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Specs
Year: 1982
Title: Squirt
Size: 2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″
Number in Set: 22
Overview
The 1982 Squirt baseball card set was made in conjunction with Topps, just like the 1981 Squirt set. Squirt released the 22-card set in four ways:
First, with a yellow attachment card on top, the picture card in the middle, and a scratch-off game at the bottom.
Second, with an attachment card at the top (Becket describes it as yellow, but I have only seen examples with a white attachment), a scratch-off game in the middle, and a picture card at the bottom.
Third, with a white attachment card at the top, a “Collect all 22” panel in the middle, and a picture card at the bottom.
And fourth, with a two-card panel with a yellow attachment card at the top.
These two card panels were printed with parallel card numbers (one American League and one National League player): 1 and 12 on one panel, 2 and 13 on the next, etc.
Even though the 1982 Squirt set was made for Squirt by Topps, the pictures and format are different than regular 1982 Topps cards. The yellow and green fronts have a player portrait in an oblique cut along with Squirt’s logo with the words “Exclusive Limited Edition” printed beneath it. The backs have a similar style to 1982 Topps cards but have different colors and numbers.
To complete a set, you will need 11 panels of two players, 22 separated cards, or 22 single-player panels. Non-scratch-off card panel sets are very inexpensive ungraded; you can find complete panel sets for between $10 and $20. Panel sets with scratch-off cards will be about double that.
Example
Key Cards
The set’s key cards belong to George Brett and Pete Rose. Panels with scratch-off cards are scarcer than those without them.
Checklist
1 Cecil Cooper
2 Jerry Remy
3 George Brett
4 Alan Trammell
5 Reggie Jackson
6 Kirk Gibson
7 Dave Winfield
8 Carlton Fisk
9 Ron Guidry
10 Dennis Leonard
11 Rollie Fingers
12 Pete Rose
13 Phil Garner
14 Mike Schmidt
15 Dave Concepcion
16 George Hendrick
17 Andre Dawson
18 George Foster
19 Gary Carter
20 Fernando Valenzuela
21 Tom Seaver
22 Bruce Sutter