1989 Topps
Total Cards: 792
Rating: 7.1 (200 votes)
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Notes: Distributed in one series (#1-792)
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1 | George Bell RB | Toronto Blue Jays | ||
2 | Wade Boggs RB | Boston Red Sox | ||
3 | Gary Carter RB | New York Mets | ||
4 | Andre Dawson RB | Chicago Cubs | ||
5 | Orel Hershiser RB | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
6 | Doug Jones RB, UER |
Cleveland Indians | ||
7 | Kevin McReynolds RB | New York Mets | ||
8 | Dave Eiland RC | New York Yankees | ||
9 | Tim Teufel | New York Mets | ||
10 | Andre Dawson | Chicago Cubs |
Inserts and Related Sets |
Trivia |
- This marked the first time Topps included cards of the previous year's draft picks in their set.
- Cards were released in the following configurations:
Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards plus one stick of gum per pack. (MSRP: $0.45) 20 boxes per case.
Cello: 24 packs per box, 29 cards per pack. (MSRP: $0.79)
Rack: 24 packs per box, 43 cards per pack. Three boxes per case.
Jumbos: 100 cards per pack.
Blisters: 100 cards per pack, exclusive to K-Mart.
500-card vending boxes. 24 vending boxes per case.
Factory sets
Tiffany factory sets (15,000 sets) - Box Bottoms: These "cards" were featured four to a box on the bottom of each wax box. There were four different panels for a total of 16 cards. The set is lettered A-P rather than sequentially-numbered. When individually cut out, each card measures 2.5" X 3.5".
- Glossy Send-Ins: This 60-card set was available by mailing in the special offer cards found in 1989 Topps wax packs. With enough special offer cards, and a nominal shipping & handling fee, collectors could choose one of six different "series" of Glossies, with two cards per series (cards ending in 9 and 0) featuring a "young star." The design of the set is identical to previous year's Glossies, except for a thin, red, border.
- Glossy All-Stars: This 22-card set is exclusive to rack packs. The design of the set is identical to previous years Glossy All-Stars. The checklist consists of the starting line-ups for the 1988 All-Star Game, both managers, and both team's honorary captains.
- Glossy Rookies: This 22-card set was available exclusively as an insert in 100-card "supermarket jumbo" packs. The design of the cards slightly resemble the Glossy All-Star set.
- Batting Leaders: This set depicts the 22 active Major Leaguer's with the highest lifetime batting averages going into the 1989 season. The cards were distributed one per 100-card blister pack available only at K-Mart stores. Many of the photos would by recycled for the 1990 insert of the same name.
- Final Topps base card of Pete Rose.
- Card #11 Final Topps card of Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter before retiring.
- Card #415 features the last Topps card of Hall of Famer Rich "Goose" Gossage.
User Comments |
One of the first sets I know I owned as a kid. Our grandparents were collectors, and they bought us a collectable from our birth year. Beat these up, flipped through them, probably traded them, put them in binders, and eventually lost them to the elements. In the pandemic collector frenzy, I was happy to revisit my childhood and found a set to flip through. | ||
I like the simplicity of this set. Easy to read, classy and solid photos. I find the later Topps sets during the 90's are jumbled up mess that you can barely read. Plus they are just ugly.
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The first cards I remember owning as a 6 year old. I'm still fond of this set. I even added the 5 unique OPeeChee WS cards and the 5-6 unique box bottoms (Don Sutton's farewell Topps card!) to include them in my master set. | ||
Forum |
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`89 Topps McGwire Error card? | 11 | Dec 22, 2023 11:12 AM by lildog7 |
1989 Topps Company store | 12 | Mar 8, 2023 8:26 PM by jacksoncoupage |
Card Design | 3 | Feb 26, 2023 8:11 AM by GoldenEagles555 |
This considered an error card? | 2 | Dec 7, 2022 12:05 PM by Dchamblee |
15-Card Cello Wrappers? | 2 | Mar 27, 2022 12:47 PM by Soup3102 |
External Links |
- BaseballCardPedia: 1989 Topps
- PSA Price Guide: 1989 Topps Tiffany
- Sports Collectors Daily: 15 Cards for 50 Cents: 1989 Topps Baseball Set Turns 30
- Sports Collectors Daily: 1987-1991 Topps Glossy Rookie Sets Required 100-Card Cello Pack Purchase
- Sports Collectors Daily: 1989, 1990 Topps Active Career Batting Leaders Sets are Rare Junk Wax Era G