1988 O-Pee-Chee

This a list with brief descriptions of O-Pee-Chee sports card products for 1988.

Baseball

Base Set

In 1988 O-Pee-Chee licenced version of the Topps set. It was basically identical to the Topps set, however it only had 396 cards instead of the 792 in the Topps set and had the Topps branding replaced with O-Pee-Chee branding.The cards were printed on lighter grey cardstock, featured bilingual backs, and some had added traded lines. The Topps All-Star Rookies subset is featured, however the Topps name is removed from the trophy graphic on the cards. Manager cards for the Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays were issued, but for no other teams, along with cards of the draft picks for those two teams. Player cards had a thin colored line separating the white border and player photo. The team name appeared in color at the top of the action photo and was often hidden behind a player's head, giving a three-dimensional appearance. The player's name appeared in a colored trapezoid that ran from the bottom border to the right border. The player's position did not appear on the front of the card. Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in.

Wax Box Cards

The "Box Bottom" cards were featured 4 to a box on the bottom of the wax pack boxes of which there were 4 different boxes for a total of 16 cards. They resemble the base cards except for having a career highlight on the back instead of full statistics and a light blue border instead of white. The set is lettered A-P rather than numbered. Size: 2-1/2 X 3-1/2 in. when individually cut out.

Hockey

References

* Beckett, Dr. James et al (2002). "Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide". Beckett Publications-Dallas, Texas ISBN 1-930692-17-X