1998 Bowman Baseball

Perfect for the team collector!
Marking the 50th anniversary of its 1954 baseball card set, Topps released this reprint edition that mirrored thier original set with some differences.
* Cards were in today's standard 2-1/2 by 3-1/2 size
* Cards were on thin glossy stock rather.
* Topps added (8) cards to the set making up for some of the superstars missed in the original, including Roberto Clemente, Harmon Killebrew pre-rookies.
* Since Upper Deck had exclusive rights to Ted Williams, the set was missing both of his cards (#1,#250).
Upper Deck issued 1954 Archives cards for Mickey Mantle and both missing Ted Williams cards as scarce inserts in their 1994 packs.
* Topps also issued a scarcer gold parallel set with gold facsimile autographs and team logos. Gold cards were inserted only 1 per pack.

A great way to experience the 1954 Topps set and it's huge rookies like Hank Aaron, Al Kaline and Ernie Banks without spending $20,000 !!!