1999 Finest

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Description

1999 Finest is a 300-card set (produced by Topps) released in two series of 150 cards each. The set includes the following subsets: Gems (101-120), Sensations (121-130) Rookies (131-150/277-299), Sterling (251-265) and Gamers (266-276). Card number 300 is a special Hank Aaron/Mark McGwire tribute. Cards numbered from 101 through 150 and 251 through 300 were short printed and seeded at a rate of one per hobby, one per retail and two per Home Team Advantage pack.

Notable Rookie Cards include Pat Burrell, C.C. Sabathia and Alfonso Soriano.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5.00)

HTA: 10 packs per box, 13 cards per pack (MSRP: $10)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds HTA Odds
Base 300 - ? ?
short set 200 - ? ?
Short-Prints 100 - 1:1 2:1
Refractors 300 - 1:12 1:5
Gold Refractors 300 100 varies varies
Split Screen Half Refractor (S1) 14 - 1:28 1:13
Split Screen Full Refractor (S1) 14 - 1:82 1:42
Prominent Figures (S1) 50 varies varies varies
Leading Indicators (S1) 10 - 1:24 1:10
Team Finest Blue (S1) 10 1500 1:82 1:38
Team Finest Blue (S2) 10 1500 1:57 1:26
Team Finest Red (S1) 10 500 N/A 1:25
Team Finest Red (S2) 10 500 N/A 1:18
Team Finest Gold (S1) 10 250 N/A 1:51
Team Finest Gold (S2) 10 250 N/A 1:37
Team Finest Blue Refractor (S1) 10 150 1:816 1:377
Team Finest Blue Refractor (S2) 10 150 1:571 1:263
Team Finest Red Refractor (S1) 10 50 N/A 1:254
Team Finest Red Refractor (S2) 10 50 N/A 1:182
Team Finest Gold Refractor (S1) 10 25 N/A 1:510
Team Finest Gold Refractor (S2) 10 25 N/A 1:369
Peel and Reveal Sparkle (S2) 20 - 1:30 1:15
Peel and Reveal Hyperplaid (S2) 20 - 1:60 1:30
Peel and Reveal Stadium Stars (S2) 20 - 1:120 1:60
Future's Finest (S2) 10 500 1:171 ?
Aaron Award Contenders (S2) 9 - varies varies
Aaron Award Contenders Refractor (S2) 9 - varies varies
Complements Half Refractor (S2) 7 - 1:56 1:27
Complements Full Refractor (S2) 7 - 1:168 1:81
Double Feature Half Refractor (S2) 7 - 1:56 1:27
Double Feature Full Refractor (S2) 7 - 1:168 1:81
Franchise Records (S2) 10 - 1:129 1:63
Franchise Records Refractor (S2) 10 - 1:378 1:189
Milestones (S2) 40 varies 1:29 ?

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

  • 1 Darin Erstad
  • 2 Javy Lopez
  • 3 Vinny Castilla
  • 4 Jim Thome
  • 5 Tino Martinez
  • 6 Mark Grace
  • 7 Shawn Green
  • 8 Dustin Hermanson
  • 9 Kevin Young
  • 10 Tony Clark
  • 11 Scott Brosius
  • 12 Craig Biggio
  • 13 Brian McRae
  • 14 Chan Ho Park
  • 15 Manny Ramirez
  • 16 Chipper Jones
  • 17 Rico Brogna
  • 18 Quinton McCracken
  • 19 J.T. Snow
  • 20 Tony Gwynn
  • 21 Juan Guzman
  • 22 John Valentin
  • 23 Rick Helling
  • 24 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 25 Frank Thomas
  • 26 Jorge Posada
  • 27 Dmitri Young
  • 28 Rick Reed
  • 29 Kevin Tapani
  • 30 Troy Glaus
  • 31 Kenny Rogers
  • 32 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 33 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 34 Mike Mussina
  • 35 Scott Rolen
  • 36 Neifi Perez
  • 37 Brad Radke
  • 38 Darryl Strawberry
  • 39 Robb Nen
  • 40 Moises Alou
  • 41 Eric Young
  • 42 Livan Hernandez
  • 43 John Wetteland
  • 44 Matt Lawton
  • 45 Ben Grieve
  • 46 Fernando Tatis
  • 47 Travis Fryman
  • 48 David Segui
  • 49 Bobby Abreu
  • 50 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 51 Paul O'Neill
  • 52 Jeff King
  • 53 Francisco Cordova
  • 54 John Olerud
  • 55 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 56 Fernando Vina
  • 57 Shane Reynolds
  • 58 Chuck Finley
  • 59 Rondell White
  • 60 Greg Vaughn
  • 61 Ryan Minor
  • 62 Tom Gordon
  • 63 Damion Easley
  • 64 Ray Durham
  • 65 Orlando Hernandez
  • 66 Bartolo Colon
  • 67 Jaret Wright
  • 68 Royce Clayton
  • 69 Tim Salmon
  • 70 Mark McGwire
  • 71 Alex Gonzalez
  • 72 Tom Glavine
  • 73 Dave Justice
  • 74 Omar Vizquel
  • 75 Juan Gonzalez
  • 76 Bob Higginson
  • 77 Todd Walker
  • 78 Dante Bichette
  • 79 Kevin Millwood
  • 80 Roger Clemens
  • 81 Kerry Wood
  • 82 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 83 Jay Bell
  • 84 Barry Bonds
  • 85 Alex Rodriguez
  • 86 Doug Glanville
  • 87 Jason Kendall
  • 88 Sean Casey
  • 89 Aaron Sele
  • 90 Derek Jeter
  • 91 Andy Ashby
  • 92 Rusty Greer
  • 93 Rod Beck
  • 94 Matt Williams
  • 95 Mike Piazza
  • 96 Wally Joyner
  • 97 Barry Larkin
  • 98 Eric Milton
  • 99 Gary Sheffield
  • 100 Greg Maddux
  • 101 Ken Griffey, Jr. GEM
  • 102 Frank Thomas GEM
  • 103 Nomar Garciaparra GEM
  • 104 Mark McGwire GEM
  • 105 Alex Rodriguez GEM
  • 106 Tony Gwynn GEM
  • 107 Juan Gonzalez GEM
  • 108 Jeff Bagwell GEM
  • 109 Sammy Sosa GEM
  • 110 Vladimir Guerrero GEM
  • 111 Roger Clemens GEM
  • 112 Barry Bonds GEM
  • 113 Darin Erstad GEM
  • 114 Mike Piazza GEM
  • 115 Derek Jeter GEM
  • 116 Chipper Jones GEM
  • 117 Larry Walker GEM
  • 118 Scott Rolen GEM
  • 119 Cal Ripken, Jr. GEM
  • 120 Greg Maddux GEM
  • 121 Troy Glaus SENS
  • 122 Ben Grieve SENS
  • 123 Ryan Minor SENS
  • 124 Kerry Wood SENS
  • 125 Travis Lee SENS
  • 126 Adrian Beltre SENS
  • 127 Brad Fullmer SENS
  • 128 Aramis Ramirez SENS
  • 129 Eric Chavez SENS
  • 130 Todd Helton SENS
  • 131 Pat Burrell ROOK RC
  • 132 Ryan Mills ROOK RC*
  • 133 Austin Kearns ROOK RC
  • 134 Josh McKinley ROOK RC*
  • 135 Adam Everett ROOK RC
  • 136 Marlon Anderson ROOK
  • 137 Bruce Chen ROOK
  • 138 Matt Clement ROOK
  • 139 Alex Gonzalez ROOK
  • 140 Roy Halladay ROOK
  • 141 Calvin Pickering ROOK
  • 142 Randy Wolf ROOK
  • 143 Ryan Anderson ROOK
  • 144 Ruben Mateo ROOK
  • 145 Alex Escobar ROOK RC
  • 146 Jeremy Giambi ROOK
  • 147 Lance Berkman ROOK
  • 148 Michael Barrett ROOK
  • 149 Preston Wilson ROOK
  • 150 Gabe Kapler ROOK

Series Two

  • 151 Roger Clemens
  • 152 Jay Buhner
  • 153 Brad Fullmer
  • 154 Ray Lankford
  • 155 Jim Edmonds
  • 156 Jason Giambi
  • 157 Bret Boone
  • 158 Jeff Cirillo
  • 159 Rickey Henderson
  • 160 Edgar Martinez
  • 161 Ron Gant
  • 162 Mark Kotsay
  • 163 Trevor Hoffman
  • 164 Jason Schmidt
  • 165 Brett Tomko
  • 166 David Ortiz
  • 167 Dean Palmer
  • 168 Hideki Irabu
  • 169 Mike Cameron
  • 170 Pedro Martinez
  • 171 Tom Goodwin
  • 172 Brian Hunter
  • 173 Al Leiter
  • 174 Charles Johnson
  • 175 Curt Schilling
  • 176 Robin Ventura
  • 177 Travis Lee
  • 178 Jeff Shaw
  • 179 Ugueth Urbina
  • 180 Roberto Alomar
  • 181 Cliff Floyd
  • 182 Adrian Beltre
  • 183 Tony Womack
  • 184 Brian Jordan
  • 185 Randy Johnson
  • 186 Mickey Morandini
  • 187 Todd Hundley
  • 188 Jose Valentin
  • 189 Eric Davis
  • 190 Ken Caminiti
  • 191 David Wells
  • 192 Ryan Klesko
  • 193 Garret Anderson
  • 194 Eric Karros
  • 195 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 196 Aramis Ramirez
  • 197 Mike Lieberthal
  • 198 Will Clark
  • 199 Rey Ordonez
  • 200 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 201 Jose Guillen
  • 202 Scott Erickson
  • 203 Paul Konerko
  • 204 Johnny Damon
  • 205 Larry Walker
  • 206 Denny Neagle
  • 207 Jose Offerman
  • 208 Andy Pettitte
  • 209 Bobby Jones
  • 210 Kevin Brown
  • 211 John Smoltz
  • 212 Henry Rodriguez
  • 213 Tim Belcher
  • 214 Carlos Delgado
  • 215 Andruw Jones
  • 216 Andy Benes
  • 217 Fred McGriff
  • 218 Edgar Renteria
  • 219 Miguel Tejada
  • 220 Bernie Williams
  • 221 Justin Thompson
  • 222 Marty Cordova
  • 223 Delino DeShields
  • 224 Ellis Burks
  • 225 Kenny Lofton
  • 226 Steve Finley
  • 227 Eric Chavez
  • 228 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • 229 Marquis Grissom
  • 230 Jeff Bagwell
  • 231 Jose Canseco
  • 232 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 233 Richie Sexson
  • 234 Jeff Kent
  • 235 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 236 David Cone
  • 237 Gregg Jefferies
  • 238 Mike Lansing
  • 239 Mariano Rivera
  • 240 Albert Belle
  • 241 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 242 Derek Bell
  • 243 Pat Hentgen
  • 244 Andres Galarraga
  • 245 Mo Vaughn
  • 246 Wade Boggs
  • 247 Devon White
  • 248 Todd Helton
  • 249 Raul Mondesi
  • 250 Sammy Sosa
  • 251 Nomar Garciaparra STER
  • 252 Mark McGwire STER
  • 253 Alex Rodriguez STER
  • 254 Juan Gonzalez STER
  • 255 Vladimir Guerrero STER
  • 256 Ken Griffey, Jr. STER
  • 257 Mike Piazza STER
  • 258 Derek Jeter STER
  • 259 Albert Belle STER
  • 260 Greg Vaughn STER
  • 261 Sammy Sosa STER
  • 262 Greg Maddux STER
  • 263 Frank Thomas STER
  • 264 Mark Grace STER
  • 265 Ivan Rodriguez STER
  • 266 Roger Clemens GEM
  • 267 Mo Vaughn GEM
  • 268 Jim Thome GEM
  • 269 Darin Erstad GEM
  • 270 Chipper Jones GEM
  • 271 Larry Walker GEM
  • 272 Cal Ripken, Jr. GEM
  • 273 Scott Rolen GEM
  • 274 Randy Johnson GEM
  • 275 Tony Gwynn GEM
  • 276 Barry Bonds GEM
  • 277 Sean Burroughs ROOK RC
  • 278 J.M. Gold ROOK RC*
  • 279 Carlos Lee ROOK
  • 280 George Lombard ROOK
  • 281 Carlos Beltran ROOK
  • 282 Fernando Seguignol ROOK
  • 283 Eric Chavez ROOK
  • 284 Carlos Pena ROOK RC
  • 285 Corey Patterson ROOK RC
  • 286 Alfonso Soriano ROOK RC
  • 287 Nick Johnson ROOK RC
  • 288 Jorge Toca ROOK RC
  • 289 A.J. Burnett ROOK RC
  • 290 Andy Brown ROOK RC*
  • 291 Doug Mientkiewicz ROOK RC
  • 292 Bobby Seay ROOK RC*
  • 293 Chip Ambres ROOK RC
  • 294 C.C. Sabathia ROOK RC
  • 295 Choo Freeman ROOK RC
  • 296 Eric Valent ROOK RC
  • 297 Matt Belisle ROOK RC
  • 298 Jason Tyner ROOK RC
  • 299 Masao Kida ROOK RC
  • 300 Hank Aaron / Mark McGwire

Parallels

All 300 cards are available in the following parallels.

  • Refractors
  • Gold Refractors (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

Inserts

Split Screen

This 14-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology. On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half. There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards.

In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.

    Prominent Figures

    • PF1 Mark McGwire HR 70
    • PF2 Sammy Sosa HR 70
    • PF3 Ken Griffey, Jr. HR 70
    • PF4 Mike Piazza HR 70
    • PF5 Juan Gonzalez HR 70
    • PF6 Greg Vaughn HR 70
    • PF7 Alex Rodriguez HR 70
    • PF8 Manny Ramirez HR 70
    • PF9 Jeff Bagwell HR 70
    • PF10 Andres Galarraga HR 70
    • PF11 Mark McGwire SLG 847
    • PF12 Sammy Sosa SLG 847
    • PF13 Juan Gonzalez SLG 847
    • PF14 Ken Griffey, Jr. SLG 847
    • PF15 Barry Bonds SLG 847
    • PF16 Greg Vaughn SLG 847
    • PF17 Larry Walker SLG 847
    • PF18 Andres Galarraga SLG 847
    • PF19 Jeff Bagwell SLG 847
    • PF20 Albert Belle SLG 847
    • PF21 Tony Gwynn BAT 424
    • PF22 Mike Piazza BAT 424
    • PF23 Larry Walker BAT 424
    • PF24 Alex Rodriguez BAT 424
    • PF25 John Olerud BAT 424
    • PF26 Frank Thomas BAT 424
    • PF27 Bernie Williams BAT 424
    • PF28 Chipper Jones BAT 424
    • PF29 Jim Thome BAT 424
    • PF30 Barry Bonds BAT 424
    • PF31 Juan Gonzalez RBI 190
    • PF32 Sammy Sosa RBI 190
    • PF33 Mark McGwire RBI 190
    • PF34 Albert Belle RBI 190
    • PF35 Ken Griffey, Jr. RBI 190
    • PF36 Jeff Bagwell RBI 190
    • PF37 Chipper Jones RBI 190
    • PF38 Vinny Castilla RBI 190
    • PF39 Alex Rodriguez RBI 190
    • PF40 Andres Galarraga RBI 190
    • PF41 Sammy Sosa TB 457
    • PF42 Mark McGwire TB 457
    • PF43 Albert Belle TB 457
    • PF44 Ken Griffey, Jr. TB 457
    • PF45 Jeff Bagwell TB 457
    • PF46 Juan Gonzalez TB 457
    • PF47 Barry Bonds TB 457
    • PF48 Vladimir Guerrero TB 457
    • PF49 Larry Walker TB 457
    • PF50 Alex Rodriguez TB 457

    Leading Indicators

    • L1 Mark McGwire
    • L2 Sammy Sosa
    • L3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
    • L4 Greg Vaughn
    • L5 Albert Belle
    • L6 Juan Gonzalez
    • L7 Andres Galarraga
    • L8 Alex Rodriguez
    • L9 Barry Bonds
    • L10 Jeff Bagwell

    Team Finest

    • TF1 Greg Maddux
    • TF2 Mark McGwire
    • TF3 Sammy Sosa
    • TF4 Juan Gonzalez
    • TF5 Alex Rodriguez
    • TF6 Travis Lee
    • TF7 Roger Clemens
    • TF8 Darin Erstad
    • TF9 Todd Helton
    • TF10 Mike Piazza
    • TF11 Kerry Wood
    • TF12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
    • TF13 Frank Thomas
    • TF14 Jeff Bagwell
    • TF15 Nomar Garciaparra
    • TF16 Derek Jeter
    • TF17 Chipper Jones
    • TF18 Barry Bonds
    • TF19 Tony Gwynn
    • TF20 Ben Grieve

    Peel and Reveal

    • PR1 Kerry Wood
    • PR2 Mark McGwire
    • PR3 Sammy Sosa
    • PR4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
    • PR5 Nomar Garciaparra
    • PR6 Greg Maddux
    • PR7 Derek Jeter
    • PR8 Andres Galarraga
    • PR9 Alex Rodriguez
    • PR10 Frank Thomas
    • PR11 Roger Clemens
    • PR12 Juan Gonzalez
    • PR13 Ben Grieve
    • PR14 Jeff Bagwell
    • PR15 Todd Helton
    • PR16 Chipper Jones
    • PR17 Barry Bonds
    • PR18 Travis Lee
    • PR19 Vladimir Guerrero
    • PR20 Pat Burrell

    Future's Finest

    • FF1 Pat Burrell 500
    • FF2 Troy Glaus 500
    • FF3 Eric Chavez 500
    • FF4 Ryan Anderson 500
    • FF5 Ruben Mateo 500
    • FF6 Gabe Kapler 500
    • FF7 Alex Gonzalez 500
    • FF8 Michael Barrett 500
    • FF9 Adrian Beltre 500
    • FF10 Fernando Seguignol 500

    Aaron Award Contenders

    • HA1 Juan Gonzalez
    • HA2 Vladimir Guerrero
    • HA3 Nomar Garciaparra
    • HA4 Albert Belle
    • HA5 Frank Thomas
    • HA6 Sammy Sosa
    • HA7 Alex Rodriguez
    • HA8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
    • HA9 Mark McGwire


    Complements

      Double Feature

        Franchise Records

        • FR1 Frank Thomas
        • FR2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
        • FR3 Mark McGwire
        • FR4 Juan Gonzalez
        • FR5 Nomar Garciaparra
        • FR6 Mike Piazza
        • FR7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
        • FR8 Sammy Sosa
        • FR9 Barry Bonds
        • FR10 Tony Gwynn

        Milestones

        • M1 Tony Gwynn H 3000
        • M2 Cal Ripken, Jr. H 3000
        • M3 Wade Boggs H 3000
        • M4 Ken Griffey, Jr. H 3000
        • M5 Frank Thomas H 3000
        • M6 Barry Bonds H 3000
        • M7 Travis Lee H 3000
        • M8 Alex Rodriguez H 3000
        • M9 Derek Jeter H 3000
        • M10 Vladimir Guerrero H 3000
        • M11 Mark McGwire HR 500
        • M12 Ken Griffey, Jr. HR 500
        • M13 Vladimir Guerrero HR 500
        • M14 Alex Rodriguez HR 500
        • M15 Barry Bonds HR 500
        • M16 Sammy Sosa HR 500
        • M17 Albert Belle HR 500
        • M18 Frank Thomas HR 500
        • M19 Jose Canseco HR 500
        • M20 Mike Piazza HR 500
        • M21 Jeff Bagwell RBI 1400
        • M22 Barry Bonds RBI 1400
        • M23 Ken Griffey, Jr. RBI 1400
        • M24 Albert Belle RBI 1400
        • M25 Juan Gonzalez RBI 1400
        • M26 Vinny Castilla RBI 1400
        • M27 Mark McGwire RBI 1400
        • M28 Alex Rodriguez RBI 1400
        • M29 Nomar Garciaparra RBI 1400
        • M30 Frank Thomas RBI 1400
        • M31 Barry Bonds 2B 500
        • M32 Albert Belle 2B 500
        • M33 Ben Grieve 2B 500
        • M34 Craig Biggio 2B 500
        • M35 Vladimir Guerrero 2B 500
        • M36 Nomar Garciaparra 2B 500
        • M37 Alex Rodriguez 2B 500
        • M38 Derek Jeter 2B 500
        • M39 Ken Griffey, Jr. 2B 500
        • M40 Brad Fullmer 2B 500