1986 Fleer

You know it was an uneventful collecting experience when your only memory of a set is needing something like 12 cards to finish your set and opening a pack that had all 12 cards in it. That really did happen in the year that was 1986.

The cards themselves are ok. Nothing to shout about, just ok. Sadly, Fleer would never again come close to issuing a set this nice, and it ain't all that nice.

The 1986 Fleer Detroit Tigers:

221 Juan Berenguer

222 Dave Bergman

223 Tom Brookens

224 Darrell Evans

225 Barbaro Garbey

226 Kirk Gibson

227 John Grubb

228 Willie Hernandez

229 Larry Herndon

230 Chet Lemon

231 Aurelio Lopez

232 Jack Morris

233 Randy O'Neal

234 Lance Parrish

235 Dan Petry

236 Alex Sanchez

237 Bill Scherrer

238 Nelson Simmons

239 Frank Tanana

240 Walt Terrell

241 Alan Trammell

242 Lou Whitaker

243 Milt Wilcox

633 Super Star Special Alan Trammell

656 Team Checklist

I swear to god I don't remember Dave Engle being a Tiger. Really. This also looks to be his only appearance on a card as a Tiger. Oh well, I started college that fall. I'm sure there's a lot of stuff I don't remember from back then.

The 1986 Fleer Update Tigers:

17U Bill Campbell

21U Chuck Cary

27U Darnell Coles

28U Dave Collins

39U Dave Engle

64U Dave LaPoint

It says a lot about a year when the frigging stickers are the coolest thing in a Fleer set. Even more when the backs are cooler than the fronts. As far as I know Cobb was the only Tiger in the set. He's card #3 just in case you're interested.