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The 1989 Upper Deck Baseball Card Set is one of the most popular and legendary sets in all the hobby as it came to prominence during the height of baseball card collecting.
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Kids who grew up in the late ’80s and early ’90s surly remember asking their parents for an extra .50 cents as the 1989 Upper Deck baseball cards were the first to charge $1.00 for a pack of baseball cards (all previous packs of baseball cards were priced at .50 cents).
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Best 1989 Upper Deck Baseball Cards
Lets check out the best cards associated with this epic baseball card set.
#1. 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck RC #1
Not only of the best card in the 1989 Upper Deck set but one of the best cards in the hobby. In our opinion, very few cards will match the ROI of the 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck rookie card moving forward.
#2. 1989 Randy Johnson Upper Deck RC #25
The “BIG UNIT” was one of the best pitchers of all time and this is probably the best Randy Johnson rookie card ever printed. Remember when Randy blew up that bird that ran into one of his fastballs? Don’t believe us? Video below…
#3. 1989 Gary Sheffield Upper Deck Star Rookie ERROR RC #13
The 1989 Upper Deck Gary Sheffield Error Rookie Card is one of the most profitable cards in the set with the SS being upside down. The photo above shows the error card on the left while the standard card is on the right.
Please email info@goldcardauctions.com if you have this error card at a PSA 10 or PSA 9 grade.
1989 Upper Deck Baseball Card Set Value
The most valuable card from the 1989 Upper Deck baseball card set is the #1 card in the Ken Griffey Jr. Rookie Cards. This card will sell for around $2,000 at a PSA 10 grade.
1989 Upper Deck Baseball Checklist
1 Ken Griffey, Jr. Star Rookie 2 Luis Medina Star Rookie 3 Tony Chance Star Rookie 4 Dave Otto Star Rookie 5 Sandy Alomar, Jr. Star Rookie 6 Rolando Roomes Star Rookie 7 David West Star Rookie 8 Cris Carpenter Star Rookie 9 Gregg Jefferies Star Rookie 10 Doug Dascenzo Star Rookie 11 Ross Jones Star Rookie 12 Luis de los Santos Star Rookie 13 Gary Sheffield Star Rookie 14 Mike Harkey Star Rookie 15 Lance Blankenship Star Rookie 16 William Brennan Star Rookie 17 John Smoltz Star Rookie 18 Ramon Martinez Star Rookie 19 Mark Lemke Star Rookie 20 Juan Bell Star Rookie 21 Rey Palacios Star Rookie 22 Felix Jose Star Rookie 23 Van Snider Star Rookie 24 Dante Bichette Star Rookie 25 Randy Johnson Star Rookie 26 Carlos Quintana Star Rookie 27 Star Rookie Checklist 28 Mike Schooler 29 Randy St. Claire 30 George Clark 31 Kevin Gross 32 Dan Firova 33 Jeff Calhoun 34 Tommy Hinzo 35 Ricky Jordan 36 Larry Parrish 37 Bret Saberhagen 38 Mike Smithson 39 Dave Dravecky 40 Ed Romero 41 Jeff Musselman 42 Ed Hearne 43 Rance Mulliniks 44 Jim Eisenreich 45 Sil Campusano 46 Mike Krukow 47 Paul Gibson 48 Mike LaCoss 49 Larry Herndon 50 Scott Garrelts 51 Dwayne Henry 52 Jim Acker 53 Steve Sax 54 Pete O’Brien 55 Paul Runge 56 Rick Rhoden 57 John Dopson 58 Casey Candaele 59 Dave Righetti 60 Joe Hesketh 61 Frank DiPino 62 Tim Laudner 63 Jamie Moyer 64 Freddie Toliver 65 Mitch Webster 66 John Tudor 67 John Cangelosi 68 Mike Devereaux 69 Brian Fisher 70 Mike Marshall 71 Zane Smith 72 Brian Holton 73 Jose Guzman 74 Rick Mahler 75 John Shelby 76 Jim Deshaies 77 Bob Meacham 78 Bryn Smith 79 Joaquin Andujar 80 Richard Dotson 81 Charlie Lea 82 Calvin Schiraldi 83 Les Straker 84 Les Lancaster 85 Alf Anderson 86 Junior Ortiz 87 Jesse Orosco 88 Felix Fermin 89 Dave Anderson 90 Rafael Belliard 91 Franklin Stubbs 92 Cecil Espy 93 Albert Hall 94 Tim Leary 95 Mitch Williams 96 Tracy Jones 97 Danny Darwin 98 Gary Ward 99 Neal Heaton 100 Jim Pankovits 101 Bill Doran 102 Tim Wallach 103 Joe Magrane 104 Ozzie Virgil 105 Alvin Davis 106 Tom Brookens 107 Shawon Dunston 108 Tracy Woodson 109 Nelson Liriano 110 Devon White 111 Steve Balboni 112 Buddy Bell 113 German Jimenez 114 Ken Dayley 115 Andres Galarraga 116 Mike Scioscia 117 Gary Pettis 118 Ernie Whitt 119 Bob Boone 120 Ryne Sandberg 121 Bruce Benedict 122 Hubie Brooks 123 Mike Moore 124 Wallace Johnson 125 Bob Horner 126 Chili Davis 127 Manny Trillo 128 Chet Lemon 129 John Cerutti 130 Orel Hershiser 131 Terry Pendleton 132 Jeff Blauser 133 Justin Fitzgerald 134 Henry Cotto 135 Gerald Young 136 Luis Salazar 137 Alejandro Pena 138 Jay Howell 139 Tony Fernandez 140 Mark Grace 141 Ken Caminiti 142 Mike Jackson 143 Larry McWilliams 144 Andres Thomas 145 Nolan Ryan 146 Mike Davis 147 De Wayne Buice 148 John Davis 149 Jesse Barfield 150 Matt Nokes 151 Jerry Reuss 152 Rick Cerone 153 Steve Davis 154 Marvell Wynne 155 Will Clark 156 Luis Aguayo 157 Willie Upshaw 158 Randy Bush 159 Ron Darling 160 Kal Daniels 161 Spike Owen 162 Luis Polonia 163 Kevin Mitchell 164 Dave Gallagher 165 Benito Santiago 166 Greg Gagne 167 Ken Phelps 168 Sid Fernandez 169 Bo Diaz 170 Cory Snyder 171 Eric Show 172 Robby Thompson 173 Marty Barrett 174 Dave Henderson 175 Ozzie Guillen 176 Barry Lyons 177 Kelvin Torve 178 Don Slaught 179 Steve Lombardozzi 180 Chris Sabo 181 Jose Uribe 182 Shane Mack 183 Ron Karkovice 184 Todd Benzinger 185 Dave Stewart 186 Julio Franco 187 Ron Robinson 188 Wally Backman 189 Randy Velarde 190 Joe Carter 191 Bob Welch 192 Kelly Paris 193 Chris Brown 194 Rick Reuschel 195 Roger Clemens 196 Dave Concepcion 197 Al Newman 198 Brook Jacoby 199 Mookie Wilson 200 Don Mattingly 201 Dick Schofield 202 Mark Gubicza 203 Gary Gaetti 204 Dan Pasqua 205 Andre Dawson 206 Chris Speier 207 Kent Tekulve 208 Rod Scurry 209 Scott Bailes 210 Rickey Henderson 211 Harold Baines 212 Tony Armas 213 Kent Hrbek 214 Darrin Jackson 215 George Brett 216 Rafael Santana 217 Andy Allanson 218 Brett Butler 219 Steve Jeltz 220 Jay Buhner 221 Bo Jackson 222 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