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=Description=
 
=Description=
  
2002 SP Authentic is a 230 card set was released in two separate series. The basic SP Authentic product (containing the first 170 cards) was issued in September, 2002. The final 60 cards (#171-#230) were distributed within packs of 2002 Upper Deck Rookie Update in mid-December, 2002.
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2002 SP Authentic is a 230 card set was released in two separate series. The basic SP Authentic product (containing the first 170 cards) was issued in September, 2002. The final 60 cards (#171-#230) were distributed within packs of [[2002 Upper Deck Rookie Update]] in mid-December, 2002.  The product is notable for containing the first ever, certified autographed trading cards of Mark McGwire.
  
Cards #1-#90 featured veterans while cards #91-#135 were part of the Future Watch subset and were serial-numbered to 1999 copies.  Cards #136-#170 were signed by the player and most of the cards were serial-numbered to 999 copies; while cards #146, #152 and #157 were printed to only 249 serial-numbered sets.  
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Cards #1-#90 featured veterans while cards #91-#170 were part of the Future Watch subset.  Future Watch cards #91-#135 are serial-numbered to 1999 copies; while cards #136-#170 were signed by the player.  Most of the autographed Future Watch cards were serial-numbered to 999 copies; while cards #146, #152 and #157 were printed to only 249 serial-numbered sets.  
  
Update cards #201-#230 continued the Future Watch subset (focusing on rookies and prospects) and each card was serial-numbered to 1999.  
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A typical 24-pack SP Authentic box should yield two Future Watch cards, one autographed Future Watch card, either an autographed Prospect or a Chirography card, at least one USA Future Watch insert, and a game jersey card.  
  
In addition, an exchange card with a redemption deadline of August 8th, 2005, good for a signed Joe DiMaggio poster was randomly inserted into SP Authentic packs.
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There only notable rookies in the SP Authentic set are of Reed Johnson and Aaron Cook.
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Rookie Update cards #201-#230 continued the Future Watch subset (focusing on rookies and prospects) and each card was serial-numbered to 1999.
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Among the notable rookies in the Rookie Update series include Cliff Lee and Freddy Sanchez.
  
 
=Distribution=
 
=Distribution=
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SP Authentic Series: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99).  Hobby only.
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Rookie Update Series: 15 packs per box, four cards per pack.  Hobby only.
  
 
=Reviews=
 
=Reviews=
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[http://oldschoolbreaks.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/2002-sp-authentic-baseball-review/ Old School Breaks]
  
 
=Insertion Ratios=
 
=Insertion Ratios=
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!Total Cards
 
!Total Cards
 
!Numbered To
 
!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
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!Odds
!Retail Odds
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|-
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||230||-||?
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|-
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|short set||90||-||5:1
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|-
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|Future Watch||45||1999||1:12
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|-
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|Autographed Future Watch||35||249 or 999||1:24
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|-
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|Rookie Update Series short set||30||-||1:1
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|-
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|Rookie Update Series Future Watch||30||1999||1:7
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|-
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|Limited||170||125||?
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|-
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|Limited Gold||170||50||?
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|-
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|USA Future Watch||22||1999||?
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|-
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|Game Jersey||38||-||1:24
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|-
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|Game Jersey Gold||38||varies||?
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|-
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|Prospects Signatures||12||-||1:36
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|-
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|Chirography||27||-||1:72
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|-
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|Chirography Gold||25||varies||?
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|-
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|Big Mac Missing Link||5||25||?
 
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|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||?||-||?||?
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|Signed Big Mac||10||varies||?
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|-
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|Excellence||1||25||?
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|-
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|Sings of Greatness||1||one-of-one||?
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|-
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|Autographed Joe DiMaggio Poster Redemption||1||800||1:1100
 
|}
 
|}
  
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==Base Set==
 
==Base Set==
  
1 Troy Glaus
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===SP Authentic Series===
  
2 Darin Erstad
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base/89/Larry-Walker.jpg?id=fbb76e8b-7213-4acd-ae24-70f25b57fbf0&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base/89/Larry-Walker.jpg?id=fbb76e8b-7213-4acd-ae24-70f25b57fbf0&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
3 Barry Zito
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic') AND (num < 91);
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</sql2wiki>
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====Future Watch====
  
4 Eric Chavez
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base/116/JJ-Putz.jpg?id=bffedefd-dcfb-49b6-a7d2-e0eec3bf8edd&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base/116/JJ-Putz.jpg?id=bffedefd-dcfb-49b6-a7d2-e0eec3bf8edd&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
5 Tim Hudson
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Each Future Watch is serial-numbered to 1999 copies.
  
6 Miguel Tejada
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic') AND (num BETWEEN 91 AND 135);
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</sql2wiki>
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====Autographed Future Watch====
  
7 Carlos Delgado
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base/138/Reed-Johnson.jpg?id=1e566ae5-0a07-4788-9f11-ce43938631d3&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base/138/Reed-Johnson.jpg?id=1e566ae5-0a07-4788-9f11-ce43938631d3&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
8 Shannon Stewart
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic') AND (num BETWEEN 136 AND 170)
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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</sql2wiki>
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===Rookie Update Series===
  
9 Ben Grieve
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base/189/Mike-Mussina.jpg?id=72acf689-7dab-4d25-9b1c-4bcbb9d64688&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base/189/Mike-Mussina.jpg?id=72acf689-7dab-4d25-9b1c-4bcbb9d64688&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
10 Jim Thome
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic') AND (num BETWEEN 171 AND 200);
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</sql2wiki>
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====Future Watch====
  
11 C.C. Sabathia
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base/223/Cliff-Lee.jpg?id=9b4cc96f-f578-4130-ac48-30737e585e35&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base/223/Cliff-Lee.jpg?id=9b4cc96f-f578-4130-ac48-30737e585e35&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
12 Ichiro Suzuki
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Each Future Watch is serial-numbered to 1999 copies.
  
13 Freddy Garcia
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic') AND (num > 200);
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</sql2wiki>
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==Parallels==
  
14 Edgar Martinez
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base---Limited/66/Vladimir-Guerrero.jpg?id=b05f199f-9a67-4f75-92a3-51ff7a0307af&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Base---Limited/66/Vladimir-Guerrero.jpg?id=b05f199f-9a67-4f75-92a3-51ff7a0307af&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
15 Bret Boone
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Each of the 170 SP Authentic Series cards (including the Future Watch and autographs) are available in the following parallels.
  
16 Jeff Conine
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* Limited (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
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* Limited Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  
17 Alex Rodriguez
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==Inserts==
  
18 Juan Gonzalez
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===USA Future Watch===
  
19 Ivan Rodriguez
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---USA-Future-Watch/USA21/Sam-Fuld.jpg?id=f0f56268-9278-40a0-ac42-a89f2e1d129d&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---USA-Future-Watch/USA21/Sam-Fuld.jpg?id=f0f56268-9278-40a0-ac42-a89f2e1d129d&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
20 Rafael Palmeiro
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This 22-card set features members of the 2002 USA National Team.  The design is similar to that of the base set Future Watch cards, but none are to be considered "true" rookies.  Each card is serial-numbered to 1999 copies.
  
21 Hank Blalock
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
 
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SELECT num,player FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic USA Future Watch')
22 Pedro Martinez
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ORDER BY (SUBSTRING(num FROM 4)) +0 ASC;
 
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</sql2wiki>
23 Manny Ramirez
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==Autographs & Game-Used==
 
 
24 Nomar Garciaparra
 
 
 
25 Carlos Beltran
 
 
 
26 Mike Sweeney
 
 
 
27 Randall Simon
 
 
 
28 Dmitri Young
 
 
 
29 Bobby Higginson
 
 
 
30 Corey Koskie
 
 
 
31 Eric Milton
 
 
 
32 Torii Hunter
 
 
 
33 Joe Mays
 
 
 
34 Frank Thomas
 
 
 
35 Mark Buehrle
 
 
 
36 Magglio Ordonez
 
 
 
37 Kenny Lofton
 
 
 
38 Roger Clemens
 
 
 
39 Derek Jeter
 
 
 
40 Jason Giambi
 
 
 
41 Bernie Williams
 
 
 
42 Alfonso Soriano
 
 
 
43 Lance Berkman
 
 
 
44 Roy Oswalt
 
 
 
45 Jeff Bagwell
 
 
 
46 Craig Biggio
 
 
 
47 Chipper Jones
 
 
 
48 Greg Maddux
 
 
 
49 Gary Sheffield
 
 
 
50 Andruw Jones
 
 
 
51 Ben Sheets
 
 
 
52 Richie Sexson
 
 
 
53 Albert Pujols
 
 
 
54 Matt Morris
 
 
 
55 J.D. Drew
 
 
 
56 Sammy Sosa
 
 
 
57 Kerry Wood
 
 
 
58 Corey Patterson
 
 
 
59 Mark Prior
 
 
 
60 Randy Johnson
 
 
 
61 Luis Gonzalez
 
 
 
62 Curt Schilling
 
 
 
63 Shawn Green
 
 
 
64 Kevin Brown
 
 
 
65 Hideo Nomo
 
 
 
66 Vladimir Guerrero
 
 
 
67 Jose Vidro
 
 
 
68 Barry Bonds
 
 
 
69 Jeff Kent
 
 
 
70 Rich Aurilia
 
 
 
71 Preston Wilson
 
 
 
72 Josh Beckett
 
 
 
73 Mike Lowell
 
 
 
74 Roberto Alomar
 
 
 
75 Mo Vaughn
 
 
 
76 Jeromy Burnitz
 
 
 
77 Mike Piazza
 
 
 
78 Sean Burroughs
 
 
 
79 Phil Nevin
 
 
 
80 Bobby Abreu
 
 
 
81 Pat Burrell
 
 
 
82 Scott Rolen
 
 
 
83 Jason Kendall
 
 
 
84 Brian Giles
 
 
 
85 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
 
 
86 Adam Dunn
 
 
 
87 Sean Casey
 
 
 
88 Todd Helton
 
 
 
89 Larry Walker
 
 
 
90 Mike Hampton
 
 
 
91 Brandon Puffer FW RC
 
 
 
92 Tom Shearn FW RC
 
 
 
93 Chris Baker FW RC
 
 
 
94 Gustavo Chacin FW RC
 
 
 
95 Joe Orloski FW RC
 
 
 
96 Mike Smith FW RC
 
 
 
97 John Ennis FW RC
 
 
 
98 John Foster FW RC
 
 
 
99 Kevin Gryboski FW RC
 
 
 
100 Brian Mallette FW RC
 
 
 
101 Takahito Nomura FW RC
 
 
 
102 So Taguchi FW RC
 
 
 
103 Jeremy Lambert FW RC
 
 
 
104 Jason Simontacchi FW RC
 
 
 
105 Jorge Sosa FW RC
 
 
 
106 Brandon Backe FW RC
 
 
 
107 P.J. Bevis FW RC
 
 
 
108 Jeremy Ward FW RC
 
 
 
109 Doug Devore FW RC
 
 
 
110 Ron Chiavacci FW
 
 
 
111 Ron Calloway FW RC
 
 
 
112 Nelson Castro FW RC
 
 
 
113 Deivis Santos FW RC
 
 
 
114 Earl Snyder FW RC
 
 
 
115 Julio Mateo FW RC
 
 
 
116 J.J. Putz FW RC
 
 
 
117 Allan Simpson FW RC
 
 
 
118 Satoru Komiyama FW RC
 
 
 
119 Adam Walker FW RC
 
 
 
120 Oliver Perez FW RC
 
 
 
121 Cliff Bartosh FW RC
 
 
 
122 Todd Donovan FW RC
 
 
 
123 Elio Serrano FW RC
 
 
 
124 Pete Zamora FW RC
 
 
 
125 Mike Gonzalez FW RC
 
 
 
126 Travis Hughes FW RC
 
 
 
127 Jorge De La Rosa FW RC
 
 
 
128 Anastacio Martinez FW RC
 
 
 
129 Colin Young FW RC
 
 
 
130 Nate Field FW RC
 
 
 
131 Tim Kalita FW RC
 
 
 
132 Julius Matos FW RC
 
 
 
133 Terry Pearson FW RC
 
 
 
134 Kyle Kane FW RC
 
  
135 Mitch Wylie FW RC
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NOTE: All autograph and game-used cards listed below were inserted into SP Authentic packs.
  
136 Rodrigo Rosario AU RC
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===Game Jersey===
  
137 Franklyn German AU RC
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Game-Jerseys/J-CC/CC-Sabathia.jpg?id=37f72ef9-44f6-4391-be05-68b72dc5856c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Game-Jerseys/J-CC/CC-Sabathia.jpg?id=37f72ef9-44f6-4391-be05-68b72dc5856c&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
138 Reed Johnson AU RC
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic Game Jersey');
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</sql2wiki>
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====Gold====
  
139 Luis Martinez AU RC
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Game-Jerseys---Gold/J-KI/Kazuhisa-Ishii.jpg?id=0d9a4656-edcb-48c4-b97f-785ac81a1383&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Game-Jerseys---Gold/J-KI/Kazuhisa-Ishii.jpg?id=0d9a4656-edcb-48c4-b97f-785ac81a1383&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
140 Michael Crudale AU RC
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Each of the 38 Game Jersey's is available in a Gold parallel.  The Gold cards are serial-numbered to the player's uniform number and is listed below.
  
141 Francis Beltran AU RC
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic Game Jersey Gold');
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</sql2wiki>
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===Chirography===
  
142 Steve Kent AU RC
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Chirography/MB/Milton-Bradley.jpg?id=5555f4ec-c3d4-4256-8ccc-e9029886972c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Chirography/MB/Milton-Bradley.jpg?id=5555f4ec-c3d4-4256-8ccc-e9029886972c&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
143 Felix Escalona AU RC
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Each Chirography is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below. 
  
144 Jose Valverde AU RC
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'''NOTE:''' Four players: Bret Boone, Tony Gywnn, Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa, packed out as exchange cards which expired September 10, 2005.
  
145 Victor Alvarez AU RC
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic Chirography')
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ORDER BY num ASC;
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</sql2wiki>
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====Gold====
  
146 Kazuhisa Ishii AU/249 RC
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Chirography---Gold/JM/Joe-Mays.jpg?id=c137def4-ab04-4db5-af0b-f75e675f868d&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Chirography---Gold/JM/Joe-Mays.jpg?id=c137def4-ab04-4db5-af0b-f75e675f868d&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
147 Jorge Nunez AU RC
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Each of the 27 players (except Bret Boone and Tony Gwynn) are available in a Gold parallel.  The Gold cards are serial-numbered to the player's uniform number and listed below.
  
148 Eric Good AU RC
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic Chirography Gold')
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ORDER BY num ASC;
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</sql2wiki>
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===Prospects Signatures===
  
149 Luis Ugueto AU RC
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Prospects-Signatures/P-MS/Marco-Scutaro.jpg?id=2f20453e-0cb4-4bd2-ba3b-4621d02e94f9&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Prospects-Signatures/P-MS/Marco-Scutaro.jpg?id=2f20453e-0cb4-4bd2-ba3b-4621d02e94f9&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
150 Matt Thornton AU RC
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic Prospects Signatures');
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</sql2wiki>
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===Big Mac Missing Link===
  
151 Wilson Valdez AU RC
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These autographed Mark McGwire cards are all in the style of SP Authentic Chirography sets from 1998-2002.  McGwire had never signed for a trading card company before coming to terms with Upper Deck in 2002.  Each card is hand-numbered to 25 copies.
  
152 Han Izquierdo AU/249 RC
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For some reason, Upper Deck decided to include a Missing Link card in the style of the 2002 Chirography set, even though a McGwire was already included in that set (see above).
  
153 Jaime Cerda AU RC
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic Big Mac Missing Link');
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</sql2wiki>
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===Signed Big Mac===
  
154 Mark Corey AU RC
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This set features 10 Mark McGwire autographed cards.  Each card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed.
  
155 Tyler Yates AU RC
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic Signed Big Mac');
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</sql2wiki>
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===Excellence===
  
156 Steve Bechler AU RC
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Randomly inserted into packs was an exchange card good for a card featuring six on-card autographs of Upper Deck spokemen.  Only 25 exchange cards were produced and expired September 10, 2005.
  
157 Ben Howard AU/249 RC
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic Excellence');
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</sql2wiki>
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===Signs of Greatness===
  
158 Anderson Machado AU RC
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Randomly inserted into packs, this "book" card features six autographs and only one copy was produced. An exchange card with a redemption deadline of September 10th, 2005 was placed into packs whereby the lucky collector received the card directly from Upper Deck via mail.  The three dead players are all cuts; the three living players are on-card autographs.
  
159 Jorge Padilla AU RC
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info,serial FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic Signs of Greatness');
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</sql2wiki>
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===Joe DiMaggio Autographed Poster===
  
160 Eric Junge AU RC
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Randomly inserted into packs was an exchange card good for an autographed Joe DiMaggio poster.  A total of 800 exchange cards were inserted into packs and expired August 8, 2005.  DiMaggio died in 1999 and the posters were originally signed for Upper Deck Authenticated.
  
161 Adrian Burnside AU RC
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<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic Poster Redemption');
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</sql2wiki>
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===Hawaii Trade Conference Sign of the Times Duke Snider Autograph===
  
162 Josh Hancock AU RC
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Sign-of-the-Times-Autographs-Hawaii-Trade-Show/DS/Duke-Snider.jpg?id=f9658c73-e8cd-4ea1-96e2-17d490762da6&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/SP-Authentic---Sign-of-the-Times-Autographs-Hawaii-Trade-Show/DS/Duke-Snider.jpg?id=f9658c73-e8cd-4ea1-96e2-17d490762da6&size=original&side=back&.jpg
  
163 Chris Booker AU RC
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This Duke Snider autograph card was distributed by Upper Deck at the 2002 Hawaii Trade Conference. Each attendee received either this signed Duke Snider card or a signed card of NFL legend John Riggins, both of which were hand-numbered to 500 copies in blue ink -- although it should be noted that, unlike similar Hawaii Trade Conference giveaways, this card is not marked as having been distributed at the conference.
 
 
164 Cam Esslinger AU RC
 
 
 
165 Rene Reyes AU RC
 
 
 
166 Aaron Cook AU RC
 
 
 
167 Juan Brito AU RC
 
 
 
168 Miguel Asencio AU RC
 
 
 
169 Kevin Frederick AU RC
 
 
 
170 Edwin Almonte AU RC
 
 
 
==Parallels==
 
 
 
==Inserts==
 
 
 
==Autographs & Game-Used==
 
  
 +
<sql2wiki database="carddb">
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 2002) AND (setname = 'SP Authentic Hawaii Sign of the Times');
 +
</sql2wiki>
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{{SP}}
 
[[Category:2002]]
 
[[Category:2002]]
 
[[Category:Upper Deck]]
 
[[Category:Upper Deck]]

Revision as of 13:16, 18 May 2019


Description

2002 SP Authentic is a 230 card set was released in two separate series. The basic SP Authentic product (containing the first 170 cards) was issued in September, 2002. The final 60 cards (#171-#230) were distributed within packs of 2002 Upper Deck Rookie Update in mid-December, 2002. The product is notable for containing the first ever, certified autographed trading cards of Mark McGwire.

Cards #1-#90 featured veterans while cards #91-#170 were part of the Future Watch subset. Future Watch cards #91-#135 are serial-numbered to 1999 copies; while cards #136-#170 were signed by the player. Most of the autographed Future Watch cards were serial-numbered to 999 copies; while cards #146, #152 and #157 were printed to only 249 serial-numbered sets.

A typical 24-pack SP Authentic box should yield two Future Watch cards, one autographed Future Watch card, either an autographed Prospect or a Chirography card, at least one USA Future Watch insert, and a game jersey card.

There only notable rookies in the SP Authentic set are of Reed Johnson and Aaron Cook.

Rookie Update cards #201-#230 continued the Future Watch subset (focusing on rookies and prospects) and each card was serial-numbered to 1999.

Among the notable rookies in the Rookie Update series include Cliff Lee and Freddy Sanchez.

Distribution

SP Authentic Series: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). Hobby only.

Rookie Update Series: 15 packs per box, four cards per pack. Hobby only.

Reviews

Old School Breaks

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 230 - ?
short set 90 - 5:1
Future Watch 45 1999 1:12
Autographed Future Watch 35 249 or 999 1:24
Rookie Update Series short set 30 - 1:1
Rookie Update Series Future Watch 30 1999 1:7
Limited 170 125 ?
Limited Gold 170 50 ?
USA Future Watch 22 1999 ?
Game Jersey 38 - 1:24
Game Jersey Gold 38 varies ?
Prospects Signatures 12 - 1:36
Chirography 27 - 1:72
Chirography Gold 25 varies ?
Big Mac Missing Link 5 25 ?
Signed Big Mac 10 varies ?
Excellence 1 25 ?
Sings of Greatness 1 one-of-one ?
Autographed Joe DiMaggio Poster Redemption 1 800 1:1100

Checklist

Base Set

SP Authentic Series

Larry-Walker.jpg?id=fbb76e8b-7213-4acd-ae24-70f25b57fbf0&size=original&side=front&.jpg Larry-Walker.jpg?id=fbb76e8b-7213-4acd-ae24-70f25b57fbf0&size=original&side=back&.jpg

  • 1 Troy Glaus
  • 2 Darin Erstad
  • 3 Barry Zito
  • 4 Eric Chavez
  • 5 Tim Hudson
  • 6 Miguel Tejada
  • 7 Carlos Delgado
  • 8 Shannon Stewart
  • 9 Ben Grieve
  • 10 Jim Thome
  • 11 C.C. Sabathia
  • 12 Ichiro
  • 13 Freddy Garcia
  • 14 Edgar Martinez
  • 15 Bret Boone
  • 16 Jeff Conine
  • 17 Alex Rodriguez
  • 18 Juan Gonzalez
  • 19 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 20 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 21 Hank Blalock
  • 22 Pedro Martinez
  • 23 Manny Ramirez
  • 24 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 25 Carlos Beltran
  • 26 Mike Sweeney
  • 27 Randall Simon
  • 28 Dmitri Young
  • 29 Bob Higginson
  • 30 Corey Koskie
  • 31 Eric Milton
  • 32 Torii Hunter
  • 33 Joe Mays
  • 34 Frank Thomas
  • 35 Mark Buehrle
  • 36 Magglio Ordonez
  • 37 Kenny Lofton
  • 38 Roger Clemens
  • 39 Derek Jeter
  • 40 Jason Giambi
  • 41 Bernie Williams
  • 42 Alfonso Soriano
  • 43 Lance Berkman
  • 44 Roy Oswalt
  • 45 Jeff Bagwell
  • 46 Craig Biggio
  • 47 Chipper Jones
  • 48 Greg Maddux
  • 49 Gary Sheffield
  • 50 Andruw Jones
  • 51 Ben Sheets
  • 52 Richie Sexson
  • 53 Albert Pujols
  • 54 Matt Morris
  • 55 J.D. Drew
  • 56 Sammy Sosa
  • 57 Kerry Wood
  • 58 Corey Patterson
  • 59 Mark Prior
  • 60 Randy Johnson
  • 61 Luis Gonzalez
  • 62 Curt Schilling
  • 63 Shawn Green
  • 64 Kevin Brown
  • 65 Hideo Nomo
  • 66 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 67 Jose Vidro
  • 68 Barry Bonds
  • 69 Jeff Kent
  • 70 Rich Aurilia
  • 71 Preston Wilson
  • 72 Josh Beckett
  • 73 Mike Lowell
  • 74 Roberto Alomar
  • 75 Mo Vaughn
  • 76 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 77 Mike Piazza
  • 78 Sean Burroughs
  • 79 Phil Nevin
  • 80 Bob Abreu
  • 81 Pat Burrell
  • 82 Scott Rolen
  • 83 Jason Kendall
  • 84 Brian Giles
  • 85 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 86 Adam Dunn
  • 87 Sean Casey
  • 88 Todd Helton
  • 89 Larry Walker
  • 90 Mike Hampton

Future Watch

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Each Future Watch is serial-numbered to 1999 copies.

  • 91 Brandon Puffer FW RC
  • 92 Tom Shearn FW RC
  • 93 Chris Baker FW RC*
  • 94 Gustavo Chacin FW RC
  • 95 Joe Orloski FW RC*
  • 96 Mike A. Smith FW RC
  • 97 John Ennis FW RC
  • 98 John Foster FW RC
  • 99 Kevin Gryboski FW RC
  • 100 Brian Mallette FW RC
  • 101 Takahito Nomura FW RC
  • 102 So Taguchi FW RC
  • 103 Jeremy Lambert FW RC*
  • 104 Jason Simontacchi FW RC
  • 105 Jorge Sosa FW RC
  • 106 Brandon Backe FW RC
  • 107 P.J. Bevis FW RC*
  • 108 Jeremy Ward FW RC*
  • 109 Doug Devore FW RC
  • 110 Ron Chiavacci FW
  • 111 Ron Calloway FW RC
  • 112 Nelson Castro FW RC*
  • 113 Deivis Santos FW
  • 114 Earl Snyder FW RC
  • 115 Julio Mateo FW RC
  • 116 J.J. Putz FW RC
  • 117 Allan Simpson FW RC
  • 118 Satoru Komiyama FW RC
  • 119 Adam Walker FW RC*
  • 120 Oliver Perez FW RC
  • 121 Cliff Bartosh FW RC
  • 122 Todd Donovan FW RC*
  • 123 Elio Serrano FW RC*
  • 124 Pete Zamora FW RC*
  • 125 Mike Gonzalez FW RC
  • 126 Travis Hughes FW RC
  • 127 Jorge De La Rosa FW RC
  • 128 Anastacio Martinez FW RC
  • 129 Colin Young FW RC*
  • 130 Nate Field FW RC
  • 131 Tim Kalita FW RC*
  • 132 Julius Matos FW RC
  • 133 Terry Pearson FW RC
  • 134 Kyle Kane FW RC*
  • 135 Mitch Wylie FW RC*

Autographed Future Watch

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  • 136 Rodrigo Rosario FW AU RC 999
  • 137 Franklyn German FW AU RC 999
  • 138 Reed Johnson FW AU RC 999
  • 139 Luis Martinez FW AU RC 999
  • 140 Michael Crudale FW AU RC 999
  • 141 Francis Beltran FW AU RC 999
  • 142 Steve Kent FW AU RC 999
  • 143 Felix Escalona FW AU RC 999
  • 144 Jose Valverde FW AU RC 999
  • 145 Victor Alvarez FW AU RC 999
  • 146 Kazuhisa Ishii FW AU RC 249
  • 147 Jorge Nunez FW AU RC* 999
  • 148 Eric Good FW AU RC* 999
  • 149 Luis Ugueto FW AU RC 999
  • 150 Matt Thornton FW AU RC 999
  • 151 Wilson Valdez FW AU RC 999
  • 152 Hansel Izquierdo FW AU RC 249
  • 153 Jaime Cerda FW AU RC 999
  • 154 Mark Corey FW AU RC 999
  • 155 Tyler Yates FW AU RC 999
  • 156 Steve Bechler FW AU RC 999
  • 157 Ben Howard FW AU RC 249
  • 158 Anderson Machado FW AU RC 999
  • 159 Jorge Padilla FW AU RC 999
  • 160 Eric Junge FW AU RC 999
  • 161 Adrian Burnside FW AU RC* 999
  • 162 Josh Hancock FW AU RC 999
  • 163 Chris Booker FW AU RC 999
  • 164 Cam Esslinger FW AU RC* 999
  • 165 Rene Reyes FW AU RC 999
  • 166 Aaron Cook FW AU RC 999
  • 167 Juan Brito FW AU RC 999
  • 168 Miguel Ascencio FW AU RC 999
  • 169 Kevin Frederick FW AU RC 999
  • 170 Edwin Almonte FW AU RC 999

Rookie Update Series

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  • 171 Erubiel Durazo
  • 172 Junior Spivey
  • 173 Geronimo Gil
  • 174 Cliff Floyd
  • 175 Brandon Larson
  • 176 Aaron Boone
  • 177 Shawn Estes
  • 178 Austin Kearns
  • 179 Joe Borchard
  • 180 Russell Branyan
  • 181 Jay Payton
  • 182 Andres Torres
  • 183 Andy Van Hekken
  • 184 Alex Sanchez
  • 185 Endy Chavez
  • 186 Bartolo Colon
  • 187 Raul Mondesi
  • 188 Robin Ventura
  • 189 Mike Mussina
  • 190 Jorge Posada
  • 191 Ted Lilly
  • 192 Ray Durham
  • 193 Brett Myers
  • 194 Marlon Byrd
  • 195 Vicente Padilla
  • 196 Josh Fogg
  • 197 Kenny Lofton
  • 198 Scott Rolen
  • 199 Jason Lane
  • 200 Josh Phelps

Future Watch

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Each Future Watch is serial-numbered to 1999 copies.

  • 201 Travis Driskill FW RC
  • 202 Howie Clark FW RC
  • 203 Mike Mahoney FW
  • 204 Brian Tallet FW RC
  • 205 Kirk Saarloos FW RC
  • 206 Barry Wesson FW RC
  • 207 Aaron Guiel FW RC
  • 208 Shawn Sedlacek FW RC
  • 209 Jose Diaz FW RC
  • 210 Jorge Nunez FW
  • 211 Danny Mota FW RC
  • 212 David Ross FW RC
  • 213 Jayson Durocher FW RC
  • 214 Shane Nance FW RC
  • 215 Wil Nieves FW RC
  • 216 Freddy Sanchez FW RC
  • 217 Alex Pelaez FW RC
  • 218 Jamey Carroll FW RC
  • 219 J.J. Trujillo FW RC
  • 220 Kevin Pickford FW RC
  • 221 Clay Condrey FW RC
  • 222 Chris Snelling FW RC
  • 223 Cliff Lee FW RC
  • 224 Jeremy Hill FW RC
  • 225 Jose Rodriguez FW RC
  • 226 Lance Carter FW RC
  • 227 Ken Huckaby FW RC
  • 228 Scott Wiggins FW RC
  • 229 Corey Thurman FW RC
  • 230 Kevin Cash FW RC

Parallels

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Each of the 170 SP Authentic Series cards (including the Future Watch and autographs) are available in the following parallels.

  • Limited (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
  • Limited Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Inserts

USA Future Watch

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This 22-card set features members of the 2002 USA National Team. The design is similar to that of the base set Future Watch cards, but none are to be considered "true" rookies. Each card is serial-numbered to 1999 copies.

  • USA1 Chad Cordero
  • USA2 Philip Humber
  • USA3 Grant Johnson
  • USA4 Wes Littleton
  • USA5 Kyle Sleeth
  • USA6 Huston Street
  • USA7 Brad Sullivan
  • USA8 Bob Zimmermann
  • USA9 Abe Alvarez
  • USA10 Kyle Bakker
  • USA11 Landon Powell
  • USA12 Clint Sammons
  • USA13 Michael Aubrey
  • USA14 Aaron Hill
  • USA15 Conor Jackson
  • USA16 Eric Patterson
  • USA17 Dustin Pedroia
  • USA18 Rickie Weeks
  • USA19 Shane Costa
  • USA20 Mark Jurich
  • USA21 Sam Fuld
  • USA22 Carlos Quentin

Autographs & Game-Used

NOTE: All autograph and game-used cards listed below were inserted into SP Authentic packs.

Game Jersey

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  • J-AJ Andruw Jones
  • J-AP Andy Pettitte
  • J-AR Alex Rodriguez
  • J-BW Bernie Williams
  • J-BZ Barry Zito
  • J-CC C.C. Sabathia
  • J-CD Carlos Delgado
  • J-CJ Chipper Jones
  • J-CS Curt Schilling
  • J-DE Darin Erstad
  • J-GM Greg Maddux
  • J-GS Gary Sheffield
  • J-IR Ivan Rodriguez
  • J-IS Ichiro SP
  • J-JBA Jeff Bagwell
  • J-JBU Jeromy Burnitz SP
  • J-JE Jim Edmonds
  • J-JGO Juan Gonzalez
  • J-JGR Jason Giambi
  • J-JK Jason Kendall
  • J-JT Jim Thome
  • J-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. SP 95
  • J-KI Kazuhisa Ishii
  • J-MM Mark McGwire SP
  • J-MO Magglio Ordonez
  • J-MP Mike Piazza
  • J-MR Manny Ramirez
  • J-OV Omar Vizquel
  • J-PW Preston Wilson
  • J-RA Roberto Alomar
  • J-RC Roger Clemens
  • J-RJ Randy Johnson
  • J-RV Robin Ventura
  • J-SG Shawn Green
  • J-SR Scott Rolen
  • J-SS Sammy Sosa
  • J-TH Todd Helton
  • J-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo

Gold

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Each of the 38 Game Jersey's is available in a Gold parallel. The Gold cards are serial-numbered to the player's uniform number and is listed below.

  • J-AJ Andruw Jones 25
  • J-AP Andy Pettitte 46
  • J-AR Alex Rodriguez 3
  • J-BW Bernie Williams 51
  • J-BZ Barry Zito 75
  • J-CC C.C. Sabathia 52
  • J-CD Carlos Delgado 25
  • J-CJ Chipper Jones 10
  • J-CS Curt Schilling 38
  • J-DE Darin Erstad 17
  • J-GM Greg Maddux 31
  • J-GS Gary Sheffield 11
  • J-IR Ivan Rodriguez 7
  • J-IS Ichiro Suzuki 51
  • J-JBA Jeff Bagwell 5
  • J-JBU Jeromy Burnitz 20
  • J-JE Jim Edmonds 15
  • J-JGO Juan Gonzalez 19
  • J-JGR Jason Giambi 25
  • J-JK Jason Kendall 18
  • J-JT Jim Thome 25
  • J-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 30
  • J-KI Kazuhisa Ishii 17
  • J-MM Mark McGwire 25
  • J-MO Magglio Ordonez 30
  • J-MP Mike Piazza 31
  • J-MR Manny Ramirez 24
  • J-OV Omar Vizquel 13
  • J-PW Preston Wilson 44
  • J-RA Roberto Alomar 12
  • J-RC Roger Clemens 22
  • J-RJ Randy Johnson 51
  • J-RV Robin Ventura 19
  • J-SG Shawn Green 15
  • J-SR Scott Rolen 17
  • J-SS Sammy Sosa 21
  • J-TH Todd Helton 17
  • J-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo 5

Chirography

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Each Chirography is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

NOTE: Four players: Bret Boone, Tony Gywnn, Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa, packed out as exchange cards which expired September 10, 2005.

  • AD Adam Dunn 348
  • AG Alex Graman 418
  • AR Alex Rodriguez EXCH 391
  • BB Barry Bonds 112
  • BBO Bret Boone EXCH 500
  • BZ Barry Zito 419
  • CF Cliff Floyd 313
  • CS C.C. Sabathia 442
  • DE Darin Erstad 80
  • DM Doug Mientkiewicz 478
  • FG Freddy Garcia 456
  • HB Hank Blalock 282
  • IS Ichiro 78
  • JB John Buck 427
  • JG Jason Giambi 244
  • JL Jon Lieber 462
  • JM Joe Mays 469
  • KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 238
  • MBR Milton Bradley 470
  • MBU Mark Buehrle 438
  • MM Mark McGwire 50
  • MS Mike Sweeney 265
  • RS Richie Sexson 483
  • SB Sean Burroughs 275
  • SS Sammy Sosa EXCH 247
  • TG Tom Glavine 376
  • TGW Tony Gwynn EXCH 75

Gold

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Each of the 27 players (except Bret Boone and Tony Gwynn) are available in a Gold parallel. The Gold cards are serial-numbered to the player's uniform number and listed below.

  • AD Adam Dunn 44
  • AG Alex Graman 76
  • AR Alex Rodriguez EXCH 3
  • BB Barry Bonds 25
  • BZ Barry Zito 75
  • CF Cliff Floyd 30
  • CS C.C. Sabathia 52
  • DE Darin Erstad 17
  • DM Doug Mientkiewicz 16
  • FG Freddy Garcia 34
  • HB Hank Blalock 12
  • IS Ichiro 51
  • JB John Buck 67
  • JG Jason Giambi 25
  • JL Jon Lieber 32
  • JM Joe Mays 25
  • KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 30
  • MBR Milton Bradley 24
  • MBU Mark Buehrle 56
  • MM Mark McGwire 25
  • MS Mike Sweeney 29
  • RS Richie Sexson 11
  • SB Sean Burroughs 21
  • SS Sammy Sosa EXCH 21
  • TG Tom Glavine 47

Prospects Signatures

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  • P-AG Alex Graman
  • P-BH Bill Hall
  • P-DM Dustan Mohr
  • P-DW Danny Wright
  • P-JC Jose Cueto
  • P-JDE Jeff Deardorff
  • P-JDI Jose Diaz
  • P-KH Ken Huckaby
  • P-MG Matt Guerrier (pictured as a White Sox)
  • P-MS Marco Scutaro (pictured as a Brewer)
  • P-ST Steve Torrealba
  • P-XN Xavier Nady

Big Mac Missing Link

These autographed Mark McGwire cards are all in the style of SP Authentic Chirography sets from 1998-2002. McGwire had never signed for a trading card company before coming to terms with Upper Deck in 2002. Each card is hand-numbered to 25 copies.

For some reason, Upper Deck decided to include a Missing Link card in the style of the 2002 Chirography set, even though a McGwire was already included in that set (see above).

  • MMC Mark McGwire 1998
  • MM Mark McGwire 1999
  • MAM Mark McGwire 2000
  • SP-MM Mark McGwire 2001
  • MAMC Mark McGwire 2002

Signed Big Mac

This set features 10 Mark McGwire autographed cards. Each card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed.

  • MM1 Mark McGwire 1
  • MM2 Mark McGwire 25
  • MM3 Mark McGwire 5
  • MM4 Mark McGwire 4
  • MM5 Mark McGwire 12
  • MM6 Mark McGwire 70
  • MM7 Mark McGwire 4
  • MM8 Mark McGwire 7
  • MM9 Mark McGwire 5
  • MM10 Mark McGwire 16

Excellence

Randomly inserted into packs was an exchange card good for a card featuring six on-card autographs of Upper Deck spokemen. Only 25 exchange cards were produced and expired September 10, 2005.

  • AE Ken Griffey, Jr. / Sammy Sosa / Cal Ripken, Jr. / Jason Giambi / Mark McGwire / Ichiro EXCH 25

Signs of Greatness

Randomly inserted into packs, this "book" card features six autographs and only one copy was produced. An exchange card with a redemption deadline of September 10th, 2005 was placed into packs whereby the lucky collector received the card directly from Upper Deck via mail. The three dead players are all cuts; the three living players are on-card autographs.

  • SOG Babe Ruth / Joe DiMaggio / Mickey Mantle / Ken Griffey, Jr. / Sammy Sosa / Mark McGwire EXCH 1

Joe DiMaggio Autographed Poster

Randomly inserted into packs was an exchange card good for an autographed Joe DiMaggio poster. A total of 800 exchange cards were inserted into packs and expired August 8, 2005. DiMaggio died in 1999 and the posters were originally signed for Upper Deck Authenticated.

    Hawaii Trade Conference Sign of the Times Duke Snider Autograph

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    This Duke Snider autograph card was distributed by Upper Deck at the 2002 Hawaii Trade Conference. Each attendee received either this signed Duke Snider card or a signed card of NFL legend John Riggins, both of which were hand-numbered to 500 copies in blue ink -- although it should be noted that, unlike similar Hawaii Trade Conference giveaways, this card is not marked as having been distributed at the conference.