Saturday, December 3, 2022

2022 Topps Stadium Club Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1998 Stadium Club set had 300 cards, with 10 Cubs players

Size of Cards

The size of the cards are standard-size 2 ½ x 3 ½

Basic Features

Topps Stadium Club Baseball returns with high-gloss full-bleed photographs and high-action photos of rookies, stars, and former greats from all aspects of baseball, showcasing the beauty of baseball. Topps Stadium Club Baseball made its debut in 1991.



Chicago Cubs 2018 Stadium Club Checklist

Number Player
18 Kyle Hendricks
20 Ernie Banks
27 Seiya Suzuki RC
27 Seiya Suzuki VAR--CMP code on back ends #105
27 Seiya Suzuki VAR--CMP code on back ends #106
27 Seiya Suzuki VAR--1992 Rookie Design Variation
81 Patrick Wisdom
84 Kerry Wood
87 Alfonso Rivas RC
87 Alfonso Rivas VAR--1992 Rookie Design Variation
92 Greg Deichmann RC
92 Greg DeichmannVAR--1992 Rookie Design Variation
118 Ryne Sandberg
136 Willson Contreras
259 Marcus Stroman


2022 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Parallels


  • Red Foil
  • Black Foil
  • Black and White (hobby only) Members Only – 1 per case
  • Photographer’s Proof – 1:2 cases
  • Blue Foil – /50
  • Rainbow Foilboard /25
  • First Day Issue /10

Black Foil

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Red Foil


Black and White


2022 Topps Stadium Club Base Chrome Insert

PARALLEL CARDS: Refractor (1:4 boxes), Orange #/99, Pearl White #/30, Gold Minted (1 per case)

Chicago Cubs 2022 Topps Base Stadium Club Checklist


Number Player
27 Seiya Suzuki RC


2022 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Insert


  • 1994-95 Destiny and Dynasty for current and future stars throwback designs.
  • 1994-95 Team of the Future identifies top players from each position throwback designs. 
  • Power Zone for elite hitters
  • Beam Team (1 per case), celebrating the biggest names in baseball
  • Instavision (1 per case), which combines paper and Chrome.
  • Instavision three-player die-cut puzzles.

Throwback Designs.


Chicago Cubs 2022 Stadium Club Beam Team Insert Checklist


Number Player
BT-20 Seiya Suzuki

PARALLEL CARDS: Red (1 per case), Black #/99, Orange #/50

Chicago Cubs 2022 Stadium Club Power Zone Insert Checklist


Number Player
PZ-22 Seiya Suzuki


Chicago Cubs 2022 Stadium Club Oversized Base Topper Checklist


Number Player
27 Seiya Suzuki


Chicago Cubs 2022 Stadium Club Oversized Base Master Photo Variation Checklist


Number Player
27 Seiya Suzuki


2022 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Autographs


Base Autographs
  • Red Foil /50
  • Black Foil /25
  • Rainbow Foil /10 (Hobby)

    Chicago Cubs 2022 Stadium Club Baseball Autographs Checklist


    Number Player
    SCBA-ARI Alfonso Rivas
    SCBA-GD Greg Deichmann
    SCBA-KW Kerry Wood
    SCBA-PW Patrick Wisdom





    Chicago Cubs 2022 Stadium Club Lone Star Signatures Checklist


    Number Player
    LSS-RS Ryne Sandberg

    PARALLEL CARDS: Orange #/5

Monday, November 28, 2022

2017 Topps First Pitch Insert

Number of Cards

2017 Topps First Pitch has 40 cards which there are 12 Cubs fans

Size of Cards

The size of the cards are standard-size 2 ½ x 3 ½

Basic Features

The World Series champion Chicago Cubs gives celebrities like actresses, singers, and athletes the great honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch to start a game at historic Wrigley Field. The 2017 Topps First Pitch, now in its third year, included numerous Wrigley Field celebrities, and Topps included them in their insert collection. This would be their final year of doing it.

The front of this fun insert shows the celebrities standing on the mound trying to toss the ball 60 feet to the catcher, most of whom had trouble doing it. The reverse side features a biography of their careers; this insert featured two series.

Chicago Cubs 2017 Topps First Pitch Checklist


Number Player
2015 Topps First Pitch
FP4 Eddie Vedder
FP10 Graham Elliot
FP11 Tom Morello
FP17 Chris Pratt
FP20 Chelsea Handler
2016 Topps First Pitch
FP3 Warren Griffin III
FP9 Craig Sagerc
2017 Topps First Pitch
FP2 Bob Odenkirk
FP4 Jeremy Piven
FP8 Joan Jett
FP9 Joe Mantegna
FP14 Brett Eldredge
FP21 Bonnie Hunt
FP22 Stephen Colbert
FP23 Mase
FP28 Diplo
FP33 Anthony Rapp
FP35 Steve Bowen
FP40 Luke Donald

Sunday, November 27, 2022

Cubs players you might not be familiar with Cliff Heathcote

Cliff Heathcote


was born on January 24, 1898 in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania

Dubbed "Rubberhead" because a routine fly ball that he was fielding bounced off his head early in his career, On May 30, 1922, during a doubleheader, the wackiest deal in baseball history took place. Heathcote was exchanged for Max Flack. Heathcote participated in the first game for the Cardinals and the second one for the Cubs. For their new teams, both athletes opened the afternoon game in right field. Later that year, on August 25, in a wild 26-23 Cubs victory over the Phillies, Heathcote set a modern National League record by reaching base seven times in a nine-inning game. Heathcote went 5-for-5 plus two walks.

The most recognizable set Rubberhead was featured in

1923-24 Exhibits W461


Number of Cards

It consisted of 58 cards and included 3 Cubs players.

Size of Cards

measure 3 3/8" x 5 3/8"

Basic Features

The 1923–24 Exhibit card set includes player portraits in black and white. The team name is in italicized block style type, while the player names are written in cursive on the cards. Along with his team, the player's league and position are also listed. The font color for the cards can be either black or white depending on the color of the backdrop image.

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Cubs players you might not be familiar with Dom Dallessandro

Nicholas Dominic “Dom” Dallessandro


was born on October 3, 1913 in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Dom Dallessandro, an outfielder, spent the majority of his eight seasons in the major leagues playing with the Chicago Cubs. He hit.304 with a.400 on-base percentage in 1944, which was his greatest year. Let's face the harsh reality of the Cubs, who could have had DiMaggio but got this outfielder in place of him. Pants Rowland, a retired White Sox manager who had been scouting DiMaggio, He told the Cubs, "You can get a better ballplayer for half the money."

I've always questioned whether Pants was bought off to offer the Cubs owner false information so that he would choose poorly not to sign Joe DiMaggio. That's simply my viewpoint; everyone else who dealt with DiMaggio claimed that this young man was the best they had ever seen. Let's now discuss Dallessandro's "claim to fame" happenings.

  • It's incredible that Ted Williams was once traded for him.
  • Being only 5 feet 6 inches tall, he is somewhat short.
  • Last Cubs’ player to be discharged from military service, WW2
  • Throughout his career, he always got a lot of power hits, including doubles and triples. Not an easy out, he also finished his career with twice as many walks (310) as strikeouts (150).


The most recognizable set Dom was featured in

1941 Double Play (R330)


Number of Cards

It consisted of 70 cards and included 10 Cubs players.

Size of Cards

Approximately 2-1/2” by 3-1/8”.

Basic Features

The cards, which are distributed by Gum Products, Inc., feature two players in sepia-tone pictures, a type of print that has warm hues created by a particular chemical procedure when developing film. This issue, created soon before the United States entered World War II, is regarded as the last release of playing cards to fall under the "pre-war" category. Cards have blank backs.

Dom Dallessandro 1941 Double Play


1941 Double Play (R330) Chicago Cubs Checklist


Number Player
1 Larry French-Vance Page
3 Billy Herman-Stan Hack
97 Stan Hack-Bob Klinger
101 Dom Dallesandro-Augie Galanw
103 Bill Lee-Phil Cavarretta

Sunday, November 6, 2022

1977 Holiday Inn MSA Disc Cubs Checklist

Who would ever collect these weird, mostly unknown cubs memorabilia? Well, I do, and if you do, then you're a hard-core Cubs collector.

Number of Cards

1977 Holiday Inn MSA Disc Set, which consisted of 70 disks and included two Cubs players

Size of Cards

The discs are approximately 3 3/8" in diameter.

Basic Features

The disc version of the ballplayer, which was created by Michael Scheter Associates (MSA) in 1977, was sold by a variety of advertisers, including Holiday Inn. The discs have a diameter of around 3 3/8". These discs are not numbered, thus we have arranged them alphabetically.

In 1977, the Holiday Inn hotel network in the Midwest offered a disc set for free when a child's dinner was purchased at one of the participating restaurants.You won't find any team logos on these disks, either, as they were only sanctioned by the Major League Players Association through Mike Schechter Associates.

1977 Holiday Inn MSA Disc Chicago Cubs Checklist


Number Player
 n/a  Jose Cardenal
 n/a  Booby Murcer


Friday, October 28, 2022

2022 Topps Master Chicago Cubs Checklist Including Updates + Codes

2022 Topps Base
Number Player
143 Ian Happ
147 Willson Contreras
168 Kyle Hendricks
271 Patrick Wisdom CUP
323 Jason Heyward
358 Rafael Ortega
395 Greg Deichmann RC
459 Zach Davies
466 Nick Madrigal
468 Frank Schwindel
474 Alec Mills
476 Adbert Alzolay
490 Nico Hoerner
526 Alfonso Rivas RC
574 Trayce Thompson
585 Chicago Cubs
627 David Bote
2022 Topps Updates
Number Player
US50 Marcus Stroman SP
US87 Andrelton Simmons
US138 Drew Smyly
US140 Mychal Givens
US143 Daniel Norris
US155 Jonathan Villar
US218 Seiya Suzuki/Yoshi Tsutsugo
US244 Clint Frazier
US245 Yan Gomes
US250 Seiya Suzuki RC SP-SSP-Variation
US256 Ethan Roberts RC
US259 Seiya Suzuki RD
US283 Trent Giambrone RC/Scott Effross RC


2022 Codes

Always check your codes for variations

2022 Topps Series 1
  • Base – 543
  • Short Print Variations (SP) – 560
  • Super Short Print Variations (SSP) – 561
  • Ultra Variations – 562


2022 Topps Series 2
  • Base Cards – 847
  • Short Print (SP) Variations – 865
  • Super Short Print (SSP) Variations – 866
  • Ultra Short Print (Ultra) Variations – 867


2022 Topps Update
  • Base cards end #241
  • SP Variations end #259
  • SSP Variations end #260


Parallel Cards:

  • Rainbow Foil Parallel – Inserted 1:10 packs
  • Gold Parallel – #’d to 2022
  • Green Foilboard Parallel – #’d to 499
  • Orange Foilboard Parallel – #’d to 299
  • NEW! Royal Blue Parallel – Inserted 1:10 packs RETAIL EXCLUSIVE
  • Red Foilboard Parallel – #’d to 199
  • Vintage Stock Parallel – #’d to 99
  • Independence Day Parallel - #’d to 76
  • Mother’s Day Hot Pink Parallel – #’d to 50
  • Father’s Day Powder Blue Parallel – #’d to 50
  • Memorial Day Camo Parallel – #’d to 25