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==Base Set==
 
==Base Set==
  
1 Darin Erstad
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Black Diamond') AND (num < 91);
2 Tim Salmon
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3 Jim Edmonds
 
 
 
4 Matt Williams
 
 
 
5 David Dellucci
 
 
 
6 Jay Bell
 
 
 
7 Andres Galarraga
 
 
 
8 Chipper Jones
 
 
 
9 Greg Maddux
 
 
 
10 Andruw Jones
 
 
 
11 Cal Ripken Jr.
 
 
 
12 Rafael Palmeiro
 
 
 
13 Brady Anderson
 
 
 
14 Mike Mussina
 
 
 
15 Nomar Garciaparra
 
 
 
16 Mo Vaughn
 
 
 
17 Pedro Martinez
 
 
 
18 Sammy Sosa
 
 
 
19 Henry Rodriguez
 
 
 
20 Frank Thomas
 
 
 
21 Magglio Ordonez
 
 
 
22 Albert Belle
 
 
 
23 Paul Konerko
 
 
 
24 Sean Casey
 
 
 
25 Jim Thome
 
 
 
26 Kenny Lofton
 
 
 
27 Sandy Alomar Jr.
 
 
 
28 Jaret Wright
 
 
 
29 Larry Walker
 
 
 
30 Todd Helton
 
 
 
31 Vinny Castilla
 
 
 
32 Tony Clark
 
 
 
33 Damion Easley
 
 
 
34 Mark Kotsay
 
 
 
35 Derek Lee
 
 
 
36 Moises Alou
 
 
 
37 Jeff Bagwell
 
 
 
38 Craig Biggio
 
 
 
39 Randy Johnson
 
 
 
40 Dean Palmer
 
 
 
41 Johnny Damon
 
 
 
42 Chan Ho Park
 
 
 
43 Raul Mondesi
 
 
 
44 Gary Sheffield
 
 
 
45 Jeromy Burnitz
 
 
 
46 Marquis Grissom
 
 
 
47 Jeff Cirillo
 
 
 
48 Paul Molitor
 
 
 
49 Todd Walker
 
 
 
50 Vladimir Guerrero
 
 
 
51 Brad Fullmer
 
 
 
52 Mike Piazza
 
 
 
53 Hideo Nomo
 
 
 
54 Carlos Baerga
 
 
 
55 John Olerud
 
 
 
56 Derek Jeter
 
 
 
57 Hideki Irabu
 
 
 
58 Tino Martinez
 
 
 
59 Bernie Williams
 
 
 
60 Miguel Tejada
 
 
 
61 Ben Grieve
 
 
 
62 Jason Giambi
 
 
 
63 Scott Rolen
 
 
 
64 Doug Glanville
 
 
 
65 Desi Relaford
 
 
 
66 Tony Womack
 
 
 
67 Jason Kendall
 
 
 
68 Jose Guillen
 
 
 
69 Tony Gwynn
 
 
 
70 Ken Caminiti
 
 
 
71 Greg Vaughn
 
 
 
72 Kevin Brown
 
 
 
73 Barry Bonds
 
 
 
74 J.T. Snow
 
 
 
75 Jeff Kent
 
 
 
76 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
 
 
77 Alex Rodriguez
 
 
 
78 Edgar Martinez
 
 
 
79 Jay Buhner
 
 
 
80 Mark McGwire
 
 
 
81 Delino DeShields
 
 
 
82 Brian Jordan
 
 
 
83 Quinton McCracken
 
 
 
84 Fred McGriff
 
 
 
85 Juan Gonzalez
 
 
 
86 Ivan Rodriguez
 
 
 
87 Will Clark
 
 
 
88 Roger Clemens
 
 
 
89 Jose Cruz Jr.
 
 
 
90 Babe Ruth
 
 
 
 
===Diamond Debut===
 
===Diamond Debut===
  
91 Troy Glaus
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Black Diamond') AND (num > 90);
 +
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==Parallels==
  
92 Jarrod Washburn
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Each base card is available in one of three "Diamond" parallels: Double, Triple, and Quadruple.  Each is serial-numbered to the following production figures EXCEPT the cards of Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Mark McGwire.
  
93 Travis Lee
+
* Double (Red foil): short set, 3000; Debuts, 2500
 +
* Triple (Yellow foil): short set, 1500; Debuts, 1000
 +
* Quadruple (Green foil): short set, 150; Debuts, 100
  
94 Bruce Chen
+
For Sosa, Griffey, and McGwire their Double, Triple, and Quadruple Diamond parallels are as follows.
  
95 Mike Caruso
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* Double (serial-numbered to 1998)
 +
* Triple (Sosa: 273 copies, Griffey: 350, McGwire: 457)
 +
* Quadruple (Sosa: 66 copies, Griffey: 56, McGwire: 70)
  
96 Jim Parque
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The Triple Diamonds were serial-numbered to their career home run total after the 1998 season.  The Quadruple Diamonds were numbered to their 1998 season home run total.
 
 
97 Kerry Wood
 
 
 
98 Jeremy Giambi
 
 
 
99 Matt Anderson
 
 
 
100 Seth Greisinger
 
 
 
101 Gabe Alvarez
 
 
 
102 Rafael Medina
 
 
 
103 Daryle Ward
 
 
 
104 Alex Cora
 
 
 
105 Adrian Beltre
 
 
 
106 Geoff Jenkins
 
 
 
107 Eric Milton
 
 
 
108 Carl Pavano
 
 
 
109 Eric Chavez
 
 
 
110 Orlando Hernandez
 
 
 
111 A.J. Hinch
 
 
 
112 Carlton Loewer
 
 
 
113 Aramis Ramirez
 
 
 
114 Cliff Politte
 
 
 
115 Matt Clement
 
 
 
116 Alex Gonzalez
 
 
 
117 J.D. Drew
 
 
 
118 Shane Monahan
 
 
 
119 Rolando Arrojo
 
 
 
120 George Lombard
 
 
 
==Parallels==
 
 
 
Black Diamond Double (Red, serial-numbered to 3,000)
 
 
 
Black Diamond Triple (Yellow, serial-numbered to 1,500)
 
 
 
Black Diamond Quadruple (Green, serial-numbered to 150)
 
  
 
==Inserts==
 
==Inserts==
  
 
===Diamond Dominance===
 
===Diamond Dominance===
'''Each Card #'d to 1500'''
 
Parallels include: Emerald
 
 
D01 Kerry Wood
 
 
D02 Derek Jeter
 
 
D03 Alex Rodriguez
 
 
D04 Frank Thomas
 
 
D05 Jeff Bagwell
 
 
D06 Mo Vaughn
 
 
D07 Ivan Rodriguez
 
 
D08 Cal Ripken Jr.
 
  
D09 Rolando Arrojo
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Each Diamond Dominance card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies, with a one-of-one Emerald parallel also available.
 
 
D10 Chipper Jones
 
 
 
D11 Kenny Lofton
 
 
 
D12 Paul Konerko
 
 
 
D13 Mike Piazza
 
 
 
D14 Ben Grieve
 
 
 
D15 Nomar Garciaparra
 
 
 
D16 Travis Lee
 
 
 
D17 Scott Rolen
 
 
 
D18 Juan Gonzalez
 
 
 
D19 Tony Gwynn
 
 
 
D20 Tony Clark
 
 
 
D21 Roger Clemens
 
 
 
D22 Sammy Sosa
 
 
 
D23 Larry Walker
 
 
 
D24 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
 
 
D25 Mark McGwire
 
 
 
D26 Barry Bonds
 
 
 
D27 Vladimir Guerrero
 
 
 
D28 Tino Martinez
 
 
 
D29 Greg Maddux
 
 
 
D30 Babe Ruth
 
  
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Black Diamond Dominance');
 +
</sql2wiki>
 
===Mystery Numbers===
 
===Mystery Numbers===
  
Parallels include: Emerald
+
Each Mystery Numbers card is serial-numbered based on its sequential number in the set multiplied by 100. For example card #M1 is serial-numbered to 100 copies, card #M14 is numbered to 1400, et al.  Each card is also available in an Emerald parallel which is serial-numbered to its set sequential number.
 
 
Print runs vary for each card and are listed below (Regular, Emerald)
 
 
 
M01 Babe Ruth (100, 1)
 
 
 
M02 Ken Griffey Jr. (200, 2)
 
 
 
M03 Kerry Wood (300, 3)
 
 
 
M04 Mark McGwire (400, 4)
 
 
 
M05 Alex Rodriguez (500, 5)
 
 
 
M06 Chipper Jones (600, 6)
 
 
 
M07 Nomar Garciaparra (700, 7)
 
 
 
M08 Derek Jeter (800, 8)
 
 
 
M09 Mike Piazza (900, 9)
 
 
 
M10 Roger Clemens (1,000, 10)
 
 
 
M11 Greg Maddux (1,100, 11)
 
 
 
M12 Scott Rolen (1,200, 12)
 
 
 
M13 Cal Ripken Jr. (1,300, 13)
 
 
 
M14 Ben Grieve (1,400, 14)
 
 
 
M15 Troy Glaus (1,500, 15)
 
 
 
M16 Sammy Sosa (1,600, 16)
 
 
 
M17 Darin Erstad (1,700, 17)
 
 
 
M18 Juan Gonzalez (1,800, 18)
 
 
 
M19 Pedro Martinez (1,900, 19)
 
 
 
M20 Larry Walker (2,000, 20)
 
 
 
M21 Vladimir Guerrero (2,100, 21)
 
 
 
M22 Jeff Bagwell (2,200, 22)
 
 
 
M23 Jaret Wright (2,300, 23)
 
 
 
M24 Travis Lee (2,400, 24)
 
 
 
M25 Barry Bonds (2,500, 25)
 
 
 
M26 Orlando Hernandez (2,600, 26)
 
 
 
M27 Frank Thomas (2,700, 27)
 
 
 
M28 Tony Gwynn (2,800, 28)
 
 
 
M29 Andres Galarraga (2,900, 29)
 
 
 
M30 Craig Biggio (3,000, 30)
 
  
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SELECT num,player,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Black Diamond Mystery Numbers');
 +
</sql2wiki>
 
==Autographs & Game-Used==
 
==Autographs & Game-Used==
  
 
===A Piece of History===
 
===A Piece of History===
  
BW Bernie Williams
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Although each A Piece of History bat card is not serial-numbered, Upper Deck stated that only 350 copies of each were produced.  Shortly before this product's release, Mark McGwire publicly stated his disapproval with Upper Deck cutting up one of his bats for this set.  It would be years before another McGwire game-used card would be produced.
 
 
JG Juan Gonzalez
 
 
 
MM Mark McGwire
 
 
 
MV Mo Vaughn
 
 
 
SS Sammy Sosa
 
 
 
TG Tony Gwynn
 
 
 
 
 
  
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Black Diamond A Piece of History');
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</sql2wiki>
 
[[Category:Upper Deck]]
 
[[Category:Upper Deck]]
 
[[Category:1999]]
 
[[Category:1999]]

Revision as of 16:35, 10 March 2015

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1999 Black Diamond hobby box

Description

1999 Black Diamond is a 120-card set released by Upper Deck in December, 1998. The last 30 cards in the base set make up a "Diamond Debuts" subset, which is short-printed. There are no rookie cards in the set.

Distribution

Hobby: 30 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 120 - ? ?
short set 90 - ? ?
Diamond Debut 30 - 1:4 ?
Double Diamond short set 90 3000 ? ?
Double Diamond Debut Debut 30 2500 ? ?
Triple Diamond short set 90 1500 ? ?
Triple Diamond Debut 30 1000 ? ?
Quadruple Diamond short set 90 150 ? ?
Quadruple Diamond Debut 30 100 ? ?
Diamond Dominance 30 1500 ? ?
Diamond Dominance Emerald 30 one-of-one ? ?
Mystery Numbers 30 varies ? ?
Mystery Numbers Emerald 30 varies ? ?
A Piece of History 6 350 ? ?

Checklist

Base Set

  • 1 Darin Erstad
  • 2 Tim Salmon
  • 3 Jim Edmonds
  • 4 Matt Williams
  • 5 David Dellucci
  • 6 Jay Bell
  • 7 Andres Galarraga
  • 8 Chipper Jones
  • 9 Greg Maddux
  • 10 Andruw Jones
  • 11 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 12 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 13 Brady Anderson
  • 14 Mike Mussina
  • 15 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 16 Mo Vaughn
  • 17 Pedro Martinez
  • 18 Sammy Sosa
  • 19 Henry Rodriguez
  • 20 Frank Thomas
  • 21 Magglio Ordonez
  • 22 Albert Belle
  • 23 Paul Konerko
  • 24 Sean Casey
  • 25 Jim Thome
  • 26 Kenny Lofton
  • 27 Sandy Alomar
  • 28 Jaret Wright
  • 29 Larry Walker
  • 30 Todd Helton
  • 31 Vinny Castilla
  • 32 Tony Clark
  • 33 Damion Easley
  • 34 Mark Kotsay
  • 35 Derrek Lee
  • 36 Moises Alou
  • 37 Jeff Bagwell
  • 38 Craig Biggio
  • 39 Randy Johnson
  • 40 Dean Palmer
  • 41 Johnny Damon
  • 42 Chan Ho Park
  • 43 Raul Mondesi
  • 44 Gary Sheffield
  • 45 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 46 Marquis Grissom
  • 47 Jeff Cirillo
  • 48 Paul Molitor
  • 49 Todd Walker
  • 50 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 51 Brad Fullmer
  • 52 Mike Piazza
  • 53 Hideo Nomo
  • 54 Carlos Baerga
  • 55 John Olerud
  • 56 Derek Jeter
  • 57 Hideki Irabu
  • 58 Tino Martinez
  • 59 Bernie Williams
  • 60 Miguel Tejada
  • 61 Ben Grieve
  • 62 Jason Giambi
  • 63 Scott Rolen
  • 64 Doug Glanville
  • 65 Desi Relaford
  • 66 Tony Womack
  • 67 Jason Kendall
  • 68 Jose Guillen
  • 69 Tony Gwynn
  • 70 Ken Caminiti
  • 71 Greg Vaughn
  • 72 Kevin Brown
  • 73 Barry Bonds
  • 74 J.T. Snow
  • 75 Jeff Kent
  • 76 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 77 Alex Rodriguez
  • 78 Edgar Martinez
  • 79 Jay Buhner
  • 80 Mark McGwire
  • 81 Delino DeShields
  • 82 Brian Jordan
  • 83 Quinton McCracken
  • 84 Fred McGriff
  • 85 Juan Gonzalez
  • 86 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 87 Will Clark
  • 88 Roger Clemens
  • 89 Jose Cruz
  • 90 Babe Ruth

Diamond Debut

  • 91 Troy Glaus
  • 92 Jarrod Washburn
  • 93 Travis Lee
  • 94 Bruce Chen
  • 95 Mike Caruso
  • 96 Jim Parque
  • 97 Kerry Wood
  • 98 Jeremy Giambi
  • 99 Matt Anderson
  • 100 Seth Greisinger
  • 101 Gabe Alvarez
  • 102 Rafael Medina
  • 103 Daryle Ward
  • 104 Alex Cora
  • 105 Adrian Beltre
  • 106 Geoff Jenkins
  • 107 Eric Milton
  • 108 Carl Pavano
  • 109 Eric Chavez
  • 110 Orlando Hernandez
  • 111 A.J. Hinch
  • 112 Carlton Loewer
  • 113 Aramis Ramirez
  • 114 Cliff Politte
  • 115 Matt Clement
  • 116 Alex Gonzalez
  • 117 J.D. Drew
  • 118 Shane Monahan
  • 119 Rolando Arrojo
  • 120 George Lombard

Parallels

Each base card is available in one of three "Diamond" parallels: Double, Triple, and Quadruple. Each is serial-numbered to the following production figures EXCEPT the cards of Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Mark McGwire.

  • Double (Red foil): short set, 3000; Debuts, 2500
  • Triple (Yellow foil): short set, 1500; Debuts, 1000
  • Quadruple (Green foil): short set, 150; Debuts, 100

For Sosa, Griffey, and McGwire their Double, Triple, and Quadruple Diamond parallels are as follows.

  • Double (serial-numbered to 1998)
  • Triple (Sosa: 273 copies, Griffey: 350, McGwire: 457)
  • Quadruple (Sosa: 66 copies, Griffey: 56, McGwire: 70)

The Triple Diamonds were serial-numbered to their career home run total after the 1998 season. The Quadruple Diamonds were numbered to their 1998 season home run total.

Inserts

Diamond Dominance

Each Diamond Dominance card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies, with a one-of-one Emerald parallel also available.

  • D1 Kerry Wood
  • D2 Derek Jeter
  • D3 Alex Rodriguez
  • D4 Frank Thomas
  • D5 Jeff Bagwell
  • D6 Mo Vaughn
  • D7 Ivan Rodriguez
  • D8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • D9 Rolando Arrojo
  • D10 Chipper Jones
  • D11 Kenny Lofton
  • D12 Paul Konerko
  • D13 Mike Piazza
  • D14 Ben Grieve
  • D15 Nomar Garciaparra
  • D16 Travis Lee
  • D17 Scott Rolen
  • D18 Juan Gonzalez
  • D19 Tony Gwynn
  • D20 Tony Clark
  • D21 Roger Clemens
  • D22 Sammy Sosa
  • D23 Larry Walker
  • D24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • D25 Mark McGwire
  • D26 Barry Bonds
  • D27 Vladimir Guerrero
  • D28 Tino Martinez
  • D29 Greg Maddux
  • D30 Babe Ruth

Mystery Numbers

Each Mystery Numbers card is serial-numbered based on its sequential number in the set multiplied by 100. For example card #M1 is serial-numbered to 100 copies, card #M14 is numbered to 1400, et al. Each card is also available in an Emerald parallel which is serial-numbered to its set sequential number.

  • M1 Babe Ruth 100
  • M2 Ken Griffey, Jr. 200
  • M3 Kerry Wood 300
  • M4 Mark McGwire 400
  • M5 Alex Rodriguez 500
  • M6 Chipper Jones 600
  • M7 Nomar Garciaparra 700
  • M8 Derek Jeter 800
  • M9 Mike Piazza 900
  • M10 Roger Clemens 1000
  • M11 Greg Maddux 1100
  • M12 Scott Rolen 1200
  • M13 Cal Ripken, Jr. 1300
  • M14 Ben Grieve 1400
  • M15 Troy Glaus 1500
  • M16 Sammy Sosa 1600
  • M17 Darin Erstad 1700
  • M18 Juan Gonzalez 1800
  • M19 Pedro Martinez 1900
  • M20 Larry Walker 2000
  • M21 Vladimir Guerrero 2100
  • M22 Jeff Bagwell 2200
  • M23 Jaret Wright 2300
  • M24 Travis Lee 2400
  • M25 Barry Bonds 2500
  • M26 Orlando Hernandez 2600
  • M27 Frank Thomas 2700
  • M28 Tony Gwynn 2800
  • M29 Andres Galarraga 2900
  • M30 Craig Biggio 3000

Autographs & Game-Used

A Piece of History

Although each A Piece of History bat card is not serial-numbered, Upper Deck stated that only 350 copies of each were produced. Shortly before this product's release, Mark McGwire publicly stated his disapproval with Upper Deck cutting up one of his bats for this set. It would be years before another McGwire game-used card would be produced.

  • BW Bernie Williams
  • JG Juan Gonzalez
  • MM Mark McGwire
  • MV Mo Vaughn
  • SS Sammy Sosa
  • TG Tony Gwynn