Taiwan CPBL Baseball Cards Part Three

Part One of this series looked at non-Taiwanese cards I found, and Part Two examined a pack-based team release from earlier this year.

Here, in Part Three, we'll explore some of the earlier releases! I'm going to do my best with years on these sets. If you happen to know of any errors in the information below, please leave a comment!

 This set has stats through the year "81" which is 1992 on the Gregorian calendar, and it mentions the year 82 at the bottom. SCF lists this as a 1992 issue, though it would have been released later in the year, similar to how the CPBL sets are issued these days. I think it was the oldest set I found, though I know sets were issued in 1990 and 1991.

 They're sized the same as credit cards and made of plastic with rounded corners. There is a hologram sticker in the lower right with a smiley face with wings.

 I picked up two extras...

 They are available for trade.

 Next, another credit card-sized issue with a lot more color. I don't know anything about it, and I can't find anything in a preliminary search.

 Interestingly, the back contains a Gregorian date - probably the player's birth date. If that's correct, this card was probably made in the mid- to late-90's.

 Now we're on to regular cardstock and regular sized cards. This is the 1993 issue according to the SCF, though again it contains stats through 1993 (year 82). A design like this in a 1993 MLB product would have been along the lines of the base Donruss or Score issue (actually, it feels a lot like 1993 Donruss with the logo placement, colored bar at the bottom, and white borders).

 The backs again use a hologram with statistics and a color photo.

 Now, we finally have a card manufactured by Chiclets (the chewing gum people). These have Gregorian years on the back ('90-'92). The design isn't much of an improvement from the CPBL release. Chiclets released cards starting in 1990.

 As you can see, this is numbered 272, while the catcher below is numbered 276.

 These would have been released in 1992 or 1993. Given the card numbering, I wonder if Chiclets just issued one numbering sequence or if they released a massive set. The catcher is available for trade.

 There's no doubt that these are CPBL's 1994 cards. I don't like that a large portion (about 1/3) of the right side of the card is taken up by logos and borders, including that long black strip that was cut off by my scanner.

 The cards include stats through year 83 (1994) and another color photo along with the hologram.

 This manager's card seems to include team stats on the back.

 This subset card (#410 in the set!) highlights this player's RBI accomplishments, with some interesting (though unreadable) stats on the back:

The manager and RBI subset card are both available for trade!

That's not all, of course. In fact, we're just getting started! More soon!