1985 Topps

The '85 cards are even more nostalgic for me than the '84 cards, and here's the reason why. These guys are actually the championship team. With the '84 set containing guys like Enos Cabell and Wayne Krenchicki, it's just not the set than truly captures the team. However, the '85 cards have got them all, from Doug Baker to Bill Scherrer, these are the guys that brought home the trophy. The '85 cards are what I will always think of when I think of the guys from '84.

I loved these cards when they came out, but years later I think they are kind of vanilla from a design standpoint. Topps borrowed heavily from their '84 football release here. It wouldn't be first time they recycled a design, but since these are the World Series champs, I can let 'em slide this time.

The 1985 Detroit Tigers:

20 Chet Lemon

47 Dave Rozema

73 Rusty Kuntz

99 Milt Wilcox

126 Ruppert Jones

133 Father and Son Ray Boone

143 Father and Son Ossie Virgil

160 Lance Parrish

192 Howard Johnson

243 Barbaro Garbey

269 Doug Baker

307 Sparky Anderson

333 Willie Hernandez

368 Dave Bergman

408 Sid Monge

435 Dan Petry

461 Marty Castillo

480 Lou Whitaker

512 Tom Brookens

539 Aurelio Lopez

565 Kirk Gibson

586 Bill Scherrer

591 Larry Herndon

610 Jack Morris

643 Johnny Grubb

672 Juan Berenguer

690 Alan Trammell

708 Lance Parrish All-Star

744 Doug Bair

792 Darrell Evans

This would also be the first year that any Tigers would make the Glossy All-Star cards that were inserted into the rack packs, and what a nice group it was. At one time it seemed like I had over 5,000 '85 Topps cards, but yet I don't have the Greenberg Glossy. Go figure.

14 Lou Whitaker

18 Chet Lemon

20 Lance Parrish

22 Hank Greenberg

The Traded set was short and sweet with only two cards. Chris Pittaro, the most Sparky-hyped prospect since Dave Rucker, and Walt Terrell, who would be a solid pitcher for years to come.

91T Chris Pittaro

119T Walt Terrell

They are what they are. A nice looking set feature the best baseball team from 1984. That's good enough for me.