1998 Topps
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Description
1998 Topps is a 503-card set distributed in two separate series: 282 cards in first series and 221 cards in second series.
Card number 7 was permanently retired in 1996 to honor Mickey Mantle. Series one contains the following subsets: Draft Picks (245-249), Prospects (250-259), Season Highlights (265-269), Interleague (270-274) Checklists (275-276) and World Series (277-283). Series two contains Season Highlights (474-478), Interleague (479-483), Prospects (484-495/498-501) and Checklists (502-503).
This set also features Topps long-awaited first regular-issue Alex Rodriguez card (504). The superstar shortstop was left out of all Topps sets for the first four years of his career due to a problem between Topps and Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras.
Finally, as part of an agreement with the Baseball Hall of Fame, Topps produced commemorative admission tickets featuring Roberto Clemente memorabilia from the Hall in the form of a Topps card. These were the standard admission tickets for the shrine, and were also included one per case in 1998 Topps Series Two baseball.
Distribution
Hobby/Retail Wax: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.29).
Jumbo: 40 cards per pack, 12 packs per box (MSRP: $5). Hobby only.
Factory sets.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds | HTA Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 503 | - | 11:1 | 11:1 | 39:1 |
| Minted in Cooperstown | 503 | - | 1:8 | 1:8 | one-per-pack |
| Roberto Clemente Reprints | 19 | - | 1:18 | 1:18 | ? |
| Roberto Clemente Finest Reprints | 19 | - | 1:72 | 1:72 | ? |
| Roberto Clemente Finest Refractor Reprints | 19 | - | 1:288 | 1:288 | ? |
| Roberto Clemente Tribute (S1) | 5 | - | 1:12 | 1:12 | ? |
| Etch-A-Sketch (S1) | 9 | - | 1:36 | 1:36 | ? |
| Mystery Finest (S1) | 20 | - | 1:36 | 1:36 | ? |
| Mystery Finest Refractors (S1) | 20 | - | 1:144 | 1:144 | ? |
| Flashback (S1) | 10 | - | 1:72 | 1:72 | ? |
| HallBound (S1) | 15 | - | 1:36 | N/A | 1:36 |
| Baby Boomers (S1) | 15 | - | N/A | 1:36 | N/A |
| Rookie Class (S2) | 10 | - | 1:12 | 1:12 | ? |
| Mystery Finest Bordered (S2) | 20 | - | 1:36 | 1:36 | ? |
| Mystery Finest Bordered Refractor (S2) | 20 | - | 1:108 | 1:108 | ? |
| Mystery Finest Borderless (S2) | 20 | - | 1:72 | 1:72 | ? |
| Mystery Finest Borderless Refractor (S2) | 20 | - | 1:288 | 1:288 | ? |
| Clout Nine (S2) | 9 | - | 1:72 | 1:72 | ? |
| Focal Points (S2) | 15 | - | 1:36 | N/A | ? |
| Milestones (S2) | 10 | - | N/A | 1:36 | N/A |
| Roberto Clemente Memorabilia Madness (S1) | 46 | 854 total cards | 1:3,708 | N/A | 1:1,020 |
Checklist
Promos
PP1 Carlos Baerga
PP2 Jeff Bagwell
PP3 Marquis Grissom
PP4 Derek Jeter
PP5 Randy Johnson
PP6 Mike Piazza
Base Set
Series One
1 Tony Gwynn
2 Larry Walker
3 Billy Wagner
4 Denny Neagle
5 Vladimir Guerrero
6 Kevin Brown
8 Mariano Rivera
9 Tony Clark
10 Deion Sanders
11 Francisco Cordova
12 Matt Williams
13 Carlos Baerga
14 Mo Vaughn
15 Bobby Witt
16 Matt Stairs
17 Chan Ho Park
18 Mike Bordick
19 Michael Tucker
20 Frank Thomas
21 Roberto Clemente TRIB
22 Dmitri Young
23 Steve Trachsel
24 Jeff Kent
25 Scott Rolen RCup
26 John Thomson
27 Joe Vitiello
28 Eddie Guardado
29 Charlie Hayes
30 Juan Gonzalez
31 Garret Anderson
32 John Jaha
33 Omar Vizquel
34 Brian Hunter
35 Jeff Bagwell
36 Mark Lemke
37 Doug Glanville
38 Dan Wilson
39 Steve Cooke
40 Chili Davis
41 Mike Cameron
42 F.P. Santangelo
43 Brad Ausmus
44 Gary DiSarcina
45 Pat Hentgen
46 Wilton Guerrero
47 Devon White
48 Danny Patterson
49 Pat Meares
50 Rafael Palmeiro
51 Mark Gardner
52 Jeff Blauser
53 Dave Hollins
54 Carlos Garcia
55 Ben McDonald
56 John Mabry
57 Trevor Hoffman
58 Tony Fernandez
59 Rich Loiselle
60 Mark Leiter
61 Pat Kelly
62 John Flaherty
63 Roger Bailey
64 Tom Gordon
65 Ryan Klesko
66 Darryl Hamilton
67 Jim Eisenreich
68 Butch Huskey
69 Mark Grudzielanek
70 Marquis Grissom
71 Mark McLemore
72 Gary Gaetti
73 Greg Gagne
74 Lyle Mouton
75 Jim Edmonds
76 Shawn Green
77 Greg Vaughn
78 Terry Adams
79 Kevin Polcovich
80 Troy O'Leary
81 Jeff Shaw
82 Rich Becker
83 David Wells
84 Steve Karsay
85 Charles Nagy
86 B.J. Surhoff
87 Jamey Wright
88 James Baldwin
89 Edgardo Alfonzo
90 Jay Buhner
91 Brady Anderson
92 Scott Servais
93 Edgar Renteria
94 Mike Lieberthal
95 Rick Aguilera
96 Walt Weiss
97 Deivi Cruz
98 Kurt Abbott
99 Henry Rodriguez
100 Mike Piazza
101 Bill Taylor
102 Todd Zeile
103 Rey Ordonez
104 Willie Greene
105 Tony Womack
106 Mike Sweeney
107 Jeffrey Hammonds
108 Kevin Orie
109 Alex Gonzalez
110 Jose Canseco
111 Paul Sorrento
112 Joey Hamilton
113 Brad Radke
114 Steve Avery
115 Esteban Loaiza
116 Stan Javier
117 Chris Gomez
118 Royce Clayton
119 Orlando Merced
120 Kevin Appier
121 Mel Nieves
122 Joe Girardi
123 Rico Brogna
124 Kent Mercker
125 Manny Ramirez
126 Jeromy Burnitz
127 Kevin Foster
128 Matt Morris
129 Jason Dickson
130 Tom Glavine
131 Wally Joyner
132 Rick Reed
133 Todd Jones
134 Dave Martinez
135 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
136 Mike Lansing
137 Sean Berry
138 Doug Jones
139 Todd Stottlemyre
140 Jay Bell
141 Jaime Navarro
142 Chris Hoiles
143 Joey Cora
144 Scott Spiezio
145 Joe Carter
146 Jose Guillen
147 Damion Easley
148 Lee Stevens
149 Alex Fernandez
150 Randy Johnson
151 J.T. Snow
152 Chuck Finley
153 Bernard Gilkey
154 David Segui
155 Dante Bichette
156 Kevin Stocker
157 Carl Everett
158 Jose Valentin
159 Pokey Reese
160 Derek Jeter
161 Roger Pavlik
162 Mark Wohlers
163 Ricky Bottalico
164 Ozzie Guillen
165 Mike Mussina
166 Gary Sheffield
167 Hideo Nomo
168 Mark Grace
169 Aaron Sele
170 Darryl Kile
171 Shawn Estes
172 Vinny Castilla
173 Ron Coomer
174 Jose Rosado
175 Kenny Lofton
176 Jason Giambi
177 Hal Morris
178 Darren Bragg
179 Orel Hershiser
180 Ray Lankford
181 Hideki Irabu
182 Kevin Young
183 Javy Lopez
184 Jeff Montgomery
185 Mike Holtz
186 George Williams
187 Cal Eldred
188 Tom Candiotti
189 Glenallen Hill
190 Brian Giles
191 Dave Mlicki
192 Garrett Stephenson
193 Jeff Frye
194 Joe Oliver
195 Bob Hamelin
196 Luis Sojo
197 LaTroy Hawkins
198 Kevin Elster
199 Jeff Reed
200 Dennis Eckersley
201 Bill Mueller
202 Russ Davis
203 Armando Benitez
204 Quilvio Veras
205 Tim Naehring
206 Quinton McCracken
207 Raul Casanova
208 Matt Lawton
209 Luis Alicea
210 Luis Gonzalez
211 Allen Watson
212 Gerald Williams
213 David Bell
214 Todd Hollandsworth
215 Wade Boggs
216 Jose Mesa
217 Jamie Moyer
218 Darren Daulton
219 Mickey Morandini
220 Rusty Greer
221 Jim Bullinger
222 Jose Offerman
223 Matt Karchner
224 Woody Williams
225 Mark Loretta
226 Mike Hampton
227 Willie Adams
228 Scott Hatteberg
229 Rich Amaral
230 Terry Steinbach
231 Glendon Rusch
232 Bret Boone
233 Robert Person
234 Jose Hernandez
235 Doug Drabek
236 Jason McDonald
237 Chris Widger
238 Tom Martin
239 Dave Burba
240 Pete Rose, Jr.
241 Bobby Ayala
242 Tim Wakefield
243 Dennis Springer
244 Tim Belcher
245 Jon Garland / Geoff Goetz DP
246 Lance Berkman / Glenn Davis DP
247 Vernon Wells / Aaron Akin DP
248 Adam Kennedy / Jason Romano DP
249 Jason Dellaero / Troy Cameron DP
250 Jared Sandberg / Alex Sanchez PROS
251 Pablo Ortega / James Manias PROS
252 Jason Conti / Mike Stoner PROS RC
253 John Patterson / Larry Rodriguez PROS
254 Ryan Minor RC / Aaron Boone / Adrian Beltre PROS
255 Ben Grieve / Dee Brown / Brian Buchanan PROS
256 Kerry Wood / Carl Pavano / Gil Meche PROS
257 David Ortiz / Richie Sexson / Daryle Ward PROS
258 Juan Encarnacion / Randy Winn / Andrew Vessel PROS
259 Kris Benson / Travis Smith RC / Courtney Duncan PROS RC
260 Warren Morris RC / Brent Butler / Chad Hermansen PROS
261 Ramon Hernandez / Ben Davis / Eli Marrero PROS
262 Eric Chavez / Russell Branyan / Russ Johnson PROS
263 Ryan Jackson RC / Todd Dunwoody / John Barnes PROS
264 Brian Fuentes RC / Matt Clement / Roy Halladay PROS
265 Randy Johnson SH
266 Kevin Brown SH
267 Ricardo Rincon / Francisco Cordova SH
268 Nomar Garciaparra SH
269 Tino Martinez SH
270 Chuck Knoblauch IL
271 Pedro Martinez IL
272 Denny Neagle IL
273 Juan Gonzalez IL
274 Andres Galarraga IL
275 Checklist 1-195
276 Checklist 196-283
277 Moises Alou WS
278 Sandy Alomar, Jr. WS
279 Gary Sheffield WS
280 Matt Williams WS
281 Livan Hernandez WS
282 Chad Ogea WS
283 Florida Marlins WS
Series Two
284 Tino Martinez
285 Roberto Alomar
286 Jeff King
287 Brian Jordan
288 Darin Erstad
289 Ken Caminiti
290 Jim Thome
291 Paul Molitor
292 Ivan Rodriguez
293 Bernie Williams
294 Todd Hundley
295 Andres Galarraga
296 Greg Maddux
297 Edgar Martinez
298 Ron Gant
299 Derek Bell
300 Roger Clemens
301 Rondell White
302 Barry Larkin
303 Robin Ventura
304 Jason Kendall
305 Chipper Jones
306 John Franco
307 Sammy Sosa
308 Troy Percival
309 Chuck Knoblauch
310 Ellis Burks
311 Al Martin
312 Tim Salmon
313 Moises Alou
314 Lance Johnson
315 Justin Thompson
316 Will Clark
317 Barry Bonds
318 Craig Biggio
319 John Smoltz
320 Cal Ripken, Jr.
321 Ken Griffey, Jr.
322 Paul O'Neill
323 Todd Helton
324 John Olerud
325 Mark McGwire
326 Jose Cruz, Jr.
327 Jeff Cirillo
328 Dean Palmer
329 John Wetteland
330 Steve Finley
331 Albert Belle
332 Curt Schilling
333 Raul Mondesi
334 Andruw Jones
335 Nomar Garciaparra
336 Dave Justice
337 Andy Pettitte
338 Pedro Martinez
339 Travis Miller
340 Chris Stynes
341 Gregg Jefferies
342 Jeff Fassero
343 Craig Counsell
344 Wilson Alvarez
345 Bip Roberts
346 Kelvim Escobar
347 Mark Bellhorn
348 Cory Lidle RC
349 Fred McGriff
350 Chuck Carr
351 Bob Abreu
352 Juan Guzman
353 Fernando Vina
354 Andy Benes
355 Dave Nilsson
356 Bobby Bonilla
357 Ismael Valdes
358 Carlos Perez
359 Kirk Rueter
360 Bartolo Colon
361 Mel Rojas
362 Johnny Damon
363 Geronimo Berroa
364 Reggie Sanders
365 Jermaine Allensworth
366 Orlando Cabrera
367 Jorge Fabregas
368 Scott Stahoviak
369 Ken Cloude
370 Donovan Osborne
371 Roger Cedeno
372 Neifi Perez
373 Chris Holt
374 Cecil Fielder
375 Marty Cordova
376 Tom Goodwin
377 Jeff Suppan
378 Jeff Brantley
379 Mark Langston
380 Shane Reynolds
381 Mike Fetters
382 Todd Greene
383 Ray Durham
384 Carlos Delgado
385 Jeff D'Amico
386 Brian McRae
387 Alan Benes
388 Heathcliff Slocumb
389 Eric Young
390 Travis Fryman
391 David Cone
392 Otis Nixon
393 Jeremi Gonzalez
394 Jeff Juden
395 Jose Vizcaino
396 Ugueth Urbina
397 Ramon Martinez
398 Robb Nen
399 Harold Baines
400 Delino DeShields
401 John Burkett
402 Sterling Hitchcock
403 Mark Clark
404 Terrell Wade
405 Scott Brosius
406 Chad Curtis
407 Brian Johnson
408 Roberto Kelly
409 Dave Dellucci RC
410 Michael Tucker
411 Mark Kotsay
412 Mark Lewis
413 Ryan McGuire
414 Shawon Dunston
415 Brad Rigby
416 Scott Erickson
417 Bobby Jones
418 Darren Oliver
419 John Smiley
420 T.J. Mathews
421 Dustin Hermanson
422 Mike Timlin
423 Willie Blair
424 Manny Alexander
425 Bob Tewksbury
426 Pete Schourek
427 Reggie Jefferson
428 Ed Sprague
429 Jeff Conine
430 Roberto Hernandez
431 Tom Pagnozzi
432 Jaret Wright
433 Livan Hernandez
434 Andy Ashby
435 Todd Dunn
436 Bob Higginson
437 Rod Beck
438 Jim Leyritz
439 Matt Williams
440 Brett Tomko
441 Joe Randa
442 Chris Carpenter
443 Dennis Reyes
444 Al Leiter
445 Jason Schmidt
446 Ken Hill
447 Shannon Stewart
448 Enrique Wilson
449 Fernando Tatis
450 Jimmy Key
451 Darrin Fletcher
452 John Valentin
453 Kevin Tapani
454 Eric Karros
455 Jay Bell
456 Walt Weiss
457 Devon White
458 Carl Pavano
459 Mike Lansing
460 John Flaherty
461 Richard Hidalgo
462 Quinton McCracken
463 Karim Garcia
464 Miguel Cairo
465 Edwin Diaz
466 Bobby Smith
467 Yamil Benitez
468 Rich Butler
469 Ben Ford RC
470 Bubba Trammell
471 Brent Brede
472 Brooks Kieschnick
473 Carlos Castillo
474 Brad Radke SH
475 Roger Clemens SH
476 Curt Schilling SH
477 John Olerud SH
478 Mark McGwire SH
479 Mike Piazza / Ken Griffey, Jr. IL
480 Jeff Bagwell / Frank Thomas IL
481 Chipper Jones / Nomar Garciaparra IL
482 Larry Walker / Juan Gonzalez IL
483 Gary Sheffield / Tino Martinez IL
484 Derrick Gibson / Michael Coleman / Norm Hutchins PROS
485 Brian Rose / Braden Looper / Cliff Politte PROS
486 Eric Milton / Jason Marquis / Carlos Lee PROS
487 A.J. Hince / Robert Fick RC / Mark Osborne PROS
488 Aramis Ramirez / Alex Gonzalez / Sean Casey PROS
489 Donnie Bridges / Tom Drew DP RC
490 Darnell McDonald / Ntema Ndungidi DP RC
491 Ryan Anderson / Mark Mangum DP RC
492 J.J. Davis / Troy Glaus DP RC
493 Jayson Werth / Dan Reichert DP RC
494 John Curtice / Michael Cuddyer DP RC
495 Jack Cust / Jason Standridige DP RC
496 Brian Anderson EXP DRAFT
497 Tony Saunders EXP DRAFT
498 Jose Sandoval / Vladimir Nunez PROS
499 Brad Penny / Nick Bierbrodt PROS
500 Dustin Carr / Luis Cruz PROS RC
501 Cedrick Bowers / Marcus McCain PROS
502 Checklist
503 Checklist
504 Alex Rodriguez
Parallels
Minted in Cooperstown
Minted in Cooperstown is a parallel the entire 503-card base set. The set is distinguished by the special "Minted in Cooperstown" logo stamped on each card. Each card in this set was printed at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY through the use of a portable printing press.
Inaugural Factory Sets
Just as for the teams which began play in 1993, two special commemorative factory sets for the first-year Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks were issued. Each card is foil-stamped with a special D'Rays/D'Backs logo.
The sets were sold only through retail outlets in the greater Phoenix and Tampa Bay areas. The Devil Rays sets apparently did not sell well enough at the stadium and were later closed out to one of the home shopping networks.
Unlike the '93 sets, Topps did not release the production figures for either set.
Inserts
Roberto Clemente Reprints
Similar to the Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays cards in 1996 and 1997, Topps commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Death of Roberto Clemente by reprinting all 19 of his Topps cards. Unlike the Mantle and Mays reprints, Series One and Series Two cards contained a mix of BOTH regular, Finest, and Finest Refractor cards. The ten odd-numbered cards can be found in Series One, while the nine even-numbered cards can be found in Series Two.
1 Roberto Clemente 1955
2 Roberto Clemente 1956
3 Roberto Clemente 1957
4 Roberto Clemente 1958
5 Roberto Clemente 1959
6 Roberto Clemente 1960
7 Roberto Clemente 1961
8 Roberto Clemente 1962
9 Roberto Clemente 1963
10 Roberto Clemente 1964
11 Roberto Clemente 1965
12 Roberto Clemente 1966
13 Roberto Clemente 1967
14 Roberto Clemente 1968
15 Roberto Clemente 1969
16 Roberto Clemente 1970
17 Roberto Clemente 1971
18 Roberto Clemente 1972
19 Roberto Clemente 1973
Hermetically-Sealed Reprints
Each 1998 Topps hobby factory set contained one of 19 different hermetically sealed Roberto Clemente reprint cards. The actual cards are identical to standard Clemente reprints available in 1998 Topps packs. The difference in these special cards is the clear plastic seal entirely encasing the card. Each seal is stamped with a gold foil logo on the card back stating "Factory Topps Seal 1998."
Hermetically-sealed cards were also available in special made-for-retail tin boxes.
Clemente Tribute
This five-card set, exclusive to Series One packs, honors the memory of Roberto Clemente on the 25th anniversary of his untimely death.
RC1 Roberto Clemente
RC2 Roberto Clemente
RC3 Roberto Clemente
RC4 Roberto Clemente
RC5 Roberto Clemente
Etch-A-Sketch
This nine-card set features drawings by artist George Vlosich III using an Etch A Sketch as a canvas.
ES1 Albert Belle
ES2 Barry Bonds
ES3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
ES4 Greg Maddux
ES5 Hideo Nomo
ES6 Mike Piazza
ES7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
ES8 Frank Thomas
ES9 Mo Vaughn
Mystery Finest
This 20-card, Series One, set showcases five of the 1997 season's most intriguing inter-league matchups on Finest-style chromium cards. The fronts of each card have an opaque covering that must be peeled off to reveal the player. The backs have one of four players that might be on the front.
Each card is also available in a Refractor parallel.
ILM1 Chipper Jones
ILM2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
ILM3 Greg Maddux
ILM4 Rafael Palmeiro
ILM5 Todd Hundley
ILM6 Derek Jeter
ILM7 John Olerud
ILM8 Tino Martinez
ILM9 Larry Walker
ILM10 Ken Griffey, Jr.
ILM11 Andres Galarraga
ILM12 Randy Johnson
ILM13 Mike Piazza
ILM14 Jim Edmonds
ILM15 Eric Karros
ILM16 Tim Salmon
ILM17 Sammy Sosa
ILM18 Frank Thomas
ILM19 Mark Grace
ILM20 Albert Belle
Flashback
FB1 Barry Bonds
FB2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FB3 Paul Molitor
FB4 Randy Johnson
FB5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
FB6 Tony Gwynn
FB7 Kenny Lofton
FB8 Gary Sheffield
FB9 Deion Sanders
FB10 Brady Anderson
HallBound
This set is exclusive to Series One Hobby and HTA Jumbo packs.
HB1 Paul Molitor
HB2 Tony Gwynn
HB3 Wade Boggs
HB4 Roger Clemens
HB5 Dennis Eckersley
HB6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
HB7 Greg Maddux
HB8 Rickey Henderson
HB9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
HB10 Frank Thomas
HB11 Mark McGwire
HB12 Barry Bonds
HB13 Mike Piazza
HB14 Juan Gonzalez
HB15 Randy Johnson
Baby Boomers
This set is exclusive to Series One retail packs.
BB1 Derek Jeter
BB2 Scott Rolen
BB3 Nomar Garciaparra
BB4 Jose Cruz, Jr.
BB5 Darin Erstad
BB6 Todd Helton
BB7 Tony Clark
BB8 Jose Guillen
BB9 Andruw Jones
BB10 Vladimir Guerrero
BB11 Mark Kotsay
BB12 Todd Greene
BB13 Andy Pettitte
BB14 Justin Thompson
BB15 Alan Benes
Rookie Class
R1 Travis Lee
R2 Richard Hidalgo
R3 Todd Helton
R4 Paul Konerko
R5 Mark Kotsay
R6 Derrek Lee
R7 Eli Marrero
R8 Fernando Tatis
R9 Juan Encarnacion
R10 Ben Grieve
Mystery Finest Bordered
This 20-card all-chromium stock set is exclusive to Series Two packs and is available in the following versions.
- Bordered
- Borderless
- Bordered Refractor
- Borderless Refractor
Unlike the Series One Mystery Finest cards, the back of the card clearly states which player will be on the front. The collector is required to peel off the opaque film that covers the front of the card to determine which version of the card they have received.
M1 Nomar Garciaparra
M2 Chipper Jones
M3 Scott Rolen
M4 Albert Belle
M5 Mo Vaughn
M6 Jose Cruz, Jr.
M7 Mark McGwire
M8 Derek Jeter
M9 Tony Gwynn
M10 Frank Thomas
M11 Tino Martinez
M12 Greg Maddux
M13 Juan Gonzalez
M14 Larry Walker
M15 Mike Piazza
M16 Cal Ripken, Jr.
M17 Jeff Bagwell
M18 Andruw Jones
M19 Barry Bonds
M20 Ken Griffey, Jr.
Clout Nine
C1 Edgar Martinez
C2 Mike Piazza
C3 Frank Thomas
C4 Craig Biggio
C5 Vinny Castilla
C6 Jeff Blauser
C7 Barry Bonds
C8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
C9 Larry Walker
Focal Points
These cards are exclusive to Series Two Hobby and HTA packs.
FP1 Juan Gonzalez
FP2 Nomar Garciaparra
FP3 Jose Cruz, Jr.
FP4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
FP5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FP6 Ivan Rodriguez
FP7 Larry Walker
FP8 Barry Bonds
FP9 Roger Clemens
FP10 Frank Thomas
FP11 Chuck Knoblauch
FP12 Mike Piazza
FP13 Greg Maddux
FP14 Vladimir Guerrero
FP15 Andruw Jones
Milestones
These cards are exclusive to Series Two retail packs.
MS1 Barry Bonds
MS2 Roger Clemens
MS3 Dennis Eckersley
MS4 Juan Gonzalez
MS5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
MS6 Tony Gwynn
MS7 Greg Maddux
MS8 Mark McGwire
MS9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
MS10 Frank Thomas
Autographs & Game-Used
Roberto Clemente Memorabilia Madness
Topps created 46 different Roberto Clemente exchange cards for a total of 854 prizes. All 46 prizes (including the quantity available of each prize) is detailed explicitly in the listings below. The quantity is noted immediately after the prize. All 854 exchange cards looked identical to each other on front and almost identical to each other on back. Card fronts feature a blue, purple and white dot matrix head shot of Clemente surrounded by burgundy borders. Card backs featured extensive guidelines and rules for the exchange program. The only difference for each card were the few sentences on back detailing which specific prize each of the 46 different cards could be exchanged for. Lucky collectors that got their hands on these scarce exchange cards had until August 31st, 1998 to redeem their prizes.
1 1955 Topps Card 3
2 1956 Topps Card 8
3 1956 Autographed Topps Card 1
4 1957 Topps Card 6
5 1958 Topps Card 6
6 1959 Game-Used Jersey 1
7 1959 Topps Card 8
8 1960 Autographed NL AS Ball 1
9 1960 Autographed Pirates Team Ball 1
10 1960 Topps Card 8
11 1960 Autographed Topps Card 1
12 1961 Topps Card 10
13 1961 Autographed Topps Card 1
14 1962 Topps Card 8
15 1962 Autographed Topps Card 1
16 1963 Topps Card 5
17 1963 Autographed Topps Card 1
18 1964 Topps Card 8
19 1965 Topps Card 10
20 1965 Autographed Topps Card 1
21 1966 Topps Card 10
22 1967 Topps Card 20
23 1967 Autographed Topps Card 1
24 1968 Topps Card 20
25 1968 Autographed Topps Card 1
26 1969 Topps Card 20
27 1969 Autographed Topps Card 1
28 1970 Topps Card 20
29 1970 Autographed Topps Super Card 1
30 1971 Autographed Pirates Team Ball 1
31 1971 Topps Card 20
32 1972 Topps Card 20
33 1973 Topps Card 20
34 1998T Uncut Minted in Cooperstown Sheet 500
35 Canceled Check 4
36 Game Used Bat 1
37 Game Used Bat 1
38 Game Used Bat 1
39 Game Used Bat 1
40 Autographed HOFer Ball 1
41 Signed 4" X 5" B/W Photo 1
42 Signed Poster 1
43 CUT AU w/Framed Photo 1
44 Single-Signed Ball 1
45 43" X 60" Card 1
46 JSY Relic Card 99
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