1992 Panini Stickers Cubs

The 1992 set was a bounce-back set.  The number of stickers was up by 17 and the size of the stickers grew to, going from 1½" x 2 ⁹/₁₆" to 2⅛" x 3".

The logo sticker was a shiny foil.

 

Dawson and Sandberg got the All-Star foil treatment, too.

The stats that were included for the first time in 1991 disappeared from the 1992 stickers.  In fact, stats would never be included on any future sticker sets either.

Nine Cubs were included in the set

 

 

 

 

Five Random Cubs Cards

I've got 16,769 Cubs cards from 198 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.

1900s - 1970s: 1969 Jewel Jim Hickman  Look how empty things look behind him.  No expanded bleachers, rooftop seats, video board, not even the basket on the wall.  Simpler times in 1969.

1980s: 1980 TCMA All TIme Cubs #1 Billy Williams  Billy was one of three of the '69 Cubs that TCMA included on the All Time Team,  Banks and Santo were also members.

1990s: 1992 Topps Kids #5 Shawon Dunston  It is appropriate for Dunston to be included in the Topps Kids set since he always played with a kid-like enthusiasm.

2000s: 2002 Leaf Rookie Stars #255 Ryne Sandberg  I'm confused.  The card is from a set called Leaf Rookie Stars, but the card recognizes his 1984 MVP.. That came in his third season, not his rookie year.

2010s: 2018 Topps #496 Jen-Ho Tseng  A week ago the Cubs gave Jen-Ho the 'ol Heave-Ho.  He was released and was just picked up by the Rangers.

1991 Panini Stickers Cubs

Look at that -- Ryno made the cover of the 1991 Panini Album! That's the good news.

The bad?  

Major shrinkage.  The set was smaller (only 271 stickers) and the stickers themselves were smaller too.  They measured in at 1½" x 2 ⁹/₁₆".

The set was also for only those with good eyesight, because the front of the sticker had player stats added.  Yes, stats were added to their smallest sticker, making them very difficult to read (at least for my old eyes..

The foils stickers remained.  But the pennant stickers were doubled up, so the Cubs had to share with the Cardinals.

Eight players made the checklist, including three future Hall of Famers.

 

    

 

 

 

1990 Panini Sticker Cubs

Nolan Ryan was the featured player on the cover of Panini's 1990 album.  It has room for all 388 of the stickers.  This is nearly 100 less that the first two sets.

Though the size of the set got smaller, the actual stickers got bigger, going from 1⅞" x 2 ¹¹/₁₆" to 2⅛" x 3".

These are the two team stickers.

All-Star stickers were back again, but just one Cub was among them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the important members of the 1989 Eastern Division champs were included.  Missing though, were stickers for the playoffs.  Wouldn't you know it... the one time the Cubs make the playoffs, Panini ditches the playoff stickers.

1989 Panini Sticker Cubs

Panini followed up their 1988 sticker debut with an almost identical product in 1989.  The set has the same number of stickers, 480.  The stickers are the same size.

An album was available to put all the stickers onto pages. There were stickers for the World Series and playoffs, All Star stickers, and logo/pennant stickers.  I'll start with the non-player stickers

The Wrigley stickers prominently feature the lights, which were new in 1988.

 

The Cubs again had two All Stars, Dawson and Sandberg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Dascenzo and Harkey stickers have a different design than all the others.  Is that for rookies?