1999 Upper Deck Century Legends

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1999 Upper Deck Century Legends hobby box

Description

1999 Upper Deck Century Legends is a skip-numbered 131-card set released in June, 1999. One of the more popular and influential products of the era, Century Legends was one of the first products to combine current players with retired Hall of Famers.

Cards 1-50 come from The Sporting News' countdown of the 50 greatest players of the 20th Century, while cards 51-100 are TSN's picks for the best 50 active players. The set winds up with the "21CP" and "Memorable Shots" subsets.

Cards 11, 25, 26, and 126 do not exist. Players 11, 25, and 26 on The Sporting News' list were Joe DiMaggio, Pete Rose, and Sandy Koufax, respectively. Upper Deck were unable to come to terms with DiMaggio or Koufax, so their cards were excluded. Due to his lifetime banishment from baseball, UD could not include a card of Pete Rose, and so cards #25 and #126 were pulled.

Curiously, despite also being banned for life from baseball, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson was included in the set.

Each 24-pack Hobby box yields on "Epic Signatures" autograph.

Distribution

24 packs per box, 5 cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds
Base 131 - ?
Century Collection 131 100 ?
Century Legends MVPs ? 1 ?
All-Century Team 10 - 1:23
Epic Milestones 9 - 1:12
Memorable Shots 10 - 1:12
Epic Signatures 30 - 1:24
Epic Signatures Century 32 100 ?
Jerseys of the Century ? - 1:418
Artifacts ? 1 ?
Legendary Cuts ? 1 ?

Checklist

Base Set

The set is tiered as follows: (1-100) Basic, (101-120) 21st Century Phenoms, (121-135) Century Memories

In addition, the first 50 basic cards coincide with the top 50 on The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players (1998). Thanks to the omissions of Joe DiMaggio, Pete Rose, and Sandy Koufax, this set is missing cards 11, 25, 26, and 126.

  • 1 Babe Ruth
  • 2 Willie Mays
  • 3 Ty Cobb
  • 4 Walter Johnson
  • 5 Hank Aaron
  • 6 Lou Gehrig
  • 7 Christy Mathewson
  • 8 Ted Williams
  • 9 Roger Hornsby
  • 10 Stan Musial
  • 12 Grover Alexander
  • 13 Honus Wagner
  • 14 Cy Young
  • 15 Jimmy Foxx
  • 16 Johnny Bench
  • 17 Mickey Mantle
  • 18 Josh Gibson
  • 19 Satchel Paige
  • 20 Roberto Clemente
  • 21 Warren Spahn
  • 22 Frank Robinson
  • 23 Lefty Grove
  • 24 Eddie Collins
  • 27 Tris Speaker
  • 28 Mike Schmidt
  • 29 Nap Lajoie
  • 30 Steve Carlton
  • 31 Bob Gibson
  • 32 Tom Seaver
  • 33 George Sisler
  • 34 Barry Bonds
  • 35 Joe Jackson UER NNO
  • 36 Bob Feller
  • 37 Hank Greenberg
  • 38 Ernie Banks
  • 39 Greg Maddux
  • 40 Yogi Berra
  • 41 Nolan Ryan
  • 42 Mel Ott
  • 43 Al Simmons
  • 44 Jackie Robinson
  • 45 Carl Hubbell
  • 46 Charlie Gehringer
  • 47 Buck Leonard
  • 48 Reggie Jackson
  • 49 Tony Gwynn
  • 50 Roy Campanella
  • 51 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 52 Barry Bonds
  • 53 Roger Clemens
  • 54 Tony Gwynn
  • 55 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 56 Greg Maddux
  • 57 Frank Thomas
  • 58 Mark McGwire
  • 59 Mike Piazza
  • 60 Wade Boggs
  • 61 Alex Rodriguez
  • 62 Juan Gonzalez
  • 63 Mo Vaughn
  • 64 Albert Belle
  • 65 Sammy Sosa
  • 66 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 67 Derek Jeter
  • 68 Kevin Brown
  • 69 Jose Canseco
  • 70 Randy Johnson
  • 71 Tom Glavine
  • 72 Barry Larkin
  • 73 Curt Schilling
  • 74 Moises Alou
  • 75 Fred McGriff
  • 76 Pedro Martinez
  • 77 Andres Galarraga
  • 78 Will Clark
  • 79 Larry Walker
  • 80 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 81 Chipper Jones
  • 82 Jeff Bagwell
  • 83 Craig Biggio
  • 84 Kerry Wood
  • 85 Roberto Alomar
  • 86 Vinny Castilla
  • 87 Kenny Lofton
  • 88 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 89 Manny Ramirez
  • 90 David Wells
  • 91 Mark Grace
  • 92 Bernie Williams
  • 93 David Cone
  • 94 John Olerud
  • 95 John Smoltz
  • 96 Tino Martinez
  • 97 Raul Mondesi
  • 98 Gary Sheffield
  • 99 Orel Hershiser
  • 100 Rickey Henderson
  • 101 J.D. Drew CP
  • 102 Troy Glaus CP
  • 103 Nomar Garciaparra CP
  • 104 Scott Rolen CP
  • 105 Ryan Minor CP
  • 106 Travis Lee CP
  • 107 Roy Halladay CP
  • 108 Carlos Beltran CP
  • 109 Alex Rodriguez CP
  • 110 Eric Chavez CP
  • 111 Vladimir Guerrero CP
  • 112 Ben Grieve CP
  • 113 Kerry Wood CP
  • 114 Alex Gonzalez CP
  • 115 Darin Erstad CP
  • 116 Derek Jeter CP
  • 117 Jaret Wright CP
  • 118 Jose Cruz, Jr. CP
  • 119 Chipper Jones CP
  • 120 Gabe Kapler CP
  • 121 Satchel Paige MEM
  • 122 Willie Mays MEM
  • 123 Roberto Clemente MEM
  • 124 Lou Gehrig MEM
  • 125 Mark McGwire MEM
  • 127 Bob Gibson MEM
  • 128 Johnny VanderMeer MEM
  • 129 Walter Johnson MEM
  • 130 Ty Cobb MEM
  • 131 Don Larsen MEM
  • 132 Jackie Robinson MEM
  • 133 Tom Seaver MEM
  • 134 Johnny Bench MEM
  • 135 Frank Robinson MEM

Foil Logo Variations

At least three of the base cards #4 (Walter Johnson), #35 (Shoeless Joe Jackson) and #58 (Mark McGwire) have foil-stamped logos on their backs. It is unclear how, or why, these cards came into being. It is known that the McGwire is available in both foil-stamped and non-foil-stamped versions; with the foil-stamped logo being the most common. It is unclear if non-foil versions of the Johnson and Jackson exist.

Parallels

Century Collection

Each of the 131 base cards are available in this holographic-foil parallel. All cards are serial-numbered to 100 copies with a dot-matrix printer.

Century Collection MVPs

This is a 100-card partial-parallel of the 1999 Upper Deck MVP set. Each card is a one-of-one.

C1 Mo Vaughn

C2 Troy Glaus

C3 Darin Erstad

C4 Randy Johnson

C5 Travis Lee

C6 Chipper Jones

C7 Greg Maddux

C8 Tom Glavine

C9 John Smoltz

C10 Cal Ripken

C11 Charles Johnson

C12 Albert Belle

C13 Nomar Garciaparra

C14 Pedro Martinez

C15 Kerry Wood

C16 Sammy Sosa

C17 Mark Grace

C18 Frank Thomas

C19 Paul Konerko

C20 Ray Durham

C21 Denny Neagle

C22 Sean Casey

C23 Barry Larkin

C24 Roberto Alomar

C25 Kenny Lofton

C26 Travis Fryman

C27 Jim Thome

C28 Manny Ramirez

C29 Vinny Castilla

C30 Todd Helton

C31 Dante Bichette

C32 Larry Walker

C33 Gabe Kapler

C34 Dean Palmer

C35 Tony Clark

C36 Juan Encarnacion

C37 Alex Gonzalez

C38 Preston Wilson

C39 Derrek Lee

C40 Ken Caminiti

C41 Jeff Bagwell

C42 Moises Alou

C43 Craig Biggio

C44 Carlos Beltran

C45 Jeremy Giambi

C46 Johnny Damon

C47 Kevin Brown

C48 Chan Ho Park

C49 Raul Mondesi

C50 Gary Sheffield

C51 Sean Berry

C52 Jeromy Burnitz

C53 Brad Radke

C54 Eric Milton

C55 Todd Walker

C56 Vladimir Guerrero

C57 Rondell White

C58 Mike Piazza

C59 Rickey Henderson

C60 Rey Ordonez

C61 Derek Jeter

C62 Bernie Williams

C63 Paul O'Neill

C64 Scott Brosius

C65 Tino Martinez

C66 Roger Clemens

C67 Orlando Hernandez

C68 Ben Grieve

C69 Eric Chavez

C70 Jason Giambi

C71 Curt Schilling

C72 Scott Rolen

C73 Pat Burrell

C74 Jason Kendall

C75 Aramis Ramirez

C76 Mark McGwire

C77 J.D. Drew

C78 Edgar Renteria

C79 Tony Gwynn

C80 Sterling Hitchcock

C81 Ruben Rivera

C82 Trevor Hoffman

C83 Barry Bonds

C84 Ellis Burks

C85 Robb Nen

C86 Ken Griffey Jr.

C87 Alex Rodriguez

C88 Carlos Guillen

C89 Edgar Martinez

C90 Jose Canseco

C91 Rolando Arrojo

C92 Wade Boggs

C93 Fred McGriff

C94 Juan Gonzalez

C95 Ivan Rodriguez

C96 Rafael Palmeiro

C97 David Wells

C98 Roy Halladay

C99 Carlos Delgado

C100 Jose Cruz Jr.

Inserts

All-Century Team

  • AC1 Babe Ruth
  • AC2 Ty Cobb
  • AC3 Willie Mays
  • AC4 Lou Gehrig
  • AC5 Jackie Robinson
  • AC6 Mike Schmidt
  • AC7 Ernie Banks
  • AC8 Johnny Bench
  • AC9 Cy Young
  • AC10 Lineup Sheet

Epic Milestones

Card EM1 does not exist.

  • EM2 Jackie Robinson
  • EM3 Nolan Ryan
  • EM4 Mark McGwire
  • EM5 Roger Clemens
  • EM6 Sammy Sosa
  • EM7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • EM8 Rickey Henderson
  • EM9 Hank Aaron
  • EM10 Barry Bonds

Memorable Shots

  • HR1 Babe Ruth
  • HR2 Bobby Thomson
  • HR3 Kirk Gibson
  • HR4 Carlton Fisk
  • HR5 Bill Mazeroski
  • HR6 Bucky Dent
  • HR7 Mark McGwire
  • HR8 Mickey Mantle
  • HR9 Joe Carter
  • HR10 Mark McGwire

Autographs & Game-Used

Epic Signatures

Each card is available in a "Century" parallel, hand-numbered to 100 copies.

  • AR Alex Rodriguez
  • BB Barry Bonds
  • BD Bucky Dent
  • BF Bob Feller
  • BG Bob Gibson
  • BM Bill Mazeroski
  • BT Bobby Thomson
  • CF Carlton Fisk SOME EXCH
  • DL Don Larsen
  • EB Ernie Banks
  • EMA Eddie Mathews
  • FR Frank Robinson
  • FT Frank Thomas
  • GM Greg Maddux
  • HK Harmon Killebrew
  • JB Johnny Bench SOME EXCH
  • JG Juan Gonzalez
  • JR Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • MS Mike Schmidt
  • NR Nolan Ryan
  • RJ Reggie Jackson
  • SC Steve Carlton
  • SM Stan Musial
  • SR Ken Griffey, Sr.
  • TG Tony Gwynn
  • TS Tom Seaver
  • VG Vladimir Guerrero
  • WMC Willie McCovey SOME EXCH
  • WS Warren Spahn
  • YB Yogi Berra SOME EXCH

Jerseys of the Century

  • DW Dave Winfield
  • EM Eddie Murray
  • GB George Brett
  • GM Greg Maddux
  • MS Mike Schmidt
  • NR Nolan Ryan
  • OZ Ozzie Smith
  • RC Roger Clemens
  • TG Tony Gwynn

Legendary Cuts

NOTE: Each is a one-of-one

  • BR Babe Ruth
  • CY Cy Young
  • LG Lefty Grove
  • MO Mel Ott
  • RC Roy Campanella
  • SP Satchel Paige
  • TY Ty Cobb
  • WJ Walter Johnson

Artifacts

Each Artifact is a redemption card good for the item listed. Each card is a one-of-one.

  • 1960 Ernie Banks / Bob Gibson / Johnny Bench AU Balls
  • 1900 Ty Cobb Framed CUT
  • 1910 Babe Ruth Framed CUT
  • 1920 Roger Hornsby Framed CUT
  • 1930 Satchel Paige Framed CUT
  • 1950 Willie Mays / Mickey Mantle / Hank Aaron AU Balls
  • 1970 Mike Schmidt / Steve Carlton / Tom Seaver AU Balls
  • 1980 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Nolan Ryan AU Balls
  • 1990 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU Jersey

Jimmie Foxx A Piece of History 500 HR Club

See Upper Deck A Piece of History 500 HR Club.