2002 Upper Deck Prospect Premieres
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Description
2002 Upper Deck Prospect Premieres is a 109-card set released in November, 2002. Like the previous year's set, it was designed to compete with Topps' Bowman brands, and features NO current Major League players. As a result, this product is NOT licensed by the MLB Players Association and none of the cards are considered "true" rookie cards -- although the set is licensed by MLB and the players are depicted in their Major League uniforms.
Cards number 61 through 85 feature game-worn jersey swatches while cards 86-97 feature player's autographs. Cards 98-109 feature tribute cards to recently retired superstars Cal Ripken, Jr. and Mark McGwire along with Yankee great Joe DiMaggio.
Card #17 erroneously packed out with the wrong photo. A corrected version of the card was made available to collectors a few months after the product went live via a mail exchange program directly from Upper Deck.
Unlike the 2001 version, the set features key non-rookie "rookies" of Jon Lester, Curtis Granderson Nick Swisher, Joe Mauer, Prince Fielder, Zack Greinke, and B.J. Upton.
Each 18-pack Hobby box should yield one base set jersey card and one base set autograph.
Distribution
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 109 | - | ? |
| short set | 72 | - | ? |
| Future Gems Jerseys | 25 | - | 1:18 |
| Signed Future Gems | 12 | - | 1:18 |
| Heroes of Baseball | 90 | - | one-per-pack |
| Heroes of Baseball Quads | 24 | 85 | * |
| Heroes of Baseball Quads | 8 | 25 | * |
| Future Gems Quads | 33 | 600 | * |
- One over-sized Quad per sealed box.
Checklist
Base Set
- 80 Billl Murphy JSY
- 89 Drw Meyer AU
- 97 Clint Evers AU
- 1 Josh Rupe
- 2 Blair Johnson
- 3 Jason Pridie
- 4 Tim Gilhooly
- 5 Kennard Jones
- 6 Darrell Rasner
- 7 Adam Donachie
- 8 Josh Murray
- 9 Brian Dopirak
- 10 Jason Cooper
- 11 Zach Hammes
- 12 Jon Lester
- 13 Kevin Jepsen
- 14 Curtis Granderson
- 15 David Bush
- 16 Joel Guzman
- 17 Matt Pender ERR (Photo is Curtis Granderson)
- 17 Matt Pender COR EXCH
- 18 Derick Grigsby
- 19 Jeremy Reed
- 20 Jonathan Broxton
- 21 Jesse Crain
- 22 Justin Jones
- 23 Brian Slocum
- 24 Brian McCann
- 25 Francisco Liriano
- 26 Fred Lewis
- 27 Steve Stanley
- 28 Chris Snyder
- 29 Dan Cevette
- 30 Kiel Fisher
- 31 Brandon Weeden
- 32 Pat Osborn
- 33 Taber Lee
- 34 Dan Ortmeier
- 35 Josh Johnson
- 36 Val Majewski
- 37 Larry Broadway
- 38 Joey Gomes
- 39 Eric Thomas
- 40 James Loney
- 41 Charlie Morton
- 42 Mark McLemore
- 43 Matt Craig
- 44 Ryan Rodriguez
- 45 Rich Hill
- 46 Bob Malek
- 47 Justin Maureau
- 48 Randy Braun
- 50 Tyler Davidson
- 51 Travis Hanson
- 52 Kyle Boyer
- 53 James Holcomb
- 55 Ben Crockett
- 56 Adam Greenberg
- 57 John Baker
- 58 Matt Carson
- 59 Jonathan George
- 61 Nick Swisher JSY
- 63 Royce Ring JSY
- 64 Mike Nixon JSY
- 65 Ricky Barrett JSY
- 66 Russ Adams JSY
- 49 Brian Grant
- 54 Ryan Williams
- 60 David Jensen
- 62 Brent Cleven JSY
- 67 Joe Mauer JSY
- 68 Jeff Francoeur JSY
- 69 Joe Blanton JSY
- 70 Micah Schilling JSY
- 71 John McCurdy JSY
- 72 Sergio Santos JSY
- 73 Josh Womack JSY
- 74 Jared Doyle JSY
- 75 Ben Fritz JSY
- 76 Greg D. Miller JSY
- 77 Luke Hagerty JSY
- 78 Matt Whitney JSY
- 79 Dan Meyer JSY
- 81 Zach Segovia JSY
- 82 Steve Obenchain JSY
- 83 Matt Clanton JSY
- 84 Mark Teahen JSY
- 85 Kyle Pawelczyk JSY
- 86 Khalil Greene AU
- 87 Joe Saunders AU
- 88 Jeremy Hermida AU
- 90 Jeff Francis AU
- 91 Scott Moore AU
- 92 Prince Fielder AU
- 93 Zack Greinke AU
- 94 Chris Gruler AU
- 95 Scott Kazmir AU
- 96 B.J. Upton AU
- 98 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 99 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 100 Mark McGwire
- 101 Mark McGwire
- 102 Mark McGwire
- 103 Mark McGwire
- 104 Mark McGwire
- 105 Joe DiMaggio
- 106 Joe DiMaggio
- 107 Joe DiMaggio
- 108 Joe DiMaggio
- 109 Joe DiMaggio
