This blog will discuss Topps Stadium Club Sets and the baseball card collecting hobby, with a focus on the Chicago Cubs. Contrary to vintage baseball cards, the majority of modern cards are affordable. The various sets will be considerably simpler to obtain. In 1991, the first set was unveiled as a posh reaction to the upscale Upper Deck. The collection was discontinued in 2003; however, Topps did make a comeback with a Stadium Club set in 2008. Topps started releasing the series yearly in 2014, albeit with lower-quality items this time.
1993 Stadium Club Chicago Cubs Checklist
Number of Cards
1993 Stadium Club is a 750-card set consisting of three series of 300, 300, and 150 cards, which included 29 Cubs players.
Size of Cards
The size of the cards are standard-size 2 ½ x 3 ½
Basic Features
Topps' third premium quality card series, 1993 Stadium Club, has glossy, smooth product and full-color, borderless pictures. The reverse of each card has basic biographical information as well as a 1992 stat profile and the Topps skills rating system, which is really a great addition to this player's abilities. Topps rookie cards are included on the back of each card.
Subsets:
Members Choice-(291-300, 591-600, and 746-750) These subset cards were slightly shortprinted in comparison to the other cards in the set.
Parallels:
First Day Production-Regular base cards first day's production were holographic foil stamp. (limited to 2000 copies)
Members Only Factory Set - "Members Only" logo
Inserts:
1992 Season Milestones-players that had milestone year
Master Photos-oversize set featuring uncropped versions of the base cards
Expansion Firsts-give information on both of the 1993 expansion teams first games
Superstar Duos-show a pair of players
Chicago Cubs 1993 Stadium Club Checklist
Number
Player
2
Greg Maddux
36
Rey Sanchez
68
Jose Vizcaino
109
Derrick May
118
Jim Bullinger
132
Doug Strange
162
Ken Patterson
203
Andre Dawson
228
Rick Wilkins
278
Dwight Smith
285
Mike Morgan
332
Paul Assenmacher
346
Frank Castillo
366
Ryne Sandberg
393
Shawon Dunston
419
Mark Grace
444
Bob Scanlan
472
Chuck McElroy
494
Steve Buechele
531
Sammy Sosa
549
Luis Salazar
583
Shawn Boskie
600
Ryne Sandberg
606
Greg Hibbard
622
Willie Wilson
648
Jose Guzman
656
Mike Harkey
667
Randy Myers
669
Candy Maldonado
1993 Stadium Club Chicago Cubs Inserts
1993 Stadium Club Inserts #B3 F.Thomas/R.Sandberg
1993 Stadium Club Master Photos #18 Mark Grace
1993 Stadium Club Master Photos Members Only Parallel #18
Mark Grace
1993 Stadium Club Master Photos Winners #18 Mark Grace
1993 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #MB3
R.Sandberg/F.Thomas
1993 Stadium Club Murphy #124 Derek Wallace RC
1993 Stadium Club Murphy #44 Ryne Sandberg AS
1993 Stadium Club Murphy Master Photos #9 Ryne Sandberg AS
