2015 Finest

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Description

2015 Finest is a 111-card set released the week of June 10. For the first time in five years, the base set will feature short-printed base cards and each six-pack mini box will yield an autograph.

Distribution

Two, six-pack mini boxes per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $50 per mini box). Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 111 - ?
short set 100 - 5:1
SPs 11 - ?
Refractor 100 - ?
Black Refractor 100 - ?
Prism Refractor 100 - ?
Purple Refractor 100 250 1:12
Blue Refractor 100 150 1:24
Green Refractor 100 99 1:30
Gold Refractor 100 50 1:60
Orange Refractor 100 25 1:114
Red Refractor 100 5 1:552
SuperFractor 100 one-of-one 1:2754
Printing Plates 100 four for each 1:684
SP Refractor 11 25 1:1098
SP Red Refractor 11 5 1:5442
SP SuperFractor 11 one-of-one 1:26,112
Generations 50 - ?
Generations Refractor 50 25 1:222
Generations Red Refractor 50 5 1:1098
Generations SuperFractor 50 one-of-one 1:5442
Firsts 10 - ?
Firsts Refractor 10 25 1:1098
Firsts Red Refractor 10 5 1:5442
Firsts SuperFractor 10 one-of-one 1:26,112
Derek Jeter Career Die-Cut 10 - ?
Derek Jeter Career Die-Cut Refractor 10 25 1:1098
Derek Jeter Career Die-Cut Red Refractor 10 5 1:5442
Derek Jeter Career Die-Cut SuperFractor 10 one-of-one 1:26,112
1995 Finest 20 - ?
1995 Finest Refractor 20 25 1:552
1995 Finest Red Refractor 20 5 1:2754
1995 Finest SuperFractor 20 one-of-one 1:13,746
Autograph 48 - ?
Autograph Blue Refractor 48 150 1:42
Autograph Green Refractor 48 99 1:60
Autograph Gold Refractor 48 50 1:114
Autograph Orange Refractor 48 25 1:192
Autograph Red Refractor 48 5 1:948
Autograph SuperFractor 48 one-of-one 1:4752
Autograph Printing Plates 48 four for each 1:1182
Generations Autograph 18 25 1:732
Firsts Autograph 6 - 1:150
Firsts Autograph Blue Refractor 6 150 1:264
Firsts Autograph Green Refractor 6 99 1:396
Firsts Autograph Gold Refractor 6 50 1:788
Firsts Autograph Orange Refractor 6 25 1:1566
Firsts Autograph Red Refractor 6 5 1:7680
Firsts Autograph SuperFractor 6 one-of-one 1:37,308
Firsts Autograph Printing Plates 6 four for each 1:9672
Greats Autograph 16 - 1:174
Greats Autograph Gold Refractor 16 50 1:366
Greats Autograph Orange Refractor 16 25 1:732
Greats Autograph Red Refractor 16 5 1:3630
Greats Autograph SuperFractor 16 one-of-one 1:17,412
Greats Autograph Printing Plates 16 four for each 1:4584
Affiliations Autograph 9 50 1:552
Affiliations Autograph Red Refractor 9 5 1:5442
Affiliations Autograph SuperFractor 9 one-of-one 1:26,1112
Autographed Rookie Redemptions 3 99 1:924

Checklist

Base Set

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  • 1 Albert Pujols
  • 2 Christian Yelich
  • 3 Cory Spangenberg RC
  • 4 Mike Foltynewicz RC
  • 5 Miguel Cabrera
  • 6 Jonathan Lucroy
  • 7 Dustin Pedroia
  • 8 Samuel Tuivailala RC
  • 9 Hanley Ramirez
  • 10 Joe Mauer
  • 11 David Ortiz
  • 12 Michael Taylor RC
  • 13 Clayton Kershaw
  • 14 Dalton Pompey RC
  • 15 Eric Hosmer
  • 16 Jose Abreu
  • 17 Troy Tulowitzki
  • 18 Andrelton Simmons
  • 19 Giancarlo Stanton
  • 20 Jose Pirela RC
  • 21 Joc Pederson RC
  • 22 Buster Posey
  • 23 Josh Reddick
  • 24 Matt Barnes RC
  • 25 Stephen Strasburg
  • 26 David Peralta
  • 27 Jose Altuve
  • 28 Starling Marte
  • 29 Yu Darvish
  • 30 Jason Heyward
  • 31 Jose Fernandez
  • 32 Kyle Seager
  • 33 Michael Brantley
  • 34 Yoenis Cespedes
  • 35 Gregory Polanco
  • 36 Daniel Norris RC
  • 37 Jorge Soler RC
  • 38 Nelson Cruz
  • 39 Buck Farmer RC
  • 40 Alex Gordon
  • 41 Yordano Ventura
  • 42 Bryce Harper
  • 43 Chris Sale
  • 44 Javier Baez RC
  • 45 Jacoby Ellsbury
  • 46 Cole Hamels
  • 47 Joey Votto
  • 48 Anthony Ranaudo RC
  • 49 Christian Walker RC
  • 50 Rymer Liriano RC
  • 51 Freddie Freeman
  • 52 Josh Harrison
  • 53 Justin Verlander
  • 54 Koji Uehara
  • 55 Evan Longoria
  • 56 Anthony Rendon
  • 57 Kolten Wong
  • 58 Brandon Phillips
  • 59 Elvis Andrus
  • 60 Rusney Castillo RC
  • 61 Manny Machado
  • 62 Madison Bumgarner
  • 63 David Wright
  • 64 Anthony Rizzo
  • 65 Josh Donaldson
  • 66 Phil Hughes
  • 67 Felix Hernandez
  • 68 Mike Trout
  • 69 Salvador Perez
  • 70 Brandon Finnegan RC
  • 71 Brandon Crawford
  • 72 Edwin Escobar RC
  • 73 Max Scherzer
  • 74 Adam Jones
  • 75 Carlos Gonzalez
  • 76 Adrian Gonzalez
  • 77 Maikel Franco RC
  • 78 Daniel Corcino RC
  • 79 Jake Lamb RC
  • 80 Julio Teheran
  • 81 Matt Carpenter
  • 82 Trevor May RC
  • 83 Yasiel Puig
  • 84 Chase Utley
  • 85 Gary Brown RC
  • 86 Jose Bautista
  • 87 CC Sabathia
  • 88 George Springer
  • 89 Matt Kemp
  • 90 Yimi Garcia RC
  • 91 Dilson Herrera RC
  • 92 Jacob deGrom
  • 93 Zack Wheeler
  • 94 Sonny Gray
  • 95 Charlie Blackmon
  • 96 Masahiro Tanaka
  • 97 Joe Panik
  • 98 Corey Kluber
  • 99 Kennys Vargas
  • 100 Matt Adams

SPs

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  • 101 Josh Hamilton SP
  • 102 Wil Myers SP
  • 103 Adam Wainwright SP
  • 104 Edwin Encarnacion SP
  • 105 Adrian Beltre SP
  • 106 Andrew McCutchen SP
  • 107 Paul Goldschmidt SP
  • 108 Ryan Braun SP
  • 109 Mark Teixeira SP
  • 110 Robinson Cano SP
  • 111 Kris Bryant SP RC

Parallels

Refractors

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All 100 short-set base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor
  • Prism Refractor
  • Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
  • Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

SP Refractors

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All 111 SPs (cards #101-#111) are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Black "Hot Box" Refractors

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All 100 short-set cards are available in a Black Refractor. Black Refractors are exclusive to randomly inserted "Hot Boxes" where every base card has been replaced with a Black Refractor.

Inserts

All inserts are also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Generations

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  • FG-01 Stan Musial
  • FG-02 Tom Glavine
  • FG-03 Steve Carlton
  • FG-04 Ozzie Smith
  • FG-05 Ernie Banks
  • FG-06 Frank Robinson
  • FG-07 Barry Larkin
  • FG-08 Chipper Jones
  • FG-09 Mike Schmidt
  • FG-10 Rickey Henderson
  • FG-11 Mark McGwire
  • FG-12 Nolan Ryan
  • FG-13 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • FG-14 Roger Clemens
  • FG-15 Mike Piazza
  • FG-16 Sandy Koufax
  • FG-17 Johnny Bench
  • FG-18 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FG-19 Tom Seaver
  • FG-20 Robin Yount
  • FG-21 Phil Niekro
  • FG-22 Juan Marichal
  • FG-23 Bo Jackson
  • FG-24 Frank Thomas
  • FG-25 Mariano Rivera
  • FG-26 Lou Brock
  • FG-27 Orlando Cepeda
  • FG-28 Dennis Eckersley
  • FG-29 Luis Aparicio
  • FG-30 Andre Dawson
  • FG-31 Rod Carew
  • FG-32 Alex Rodriguez
  • FG-33 Randy Johnson
  • FG-34 Albert Pujols
  • FG-35 Greg Maddux
  • FG-36 Tony Gwynn
  • FG-37 Chase Utley
  • FG-38 Derek Jeter
  • FG-39 Wade Boggs
  • FG-40 Joe Morgan
  • FG-41 Willie Mays
  • FG-42 Clayton Kershaw
  • FG-43 Mike Trout
  • FG-44 Cole Hamels
  • FG-45 David Price
  • FG-46 Andrew McCutchen
  • FG-47 Adrian Beltre
  • FG-48 Giancarlo Stanton
  • FG-49 Miguel Cabrera
  • FG-50 Robinson Cano

Firsts

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  • FF-1 Joc Pederson
  • FF-2 Maikel Franco
  • FF-3 Anthony Ranaudo
  • FF-4 Dalton Pompey
  • FF-5 Brandon Finnegan
  • FF-6 Javier Baez
  • FF-7 Jorge Soler
  • FF-8 Daniel Norris
  • FF-9 Trevor May
  • FF-10 Rusney Castillo

Derek Jeter Career Die-Cut

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This would be the first of an annual series paying tribute to a recently retired player of the Finest era.

  • JETER-1 Derek Jeter
  • JETER-2 Derek Jeter
  • JETER-3 Derek Jeter
  • JETER-4 Derek Jeter
  • JETER-5 Derek Jeter
  • JETER-6 Derek Jeter
  • JETER-7 Derek Jeter
  • JETER-8 Derek Jeter
  • JETER-9 Derek Jeter
  • JETER-10 Derek Jeter

1995 Finest

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While this set is done in the style of the 1995 Finest set, it is sequentially-numbered with a "94F-XX" prefix. (Thanks Topps!)

  • 94F-01 Clayton Kershaw
  • 94F-02 Jose Abreu
  • 94F-03 Mike Trout
  • 94F-04 Albert Pujols
  • 94F-05 Robinson Cano
  • 94F-06 Masahiro Tanaka
  • 94F-07 Adam Jones
  • 94F-08 Freddie Freeman
  • 94F-09 Matt Kemp
  • 94F-10 David Ortiz
  • 94F-11 Brandon Phillips
  • 94F-12 Troy Tulowitzki
  • 94F-13 Giancarlo Stanton
  • 94F-14 Ryan Braun
  • 94F-15 David Wright
  • 94F-16 Chase Utley
  • 94F-17 Madison Bumgarner
  • 94F-18 Adrian Beltre
  • 94F-19 Max Scherzer
  • 94F-20 Jose Bautista

Autographs

Autograph

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All Autographs are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
  • Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

  • FA-AG Adrian Gonzalez
  • FA-AJ Adam Jones
  • FA-AR Anthony Rizzo
  • FA-BB Bryce Brentz
  • FA-BC Brandon Crawford
  • FA-BF Buck Farmer
  • FA-CK Clayton Kershaw
  • FA-CR Carlos Rodon
  • FA-CSE Chris Sale
  • FA-CSG Cory Spangenberg
  • FA-CW Christian Walker
  • FA-CY Christian Yelich
  • FA-DC Daniel Corcino
  • FA-DH Dilson Herrera
  • FA-DP Dustin Pedroia
  • FA-EE Edwin Escobar
  • FA-FF Freddie Freeman
  • FA-GB Gary Brown
  • FA-GSR George Springer
  • FA-HR Hanley Ramirez
  • FA-JA Jose Abreu
  • FA-JDM Jacob deGrom
  • FA-JDN Josh Donaldson
  • FA-JF Jose Fernandez
  • FA-JL Jake Lamb
  • FA-JMN James McCann
  • FA-JT Julio Teheran
  • FA-JV Joey Votto
  • FA-KB Kris Bryant
  • FA-KG Kendall Graveman
  • FA-KL Kyle Lobstein
  • FA-KU Koji Uehara
  • FA-KW Kolten Wong
  • FA-MA Matt Adams
  • FA-MTR Michael Taylor
  • FA-MTT Mike Trout
  • FA-RB Ryan Braun
  • FA-RCA Rusney Castillo
  • FA-RCO Robinson Cano
  • FA-RL Rymer Liriano
  • FA-SG Sonny Gray
  • FA-SM Steven Moya
  • FA-ST Samuel Tuivailala
  • FA-TM Trevor May
  • FA-TT Troy Tulowitzki
  • FA-XS Xavier Scruggs
  • FA-YG Yimi Garcia
  • FA-YT Yasmany Tomas

Generations Autograph

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  • FGA-BL Barry Larkin
  • FGA-CJ Chipper Jones
  • FGA-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • FGA-DE Dennis Eckersley
  • FGA-FR Frank Robinson
  • FGA-JB Johnny Bench
  • FGA-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FGA-LB Lou Brock
  • FGA-MM Mark McGwire
  • FGA-MP Mike Piazza
  • FGA-MR Mariano Rivera
  • FGA-NR Nolan Ryan
  • FGA-OS Ozzie Smith
  • FGA-RCS Roger Clemens
  • FGA-RH Rickey Henderson
  • FGA-SC Steve Carlton
  • FGA-SK Sandy Koufax
  • FGA-TG Tom Glavine

Firsts Autograph

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All Firsts Autographs are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
  • Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

  • FFA-BF Brandon Finnegan
  • FFA-DP Dalton Pompey
  • FFA-JB Javier Baez
  • FFA-JP Joc Pederson
  • FFA-JS Jorge Soler
  • FFA-MF Maikel Franco

Greats Autograph

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All Greats Autographs are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Gold Refractor
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

  • FGA-BL Barry Larkin
  • FGA-CF Carlton Fisk
  • FGA-CJ Chipper Jones
  • FGA-FR Frank Robinson
  • FGA-FT Frank Thomas
  • FGA-GM Greg Maddux
  • FGA-HA Hank Aaron
  • FGA-JB Johnny Bench
  • FGA-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FGA-LB Lou Brock
  • FGA-NR Nolan Ryan
  • FGA-OS Ozzie Smith
  • FGA-RC Roger Clemens
  • FGA-RH Rickey Henderson
  • FGA-RJ Randy Johnson
  • FGA-TG Tom Glavine

Affiliations Autograph

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All Affiliations Autographs are serial-numbered to 50 copies and available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

  • FAA-BSR Javier Baez / Jorge Soler
  • FAA-CP Dustin Pedroia / Robinson Cano
  • FAA-GS John Smoltz / Tom Glavine
  • FAA-JM Mark McGwire / Reggie Jackson
  • FAA-KS Chris Sale / Clayton Kershaw
  • FAA-MP Mike Mussina / Jorge Posada
  • FAA-RC Rusney Castillo / Hanley Ramirez
  • FAA-SD Ryne Sandberg / Andre Dawson
  • FAA-TA Jose Abreu / Frank Thomas

Autographed Rookie Redemptions

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Each Autographed Rookie Redemption is serial-numbered to 99 copies. Collectors had until May 31st, 2018 to redeem their Rookie Redemption cards.

1 Byron Buxton

2 Joc Pederson

3 Francisco Lindor