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1980's Topps / Donruss & Fleer Top Rookies1980: Rickey Henderson 1981: Tim Raines / Harold Baines / Fernando Valenzuela 1982: Cal Ripken Jr. / Lee Smith 1983: Tony Gwynn / Wade Boggs / Ryne Sandberg 1984: Don Mattingly / Darryl Strawberry 1985: Kirby Puckett / Roger Clemens / Mark McGwire / Dwight Gooden 1986: Fred McGriff / Jose Canseco / Cecil Fielder 1987: Greg Maddux / Barry Bonds / Barry Larkin / Will Clark 1988: Roberto Alomar / Mark Grace / Tom Glavine 1989: Randy Johnson / John Smoltz / Gary Sheffield / Curt Schilling / Craig Biggio |
Die-Cut A special card that differs from a basic card by "Die-Cutting", cutting away portions of the card to create a special design. Most are serially numbered & limited.
Error Card Baseball card history is filled with error cards, many of them very interesting. Hank Aaron is on 2 of my favorite error cards. Aaron's 1956 Topps card action photo shows Aaron sliding home but it is actually Willie Mays not Aaron. Topps again goofed on Aaron's 1957 "reversed negative" card showing Aaron batting left-handed.
"Error Cards" are usually found early in print runs and often corrected. When this correction happens a VARIATION is created. Some variations are extremely interesting and very expensive while others are totally boring and you wonder why they were even made.
Extended Set Also frequently called Update Set or
Traded Set.
They are sets issued after the original release to update the regular set
with new and traded players.
Facsimile Autograph is an autograph printed on a card to show what the player's actual signature looks like. They are not "real" autographs.
Factory Set are complete sets usually in special boxes produced by the manufacturer. "Hand-Collated Sets" are sets collectors have put together card by card from packs.