2007 Finest

Description

2007 Finest Baseball is a 166-card set issued by Topps, exclusively to Hobby outlets, in March, 2007. The first 135 cards feature veteran players while cards numbered 135-166 make up a group of 2007 rookies. The final 16 cards (#151-#166) are only available autographed, and seeded at the rate of one in every third six-pack mini-box.

Distribution

Five cards per pack. Three, six-pack, mini-boxes plus a two-card Ryan Howard's Finest Moments pack per Hobby box (MSRP: $50 per mini-box). Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds per Mini-Box
Base	166	-	?
short set	150	-	5:1
Autographed Rookies	16	-	1:3
Rookie Variations	30	439	1:5
Rookie Variations Refractor	30	149	1:13
Rookie Variations X-Fractor	30	50	1:39
Rookie Variations Gold Refractor	30	one-of-one	1:1975
Rookie Redemptions	10	-	1:3
Refractor	150	-	2:1
Blue Refractor	150	399	1:1
Green Refractor	150	199	1:2
Black Refractor	150	99	1:4
Gold Refractor	150	50	1:8
X-Fractor	150	25	1:16
White-Framed X-Fractor	150	one-of-one	1:385
Die-cut SuperFractor	150	one-of-one	1:385
Printing Plates	150	four-for-each	1:100
Autographed Rookie Refractor	16	399	1:10
Autographed Rookie Blue Refractor	16	299	1:13
Autographed Rookie Green Refractor	16	199	1:19
Autographed Rookie Black Refractor	16	99	1:37
Autographed Rookie Gold Refractor	16	49	1:74
Autographed Rookie X-Fractor	16	25	1:144
Autographed Rookie White Framed X-Fractor	16	one-of-one	1:3582
Autographed Rookie Die-Cut SuperFractor	16	one-of-one	1:3582
Autographed Rookie Printing Plates	16	four-for-each	1:896
Rookie Finest Moments	50	-	2:1
Rookie Finest Moments Refractor	50	-	1:1
Rookie Finest Moments Blue Refractor	50	299	1:4
Rookie Finest Moments Green Refractor	50	199	1:6
Rookie Finest Moments Black Refractor	50	99	1:12
Rookie Finest Moments Gold Refractor	50	50	1:23
Rookie Finest Moments X-Fractor	50	25	1:46
Rookie Finest Moments White Framed X-Fractor	50	one-of-one	1:1156
Rookie Finest Moments SuperFractor	50	one-of-one	1:1156
Rookie Finest Moments Framed Printing Plates	50	four-for-each	1:289
Ryan Howard's Finest Moments	58	459	2-per box loader pack
Ryan Howard's Finest Moments Refractor	58	149	1:3 box loader packs
Ryan Howard's Finest Moments X-Fractor	58	50	1:7 box loader packs
Ryan Howard's Finest Moments Gold Refractor	58	one-of-one	1:329 box loader packs
Rookie Finest Moments Autographs	30	-	1:5
Rookie Finest Moments Autographs Refractors	30	25	1:77
Rookie Finest Moments Autographs SuperFractors	30	one-of-one	1:1975
Rookie Finest Moments Autographs Framed Printing Plates	30	four-for-each	1:482
Rookie Finest Moments Dual Autograph	25	74	1:32
Rookie Finest Moments Dual Autograph Refractor	25	25	1:77
Rookie Finest Moments Dual Autograph Gold Refractor	25	one-of-one	1:2387
Mickey Mantle Cut Signature	1	one-of-one	?
Mickey Mantle Cut Signature Framed Printing Plates	1	four-for-each	?

Checklist

Base Set

<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2007) AND (setname = 'Finest') AND (num < 151); </sql2wiki>

Autographed Rookies

NOTE: Card #162 (and all it's Refractor parallels) packed out as an exchange card which expired February 28, 2009.

<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2007) AND (setname = 'Finest') AND (num > 150); </sql2wiki>

Gimmicks

Cards #135-#150 are available two different in two different photo variations. Each variation is serial-numbered to 439 copies, and available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor (serial-numbered to 149 copies)
• X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Gold Refractor (one-of-one)

<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2007) AND (setname = 'Finest Gimmicks') ORDER BY num +0 ASC; </sql2wiki>

Parallels

Refractors

All 150 non-autographed base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor
• Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
• Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
• Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• White-Framed X-Fractor (one-of-one)
• Die-cut SuperFractor (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (four-for-each)

Autographed Rookie Refractors

The 16 Autographed Rookies are available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
• Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
• Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
• Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 49 copies)
• X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• White-Framed X-Fractor (one-of-one)
• Die-cut SuperFractor (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (four-for-each)

Mirrors

Ryan Howard's Finest Moments

Each sealed 2007 Finest Hobby box contained as a box topper, a pack of two cards from a 58-card Ryan Howard's Finest Moments mirror set. There is one card for each of the 58 home runs Howard hit in his NL MVP 2006 season, and each card is serial-numbered to 459 copies. Like all mirror sets, the exact same photo is used on all 58 cards.

Each card is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor (serial-numbered to 149 copies)
• X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Gold Refractor (one-of-one)

For brevity's sake, all 58 cards in the set are not individually checklisted.

Inserts

Rookie Finest Moments

This 50-card set is randomly seeded at the rate of two per six-pack mini box, and is available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractors (one-per mini-box)
• Blue Refractors (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
• Green Refractors (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
• Black Refractors (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Gold Refractors (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• X-Fractors (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• White Framed X-Fractors (one-of-one)
• SuperFractors (one-of-one)
• Framed Pringting Plates (four-for-each)

<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2007) AND (setname = 'Finest Rookie Finest Moments'); </sql2wiki>

Rookie Redemption

Randomly inserted at the rate of one in three mini-boxes were 10 mystery redemption cards. During the 2007 season, as new 2007 rookies made an impact in the majors, Topps would announce the players each card was good for. All cards could be redeemed until December 31, 2007. Each card has red borders, except card #10 which has silver borders and is only available autographed.

NOTE: Despite the presence of the "ROOKIE CARD" icon on each redemption card, none of the cards in this set are considered "true" rookies.

<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2007) AND (setname = 'Finest Rookie Redemption'); </sql2wiki>

Autographs

Rookie Finest Moments Autographs

Each Rookie Finest Moments Autograph is available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• SuperFractor (one-of-one)
• Printing Plates (four-for-each)

<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2007) AND (setname = 'Finest Rookie Finest Moments Autographs'); </sql2wiki>

Dual

Each Finest Moment Dual Autograph is serial-numbered to 74 copies and available in the following Refractor parallels.

• Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Gold Refractor (one-of-one)

NOTE: Card #UW packed out as an exchange card, which expired February 28, 2009.

<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2007) AND (setname = 'Finest Rookie Finest Moments Dual Autographs'); </sql2wiki>

Mantle Cut Signature

There were five Mickey Mantle Cut Signature cards inserted into packs of 2007 Finest. One "plain vanilla" cut, and four Printing Plate cuts.

<sql2wiki database="carddb"> SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2007) AND (setname = 'Finest Mantle Cut Signature'); </sql2wiki>

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