2000 Topps Tek

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Description

2000 Topps TEK is a 45-card set released in July, 2000. This would be the final Topps TEK set.

The set features 40 player cards (1-40), and five short-printed rookie cards (41-45), and each card has 20 different background variations. Variations 16-20 feature an assortment of colors and are short-printed in comparison to the other 15.

Each rookie card is serial-numbered to 2000 copies with 100 copies for each background variation. The only notable Rookie Card is that of Brett Myers.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds
Base 45 - ?
short set 40 - ?
Rookies 5 2,000 1:2
Colored Variations 1-40 40 - 1:10
Colored Variations 41-45 5 2,000 1:10
Gold 45 10 (but 200 actually exist) 1:42
ArchiTEKs 18 - 1:5
DramaTEK Performers 9 - 1:10
TEKtonics 9 - 1:30

Checklist

Base Set

  • 1 Mike Piazza
  • 2 Chipper Jones
  • 3 Juan Gonzalez
  • 4 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 6 A.J. Burnett
  • 7 Jim Thome
  • 8 Mo Vaughn
  • 9 Andruw Jones
  • 10 Mark McGwire
  • 11 Jose Canseco
  • 12 Shawn Green
  • 13 Barry Bonds
  • 14 Bernie Williams
  • 15 Manny Ramirez
  • 16 Greg Maddux
  • 17 Carlos Beltran
  • 18 Pedro Martinez
  • 19 Jeff Bagwell
  • 20 Sammy Sosa
  • 21 J.D. Drew
  • 22 Randy Johnson
  • 23 Larry Walker
  • 24 Frank Thomas
  • 25 Orlando Hernandez
  • 26 Scott Rolen
  • 27 Tony Gwynn
  • 28 Rick Ankiel
  • 29 Roberto Alomar
  • 30 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 31 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 32 Derek Jeter
  • 33 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 34 Alex Rodriguez
  • 35 Sean Casey
  • 36 Adam Piatt
  • 37 Corey Patterson
  • 38 Josh Hamilton
  • 39 Pat Burrell
  • 40 Eric Munson

Rookies

Each rookie is cumulatively serial-numbered to 2000 copies; however, for each of the 20 different background variations, there are 100 copies each.

Unlike the regular base cards, Topps used different photographs for each variation. Background variations 1-5, 6-10, 11-15 and 16-20 all use the same picture.

  • 41 Ruben Salazar
  • 42 John Sneed
  • 43 Josh Girdley
  • 44 Brett Myers
  • 45 Rick Asadoorian

Parallels

Colored

There are 20 different background variations for each player card. Variations 16-20, which are serial-numbered to 2,000, feature an assortment of colors and were produced in smaller quantities. Pattern 16 cards are purple, pattern 17 are red, pattern 18 are yellow, pattern 19 are green, and pattern 20 are blue.

Gold

Each base card's background variaiton has a Gold parallel that is serial-numbered to 10 copies. Collectively, each individual player has 200 Gold cards.

Inserts

ArchiTEKs

  • A1 Nomar Garciaparra
  • A2 Derek Jeter
  • A3 Chipper Jones
  • A4 Vladimir Guerrero
  • A5 Mark McGwire
  • A6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • A7 Mike Piazza
  • A8 Jeff Bagwell
  • A9 Larry Walker
  • A10 Manny Ramirez
  • A11 Alex Rodriguez
  • A12 Sammy Sosa
  • A13 Shawn Green
  • A14 Juan Gonzalez
  • A15 Barry Bonds
  • A16 Pedro Martinez
  • A17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • A18 Ivan Rodriguez

DramaTEK Performers

  • DP1 Mark McGwire
  • DP2 Sammy Sosa
  • DP3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • DP4 Nomar Garciaparra
  • DP5 Chipper Jones
  • DP6 Mike Piazza
  • DP7 Alex Rodriguez
  • DP8 Derek Jeter
  • DP9 Vladimir Guerrero

TEKtonics

  • TT1 Derek Jeter
  • TT2 Mark McGwire
  • TT3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • TT4 Mike Piazza
  • TT5 Alex Rodriguez
  • TT6 Chipper Jones
  • TT7 Nomar Garciaparra
  • TT8 Sammy Sosa
  • TT9 Cal Ripken, Jr.