1998 Score Rookie/Traded

Description

1998 Score Rookie/Traded is a 270-card, single-series set. Despite the name, the set features very few rookies and only a handful of traded players. The first 50 cards in the set, which are all of veteran players, are short-printed and seeded one per pack.

Paul Konerko signed 500 cards which were also randomly seeded into packs.

The only notable Rookie Card in the set is Magglio Ordonez.

Please note that multiple copies of the Artist's Proof 1/1 cards have surfaced. It is believed that, while only one copy of each was inserted into Hobby packs, additional Artist's Proof 1/1s were produced for quality control purposes. These quality control cards were more than likely backdoored after Pinnacle Brands' bankruptcy.

Distribution

Hobby: 36 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99).

Retail: 24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	270	-	10:1	10:1
short set	220	-	9:1	9:1
SPs	50	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Showcase Series	160	-	1:7	1:5
Artist's Proof	160	-	1:35	1:17
Artist's Proof 1 of 1	160	one-of-one*	?	N/A
Complete Players	30	-	1:11	1:7
Star Gazing	20	-	1:35	1:17
All-Star Epix	12	-	1:61	1:31

* More than one copy of each Artist's Proof 1 of 1 are known to exist.

Checklist

Base Set

Short-Prints

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Spring Training

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Checklists

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Parallels

Showcase Series

Showcase Series is a 160-card, silver-foil, partial parallel of the base set. Each is also available in the following partial-parallels.

• Artist's Proof
• Artist's-Proof 1 of 1 (one-of-one)

NOTES

• Each Showcase Series has a watermark logo on the reverse side; however, Artist's Proofs do not.
• Multiple copies of each Artist's Proof 1 of 1 are known to exist. These were, more than likely, backdoored after Pinnacle Brands' bankruptcy.

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Inserts

Complete Players

This 30-card set features three photos of each of the ten listed players with full holographic foil stamping. Pinnacle had previously produced a batch of 30 Complete Players for the 1998 Score. The Rookie/Traded Complete Players have a 1998 copyright date, while the Score Complete Players have a 1997 copyright.

For collectors of Ken Griffey, Jr., it should be noted that Griffey appears on cards #1A, 1B, AND 1C in BOTH Complete Players series.

Samples of each of the 30 cards were distributed to Hobby dealers to promote the product. Each card has the word "SAMPLE" printed on the back.

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Star Gazing

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All-Star Epix

See 1998 Pinnacle Epix.

Autographs & Game-Used

Paul Konerko autographed 500 copies of his card for random insertion. Each card is hand-numbered.

• 250 Paul Konerko AU 500

Score
1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998
Rookie/Traded: 1988 - 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1994 - 1998
Hottest 100 Sets: 1989 - 1990 - 1991 - 1992
Young Superstars: 1988 - 1989 - 1990
Other Score Sets: 1989 Scoremasters - 1990 Score McDonald's - 1997 Score Regional Team - 1998 Score Team Sets