1991 Score
Total Cards: 893
Rating: 6.3 (139 ratings)
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Notes: Distributed as Series 1 (#1-441) and Series 2 (#442-893). Factory sets include #1-893 plus a 7-card Cooperstown Card insert set.
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Trivia |
- Series 1 wax packs contain cards 1-441, Series 2 contains 442-893.
- The factory set contains 7 bonus cards not available in wax packs.
- Mickey Mantle signed 2,493 cards for random insertion in Series 2 packs.
- 35,951 unsigned Mickey Mantle cards were randomly inserted into Series 2 packs.
- Seven autographed and 49 unsigned Score Mickey Mantle cards were available through a mail-in sweepstakes.
- At the time of its release, this was the largest set ever produced by a licensed major card manufacturer.
- Card #109 is sometimes incorrectly regarded as a UER, because he's shown pitching lefty, but the bio says throws right. The text on the back explains the picture.
- Card #881 Damon Berryhill is inexplicably grouped with various subsets at the end of the second series instead of the other cards with blue backgrounds (#442-550).
- Only 55 of the 76 World Series from 1905 through 1980 are represented in the Magic Trivia insert set. Not included: 1906-07, 1913, 1915-17, 1919, 1921, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1948-49, 1956, 1960-63, 1967, 1973 and 1975.
- This was the largest base set from a licensed MLB company upon its release. It would be broken the next year by 1992 Topps Stadium Club, which had a base set of 900.
- Cards were released to the general public in the following formats:
* 16-Card Poly Packs
* 101-Card Retail Blister Packs
* 101-Card Hobby Blister Packs
* "Rising Star" Rack Pack - #4 Nolan Ryan - UER: Career IP 4990.2, should be 4989.1
- #6 Bret Saberhagen - UER: 6th line of bio, "missed" misspelled "mised"
- #95 Cal Ripken, Jr. - UER: 4th line of write-up on back, "genius" is misspelled "genuis"
- #209 Doug Dascenzo - Doug is pictured pitching here, despite being an outfielder, he pitched 4 times in his career, 5 innings, 2 strikeouts, 2 walks, 3 hits allowed, and an ERA of 0.00....this photo is from June 12, 1990, Cubs vs. Mets, Mets won 19-8.
- #486 Erik Hanson - UER: 3rd line of the write-up on the back, "basketball" is misspelled "baseketball"
- #493 Julio Franco - Born on "August 23, 1961", should be "August 23, 1958". Card companies used the birth date that was available to them at that time.
- #659 Dann Bilardello - UER: Bio has 13 games, 1 hit, 32 ABs in 1990, stats have 19 games, 2 hits, 37 ABs
User Comments |
This set was my very first set, and ultimately is what got me hooked on cards. My dad bought me this set for my birthday. I know it is "junk wax" now, but I still have this set to this day, and it will always be the reason I got hooked. Rating: 10 | ||
Just too many cards !!! Still have them and hoping to sell most of them.
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Nothing special about the design. It's the weakest of
Rating: 6 | ||
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| #737 American Flag/Desert Storm Card | 6 | Mar 10, 2025 9:50 PM by jacksoncoupage |
| Misprint Score 1991 | 5 | Feb 8, 2024 11:51 AM by jacksoncoupage |
| Multiple Cards with Wrong Back (or Wrong Front?) | 1 | Jul 16, 2022 3:01 PM by jimetal7212 |
| 1991 Score Mike Devereaux #249 | 9 | Jan 25, 2021 11:48 AM by vrooomed |
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