CGC Sports Card Acronyms & Abbreviations Guide
Common hobby abbreviations and acronyms that are seen in price guides, message boards, books and magazine articles are found below.
A
- A: The American Card Catalog designation for tobacco albums
- AL: American League
- ALCS: American League Championship Series
- AS: All-Star card
- ATG: All-Time Greats
- ATL: All-Time Leaders
- AW: Award Winner
B
- B: The American Card Catalog designation for blankets / rugs
- BC: Bonus Card
- BF: Bright Futures
- BL: Blue Letters
C
- C: The American Card Catalog designation for Canadian issued tobacco cards
- CC: Curtain Call
- CG: Cornerstones of the Game
- CL: Checklist card
- CO: Coach
- COMM: Commissioner
- COOP: Cooperstown
- COR: Corrected Card
- CP: Changing Places
- CT: Cooperstown
- CY: Cy Young Award
D
- D: The American Card Catalog designation for bakery / bread cards
- DD: Decade of Dominance
- DK: Diamond Kings. A popular insert card originally produced by Donruss using the art of legendary artist Dick Perez.
- DL: Division Leaders
- DP: Double Print
- DT: Dream Team
E
- E: The American Card Catalog designation for caramel / candy cards
- ERR: Error card
F
- F: The American Card Catalog designation for ice cream & dairy issued cards
- FC: Fan Club
- FDC: First Donruss Card
- FDP: First or First-Round Draft Pick
- FF: Future Foundation
- FF: Fleer Future
- FP: Franchise Player
- FR: Franchise
- FS: Father/son card
- FS: Future Star
- FTC: First Topps Card
- FY: First Year
G
- G: The American Card Catalog designation for banners / labels
- GG: Gold Glove Award
- GG: Griffey Gallery (Upper Deck)
- GL: Green Letters
- GM: Golden Moments
- GOTG: Greats of the Game
H
- H: The American Card Catalog designation for advertising / trade cards
- HG: Heroes of the Game
- HH: Hometown Heroes
- HL: Highlight card
- HOR: A trading card that has a horizontal orientation as compared to the more common vertical orientation
- HRD: Home Run Derby
I
- IA: In Action card. A popular Topps insert card from the 1970s and early 1980s.
- IF: Infielder
J
- J: The American Card Catalog designation for soda company issued cards
- JBR: Catalog designation for Japanese bromide cards as cataloged in the Japanese card Price Guide by Gary Engel.
- JCM: Catalog designation for Japanese menko cards as cataloged in the Japanese card Price Guide by Gary Engel.
- JDM: Catalog designation for Japanese die-cut menko cards as cataloged in the Japanese card Price Guide by Gary Engel.
- JF: Catalog designation for Japanese gum / candy cards as cataloged in the Japanese card Price Guide by Gary Engel.
- JGA: Catalog designation for Japanese game cards as cataloged in the Japanese card Price Guide by Gary Engel.
- JK: Catalog designation for Japanese karuta cards as cataloged in the Japanese card Price Guide by Gary Engel.
- JRM: Catalog designation for Japanese round menko cards as cataloged in the Japanese card Price Guide by Gary Engel.
L
- L: The American Card Catalog designation for cards made of leather
- LL: League Leaders
- LUM: Lumberjack
M
- M: The American Card Catalog designation for newspaper / publication issued cards
- MB: Master Blasters
- MEM: Memorial card
- MG: Manager
- MI: Maximum Impact
- ML: Major League
- MLP: Major League Prospects
- MM: Memorable Moments or Magic Moments
- MOG: Measure of Greatness
N
- N: The American Card Catalog designation for 19th century cards. The original ACC had no letter for 19th century card set but a catalog number without a letter prefix was confusing.
- NAU: No autograph on card
- NG: Next Game
- NH: No-Hitter
- NL: National League
- NLCS: National League Championship Series
- NNOF: No name on front
- NOF: Name on Front
- NT: Now and Then
O
- OF: Outfield or Outfielder
- OJ Cards: Old Judge Cards
- OLY: Olympics Card
- OPC: O-Pee-Chee
P
- P1: First Printing
- P2: Second Printing
- P3: Third Printing
- P: The American Card Catalog designation for pins / buttons
- P: Pitcher or pitching pose
- PC: The American Card Catalog designation for postcards
- PF: Profiles
- PG: Postseason Glory
- PP: Power Passion, Power Play
- PR: Printed name on back
- PRES: President
- PROS: Prospects
- PS: Pace Setters
- PSH: Post Season Highlights
- PT: Power tools
- PV: Pro Visions
- PVC: Polyvinyl chloride. A substance used to make inferior trading card protection products.
Q
- Q: The American Card Catalog designation for stereoscope issues
R
- R: The American Card Catalog designation for gum cards beginning in the 1930s
- RB: Record Breaker
- RT: Round Trippers
- ROY: Rookie of the Year
- RP: Relief Pitcher
- RR: Rated Rookies (Donruss, Panini)
- RTC: Rookie True Colors
S
- S: The American Card Catalog designation for silks and stamps
- SA: Super Action card
- SB: Stolen Bases
- SCR: Script name on back
- SF: Starflics
- SG: Spirit of the Game
- SH: Season Highlights
- STP: Star Power
T
- T: The American Card Catalog designation for 20th century tobacco cards
- TBC: Turn Back The Clock
- TC: Team Checklist
- TL: Team Leaders
- TP: Triple Print. A card printed in 3x the quantity than those of other card in the same set.
- TR: Trade reference on card
- TR: Prefix associated with the card number on Topps Traded sets
- TS: Team Stars
U
- U: The American Card Catalog designation for matchbooks / miscellaneous. U is a catch-all in the ACC.
- UER: Uncorrected Error
- UH: Prefix associated with the card number on Topps Update and Highlights baseball card sets.
- UMP: Umpire
- USA: Team USA trading card
- UWS: United We Stand
V
- V: The American Card Catalog designation for non-US, non-tobacco issued cards
W
- W: The American Card Catalog designation for strip cards / exhibits
- WC: What’s the Call?
- WG: The American Card Catalog designation for game cards
- WL: White Letters on front
- WS: World Series card
- WS: World Stage (Upper Deck)
Y
- Y: The American Card Catalog designation for awards / merits
- YL: Yellow letters
- YR: Year of the Record (Upper Deck)
- YT: Yellow team name
Z
- Z: The American Card Catalog designation for paper dolls