While Opening Day wasn't the oldest of the sets that were recently killed, it did have the most number of sets. There were 25 different Opening Day sets. The set size was fairly consistent over the years too, with either 165, 220, or 200 cards.
| Year | # of Cubs | Total in Set |
| 1998 | 5 | 165 |
| 1999 | 7 | 165 |
| 2000 | 5 | 165 |
| 2001 | 4 | 165 |
| 2002 | 5 | 165 |
| 2003 | 5 | 165 |
| 2004 | 10 | 165 |
| 2005 | 10 | 165 |
| 2006 | 7 | 165 |
| 2007 | 6 | 220 |
| 2008 | 6 | 220 |
| 2009 | NO SET | |
| 2010 | 7 | 220 |
| 2011 | 10 | 220 |
| 2012 | 3 | 220 |
| 2013 | 4 | 220 |
| 2014 | 6 | 220 |
| 2015 | 5 | 200 |
| 2016 | 7 | 200 |
| 2017 | 11 | 200 |
| 2018 | 11 | 200 |
| 2019 | 7 | 200 |
| 2020 | 9 | 200 |
| 2021 | 11 | 220 |
| 2022 | 6 | 220 |
Total number of Cubs cards: 170
High number of Cubs in a year: 2017, 2018, 2021 - 11 cards
Low number of Cubs in a year: 2012 - 3 cards
Most popular Cub: Sammy Sosa - 10 cards
FYI - the mosaic includes some of the inserts, so you may see more cards for a few years than listed in the chart.
I definitively preferred when they did a different color boarder than base.
ReplyDeleteAgreed - the 2008 set was unique. (except it did not work in 2004) and the white borders of 2007 contrasted with the base set
ReplyDeleteOpening Day best run was 2005-2008
Then 2010-2014,