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The 1989
Fleer baseball card set consist of 660 cards that measure 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". The
cards are in order by player alphabetically within each team. The
teams are in order based on their respective performance during the
prior year. Cards
numbered 628-639 are Special cards, Cards Numbered
640-653 are Major League Prospects, and Cards 654-660
are checklist cards..
The Billy Ripken Card 616 was issued with a "four letter
word" Face on the knob of the bat. The term Rick Face was
coined by Beckett in 1989 so when they refer to this card they can
do so without using profanity. variations of this card include:
Rick Face Double Die, Black Box square edge, round edge, and
scribble. (methods used to covered up the profanity.) There are six
variations of the 1991 Fleer Randy Johnson rookie card 381 (listed
below)
Key Cards:
- 353 - Craig
Biggio RC
- 381 - Randy
Johnson RC
- 548 - Ken
Griffey Jr. RC
- 616A - Bill
Ripken 'Rick Face'
- 616D - Bill
Ripken 'Black Scribble'
- 616E - Bill
Ripken Black Box
Key Rookie Cards:
Craig Biggio, Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Gary Sheffield,
John Smoltz.
Variations:
There are plenty of errors, and variations to keep busy with this set.
About half of the California Angels players have white rather than yellow
halos. Some Oakland A's player cards have red instead of green lines for front photo borders, and
checklist cards are available either with or without positions listed for each
player
- 98A Kevin Romine
ERR (Wrong photo of Randy Kutcher) 98B Kevin Romine COR
- 130A Tom Brookens
ERR (Mickey Heath
Stats on Back ) 130B
Tom Brookens COR
- 132A Mickey Heath
ERR (Tom Brookens Stats on Back) 132B Mickey Heath COR
- 173A Jeff Treadway
ERR (Target) 173B Jeff Treadway (No Target)
- 350A Alan Ashby
ERR (Back reads "throws rig" should be "throws
right") 350B
COR
- 381A Randy
Johnson VAR (has a red and white Marlboro billboard sign, complete with Marlboro man, above Randy's left shoulder,
top right of card)
- 381B Randy
Johnson VAR (still has the entire billboard visible, but is covered by a dark, reddish shading but still noticeable.)
- 381C Randy
Johnson VAR (still has the sign visible, but there's a black line through the middle of the word Marlboro with the tops of all letters in Marlboro still clearly
visible and, you can still tell the sign says Marlboro)
- 381D Randy
Johnson VAR (Still shows the red and white of the sign, but there is a black blob where the word Marlboro once was, no longer showing tops of letters.)
- 381E Randy
Johnson VAR (The Marlboro sign is completely gone, but a black rectangle, exactly in the shape of the Marlboro billboard but sticks out from the rest of the black
background)
- 381E Randy
Johnson VAR (the corrected version with no signs of the Marlboro
ad.)
- 440A Manny Trillo
ERR (Back reads "throws rig" should be "throws
right") 440B COR
- 616A - Bill
Ripken Rick Face
- 616B - Bill
Ripken Whiteout
- 616C - Bill
Ripken White Scribble
- 616D - Bill
Ripken Black Scribble
- 616E - Bill
Ripken Black Box
- 630 - Roberto
Alomar Sandy Alomar Jr. UER (Names on card listed in wrong
order)
- 631 - Will Clark
Rafael Palmeiro UER (Gallaraga, sic; Clark 3 consecutive 100 RBI
seasons; third with 102)
- 632 - Darryl
Strawberry Will Clark UER (Homeruns should be two words)
- 633 - Wade Boggs
Carney Lansford UER (Boggs hit .366 in '86, should be '88)
Glossary:
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CL - Checklist
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COR - Corrected
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ERR - Error
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FFC - First
Fleer Card
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RC - Rookie Card
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UER - Un-correced
Error
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VAR - Variation
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