2009 Topps 206

Description

2009 Topps 206 was released in the first week of December of 2009, and commerates the 100th anniversary of the original American Tobacco (T-206) baseball card set.

The set features 300 cards with 50 un-numbered variations. Each Hobby box promises two framed autographed and/or relic cards per box.

Distribution

Hobby packs (9 cards per pack) and boxes (20 packs) appeared first priced at $5 per pack and $70-$85 per box.

Retail packs ($2.99) contained 6 cards per pack, rack packs ($4.99) containing 12 cards and 8-pack Blaster boxes, ($19.99) appeared in stores in mid-December.

Reviews

http://www.stalegum.com/2009/12/card-ola-2009-topps-206.html

http://cardboardproblem.blogspot.com/2009/12/topps-206-retail-vs-hobby.html

2009 Topps T-206 Baseball Review

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Retail Rack
Base	300	-	7:1	4:1	10:1
Variations	50	-	1:4	1:4	1:4
Bronze	300	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Mini Piedmont	300	-	one-per-pack	one-per-pack	one-per-pack
Mini Polar Bear	300	-	1:10	1:10	1:10
Mini Old Mill	300	-	1:20	1:20	1:20
Mini Cycle	300	99	1:22	1:62	1:17
Mini Carolina Brights	300	one-of-one	?	N/A	N/A
Mini Piedmont Variation	50	-	1:20	1:20	1:20
Mini Carolina Brights Variation	50	one-of-one	1:1,331	-	-
Mini Gold Chrome	50	99	1:159	-	-
Framed Mini Silk	50	50	1:160	-	-
Base Printing Plates	300	four for each	1:285	N/A	N/A
Framed Printing Plates	300	four for each	1:332	N/A	N/A
Piedmont Relic	25	-	1:71	1:672	1:126
Old Mill Relic	25	-	1:105	1:1,1010	1:190
Cycle Relic	25	-	1:210	1:2,010	1:379
Framed Mini Auto	30	-	1:18	1:162	1:31
T-206 Auto	16	-	1:66	1:630	1:117
Framed Repurchased Card	?	?	1:3,993	N/A	N/A
Cut Signature Book Card	10	one-of-one	1:39,939	N/A	N/A

Checklist

Promos

Hawaii Trade Conference

• 1 Honus Wagner
• 2 Lou Gehrig
• 3 Babe Ruth
• 4 Rogers Hornsby
• 5 Jackie Robinson
• 6 Ty Cobb

Base Set

• 1 Ryan Howard
• 2 Erick Aybar
• 3 Carlos Quentin
• 4 Juan Pierre
• 5 Chris Young
• 6 John Mayberry (RC)
• 7 Rocco Baldelli
• 8 Dan Uggla
• 9 Matt Holliday
• 10 Andrew McCutchen (RC)
• 11 Adam Jones
• 12 Ian Stewart
• 13 Bobby Parnell RC
• 14 Scott Rolen
• 15 Max Scherzer
• 16 Jonny Gomes
• 17 Jonathan Broxton
• 18 Kenji Johjima
• 19 Mel Ott
• 20 Geovany Soto
• 21 Ivan Rodriguez
• 22 Josh Reddick RC
• 23 Koji Uehara RC
• 24 David Ortiz
• 25 Magglio Ordonez
• 26 Chien-Ming Wang
• 27 Andrew Carpenter RC
• 28 Kenshin Kawakami RC
• 29 Kerry Wood
• 30 Justin Morneau
• 31 Andy Sonnanstine
• 32 Stephen Drew
• 33 Jay Bruce
• 34 Andre Ethier
• 35 Erik Bedard
• 36 Jimmie Foxx
• 37 Rich Harden
• 38 Hunter Pence
• 39 Jayson Werth
• 40 Daniel Schlereth RC
• 41 David Hernandez RC
• 42 Jason Marquis
• 43 Hideki Matsui
• 44 Michael Bowden (RC)
• 45 Derek Lowe
• 46 Cliff Lee
• 47 Rickie Weeks
• 48 Carlos Pena
• 49 Walter Johnson
• 50 Joe Crede
• 51 Zack Greinke
• 52 Kevin Kouzmanoff
• 53 Wilkin Ramirez RC
• 54 Jonathan Papelbon
• 55 Chris Volstad
• 56 Robinson Cano
• 57 Matt LaPorta RC
• 58 Brian Roberts
• 59 David Huff RC
• 60 Daniel Murphy RC
• 61 Derrek Holland RC
• 62 Dan Haren
• 63 Bronson Arroyo
• 64 Corey Hart
• 65 Troy Glaus
• 66 Ty Cobb
• 67 Alfonso Soriano
• 68 Luke Hochevar
• 69 Jimmy Rollins
• 70 Matt Tuiasosopo (RC)
• 71 Dustin Pedroia
• 72 Rick Porcello
• 73 Joba Chamberlain
• 74 Greg Golson (RC)
• 75 Jair Jurrjens
• 76 Trevor Crowe RC
• 77 Joe Nathan
• 78 Hank Blalock
• 79 Bobby Abreu
• 80 Jim Thome
• 81 Orlando Hudson
• 82 Randy Johnson
• 83 Rogers Hornsby
• 84 Mike Fontenot
• 85 Kazuo Matsui
• 86 Kurt Suzuki
• 87 Ryan Perry RC
• 88 Melvin Mora
• 89 Ubaldo Jimenez
• 90 Alex Rodriguez
• 91 John Lannan
• 92 Javier Vazquez
• 93 Victor Martinez
• 94 Francisco Liriano
• 95 Matt Garza
• 96 Vladimir Guerrero
• 97 Gavin Floyd
• 98 Matt Kemp
• 99 Adrian Gonzalez
• 100 Romero Pena RC
• 101 J.D. Drew
• 102 Hanley Ramirez
• 103 Andrew Bailey RC
• 104 Mark Melancon RC
• 105 Lou Montanez
• 106 Jeff Francis
• 107 Fernando Martinez
• 108 Alex Rios
• 109 Justin Upton
• 110 Chris Dickerson
• 111 Mike Cameron
• 112 Felix Hernandez
• 113 Tris Speaker
• 114 Carlos Zambrano
• 115 Michael Bourn
• 116 Chase Utley
• 117 Jordan Schafer (RC)
• 118 Kevin Youkilis
• 119 Curtis Granderson
• 120 Derek Jeter
• 121 Francisco Cervelli RC
• 122 Nick Markakis
• 123 Brad Hawpe
• 124 Johan Santana
• 125 Adam Lind
• 126 Brandon Webb
• 127 Javier Valentin
• 128 James Loney
• 129 Ichiro
• 130 Honus Wagner
• 131 Kosuke Fukudome
• 132 Carlos Lee
• 133 Shane Victorino
• 134 Travis Snider RC
• 135 Jon Lester
• 136 Edgar Renteria
• 137 Mark Teixeira
• 138 Elvis Andrus RC
• 139 Chipper Jones
• 140 Jeremy Sowers
• 141 Prince Fielder
• 142 Evan Longoria
• 143 Cy Young
• 144 Neftali Feliz RC
• 145 David DeJesus
• 146 Tony Gwynn, Jr.
• 147 Fernando Perez (RC)
• 148 Josh Beckett
• 149 Josh Johnson
• 150 A.J. Burnett
• 151 Wade LeBlanc RC
• 152 Luke Scott
• 153 Dexter Fowler (RC)
• 154 Mickey Mantle
• 155 Adam Dunn
• 156 Brian McCann
• 157 Brandon Phillips
• 158 Mat Gamel RC
• 159 Rick Ankiel
• 160 Thurman Munson
• 161 Jermaine Dye
• 162 Billy Butler
• 163 Cole Hamels
• 164 Luis Valbuena RC
• 165 John Smoltz
• 166 Joel Zumaya
• 167 Nick Swisher
• 168 Aaron Cunningham RC
• 169 Carlos Beltran
• 170 Jhonny Peralta
• 171 David Wright
• 172 Michael Young
• 173 Howie Kendrick
• 174 Gordon Beckham RC
• 175 Manny Ramirez
• 176 Barry Zito
• 177 Pee Wee Reese
• 178 Bobby Scales RC
• 179 Roy Oswalt
• 180 Jack Cust
• 181 David Price RC
• 182 Daisuke Matsuzaka
• 183 Jeremy Bonderman
• 184 Jorge Posada
• 185 Brian Duensing RC
• 186 Yunel Escobar
• 187 Travis Hafner
• 188 Glen Perkins
• 189 Scott Kazmir
• 190 Jon Garland
• 191 Paul Konerko
• 192 Rafael Furcal
• 193 Jake Peavy
• 194 George Kottaras (RC)
• 195 Jacoby Ellsbury
• 196 Jeremy Hermida
• 197 Brett Anderson RC
• 198 Brad Nelson (RC)
• 199 Nolan Reimold (RC)
• 200 Todd Helton
• 201 John Maine
• 202 Vernon Wells
• 203 Chris Young
• 204 Johnny Cueto
• 205 J.J. Hardy
• 206 Yadier Molina
• 207 Jackie Robinson
• 208 Derrek Lee
• 209 Gil Meche
• 210 Pat Burrell
• 211 Jordan Zimmermann RC
• 212 Jason Bay
• 213 Chris Coghlan RC
• 214 Jason Giambi
• 215 Vinny Mazzaro RC
• 216 Ryan Freel
• 217 Garrett Atkins
• 218 Francisco Rodriguez
• 219 Roy Halladay
• 220 Conor Jackson
• 221 Joey Votto
• 222 Clayton Kershaw
• 223 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 224 Roy Campanella
• 225 Jeff Samardzija
• 226 Lance Berkman
• 227 Brad Lidge
• 228 Will Venable RC
• 229 Mike Lowell
• 230 Miguel Cabrera
• 231 CC Sabathia
• 232 Daniel Bard RC
• 233 Garret Anderson
• 234 Grady Sizemore
• 235 Yovani Gallardo
• 236 James Shields
• 237 Christy Mathewson
• 238 Mark Buehrle
• 239 Joakim Soria
• 240 Kyle Blanks
• 241 Kris Medlen
• 242 Milton Bradley
• 243 Miguel Tejada
• 244 Daric Barton
• 245 Ricky Romero (RC)
• 246 Felix Pie
• 247 Huston Street
• 248 Mariano Rivera
• 249 Ryan Zimmerman
• 250 Tim Hudson
• 251 Fransisco Cordero
• 252 Ryan Braun
• 253 Akinori Iwamura
• 254 Johnny Mize
• 255 A.J. Pierzynski
• 256 Alex Gordon
• 257 Nate McLouth
• 258 Aaron Bates RC
• 259 Jason Varitek
• 260 Andrew Miller
• 261 Johnny Damon
• 262 Tommy Hanson RC
• 263 Aubrey Huff
• 264 Ryan Garko
• 265 Carlos Delgado
• 266 Josh Hamilton
• 267 Jered Weaver
• 268 Aaron Poreda RC
• 269 Russ Martin
• 270 Matt Cain
• 271 Lou Gehrig
• 272 Aramis Ramirez
• 273 Brian Bannister
• 274 Colby Rasmus (RC)
• 275 Justin Masterson
• 276 Justin Verlander
• 277 Andy Pettitte
• 278 David Freese RC
• 279 Casey Kotchman
• 280 Fausto Carmona
• 281 Joe Mauer
• 282 Ian Kinsler
• 283 Joe Saunders
• 284 Alexei Ramirez
• 285 Chad Billingsley
• 286 Tim Lincecum
• 287 Babe Ruth
• 288 Ryan Theriot
• 289 Josh Whitesell RC
• 290 Trevor Cahill RC
• 291 Jonathan Niese RC
• 292 Jeremy Guthrie
• 293 Troy Tulowitzki
• 294 Jose Reyes
• 295 Cristian Guzman
• 296 Mat Latos RC
• 297 Micah Owings
• 298 Trevor Hoffman
• 299 Albert Pujols
• 300 George Sisler

Variations

NOTE: All 50 variation cards are not sequentially-numbered. The backs of each card are replaced with either the player's last name, or "ROOKIE." For check-listing purposes, we have listed all 50 in sequential order as they appear in the base set.

• 1 Ryan Howard
• 10 Andrew McCutchen
• 19 Mel Ott
• 23 Koji Uehara
• 28 Kenshin Kawakami
• 36 Jimmie Foxx
• 41 David Hernandez
• 44 Michael Bowden
• 49 Walter Johnson
• 57 Matt LaPorta
• 61 Derrek Holland
• 66 Ty Cobb
• 71 Dustin Pedroia
• 72 Rick Porcello
• 83 Rogers Hornsby
• 87 Ryan Perry
• 90 Alex Rodriguez
• 102 Hanley Ramirez
• 103 Andrew Bailey
• 107 Fernando Martinez
• 113 Tris Speaker
• 116 Chase Utley
• 120 Derek Jeter
• 129 Ichiro
• 130 Honus Wagner
• 137 Mark Teixeira
• 138 Elvis Andrus
• 142 Evan Longoria
• 143 Cy Young
• 154 Mickey Mantle
• 160 Thurman Munson
• 171 David Wright
• 174 Gordon Beckham
• 175 Manny Ramirez
• 177 Pee Wee Reese
• 181 David Price
• 207 Jackie Robinson
• 224 Roy Campanella
• 231 CC Sabathia
• 234 Grady Sizemore
• 237 Christy Mathewson
• 254 Johnny Mize
• 262 Tommy Hanson
• 268 Aaron Poreda
• 271 Lou Gehrig
• 274 Colby Rasmus
• 286 Tim Lincecum
• 287 Babe Ruth
• 299 Albert Pujols
• 300 George Sisler

Parallels

Standard Sized

All parallel the full 300-card base set.

• Bronze (One-per-pack, unless replaced with a framed "hit.")
• Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only)

Minis

All parallel the full 300-card base set. One mini per-pack. All cards measure 1-7/16" x 2-5/8.

• Piedmont
• Polar Bear
• Old Mill
• Cycle (serial-numbered to 99)
• Carolina Brights (one-of-one, Hobby only)
• Framed Mini Printing Plates (four-for-each, Hobby only, set into a standard-sized frame)

Mini Variations

Checklist parallels the 50 variation cards. Piedmonts measure 1-7/16" X 2-5/8" and are printed on a brighter, whiter, cardstock. Gold Chromes are standard-sized. Silks are 1-7/16" X 2-5/8" and set into a standard-sized frame.

• Piedmont
• Gold Chrome (serial-numbered to 50)
• Framed Cloth (serial-numbered to 50)
• Carolina Brights (one-of-one)

Inserts

Mickey Mantle Checklists

• 1 Mickey Mantle
• 2 Mickey Mantle
• 3 Mickey Mantle
• 4 Mickey Mantle
• 5 Mickey Mantle
• 6 Mickey Mantle
• 7 Mickey Mantle

Autographs and Game Used

Framed Relics

Each relic is available in a "Piedmont," "Polar Bear," or "Old Mill" frame.

• FR - 1 Alex Rodriguez BAT
• FR - 2 Ryan Howard
• FR - 3 David Wright
• FR - 4 Albert Pujols
• FR - 5 Evan Longoria
• FR - 6 Chipper Jones
• FR - 7 Carlos Beltran
• FR - 8 Ichiro
• FR - 9 Hanley Ramirez
• FR - 10 Carl Crawford
• FR - 11 David Ortiz JSY
• FR - 12 Nick Markakis
• FR - 13 Michael Young
• FR - 14 Hideki Matsui
• FR - 15 Ryan Braun
• FR - 16 Robinson Cano
• FR - 17 Miguel Tejada
• FR - 18 Phil Hughes
• FR - 19 Cole Hamels
• FR - 20 James Loney JSY
• FR - 21 Brian McCann
• FR - 22 Ty Cobb BAT
• FR - 23 Jimmie Foxx BAT
• FR - 24 Jackie Robinson BAT
• FR - 25 Babe Ruth

Framed Autographs

• FMA - 1 Gordon Beckham
• FMA - 2 Koji Uehara
• FMA - 3 Ryan Perry
• FMA - 4 Elvis Andrus
• FMA - 5 Jonathan Van Every
• FMA - 6 Glen Perkins
• FMA - 7 Jordan Zimmermann
• FMA - 8 Daniel Schlereth
• FMA - 9 Chris Volstad
• FMA - 10 Ryan Braun
• FMA - 11 Nick Evans
• FMA - 12 Fernando Martinez
• FMA - 13 Shairon Martis
• FMA - 14 James Parr
• FMA - 15 Mat Gamel
• FMA - 16 Michael Bowden
• FMA - 17 David Hernandez
• FMA - 18 Chris Young
• FMA - 19 Denard Span
• FMA - 20 Phil Hughes
• FMA - 21 Jason Motte
• FMA - 22 Clayton Kershaw
• FMA - 23 Justin Masterson
• FMA - 24 Vinny Mazzaro
• FMA - 25 Scott Elbert
• FMA - 26 Rich Hill
• FMA - 27 Luke Montz
• FMA - 28 Curtis Granderson
• FMA - 29 Kila Ka'aihue
• FMA - 30 Josh Outman

Autographs

• NFA - 1 David Wright
• NFA - 2 Johnny Cueto
• NFA - 3 Evan Longoria
• NFA - 4 Gio Gonzalez
• NFA - 5 Juan Rivera
• NFA - 6 Ryan Braun
• NFA - 7 Joba Chamberlain
• NFA - 8 Dustin Pedroia
• NFA - 9 Jay Bruce
• NFA - 10 Jordan Zimmermann
• NFA - 11 Ryan Howard
• NFA - 12 Max Scherzer
• NFA - 13 Heath Bell
• NFA - 14 Jonathan Papelbon
• NFA - 15 Jhonny Peralta
• NFA - 16 Milton Bradley

Cut Signature Book Card

NOTE: Each is a one-of-one and are only available in Hobby packs.

• CS-DJ Davy "Kangaroo" Jones
• CS-EC Eddie Collins
• CS-IT Ira Thomas
• CS-LL Lefty Leifield
• CS-NL Nap Lajoie
• CS-PL Paddy Livingstone
• CS-TC Ty Cobb
• CS-TS Tris Speaker
• CS-WJ Walter Johnson
• CS-ZW Zach Wheat

Topps 206
2002 - 2009 - 2010 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024
Other Topps Tobacco Sets: 2003 Topps 205 - 2004 Topps Cracker Jack - 2005 Topps Cracker Jack
See Also: Topps Allen & Ginter's - Topps Gypsy Queen