Topps Photo Rub-Downs (1984-1985)

1984

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I bought some of these packs so that I could open & scan them for your entertainment & enlightenment. Here's the contents of two of them (duplicated cards omitted):

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"Printed in Italy" means, of course, printed by Sodecor.

I did not attempt to eat the gum, so I'm afraid there's no taste test report.

1985

The 1985 series is essentially identical in format to the 1984. There were thirty-two rub-downs in each year, & Hank Landry very generously sent me a complete set of all thirty-two cards from 1985 — so here they all are!

  1. Tony Armas [Red Sox] — Lonnie Smith [Cardinals] — Harold Baines [White Sox]
  2. Ron Kittle [White Sox] — George Hendrick [Cardinals] — Don Baylor [Yankees] — Johnnie LeMaster [Giants]
  3. Tony Gwynn [Padres] — Lloyd Moseby [Blue Jays] — Buddy Bell [Rangers]
  4. Atlee Hammaker [Giants] — Bruce Benedict [Braves] — Frank White [Royals]
  5. Johnny Ray [Pirates] — Rod Carew [Angels] — Carlton Fisk [White Sox] — Mike Boddicker [Orioles]
  6. Rick Dempsey [Orioles] — Wade Boggs [Red Sox] — Keith Hernandez [Mets]
  7. Paul Molitor [Brewers] — Andre Dawson [Expos] — George Brett [Royals] — Alan Wiggins [Padres]
  8. Tom Brunansky [Twins] — Pedro Guerrero [Dodgers] — Darryl Strawberry [Mets]
  9. Mike Schmidt [Phillies] — Bill Buckner [Red Sox] — Ryne Sandberg [Cubs] — Tim Raines [Expos]
  10. Bob Horner [Braves] — Steve Carlton [Phillies] — Dan Quisenberry [Royals]
  11. Gary Carter [Expos] — Phil Garner [Astros] — Ron Guidry [Yankees]
  12. Hal McRae [Royals] — Lance Parrish [Tigers] — Jack Clark [Giants] — Damaso Garcia [Blue Jays]
  13. Fred Lynn [Angels] — Dave Concepcion [Reds] — Cecil Cooper [Brewers] — Jesse Orosco [Mets]
  14. Jose Cruz [Astros] — Jim Rice [Red Sox] — Jack Morris [Tigers] — Rick Sutcliffe [Cubs]
  15. Greg Luzinski [White Sox] — Steve Kemp [Yankees] — Alvin Davis [Mariners] — Kent Tekulve [Pirates]
  16. Kent Hrbek [Twins] — Ron Davis [Twins] — Juan Samuel [Phillies]
  17. John Denny [Phillies] — Carney Lansford [Athletics] — Lou Whitaker [Tigers] — Mario Soto [Reds]
  18. Willie Hernandez [Tigers] — Steve Sax [Dodgers] — Leon Durham [Cubs]
  19. Dwight Gooden [Mets] — Dwight Evans [Red Sox] — Julio Franco [Indians]
  20. Gary Redus [Reds] — Bobby Grich [Angels] — Gary Gaetti [Twins] — George Foster [Mets]
  21. Jerry Remy [Red Sox] — George Wright [Rangers] — Bill Russell [Dodgers] — Steve Garvey [Padres]
  22. Dave Stieb [Blue Jays] — Kirk Gibson [Tigers] — Rich Gossage [Padres] — Don Mattingly [Yankees]
  23. Andre Thornton [Indians] — Moose Haas [Brewers] — Bruce Sutter [Cardinals] — Dickie Thon [Astros]
  24. Dave Righetti [Yankees] — Pete Rose [Reds] — Rickey Henderson [Athletics]
  25. Steve Henderson [Mariners] — Alan Trammell [Tigers] — Bill Madlock [Pirates]
  26. Nolan Ryan [Astros] — Larry Parrish [Rangers] —LaMarr Hoyt [White Sox]
  27. Reggie Jackson [Angels] — Eric Show [Padres] — Jason Thompson [Pirates]
  28. Eddie Murray [Orioles] — Tom Seaver [White Sox] — Terry Kennedy [Padres] — Ozzie Smith [Cardinals]
  29. Ben Oglivie [Brewers] — Mark Langston [Mariners] — Darrell Porter [Cardinals]
  30. Jeff Leonard [Giants] — Dale Murphy [Braves] — Dave Winfield [Yankees] — Gary Matthews [Cubs]
  31. Craig McMurtry [Braves] — Cal Ripken [Orioles] — Willie Upshaw [Blue Jays] — Steve Rogers [Expos]
  32. Fernando Valenzuela [Dodgers] — Tony Pena [Pirates] — Robin Yount [Brewers]
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Complete set of Rub-Downs provided by Hank Landry

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Picture Credit: The SPLAT Scan Archives — Hank Landry