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.
450 cards in the 1996 Stadium Club were distributed in two series, which included 16 Cubs players.
Size of Cards
The size of the cards are standard-size 2 ½ x 3 ½
Basic Features
Topps' sixth premium quality card series, 1996 Stadium Club, distributed as Series 1 (#1-225) and Series 2 (#226-450), has glossy, smooth product and full-color, borderless pictures. The reverse of each card has basic biographical information as well as a short career blurb. a scouting report about the player from the previous year and the Topps skills rating system, which is really a great addition to this player's ability.
Subsets:
Team TSC (181-270). These subset cards were slightly shortprinted in comparison to the other cards in the set.
Parallels:
Silver-Regular base cards were stamped with gold foil, each base card issued is struck with silver foil. Members Only Factory Set - (limited to 750 copies)
Inserts:
Mickey Mantle
Midsummer Matchups Power Streak
Megaheroes
Prime Cuts
Power Packed
TSC Awards Bash and Burn
Metalists
630 cards in the 1995 Stadium Club were distributed in three series, which included 22 Cubs players.
Size of Cards
The size of the cards are standard-size 2 ½ x 3 ½
Basic Features
Topps' fifth premium quality card series, 1995 Stadium Club, distributed as Series 1 (#1-270), Series 2 (#271-495), and High Number Series (#496-630), has glossy, smooth product and full-color, borderless pictures. The reverse of each card has basic biographical information as well as a short career blurb. a scouting report about the player from the previous year and the Topps skills rating system, which is really a great addition to this player's ability.
There is a 1:24 chance that a pack will include a prepaid phone card, and each pack contains one virtual reality card. Three tiers (Gold, Silver, and Bronze) make up the phone cards, and each is inserted at a different pace.
1995 Topps Stadium Club packets included a "First Day Issue" counterpart, which is identified as an insert in that set. There were only 4,000 sets made.
Subsets
Best Seat in the House
Cover Story
Extreme Corps
Trans-Action
Chicago Cubs 1995 Stadium Club Checklist
Number
Player
21
Rey Sanchez
29
Shawon Dunston
80
Steve Trachsel
112
Jayson Peterson DP
127
Willie Banks
174
Sammy Sosa
181
Steve Buechele
213
Mark Grace
235
Randy Myers
238
Sammy Sosa
243
Derrick May
297
Eddie Zambrano
336
Mike Morgan
369
Karl Rhodes
393
Mark Grace
452
Rick Wilkins
461
Kevin Foster
497
Sosa - Extreme Corps
537
Jaime Navarro
558
Mike Perez
605
Ozzie Timmons
624
Brian McRae - TransAction
Summer Breeze Chicago Cubs Inserts
1995 Stadium Club Clear Cut #CC17 Sammy Sosa
1995 Stadium Club First Day Issue #112 Jayson Peterson
1995 Stadium Club First Day Issue #127 Willie Banks
1995 Stadium Club First Day Issue #174 Sammy Sosa
1995 Stadium Club First Day Issue #21 Rey Sanchez
1995 Stadium Club First Day Issue #213 Mark Grace BES
1995 Stadium Club First Day Issue #235 Randy Myers
1995 Stadium Club First Day Issue #238 Sammy Sosa CE
1995 Stadium Club First Day Issue #243 Derrick May
1995 Stadium Club First Day Issue #29 Shawon Dunston DP
1995 Stadium Club First Day Issue #80 Steve Trachsel
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #112 Jayson Peterson
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #127 Willie Banks
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #174 Sammy Sosa
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #21 Rey Sanchez
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #213 Mark Grace BES
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #235 Randy Myers
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #238 Sammy Sosa CE
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #243 Derrick May
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #29 Shawon Dunston
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #336 Mike Morgan
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #369 Karl Rhodes
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #393 Mark Grace
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #452 Rick Wilkins
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #461 Kevin Foster
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #497 Sammy Sosa EC
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #605 Ozzie Timmons
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #80 Steve Trachsel
1995 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel #CC17 Sammy Sosa
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #112 Jayson
Peterson RC
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #127 Willie Banks
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #174 Sammy Sosa
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #21 Rey Sanchez
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #213 Mark Grace
BES
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #235 Randy Myers
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #238 Sammy Sosa CE
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #243 Derrick May
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #29 Shawon Dunston
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #297 Eddie
Zambrano
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #336 Mike Morgan
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #369 Karl Rhodes
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #393 Mark Grace
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #452 Rick Wilkins
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #461 Kevin Foster
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #497 Sammy Sosa EC
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #605 Ozzie Timmons
1995 Stadium Club Super Team World Series #80 Steve Trachsel
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality #119 Randy Myers
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality #15 Rey Sanchez
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality #19 Shawon Dunston
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality #206 Mark Grace
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality #243 Rick Wilkins
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality #250 Kevin Foster
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality #50 Steve Trachsel
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality #91 Sammy Sosa
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality Members Only #119 Randy
Myers
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality Members Only #15 Rey
Sanchez
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality Members Only #19 Shawon
Dunston
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality Members Only #206 Mark
Grace
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality Members Only #243 Rick
Wilkins
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality Members Only #250 Kevin
Foster
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality Members Only #50 Steve
Trachsel
1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality Members Only #91 Sammy
Sosa
