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=Description=
 
=Description=
  
1995 Select Certified is a 135-card, "super-premium" set, and was released exclusively to Hobby outlets only in November 1995. Due to the baseball strike of 1994-1995 Select slashed production of Certified by 34% of the regular Select set. Designed to compete with Topps' Finest brand, the cards are made with 24-point metallic stock and are double laminated.  
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1995 Select Certified was a 135-card, "super-premium" set released exclusively to Hobby outlets in November, 1995. Designed to compete with Topps' Finest brand, the cards were made with 24-point metallic stock and double laminated.  This was the inaugural year of Pinnacle Brands' super-premium brand and the precursor to one of the most influential sets in baseball Hobby history - [[1996 Select Certified]].
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Pinnacle Brands announced that production of Select Certified was 34% less than that of the [[1995 Select|regular Select set]].
  
Rookie Cards in this set include Bobby Higginson and Hideo Nomo. Card number 18 was never printed; Cal Ripken is featured on a special card numbered 2131, which is included in the complete set of 135.
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Rookie Cards in this set included Bobby Higginson and Hideo Nomo. The base set is skip-numbered.  Card #18 was never pulled and replaced by a special Cal Ripken, Jr. card sequentially-numbered as #2131. It is not short-printed, nor is it an insert.
  
 
Based on announced production figures, 63,210 20-pack wax boxes were produced resulting in each base card having 56,186 copies.
 
Based on announced production figures, 63,210 20-pack wax boxes were produced resulting in each base card having 56,186 copies.
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=Distribution=
 
=Distribution=
  
20 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99).
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20 packs per box, six cards per pack plus one of seven checklist cards (MSRP: $3.99).
  
Collation data from one box. Base Set Completion: 82% (111 of 135); Duplicates: 9; Gold Team Insert Completion: 8% (1 of 12); Mirror Gold parallel 02% (3 of 135); Certified Future Insert Completion 10% (1 of 10); Potential Unlimited 5% (1 of 20)
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In a further effort to establish a look and feel of a super-premium brand, the packaging was complex relative to other baseball cards sets. The seven cards were wrapped in cellophane wrapper inside a piece of folded cardboard inside a mini cardboard box which itself was wrapped in plastic.  Each pack also had the anti-drug message "Be Strong. Don't Use Drugs." written on the side.
  
 
=Reviews=
 
=Reviews=
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Collation data from one box. Base Set Completion: 82% (111 of 135); Duplicates: 9; Gold Team Insert Completion: 8% (1 of 12); Mirror Gold parallel 02% (3 of 135); Certified Future Insert Completion 10% (1 of 10); Potential Unlimited 5% (1 of 20)
  
 
=Insertion Ratios=
 
=Insertion Ratios=
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==Promos==
 
==Promos==
  
This eight-card set was issued to preview the '95 Select Certified set. Each card has the word "SAMPLE" printed diagonally on both sides. The Cal Ripken card is done in the style of the Gold Team insert.
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2 Reggie Sanders
 
 
 
10 Mo Vaughn
 
 
 
39 Mike Piazza
 
 
 
50 Mark McGwire
 
 
 
75 Roberto Alomar
 
 
 
89 Larry Walker
 
  
110 Ray Durham
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This eight-card set was issued to preview the entire '95 Select Certified set.  Each card has the word "SAMPLE" printed diagonally on both sides.  The Cal Ripken, Jr. Promo was a sample of the Gold Team insert.
 
 
3 Cal Ripken Gold Team
 
  
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==Base Set==
 
==Base Set==
  
1 Barry Bonds
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2 Reggie Sanders
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3 Terry Steinbach
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==Parallels==
4 Eduardo Perez
 
 
 
5 Frank Thomas
 
 
 
6 Wil Cordero
 
 
 
7 John Olerud
 
 
 
8 Deion Sanders
 
 
 
9 Mike Mussina
 
 
 
10 Mo Vaughn
 
 
 
11 Will Clark
 
 
 
12 Chili Davis
 
 
 
13 Jimmy Key
 
 
 
14 Eddie Murray
 
 
 
15 Bernard Gilkey
 
 
 
16 David Cone
 
 
 
17 Tim Salmon
 
 
 
19 Steve Ontiveros
 
 
 
20 Andres Galarraga
 
 
 
21 Don Mattingly
 
 
 
22 Kevin Appier
 
 
 
23 Paul Molitor
 
 
 
24 Edgar Martinez
 
 
 
25 Andy Benes
 
 
 
26 Rafael Palmeiro
 
 
 
27 Barry Larkin
 
 
 
28 Gary Sheffield
 
 
 
29 Wally Joyner
 
 
 
30 Wade Boggs
 
 
 
31 Rico Brogna
 
 
 
32 Eddie Murray 3000th Hit
 
 
 
33 Kirby Puckett
 
 
 
34 Bobby Bonilla
 
 
 
35 Hal Morris
 
 
 
36 Moises Alou
 
 
 
37 Javier Lopez
 
  
38 Chuck Knoblauch
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39 Mike Piazza
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All 135 cards in the set (including the Ripken tribute card) are available in a Mirror Gold parallel.  Mirror Golds had a gold-colored holographic foil layer on the card fronts which, combined with the metallic cardstock, mimicked the appearance of a Refractor from the Finest brand, but with a gold tint that distinguished it from a standard Finest Refractor.  The "Mirror Gold" title was was printed on the card backs utilizing a mirror/reflection design that played off the parallel name.
 
 
40 Travis Fryman
 
 
 
41 Rickey Henderson
 
 
 
42 Jim Thome
 
 
 
43 Carlos Baerga
 
 
 
44 Dean Palmer
 
 
 
45 Kirk Gibson
 
 
 
46 Bret Saberhagen
 
 
 
47 Cecil Fielder
 
 
 
48 Manny Ramirez
 
 
 
49 Derek Bell
 
 
 
50 Mark McGwire
 
 
 
51 Jim Edmonds
 
 
 
52 Robin Ventura
 
 
 
53 Ryan Klesko
 
 
 
54 Jeff Bagwell
 
 
 
55 Ozzie Smith
 
 
 
56 Albert Belle
 
 
 
57 Darren Daulton
 
 
 
58 Jeff Conine
 
 
 
59 Greg Maddux
 
 
 
60 Lenny Dykstra
 
 
 
61 Randy Johnson
 
 
 
62 Fred McGriff
 
 
 
63 Ray Lankford
 
 
 
64 David Justice
 
 
 
65 Paul O'Neill
 
 
 
66 Tony Gwynn
 
 
 
67 Matt Williams
 
 
 
68 Dante Bichette
 
 
 
69 Craig Biggio
 
 
 
70 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
 
 
71 J.T. Snow
 
 
 
72 Cal Ripken
 
 
 
73 Jay Bell
 
 
 
74 Joe Carter
 
 
 
75 Roberto Alomar
 
 
 
76 Benji Gil
 
 
 
77 Ivan Rodriguez
 
 
 
78 Raul Mondesi
 
 
 
79 Cliff Floyd
 
 
 
80 Eric Karros/Mike Piazza/Raul Mondesi ROY
 
 
 
81 Royce Clayton
 
 
 
82 Billy Ashley
 
 
 
83 Joey Hamilton
 
 
 
84 Sammy Sosa
 
 
 
85 Jason Bere
 
 
 
86 Dennis Martinez
 
 
 
87 Greg Vaughn
 
 
 
88 Roger Clemens
 
 
 
89 Larry Walker
 
 
 
90 Mark Grace
 
 
 
91 Kenny Lofton
 
 
 
92 Carlos Perez RC
 
 
 
93 Roger Cedeno
 
 
 
94 Scott Ruffcorn
 
 
 
95 Jim Pittsley
 
 
 
96 Andy Pettitte
 
 
 
97 James Baldwin
 
 
 
98 Hideo Nomo RC
 
 
 
99 Ismael Valdes
 
 
 
100 Armando Benitez
 
 
 
101 Jose Malave
 
 
 
102 Bob Higginson RC
 
 
 
103 LaTroy Hawkins
 
 
 
104 Russ Davis
 
 
 
105 Shawn Green
 
 
 
106 Joe Vitiello
 
 
 
107 Chipper Jones
 
 
 
108 Shane Andrews
 
 
 
109 Jose Oliva
 
 
 
110 Ray Durham
 
 
 
111 Jon Nunnally
 
 
 
112 Alex Gonzalez
 
 
 
113 Vaughn Eshelman
 
 
 
114 Marty Cordova
 
 
 
115 Mark Grudzielanek RC
 
 
 
116 Brian L. Hunter
 
 
 
117 Charles Johnson
 
 
 
118 Alex Rodriguez
 
 
 
119 David Bell
 
 
 
120 Todd Hollandsworth
 
 
 
121 Joe Randa
 
 
 
122 Derek Jeter
 
 
 
123 Frank Rodriguez
 
 
 
124 Curtis Goodwin
 
 
 
125 Bill Pulsipher
 
 
 
126 John Mabry
 
 
 
127 Julian Tavarez
 
 
 
128 Edgardo Alfonzo
 
 
 
129 Orlando Miller
 
 
 
130 Juan Acevedo RC
 
 
 
131 Jeff Cirillo
 
 
 
132 Roberto Petagine
 
 
 
133 Antonio Osuna
 
 
 
134 Michael Tucker
 
 
 
135 Garret Anderson
 
 
 
2131 Cal Ripken TRIB
 
 
 
==Parallels==
 
 
 
Each card is available in a Mirror Gold parallel.  Each card has a gold-colored holographic foil layer which, combined with the metallic cardstock of the fronts, gives it the appearance of a Finest Refractor.
 
  
 
==Inserts==
 
==Inserts==
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===Checklists===
 
===Checklists===
  
Each pack contained one of seven checklists. The checklists are printed on a noticably thinner cardstock.
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1 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
 
 
2 Frank Thomas
 
 
 
3 Cal Ripken
 
 
 
4 Jeff Bagwell
 
 
 
5 Mike Piazza
 
 
 
6 Barry Bonds
 
  
7 M. Ramirez/R. Mondesi
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Each pack contained one of seven checklists which were printed on a noticeably thinner cardstock.
  
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===Certified Future===
 
===Certified Future===
  
Ten of the leading 1995 rookie players are included in this set.
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1 Chipper Jones
 
 
 
2 Curtis Goodwin
 
 
 
3 Hideo Nomo
 
 
 
4 Shawn Green
 
 
 
5 Ray Durham
 
 
 
6 Todd Hollandsworth
 
 
 
7 Brian L. Hunter
 
 
 
8 Carlos Delgado
 
 
 
9 Michael Tucker UER
 
  
10 Alex Rodriguez
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This 10-card set featured some of the top rookie players from 1995 on a gold and silver gradient-foil finish.
  
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===Potential Unlimited===
 
===Potential Unlimited===
  
This 20-card, all-Dufex, set was randomly inserted into packs and limited (but not serial-numbered) to 1975 copies. Each card has the statement "1 of 1,975" on the back.
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A special parallel version was also produced as box toppers. The box toppers have a different [[Dufex]] pattern, and were seeded at the rate of 1:3.5/boxes. Each box topper card is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 903 copies.
 
 
 
1 Cliff Floyd
 
 
 
2 Manny Ramirez
 
  
3 Raul Mondesi
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4 Scott Ruffcorn
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This 20-card set featured some of the brightest and talented players in the game at the time on a baseball diamond-shaped setting on a [[Dufex]] finish.  Each player was limited (but not serial-numbered) to 1975 copies as each card had the statement, "1 of 1,975" on the back.
  
5 Billy Ashley
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A special parallel version was also produced as box toppers.  These "Case Chase" cards had a different Dufex pattern and were seeded at the rate of 1:3.5/boxes.  Each Case Chase box topper card was limited (but not serial-numbered) to 903 copies.
  
6 Alex Gonzalez
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7 Midre Cummings
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8 Charles Johnson
 
 
 
9 Garret Anderson
 
 
 
10 Hideo Nomo
 
 
 
11 Chipper Jones
 
 
 
12 Curtis Goodwin
 
 
 
13 Frank Rodriguez
 
 
 
14 Shawn Green
 
 
 
15 Ray Durham
 
 
 
16 Todd Hollandsworth
 
 
 
17 Brian L. Hunter
 
 
 
18 Carlos Delgado
 
 
 
19 Michael Tucker
 
 
 
20 Alex Rodriguez
 
  
 
===Gold Team===
 
===Gold Team===
  
This 12-card set features some of the leading players in baseball on gaudy, double-sided, all-gold-foil, [[Dufex]] cards.
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1 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
 
 
2 Frank Thomas
 
 
 
3 Cal Ripken
 
 
 
4 Jeff Bagwell
 
 
 
5 Mike Piazza
 
 
 
6 Barry Bonds
 
 
 
7 Matt Williams
 
 
 
8 Don Mattingly
 
 
 
9 Will Clark
 
 
 
10 Tony Gwynn
 
 
 
11 Kirby Puckett
 
  
12 Jose Canseco
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This 12-card set featured some of the leading players in baseball on a double-sided, all-gold, Dufex-foil finish.
  
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Latest revision as of 18:51, 20 May 2020

Description

1995 Select Certified was a 135-card, "super-premium" set released exclusively to Hobby outlets in November, 1995. Designed to compete with Topps' Finest brand, the cards were made with 24-point metallic stock and double laminated. This was the inaugural year of Pinnacle Brands' super-premium brand and the precursor to one of the most influential sets in baseball Hobby history - 1996 Select Certified.

Pinnacle Brands announced that production of Select Certified was 34% less than that of the regular Select set.

Rookie Cards in this set included Bobby Higginson and Hideo Nomo. The base set is skip-numbered. Card #18 was never pulled and replaced by a special Cal Ripken, Jr. card sequentially-numbered as #2131. It is not short-printed, nor is it an insert.

Based on announced production figures, 63,210 20-pack wax boxes were produced resulting in each base card having 56,186 copies.

Distribution

20 packs per box, six cards per pack plus one of seven checklist cards (MSRP: $3.99).

In a further effort to establish a look and feel of a super-premium brand, the packaging was complex relative to other baseball cards sets. The seven cards were wrapped in cellophane wrapper inside a piece of folded cardboard inside a mini cardboard box which itself was wrapped in plastic. Each pack also had the anti-drug message "Be Strong. Don't Use Drugs." written on the side.

Reviews

Collation data from one box. Base Set Completion: 82% (111 of 135); Duplicates: 9; Gold Team Insert Completion: 8% (1 of 12); Mirror Gold parallel 02% (3 of 135); Certified Future Insert Completion 10% (1 of 10); Potential Unlimited 5% (1 of 20)

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 135 56,186 + ?
Checklists 7 - 1:1
Mirror Gold 135 1873 + 1:5
Certified Future 10 6654 + 1:19
Potential Unlimited 20 1975 1:32
Gold Team 12 2570 + 1:41

+ Calculated production figures.

Checklist

Promos

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This eight-card set was issued to preview the entire '95 Select Certified set. Each card has the word "SAMPLE" printed diagonally on both sides. The Cal Ripken, Jr. Promo was a sample of the Gold Team insert.

  • 2 Reggie Sanders
  • 3GT Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 10 Mo Vaughn
  • 39 Mike Piazza
  • 50 Mark McGwire
  • 75 Roberto Alomar
  • 89 Larry Walker
  • 110 Ray Durham

Base Set

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  • 1 Barry Bonds
  • 2 Reggie Sanders
  • 3 Terry Steinbach
  • 4 Eduardo Perez
  • 5 Frank Thomas
  • 6 Wil Cordero
  • 7 John Olerud
  • 8 Deion Sanders
  • 9 Mike Mussina
  • 10 Mo Vaughn
  • 11 Will Clark
  • 12 Chili Davis
  • 13 Jimmy Key
  • 14 Eddie Murray
  • 15 Bernard Gilkey
  • 16 David Cone
  • 17 Tim Salmon
  • 19 Steve Ontiveros
  • 20 Andres Galarraga
  • 21 Don Mattingly
  • 22 Kevin Appier
  • 23 Paul Molitor
  • 24 Edgar Martinez
  • 25 Andy Benes
  • 26 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 27 Barry Larkin
  • 28 Gary Sheffield
  • 29 Wally Joyner
  • 30 Wade Boggs
  • 31 Rico Brogna
  • 32 Eddie Murray 3000th Hit
  • 33 Kirby Puckett
  • 34 Bobby Bonilla
  • 35 Hal Morris
  • 36 Moises Alou
  • 37 Javy Lopez
  • 38 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 39 Mike Piazza
  • 40 Travis Fryman
  • 41 Rickey Henderson
  • 42 Jim Thome
  • 43 Carlos Baerga
  • 44 Dean Palmer
  • 45 Kirk Gibson
  • 46 Bret Saberhagen
  • 47 Cecil Fielder
  • 48 Manny Ramirez
  • 49 Derek Bell
  • 50 Mark McGwire
  • 51 Jim Edmonds
  • 52 Robin Ventura
  • 53 Ryan Klesko
  • 54 Jeff Bagwell
  • 55 Ozzie Smith
  • 56 Albert Belle
  • 57 Darren Daulton
  • 58 Jeff Conine
  • 59 Greg Maddux
  • 60 Lenny Dykstra
  • 61 Randy Johnson
  • 62 Fred McGriff
  • 63 Ray Lankford
  • 64 Dave Justice
  • 65 Paul O'Neill
  • 66 Tony Gwynn
  • 67 Matt Williams
  • 68 Dante Bichette
  • 69 Craig Biggio
  • 70 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 71 J.T. Snow
  • 72 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 73 Jay Bell
  • 74 Joe Carter
  • 75 Roberto Alomar
  • 76 Benji Gil
  • 77 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 78 Raul Mondesi
  • 79 Cliff Floyd
  • 80 Eric Karros / Mike Piazza / Raul Mondesi
  • 81 Royce Clayton
  • 82 Billy Ashley
  • 83 Joey Hamilton
  • 84 Sammy Sosa
  • 85 Jason Bere
  • 86 Dennis Martinez
  • 87 Greg Vaughn
  • 88 Roger Clemens
  • 89 Larry Walker
  • 90 Mark Grace
  • 91 Kenny Lofton
  • 92 Carlos Perez RC
  • 93 Roger Cedeno
  • 94 Scott Ruffcorn
  • 95 Jim Pittsley
  • 96 Andy Pettitte
  • 97 James Baldwin
  • 98 Hideo Nomo RC
  • 99 Ismael Valdes
  • 100 Armando Benitez
  • 101 Jose Malave
  • 102 Bobby Higginson RC
  • 103 LaTroy Hawkins
  • 104 Russ Davis
  • 105 Shawn Green
  • 106 Joe Vitiello
  • 107 Chipper Jones
  • 108 Shane Andrews
  • 109 Jose Oliva
  • 110 Ray Durham
  • 111 Jon Nunnally
  • 112 Alex Gonzalez
  • 113 Vaughn Eshelman
  • 114 Marty Cordova
  • 115 Mark Grudzielanek RC
  • 116 Brian L. Hunter
  • 117 Charles Johnson
  • 118 Alex Rodriguez
  • 119 David Bell
  • 120 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 121 Joe Randa
  • 122 Derek Jeter
  • 123 Frank Rodriguez
  • 124 Curtis Goodwin
  • 125 Bill Pulsipher
  • 126 John Mabry
  • 127 Julian Tavarez
  • 128 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 129 Orlando Miller
  • 130 Juan Acevedo RC
  • 131 Jeff Cirillo
  • 132 Roberto Petagine
  • 133 Antonio Osuna
  • 134 Michael Tucker
  • 135 Garret Anderson
  • 2131 Cal Ripken, Jr. TRIB

Parallels

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All 135 cards in the set (including the Ripken tribute card) are available in a Mirror Gold parallel. Mirror Golds had a gold-colored holographic foil layer on the card fronts which, combined with the metallic cardstock, mimicked the appearance of a Refractor from the Finest brand, but with a gold tint that distinguished it from a standard Finest Refractor. The "Mirror Gold" title was was printed on the card backs utilizing a mirror/reflection design that played off the parallel name.

Inserts

Checklists

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Each pack contained one of seven checklists which were printed on a noticeably thinner cardstock.

  • 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 2 Frank Thomas
  • 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 4 Jeff Bagwell
  • 5 Mike Piazza
  • 6 Barry Bonds
  • 7 Manny Ramirez / Raul Mondesi

Certified Future

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This 10-card set featured some of the top rookie players from 1995 on a gold and silver gradient-foil finish.

  • 1 Chipper Jones
  • 2 Curtis Goodwin
  • 3 Hideo Nomo
  • 4 Shawn Green
  • 5 Ray Durham
  • 6 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 7 Brian L. Hunter
  • 8 Carlos Delgado
  • 9 Michael Tucker
  • 10 Alex Rodriguez

Potential Unlimited

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Michael-Tucker.jpg?id=4151d84f-a830-46ec-94ec-80ac60b3f7a6&size=original&side=front&.jpg Michael-Tucker.jpg?id=4151d84f-a830-46ec-94ec-80ac60b3f7a6&size=original&side=back&.jpg

This 20-card set featured some of the brightest and talented players in the game at the time on a baseball diamond-shaped setting on a Dufex finish. Each player was limited (but not serial-numbered) to 1975 copies as each card had the statement, "1 of 1,975" on the back.

A special parallel version was also produced as box toppers. These "Case Chase" cards had a different Dufex pattern and were seeded at the rate of 1:3.5/boxes. Each Case Chase box topper card was limited (but not serial-numbered) to 903 copies.

  • 1 Cliff Floyd
  • 2 Manny Ramirez
  • 3 Raul Mondesi
  • 4 Scott Ruffcorn
  • 5 Billy Ashley
  • 6 Alex Gonzalez
  • 7 Midre Cummings
  • 8 Charles Johnson
  • 9 Garret Anderson
  • 10 Hideo Nomo
  • 11 Chipper Jones
  • 12 Curtis Goodwin
  • 13 Frank Rodriguez
  • 14 Shawn Green
  • 15 Ray Durham
  • 16 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 17 Brian L. Hunter
  • 18 Carlos Delgado
  • 19 Michael Tucker
  • 20 Alex Rodriguez

Gold Team

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This 12-card set featured some of the leading players in baseball on a double-sided, all-gold, Dufex-foil finish.

  • 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 2 Frank Thomas
  • 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 4 Jeff Bagwell
  • 5 Mike Piazza
  • 6 Barry Bonds
  • 7 Matt Williams
  • 8 Don Mattingly
  • 9 Will Clark
  • 10 Tony Gwynn
  • 11 Kirby Puckett
  • 12 Jose Canseco