1998 Pacific

Description

1998 Pacific is a 450-card set released in late 1997.

Distribution

36 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.49).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	450	-	?
Red Threatt	450	-	one per Wal-Mart-exclusive pack
Silver	450	-	one-per-pack
Platinum Blue	450	67	1:73
Latinos of the Major Leagues	36	-	2:37
Team Checklists	30	-	1:37
Gold Crown Die-Cuts	36	-	1:37
Home Run Hitters	20	-	1:73
In the Cage	20	-	1:145
Cramer's Choice	10	-	1:721

Checklist

Base Set

NOTE: During an October 2021 episode of his podcast, Dr. James Beckett revealed that, according to original production documents given to him by Pacific's previous owner Mike Cramer, 15 million 1998 Pacific Baseball base cards were produced. Assuming all base cards were printed in equal quantities, each base card is limited to 33,333 copies.

• 1 Luis Alicea
• 2 Garret Anderson
• 3 Jason Dickson
• 4 Gary DiSarcina
• 5 Jim Edmonds
• 6 Darin Erstad
• 7 Chuck Finley
• 8 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• 9 Rickey Henderson
• 10 Dave Hollins
• 11 Mark Langston
• 12 Orlando Palmeiro
• 13 Troy Percival
• 14 Tony Phillips
• 15 Tim Salmon
• 16 Allen Watson
• 17 Roberto Alomar
• 18 Brady Anderson
• 19 Harold Baines
• 20 Armando Benitez
• 21 Geronimo Berroa
• 22 Mike Bordick
• 23 Eric Davis
• 24 Scott Erickson
• 25 Chris Hoiles
• 26 Jimmy Key
• 27 Aaron Ledesma
• 28 Mike Mussina
• 29 Randy Myers
• 30 Jesse Orosco
• 31 Rafael Palmeiro
• 32 Jeff Reboulet
• 33 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 34 B.J. Surhoff
• 35 Steve Avery
• 36 Darren Bragg
• 37 Wil Cordero
• 38 Jeff Frye
• 39 Nomar Garciaparra
• 40 Tom Gordon
• 41 Bill Haselman
• 42 Scott Hatteberg
• 43 Butch Henry
• 44 Reggie Jefferson
• 45 Tim Naehring
• 46 Troy O'Leary
• 47 Jeff Suppan
• 48 John Valentin
• 49 Mo Vaughn
• 50 Tim Wakefield
• 51 James Baldwin
• 52 Albert Belle
• 53 Tony Castillo
• 54 Doug Drabek
• 55 Ray Durham
• 56 Jorge Fabregas
• 57 Ozzie Guillen
• 58 Matt Karchner
• 59 Norberto Martin
• 60 Dave Martinez
• 61 Lyle Mouton
• 62 Jaime Navarro
• 63 Frank Thomas
• 64 Mario Valdez
• 65 Robin Ventura
• 66 Sandy Alomar
• 67 Paul Assenmacher
• 68 Tony Fernandez
• 69 Brian Giles
• 70 Marquis Grissom
• 71 Orel Hershiser
• 72 Mike Jackson
• 73 Dave Justice
• 74 Albie Lopez
• 75 Jose Mesa
• 76 Charles Nagy
• 77 Chad Ogea
• 78 Manny Ramirez
• 79 Jim Thome
• 80 Omar Vizquel
• 81 Matt Williams
• 82 Jaret Wright
• 83 Willie Blair
• 84 Raul Casanova
• 85 Tony Clark
• 86 Deivi Cruz
• 87 Damion Easley
• 88 Travis Fryman
• 89 Bob Higginson
• 90 Brian L. Hunter
• 91 Todd Jones
• 92 Dan Miceli
• 93 Brian Moehler
• 94 Mel Nieves
• 95 Jody Reed
• 96 Justin Thompson
• 97 Bubba Trammell
• 98 Kevin Appier
• 99 Jay Bell
• 100 Yamil Benitez
• 101 Johnny Damon
• 102 Chili Davis
• 103 Jermaine Dye
• 104 Jed Hansen
• 105 Jeff King
• 106 Mike Macfarlane
• 107 Felix Martinez
• 108 Jeff Montgomery
• 109 Jose Offerman
• 110 Dean Palmer
• 111 Hipolito Pichardo
• 112 Jose Rosado
• 113 Jeromy Burnitz
• 114 Jeff Cirillo
• 115 Cal Eldred
• 116 John Jaha
• 117 Doug Jones
• 118 Scott Karl
• 119 Jesse Levis
• 120 Mark Loretta
• 121 Ben McDonald
• 122 Jose Mercedes
• 123 Matt Mieske
• 124 Dave Nilsson
• 125 Jose Valentin
• 126 Fernando Vina
• 127 Gerald Williams
• 128 Rick Aguilera
• 129 Rich Becker
• 130 Ron Coomer
• 131 Marty Cordova
• 132 Eddie Guardado
• 133 LaTroy Hawkins
• 134 Denny Hocking
• 135 Chuck Knoblauch
• 136 Matt Lawton
• 137 Pat Meares
• 138 Paul Molitor
• 139 David Ortiz
• 140 Brad Radke
• 141 Terry Steinbach
• 142 Bob Tewksbury
• 143 Javier Valentin
• 144 Wade Boggs
• 145 David Cone
• 146 Chad Curtis
• 147 Cecil Fielder
• 148 Joe Girardi
• 149 Dwight Gooden
• 150 Hideki Irabu
• 151 Derek Jeter
• 152 Tino Martinez
• 153 Ramiro Mendoza
• 154 Paul O'Neill
• 155 Andy Pettitte
• 156 Jorge Posada
• 157 Mariano Rivera
• 158 Rey Sanchez
• 159 Luis Sojo
• 160 David Wells
• 161 Bernie Williams
• 162 Rafael Bournigal
• 163 Scott Brosius
• 164 Jose Canseco
• 165 Jason Giambi
• 166 Ben Grieve
• 167 Dave Magadan
• 168 Brent Mayne
• 169 Jason McDonald
• 170 Izzy Molina
• 171 Ariel Prieto
• 172 Carlos Reyes
• 173 Scott Spiezio
• 174 Matt Stairs
• 175 Bill Taylor
• 176 Dave Telgheder
• 177 Steve Wojciechowski
• 178 Rich Amaral
• 179 Bobby Ayala
• 180 Jay Buhner
• 181 Rafael Carmona
• 182 Ken Cloude
• 183 Joey Cora
• 184 Russ Davis
• 185 Jeff Fassero
• 186 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 187 Raul Ibanez
• 188 Randy Johnson
• 189 Roberto Kelly
• 190 Edgar Martinez
• 191 Jamie Moyer
• 192 Omar Olivares
• 193 Alex Rodriguez
• 194 Heathcliff Slocumb
• 195 Paul Sorrento
• 196 Dan Wilson
• 197 Scott Bailes
• 198 John Burkett
• 199 Domingo Cedeno
• 200 Will Clark
• 201 Hanley Frias
• 202 Juan Gonzalez
• 203 Tom Goodwin
• 204 Rusty Greer
• 205 Wilson Heredia
• 206 Darren Oliver
• 207 Bill Ripken
• 208 Ivan Rodriguez
• 209 Lee Stevens
• 210 Fernando Tatis
• 211 John Wetteland
• 212 Bobby Witt
• 213 Jacob Brumfield
• 214 Joe Carter
• 215 Roger Clemens
• 216 Felipe Crespo
• 217 Jose Cruz
• 218 Carlos Delgado
• 219 Mariano Duncan
• 220 Carlos Garcia
• 221 Alex Gonzalez
• 222 Juan Guzman
• 223 Pat Hentgen
• 224 Orlando Merced
• 225 Tomas Perez
• 226 Paul Quantrill
• 227 Benito Santiago
• 228 Woody Williams
• 229 Rafael Belliard
• 230 Jeff Blauser
• 231 Pedro Borbon
• 232 Tom Glavine
• 233 Tony Graffanino
• 234 Andruw Jones
• 235 Chipper Jones
• 236 Ryan Klesko
• 237 Mark Lemke
• 238 Kenny Lofton
• 239 Javy Lopez
• 240 Fred McGriff
• 241 Greg Maddux
• 242 Denny Neagle
• 243 John Smoltz
• 244 Michael Tucker
• 245 Mark Wohlers
• 246 Manny Alexander
• 247 Miguel Batista
• 248 Mark Clark
• 249 Doug Glanville
• 250 Jeremi Gonzalez
• 251 Mark Grace
• 252 Jose Hernandez
• 253 Lance Johnson
• 254 Brooks Kieschnick
• 255 Kevin Orie
• 256 Ryne Sandberg
• 257 Scott Servais
• 258 Sammy Sosa
• 259 Kevin Tapani
• 260 Ramon Tatis
• 261 Bret Boone
• 262 Dave Burba
• 263 Brook Fordyce
• 264 Willie Greene
• 265 Barry Larkin
• 266 Pedro A. Martinez
• 267 Hal Morris
• 268 Joe Oliver
• 269 Eduardo Perez
• 270 Pokey Reese
• 271 Felix Rodriguez
• 272 Deion Sanders
• 273 Reggie Sanders
• 274 Jeff Shaw
• 275 Scott Sullivan
• 276 Brett Tomko
• 277 Roger Bailey
• 278 Dante Bichette
• 279 Ellis Burks
• 280 Vinny Castilla
• 281 Frank Castillo
• 282 Mike DeJean RC
• 283 Andres Galarraga
• 284 Darren Holmes
• 285 Kirt Manwaring
• 286 Quinton McCracken
• 287 Neifi Perez
• 288 Steve Reed
• 289 John Thomson
• 290 Larry Walker
• 291 Walt Weiss
• 292 Kurt Abbott
• 293 Antonio Alfonseca
• 294 Moises Alou
• 295 Alex Arias
• 296 Bobby Bonilla
• 297 Kevin Brown
• 298 Craig Counsell
• 299 Darren Daulton
• 300 Jim Eisenreich
• 301 Alex Fernandez
• 302 Felix Heredia
• 303 Livan Hernandez
• 304 Charles Johnson
• 305 Al Leiter
• 306 Robb Nen
• 307 Edgar Renteria
• 308 Gary Sheffield
• 309 Devon White
• 310 Bob Abreu
• 311 Brad Ausmus
• 312 Jeff Bagwell
• 313 Derek Bell
• 314 Sean Berry
• 315 Craig Biggio
• 316 Ramon Garcia
• 317 Luis Gonzalez
• 318 Ricky Gutierrez
• 319 Mike Hampton
• 320 Richard Hidalgo
• 321 Thomas Howard
• 322 Darryl Kile
• 323 Jose Lima
• 324 Shane Reynolds
• 325 Bill Spiers
• 326 Tom Candiotti
• 327 Roger Cedeno
• 328 Greg Gagne
• 329 Karim Garcia
• 330 Wilton Guerrero
• 331 Todd Hollandsworth
• 332 Eric Karros
• 333 Ramon Martinez
• 334 Raul Mondesi
• 335 Otis Nixon
• 336 Hideo Nomo
• 337 Antonio Osuna
• 338 Chan Ho Park
• 339 Mike Piazza
• 340 Dennis Reyes
• 341 Ismael Valdes
• 342 Todd Worrell
• 343 Todd Zeile
• 344 Darrin Fletcher
• 345 Mark Grudzielanek
• 346 Vladimir Guerrero
• 347 Dustin Hermanson
• 348 Mike Lansing
• 349 Pedro Martinez
• 350 Ryan McGuire
• 351 Jose Paniagua
• 352 Carlos Perez
• 353 Henry Rodriguez
• 354 F.P. Santangelo
• 355 David Segui
• 356 Ugueth Urbina
• 357 Marc Valdes
• 358 Jose Vidro
• 359 Rondell White
• 360 Juan Acevedo
• 361 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 362 Carlos Baerga
• 363 Carl Everett
• 364 John Franco
• 365 Bernard Gilkey
• 366 Todd Hundley
• 367 Butch Huskey
• 368 Bobby Jones
• 369 Takashi Kashiwada RC
• 370 Greg McMichael
• 371 Brian McRae
• 372 Alex Ochoa
• 373 John Olerud
• 374 Rey Ordonez
• 375 Turk Wendell
• 376 Ricky Bottalico
• 377 Rico Brogna
• 378 Lenny Dykstra
• 379 Bobby Estalella
• 380 Wayne Gomes
• 381 Tyler Green
• 382 Gregg Jefferies
• 383 Mark Leiter
• 384 Mike Lieberthal
• 385 Mickey Morandini
• 386 Scott Rolen
• 387 Curt Schilling
• 388 Kevin Stocker
• 389 Danny Tartabull
• 390 Jermaine Allensworth
• 391 Adrian Brown
• 392 Jason Christiansen
• 393 Steve Cooke
• 394 Francisco Cordova
• 395 Jose Guillen
• 396 Jason Kendall
• 397 Jon Lieber
• 398 Esteban Loaiza
• 399 Al Martin
• 400 Kevin Polcovich
• 401 Joe Randa
• 402 Ricardo Rincon
• 403 Tony Womack
• 404 Kevin Young
• 405 Andy Benes
• 406 Royce Clayton
• 407 Delino DeShields
• 408 Mike Difelice
• 409 Dennis Eckersley
• 410 John Frascatore
• 411 Gary Gaetti
• 412 Ron Gant
• 413 Brian Jordan
• 414 Ray Lankford
• 415 Willie McGee
• 416 Mark McGwire
• 417 Matt Morris
• 418 Luis Ordaz
• 419 Todd Stottlemyre
• 420 Andy Ashby
• 421 Jim Bruske
• 422 Ken Caminiti
• 423 Will Cunnane
• 424 Steve Finley
• 425 John Flaherty
• 426 Chris Gomez
• 427 Tony Gwynn
• 428 Joey Hamilton
• 429 Carlos Hernandez
• 430 Sterling Hitchcock
• 431 Trevor Hoffman
• 432 Wally Joyner
• 433 Greg Vaughn
• 434 Quilvio Veras
• 435 Wilson Alvarez
• 436 Rod Beck
• 437 Barry Bonds
• 438 Jacob Cruz
• 439 Shawn Estes
• 440 Darryl Hamilton
• 441 Roberto Hernandez
• 442 Glenallen Hill
• 443 Stan Javier
• 444 Brian Johnson
• 445 Jeff Kent
• 446 Bill Mueller
• 447 Kirk Rueter
• 448 J.T. Snow
• 449 Julian Tavarez
• 450 Jose Vizcaino

Parallels

All 450 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Red Threatt (exclusive to packs sold at Wal-Mart)
• Silver
• Platinum Blue (announced print run of 67 copies, not serially numbered)

Inserts

Latinos of the Major Leagues

• 1 Andruw Jones
• 2 Javy Lopez
• 3 Roberto Alomar
• 4 Geronimo Berroa
• 5 Rafael Palmeiro
• 6 Nomar Garciaparra
• 7 Sammy Sosa
• 8 Ozzie Guillen
• 9 Sandy Alomar
• 10 Manny Ramirez
• 11 Omar Vizquel
• 12 Vinny Castilla
• 13 Andres Galarraga
• 14 Moises Alou
• 15 Bobby Bonilla
• 16 Livan Hernandez
• 17 Edgar Renteria
• 18 Wilton Guerrero
• 19 Raul Mondesi
• 20 Ismael Valdes
• 21 Fernando Vina
• 22 Pedro Martinez
• 23 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 24 Carlos Baerga
• 25 Rey Ordonez
• 26 Tino Martinez
• 27 Mariano Rivera
• 28 Bernie Williams
• 29 Jose Canseco
• 30 Joey Cora
• 31 Roberto Kelly
• 32 Edgar Martinez
• 33 Alex Rodriguez
• 34 Juan Gonzalez
• 35 Ivan Rodriguez
• 36 Jose Cruz

Team Checklists

• 1 Tim Salmon / Jim Edmonds
• 2 Cal Ripken / Roberto Alomar
• 3 Nomar Garciaparra / Mo Vaughn
• 4 Frank Thomas / Albert Belle
• 5 Sandy Alomar
• 6 Justin Thompson / Tony Clark
• 7 Johnny Damon / Jermaine Dye
• 8 Dave Nilsson / Jeff Cirillo
• 9 Paul Molitor / Chuck Knoblauch
• 10 Tino Martinez / Derek Jeter
• 11 Ben Grieve / Jose Canseco
• 12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 13 Juan Gonzalez / Ivan Rodriguez
• 14 Jose Cruz
• 15 Greg Maddux / Chipper Jones
• 16 Sammy Sosa / Mark Grace
• 17 Barry Larkin / Deion Sanders
• 18 Larry Walker / Andres Galarraga
• 19 Moises Alou / Bobby Bonilla
• 20 Jeff Bagwell / Craig Biggio
• 21 Mike Piazza / Hideo Nomo
• 22 Pedro Martinez / Henry Rodriguez
• 23 Rey Ordonez / Carlos Baerga
• 24 Curt Schilling / Scott Rolen
• 25 Al Martin / Tony Womack
• 26 Mark McGwire / Dennis Eckersley
• 27 Tony Gwynn / Wally Joyner
• 28 Barry Bonds / J.T. Snow
• 29 Matt Williams / Jay Bell
• 30 Fred McGriff / Roberto Hernandez

Gold Crown Die-Cuts

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Greg Maddux
• 3 Denny Neagle
• 4 Roberto Alomar
• 5 Rafael Palmeiro
• 6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 7 Nomar Garciaparra
• 8 Mo Vaughn
• 9 Frank Thomas
• 10 Sandy Alomar
• 11 Dave Justice
• 12 Manny Ramirez
• 13 Andres Galarraga
• 14 Larry Walker
• 15 Moises Alou
• 16 Livan Hernandez
• 17 Gary Sheffield
• 18 Jeff Bagwell
• 19 Raul Mondesi
• 20 Hideo Nomo
• 21 Mike Piazza
• 22 Derek Jeter
• 23 Tino Martinez
• 24 Bernie Williams
• 25 Ben Grieve
• 26 Mark McGwire
• 27 Tony Gwynn
• 28 Barry Bonds
• 29 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 30 Randy Johnson
• 31 Edgar Martinez
• 32 Alex Rodriguez
• 33 Juan Gonzalez
• 34 Ivan Rodriguez
• 35 Roger Clemens
• 36 Jose Cruz

Home Run Hitters

• 1 Rafael Palmeiro
• 2 Mo Vaughn
• 3 Sammy Sosa
• 4 Albert Belle
• 5 Frank Thomas
• 6 Dave Justice
• 7 Jim Thome
• 8 Matt Williams
• 9 Vinny Castilla
• 10 Andres Galarraga
• 11 Larry Walker
• 12 Jeff Bagwell
• 13 Mike Piazza
• 14 Tino Martinez
• 15 Mark McGwire
• 16 Barry Bonds
• 17 Jay Buhner
• 18 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 19 Alex Rodriguez
• 20 Juan Gonzalez

In the Cage

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Roberto Alomar
• 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 4 Nomar Garciaparra
• 5 Frank Thomas
• 6 Sandy Alomar
• 7 Dave Justice
• 8 Larry Walker
• 9 Bobby Bonilla
• 10 Mike Piazza
• 11 Tino Martinez
• 12 Bernie Williams
• 13 Mark McGwire
• 14 Tony Gwynn
• 15 Barry Bonds
• 16 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 17 Edgar Martinez
• 18 Alex Rodriguez
• 19 Juan Gonzalez
• 20 Ivan Rodriguez

Cramer's Choice

NOTE: This set is not to be confused with an insert also called Cramer's Choice in 1998 Pacific Invincible.

• 1 Greg Maddux
• 2 Roberto Alomar
• 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 4 Nomar Garciaparra
• 5 Larry Walker
• 6 Mike Piazza
• 7 Mark McGwire
• 8 Tony Gwynn
• 9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 10 Roger Clemens

Tony Gwynn NSCC

This Tony Gwynn card was distributed to attendees of the 1998 National Sports Collectors Convention. Only 1000 copies were produced, although the card is NOT serial-numbered.

Pacific (flagship)
1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001
Crown Collection: 1999 - 2000