The 1986 Topps Traded Baseball set - a faded crown jewel?
1972 Topps Set (Baseball)
Set Notes
Excerpt
The cards in this 787-card set measure 2 1/2" by 3 1/2". The 1972 Topps set contained the most cards ever for a Topps set to that point in time. Features appearing for the first time were 'Boyhood Photos' (341-348, 491-498), Awards and Trophy cards (621-626), 'In Action' (distributed throughout the set), and 'Traded Cards' (751-757). Other subsets included League Leaders (85-96), Playoff cards (221-222), and World Series cards (223-230). The curved lines of the color picture are a departure from the rectangular designs of other years.
Rookies
- (61) Burt Hooten, Gene Hiser, Earl Stephenson
- (72) Bruce Kison
- (79) Mike Garman, Cecil Cooper, Carlton Fisk
- (101) Bill Greif, J.R. Richard, Ray Russe
- (104) Toby Harrah
- (107) Jose Cruz
- (142) Chris Chambliss
- (147) Dave Kingman
- (162) Jerry Bell, Darrell Porter, Bob Reynolds
- (165) Chris Speier
- (191) Jeff Burroughs
- (198) Charlie Hough, Bob O'Brien, Mike Strahler
- (272) Mickey Rivers
- (327) Steve Stone
- (392) Fred Cambria, Richie Zisk
- (406) George Hendrick
- (474) Don Baylor, Roric Harrison, Johnny Oates
- (506) Terry Ley, Jim Moyer, Dick Tidrow
- (539) Terry Forster
- (579) Doyle Alexander
- (616) Joe Ferguson
- (724) John Curtis, Rich Hinton, Mickey Scott
- (741) Tom Hutton, John Milner, Rick Miller
- (761) Ben Oglivie, Ron Cey, Bernie Williams
- (778) Vic Albury, Rick Dempsey, Jim Strickland
More set notes
Only three baseball players, but some very significant non-baseball cards mark this set.
The 1988 U.S. Olympic baseball team joins rookies and traded veterans.
Focusing on more than 150 years worth of America's most famous movers and shakers.
This set consists of 792 standard-size cards. Cards were primarily issued in 17-card wax packs, 50-card rack packs and factory sets. Card fronts feature wood grain borders encasing a color photo (reminiscent of Topps classic 1962 baseball set). Subsets include Record Breakers (1-7), Turn Back The Clock (311-315), All-Star selections (595-616), and Team Leaders (scattered throughout the set). The manager cards contain a team checklist on back.
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