2000 Black Diamond Rookie Edition
Description
2000 Black Diamond Rookie Edition is a 154-card set released in December, 2000 -- almost a full year after 2000 Black Diamond -- and would be the final Black Diamond baseball set. The set includes a 30-card Rookie Gems subset (with each card serial-numbered to 1000 copies), a 16-card "Rookie Jerseys" subset, and 18 jersey cards of the Gold Medal winning 2000 USA Baseball team. This set marked the first time game-used jersey cards were included in a base set.
Notable rookie cards include: Mark Buehrle, Roy Oswalt, Ben Sheets and Barry Zito.
Distribution
24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99). Hobby only.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 154 | - | ? |
| short set | 90 | - | ? |
| Rookie Gems | 30 | 1000 | ? |
| Rookie Jerseys | 16 | - | 1:24 |
| USA Olympic Team Jerseys | 18 | - | 1:96 |
| Gold short set | 90 | 1000 | ? |
| Gold Rookie Gems | 30 | 500 | ? |
| Gold Rookie Jerseys | 16 | 100 | ? |
| Diamonation | 9 | - | 1:12 |
| Diamond Might | 9 | - | 1:12 |
| Diamond Gallery | 6 | - | 1:20 |
| Diamond Skills | 6 | - | 1:20 |
| Authentic Pinstripes | 9 | varies | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
1 Troy Glaus
2 Mo Vaughn
3 Darin Erstad
4 Jason Giambi
5 Tim Hudson
6 Ben Grieve
7 Eric Chavez
8 Tony Batista
9 Carlos Delgado
10 David Wells
11 Greg Vaughn
12 Fred McGriff
13 Manny Ramirez
14 Roberto Alomar
15 Jim Thome
16 Alex Rodriguez
17 Edgar Martinez
18 John Olerud
19 Albert Belle
20 Mike Mussina
21 Cal Ripken Jr.
22 Ivan Rodriguez
23 Rafael Palmeiro
24 Pedro Martinez
25 Nomar Garciaparra
26 Carl Everett
27 Jermaine Dye
28 Mike Sweeney
29 Juan Gonzalez
30 Bobby Higginson
31 Dean Palmer
32 Jacque Jones
33 Eric Milton
34 Matt Lawton
35 Magglio Ordonez
36 Paul Konerko
37 Frank Thomas
38 Ray Durham
39 Roger Clemens
40 Derek Jeter
41 Bernie Williams
42 Jose Canseco
43 Craig Biggio
44 Richard Hidalgo
45 Jeff Bagwell
46 Greg Maddux
47 Chipper Jones
48 Rafael Furcal
49 Andruw Jones
50 Geoff Jenkins
51 Jeromy Burnitz
52 Mark McGwire
53 Rick Ankiel
54 Jim Edmonds
55 Kerry Wood
56 Sammy Sosa
57 Matt Williams
58 Randy Johnson
59 Steve Finley
60 Curt Schilling
61 Kevin Brown
62 Gary Sheffield
63 Shawn Green
64 Jose Vidro
65 Vladimir Guerrero
66 Jeff Kent
67 Barry Bonds
68 Ryan Dempster
69 Cliff Floyd
70 Preston Wilson
71 Mike Piazza
72 Al Leiter
73 Edgardo Alfonzo
74 Derek Bell
75 Ryan Klesko
76 Tony Gwynn
77 Bobby Abreu
78 Pat Burrell
79 Scott Rolen
80 Mike Liberthal
81 Jason Kendall
82 Brian Giles
83 Ken Griffey Jr.
84 Pokey Reese
85 Dmitri Young
86 Sean Casey
87 Jeff Cirillo
88 Todd Helton
89 Jeffrey Hammonds
90 Larry Walker
Rookies Gems
Each Rookie Gem is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.
- 91 Barry Zito RC
- 92 Keith Ginter RC
- 93 Dane Sardinha RC
- 94 Kenny Kelly RC
- 95 Ryan Kohlmeier
- 96 Leo Estrella
- 97 Danys Baez RC
- 98 Paul Rigdon
- 99 Mike Lamb RC
- 100 Aaron McNeal RC*
- 101 Juan Pierre RC
- 102 Rico Washington RC
- 103 Luis Matos RC
- 104 Adam Bernero
- 105 Wascar Serrano RC
- 106 Chris Richard RC
- 107 Justin Miller
- 108 Julio Zuleta RC
- 109 Alex Cabrera RC
- 110 Gene Stechschulte
- 111 Tony Mota
- 112 Tomo Ohka
- 113 Geraldo Guzman RC
- 114 Scott Downs RC
- 115 Timo Perez RC
- 116 Chad Durbin
- 117 Sun Woo Kim RC
- 118 Tomas De La Rosa
- 119 Javier Cardona
- 120 Kazuhiro Sasaki RC
Rookie Jerseys
- 121 Brad Cresse
- 122 Matt Wheatland RC*
- 123 Joe Torres RC*
- 124 Dave Krynzel RC
- 125 Ben Diggins RC
- 126 Sean Burnett RC
- 127 David Espinosa RC*
- 128 Scott Heard RC*
- 129 Daylan Holt RC*
- 130 Koyie Hill RC JSY USA
- 131 Mark Buehrle
- 132 Xavier Nady RC
- 133 Mike Tonis RC
- 134 Matt Ginter RC JSY USA
- 135 Lorenzo Barcelo RC JSY
- 136 Cory Vance RC
USA Olympic Team Relics
137 Sean Burroughs
138 Todd Williams
139 Brad Wilkerson
140 Ben Sheets
141 Kurt Ainsworth
142 Anthony Sanders
143 Ryan Franklin
144 Shane Heams
145 Roy Oswalt
146 Jon Rauch
147 Brent Abernathy
148 Ernie Young
149 Chris George
150 Gookie Dawkins
151 Adam Everett
152 John Cotton
153 Pat Borders
154 Doug Mientkiewicz
Parallels
Gold Parallel
Inserts
Diamonation
D1 Pedro Martinez
D2 Derek Jeter
D3 Jason Giambi
D4 Todd Helton
D5 Nomar Garciaparra
D6 Randy Johnson
D7 Jeff Bagwell
D8 Cal Ripken Jr.
D9 Ivan Rodriguez
Diamond Gallery
G1 Sammy Sosa
G2 Barry Bonds
G3 Vladimir Guerrero
G4 Cal Ripken Jr.
G5 Mike Piazza
G6 Mark McGwire
Diamond Might
M1 Mark McGwire
M2 Mike Piazza
M3 Frank Thomas
M4 Ken Griffey Jr.
M5 Sammy Sosa
M6 Alex Rodriguez
M7 Carlos Delgado
M8 Vladimir Guerrero
M9 Barry Bonds
Diamond Skills
S1 Alex Rodriguez
S2 Chipper Jones
S3 Ken Griffey Jr.
S4 Pedro Martinez
S5 Ivan Rodriguez
S6 Derek Jeter
Autographs & Game-Used
Authentic Pinstripes
AP-B Derek Jeter
AP-C Derek Jeter
AP-G Derek Jeter
AP-J Derek Jeter
DJ-JD Derek Jeter
DJ-JD Joe DiMaggio
DJ-MM Mickey Mantle
DJ-MM Derek Jeter
DJ-RM Derek Jeter
DJ-RM Roger Maris
JDM-B Derek Jeter
JDM-B Mickey Mantle
JDM-B Joe DiMaggio
JWO-J Derek Jeter
JWO-J Bernine Williams
JWO-J Paul O'Neill
