The 1986 Topps Traded Baseball set - a faded crown jewel?
1986 Topps Set (Baseball)
Set Notes
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Excerpt
This set consists of 792 standard-size cards. Cards were primarily distributed in 15-card wax packs, 48-card rack packs and factory sets. This was also the first year Topps offered a factory set to hobby dealers. Standard card fronts feature a black and white split border framing a color photo with team name on top and player name on bottom. Subsets include Pete Rose tribute (1-7), Record Breakers (201-207), Turn Back The Clock (401-405), All-Stars (701-722) and Team Leaders (seeded throughout the set). Manager cards feature the team checklist on the reverse.
Rookies
- (23) Manny Lee
- (53) Len Dykstra
- (102) Joe Orsulak
- (254) Ozzie Guillen
- (264) Darren Daulton
- (304) Mike Gallego
- (347) Teddy Higuera
- (370) Vince Coleman
- (382) Ivan Calderon
- (386) Cecil Fielder
- (397) Steve Buechele
- (409) Paul Runge
- (457) Mickey Tettleton
- (507) Steve Ontiveros
- (517) Milt Thompson
- (547) Roger McDowell
- (584) Brian Fisher
- (599) Rick Aguilera
- (602) Mariano Duncan
- (628) Kirk McCaskill
- (769) Harold Reynolds
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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