George Brett page 4

On page four we finish up 1981 and move into 1982.  Baseball had a short season in 1981 because of a strike.  George batted .314 in 1981, which would be good, but it is a drop off from hitting .390 in 1980.

The cards:

1981 Squirt 1

These cards were sold with the Squirt soft drink.  I can't say it is one of my favorites and I don't remember seeing it in 1981.  I had to get this card on ebay.  These cards were sold in strips of 2.  George had two different combos, both of which I have.  The cards were produced by Topps.

1981 Topps 700

Usually with Topps having a card number that is a multiple of 100 means you are one of the best players in the set.

1982 Spotbilt 5

I believe Topps produced these for a sports shoe company.  I know I have seen Spotbilt ads of other players.

1982 Donruss 34

I like the bat and ball design on these cards even though they are pretty basic.

1982 K-Mart 38

Topps produced this set for K-Mart which highlighted MVP winners from both leagues over the years.  It pictures the card from George's MVP year of 1980.

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1982 Kellogg's 3

Kellogg's went back to the smaller card size after the full size ones from 1981.  The thick border is not my favorite.

1982 Squirt 3

Unlike the 1981 set I do not own any of the strips of cards so I'm not sure how many players were featured on each one.  The card is not as tall as a standard card.

1982 Topps 200

Another multiple of 100.  Not my favorite Topps design.  They came out with a similar design for 2019.

1982 Topps 201

The In Action cards were a repeat of a subset they did in 1972 for most of the star players.

As usual here are the card backs:

You can definitely see from the backs that Topps produced the Squirt cards.  With their 1982 set Donruss started putting 5 years of stats.  Still annoying to me but better than only one year.

The next page in the album will feature 1983.