1992 Fleer Baseball Trading cards

The 1992 Fleer baseball set consists of 720 cards. For the simpletons amongst us, the cards were grouped together by team and then listed alphabetically.
There were a number of subsets in the set; Major League Prospects (652-680), Record Setters (681-687), League Leaders (688-697), Super Star Specials (698-707), Pro Visions (708-713) and seven checklists (714-720).
Although inserts are prevalent in modern sets, it was a fairly new inclusion in 90's. Fleer 1992 included the-Team Leaders(20), All-stars(24), Lumber Company(9), Smoke'n'Heat(12) and Rookie Sensation(20)inserts. As displayed on the pack, Roger Clements had his own 12 card insert set, furthermore randomly inserted in packs were Roger Clements autographs limited to 2000. The odds of finding one in pack were 1:35,000!
Fleer offered collectors (through mail order) three 'extra' Roger Clements cards for only 10 Fleer '92 baseball card wrappers and $1.00 for postage and handling, Also on offer through mail order was an uncut 8 1/2inch by 11inch numbered promo sheet of the 20-card Rookie Sensation, likewise for only 10 Fleer card wrappers and $1.00 for postage and handling, Both were only available while supplies lasted.

The Red Sox available are:
#32 Wade Boggs
#33 Tom Bolton
#34 Tom Brunansky
#35 Ellis Burks
#36 Jack Clark
#37 Roger Clemens
#38 Danny Darwin
#39 Mike Greenwell
#40 Joe Hesketh
#41 Daryl Irvine
#42 Dennis Lamp
#43 Tony Pena
#44 Phil Plantier
#45 Carlos Quintana
#46 Jeff Reardon
#47 Jody Reed
#48 Luis Rivera
#49 Mo Vaughn
#705 Mo Vaughn / Cecil Fielder
#707 Harold Baines / Wade Boggs
#714 Checklist 1-101

I was given two packs of these 'teal' beauties by Big B, each containing 17 cards.

Pack 1:

#37 Roger Clemens Red Sox

#72 Dave Winfield Angels

#80 Scott Fletcher White Sox

#203 Dan Gladden Twins

#228 John Habyan Yankees

#268 Dave Stewart Athletics

#293 Russ Swan  Mariners

#301 Mario Diaz Rangers

#344 Duane Ward Blue Jays

#388 Chuck McElroy Cubs

#415 Paul O'Neill Reds

#431 Jim Corsi Astros

#487 Chris Nabholz Expos

#590 Bryn Smith Cardinals

#623 Kevin Ward Padres

#679 Cal Eldred Brewers

#882 Nolan Ryan Rangers record setter  

Pack 2:

#9 Chris Hoiles Orioles

#62 Wally Joyner Angels

#90 Matt Merullo White Sox

#123 Joel Skinner Indians

#167 Bret Saberhagen Royals

#183 Jaime Navarro Brewers

#201 Scott Erickson Twins

#267 Terry Steinbach Athletics

#300 Jack Daugherty Rangers

#317 Kenny Rogers Rangers

#324 Derek Bell Blue Jays

#463 Ramon Martinez Dodgers

#514 Charlie O'Brien Mets

#557 Bill Landrum Pirates

#596 Todd Zeile Cardinals

#643 Kelly Downs Giants

#8/12 Roger Clemens 'Business as Usual'

A Red Sox in each pack. Not bad.

1992 Topps Stadium Club Series 2

1992 Topps Stadium Club. What you may or may not already know is that Topps produced a Football (soccer) version of this set.

Same idea. Super premium cards, border less Kodak photography, however the cards were a lot less glossy than the baseball version. The cards were also released in a see through package with creased top and bottom rather than the tight fitting US version.

My football team is Charlton Athletic and there were two players available in the set. Goalkeeper Bob Bolder and Midfielder Rob Lee. There was only 200 cards to collect in the base set and 15 PROMO cards. Although considered rare, they can be often found on e-bay.

In the baseball version there are a whopping 900 cards, released in 3 series of 300 cards.  There are 34 Red Sox cards to collect.

In series 2 the Red Sox available were:

325 Mo Vaughn
352 Wayne Housie
377 Scott Cooper
399 Ellis Burks
424 John Marzano
446 Mike Greenwell
464 Tom Brunansky
481 Jeff Plympton
504 Josias Manzanillo RC
520 Wade Boggs
539 Danny Darwin
561 Tom Bolton
577 Jeff McNeely
593 Roger Clemens MC

This pack comes from Waxaholic.

The pack:

#312 Bruce Hurst Padres

#323 Hector Wagner Royals

#324 Wally Ritchie Phillies

#332 Tom Prince Pirates

#346 Lee Guetterman Yankees

#368 Bryn Smith Cardinals

#371 Jose Uribe Giants

#379 Billy Spiers Brewers

#388 Tom Gordon Royals

#418 Jason Grimsley Phillies

#466 Geronimo Pena Cardinals

#505 Delino DeShields Expos

#517 Kelly Downs Giants

#555 Derek bell Blue Jays

#580 Fred McGriff Padres

 

A Pony! Thankfully the players rookie cards are shown on the back of Stadium Club cards. 

1992 DONRUSS series two

These packs contains 15 cards.

The regular set consists of 784 cards which were issued in two separate series of 396.

The inserts (or subsets) include Rated Rookies , All-Stars and Highlights.

Series one were in blue foil packs and Series two in red foil packs.

Pack 1:

#BC2 Terry Pendelton NL MVP

#BC7 Colorado Rockies

#421 Lance Dickson RR Cubs

#701 Jim Lindeman Phillies

#705 Jaime Navarro Brewers

#709 John Cerutti Tigers

#714 Mitch Webster Dodgers

#719 Sid Fernandez Mets

#734 Billy Ripkin Orioles

#739 Tony Castillo Mets

#740 Sammy Sosa White Sox

#743 Steve Wapnick White Sox

#745 Darrin Chapin Yankees

#748 Rosario Rodriguez Pirates

#783 Bryan Hickerson Giants

Pack 2:

#429 Ryne Sandberg AS Cubs

#555 Gossage and Ryan Highlights Rangers

#560 Luis Alicea Cardinals

#564 Deion Sanders Braves

#565 Walt Terrell Tigers

#570 Scott Cooper Red Sox

#609 Carlos Quintana Red Sox

#612 Daryl Boston Mets

#635 Matt Young Red Sox

#641 Omar Vizquel Mariners

#642 Rick Sutcliffe Cubs

#646 Jack Howell Padres

#650 Chuck McElroy Cubs

#655 Scott Ray Cardinals

#660 Steve Frey Expos

The second pack had 3 Red Sox, which is a surprising ratio. These cards didn't set the card collecting world alight and I bought 6 packs for 99p on e-bay UK. The design is not stimulating but the players pictures on the front are large and usually action shots. The Colorado Rockies logo was the first of the type I had seen from this set. I presume it was because they were an expansion team.