1999 Topps

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Description

1999 Topps is a 462-card set released in two series of 242 and 220 cards. To commemorate Mark McGwire's 1998 season, card #220 was issued in 70 different variations (one for each home run) to honor his record setting season. Cumulatively, the production of #220 is equal to any other base set card; individualy, each card was produced in 1/70th the supply of the other base cards. In Series Two, a similar card of Sammy Sosa (#461) was issued in 66 different varities. A base sets is considered complete with any one of the 70 McGwire and 66 Sosa variations.

Card number 7 was not issued as Topps continues to honor the memory of Mickey Mantle. The Christmas factory set contains one Nolan Ryan finest reprint card as an added bonus, while the hobby and retail factory sets just contained the regular sets in a factory box.

Please note that the backs of cards from factory sets are printed in the opposite direction compared to cards that came in packs.

Distribution

Hobby: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.29).

Retail: 20 packs per box.

Jumbo: 10 packs per box, 40 cards per pack (MSRP: $5). HTA store exclusive.

Factory sets: A complete 462-card set, a 241-card retail Series 1 set (MSRP $19.99) and a 221-card retail Series 2 set (MSRP $19.99) were distributed.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds Jumbo Odds
Base 242 - ? ? ?
MVP 198 100 1:515 1:515 1:242
Nolan Ryan Reprints 14 - 1:18 1:18 1:5
Nolan Ryan Finest Reprints 13 - 1:72 1:72 1:16
Nolan Ryan Finest Refractor Reprints 13 - 1:288 1:288 1:76
Picture Perfect? 10 - 1:8 1:8 1:2
Hall of Fame Collection 10 - 1:12 1:12 1:3
Lords of the Diamond 15 - 1:18 1:18 1:5
New Breed 15 - 1:18 1:18 1:5
Power Brokers 20 - 1:36 1:36 1:8
Power Brokers Refractors 20 - 1:144 1:144 1:32
Autographs 8 - 1:532 N/A 1:146
Nolan Ryan Autographs 14 - 1:4250 N/A 1:1176

Series Two

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds Jumbo Odds
Base 220 - ? ? ?
MVP 218 100 1:504 1:504 1:139
Nolan Ryan Reprints 13 - 1:18 1:18 1:5
Nolan Ryan Finest Reprints 14 - 1:72 1:72 1:16
Nolan Ryan Finest Refractor Reprints 14 - 1:288 1:288 1:76
Record Numbers 10 - 1:8 1:8 1:2
Record Numbers Gold 10 varies ? N/A ?
All-Matrix 30 - 1:18 1:18 1:5
All-Topps Mystery Finest 33 - 1:36 1:36 1:8
All-Topps Mystery Finest Refractors 33 - 1:144 1:144 1:32
Autographs 8 - 1:501 N/A 1:138
Nolan Ryan Autographs 13 - 1:5007 N/A ?

Checklist

Promos

Pre-Production

  • PP1 Roger Clemens
  • PP2 Sammy Sosa
  • PP3 Derek Jeter
  • PP4 Walt Weiss
  • PP5 Darin Erstad
  • PP6 Jason Kendall

Base Set

Series One

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  • 1 Roger Clemens
  • 2 Andres Galarraga
  • 3 Scott Brosius
  • 4 John Flaherty
  • 5 Jim Leyritz
  • 6 Ray Durham
  • 8 Jose Vizcaino
  • 9 Will Clark
  • 10 David Wells
  • 11 Jose Guillen
  • 12 Scott Hatteberg
  • 13 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 14 Mike Bordick
  • 15 Manny Ramirez
  • 16 Greg Maddux
  • 17 David Segui
  • 18 Darryl Strawberry
  • 19 Brad Radke
  • 20 Kerry Wood
  • 21 Matt Anderson
  • 22 Derrek Lee
  • 23 Mickey Morandini
  • 24 Paul Konerko
  • 25 Travis Lee
  • 26 Ken Hill
  • 27 Kenny Rogers
  • 28 Paul Sorrento
  • 29 Quilvio Veras
  • 30 Todd Walker
  • 31 Ryan Jackson
  • 32 John Olerud
  • 33 Doug Glanville
  • 34 Nolan Ryan
  • 35 Ray Lankford
  • 36 Mark Loretta
  • 37 Jason Dickson
  • 38 Sean Bergman
  • 39 Quinton McCracken
  • 40 Bartolo Colon
  • 41 Brady Anderson
  • 42 Chris Stynes
  • 43 Jorge Posada
  • 44 Justin Thompson
  • 45 Johnny Damon
  • 46 Armando Benitez
  • 47 Brant Brown
  • 48 Charlie Hayes
  • 49 Darren Dreifort
  • 50 Juan Gonzalez
  • 51 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 52 Todd Helton
  • 53 Rick Reed
  • 54 Chris Gomez
  • 55 Gary Sheffield
  • 56 Rod Beck
  • 57 Rey Sanchez
  • 58 Garret Anderson
  • 59 Jimmy Haynes
  • 60 Steve Woodard
  • 61 Rondell White
  • 62 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 63 Eric Karros
  • 64 Russ Davis
  • 65 Mo Vaughn
  • 66 Sammy Sosa
  • 67 Troy Percival
  • 68 Kenny Lofton
  • 69 Bill Taylor
  • 70 Mark McGwire
  • 71 Roger Cedeno
  • 72 Javy Lopez
  • 73 Damion Easley
  • 74 Andy Pettitte
  • 75 Tony Gwynn
  • 76 Ricardo Rincon
  • 77 F.P. Santangelo
  • 78 Jay Bell
  • 79 Scott Servais
  • 80 Jose Canseco
  • 81 Roberto Hernandez
  • 82 Todd Dunwoody
  • 83 John Wetteland
  • 84 Mike Caruso
  • 85 Derek Jeter UER (back printed upside down)
  • 86 Aaron Sele
  • 87 Jose Lima
  • 88 Ryan Christenson
  • 89 Jeff Cirillo
  • 90 Jose Hernandez
  • 91 Mark Kotsay RCup
  • 92 Darren Bragg
  • 93 Albert Belle
  • 94 Matt Lawton
  • 95 Pedro Martinez
  • 96 Greg Vaughn
  • 97 Neifi Perez
  • 98 Gerald Williams
  • 99 Derek Bell
  • 100 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 101 David Cone
  • 102 Brian Johnson
  • 103 Dean Palmer
  • 104 Javier Valentin
  • 105 Trevor Hoffman
  • 106 Butch Huskey
  • 107 Dave Martinez
  • 108 Billy Wagner
  • 109 Shawn Green
  • 110 Ben Grieve
  • 111 Tom Goodwin
  • 112 Jaret Wright
  • 113 Aramis Ramirez
  • 114 Dmitri Young
  • 115 Hideki Irabu
  • 116 Roberto Kelly
  • 117 Jeff Fassero
  • 118 Mark Clark
  • 119 Jason McDonald
  • 120 Matt Williams
  • 121 Dave Burba
  • 122 Bret Saberhagen
  • 123 Deivi Cruz
  • 124 Chad Curtis
  • 125 Scott Rolen
  • 126 Lee Stevens
  • 127 J.T. Snow
  • 128 Rusty Greer
  • 129 Brian Meadows
  • 130 Jim Edmonds
  • 131 Ron Gant
  • 132 A.J. Hinch
  • 133 Shannon Stewart
  • 134 Brad Fullmer
  • 135 Cal Eldred
  • 136 Matt Walbeck
  • 137 Carl Everett
  • 138 Walt Weiss
  • 139 Fred McGriff
  • 140 Darin Erstad
  • 141 Dave Nilsson
  • 142 Eric Young
  • 143 Dan Wilson
  • 144 Jeff Reed
  • 145 Brett Tomko
  • 146 Terry Steinbach
  • 147 Seth Greisinger
  • 148 Pat Meares
  • 149 Livan Hernandez
  • 150 Jeff Bagwell
  • 151 Bob Wickman
  • 152 Omar Vizquel
  • 153 Eric Davis
  • 154 Larry Sutton
  • 155 Magglio Ordonez
  • 156 Eric Milton
  • 157 Darren Lewis
  • 158 Rick Aguilera
  • 159 Mike Lieberthal
  • 160 Robb Nen
  • 161 Brian Giles
  • 162 Jeff Brantley
  • 163 Gary DiSarcina
  • 164 John Valentin
  • 165 David Dellucci
  • 166 Chan Ho Park
  • 167 Masato Yoshii
  • 168 Jason Schmidt
  • 169 LaTroy Hawkins
  • 170 Bret Boone
  • 171 Jerry DiPoto
  • 172 Mariano Rivera
  • 173 Mike Cameron
  • 174 Scott Erickson
  • 175 Charles Johnson
  • 176 Bobby Jones
  • 177 Francisco Cordova
  • 178 Todd Jones
  • 179 Jeff Montgomery
  • 180 Mike Mussina
  • 181 Bob Abreu
  • 182 Ismael Valdes
  • 183 Andy Fox
  • 184 Woody Williams
  • 185 Denny Neagle
  • 186 Jose Valentin
  • 187 Darrin Fletcher
  • 188 Gabe Alvarez
  • 189 Eddie Taubensee
  • 190 Edgar Martinez
  • 191 Jason Kendall
  • 192 Darryl Kile
  • 193 Jeff King
  • 194 Rey Ordonez
  • 195 Andruw Jones
  • 196 Tony Fernandez
  • 197 Jamey Wright
  • 198 B.J. Surhoff
  • 199 Vinny Castilla

Season Highlights

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  • 200 David Wells
  • 201 Mark McGwire
  • 202 Sammy Sosa
  • 203 Roger Clemens
  • 204 Kerry Wood

Prospects

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  • 205 Lance Berkman / Gabe Kapler PROS
  • 206 Alex Escobar / Ricky Ledee / Mike Stoner PROS RC
  • 207 Peter Bergeron / Jeremy Giambi / George Lombardi PROS RC
  • 208 Michael Barrett / Ben Davis / Robert Fick PROS
  • 209 Pat Cline / Ramon Hernandez / Jayson Werth PROS
  • 210 Ryan Anderson / Bruce Chen / Chris Enochs PROS
  • 211 Brad Penny / Octavio Dotel / Mike Lincoln
  • 212 Chuck Abbott / Brent Butler / Danny Klassen PROS RC

Draft Picks

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  • 213 Chris Jones / Jeff Urban DP RC*
  • 214 Tony Torcato / Arturo McDowell DP RC
  • 215 Jason Tyner / Joshua McKinley DP RC
  • 216 Matt Burch / Seth Etherton DP RC
  • 217 Rick Elder / Michael Tucker DP RC
  • 218 J.M. Gold / Ryan Mills DP RC*
  • 219 Andy Brown / Choo Freeman DP RC

Mark McGwire HR Record

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To commemorate Mark McGwire's 1998 season, card #220 was issued in 70 different variations (one for each home run) to honor his record setting season. Cumulatively, the production of #220 is equal to any other base set card; individually, each card was produced in 1/70th the supply of the other base cards. A set is considered complete with only one.

For brevity's sake, we are not listing all 70 cards.

  • 220 Mark McGwire

League Leaders

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  • 221 Larry Walker
  • 222 Bernie Williams
  • 223 Mark McGwire
  • 224 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 225 Sammy Sosa
  • 226 Juan Gonzalez
  • 227 Dante Bichette
  • 228 Alex Rodriguez
  • 229 Sammy Sosa
  • 230 Derek Jeter
  • 231 Greg Maddux
  • 232 Roger Clemens

World Series

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  • 233 Ricky Ledee
  • 234 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 235 Bernie Williams
  • 236 Tino Martinez
  • 237 Orlando Hernandez
  • 238 Scott Brosius
  • 239 Andy Pettitte
  • 240 Mariano Rivera

Checklists

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  • 241 Checklist
  • 242 Checklist

Series Two

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  • 243 Tom Glavine
  • 244 Andy Benes
  • 245 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 246 Wilton Guerrero
  • 247 Alex Gonzalez
  • 248 Roberto Alomar
  • 249 Ruben Rivera
  • 250 Eric Chavez
  • 251 Ellis Burks
  • 252 Richie Sexson
  • 253 Steve Finley
  • 254 Dwight Gooden
  • 255 Dustin Hermanson
  • 256 Kirk Rueter
  • 257 Steve Trachsel
  • 258 Gregg Jefferies
  • 259 Matt Stairs
  • 260 Shane Reynolds
  • 261 Gregg Olson
  • 262 Kevin Tapani
  • 263 Matt Morris
  • 264 Carl Pavano
  • 265 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 266 Kevin Young
  • 267 Rick Helling
  • 268 Matt Franco
  • 269 Brian McRae
  • 270 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 271 Jeff Abbott
  • 272 Tony Batista
  • 273 Bill Simas
  • 274 Brian Hunter
  • 275 John Franco
  • 276 Devon White
  • 277 Rickey Henderson
  • 278 Chuck Finley
  • 279 Mike Blowers
  • 280 Mark Grace
  • 281 Randy Winn
  • 282 Bobby Bonilla
  • 283 Dave Justice
  • 284 Shane Monahan
  • 285 Kevin Brown
  • 286 Todd Zeile
  • 287 Al Martin
  • 288 Troy O'Leary
  • 289 Darryl Hamilton
  • 290 Tino Martinez
  • 291 David Ortiz
  • 292 Tony Clark
  • 293 Ryan Minor
  • 294 Mark Leiter
  • 295 Wally Joyner
  • 296 Cliff Floyd
  • 297 Shawn Estes
  • 298 Pat Hentgen
  • 299 Scott Elarton
  • 300 Alex Rodriguez
  • 301 Ozzie Guillen
  • 302 Hideo Nomo
  • 303 Ryan McGuire
  • 304 Brad Ausmus
  • 305 Alex Gonzalez
  • 306 Brian Jordan
  • 307 John Jaha
  • 308 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 309 Juan Guzman
  • 310 Tony Womack
  • 311 Dennis Reyes
  • 312 Marty Cordova
  • 313 Ramiro Mendoza
  • 314 Robin Ventura
  • 315 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 316 Ramon Martinez
  • 317 Pedro Astacio
  • 318 Dave Hollins
  • 319 Tom Candiotti
  • 320 Al Leiter
  • 321 Rico Brogna
  • 322 Reggie Jefferson
  • 323 Bernard Gilkey
  • 324 Jason Giambi
  • 325 Craig Biggio
  • 326 Troy Glaus
  • 327 Delino DeShields
  • 328 Fernando Vina
  • 329 John Smoltz
  • 330 Jeff Kent
  • 331 Roy Halladay
  • 332 Andy Ashby
  • 333 Tim Wakefield
  • 334 Roger Clemens
  • 335 Bernie Williams
  • 336 Desi Relaford
  • 337 John Burkett
  • 338 Mike Hampton
  • 339 Royce Clayton
  • 340 Mike Piazza
  • 341 Jeremi Gonzalez
  • 342 Mike Lansing
  • 343 Jamie Moyer
  • 344 Ron Coomer
  • 345 Barry Larkin
  • 346 Fernando Tatis
  • 347 Chili Davis
  • 348 Bob Higginson
  • 349 Hal Morris
  • 350 Larry Walker
  • 351 Carlos Guillen
  • 352 Miguel Tejada
  • 353 Travis Fryman
  • 354 Jarrod Washburn
  • 355 Chipper Jones
  • 356 Todd Stottlemyre
  • 357 Henry Rodriguez
  • 358 Eli Marrero
  • 359 Alan Benes
  • 360 Tim Salmon
  • 361 Luis Gonzalez
  • 362 Scott Spiezio
  • 363 Chris Carpenter
  • 364 Bobby Howry
  • 365 Raul Mondesi
  • 366 Ugueth Urbina
  • 367 Tom Evans
  • 368 Kerry Ligtenberg
  • 369 Adrian Beltre
  • 370 Ryan Klesko
  • 371 Wilson Alvarez
  • 372 John Thomson
  • 373 Tony Saunders
  • 374 Dave Mlicki
  • 375 Ken Caminiti
  • 376 Jay Buhner
  • 377 Bill Mueller
  • 378 Jeff Blauser
  • 379 Edgar Renteria
  • 380 Jim Thome
  • 381 Joey Hamilton
  • 382 Calvin Pickering
  • 383 Marquis Grissom
  • 384 Omar Daal
  • 385 Curt Schilling
  • 386 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • 387 Chris Widger
  • 388 Pete Harnisch
  • 389 Charles Nagy
  • 390 Tom Gordon
  • 391 Bobby Smith
  • 392 Derrick Gibson
  • 393 Jeff Conine
  • 394 Carlos Perez
  • 395 Barry Bonds
  • 396 Mark McLemore
  • 397 Juan Encarnacion
  • 398 Wade Boggs
  • 399 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 400 Moises Alou
  • 401 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 402 Sean Casey
  • 403 Jose Offerman
  • 404 Joe Fontenot
  • 405 Kevin Millwood
  • 406 Lance Johnson
  • 407 Richard Hidalgo
  • 408 Mike Jackson
  • 409 Brian Anderson
  • 410 Jeff Shaw
  • 411 Preston Wilson
  • 412 Todd Hundley
  • 413 Jim Parque
  • 414 Justin Baughman
  • 415 Dante Bichette
  • 416 Paul O'Neill
  • 417 Miguel Cairo RCup
  • 418 Randy Johnson
  • 419 Jesus Sanchez RCup
  • 420 Carlos Delgado
  • 421 Ricky Ledee
  • 422 Orlando Hernandez
  • 423 Frank Thomas
  • 424 Calvin Reese

Prospects

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  • 425 Carlos Lee / Mike Lowell
  • 426 Michael Cuddyer / Mark DeRosa / Jerry Hariston, Jr
  • 427 Marlon Anderson / Belliard / Cabrera
  • 428 Micah Bowie / Phil Norton / Randy Wolf PROS RC
  • 429 J. Cressend RC / Rocker
  • 430 Ruben Mateo / Scott Morgan / Mike Zywica RC PROS
  • 431 Jason LaRue / LeCroy / Mitch Melusky
  • 432 Gabe Kapler
  • 433 A. Kennedy / M. Lopez
  • 434 Jose Fernandez RC / Jeff Liefer / Chris Truby PROS
  • 435 Doug Mientkiewicz RC
  • 436 Roosevelt Brown / Dernell Stenson / Vernon Wells PROS RC
  • 437 A.J. Burnett / Billy Koch / John Nicholson PROS RC

Draft Picks

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  • 438 Matt Belisle / Matt Roney DP RC
  • 439 Austin Kearns / Chris George DP RC
  • 440 Nate Bump / Nate Cornejo DP RC
  • 441 Brad Lidge / M. Nannini RC DP
  • 442 Matt Holliday / Jeff Winchester DP RC
  • 443 Adam Everett / Chip Ambres RC DP
  • 444 Pat Burrell / Eric Valent DP RC

Strikeout Kings

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  • 445 Roger Clemens
  • 446 Kerry Wood
  • 447 Curt Schilling
  • 448 Randy Johnson
  • 449 Pedro Martinez

All-Topps

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  • 450 Jeff Bagwell / Andres Galarraga / Mark McGwire
  • 451 John Olerud / Jim Thome / Tino Martinez
  • 452 Alex Rodriguez / Nomar Garciaparra / Derek Jeter
  • 453 Vinny Castilla / Chipper Jones / Scott Rolen
  • 454 Sammy Sosa / Ken Griffey, Jr. / Juan Gonzalez
  • 455 Barry Bonds / Manny Ramirez / Larry Walker
  • 456 Frank Thomas / Tim Salmon / Dave Justice
  • 457 Travis Lee / Todd Helton / Ben Grieve
  • 458 Vladimir Guerrero / Mo Vaughn / Bernie Williams
  • 459 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez / Jason Kendall
  • 460 Roger Clemens / Kerry Wood / Greg maddux

Sammy Sosa HR Parade

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Similar to the Mark McGwire card in Series One, to commemorate Sammy Sosa's 1998 season, card #461 was issued in 66 different variations (one for each home run) to honor his 1998 season. Cumulatively, the production of #461 is equal to any other base set card; individually, each card was produced in 1/66th the supply of the other base cards. A set is considered complete with only one.

For brevity's sake, we are not listed all 66 cards.

  • 461 Sammy Sosa

Checklists

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  • 462 Checklist
  • 463 Checklist

Parallels

MVP

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MVP is a 416-card partial-parallel to the regular Topps set. Cards 200-242 (Draft Picks and Prospect, checklists, and the Mark McGwire Home Run card) was not included in the Series One set. The Draft Picks and Prospects were included in Series Two, but still, neither the checklists nor the Sammy Sosa Home Run Card is included.

The front of the card features the same photo as the basic issue card but is adorned with a bold gold foil MVP Promotion logo. The back features contest guidelines for the Topps MVP Promotion. Note that some MVP Promotion cards did not feature the gold foil MVP Promotion stamp on the front - specifically, some of the Strikeout King and All-Star subsets and the S2 Draft Picks and Prospects subsets are missing the stamp.

If the featured player was awarded player of the week status (as determined by Topps) his card was then redeemable at season's end for a special set of all the weekly winners. Only 100 of each MVP Promotion card was produced. The exchange deadline to redeem winning cards was December 31st, 1999. Winning prize cards were mailed out between February 15th, 2000 and April 30th, 2000.

The winning cards were the following numbers (which correspond to the regular Topps set): 35, 52. 70, 96, 101, 125, 127, 139, 159, 198, 248, 265, 290, 292, 300, 315, 340, 346, 350, 352, 355, 360, 365, 416, and 418. Since Topps destroyed these Winner exchange cards once they received them, they're in noticeably shorter supply than other cards from this set. Despite this fact, no noticeable premiums in secondary trading levels have been detected for these cards

MVP Exchange Set

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  • MVP1 Raul Mondesi
  • MVP2 Tim Salmon
  • MVP3 Fernando Tatis
  • MVP4 Larry Walker
  • MVP5 Fred McGriff
  • MVP6 Nomar Garciaparra
  • MVP7 Rafael Palmeiro
  • MVP8 Randy Johnson
  • MVP9 Mike Lieberthal
  • MVP10 B.J. Surhoff
  • MVP11 Todd Helton
  • MVP12 Tino Martinez
  • MVP13 Scott Rolen
  • MVP14 Mike Piazza
  • MVP15 David Cone
  • MVP16 Tony Clark
  • MVP17 Roberto Alomar
  • MVP18 Miguel Tejada
  • MVP19 Alex Rodriguez
  • MVP20 J.T. Snow
  • MVP21 Ray Lankford
  • MVP22 Greg Vaughn
  • MVP23 Paul O'Neill
  • MVP24 Chipper Jones
  • MVP25 Mark McGwire

Oversized

Inserted one per Home Team Advantage and one per Hobby box, these cards feature sixteen of the leading players in an oversize version. The photos are the same as the regular Topps cards. We have numbered the cards with A and B prefixes to denote series one versus series two distribution as both series are sequentially-numbered 1-8. Series Two cards are numbered "X of 8."

  • A1 Roger Clemens
  • A2 Greg Maddux
  • A3 Kerry Wood
  • A4 Juan Gonzalez
  • A5 Sammy Sosa
  • A6 Mark McGwire
  • A7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • A8 Ben Grieve
  • B1 Nomar Garciaparra
  • B2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • B3 Alex Rodriguez
  • B4 Mike Piazza
  • B5 Larry Walker
  • B6 Chipper Jones
  • B7 Barry Bonds
  • B8 Frank Thomas

Inserts

Nolan Ryan Reprints

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Following in the footsteps of Mickey Mantle (1996 Topps), Willie Mays (1997 Topps), and Roberto Clemente (1998 Topps), Topps reprinted all 27 of Nolan Ryan's Topps cards as an insert in 1999 Topps. The 14 odd numbered cards were inserted into Series One packs, while the 13 even numbered ones were in Series Two.

The cards are also available in Finest and Finest Refractor parallels, with the even cards in Series One and the odds in Series Two.

  • 1 Jerry Koosman / Nolan Ryan 1968
  • 2 Nolan Ryan 1969
  • 3 Nolan Ryan 1970
  • 4 Nolan Ryan 1971
  • 5 Nolan Ryan 1972
  • 6 Nolan Ryan 1973
  • 7 Nolan Ryan 1974
  • 8 Nolan Ryan 1975
  • 9 Nolan Ryan 1976
  • 10 Nolan Ryan 1977
  • 11 Nolan Ryan 1978
  • 12 Nolan Ryan 1979
  • 13 Nolan Ryan 1980
  • 14 Nolan Ryan 1981
  • 15 Nolan Ryan 1982
  • 16 Nolan Ryan 1983
  • 17 Nolan Ryan 1984
  • 18 Nolan Ryan 1985
  • 19 Nolan Ryan 1986
  • 20 Nolan Ryan 1987
  • 21 Nolan Ryan 1988
  • 22 Nolan Ryan 1989
  • 23 Nolan Ryan 1990
  • 24 Nolan Ryan 1991
  • 25 Nolan Ryan 1992
  • 26 Nolan Ryan 1993
  • 27 Nolan Ryan 1994
  • NNO Nolan Ryan

Picture Perfect?

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  • P1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • P2 Kerry Wood
  • P3 Pedro Martinez
  • P4 Mark McGwire
  • P5 Greg Maddux
  • P6 Sammy Sosa
  • P7 Greg Vaughn
  • P8 Juan Gonzalez
  • P9 Jeff Bagwell
  • P10 Derek Jeter

Hall of Fame Collection

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  • HOF1 Mike Schmidt
  • HOF2 Brooks Robinson
  • HOF3 Stan Musial
  • HOF4 Willie McCovey
  • HOF5 Eddie Mathews
  • HOF6 Reggie Jackson
  • HOF7 Ernie Banks
  • HOF8 Whitey Ford
  • HOF9 Bob Feller
  • HOF10 Yogi Berra

Lords of the Diamond

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  • LD1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • LD2 Chipper Jones
  • LD3 Sammy Sosa
  • LD4 Frank Thomas
  • LD5 Mark McGwire
  • LD6 Jeff Bagwell
  • LD7 Alex Rodriguez
  • LD8 Juan Gonzalez
  • LD9 Barry Bonds
  • LD10 Nomar Garciaparra
  • LD11 Darin Erstad
  • LD12 Tony Gwynn
  • LD13 Andres Galarraga
  • LD14 Mike Piazza
  • LD15 Greg Maddux

New Breed

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  • NB1 Darin Erstad
  • NB2 Brad Fullmer
  • NB3 Kerry Wood
  • NB4 Nomar Garciaparra
  • NB5 Travis Lee
  • NB6 Scott Rolen
  • NB7 Todd Helton
  • NB8 Vladimir Guerrero
  • NB9 Derek Jeter
  • NB10 Alex Rodriguez
  • NB11 Ben Grieve
  • NB12 Andruw Jones
  • NB13 Paul Konerko
  • NB14 Aramis Ramirez
  • NB15 Adrian Beltre

Power Brokers

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Each Power Broker is printed on die-cut chrome stock, and each card is also available in a Refractor parallel.

  • PB1 Mark McGwire
  • PB2 Andres Galarraga
  • PB3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • PB4 Sammy Sosa
  • PB5 Juan Gonzalez
  • PB6 Alex Rodriguez
  • PB7 Frank Thomas
  • PB8 Jeff Bagwell
  • PB9 Vinny Castilla
  • PB10 Mike Piazza
  • PB11 Greg Vaughn
  • PB12 Barry Bonds
  • PB13 Mo Vaughn
  • PB14 Jim Thome
  • PB15 Larry Walker
  • PB16 Chipper Jones
  • PB17 Nomar Garciaparra
  • PB18 Manny Ramirez
  • PB19 Roger Clemens
  • PB20 Kerry Wood

Record Numbers

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Each Record Numbers card is also available in a serial-numbered Gold parallel, which is exclusive to Series Two Hobby and HTA packs. The production of each Gold card is listed below.

  • RN1 Mark McGwire 70
  • RN2 Mike Piazza 362
  • RN3 Curt Schilling 319
  • RN4 Ken Griffey, Jr. 350
  • RN5 Sammy Sosa 20
  • RN6 Nomar Garciaparra 30
  • RN7 Kerry Wood 20
  • RN8 Roger Clemens 20
  • RN9 Cal Ripken, Jr. 2632
  • RN10 Mark McGwire 162

All-Matrix

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All-Matrix is a 30-card insert set featuring cards printed on silver dox-matrix foil. The set is divided into three subsets: Club 40 (40), '99 Rookie Rush (RR), and Club K (K).

  • AM1 Mark McGwire 40
  • AM2 Sammy Sosa 40
  • AM3 Ken Griffey, Jr. 40
  • AM4 Greg Vaughn 40
  • AM5 Albert Belle 40
  • AM6 Vinny Castilla 40
  • AM7 Jose Canseco 40
  • AM8 Juan Gonzalez 40
  • AM9 Manny Ramirez 40
  • AM10 Andres Galarraga 40
  • AM11 Rafael Palmeiro 40
  • AM12 Alex Rodriguez 40
  • AM13 Mo Vaughn 40
  • AM14 Eric Chavez RR
  • AM15 Gabe Kapler RR
  • AM16 Calvin Pickering RR
  • AM17 Ruben Mateo RR
  • AM18 Roy Halladay RR
  • AM19 Jeremy Giambi RR
  • AM20 Alex Gonzalez RR
  • AM21 Ron Belliard RR
  • AM22 Marlon Anderson RR
  • AM23 Carlos Lee RR
  • AM24 Kerry Wood K
  • AM25 Roger Clemens K
  • AM26 Curt Schilling K
  • AM27 Kevin Brown K
  • AM28 Randy Johnson K
  • AM29 Pedro Martinez K
  • AM30 Orlando Hernandez K

All-Topps Mystery Finest

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All-Topps Mystery Finest is a 33-card set featuring 11 three-player positional groupings from the All-Topps subset printed using Finest technology. All three players are printed on the back, but the collector has to peel off the opaque protector to reveal who is on the front.

Each card is also available in a Refractor parallel.

  • M1 Jeff Bagwell
  • M2 Andres Galarraga
  • M3 Mark McGwire
  • M4 John Olerud
  • M5 Jim Thome
  • M6 Tino Martinez
  • M7 Alex Rodriguez
  • M8 Nomar Garciaparra
  • M9 Derek Jeter
  • M10 Vinny Castilla
  • M11 Chipper Jones
  • M12 Scott Rolen
  • M13 Sammy Sosa
  • M14 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • M15 Juan Gonzalez
  • M16 Barry Bonds
  • M17 Manny Ramirez
  • M18 Larry Walker
  • M19 Frank Thomas
  • M20 Tim Salmon
  • M21 David Justice
  • M22 Travis Lee
  • M23 Todd Helton
  • M24 Ben Grieve
  • M25 Vladimir Guerrero
  • M26 Greg Vaughn
  • M27 Bernie Williams
  • M28 Mike Piazza
  • M29 Ivan Rodriguez
  • M30 Jason Kendall
  • M31 Roger Clemens
  • M32 Kerry Wood
  • M33 Greg Maddux

Autographs

Autographs

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NOTE: Cards #A1-A8 were randomly inserted into Series One Hobby and HTA packs, while #A9-A16 in Series Two Hobby and HTA packs.

  • A1 Roger Clemens
  • A2 Chipper Jones
  • A3 Scott Rolen
  • A4 Alex Rodriguez
  • A5 Andres Galarraga
  • A6 Rondell White
  • A7 Ben Grieve
  • A8 Troy Glaus
  • A9 Moises Alou
  • A10 Barry Bonds
  • A11 Vladimir Guerrero
  • A12 Andruw Jones
  • A13 Darin Erstad
  • A14 Shawn Green
  • A15 Eric Chavez
  • A16 Pat Burrell

Nolan Ryan Reprint Autographs

This set is an autographed parallel of the Nolan Ryan Reprint insert (see above). For brevity's sake, the checklist is listed above. The 14 odd-numbered cards were inserted into Series One Hobby and HTA packs, while the 13 even numbered cards were in Series Two Hobby and HTA packs

NOTES

  • All autographs inserted into packs have a "CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPHED ISSUED" stamp on the front.
  • Jerry Koosman did NOT sign any of his 1968 Rookie card. Some dual signed Koosman/Ryan cards have emerged; however, either these were the regular unautographed insert (which does not have the authentication stamp on the front), or the autographed Ryan card, with Koosman added on at a later date. This does NOT necessarily mean these Koosman/Ryan autographs are inauthentic; it's just that they aren't certified by Topps.