Greg Maddux — Early & Oddball Issues

Maddux did not appear in the mainstream 1987 Topps or Fleer base sets, so his earliest cardboard is scattered across minor-league team sets, a Venezuelan winter-league sticker album and the year-end Traded and Update sets. These short-run issues, like the 1986 ProCards Pittsfield Cubs card (his first) and the 240-sticker 1987 Venezuelan set, were made in far smaller numbers than his major-league rookies and are tough to find in any condition.