1994 Pinnacle

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Description

First issued by Score in 1992, Pinnacle Brands, Inc. continued releasing a quality product marked by excellent photography in their 1994 Pinnacle Edition. The retail box was released at 36 packs per box with 14 cards per pack. They came in tamper resistant foil packs made from a combination of polyester, polyethylene and metallized polypropylene.

Distribution

Distributed in two series. Both Series One & Two were split evenly at 270 cards.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Stated Print Run Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 540 n/a ? ?
Rookie Team Pinnacle 9 n/a ? 1 per 90 packs
Artist's Proofs 9 1,000 per card 1 per 26 packs 1 per 26 packs
Museum Collection 535 6,500 per card 1 per 4.5 packs 1 per 4.5 packs
Pinnacle Tribute 18 n/a 1 per 18 packs

Checklist

Base Set

Parallels

Inserts

Series One & Series Two

Rookie Team Pinnacle: These portrait cards were painted by Christopher Greco & Ron DeFelice. The rookie team was the top prospects at each position from both leagues. The American League player was on the front and his National League counterpart was on the back.

Artist's Proof Set: This set debuted with this edition. The rendering of each card in the base set featuring a special gold foil stamp of the Artist's Proof logo. Although not numbered only 1,000 of each card was made as stated on the packs.

Museum Collection: This set was a rendering of each card in the base set using Pinnacle's exclusive Dufex process. 5 cards were available only by mailing in a redemption card randomly seeded into packs. The five cards are #276 Robb Nenn, #313 Stan Javier, #328 Craig Paquette #382 Kirk Rueter and #387 Geronimo Berroa.

Pinnacle Tribute: This eighteen card set was only in Hobby packs.

Autographs & Game-Used

There are no autographs or game used material in this set.