The 1990 Topps Baseball card checklist weighs in at 792 base cards and is a prime example of design and set size for the era.
Several Hall of Fame inductees appear in this set but the most notable name on the list may be that of Frank Thomas whose rookie card in included in this set. His card also has an error variant.
1990 was the second to last year that Topps included a Tiffany parallel set. Tiffany cards were only available in hobby shops and sold as factory sets. The main difference is a white cardstock, as opposed to the gray stock of the normal set, and a glossy finish.
One common card example from this series is a college baseball card of President George H.W. Bush. Although it is designed in the same way as this series, that card was a limited printing gift to the president himself. Cards given directly to the president have a glossy finish whereas non-glossy cards were also produced but not given to the Commander-in-Chief. To this day, it remains a mystery exactly how many cards were printed but it is believed that the president received 100 glossy cards for himself.
This checklist is organized by teams. Scroll through the entire list or jump to a preferred team by selecting them from the list below. Clicking a link within the checklist will direct you to an affiliate retailer or to relevant eBay listings.
1990 Topps Baseball Checklist
Base Set – 792 CardsAll Stars (AS) – 22 Cards
Batting Leaders (BL) – 22 CardsBox Cards (Alpha) – 16 CardsRookies (R) – 33 Cards
3 Nolan Ryan 14 Mike Fetters RC 16 Kent Anderson RC 43 Dante Bichette 51 Doug Rader 65 Devon White 99 Rich Monteleone 130 Bert Blyleven 147 Chuck Finley 189 Dick Schofield 215 Kirk McCaskill 244 Bill Schroeder 272 Bryan Harvey 334 Johnny Ray 363 Dan Petry 421 Greg Minton 444 Kyle Abbott RC 458 Bob McClure 477 Willie Fraser 525 Wally Joyner 547 Jack Howell 575 Lance Parrish 603 Tony Armas 635 Brian Downing 650 Mike Witt 675 Jim Abbott 705 Claudell Washington 765 Chili Davis (BL) 18 Johnny Ray (R) 1 Jim Abbott RC
4 Nolan Ryan 50 Glenn Davis 64 Danny Darwin 112 Glenn Wilson 157 Craig Biggio 164 Jeff Juden RC 181 Juan Agosto 196 Gerald Young 225 Jim Deshaies 253 Mark Portugal 267 Mark Davidson 281 Kevin Bass 309 Eric Yelding RC 342 Alex Trevino 368 Bill Doran 404 Craig Biggio 405 Mike Scott 460 Mike Scott 494 Terry Puhl 531 Ken Caminiti 534 Louie Meadows 558 Rafael Ramirez 579 Art Howe 588 Rick Rhoden 608 Eric Anthony RC 637 Craig Reynolds 648 Jim Clancy 746 Dave Smith 766 Brian Meyer
7 Rickey Henderson 45 Dave Parker 68 Dave Henderson 102 Stan Javier 132 Lance Blankenship 145 Terry Steinbach 165 Walt Weiss 175 Mike Moore 238 Felix Jose 250 Jose Canseco 270 Dave Stewart 293 Mike Gallego 316 Carney Lansford 328 Curt Young 369 Todd Burns 411 Ken Phelps 450 Rickey Henderson 475 Bob Welch 501 Matt Young 527 Ron Hassey 582 Rick Honeycutt 606 Storm Davis 623 Jim Corsi 639 Tony LaRussa 670 Dennis Eckersley 690 Mark McGwire 702 Tony Phillips 726 Gene Nelson (AS) 12 Tony LaRussa (AS) 13 Mark McGwire (AS) 20 Terry Steinbach (AS) 21 Dave Stewart (BL) 12 Carney Lansford (BL) 13 Dave Parker (BL) 21 Rickey Henderson F Rickey Henderson I Mark McGwire J Dave Parker
28 Duane Ward 49 Tom Lawless 78 Mike Flanagan 113 Manuel Lee 138 Al Leiter 170 George Bell 182 Mookie Wilson 191 Pat Borders 194 Glenallen Hill 201 Cito Gaston 211 John Cerutti 229 David Wells 274 Mauro \”Goose\” Gozzo RC 295 Fred McGriff 320 Dave Stieb 347 Junior Felix RC 371 Jimmy Key 374 Steve Cummings RC 385 Fred McGriff 438 Greg Myers 466 Rance Mulliniks 505 Kelly Gruber 543 Nelson Liriano 563 Alex Sanchez 591 Todd Stottlemyre 594 Luis Sojo RC 619 Rob Ducey 685 Tony Fernandez 695 Tom Henke 721 Lee Mazzilli 728 Jim Acker 742 Ernie Whitt 779 Lloyd Moseby (BL) 16 Tony Fernandez (R) 8 Junior Felix RC
55 Darrell Evans 111 Ed Whited RC 142 Jeff Wetherby RC 152 Lonnie Smith 171 Russ Nixon 199 Sergio Valdez RC 223 Tommy Gregg 251 Jeff Blauser 254 Francisco Cabrera 282 Derek Lilliquist 304 Marty Clary 329 Oddibe McDowell 358 Andres Thomas 410 Joe Boever 451 Mark Lemke 453 Jody Davis 486 Jeff Treadway 506 Tom Glavine 513 Mark Eichhorn 535 John Smoltz 564 Tyler Houston RC 567 Ron Gant 583 Bruce Benedict 617 Geronimo Berroa 620 Tony Castillo 694 Mike Stanton RC 744 Kelly Mann RC 750 Dale Murphy 771 Pete Smith 782 Jose Alvarez 792 Gerald Perry (BL) 19 Lonnie Smith (R) 18 Derek Lilliquist RC
15 Teddy Higuera 34 Tony Fossas RC 57 Greg Vaughn RC 88 Glenn Braggs 106 Charlie O\’Brien 139 Greg Brock 159 Mike Felder 192 Don August 214 Terry Francona 264 Bryan Clutterbuck 290 Robin Yount 313 Gus Polidor 333 Bill Wegman 344 George Canale RC 360 Paul Molitor 389 Robin Yount 417 Jim Gantner 424 Jerry Reuss 467 Juan Nieves 490 Dan Plesac 518 Bill Krueger 538 Bill Spiers RC 566 Mark Knudson 597 Chris Bosio 615 Rob Deer 673 Joey Meyer 696 B.J. Surhoff 718 Gary Sheffield 739 Dale Sveum 759 Tom Trebelhorn 768 Chuck Crim (BL) 8 Paul Molitor (BL) 15 Robin Yount (R) 25 Gary Sheffield RC (R) 27 Bill Spiers RC
6 Vince Coleman 36 John Costello 59 Ted Power 82 Scott Terry 95 Todd Worrell 115 Tony Pena 133 Ricky Horton 162 Todd Zeile RC 184 Danny Cox 209 Greg Mathews 233 Ken Hill 257 Jose DeLeon 261 Whitey Herzog 285 Willie McGee 312 Dan Quisenberry 383 John Morris 400 Ozzie Smith 406 Joe Magrane 409 Tom Brunansky 443 Cris Carpenter 462 Denny Walling 509 Tom Pagnozzi 533 Tim Jones 561 Ken Dayley 578 Joe Magrane 590 Ozzie Smith 610 Pedro Guerrero 645 Jose Oquendo 654 Paul Coleman RC 660 Vince Coleman 688 Milt Thompson 725 Terry Pendleton 788 Frank DiPino (AS) 5 Ozzie Smith (BL) 6 Pedro Guerrero (BL) 14 Willie McGee (R) 15 Ken Hill RC
12 Joe Girardi 37 Domingo Ramos 67 Scott Sanderson 86 Paul Kilgus 114 Mike Bielecki 134 Earl Cunningham RC 140 Andre Dawson 187 Rick Wrona RC 210 Ryne Sandberg 240 Mark Grace 256 Marvell Wynne 287 Vance Law 311 Dwight Smith 337 Lloyd McClendon 362 Damon Berryhill 378 Luis Salazar 398 Ryne Sandberg 415 Shawon Dunston 437 Les Lancaster 464 Jerome Walton 502 Mitch Webster 520 Mitch Williams 541 Pat Perry 549 Don Zimmer 613 Jeff Pico 640 Rick Sutcliffe 644 Paul Assenmacher 667 Curtis Wilkerson 715 Greg Maddux 741 Steve Wilson 762 Doug Dascenzo (AS) 3 Ryne Sandberg (R) 26 Dwight Smith RC (R) 29 Jerome Walton RC (R) 32 Steve Wilson RC C Andre Dawson P Ryne Sandberg
25 Willie Randolph 40 Jay Howell 56 Franklin Stubbs 62 Ramon Martinez 84 Ray Searage 98 Jose Gonzalez 117 Mike Sharperson 150 Kirk Gibson 173 Tim Belcher 198 Mike A. Marshall 226 Mickey Hatcher 248 Dave Anderson 277 Lenny Harris 305 Eddie Murray 340 Fernando Valenzuela 367 Mike Morgan 426 Jeff Hamilton 456 Chris Gwynn 483 Alejandro Pena 551 Tim Crews 585 Kal Daniels 605 Mike Scioscia 631 John Wetteland RC 643 Alfredo Griffin 665 Sandy Koufax 669 Tommy Lasorda 697 Mike Davis 736 Rick Dempsey 780 Orel Hershiser (AS) 1 Tommy Lasorda (AS) 11 Don Drysdale (BL) 17 Eddie Murray (R) 20 Ramon Martinez RC (R) 31 John Wetteland RC G Tommy Lasorda
24 Joe Hesketh 48 Zane Smith 72 Jeff Huson RC 81 Bob Rodgers 91 Steve Frey RC 137 Marty Pevey RC 180 Rock Raines 195 Tim Burke 224 Delino DeShields RC 228 Dave Martinez 252 Otis Nixon 278 Pascual Perez 284 Mark Gardner RC 318 Wallace Johnson 341 Tom Foley 352 Bryn Smith 370 Tim Wallach 432 Damaso Garcia 465 Kevin Gross 474 Rich Thompson 484 Mike Fitzgerald 485 John Candelaria 530 Mark Langston 559 Andy McGaffigan 589 Mike Aldrete 614 Nelson Santovenia 647 Rex Hudler 674 Spike Owen 714 Marquis Grissom RC 720 Andres Galarraga 745 Hubie Brooks 757 Larry Walker RC 763 Denny Martinez (BL) 7 Tim Raines
17 Kelly Downs 41 Matt Williams 53 Mike LaCoss 66 Greg Litton RC 100 Will Clark 104 Bob Knepper 124 Dave Dravecky 158 Craig Lefferts 190 Rick Reuschel 217 Don Robinson 241 Mike Krukow 310 Steve Bedrosian 325 Robby Thompson 351 Roger Craig 361 Randy McCament RC 372 Terry Kennedy 397 Will Clark 401 Kevin Mitchell 408 Trevor Wilson 422 Pat Sheridan 447 Atlee Hammaker 472 Jose Uribe 488 Ken Oberkfell 500 Kevin Mitchell 571 Brett Butler 602 Scott Garrelts 628 Candy Maldonado 658 Donell Nixon 678 Kirt Manwaring 703 Jeff Brantley 732 Ernest Riles 753 Chris Speier (AS) 2 Will Clark (AS) 6 Kevin Mitchell (AS) 10 Rick Reuschel L Rick Reuschel
32 John Farrell 54 Joel Skinner 75 Doug Jones 108 Rod Nichols 141 John Hart 144 Bud Black 172 Tom Lampkin 208 Brook Jacoby 265 Pete O\’Brien 283 Albert Belle RC 319 Dion James 339 Dave Clark 419 Beau Allred RC 428 Steve Davis RC 433 Steve Olin RC 442 Jerry Browne 476 Brad Komminsk 514 Andy Allanson 528 Kevin Wickander 580 Joe Carter 595 Greg Swindell 636 Jesse Orosco 689 Rich Yett 722 Felix Fermin 743 Tom Candiotti 770 Cory Snyder 784 Scott Bailes (BL) 10 Keith Hernandez (R) 2 Albert Belle RC
31 Henry Cotto 44 Roger Salkeld RC 76 Dave Valle 89 Clint Zavaras RC 118 Erik Hanson 148 Edgar Martinez 161 Harold Reynolds 213 Scott Bankhead 232 Darnell Coles 247 Jerry Reed 288 Greg Briley 306 Tom Niedenfuer 336 Ken Griffey Jr. 346 Jim Presley 373 Alvin Davis 431 Randy Johnson 455 Jeffrey Leonard 459 Jim Lefebvre 491 Dave Cochrane RC 522 Mike Dunne 554 Jay Buhner 574 Bill Swift 593 Scott Bradley 616 Brian Holman 681 Mike Schooler 698 Omar Vizquel 738 Gene Harris RC 761 Mike Jackson 781 Mario Diaz (R) 4 Greg Briley RC (R) 11 Ken Griffey Jr. RC (R) 28 Omar Vizquel RC
2 Nolan Ryan 30 David Cone 58 Keith Miller 85 Juan Samuel 105 Randy Myers 135 Dave Magadan 207 Bob Ojeda 230 Keith Hernandez 258 Barry Lyons 291 Dave Johnson 301 Don Aase 330 Ron Darling 382 Jeff Musselman 399 Howard Johnson 434 Mark Carreon 457 Gregg Jefferies 470 Frank Viola 480 Sid Fernandez 504 Tom O\’Malley 510 Dwight Gooden 545 Kevin McReynolds 557 Jeff Innis RC 600 Darryl Strawberry 656 Mackey Sasser 680 Howard Johnson 684 Julio Machado RC 719 Wally Whitehurst 734 Kevin Elster 764 Tim Teufel 790 Gary Carter (AS) 4 Howard Johnson (R) 6 Mark Carreon RC (R) 16 Gregg Jefferies RC E Dwight Gooden
8 Cal Ripken Jr. 13 Mark Williamson 73 Bob Milacki 97 Curt Schilling 127 Mike Devereaux 153 Randy Milligan 163 Phil Bradley 179 Brian Holton 212 Joe Orsulak 249 Mike Smith RC 275 Mickey Tettleton 296 Jeff Ballard 324 Pete Harnisch 349 Steve Finley 377 Mickey Weston RC 381 Frank Robinson 388 Cal Ripken 394 Jeff Ballard 416 Dave Johnson RC 468 Billy Ripken 497 Dave Schmidt 521 Craig Worthington 546 Kevin Hickey 570 Cal Ripken Jr. 598 Brady Anderson 626 Bob Melvin 655 Gregg Olson 677 Jay Tibbs 708 Larry Sheets 724 Juan Bell 758 Mark Thurmond 774 Ben McDonald RC 787 Rene Gonzales (AS) 16 Cal Ripken Jr. (BL) 20 Phil Bradley (R) 7 Mike Devereaux RC (R) 12 Pete Harnisch RC (R) 21 Bob Milacki RC (R) 22 Gregg Olson RC (R) 33 Craig Worthington RC N Cal Ripken Jr.
35 Benito Santiago 63 Mike Pagliarulo 90 Jack Clark 122 Shawn Abner 178 Chris James 193 Andy Benes 205 Mark Davis 231 Jack McKeon 239 Eric Show 307 Bip Roberts 315 Bruce Hurst 353 Sandy Alomar 403 Tony Gwynn 407 Mark Davis 423 Fred Toliver 449 Dennis Rasmussen 481 Garry Templeton 517 Roberto Alomar 537 Mark Grant 548 Pat Clements 572 Greg Harris 584 Phil Stephenson RC 618 Ed Whitson 624 Darrin Jackson 649 Dan Murphy RC 686 Carmelo Martinez 693 Calvin Schiraldi 730 Tony Gwynn 749 Mark Parent 773 Dave Leiper (AS) 8 Tony Gwynn (AS) 9 Benito Santiago (BL) 2 Tony Gwynn (R) 3 Andy Benes RC (R) 13 Greg W. Harris RC
22 Bruce Ruffin 39 Curt Ford 69 Todd Frohwirth 74 Jeff Jackson RC 103 Marvin Freeman 129 Ron Jones 154 Mike Maddux 183 Steve Lake 204 Bob Dernier 216 Ricky Jordan 269 Dickie Thon 297 Tom Herr 356 Randy Ready 384 Pat Combs 439 Jeff Parrett 469 John Kruk 489 Nick Leyva 493 Jason Grimsley RC 515 Len Dykstra 542 Darren Daulton 577 Charlie Hayes 607 Steve Jeltz 625 Roger McDowell 633 Dennis Cook 657 Terry Mulholland 662 Mike Schmidt 710 Von Hayes 731 Don Carman 756 Ken Howell
29 John Cangelosi 119 Billy Hatcher 126 Randy Kramer 143 Rafael Belliard 168 Jose Lind 197 Doug Drabek 220 Barry Bonds 273 Bobby Bonilla 292 Jim Gott 322 Junior Ortiz 354 Stan Belinda RC 425 Bill Landrum 441 Bob Kipper 454 Jeff King 478 Mike LaValliere 482 Steve Carter 507 Gary Redus 523 Jay Bell 539 Neal Heaton 552 Mike Smith RC 568 John Smiley 592 R.J. Reynolds 622 Sid Bream 666 Brian Fisher 682 Dann Bilardello 699 Jim Leyland 723 Jeff D. Robinson 754 Bob Walk 775 Andy Van Slyke (R) 17 Jeff King RC
1 Nolan Ryan 5 Nolan Ryan 27 Rick Leach 52 Jack Daugherty RC 80 Jeff Russell 92 Mike Stanley 136 Kevin Brown 166 Bobby Witt 174 Jeff Kunkel 185 Ruben Sierra 221 Gary Mielke RC 242 Fred Manrique 279 Steve Buechele 294 Craig McMurtry 308 Jose Guzman 314 Donald Harris RC 331 Juan Gonzalez RC 345 Harold Baines 386 Julio Franco 390 Ruben Sierra 395 Jeff Russell 412 Jamie Moyer 430 Pete Incaviglia 463 Drew Hall 496 Cecil Espy 532 Cecilio Guante 550 Julio Franco 562 Chad Kreuter 683 Kenny Rogers RC 706 Geno Petralli 729 Bobby Valentine 735 Charlie Hough 755 Rafael Palmeiro 778 Mike Jeffcoat (AS) 14 Julio Franco (AS) 19 Ruben Sierra (BL) 11 Julio Franco (R) 5 Kevin Brown RC (R) 24 Kenny Rogers RC O Nolan Ryan
18 Carlos Quintana 38 Wes Gardner 70 Mike Greenwell 96 Jody Reed 123 Rich Gedman 155 Ellis Burks 188 Mike Smithson 206 Nick Esasky 245 Roger Clemens 268 Rob Murphy 303 Rick Cerone 321 Joe Morgan 338 Dennis Lamp 355 Marty Barrett 375 Dwight Evans 387 Wade Boggs 473 Joe Price 495 Lee Smith 529 Greg A. Harris 544 Dennis Boyd 573 Danny Heep 601 Luis Rivera 629 Eric Hetzel 652 Mike Boddicker 663 Fred Lynn 676 Randy Kutcher 733 John Dopson 760 Wade Boggs 785 Jim Rice (AS) 15 Wade Boggs (AS) 22 Carl Yastrzemski (BL) 1 Wade Boggs (BL) 9 Jim Rice A Wade Boggs M Jim Rice
10 Barry Larkin 46 Rob Dibble 94 Herm Winningham 110 Tommy Helms 120 John Franco 151 Rick Mahler 176 Luis Quinones 203 Mike Roesler RC 234 Mariano Duncan 260 Eric Davis 289 Norm Charlton 332 Paul O\’Neill 364 Rolando Roomes 402 Eric Davis 418 Tom Browning 445 Danny Jackson 492 Ron Oester 516 Tim Leary 553 Scott Scudder RC 581 Ken Griffey Sr. 604 Ron Robinson 627 Jose Rijo 642 Jack Armstrong 664 Johnny Bench 668 Joe Oliver RC 687 Tim Birtsas 712 Todd Benzinger 737 Chris Sabo 772 Jeff Reed (AS) 7 Eric Davis
20 Mark Gubicza 60 George Brett 87 Rick Luecken RC 116 Floyd Bannister 149 Steve Farr 167 Kevin Appier RC 202 Mike Macfarlane 222 Kurt Stillwell 246 Jim Eisenreich 263 Mel Stottlemyre Jr. 276 Gary Thurman 300 Bo Jackson 323 Willie Wilson 350 Bret Saberhagen 393 Bret Saberhagen 435 Kevin Seitzer 452 Luis De Los Santos 479 Frank White 508 Terry Leach 540 Danny Tartabull 596 Jose DeJesus 638 Jeff Montgomery 661 Dick Howser 671 Bob Boone 707 Luis Aquino 727 Pat Tabler 752 Tom Gordon 776 Charlie Leibrandt 789 John Wathan (AS) 17 Bo Jackson (BL) 5 George Brett (R) 10 Tom Gordon RC B George Brett
11 Paul Gibson 42 Jeff M. Robinson 77 Dave Bergman 107 Fred Lynn 131 Matt Nokes 146 Rob Richie RC 177 Mike Henneman 237 Kevin Ritz RC 271 Chet Lemon 280 Lou Whitaker 327 Kenny Williams 343 Frank Tanana 366 Mike Heath 413 Brian DuBois RC 440 Alan Trammell 471 Mike Brumley 487 Steve Searcy 498 Rick Schu 512 Gary Pettis 555 Jack Morris 586 Ed Nunez 599 Frank Williams 609 Sparky Anderson 632 Scott Lusader 641 Doug Strange RC 679 Gary Ward 748 Doyle Alexander 767 Tracy Jones D Darrell Evans H Fred Lynn
19 Al Newman 47 Brian Harper 71 Allan Anderson 101 Shane Rawley 125 Kent Hrbek 218 Wally Backman 227 Kevin Tapani RC 235 Jeff Reardon 266 German Gonzalez 298 Dan Gladden 317 Mark Guthrie RC 348 Gary Wayne RC 357 David West 391 Kirby Puckett 427 Carmen Castillo 429 Tom Kelly 448 Greg Gagne 503 Randy St. Claire 556 Gene Larkin 576 Mike Dyer RC 630 Gary Gaetti 653 John Moses 672 Roy Smith 700 Kirby Puckett 704 Chip Hale RC 709 Juan Berenguer 711 Rick Aguilera 713 Tim Drummond RC 747 Randy Bush 777 Tim Laudner (AS) 18 Kirby Puckett (BL) 3 Kirby Puckett (BL) 22 Kent Hrbek (R) 30 David West RC K Jeff Reardon
21 Jeff Torborg 33 Greg Walker 79 Ron Kittle 93 Shawn Hillegas 121 Robin Ventura 156 Ken Patterson 169 Richard Dotson 219 Donn Pall 243 Barry Jones 255 Bobby Thigpen 299 Adam Peterson 326 Tom McCarthy 365 Ozzie Guillen 379 Steve Rosenberg 392 Carlton Fisk 414 Frank Thomas RC 420 Carlton Fisk 446 Dan Pasqua 461 Carlos Martinez 499 Bill Long 524 Daryl Boston 565 Scott Fletcher 569 Ivan Calderon 587 Lance Johnson 612 Dave Gallagher 621 Melido Perez 692 Sammy Sosa RC 717 Ron Karkovice 751 Steve Lyons 769 Greg Hibbard RC 786 Eric King (R) 14 Greg Hibbard RC (R) 19 Carlos Martinez RC (R) 23 Donn Pall RC
9 Eric Plunk 23 Randy Velarde 26 Don Slaught 61 Deion Sanders 83 Hensley Meulens 109 Roberto Kelly 160 Dave Righetti 186 Dave LaPoint 200 Don Mattingly 236 Hal Morris 259 Lance McCullers 286 Lee Guetterman 302 Marcus Lawton RC 335 Andy Hawkins 359 Jimmy Jones 380 Dave Winfield 436 Mel Hall 511 Clay Parker 519 Bucky Dent 536 Bob Geren RC 560 Steve Sax 611 Walt Terrell 634 Luis Polonia 651 Rafael Santana 659 Greg Cadaret 691 Chuck Cary 701 Bernie Williams RC 716 Steve Balboni 740 Jesse Barfield 791 Alvaro Espinoza (BL) 4 Don Mattingly (R) 9 Bob Geren RC
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