A Final Look at the 2013 Cubs Archives Giveaway Set

With the final giveaway cards in hand, I'm ready to wrap things up with this set.

It was a pretty impressive collaboration between Topps and the Cubs to produce the set.  Past partnerships produced single card giveaways, so jumping from 10 cards over 10 games to 82 cards over four games is huge.

I'm curious as to whether they will try something like this again next season.  Personally, I'd like to see them hold off for a few years.  With the limited number of photos Topps seems to use, I'm afraid another set next year would look too much like this year's.

I'm also wondering if other teams will do something similar next season.

The 82 card set included a total of 46 different players (including the three future stars on one card).  Only five of the 46 were on the Cubs roster in 2013, so the set was mostly players from the past.  Ernie Banks led the way with six cards, while Jeff Samardzija and Starlin Castro had the most cards among the current team, with four each.

The tile I created shows all 82 cards in alphabetical order by player name, with the muli-card players arranged by card number.  Below the tile is a list of all the players in the same order as the tile.

Player	Card #
Gene Baker	78
Ernie Banks	1
Ernie Banks	14
Ernie Banks	20
Ernie Banks	49
Ernie Banks	59
Ernie Banks	76
Darwin Barney	15
Darwin Barney	54
Glenn Beckert	24
Glenn Beckert	52
Larry Bowa	69
Bill Buckner	39
Jose Cardenal	60
Starlin Castro	6
Starlin Castro	13
Starlin Castro	18
Starlin Castro	47
Andre Dawson	8
Andre Dawson	19
Ivan DeJesus	67
Shawon Dunston	5
Dennis Eckersley	43
Future Stars	81
Mark Grace	17
Mark Grace	30
Mark Grace	51
Ken Holtzman	63
Randy Hundley	33
Fergie Jenkins	2
Fergie Jenkins	9
Fergie Jenkins	77
Don Kessinger	4
Don Kessinger	35
Dave Kingman	21
Jon Lieber	32
Greg Maddux	28
Greg Maddux	31
Greg Maddux	74
Greg Maddux	79
RIck Monday	57
Keith Moreland	73
Bobby Murcer	7
Andy Pafko	55
MIlt Pappas	70
Aramis Ramirez	22
RIck Reuschel	48
Anthony Rizzo	12
Anthony Rizzo	44
Jeff Samardzija	11
Jeff Samardzija	29
Jeff Samardzija	50
Jeff Samardzija	58
Ryne Sandberg	23
Ryne Sandberg	40
Ryne Sandberg	45
Ryne Sandberg	68
Scott Sanderson	65
Ron Santo	3
Ron Santo	26
Hank Sauer	56
Lee Smith	62
Alfonso Soriano	36
Sammy Sosa	10
Sammy Sosa	38
Sammy Sosa	66
Sammy Sosa	72
Steve Stone	27
Rick Sutcliffe	37
Rick Sutcliffe	53
Rick Sutcliffe	80
Bruce Sutter	42
Bruce Sutter	61
Bruce Sutter	75
Steve Trachsel	82
Jerome Walton	64
Billy Williams	16
Billy Williams	41
BIlly Williams	46
BIlly Williams	71
Kerry Wood	25
Kerry Wood	34