The 1986 Topps Traded Baseball set - a faded crown jewel?
1985 Topps Set (Baseball)
Set Notes
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Excerpt
The 1985 Topps set contains 792 standard-size full-color cards. Cards were primarily distributed in 15-card wax packs, 51-card rack packs and factory (usually available through retail catalogs) sets. Manager cards feature the team checklist on the reverse. Full color fronts feature both the Topps and team logos along with the team name, player's name and his position. The first 10 cards (1-10) are Record Breakers, cards 131-143 are Father and Sons, and cards 701 to 722 portray All-Star selections.
Rookies
- (23) Bret Saberhagen
- (127) Mark Gubicza
- (145) Alvin Davis
- (181) Roger Clemens
- (193) Jimmy Key
- (238) Jose Rijo
- (253) Sid Bream
- (267) Henry Cotto
- (346) Terry Pendleton
- (386) Dan Gladden
- (393) Scott Bankhead
- (398) Shane Mack
- (400) Oddibe McDowell
- (401) Mark McGwire
- (403) Cory Snyder
- (404) Billy Swift
- (417) John Franco
- (464) Mike Mason
- (493) Orel Hershiser
- (536) Kirby Puckett
- (620) Dwight Gooden
- (625) Mark Langston
- (664) Steve Farr
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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