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Specs
Year: 1989
Title: Topps Hills Team MVP’s
Size: 2-1/2″ by 3-1/2″
Number in Set: 33
Overview
Topps created this high-gloss, boxed set for the Hills department store chain. The year before, the “Team MVP’s” set was issued by Rite Aid, but Topps flipped affiliations for the only time in the boxed-set era. The collection featured Topps’ guess of each team’s best players.
24 33-card sets came in each box, with each set selling at “Hills everyday low price” of $1.97.
The fronts of the cards feature a photo of the player with Hills Team MVPs printed along the top and the player’s team, name, and position along the bottom. Topps also printed its logo on the player photo.
The backs are horizontal with a green background with standard sports card information. The cards are ordered alphabetically by the player’s name.
Example
Key Cards
Price guides list the George Brett, Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, and Kirby Pucket as the set’s most expensive cards.
Checklist
1 Harold Baines
2 Wade Boggs
3 George Brett
4 Tom Brunansky
5 Jose Canseco
6 Joe Carter
7 Will Clark
8 Roger Clemens
9 David Cone
10 Glenn Davis
11 Andre Dawson
12 Dennis Eckersley
13 Andres Galarraga
14 Kirk Gibson
15 Mike Greenwell
16 Tony Gwynn
17 Orel Hershiser
18 Danny Jackson
19 Mark Langston
20 Fred McGriff
21 Dale Murphy
22 Eddie Murray
23 Kirby Puckett
24 Johnny Ray
25 Juan Samuel
26 Ruben Sierra
27 Dave Stewart
28 Darryl Strawberry
29 Alan Trammell
30 Andy Van Slyke
31 Frank Viola
32 Dave Winfield
33 Robin Yount