1985 Topps

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1985 Topps

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• Three of the USA Baseball cards feature players that never reached the Major Leagues (Sid Akins, Flavio Alfaro, Bob Caffrey).
• "Topps All-Star Rookie" trophies were not included on the cards of the 1984 winners: Mike Fitzgerald (C), Alvin Davis (1B), Juan Samuel (2B), Brook Jacoby (3B), Jackie Gutierrez (SS), Kirby Puckett (OF), Dan Gladden (OF), Carmelo Martinez (OF), Dwight Gooden (RHP), Mark Langston (LHP).
• Team logos returned to card fronts for the first time in twenty years.
• Since players with remaining NCAA eligibility could not be included in the set, there are no USA Olympic Team cards for Will Clark, Chris Gwynn, Barry Larkin or Bobby Witt.
• Within the set were also several different subsets, including:
  
  Record Breakers (#1-10)
  Father/Son (#131-143)
  USA Olympic Team (#389-401)
  All-Star (#701-722)
  Checklists
  Managers
• Cards were released to the general public in the following formats:
  * 15-Card Wax Packs
  * 28-Card Cello Packs
  * 42 (14x3) Card Grocery Rack
  * 48 (16x3) Card Rack Packs
• Card #352 of Joe Morgan is his last Topps card as an active player.
• The big rookies in this set are Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire (Olympic) & Kirby Puckett. Other notable rookies include: Dwight Gooden, Bret Saberhagen, Mark Gubicza, Jimmy Key, Orel Hershiser, John Franco, Jose Rijo, Mark Langston, Terry Pendelton and Eric Davis.
• #61 Curt Kaufman - UER: "Harlen, Iowa" should be "Harlan, Iowa" as home on back
• #88 Bryn Smith - Card #88 of Bryn Smith shows him autographing a 1983 Topps card.
• #153 Frank LaCorte - UER: "0" should be "1" for CG for Major Lea. Totals in stats on back
• #195 Glenn Hubbard - UER: "Hann A.F.B., Germany" should be "Hahn A.F.B., Germany" as birthplace on back
• #218 Doyle Alexander - UER: "9-5-50" should be "9-4-50" as birthdate on back
• #229 Dave LaPoint - UER: "Pollack Pines, Cal." should be "Pollock Pines, Cal." as home on back
• #278 Darryl Strawberry - Card #278 of Darryl Strawberry was featured on the cover of the August 1991 issue of Sports Card Trader magazine.
• #395 Mike Dunne - UER: "Peoria, Ill." should be "South Bend, Ind." as birthplace on back
• #403 Cory Snyder - UER: "Canyon Country, Calif." should be "Inglewood, Calif." as birthplace on back
• #497 Gary Pettis - Card #497 of Gary Pettis is a picture of his younger brother Lynn, but was never changed.
• #497 Gary Pettis - The strange, yet true story of how Gary Pettis' brother wound up on his 1985 Topps baseball card