The 1984 season was the Cubs most successful season in nearly 40 years, as they won the NL East. We will not discuss the NLCS.
Topps continues with both a team card and one for the manger, while the other two sets don't do either. The number of action shots used on the cards continues to increase too. Highlights from the cards include the last cards for Fergie Jenkins and Fleer's oddball Jay Johnstone card with him wearing a Brockabrella.
One thing in need to note is that I am not including the traded sets. By this time both Fleer and Topps have them, but not Donruss. Maybe I'll do the same thing with the traded sets at a later time. For now, I'm just comparing the base sets.
Year - 1984
Main Brands - Topps, Donruss, Fleer
Number of Players Included Among All the Sets: 29
Players Included in Every Set: 21
Wow the difference between 1982 and 1984 is notable.
ReplyDeleteI understand that Donruss 1984 was (because of Mattingly) but you can see here they had a lot of Dark Photos. Though wow you did get a Joe Carter rated rookie.
Alot of good looking cards here - for Topps Hall, Lake and Johnstone stick out
Donruss - Rainey and Carter (what is going on with Sanberg)
Fleer - Proly, Davis and Sanberg
Very Very tight race but i would rank Fleer, Topps, Donruss
Best Card Fleer Sandberg over Topps Hall\Lake
Ahh, a time when a team could have more than 2 players represented. Overall, I am partial to the Topps set. Memories of cutting up full sheets of them while watching a BoSox game. First real cards I remember having. Fleer by a nose and I like the Buckner at full extension and watching the flight of the ball.
ReplyDeleteDonruss leading the charge on the Joe Carter era!
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