1998 Stadium Club

Description

1998 Stadium Club is a 400-card set released in two series of 200 cards. For some strange reason, Series One contained the odd numbered base cards and Series Two included even numbered cards.

Two separate Cal Ripken, Jr. Sound Chip cards were distributed as box toppers in Home Team Advantage boxes.

Subsets include: Prime Rookies (even-numbered 332-354), Future Stars (odd-numbered 361-379), Draft Picks (odd-numbered 381-399) and Transactions (even-numbered 356-400).

Distribution

Retail: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $2)

Hobby: 24 packs per box, nine cards per pack (MSRP: $3)

HTA: 11 packs plus one Cal Ripken, Jr. "Screenplay Sound Chip" card per box, 15 cards per pack (MSRP: $5)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	HTA Odds
Base	400	-	?	?	?
First Day Issue (ODD)	200	200	N/A	1:47	N/A
First Day Issue (EVEN)	200	200	N/A	1:42	N/A
One of a Kind (ODD)	200	150	1:21	N/A	1:13
One of a Kind (EVEN)	200	150	1:24	N/A	1:14
Printing Plates (ODD)	200	four for each	N/A	N/A	1:95
Printing Plates (EVEN)	200	four for each	N/A	N/A	1:86
In the Wings (ODD)	15	-	1:36	1:36	1:12
Never Compromise (ODD)	20	-	1:12	1:12	1:4
1998 Bowman Previews	20	-	1:12	1:12	1:4
Playing with Passion (EVEN)	10	-	1:12	1:12	1:4
Royal Court (EVEN)	20	-	1:36	1:36	1:12
Triumvirate Luminous	54	-	N/A	1:54	N/A
Triumvirate Luminescent	54	-	N/A	1:192	N/A
Triumvirate Illuminator	54	-	N/A	1:384	N/A
Co-Signers	36	-	varies	N/A	varies

Checklist

Promos

NOTE: This set is skip-numbered.

• PP5 Roger Clemens
• PP1 Derek Jeter
• PP3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• PP9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• PP7 Vladimir Guerrero
• PP11 Kevin Brown

Base Set

NOTE: Odd numbered cards (i.e. 1, 3, 5 ... 399) were in Series One packs, while even-numbered cards (2, 4, 6 ... 400) were in Series Two.

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Frank Thomas
• 3 Vladimir Guerrero
• 4 Ellis Burks
• 5 John Franco
• 6 Paul Molitor
• 7 Rusty Greer
• 8 Todd Hundley
• 9 Brett Tomko
• 10 Eric Karros
• 11 Mike Cameron
• 12 Jim Edmonds
• 13 Bernie Williams
• 14 Denny Neagle
• 15 Jason Dickson
• 16 Sammy Sosa
• 17 Brian Jordan
• 18 Jose Vidro
• 19 Scott Spiezio
• 20 Jay Buhner
• 21 Jim Thome
• 22 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 23 Livan Hernandez
• 24 Roberto Alomar
• 25 Chris Gomez
• 26 John Wetteland
• 27 Willie Greene
• 28 Gregg Jefferies
• 29 Johnny Damon
• 30 Barry Larkin
• 31 Chuck Knoblauch
• 32 Mo Vaughn
• 33 Tony Clark
• 34 Marty Cordova
• 35 Vinny Castilla
• 36 Jeff King
• 37 Reggie Jefferson
• 38 Mariano Rivera
• 39 Jermaine Allensworth
• 40 Livan Hernandez
• 41 Heathcliff Slocumb
• 42 Jacob Cruz
• 43 Barry Bonds
• 44 Dave Magadan
• 45 Chan Ho Park
• 46 Jeremi Gonzalez
• 47 Jeff Cirillo
• 48 Delino DeShields
• 49 Craig Biggio
• 50 Benito Santiago
• 51 Mark Clark
• 52 Fernando Vina
• 53 F.P. Santangelo
• 54 Pep Harris
• 55 Edgar Renteria
• 56 Jeff Bagwell
• 57 Jimmy Key
• 58 Bartolo Colon
• 59 Curt Schilling
• 60 Steve Finley
• 61 Andy Ashby
• 62 John Burkett
• 63 Orel Hershiser
• 64 Pokey Reese
• 65 Scott Servais
• 66 Todd Jones
• 67 Javy Lopez
• 68 Robin Ventura
• 69 Miguel Tejada
• 70 Raul Casanova
• 71 Reggie Sanders
• 72 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 73 Dean Palmer
• 74 Todd Stottlemyre
• 75 David Wells
• 76 Troy Percival
• 77 Albert Belle
• 78 Pat Hentgen
• 79 Brian Hunter
• 80 Richard Hidalgo
• 81 Darren Oliver
• 82 Mark Wohlers
• 83 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 84 Hideo Nomo
• 85 Derrek Lee
• 86 Stan Javier
• 87 Rey Ordonez
• 88 Randy Johnson
• 89 Jeff Kent
• 90 Brian McRae
• 91 Manny Ramirez
• 92 Trevor Hoffman
• 93 Doug Glanville
• 94 Todd Walker
• 95 Andy Benes
• 96 Jason Schmidt
• 97 Mike Matheny
• 98 Tim Naehring
• 99 Keith Lockhart
• 100 Jose Rosado
• 101 Roger Clemens
• 102 Pedro Astacio
• 103 Mark Bellhorn
• 104 Paul O'Neill
• 105 Darin Erstad
• 106 Mike Lieberthal
• 107 Wilson Alvarez
• 108 Mike Mussina
• 109 George Williams
• 110 Cliff Floyd
• 111 Shawn Estes
• 112 Mark Grudzielanek
• 113 Tony Gwynn
• 114 Alan Benes
• 115 Terry Steinbach
• 116 Greg Maddux
• 117 Andy Pettitte
• 118 Dave Nilsson
• 119 Deivi Cruz
• 120 Carlos Delgado
• 121 Scott Hatteberg
• 122 John Olerud
• 123 Todd Dunwoody
• 124 Garret Anderson
• 125 Royce Clayton
• 126 Dante Powell
• 127 Tom Glavine
• 128 Gary DiSarcina
• 129 Terry Adams
• 130 Raul Mondesi
• 131 Dan Wilson
• 132 Al Martin
• 133 Mickey Morandini
• 134 Rafael Palmeiro
• 135 Juan Encarnacion
• 136 Jim Pittsley
• 137 Magglio Ordonez RC
• 138 Will Clark
• 139 Todd Helton
• 140 Kelvim Escobar
• 141 Esteban Loaiza
• 142 John Jaha
• 143 Jeff Fassero
• 144 Harold Baines
• 145 Butch Huskey
• 146 Pat Meares
• 147 Brian Giles
• 148 Ramiro Mendoza
• 149 John Smoltz
• 150 Felix Martinez
• 151 Jose Valentin
• 152 Brad Rigby
• 153 Ed Sprague
• 154 Mike Hampton
• 155 Carlos Perez
• 156 Ray Lankford
• 157 Bobby Bonilla
• 158 Bill Mueller
• 159 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 160 Charles Nagy
• 161 Rich Loiselle RC
• 162 Al Leiter
• 163 Larry Walker
• 164 Chris Hoiles
• 165 Jeff Montgomery
• 166 Francisco Cordova
• 167 James Baldwin
• 168 Mark McLemore
• 169 Kevin Appier
• 170 Jamey Wright
• 171 Nomar Garciaparra
• 172 Matt Franco
• 173 Armando Benitez
• 174 Jeromy Burnitz
• 175 Ismael Valdes
• 176 Lance Johnson
• 177 Paul Sorrento
• 178 Rondell White
• 179 Kevin Elster
• 180 Jason Giambi
• 181 Carlos Baerga
• 182 Russ Davis
• 183 Ryan McGuire
• 184 Eric Young
• 185 Ron Gant
• 186 Manny Alexander
• 187 Scott Karl
• 188 Brady Anderson
• 189 Randall Simon
• 190 Tim Belcher
• 191 Jaret Wright
• 192 Dante Bichette
• 193 John Valentin
• 194 Darren Bragg
• 195 Mike Sweeney
• 196 Craig Counsell
• 197 Jaime Navarro
• 198 Todd Dunn
• 199 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 200 Juan Gonzalez
• 201 Billy Wagner
• 202 Tino Martinez
• 203 Mark McGwire
• 204 Jeff D'Amico
• 205 Rico Brogna
• 206 Todd Hollandsworth
• 207 Chad Curtis
• 208 Tom Goodwin
• 209 Neifi Perez
• 210 Derek Bell
• 211 Quilvio Veras
• 212 Greg Vaughn
• 213 Kirk Rueter
• 214 Arthur Rhodes
• 215 Cal Eldred
• 216 Bill Taylor
• 217 Todd Greene
• 218 Mario Valdez
• 219 Ricky Bottalico
• 220 Frank Rodriguez
• 221 Rich Becker
• 222 Roberto Duran RC
• 223 Ivan Rodriguez
• 224 Mike Jackson
• 225 Deion Sanders
• 226 Tony Womack
• 227 Mark Kotsay
• 228 Steve Trachsel
• 229 Ryan Klesko
• 230 Ken Cloude
• 231 Luis Gonzalez
• 232 Gary Gaetti
• 233 Michael Tucker
• 234 Shawn Green
• 235 Ariel Prieto
• 236 Kirt Manwaring
• 237 Omar Vizquel
• 238 Matt Beech
• 239 Justin Thompson
• 240 Bret Boone
• 241 Derek Jeter
• 242 Ken Caminiti
• 243 Jose Offerman
• 244 Kevin Tapani
• 245 Jason Kendall
• 246 Jose Guillen
• 247 Mike Bordick
• 248 Dustin Hermanson
• 249 Darrin Fletcher
• 250 Dave Hollins
• 251 Ramon Martinez
• 252 Hideki Irabu
• 253 Mark Grace
• 254 Jason Isringhausen
• 255 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 256 Brian Johnson
• 257 Brad Ausmus
• 258 Andruw Jones
• 259 Doug Jones
• 260 Jeff Shaw
• 261 Chuck Finley
• 262 Gary Sheffield
• 263 David Segui
• 264 John Smiley
• 265 Tim Salmon
• 266 J.T. Snow
• 267 Alex Fernandez
• 268 Matt Stairs
• 269 B.J. Surhoff
• 270 Keith Foulke
• 271 Edgar Martinez
• 272 Shannon Stewart
• 273 Eduardo Perez
• 274 Wally Joyner
• 275 Kevin Young
• 276 Eli Marrero
• 277 Brad Radke
• 278 Jamie Moyer
• 279 Joe Girardi
• 280 Troy O'Leary
• 281 Jeff Frye
• 282 Jose Offerman
• 283 Scott Erickson
• 284 Sean Berry
• 285 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• 286 Felix Heredia
• 287 Willie McGee
• 288 Alex Rodriguez
• 289 Ugueth Urbina
• 290 Jon Lieber
• 291 Fernando Tatis
• 292 Chris Stynes
• 293 Bernard Gilkey
• 294 Joey Hamilton
• 295 Matt Karchner
• 296 Paul Wilson
• 297 Damion Easley
• 298 Kevin Millwood RC
• 299 Ellis Burks
• 300 Jerry DiPoto
• 301 Jermaine Dye
• 302 Travis Lee
• 303 Ron Coomer
• 304 Matt Williams
• 305 Bob Higginson
• 306 Jorge Fabregas
• 307 Jon Nunnally
• 308 Jay Bell
• 309 Jason Schmidt
• 310 Andy Benes
• 311 Sterling Hitchcock
• 312 Jeff Suppan
• 313 Shane Reynolds
• 314 Willie Blair
• 315 Scott Rolen
• 316 Wilson Alvarez
• 317 Dave Justice
• 318 Fred McGriff
• 319 Bobby Jones
• 320 Wade Boggs
• 321 Tim Wakefield
• 322 Tony Saunders
• 323 David Cone
• 324 Roberto Hernandez
• 325 Jose Canseco
• 326 Kevin Stocker
• 327 Gerald Williams
• 328 Quinton McCracken
• 329 Mark Gardner
• 330 Ben Grieve
• 331 Kevin Brown
• 332 Mike Lowell RC
• 333 Jed Hansen
• 334 Abraham Nunez
• 335 John Thomson
• 336 Masato Yoshii RC
• 337 Mike Piazza
• 338 Brad Fullmer
• 339 Ray Durham
• 340 Kerry Wood
• 341 Kevin Polcovich
• 342 Russ Johnson
• 343 Darryl Hamilton
• 344 David Ortiz
• 345 Kevin Orie
• 346 Mike Caruso
• 347 Juan Guzman
• 348 Ruben Rivera
• 349 Rick Aguilera
• 350 Bobby Estalella
• 351 Bobby Witt
• 352 Paul Konerko
• 353 Matt Morris
• 354 Carl Pavano
• 355 Todd Zeile
• 356 Kevin Brown TR
• 357 Alex Gonzalez
• 358 Chuck Knoblauch TR
• 359 Joey Cora
• 360 Mike Lansing TR
• 361 Adrian Beltre FS
• 362 Dennis Eckersley TR
• 363 A.J. Hinch FS
• 364 Kenny Lofton TR
• 365 Alex Gonzalez FS
• 366 Henry Rodriguez TR
• 367 Mike Stoner FS RC*
• 368 Darryl Kile TR
• 369 Kevin McGlinchy FS
• 370 Walt Weiss TR
• 371 Kris Benson FS
• 372 Cecil Fielder TR
• 373 Dermal Brown FS
• 374 Rod Beck TR
• 375 Eric Milton FS
• 376 Travis Fryman TR
• 377 Preston Wilson FS
• 378 Chili Davis TR
• 379 Travis Lee FS
• 380 Jim Leyritz TR
• 381 Vernon Wells DP
• 382 Joe Carter TR
• 383 J.J. Davis DP
• 384 Marquis Grissom TR
• 385 Michael Cuddyer DP RC
• 386 Rickey Henderson TR
• 387 Chris Enochs DP RC*
• 388 Andres Galarraga TR
• 389 Jason Dellaero DP
• 390 Robb Nen TR
• 391 Mark Mangum DP
• 392 Jeff Blauser TR
• 393 Adam Kennedy DP
• 394 Bob Abreu TR
• 395 Jack Cust DP RC
• 396 Jose Vizcaino TR
• 397 Jon Garland DP
• 398 Pedro Martinez TR
• 399 Aaron Akin DP
• 400 Jeff Conine TR

Parallels

All 400 cards are available in the following parallels.

• First Day Issue (serial-numbered to 200 copies; exclusive to retail packs)
• One of a Kind (serial-numbered to 150 copies; exclusive to Hobby and HTA packs)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card; exclusive to HTA packs)

• W1 Juan Encarnacion
• W2 Brad Fullmer
• W3 Ben Grieve
• W4 Todd Helton
• W5 Richard Hidalgo
• W6 Russ Johnson
• W7 Paul Konerko
• W8 Mark Kotsay
• W9 Derrek Lee
• W10 Travis Lee
• W11 Eli Marrero
• W12 David Ortiz
• W13 Randall Simon
• W14 Shannon Stewart
• W15 Fernando Tatis

• NC1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• NC2 Ivan Rodriguez
• NC3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• NC4 Frank Thomas
• NC5 Tony Gwynn
• NC6 Mike Piazza
• NC7 Randy Johnson
• NC8 Greg Maddux
• NC9 Roger Clemens
• NC10 Derek Jeter
• NC11 Chipper Jones
• NC12 Barry Bonds
• NC13 Larry Walker
• NC14 Jeff Bagwell
• NC15 Barry Larkin
• NC16 Ken Caminiti
• NC17 Mark McGwire
• NC18 Manny Ramirez
• NC19 Tim Salmon
• NC20 Paul Molitor

1998 Bowman Previews

See 1998 Bowman.

• P1 Bernie Williams
• P2 Jim Edmonds
• P3 Chipper Jones
• P4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• P5 Craig Biggio
• P6 Juan Gonzalez
• P7 Alex Rodriguez
• P8 Tino Martinez
• P9 Mike Piazza
• P10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

• 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 2 Frank Thomas
• 3 Mike Piazza
• 4 Chipper Jones
• 5 Mark McGwire
• 6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 7 Jeff Bagwell
• 8 Barry Bonds
• 9 Juan Gonzalez
• 10 Alex Rodriguez
• 11 Travis Lee
• 12 Paul Konerko
• 13 Todd Helton
• 14 Ben Grieve
• 15 Mark Kotsay

Triumvirate

Trimuvirate is a 54-card die-cut set exclusive to retail packs. The set is grouped into 18, three-card "Triumvirates" (usually three players on the same team) with each individual card sequentially-numbered A, B, or C. Each card is die-cut so that when all three cards in a Triumvirate are together, they form one larger card. Triumvirates T1-T8 are exclusive to Series One, or "Odd," retail packs; while T9-T18 are in Even Series (Series Two) packs.

Each card is available in three different editions.

• Luminous (Chrome)
• Luminescent (Chrome Refractor)
• Illuminator (Chrome Atomic Refractor)

• T1A Chipper Jones
• T1B Andruw Jones
• T1C Kenny Lofton
• T2A Derek Jeter
• T2B Bernie Williams
• T2C Tino Martinez
• T3A Jay Buhner
• T3B Edgar Martinez
• T3C Ken Griffey, Jr.
• T4A Albert Belle
• T4B Robin Ventura
• T4C Frank Thomas
• T5A Brady Anderson
• T5B Cal Ripken, Jr.
• T5C Rafael Palmeiro
• T6A Mike Piazza
• T6B Raul Mondesi
• T6C Eric Karros
• T7A Vinny Castilla
• T7B Andres Galarraga
• T7C Larry Walker
• T8A Jim Thome
• T8B Manny Ramirez
• T8C Dave Justice
• T9A Mike Mussina
• T9B Greg Maddux
• T9C Randy Johnson
• T10A Mike Piazza
• T10B Sandy Alomar
• T10C Ivan Rodriguez
• T11A Mark McGwire
• T11B Tino Martinez
• T11C Frank Thomas
• T12A Roberto Alomar
• T12B Chuck Knoblauch
• T12C Craig Biggio
• T13A Cal Ripken, Jr.
• T13B Chipper Jones
• T13C Ken Caminiti
• T14A Derek Jeter
• T14B Nomar Garciaparra
• T14C Alex Rodriguez
• T15A Barry Bonds
• T15B Dave Justice
• T15C Albert Belle
• T16A Bernie Williams
• T16B Ken Griffey, Jr.
• T16C Ray Lankford
• T17A Tim Salmon
• T17B Larry Walker
• T17C Tony Gwynn
• T18A Paul Molitor
• T18B Edgar Martinez
• T18C Juan Gonzalez

Cal Ripken, Jr. Screenplays Sound Chips

Packed into every HTA box as a box topper, is a lenticular card of Cal Ripken. Built into the card is a speaker and microchip containing a brief (around 15 seconds) of audio play-by-play. Card "A" was inserted into every Odd Series HTA box, while card "B" was put into each Even Series HTA box.

• SC1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• SC2 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Autographs & Game-Used

Co-Signers

Exclusive to Hobby and HTA packs, this 36-card set features on-card autographs of two different players. Cards CS1-CS18 were in Odd Series packs, while CS19-CS36 were in the Even Series. Each player signed three different cards with three different players at three different scarcities. Group "A" cards are the scarcest while group "C" is the most available.

Sandy Alomar, Jr. told Beckett in 1998 that he and his brother Roberto signed only 25 copies of their group "A" card.

• CS36 Jaret Wright / Matt Morris B
• CS35 Randy Johnson / Matt Morris A
• CS34 Randy Johnson / Jaret Wright C
• CS33 Roger Clemens / Matt Morris C
• CS29 Todd Hundley / Robin Ventura B
• CS30 Tim Salmon / Robin Ventura A
• CS28 Todd Hundley / Tim Salmon C
• CS27 Tony Clark / Robin Ventura C
• CS26 Tony Clark / Tim Salmon B
• CS25 Tony Clark / Todd Hundley A
• CS24 Andy Pettitte / Tino Martinez A
• CS23 Roberto Alomar / Tino Martinez C
• CS22 Roberto Alomar / Andy Pettitte B
• CS21 Sandy Alomar, Jr. / Tino Martinez B
• CS20 Sandy Alomar, Jr. / Andy Pettitte C
• CS16 Larry Walker / Mark Grudzielanek B
• CS18 Andres Galarraga / Mark Grudzielanek A
• CS15 Tony Gwynn / Andres Galarraga B
• CS14 Tony Gwynn / Mark Grudzielanek C
• CS12 Mark Kotsay / Paul Konerko B
• CS13 Tony Gwynn / Larry Walker A
• CS11 Jose Cruz, Jr. / Paul Konerko C
• CS10 Jose Cruz, Jr. / Mark Kotsay A
• CS8 Travis Lee / Mark Kotsay C
• CS7 Travis Lee / Jose Cruz, Jr. B
• CS6 Derek Jeter / Eric Karros A
• CS5 Scott Rolen / Eric Karros B
• CS4 Scott Rolen / Derek Jeter C
• CS3 Nomar Garciaparra / Eric Karros C
• CS1 Nomar Garciaparra / Scott Rolen A
• CS2 Nomar Garciaparra / Derek Jeter B
• CS9 Travis Lee / Paul Konerko A
• CS17 Larry Walker / Andres Galarraga C
• CS19 Sandy Alomar, Jr. / Roberto Alomar A
• CS31 Roger Clemens / Randy Johnson B
• CS32 Roger Clemens / Jaret Wright A