Monday, December 14, 2009

Super Star

In mid-1980's, the Star Company (most known for their NBA sets) produced various MLB sets that usually focused on one specific player. Most of the sets came as three card panels (think 1970's Hostess MLB sets) and were polybagged. Additionally, some of the sets were autographed and hand-numbered by the player featured.

Lucky for me, Steve Garvey was one of the sets produced by the Star Company. Below are images for each of the twelve panels that comprised the thirty-six card set that was released in 1984.

Note: Because these are panels, the images are smaller than I normal post. Sometime in the future, I'll post images and provide comments on each of the individual cards themselves.

With that said, I'd point out that the Star Company must of felt the need to use a lot of Padres images because many of the images obviously don't sync up with the content on the card.


1984 Star Steve Garvey #1-3 (front)

Cards featured:
#1 Checklist
#2 Regular Season Stats
#3 An All-Star 9 Times

1984 Star Steve Garvey #1-3 (back)

Cards featured:
#1 Checklist
#2 Regular Season Stats
#3 An All-Star 9 Times



1984 Star Steve Garvey #4-6 (front)

Cards featured:
#4 Dodger Club Records 1
#5 Dodger Club Records 2
#6 Dodger Club Records 3


1984 Star Steve Garvey #4-6 (back)

Cards featured:
#4 Dodger Club Records 1
#5 Dodger Club Records 2
#6 Dodger Club Records 3



1984 Star Steve Garvey #7-9 (front)

Cards featured:
#7 Dodger Club Records 4
#8 World Series Stats
#9 Post Season Stats


1984 Star Steve Garvey #7-9 (back)

Cards featured:
#7 Dodger Club Records 4
#8 World Series Stats
#9 Post Season Stats


1984 Star Steve Garvey #10-12 (front)

Cards featured:
#10 The 1970 Season
#11 The 1971 Season
#12 The 1972 Season



1984 Star Steve Garvey #10-12 (back)

Cards featured:
#10 The 1970 Season
#11 The 1971 Season
#12 The 1972 Season


1984 Star Steve Garvey #13-15 (front)

Cards featured:
#13 The 1973 Season
#14 The 1974 Season
#15 1974 All-Star MVP


1984 Star Steve Garvey #13-15 (back)

Cards featured:
#13 The 1973 Season
#14 The 1974 Season
#15 1974 All-Star MVP


1984 Star Steve Garvey #16-18 (front)

Cards featured:
#16 1974 Championship Series MVP
#17 1974 N.L. MVP
#18 The 1975 Season



1984 Star Steve Garvey #16-18 (back)

Cards featured:
#16 1974 Championship Series MVP
#17 1974 N.L. MVP
#18 The 1975 Season



1984 Star Steve Garvey #19-21 (front)

Cards featured:
#19 The 1976 Season
#20 The 1977 Season
#21 The 1978 Season


1984 Star Steve Garvey #19-21 (back)

Cards featured:
#19 The 1976 Season
#20 The 1977 Season
#21 The 1978 Season



1984 Star Steve Garvey #22-24 (front)

Cards featured:
#22 1978 All-Star MVP
#23 1978 Championship Series MVP
#24 The 1979 Season



1984 Star Steve Garvey #22-24 (back)

Cards featured:
#22 1978 All-Star MVP
#23 1978 Championship Series MVP
#24 The 1979 Season



1984 Star Steve Garvey #25-27 (front)

Cards featured:
#25 The 1980 Season
#26 The 1981 Season
#27 The 1982 Season



1984 Star Steve Garvey #25-27 (back)

Cards featured:
#25 The 1980 Season
#26 The 1981 Season
#27 The 1982 Season


1984 Star Steve Garvey #28-30 (front)

Cards featured:
#28 The 1983 Season
#29 The Iron Man
#30 National and Major League Records


1984 Star Steve Garvey #28-30 (back)

Cards featured:
#28 The 1983 Season
#29 The Iron Man
#30 National and Major League Records


1984 Star Steve Garvey #31-33 (front)

Cards featured:
#31 100+ RBI's 5 Times
#32 200+ Hits 6 Times
#33 4 Gold Gloves


1984 Star Steve Garvey #31-33 (back)

Cards featured:
#31 100+ RBI's 5 Times
#32 200+ Hits 6 Times
#33 4 Gold Gloves


1984 Star Steve Garvey #34-36 (front)

Cards featured:
#34 .300 Average 7 Times
#35 Personal and Career Data
#36 The Future



1984 Star Steve Garvey #34-36 (back)

Cards featured:
#34 .300 Average 7 Times
#35 Personal and Career Data
#36 The Future

1 comment:

gcrl said...

i've been meaning to pick up another set. i took mine apart and got kind of lazy in doing so. now a lot of the edges are fuzzy. i was also annoyed at how many padres photos were used for the cards that covered his la years.