2005 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes
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Description
2005 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes is a 200-card set released in August, 2005. The base set is based on the popular Baseball Heroes inserts of the 1990s, with the last 100 cards are serial-numbered to 575 copies each.
Each eight-card tin "pack" contains five base cards, one short-printed base set numbered to 575, one parallel serial-numbered to 199 copies or fewer, and either an autographed or game-used card numbered to 99 or fewer.
Distribution
Eight cards per tin (MSRP: $60). 30 tins per case. Hobby only.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 200 | - | 6:1 |
| short set | 100 | - | 5:1 |
| Short Prints | 100 | 575 | one-per-pack |
| Emerald | 200 | 199 | PAR |
| Red | 200 | 75 | PAR |
| Blue | 200 | 10 | PAR |
| Gold | 200 | one-of-one | PAR |
| Memorabilia Emerald | 100 | 99 | GU |
| Memorabilia Red | 100 | 99 | GU |
| Memorabilia Blue | 100 | 99 | GU |
| Memorabilia Bronze | 100 | 50 | GU |
| Memorabilia Silver | 100 | 15 | GU |
| Memorabilia Gold | 100 | one-of-one | GU |
| Memorabilia Short Prints | 90 | 10 | GU |
| Signature Emerald | 100 | 99 | AU |
| Signature Red | 100 | 49 | AU |
| Signature Blue | 100 | 20 | AU |
| Signature Gold | 100 | one-of-one | AU |
| Signature Memorabilia | 100 | 15 | AU |
| Signature Patches | 90 | 5 | AU |
| Signature Cuts | 20 | varies | AU |
PAR: One parallel per tin.
GU: Odds of finding a game-used card: 2:3/tins.
AU: Odds of finding an autograph: 1:3/tins.
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Bob Feller
- 2 Bob Feller
- 3 Bob Feller
- 4 Bob Feller
- 5 Bob Feller
- 6 Brooks Robinson
- 7 Brooks Robinson
- 8 Brooks Robinson
- 9 Brooks Robinson
- 10 Brooks Robinson
- 11 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 12 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 13 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 14 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 15 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 16 Carl Yastrzemski
- 17 Carl Yastrzemski
- 18 Carl Yastrzemski
- 19 Carl Yastrzemski
- 20 Carl Yastrzemski
- 21 Don Mattingly
- 22 Don Mattingly
- 23 Don Mattingly
- 24 Don Mattingly
- 25 Don Mattingly
- 26 Tom Seaver
- 27 Tom Seaver
- 28 Tom Seaver
- 29 Tom Seaver
- 30 Tom Seaver
- 31 Harmon Killebrew
- 32 Harmon Killebrew
- 33 Harmon Killebrew
- 34 Harmon Killebrew
- 35 Harmon Killebrew
- 36 Jim Palmer
- 37 Jim Palmer
- 38 Jim Palmer
- 39 Jim Palmer
- 40 Jim Palmer
- 41 Mike Schmidt
- 42 Mike Schmidt
- 43 Mike Schmidt
- 44 Mike Schmidt
- 45 Mike Schmidt
- 46 Ozzie Smith
- 47 Ozzie Smith
- 48 Ozzie Smith
- 49 Ozzie Smith
- 50 Ozzie Smith
- 51 Paul Molitor
- 52 Paul Molitor
- 53 Paul Molitor
- 54 Paul Molitor
- 55 Paul Molitor
- 56 Al Kaline
- 57 Al Kaline
- 58 Al Kaline
- 59 Al Kaline
- 60 Al Kaline
- 61 Robin Yount
- 62 Robin Yount
- 63 Robin Yount
- 64 Robin Yount
- 65 Robin Yount
- 66 Ryne Sandberg
- 67 Ryne Sandberg
- 68 Ryne Sandberg
- 69 Ryne Sandberg
- 70 Ryne Sandberg
- 71 Stan Musial
- 72 Stan Musial
- 73 Stan Musial
- 74 Stan Musial
- 75 Stan Musial
- 76 Steve Carlton
- 77 Steve Carlton
- 78 Steve Carlton
- 79 Steve Carlton
- 80 Steve Carlton
- 81 Tony Gwynn
- 82 Tony Gwynn
- 83 Tony Gwynn
- 84 Tony Gwynn
- 85 Tony Gwynn
- 86 Wade Boggs
- 87 Wade Boggs
- 88 Wade Boggs
- 89 Wade Boggs
- 90 Wade Boggs
- 91 Will Clark
- 92 Will Clark
- 93 Will Clark
- 94 Will Clark
- 95 Will Clark
- 96 Yogi Berra
- 97 Yogi Berra
- 98 Yogi Berra
- 99 Yogi Berra
- 100 Yogi Berra
Short Prints
Each card is serial-numbered to 575 copies.
- 101 Babe Ruth
- 102 Babe Ruth
- 103 Babe Ruth
- 104 Babe Ruth
- 105 Babe Ruth
- 106 Roger Maris
- 107 Roger Maris
- 108 Roger Maris
- 109 Roger Maris
- 110 Roger Maris
- 111 Don Drysdale
- 112 Don Drysdale
- 113 Don Drysdale
- 114 Don Drysdale
- 115 Don Drysdale
- 116 Eddie Mathews
- 117 Eddie Mathews
- 118 Eddie Mathews
- 119 Eddie Mathews
- 120 Eddie Mathews
- 121 Honus Wagner
- 122 Honus Wagner
- 123 Honus Wagner
- 124 Honus Wagner
- 125 Honus Wagner
- 126 Jackie Robinson
- 127 Jackie Robinson
- 128 Jackie Robinson
- 129 Jackie Robinson
- 130 Jackie Robinson
- 131 Jimmie Foxx
- 132 Jimmie Foxx
- 133 Jimmie Foxx
- 134 Jimmie Foxx
- 135 Jimmie Foxx
- 136 Joe DiMaggio
- 137 Joe DiMaggio
- 138 Joe DiMaggio
- 139 Joe DiMaggio
- 140 Joe DiMaggio
- 141 Johnny Mize
- 142 Johnny Mize
- 143 Johnny Mize
- 144 Johnny Mize
- 145 Johnny Mize
- 146 Lefty Grove
- 147 Lefty Grove
- 148 Lefty Grove
- 149 Lefty Grove
- 150 Lefty Grove
- 151 Lou Gehrig
- 152 Lou Gehrig
- 153 Lou Gehrig
- 154 Lou Gehrig
- 155 Lou Gehrig
- 156 Mel Ott
- 157 Mel Ott
- 158 Mel Ott
- 159 Mel Ott
- 160 Mel Ott
- 161 Mickey Mantle
- 162 Mickey Mantle
- 163 Mickey Mantle
- 164 Mickey Mantle
- 165 Mickey Mantle
- 166 Roberto Clemente
- 167 Roberto Clemente
- 168 Roberto Clemente
- 169 Roberto Clemente
- 170 Roberto Clemente
- 171 Rogers Hornsby
- 172 Rogers Hornsby
- 173 Rogers Hornsby
- 174 Rogers Hornsby
- 175 Rogers Hornsby
- 176 Roy Campanella
- 177 Roy Campanella
- 178 Roy Campanella
- 179 Roy Campanella
- 180 Roy Campanella
- 181 Satchel Paige
- 182 Satchel Paige
- 183 Satchel Paige
- 184 Satchel Paige
- 185 Satchel Paige
- 186 Ted Williams
- 187 Ted Williams
- 188 Ted Williams
- 189 Ted Williams
- 190 Ted Williams
- 191 Thurman Munson
- 192 Thurman Munson
- 193 Thurman Munson
- 194 Thurman Munson
- 195 Thurman Munson
- 196 Ty Cobb
- 197 Ty Cobb
- 198 Ty Cobb
- 199 Ty Cobb
- 200 Ty Cobb
Packaging
Tins
Each "pack" came packaged in one of four different tin boxes.
- 1 Ty Cobb
- 2 Lou Gehrig
- 3 Babe Ruth
- 4 Ted Williams
Parallels
All 200 base cards are available in the following parallels.
- Emerald (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
- Red (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
- Blue (serial-numbered to ten)
- Gold (one-of-one)
Autographs & Game-Used
Most of the autographs and game-used cards are pesudo-parallels of the base set. For brevity's sake, please refer to the base set checklist for these checklists.
Memorabilia
Memorabilia cards for the first 100 cards in the base set are available in the following colors.
NOTE: There is no "base" version.
- Emerald (serial-numbered to 99)
- Red (serial-numbered to 99)
- Blue (serial-numbered to 99)
- Bronze (serial-numbered to 50)
- Silver (serial-numbered to 15)
- Gold (one-of-one)
Memorabilia cards for the second set of 100 base cards (cards #101-#200) are all serial-numbered to ten copies, with NO parallels.
Signature
Signature cards for the first 100 cards in the base set are available in the following colors.
NOTE: There is no "base" version.
- Emerald (serial-numbered to 99)
- Red (serial-numbered to 49)
- Blue (serial-numbered to 20)
- Gold (one-of-one)
Signature Memorabilia
Signature Memorabilia cards for the first 100 cards in the base set are serial-numbered to 15 copies, with a patch parallel serial-numbered to five also available.
Signature Cuts
- 105 Babe Ruth 1
- 110 Roger Maris 4
- 115 Don Drysdale 10
- 120 Eddie Mathews 10
- 125 Honus Wagner 4
- 130 Jackie Robinson 4
- 135 Jimmie Foxx 2
- 140 Joe DiMaggio 5
- 145 Johnny Mize 10
- 150 Lefty Grove 10
- 155 Lou Gehrig 1
- 160 Mel Ott 3
- 165 Mickey Mantle 5
- 170 Roberto Clemente 3
- 175 Rogers Hornsby 1
- 180 Roy Campanella 3
- 185 Satchel Paige 4
- 190 Ted Williams 5
- 195 Thurman Munson 2
- 200 Ty Cobb 2
