1997 Pinnacle

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1997 Pinnacle hobby box

Description

1997 Pinnacle is a 200-card, single-series, set released in February 1997. There were plans for a second series, but a Series Two was replaced by 1997 New Pinnacle. Because of this, many star players appear in the "Clout" subset, but not on a basic player card.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.49).

Magazine: 24 packs per box, seven cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	Magazine Odds
Base	200	-	?	?	?
Museum Collection	200	-	1:9	1:9	1:13
Artist's Proof	200	-	1:47	1:47	1:55
Team Pinnacle	10	-	1:90	1:90	?
Passport to the Majors	25	-	1:36	1:36	?
Cardfrontations	20	-	1:23	N/A	N/A
Shades	10	-	N/A	1:23	N/A
Home/Away	24	-	N/A	N/A	1:33

Checklist

• 1 Cecil Fielder
• 2 Garret Anderson
• 3 Charles Nagy
• 4 Darryl Hamilton
• 5 Greg Myers
• 6 Eric Davis
• 7 Jeff Frye
• 8 Marquis Grissom
• 9 Curt Schilling
• 10 Jeff Fassero
• 11 Alan Benes
• 12 Orlando Miller
• 13 Alex Fernandez
• 14 Andy Pettitte
• 15 Andre Dawson
• 16 Mark Grudzielanek
• 17 Joe Vitiello
• 18 Juan Gonzalez
• 19 Mark Whiten
• 20 Lance Johnson
• 21 Trevor Hoffman
• 22 Marc Newfield
• 23 Jim Eisenreich
• 24 Joe Carter
• 25 Jose Canseco
• 26 Bill Swift
• 27 Ellis Burks
• 28 Ben McDonald
• 29 Edgar Martinez
• 30 Jamie Moyer
• 31 Chan Ho Park
• 32 Carlos Delgado
• 33 Kevin Mitchell
• 34 Carlos Garcia
• 35 Darryl Strawberry
• 36 Jim Thome
• 37 Jose Offerman
• 38 Ryan Klesko
• 39 Ruben Sierra
• 40 Devon White
• 41 Brian Jordan
• 42 Tony Gwynn
• 43 Rafael Palmeiro
• 44 Dante Bichette
• 45 Scott Stahoviak
• 46 Roger Cedeno
• 47 Ivan Rodriguez
• 48 Bob Abreu
• 49 Darryl Kile
• 50 Darren Dreifort
• 51 Shawon Dunston
• 52 Mark McGwire
• 53 Tim Salmon
• 54 Gene Schall
• 55 Roger Clemens
• 56 Rondell White
• 57 Ed Sprague
• 58 Craig Paquette
• 59 David Segui
• 60 Jaime Navarro
• 61 Tom Glavine
• 62 Jeff Brantley
• 63 Kimera Bartee
• 64 Fernando Vina
• 65 Eddie Murray
• 66 Lenny Dykstra
• 67 Kevin Elster
• 68 Vinny Castilla
• 69 Mike Fetters
• 70 Brett Butler
• 71 Robby Thompson
• 72 Reggie Jefferson
• 73 Todd Hundley
• 74 Jeff King
• 75 Ernie Young
• 76 Jeff Bagwell
• 77 Dan Wilson
• 78 Paul Molitor
• 79 Kevin Seitzer
• 80 Kevin Brown
• 81 Ron Gant
• 82 Dwight Gooden
• 83 Todd Stottlemyre
• 84 Ken Caminiti
• 85 James Baldwin
• 86 Jermaine Dye
• 87 Harold Baines
• 88 Pat Hentgen
• 89 Frank Rodriguez
• 90 Mark Johnson
• 91 Jason Kendall
• 92 Alex Rodriguez
• 93 Alan Trammell
• 94 Scott Brosius
• 95 Delino DeShields
• 96 Chipper Jones
• 97 Barry Bonds
• 98 Brady Anderson
• 99 Ryne Sandberg
• 100 Albert Belle
• 101 Jeff Cirillo
• 102 Frank Thomas
• 103 Mike Piazza
• 104 Rickey Henderson
• 105 Rey Ordonez
• 106 Mark Grace
• 107 Terry Steinbach
• 108 Ray Durham
• 109 Barry Larkin
• 110 Tony Clark
• 111 Bernie Williams
• 112 John Smoltz
• 113 Moises Alou
• 114 Alex Gonzalez
• 115 Rico Brogna
• 116 Eric Karros
• 117 Jeff Conine
• 118 Todd Hollandsworth
• 119 Troy Percival
• 120 Paul Wilson
• 121 Orel Hershiser
• 122 Ozzie Smith
• 123 Dave Hollins
• 124 Ken Hill
• 125 Rick Wilkins
• 126 Scott Servais
• 127 Fernando Valenzuela
• 128 Mariano Rivera
• 129 Mark Loretta
• 130 Shane Reynolds
• 131 Darren Oliver
• 132 Steve Trachsel
• 133 Darren Bragg
• 134 Jason Dickson
• 135 Darrin Fletcher
• 136 Gary Gaetti
• 137 Joey Cora
• 138 Terry Pendleton
• 139 Derek Jeter
• 140 Danny Tartabull
• 141 John Flaherty
• 142 B.J. Surhoff
• 143 Mike Sweeney
• 144 Chad Mottola
• 145 Andujar Cedeno
• 146 Tim Belcher
• 147 Mark Thompson
• 148 Rafael Bournigal
• 149 Marty Cordova
• 150 Osvaldo Fernandez
• 151 Mike Stanley
• 152 Ricky Bottalico
• 153 Donne Wall
• 154 Omar Vizquel
• 155 Mike Mussina
• 156 Brant Brown
• 157 F.P. Santangelo
• 158 Ryan Hancock
• 159 Jeff D'Amico
• 160 Luis Castillo
• 161 Darin Erstad
• 162 Ugueth Urbina
• 163 Andruw Jones
• 164 Steve Gibralter
• 165 Robin Jennings
• 166 Mike Cameron
• 167 George Arias
• 168 Chris Stynes
• 169 Justin Thompson
• 170 Jamey Wright
• 171 Todd Walker
• 172 Nomar Garciaparra
• 173 Jose Paniagua
• 174 Marvin Benard
• 175 Rocky Coppinger
• 176 Quinton McCracken
• 177 Amaury Telemaco
• 178 Neifi Perez
• 179 Todd Greene
• 180 Jason Thompson
• 181 Wilton Guerrero
• 182 Edgar Renteria
• 183 Billy Wagner
• 184 Alex Ochoa
• 185 Dmitri Young
• 186 Kenny Lofton CLOUT
• 187 Andres Galarraga CLOUT
• 188 Chuck Knoblauch CLOUT
• 189 Greg Maddux CLOUT
• 190 Mo Vaughn CLOUT
• 191 Cal Ripken, Jr. CLOUT
• 192 Hideo Nomo CLOUT
• 193 Ken Griffey, Jr. CLOUT
• 194 Sammy Sosa CLOUT
• 195 Jay Buhner CLOUT
• 196 Manny Ramirez CLOUT
• 197 Matt Williams CLOUT
• 198 Andruw Jones CL
• 199 Darin Erstad CL
• 200 Trey Beamon CL

Parallels

All 200 base cards are available in the following Dufex parallels.

• Museum Collection
• Artist's Proof

Following a similar structure to the 1996 Finest brand, the Artist's Proof parallel was "fractured" into three different groups of cards; 125 Bronze, 50 Silver and 25 Gold. The Gold cards are scarcest with an announced print run of only 300 (non serial-numbered) copies, and silver cards are scarcer than bronze cards. Each group of cards is easy to identify by their bold color-specific backgrounds (i.e. gold cards have gold backgrounds). All three groups share the same Artist's Proof logo on front.

Press Plates

As a way to promote the new Press Plate concept, the actual plates used to print 1997 Pinnacle Baseball were distributed within sealed cases of 1997 New Pinnacle. The card backs contain a number, of which dealers were supposed to find a matching number on their actual cases. The one lucky dealer that was shipped a matching case and card combination won a special prize package for their shop.

Eight press plates for each card (four front plates and four back plates) were included for all 200 base cards plus all 10 Shades inserts.

Inserts

Team Pinnacle

For the sixth consecutive year, Pinnacle Brands selected an All-Star team of the best players in each league at each position on a ten-card, dual-fronted, all-Dufex set. The tenth card is a mosaic of all 18 players.

• 8 Juan Gonzalez / Gary Sheffield
• 7 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Ellis Burks
• 3 Ken Caminiti / Jim Thome
• 2 Chuck Knoblauch / Eric Young
• 1 Frank Thomas / Jeff Bagwell
• 4 Alex Rodriguez / Chipper Jones
• 5 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez
• 6 Barry Bonds / Albert Belle
• 9 John Smoltz / Andy Pettitte
• 10 All 18 players

Passport to the Majors

This 25-card set features players on a folding miniature passport card design and honors the rise to fame of some of the League's most high profile superstars.

• 1 Greg Maddux
• 2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 3 Frank Thomas
• 4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 5 Mike Piazza
• 6 Alex Rodriguez
• 7 Mo Vaughn
• 8 Chipper Jones
• 9 Roberto Alomar
• 10 Edgar Martinez
• 11 Javy Lopez
• 12 Ivan Rodriguez
• 13 Juan Gonzalez
• 14 Carlos Baerga
• 15 Sammy Sosa
• 16 Manny Ramirez
• 17 Raul Mondesi
• 18 Henry Rodriguez
• 19 Rafael Palmeiro
• 20 Rey Ordonez
• 21 Hideo Nomo
• 22 Mac Suzuki
• 23 Chan Ho Park
• 24 Larry Walker
• 25 Ruben Rivera

Cardfrontations

Exclusive to Hobby packs, this 20-card set features a top pitcher one side with a top home run hitter on the flip side. Both sides are covered with an opaque "peel and reveal" protective cover that must be removed.

• 20 Charles Nagy / Bernie Williams
• 19 Alex Rodriguez / Jack McDowell
• 18 Jeff Bagwell / Kevin Brown
• 16 Darin Erstad / John Wetteland
• 17 John Smoltz / Brian Jordan
• 15 Frank Thomas / Dwight Gooden
• 14 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Mariano Rivera
• 13 Ivan Rodriguez / Roger Clemens
• 12 Barry Bonds / Andy Benes
• 11 Mark Wohlers / Gary Sheffield
• 10 Jay Buhner / David Cone
• 8 Sammy Sosa / Ismael Valdes
• 7 Chipper Jones / Hideo Nomo
• 6 Albert Belle / Pat Hentgen
• 5 Juan Gonzalez / Andy Pettitte
• 4 Mark McGwire / Kevin Appier
• 3 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Randy Johnson
• 2 Tom Glavine / Ken Caminiti
• 1 Mike Piazza / Greg Maddux
• 9 Mike Mussina / Manny Ramirez

Shades

Exclusive to retail packs, this 10-card, die-cut, "mirror mylar" set feature the player's picture appearing in the lens of a pair of sunglasses.

• 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 2 Juan Gonzalez
• 3 John Smoltz
• 4 Gary Sheffield
• 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 6 Mo Vaughn
• 7 Brian Jordan
• 8 Mike Piazza
• 9 Frank Thomas
• 10 Alex Rodriguez

Home/Away

Exclusive to magazine packs, this 24-card set features 12 players on a card die-cut into the shape of the player's home of away jersey. The odd numbered cards represent the Away jersey, while the evens the Home.

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Chipper Jones
• 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 5 Mike Piazza
• 6 Mike Piazza
• 7 Frank Thomas
• 8 Frank Thomas
• 9 Jeff Bagwell
• 10 Jeff Bagwell
• 11 Alex Rodriguez
• 12 Alex Rodriguez
• 13 Barry Bonds
• 14 Barry Bonds
• 15 Mo Vaughn
• 16 Mo Vaughn
• 17 Derek Jeter
• 18 Derek Jeter
• 19 Mark McGwire
• 20 Mark McGwire
• 21 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 22 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 23 Albert Belle
• 24 Albert Belle