88 Topps Cards

We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the great classic baseball card sets, 1988 Topps. We're going through all 792 cards one by one, posting bits about what makes the card awesome and cool stats about the player or team featured on the card. We're also posting the 1988 Topps Traded set!

Saturday, October 4, 2008

#53T Glenn Hubbard

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This is a very nice card. Who knows what the sign in the background behind Old Mother Hubbard says? IMPACT FACTOR 2/10 : Hubbard signed wit...
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#52T Jay Howell

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Here's another card showing some scoreboard, like Matt Young's card . IMPACT FACTOR 5/10 : Howell , acquired in the same trade that ...
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Friday, October 3, 2008

#51T Ricky Horton

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IMPACT FACTOR 2/10 : Horton came to the White Sox in that same Lance Johnson trade, a pretty good deal for Chicago. He pitched one fairly b...
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#50T Bob Horner

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IMPACT FACTOR 2/10: Horner signed with the Cardinals after a year in Japan and was having a marginal season before an injury ended his yea...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008

#49T Tom Herr

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What a terrible airbrush job! Holy smokes! IMPACT FACTOR 1/10: Herr came to the Twins in exchange for Tom Brunansky , and after half a med...
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#48T Dave Henderson

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IMPACT FACTOR 6/10: Henderson signed with Oakland as a free agent and was their starting centerfielder for 4 years, including the 3 World ...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

#47T Ray Hayward

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IMPACT FACTOR 1/10: Hayward started 12 games for the Rangers in 1988, pitching fairly below average, and then never saw any further major ...
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#46T Ron Hassey

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IMPACT FACTOR 5/10: Hassey caught lightning in a bottle by signing as a free agent with Oakland before the 1988 season and staying with th...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

#45T Bryan Harvery

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IMPACT FACTOR 5/10 : Harvey was one of the better closers in the game in the late 80s and early 90s, and had two truly outstanding seasons ...
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Monday, September 29, 2008

88 Fleer

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See my post on A Pack A day here about a 1988 Fleer pack I ripped.
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#44T Ty Griffin

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IMPACT FACTOR 0/10: Griffin never made it to the big leagues, though he played in the minors as recently as 1995. He had a #1 draft pick c...
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Sunday, September 28, 2008

#43T Alfredo Griffin

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IMPACT FACTOR 2/10: Griffin , a bad offensive player, had some of his worst offensive seasons among his 4 years with the Dodgers. They gave...
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Saturday, September 27, 2008

#42T Mark Grace

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Here's another great rookie card from the set. IMPACT FACTOR 9/10: Grace was a fantastic player for the Cubs, playing the first 13 year...
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Friday, September 26, 2008

#41T Rich Gossage

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IMPACT FACTOR 2/10: Gossage came to the Cubs in a pretty meaningless trade. Only he and Keith Moreland had lengthy major-league careers a...

#40T Kirk Gibson

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IMPACT FACTOR 10/10: Gibson is our first perfect 10 performer for impact factor. This card is OH SO RIGHT featuring Gibby in Dodger blue ...
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#39T Ron Gant

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This is one of the best rookie cards in this set. IMPACT FACTOR 5/10: Gant was a big part of Braves' return to contention, although it...
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Thursday, September 25, 2008

#38T Mike Fiore

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IMPACT FACTOR 0/10 : Fiore never made it to the majors. I can barely find any info on him other than his BR Bullpen page . There was a major...
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#37T Tom Filer

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Very interestingly, just like the card before (Cecil Espy) Filer appeared in the big leagues briefly several years before he saw long-term t...

#36T Cecil Espy

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IMPACT FACTOR 3/10: Espy was picked up by the Rangers through the Rule V draft and played parts of 4 seasons for the club. He was pretty b...

#35T Richard Dotson

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IMPACT FACTOR 2/10: Dotson 's good year were behind him by the time he got to the Yankees, and they gave up Dan Pasqua to get him. I di...
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