2016 Finest

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Description

2016 Finest is a 110-card set released May 18th. Each Hobby Master box will yield two autographs.

Changes in Hobby Distribution

On April 22nd, Topps announced drastic changes in 2016 Finest's distribution. Those Hobby dealers who pre-ordered Finest directly from Topps would have their orders honored. (Finest was solicited to Hobby dealers from November 25th, 2015 to January 13th, 2016 at a direct price of around $600 for an eight-box case.) However, reportedly due to low sales, Topps would not make Finest available to Hobby distributors or to online retailers and instead would sell it directly on the Topps.com website for $99.99 a box or $799.89 for an eight-box case.

Distribution

Two, six-pack miniboxes per box, five cards per pack ($99.99 at Topps.com). Eight boxes per case ($799.89 at Topps.com).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds
Base 110 - ?
short set 100 - ?
SPs 10 - 1:30
Refractors 100 - 1:3
Prism Refractor 100 - 1:6
Purple Refractor 100 250 1:12
Blue Refractor 100 150 1:18
Green Refractor 100 99 1:24
Gold Refractor 100 50 1:42
Orange Refractor short set 100 25 1:84
Orange Refractor SPs 10 25 1:834
Red Refractor short set 100 5 1:420
Red Refractor SPs 10 5 1:4128
SuperFractor short set 100 one-of-one 1:2088
SuperFractor SPs 10 one-of-one 1:19,812
Printing Plates 100 four for each 1:522
Franchise Finest 30 - 1:3
Franchise Finest Orange Refractor 30 25 1:282
Franchise Finest Red Refractor 30 5 1:1386
Franchise Finest SuperFractor 30 one-of-one 1:6834
1996 Finest Intimidators 20 - 1:8
1996 Finest Intimidators Orange Refractor 20 25 1:420
1996 Finest Intimidators Red Refractor 20 5 1:2088
1996 Finest Intimidators SuperFractor 20 one-of-one 1:10,428
Firsts 10 - 1:12
Firsts Orange Refractor 10 25 1:834
Firsts Red Refractor 10 5 1:4128
Firsts SuperFractor 10 one-of-one 1:19,812
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts 10 - 1:96
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Orange Refractor 10 25 1:834
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Red Refractor 10 5 1:4128
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts SuperFractor 10 one-of-one 1:19,812
Autographs 43 - 1:6
Autographs Blue Refractor 43 150 1:48
Autographs Green Refractor 43 99 1:66
Autographs Gold Refractor 43 50 1:96
Autographs Purple Refractor 43 30 1:192
Autographs Orange Refractor 43 25 1:180
Autographs Red Refractor 43 5 1:900
Autographs SuperFractor 43 one-of-one 1:4500
Autographs Printing Plates 43 four for each 1:1122
Greats Autographs 12 - 1:108
Greats Autographs Gold Refractor 12 50 1:450
Greats Autographs Orange Refractor 12 25 1:810
Greats Autographs Red Refractor 12 5 1:3360
Greats Autographs SuperFractor 12 one-of-one 1:16,506
Greats Autographs Printing Plates 12 four for each 1:4212
Franchise Finest Autographs 7 - 1:396
Franchise Finest Autographs Printing Plates 7 four for each 1:6192
1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs 5 25 1:816
1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs Printing Plates 5 four for each 1:5082
Firsts Autographs 7 - 1:138
Firsts Autographs Blue Refractor 7 150 1:228
Firsts Autographs Green Refractor 7 99 1:294
Firsts Autographs Gold Refractor 7 50 1:582
Firsts Autographs Orange Refractor 7 25 1:1152
Firsts Autographs Red Refractor 7 5 1:5832
Firsts Autographs SuperFractor 7 one-of-one 1:28,302
Firsts Autographs Printing Plates 7 four for each 1:7080
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Autographs 10 5 1:4044
Originals Autographs 5 20 1:1020
Mystery Autographs 1 - 1:2022
Mystery Autographs Orange Refractor 1 25 ?
Mystery Autographs SuperFractor 1 one-of-one ?

Checklist

Base Set

  • 1 Mike Trout
  • 2 Ryan Howard
  • 3 Edwin Encarnacion
  • 4 Dee Gordon
  • 5 Evan Longoria
  • 6 Jake Arrieta
  • 7 Jose Abreu
  • 8 Frankie Montas RC
  • 9 Matt Harvey
  • 10 Ichiro
  • 11 A.J. Pollock
  • 12 Ian Kinsler
  • 13 Salvador Perez
  • 14 Buster Posey
  • 15 Corey Kluber
  • 16 Jose Peraza RC
  • 17 Greg Bird RC
  • 18 Trea Turner RC
  • 19 Joc Pederson
  • 20 J.D. Martinez
  • 21 Carl Edwards, Jr. RC
  • 22 Carlos Correa
  • 23 Cole Hamels
  • 24 Joey Votto
  • 25 Kenta Maeda RC
  • 26 Dellin Betances
  • 27 Ketel Marte RC
  • 28 Brian McCann
  • 29 Troy Tulowitzki
  • 30 Dallas Keuchel
  • 31 Byron Buxton
  • 32 David Ortiz
  • 33 Rob Refsnyder RC
  • 34 Tyson Ross
  • 35 Mookie Betts
  • 36 Charlie Blackmon
  • 37 Francisco Lindor
  • 38 Sonny Gray
  • 39 Jose Altuve
  • 40 Chris Sale
  • 41 Brian Dozier
  • 42 Luis Severino RC
  • 43 Robinson Cano
  • 44 Josh Donaldson
  • 45 Adrian Beltre
  • 46 Jose Fernandez
  • 47 Andrew McCutchen
  • 48 Ryan Braun
  • 49 Noah Syndergaard
  • 50 Clayton Kershaw
  • 51 Michael Brantley
  • 52 Felix Hernandez
  • 53 Yu Darvish
  • 54 Andrew Miller
  • 55 Eric Hosmer
  • 56 Peter O'Brien RC
  • 57 Wil Myers
  • 58 Corey Seager RC
  • 59 George Springer
  • 60 Brandon Crawford
  • 61 Jacob deGrom
  • 62 Alcides Escobar
  • 63 Yoenis Cespedes
  • 64 Gary Sanchez RC
  • 65 Miguel Cabrera
  • 66 Gerrit Cole
  • 67 Kyle Schwarber RC
  • 68 Jorge Soler
  • 69 Miguel Sano RC
  • 70 Brandon Phillips
  • 71 Maikel Franco
  • 72 Craig Kimbrel
  • 73 Dustin Pedroia
  • 74 Matt Holliday
  • 75 Henry Owens RC
  • 76 Anthony Rizzo
  • 77 David Wright
  • 78 Giancarlo Stanton
  • 79 Nolan Arenado
  • 80 Kyle Seager
  • 81 Mark Melancon
  • 82 Raul Mondesi, Jr. RC
  • 83 Carlos Carrasco
  • 84 Matt Carpenter
  • 85 David Price
  • 86 Todd Frazier
  • 87 Rusney Castillo
  • 88 Madison Bumgarner
  • 89 Starling Marte
  • 90 Zack Greinke
  • 91 Hector Olivera RC
  • 92 Kolten Wong
  • 93 Christian Yelich
  • 94 Max Kepler RC
  • 95 Jason Kipnis
  • 96 Prince Fielder
  • 97 Stephen Piscotty RC
  • 98 Jorge Lopez RC
  • 99 Jon Lester
  • 100 Bryce Harper

SPs

NOTE: The ten base set short-prints are all Refractors. There are no "plain vanilla" non-Refractor cards.

  • 101 Adam Jones SP
  • 102 Aroldis Chapman SP
  • 103 Aaron Nola SP RC
  • 104 Matt Harvey SP
  • 105 Wade Davis SP
  • 106 Paul Goldschmidt SP
  • 107 Max Scherzer SP
  • 108 Michael Conforto SP RC
  • 109 Freddie Freeman SP
  • 110 Kris Bryant SP

Parallels

All 100 base cards, but NOT the ten SPs (cards #1-#100) are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Refractors
  • Prism Refractor
  • Purple Refractor
  • Blue Refractor
  • Green Refractor
  • Gold Refractor
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

All 100 base cards AND the ten SPs are available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)

NOTE: The "base" version of the ten short-prints (cards #101-#110) are all Refractors. There is no non-Refractor "plain vanilla" base versions of these cards.

Inserts

All inserts are Refractors. All are also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Franchise Finest

  • FF-AJ Adam Jones
  • FF-AM Andrew McCutchen
  • FF-AR Anthony Rizzo
  • FF-BD Brian Dozier
  • FF-BH Bryce Harper
  • FF-BM Brian McCann
  • FF-BP Buster Posey
  • FF-CK Clayton Kershaw
  • FF-CS Chris Sale
  • FF-DO David Ortiz
  • FF-EH Eric Hosmer
  • FF-EL Evan Longoria
  • FF-FF Freddie Freeman
  • FF-FH Felix Hernandez
  • FF-GS Giancarlo Stanton
  • FF-JA Jose Altuve
  • FF-JD Josh Donaldson
  • FF-JV Joey Votto
  • FF-MB Michael Brantley
  • FF-MC Miguel Cabrera
  • FF-MCA Matt Carpenter
  • FF-MH Matt Harvey
  • FF-MT Mike Trout
  • FF-NA Nolan Arenado
  • FF-PF Prince Fielder
  • FF-PG Paul Goldschmidt
  • FF-RB Ryan Braun
  • FF-RH Ryan Howard
  • FF-SG Sonny Gray
  • FF-WM Wil Myers

1996 Finest Intimidators

  • 96FI-AP Albert Pujols
  • 96FI-BJ Bo Jackson
  • 96FI-CS Chris Sale
  • 96FI-DO David Ortiz
  • 96FI-EE Edwin Encarnacion
  • 96FI-EG Evan Gattis
  • 96FI-FT Frank Thomas
  • 96FI-GS Giancarlo Stanton
  • 96FI-I Ichiro
  • 96FI-JC Jose Canseco
  • 96FI-MH Matt Harvey
  • 96FI-MM Mark McGwire
  • 96FI-MP Mike Piazza
  • 96FI-NR Nolan Ryan
  • 96FI-PF Prince Fielder
  • 96FI-RC Roger Clemens
  • 96FI-RJ Randy Johnson
  • 96FI-VG Vladimir Guerrero
  • 96FI-YC Yoenis Cespedes
  • 96FI-YD Yu Darvish

Firsts

  • FF-AN Aaron Nola
  • FF-CS Corey Seager
  • FF-HO Hector Olivera
  • FF-HOW Henry Owens
  • FF-KS Kyle Schwarber
  • FF-LS Luis Severino
  • FF-MC Michael Conforto
  • FF-MS Miguel Sano
  • FF-SP Stephen Piscotty
  • FF-TT Trea Turner

Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts

  • FCA-KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
  • FCA-KG2 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
  • FCA-KG3 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
  • FCA-KG4 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
  • FCA-KG5 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
  • FCA-KG6 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
  • FCA-KG7 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
  • FCA-KG8 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
  • FCA-KG9 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
  • FCA-KG10 Ken Griffey, Jr. White Sox

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographs

Each Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
  • Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 30 copies)
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

  • FA-AG Andres Galarraga
  • FA-AJ Andruw Jones
  • FA-AM Andrew Miller
  • FA-AP A.J. Pollock
  • FA-BH Bryce Harper
  • FA-BPA Byung-Ho Park
  • FA-BPO Buster Posey
  • FA-BS Blake Swihart
  • FA-CB Craig Biggio
  • FA-CC Carlos Correa
  • FA-CD Carlos Delgado
  • FA-CDI Corey Dickerson
  • FA-CE Carl Edwards, Jr.
  • FA-CKL Corey Kluber
  • FA-CM Carlos Martinez
  • FA-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • FA-DK Dallas Keuchel
  • FA-DN Daniel Norris
  • FA-FF Freddie Freeman
  • FA-FL Francisco Lindor
  • FA-HO Hector Olivera
  • FA-I Ichiro
  • FA-JAL Jose Altuve
  • FA-JD Jacob deGrom
  • FA-JKR John Kruk
  • FA-JR J.T. Realmuto
  • FA-KB Kris Bryant
  • FA-KC Kole Calhoun
  • FA-KMA Kenta Maeda
  • FA-KW Kolten Wong
  • FA-MC Matt Cain
  • FA-MT Mike Trout
  • FA-OV Omar Vizquel
  • FA-RB Ryan Braun
  • FA-RF Rollie Fingers
  • FA-RM Raul Mondesi, Jr.
  • FA-RR Rob Refsnyder
  • FA-SM Starling Marte
  • FA-SMA Steven Matz
  • FA-SP Stephen Piscotty
  • FA-TT Trea Turner
  • FA-WD Wade Davis
  • FA-YD Yu Darvish

Greats Autographs

Each Greats Autograph is serial-numbered to the figures listed below and also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

  • FGA-AK Al Kaline 200
  • FGA-CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 60
  • FGA-DM Don Mattingly 50
  • FGA-EM Edgar Martinez 300
  • FGA-HA Hank Aaron 40
  • FGA-JG Juan Gonzalez 300
  • FGA-JS John Smoltz 90
  • FGA-MP Mike Piazza 50
  • FGA-NR Nolan Ryan 60
  • FGA-RC Rod Carew 150
  • FGA-SK Sandy Koufax 40
  • FGA-VG Vladimir Guerrero 150

Franchise Finest Autographs

Each Franchise Finest Autograph is serial-numbered to the figures listed below and also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

  • FFIA-BP Buster Posey 40
  • FFIA-CK Clayton Kershaw 50
  • FFIA-EL Evan Longoria 50
  • FFIA-FH Felix Hernandez
  • FFIA-JA Jose Altuve 150
  • FFIA-MT Mike Trout 40
  • FFIA-WM Wil Myers 100

1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs

Each 1996 Finest Intimidators Autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

  • 96FIA-BJ Bo Jackson
  • 96FIA-MM Mark McGwire
  • 96FIA-NR Nolan Ryan
  • 96FIA-RC Roger Clemens
  • 96FIA-YD Yu Darvish

Firsts Autographs

Each Firsts Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
  • Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

  • FFA-AN Aaron Nola
  • FFA-CS Corey Seager
  • FFA-HOW Henry Owens EXCH
  • FFA-KS Kyle Schwarber EXCH
  • FFA-LS Luis Severino
  • FFA-MC Michael Conforto EXCH
  • FFA-MS Miguel Sano

Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Autographs

Each Career Die-Cuts Autograph is serial-numbered to five.

  • FCA-KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FCA-KG2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FCA-KG3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FCA-KG4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FCA-KG5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FCA-KG6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FCA-KG7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FCA-KG8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FCA-KG9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FCA-KG10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Originals Autographs

Each Originals Autograph is a buyback and serial-numbered to 20 copies.

  • Billy Wagner
  • Chipper Jones
  • Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • John Smoltz
  • Randy Johnson

Mystery Autographs

These three autographed cards were available only through a Mystery Redemption card that was randomly inserted into 2016 Finest packs. The redemption card (which expired April 30th, 2018) was good for all three autographs. Redemptions for the following parallels were also available.

  • Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • SuperFractor (one-of-one)

  • FMR-1 Trevor Story
  • FMR-2 Nomar Mazara
  • FMR-3 Julio Urias