2002 UD Authentics
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Description
2002 UD Authentics is a 200-card set released in March, 2002. Both the base set and the packaging were done in the style of the 1989 Upper Deck set, and the product can be seen as a response to Topps Heritage. However, all similarities between the '89 UD set and this one end there.
Each 18-pack Hobby box yields three game jersey cards -- back when three game jerseys in a box still meant something.
Distribution
18 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $6.99). 12 boxes per case. Hobby only.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 200 | - | ? |
| Reverse Negative | 200 | - | 1:9 |
| 1989 Flashbacks | 12 | 4225 | ? |
| Heroes of Baseball | 30 | 1989 | ? |
| Retro Star Rookie Jersey | 28 | - | 1:16 |
| Retro Star Rookie Jersey Gold | 20 | 275 | ? |
| Retro Star Rookie Jersey Autograph | 3 | 40 | ? |
| Reverse Negative Jersey | 29 | - | 1:16 |
| Reverse Negative Jersey 350 | 29 | 350 | ? |
| Reverse Negative Jersey Gold | 29 | 275 | ? |
| Stars of '89 Jersey | 28 | - | 1:16 |
| Heroes of Baseball Autograph | 3 | varies | ? |
| UDA Memorabilia Trade Cards | 55 | varies | 1:108 |
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Brad Fullmer
- 2 Garret Anderson
- 3 Darin Erstad
- 4 Jarrod Washburn
- 5 Troy Glaus
- 6 Barry Zito
- 7 David Justice
- 8 Eric Chavez
- 9 Tim Hudson
- 10 Miguel Tejada
- 11 Jermaine Dye
- 12 Mark Mulder
- 13 Carlos Delgado
- 14 Jose Cruz, Jr.
- 15 Mo Vaughn
- 16 Shannon Stewart
- 17 Raul Mondesi
- 18 Tanyon Sturtze
- 19 Toby Hall
- 20 Greg Vaughn
- 21 Aubrey Huff
- 22 Ben Grieve
- 23 Brent Abernathy
- 24 Jim Thome
- 25 C.C. Sabathia
- 26 Matt Lawton
- 27 Omar Vizquel
- 28 Ellis Burks
- 29 Russ Branyan
- 30 Bartolo Colon
- 31 Ichiro Suzuki
- 32 John Olerud
- 33 Freddy Garcia
- 34 Mike Cameron
- 35 Jeff Cirillo
- 36 Kazuhiro Sasaki
- 37 Edgar Martinez
- 38 Bret Boone
- 39 Jeff Conine
- 40 Melvin Mora
- 41 Jason Johnson
- 42 Chris Richard
- 43 Tony Batista
- 44 Ivan Rodriguez
- 45 Gabe Kapler
- 46 Rafael Palmeiro
- 47 Alex Rodriguez
- 48 Juan Gonzalez
- 49 Carl Everett
- 50 Nomar Garciaparra
- 51 Trot Nixon
- 52 Manny Ramirez
- 53 Pedro Martinez
- 54 Johnny Damon
- 55 Shea Hillenbrand
- 56 Mike Sweeney
- 57 Mark Quinn
- 58 Joe Randa
- 59 Carlos Beltran
- 60 Chuck Knoblauch
- 61 Robert Fick
- 62 Jeff Weaver
- 63 Bobby Higginson
- 64 Dean Palmer
- 65 Dmitri Young
- 66 Corey Koskie
- 67 Doug Mientkiewicz
- 68 Joe Mays
- 69 Torii Hunter
- 70 Cristian Guzman
- 71 Jacque Jones
- 72 Magglio Ordonez
- 73 Paul Konerko
- 74 Carlos Lee
- 75 Mark Buehrle
- 76 Jose Canseco
- 77 Frank Thomas
- 78 Roger Clemens
- 79 Derek Jeter
- 80 Jason Giambi
- 81 Rondell White
- 82 Bernie Williams
- 83 Jorge Posada
- 84 Mike Mussina
- 85 Alfonso Soriano
- 86 Wade Miller
- 87 Jeff Bagwell
- 88 Craig Biggio
- 89 Roy Oswalt
- 90 Lance Berkman
- 91 Daryle Ward
- 92 Chipper Jones
- 93 Greg Maddux
- 94 Marcus Giles
- 95 Gary Sheffield
- 96 Tom Glavine
- 97 Andruw Jones
- 98 Rafael Furcal
- 99 Richie Sexson
- 100 Ben Sheets
- 101 Jose Hernandez
- 102 Geoff Jenkins
- 103 Jeffrey Hammonds
- 104 Edgar Renteria
- 105 Matt Morris
- 106 Tino Martinez
- 107 Jim Edmonds
- 108 Albert Pujols
- 109 J.D. Drew
- 110 Fernando Vina
- 111 Darryl Kile
- 112 Sammy Sosa
- 113 Fred McGriff
- 114 Kerry Wood
- 115 Moises Alou
- 116 Jon Lieber
- 117 Mark Grace
- 118 Randy Johnson
- 119 Curt Schilling
- 120 Luis Gonzalez
- 121 Steve Finley
- 122 Matt Williams
- 123 Shawn Green
- 124 Kevin Brown
- 125 Adrian Beltre
- 126 Paul LoDuca
- 127 Hideo Nomo
- 128 Brian Jordan
- 129 Vladimir Guerrero
- 130 Javier Vazquez
- 131 Jose Vidro
- 132 Orlando Cabrera
- 133 Jeff Kent
- 134 Rich Aurilia
- 135 Russ Ortiz
- 136 Barry Bonds
- 137 Preston Wilson
- 138 Ryan Dempster
- 139 Cliff Floyd
- 140 Josh Beckett
- 141 Mike Lowell
- 142 Mike Piazza
- 143 Roberto Alomar
- 144 Al Leiter
- 145 Edgardo Alfonzo
- 146 Roger Cedeno
- 147 Jeromy Burnitz
- 148 Phil Nevin
- 149 Mark Kotsay
- 150 Ryan Klesko
- 151 Trevor Hoffman
- 152 Bob Abreu
- 153 Scott Rolen
- 154 Jimmy Rollins
- 155 Robert Person
- 156 Pat Burrell
- 157 Randy Wolf
- 158 Brian Giles
- 159 Aramis Ramirez
- 160 Kris Benson
- 161 Jason Kendall
- 162 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 163 Sean Casey
- 164 Adam Dunn
- 165 Barry Larkin
- 166 Todd Helton
- 167 Mike Hampton
- 168 Larry Walker
- 169 Juan Pierre
- 170 Juan Uribe
Star Rookies
The last 30 cards in the base set make up a "Star Rookies" subset. Of course, in the actual 1989 Upper Deck base set, the first 30 cards made up the Star Rookies
- 171 So Taguchi RC
- 172 Brendan Donnelly RC
- 173 Chris Baker RC*
- 174 John Ennis RC
- 175 Francis Beltran RC
- 176 Dan Wright RC
- 177 Brandon Backe RC
- 178 Mark Corey RC
- 179 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
- 180 Ron Calloway RC
- 181 Kevin Frederick RC
- 182 Jaime Cerda RC
- 183 Doug Devore RC
- 184 Brandon Puffer RC
- 185 Andy Pratt RC
- 186 Adrian Burnside RC*
- 187 Josh Hancock RC
- 188 Jorge Nunez RC*
- 189 Tyler Yates RC
- 190 Kyle Kane RC*
- 191 Jose Valverde RC
- 192 Matt Thornton RC
- 193 Ben Howard RC
- 194 Reed Johnson RC
- 195 Rene Reyes RC
- 196 Jeremy Ward RC*
- 197 Steve Bechler RC
- 198 Cam Esslinger RC*
- 199 Michael Crudale RC
- 200 Todd Donovan RC
Parallels
Reverse Negative
In a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the infamous Dale Murphy error card from 1989, all 200 base cards are available in a Reverse Negative parallel. On each card, the images have been flipped. To further differentiate them from the base cards, all MLB team logos were airbrushed out.
Inserts
1989 Flashbacks
Each 1989 Flashbacks is serial-numbered to 4225 copies.
- F1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- F2 Gary Sheffield
- F3 Randy Johnson
- F4 Roger Clemens
- F5 Greg Maddux
- F6 Mark Grace
- F7 Barry Bonds
- F8 Roberto Alomar
- F9 Sammy Sosa
- F10 Rafael Palmeiro
- F11 Edgar Martinez
- F12 Jose Canseco
Heroes of Baseball
Done in the style of the early-90s Baseball Heroes inserts, each card is serial-numbered to 1989 copies.
- HB-G1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HB-G2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HB-G3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HB-G4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HB-G5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HB-G6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HB-G7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HB-G8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HB-G9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HB-G10 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HB-I1 Ichiro
- HB-I2 Ichiro
- HB-I3 Ichiro
- HB-I4 Ichiro
- HB-I5 Ichiro
- HB-I6 Ichiro
- HB-I7 Ichiro
- HB-I8 Ichiro
- HB-I9 Ichiro
- HB-I10 Ichiro
- HB-R1 Alex Rodriguez
- HB-R2 Alex Rodriguez
- HB-R3 Alex Rodriguez
- HB-R4 Alex Rodriguez
- HB-R5 Alex Rodriguez
- HB-R6 Alex Rodriguez
- HB-R7 Alex Rodriguez
- HB-R8 Alex Rodriguez
- HB-R9 Alex Rodriguez
- HB-R10 Alex Rodriguez
Autographs & Game-Used
Retro Star Rookie Jersey
Each Retro Star Rookie Jersey card features an image of the player's first Upper Deck card.
- SR-AP Albert Pujols
- SR-AR Alex Rodriguez
- SR-BG Brian Giles
- SR-CB Craig Biggio
- SR-CJ Chipper Jones
- SR-DJ David Justice
- SR-GK Gabe Kapler
- SR-GS Gary Sheffield
- SR-HN Hideo Nomo
- SR-I Ichiro Suzuki
- SR-IR Ivan Rodriguez
- SR-JG Juan Gonzalez
- SR-JO John Olerud
- SR-JT Jim Thome
- SR-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
- SR-KL Kenny Lofton
- SR-KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
- SR-LG Luis Gonzalez
- SR-LW Larry Walker
- SR-MO Magglio Ordonez
- SR-MR Manny Ramirez
- SR-PB Pat Burrell
- SR-PM Pedro Martinez
- SR-RJ Randy Johnson
- SR-RK Ryan Klesko
- SR-RP Robert Person
- SR-SG Shawn Green
- SR-SS Sammy Sosa
Retro Star Rookie Jersey Gold
Each Retro Star Rookie Jersey Gold card is serial-numbered to 275 copies.
- SR-AP Albert Pujols
- SR-AR Alex Rodriguez
- SR-CJ Chipper Jones
- SR-DJ David Justice
- SR-GS Gary Sheffield
- SR-I Ichiro Suzuki
- SR-IR Ivan Rodriguez
- SR-JG Juan Gonzalez
- SR-JO John Olerud
- SR-JT Jim Thome
- SR-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
- SR-KL Kenny Lofton
- SR-KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
- SR-LG Luis Gonzalez
- SR-MO Magglio Ordonez
- SR-MR Manny Ramirez
- SR-PM Pedro Martinez
- SR-RJ Randy Johnson
- SR-SG Shawn Green
- SR-SS Sammy Sosa
Retro Star Rookie Jersey Autograph
Each Retro Star Rookie Jersey Autograph serial-numbered to 40.
- SSR-AR Alex Rodriguez
- SSR-JT Jim Thome
- SSR-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
Reverse Negative Jersey
Each Reverse Negative Jersey is also available in the following parallels.
- 350 (serial-numbered to 350 copies)
- Gold (serial-numbered to 275 copies)
NOTE: There is no stylistic difference between the un-numbered "base" and "350" parallels. It appears that the "base" cards were to have been serial-numbered to 350 copies.
- R-AJ Andruw Jones
- R-AR Alex Rodriguez
- R-BW Bernie Williams
- R-BZ Barry Zito
- R-CD Carlos Delgado
- R-CJ Chipper Jones
- R-DE Darin Erstad
- R-EC Eric Chavez
- R-FT Frank Thomas
- R-GM Greg Maddux
- R-IR Ivan Rodriguez
- R-JB Jeff Bagwell
- R-JD J.D. Drew
- R-JE Jim Edmonds
- R-JG Jason Giambi
- R-KB Kevin Brown
- R-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
- R-LG Luis Gonzalez
- R-MP Mike Piazza
- R-MR Manny Ramirez
- R-MS Mike Sweeney
- R-RC Roger Clemens
- R-RF Rafael Furcal
- R-RJ Randy Johnson
- R-SR Scott Rolen
- R-SS Sammy Sosa
- R-TG Tom Glavine
- R-TH Todd Helton
- R-TM Tino Martinez
Stars of '89 Jersey
This set features game-jersey cards of players who appeared in the 1989 Upper Deck set.
- SL-AG Andres Galarraga
- SL-AL Al Leiter
- SL-BL Barry Larkin
- SL-CS Curt Schilling
- SL-DC David Cone
- SL-DJ David Justice
- SL-EB Ellis Burks
- SL-EM Edgar Martinez
- SL-FM Fred McGriff
- SL-GM Greg Maddux
- SL-GS Gary Sheffield
- SL-JC Jose Canseco
- SL-JG Juan Gonzalez
- SL-JO John Olerud
- SL-KB Kevin Brown
- SL-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
- SL-LW Larry Walker
- SL-MG Mark Grace
- SL-MW Matt Williams
- SL-PO Paul O'Neill
- SL-RA Roberto Alomar
- SL-RC Roger Clemens
- SL-RH Rickey Henderson
- SL-RJ Randy Johnson
- SL-RP Rafael Palmeiro
- SL-RV Robin Ventura
- SL-SS Sammy Sosa
- SL-TG Tom Glavine
Heroes of Baseball Autograph
Each Heroes of Baseball Autograph is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.
- SHB-G Ken Griffey, Jr. 185
- SHB-I Ichiro 125
- SHB-R Alex Rodriguez 185
UDA Memorabilia Trade Cards
Each Trade Card could be redeemed for one of a wide variety of Upper Deck Authenticated autographed items. All Trade Cards expired March 21, 2003.
- 1 Hank Aaron AU 16 X 20 141
- 2 Hank Aaron AU 16 X 20 142
- 3 Hank Aaron AU card 75
- 4 Hank Aaron AU HELMET 50
- 5 Hank Aaron AU JSY 100
- 6 Roberto Alomar AU BALL 42
- 7 Lou Brock AU BALL 68
- 8 Steve Carlton AU BALL 186
- 9 Roger Clemens AU flim strip 49
- 10 Roger Clemens AU photo 100
- 11 Roger Clemens AU JSY 51
- 12 Tom Glavine AU 1991 UD card 15
- 13 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU collage 125
- 14 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU 16 X 20 Plate 140
- 15 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU 16 X 20 Sepaia photo 75
- 16 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU BAT 200
- 17 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU 8 X 10 100
- 18 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU 8 X 10 275
- 19 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU JSY 50
- 20 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU BALL 2000
- 21 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU BAT 65
- 22 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU HAT 40
- 23 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU JSY 50
- 24 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU BALL 116
- 25 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU JSY number 150
- 26 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU SHOES 25
- 27 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU BTG JSY 50
- 28 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU SILK BAT 100
- 29 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU Sweet Spot 500
- 30 Ken Griffey, Jr. Framed 16 X 20 159
- 31 Ken Griffey, Jr. Framed Reds Photo 20
- 32 Ken Griffey, Jr. Framed Reds Photo 9
- 33 Ken Griffey, Jr. Framed Sports Illustrated 16
- 34 Ken Griffey, Sr. AU BALL 52
- 35 Tony Gwynn AU JSY 1982 50
- 36 Tony Gwynn AU JSY 1984 137
- 37 Tony Gwynn AU Magnet 61
- 38 Tony Gwynn AU HELMET 118
- 39 Tony Gwynn AU HOME PLATE 51
- 40 Harmon Killebrew AU BALL 57
- 41 Joe Morgan AU 5 X 7 27
- 42 Phil Niekro AU 8 X 10 102
- 43 Jim Palmer AU BALL 96
- 44 Alex Rodriguez AU 16 X 20 40
- 45 Alex Rodriguez AU BALL 150
- 46 Alex Rodriguez AU BAT 50
- 47 Alex Rodriguez AU HAT 65
- 48 Alex Rodriguez AU JSY number 100
- 49 Alex Rodriguez AU SILK BAT 50
- 50 Ivan Rodriguez AU JSY 51
- 51 Ichiro Suzuki AU BALL 2
- 52 Ichiro Suzuki AU JSY 3
- 53 Ted Williams AU 16 X 20 3
- 54 Ted Williams AU C-Card 5
- 55 Dave Winfield AU 5 X 7 137
