1985 Topps
Total Cards: 792
Rating: 7.8 (211 ratings)
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Top Sets: #48
Notes: Distributed in one series (#1-792)
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Trivia |
- 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
User Comments |
1985 Topps were the first packs I opened in my childhood. The #1 card in the set...Carlton Fisk sets record for longest game played by a catcher...is THE card that him my favourite baseball player of all time.
Rating: 9 | ||
Great looking set with the Team Logo on the front (first time in 20 years) and what a loaded crop of rookie pitchers in this set: Roger Clemens, Dwight Gooden, Bret Saberhagen, Mark Gubicza, Jimmy Key, Orel Hershiser, John Franco, Jose Rijo and Mark Langston, not to mention of course the Puckett and McGwire Olympic rookie cards. Love this design! Rating: 8.5 | ||
This set is special to me. It's one of those sets that looks very 1980s (makes sense), and I genuinely like the design. It does get old after going through hundreds of them at a time. Rating: 8 | ||
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External Links |
- BaseballCardPedia: 1985 Topps
- Phillies "Black Box" Variations
- PSA Article: Collecting the 1985 Topps Baseball Set
- PSA Price Guide: 1985 Topps
- PSA Price Guide: 1985 Topps Tiffany
- Sports Collectors Daily: Editor’s Blog: Once Golden, 1985 Topps Ultimately Served Disappointment
- YouTube: 1985 Topps Box Opening
