed set, which included 44 standard-size cards, sets were sold in five-and-dime retail stores around the country. The cards feature full-color fronts with green and yellow outlines. The box for the cards describes the set as "1988 Fleer Baseball’s Best."The set's checklist is included on the back of the set box. Six stickers from the Fleer main collection from 1988 were also included. The bottoms of the boxes that held the individual set boxes also contained a panel of six cards; these box bottom cards were numbered C1 through C6.

Chicago Cubs 1988 Fleer Baseball’s Best Sluggers vs. Pitchers Checklist


Number Player
12 Andre Dawson
c-4 Rafael Palmeiro