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2003 Topps 205

2025-06-24T15:43:26Z

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=Description=

Fresh off the successful Topps 206 release of a year earlier, the first series of 2003 Topps 205 was released in July, 2003. The base set consists of 150 cards with 15 (non-short-printed) variations. Each eight-card pack contained one mini-sized parallel, and one "Triple Folder" insert.

Just like the original 1911 T-205's, there are separate designs for the National League, American League, and minor league players. The first 120 cards consists of current Major League players. Cards numbered #121 through #144 feature prospects and first-year players, all using the ornate T-205 Minor League design. Among this subset is a rookie card of Hanley Ramirez.

Card number number 145 features the "rookie card" Louis Sockalexis, a member of the Penobscot Tribe, who was supposedly the player the Cleveland Indians named their team in honor of. Despite playing three seasons with the then Cleveland Spiders, Sockalexis never appeared on a trading card. Cards numbered 146 to 150 feature various "reprints" of some of the tougher T-205 cards.

Each 20-pack box yielded two framed "hits," a box containing an addition 20 mini cards, and a historical essay from noted collector [[Keith Olbermann]]. Also randomly inserted in packs were cards featuring "repurchased" tobacco cards. Those cards were inserted at a stated rate of 1:336/packs.

The second series of Topps 205 was released in February 2004. Originally, Topps planned on 205 being a single-series release. However, the tremendous reception 205 received caused Topps to reconsider.

The set consists of 165 cards and ten variations. Unlike the first series, 20 of the cards (mostly the rookies and prospects) are short-printed and seeded into packs at the rate of 1:5. Each eight-card pack contained one mini-sized parallel and one "Triple Folder" insert.

Each 20-pack box yielded two framed "hits," a box containing an addition 20 mini cards, and a historical essay from noted collector Keith Olbermann.

=Distribution=

20 packs per box, eight cards per pack. Hobby Only.

=Reviews=

=Insertion Ratios=

===Series One===

{| class="ratio"
!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||165||-||?
|-
|Polar Bear||165||-||?
|-
|Sovereign Black-Back||165||-||?
|-
|Sovereign Green-Back||165||-||?
|-
|Drum||165||-||?
|-
|Multi-Brand||165||-||?
|-
|Multi-Brand Purple-Back||165||-||?
|-
|Brooklyn||165||varies||?
|-
|Bazooka Red Back||165||5||1:1573
|-
|Triple Folders Polar Bear||50||-||one-per-pack
|-
|Triple Folders Brooklyn||50||-||1:72
|-
|Relics||43||-||?
|-
|Autographs||9||-||?
|}

===Series Two===

{| class="ratio"
!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||175||-||?
|-
|short set||155||-||?
|-
|SPs||20||-||1:5
|-
|Polar Bear||175||-||?
|-
|Sovereign Black-Back||175||-||?
|-
|Sovereign Green-Back||175||-||?
|-
|Drum||175||-||?
|-
|Brooklyn||175||205||?
|-
|Bazooka Red Back||175||4||1:691
|-
|Bazooka Blue Back||175||one-of-one||1:2744
|-
|Exclusive Pose Polar Bear||20||-||?
|-
|Exclusive Pose Sovereign Black-Back||20||-||?
|-
|Exclusive Pose Sovereign Green-Back||20||-||?
|-
|Exclusive Pose Drum||20||-||?
|-
|Exclusive Pose Brooklyn||20||205||?
|-
|Triple Folders Polar Bear||50||-||one-per-pack
|-
|Triple Folders Brooklyn||50||-||1:29
|-
|World Series Line-Ups||20||one-of-one||1:27,440
|-
|Relics||73||-||?
|-
|Autographs||8||-||?
|-
|Triple Folder Autographs||4||205||1:355
|}

=Checklist=

==Base Set==

===Series One===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/31/Albert-Pujols.jpg?id=56a7b818-9336-444e-af38-41a9b32e72d7&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/31/Albert-Pujols.jpg?id=56a7b818-9336-444e-af38-41a9b32e72d7&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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====Prospects====

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/125/Joe-Mauer.jpg?id=ed1e3fad-b64b-4b8b-b805-cfa96e78254f&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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====First Year====

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====Reprints====

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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/145/Louis-Sockalexis.jpg?id=ec154a84-0968-41a3-bf91-f2c60d752b79&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===Series Two===

====Reprints====

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/151/Dave-Shean.jpg?id=91fd127f-233e-40c6-a7a5-008f3b16ec33&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/151/Dave-Shean.jpg?id=91fd127f-233e-40c6-a7a5-008f3b16ec33&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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====Retired====

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/156/Willie-Mays.jpg?id=ee7d0c33-46ca-418a-9755-d116006f7840&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/156/Willie-Mays.jpg?id=ee7d0c33-46ca-418a-9755-d116006f7840&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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====Prospects====

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/165/Zack-Greinke.jpg?id=583f88c3-8a8a-4bc5-a583-15f3bbec127c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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====First Year====

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/187/Rickie-Weeks.jpg?id=4202233e-2748-4c7c-9d9f-7ea7a101f0c2&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/187/Rickie-Weeks.jpg?id=4202233e-2748-4c7c-9d9f-7ea7a101f0c2&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base/262/Ivan-Rodriguez.jpg?id=4d287b4c-b709-40b2-9d3b-2d4706d2417d&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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==Parallels==

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Polar-Bear-Back-Mini/225/Derek-Jeter.jpg?id=03e6c03e-5eab-4252-b9ce-4eb3cc89ba27&size=original&side=back&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Sovereign-Back-Mini-Black/2802/Jim-Thome-(Green-Background).jpg?id=38c9fc8b-b1fd-4feb-8423-c74299fdad8b&size=original&side=back&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Sovereign-Back-Mini-Green/125/Joe-Mauer.jpg?id=e6fe6316-f129-467f-bb35-e9fd00d4fdb5&size=original&side=back&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Drum-Back-Mini/330/Ichiro-Suzuki.jpg?id=af4bc867-3e56-46ea-8123-fe9185078a3e&size=original&side=back&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Bazooka-Back-Mini-Red/187/Rickie-Weeks.jpg?id=4a3a262d-7928-4a20-a001-a7bdf57caf9a&size=original&side=back&.jpg

Each mini-sized parallel measures 1-7/16" x 2-5/8" and come one-per-pack. In addition, each box contains a bonus 20-card mini-box.

* Polar Bear (Common)
* Sovereign Black-Back (Uncommon; 20% of production with Green backs)
* Drum (Rare)
* Bazooka Red (Series One, limited to five copies; Series Two, limited to four)
* Bazooka Blue (one-of-one; Series Two only)

===Multi-Brand===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---American-Beauty-Back-Mini-Brown/148/Hal-Chase.jpg?id=9a3e38ea-f011-4db9-9e49-7dd3f04c6e94&size=original&side=back&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Cycle-Back-Mini-Brown/122/Jose-Reyes.jpg?id=93f34beb-9b34-43aa-a496-4a3361e6b52e&size=original&side=back&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Honest-Back-Mini-Brown/75/Derek-Jeter.jpg?id=1ef733bb-d818-422b-9ebb-05a98f90dc5d&size=original&side=back&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Piedmont-Back-Mini-Brown/27/Andruw-Jones.jpg?id=86009e9c-ac1b-4622-a0c8-9e2d742b7a8f&size=original&side=back&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Sweet-Caporal-Back-Mini-Brown/102/Brett-Myers.jpg?id=1ae09c38-53d8-4ca6-8d71-1d0acc44ddbb&size=original&side=back&.jpg

What has become known as the "multi-brand parallel," is a set of minis with a combination of five different ad backs: American Beauty (AB), Cycle (C), Honest (H), Piedmont (P), and Sweet Caporal (SC). Ten percent of the production run of all cards are printed with purple ink, the rest with brown ink.

This set was only available for Series One.

1 Barry Bonds (w/Hat) AB

1 Barry Bonds (w/Helmet) H

2 Bret Boone P

3 Albert Pujols ("Clear" Logo) P

3 Albert Pujols (White Logo) H

4 Carl Crawford P

5 Bartolo Colon P

6 Cliff Floyd P

7 John Olerud P

8 Jason Giambi (Full Jacket) P

8 Jason Giambi (Partial Jacket) H

9 Edgardo Alfonzo P

10 Ivan Rodriguez P

11 Jim Edmonds P

12 Mike Piazza (Orange Background) P

12 Mike Piazza (Yellow Background) H

13 Greg Maddux P

14 Jose Vidro P

15 Vladimir Guerrero ("Clear" Logo) P

15 Vladimir Guerrero (White Logo) H

16 Bernie Williams P

17 Roger Clemens P

18 Miguel Tejada (Blue Background) P

18 Miguel Tejada (Green Background) H

19 Carlos Delgado P

20 Alfonso Soriano (w/Bat) AB

20 Alfonso Soriano (w/Sunglasses) H

21 Bobby Cox P

22 Mike Scioscia P

23 John Smoltz P

24 Luis Gonzalez P

25 Shawn Green P

26 Raul Ibanez P

27 Andruw Jones P

28 Josh Beckett P

29 Derek Lowe P

30 Todd Helton P

31 Barry Larkin P

32 Jason Jennings P

33 Darin Erstad P

34 Magglio Ordonez P

35 Mike Sweeney P

36 Kazuhisa Ishii P

37 Ron Gardenhire P

38 Tim Hudson P

39 Tim Salmon P

40 Pat Burrell (Black Bat) P

40 Pat Burrell (Brown Bat) H

41 Manny Ramirez P

42 Nick Johnson P

43 Tom Glavine P

44 Mark Mulder P

45 Brian Jordan P

46 Rafael Palmeiro P

47 Vernon Wells P

48 Bob Brenly P

49 C.C. Sabathia P

50 Alex Rodriguez (Looking Straight Ahead) AB

50 Alex Rodriguez (Looking Away) H

51 Sammy Sosa (Head Down) AB

51 Sammy Sosa (Looking Left) H

52 Paul Konerko P

53 Craig Biggio P

54 Moises Alou P

55 Johnny Damon P

56 Torii Hunter P

57 Omar Vizquel P

58 Orlando Hernandez P

59 Barry Zito P

60 Lance Berkman P

61 Carlos Beltran P

62 Edgar Renteria P

63 Ben Sheets P

64 Doug Mientkiewicz P

65 Troy Glaus P

66 Preston Wilson P

67 Kerry Wood P

68 Frank Thomas P

69 Jimmy Rollins P

70 Brian Giles SC

71 Bobby Higginson SC

72 Larry Walker SC

73 Randy Johnson SC

74 Tony LaRussa SC

75 Derek Jeter (w/Gold Trim) H

75 Derek Jeter (w/o Gold Trim) SC

76 Bobby Abreu SC

77 Adam Dunn (Grinning) H

77 Adam Dunn (Smiling) SC

78 Ryan Klesko SC

79 Francisco Rodriguez SC

80 Scott Rolen SC

81 Roberto Alomar SC

82 Joe Torre SC

83 Jim Thome SC

84 Kevin Millwood SC

85 J.T. Snow SC

86 Trevor Hoffman SC

87 Jay Gibbons SC

88 Mark Prior (Modern Cubs Logo) SC

88 Mark Prior ("Bear" Logo) H

89 Rich Aurilia SC

90 Chipper Jones SC

91 Richie Sexson SC

92 Gary Sheffield SC

93 Pedro Martinez SC

94 Rodrigo Lopez SC

95 Al Leiter SC

96 Jorge Posada SC

97 Luis Castillo SC

98 Aubrey Huff SC

99 A.J. Pierzynski SC

100 Ichiro (Looking Straight Ahead) AB

100 Ichiro (Looking Right) H

101 Eric Chavez SC

102 Brett Myers SC

103 Jason Kendall SC

104 Jeff Kent SC

105 Eric Hinske SC

106 Jacque Jones SC

107 Phil Nevin SC

108 Roy Oswalt SC

109 Curt Schilling SC

110 Nomar Garciaparra (w/Gold Trim) H

110 Nomar Garciaparra (w/o Gold Trim) SC

111 Garret Anderson SC

112 Eric Gagne SC

113 Javier Vazquez SC

114 Jeff Bagwell SC

115 Mike Lowell SC

116 Carlos Pena SC

117 Ken Griffey Jr. SC

118 Tony Batista SC

119 Edgar Martinez SC

120 Austin Kearns SC

121 Jason Stokes C

122 Jose Reyes C

123 Rocco Baldelli C

124 Joe Borchard C

125 Joe Mauer C

126 Gavin Floyd C

127 Mark Teixeira C

128 Jeremy Guthrie C

129 B.J. Upton C

130 Khalil Greene C

131 Craig Ansman C

132 Andy Marte C

133 J.D. Durbin C

134 Jason Kubel C

135 Craig Brazell C

136 Bryan Bullington C

137 Jose Contreras C

138 Brian Burgamy C

139 Evel Bastida-Martinez C

140 Joey Gomes C

141 Ismael Castro C

142 Travis Wong C

143 Michael Garciaparra C

144 Arnaldo Munoz C

145 Louis Sockalexis C

146 Richard Hoblitzell AB

147 George Graham AB

148 Hal Chase AB

149 John McGraw AB

150 Roderick J. Wallace AB

===Brooklyn===

====Series One====

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Brooklyn-Back-Mini/73/Randy-Johnson.jpg?id=556fae25-fbe8-4778-bbc6-b8da59662562&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Brooklyn-Back-Mini/73/Randy-Johnson.jpg?id=556fae25-fbe8-4778-bbc6-b8da59662562&size=original&side=back&.jpg

This bizarrely fractured parallel is broken-up into four tiers. 25 cards are Common (C), 85 Uncommon (U), 30 Rare (R), and 30 numbered-to-five (5). Unlike the other parallels, the fifteen variations are not included in this set.

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====Series Two====

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Brooklyn-Back-Mini/257/Tino-Martinez.jpg?id=82159ee8-fb67-42ea-911c-ce10a75eb436&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Brooklyn-Back-Mini/257/Tino-Martinez.jpg?id=82159ee8-fb67-42ea-911c-ce10a75eb436&size=original&side=back&.jpg

For Series Two, each Brooklyn parallel is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 205 copies.

===Exclusive Pose===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Sovereign-Back-Mini-Black-Exclusive-Pose/316/Willie-Mays.jpg?id=f818167c-6944-4fd6-97b0-fe5dba8ddf4a&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Base---Sovereign-Back-Mini-Black-Exclusive-Pose/316/Willie-Mays.jpg?id=f818167c-6944-4fd6-97b0-fe5dba8ddf4a&size=original&side=back&.jpg

These twenty cards are numbered as an extension of the base set and are only available in the mini-sized format. All cards are available in the following backs.

* Polar Bear
* Sovereign Black
* Sovereign Green
* Drum
* Brooklyn (serial-numbered to 205 copies)

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==Inserts==

===Triple Folders===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Triple-Folders---Polar-Bear-Back/TF3/Alex-Rodriguez-Miguel-Tejada.jpg?id=c94d4473-d6e5-41db-8672-67f53b50f365&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Triple-Folders---Polar-Bear-Back/TF3/Alex-Rodriguez-Miguel-Tejada.jpg?id=c94d4473-d6e5-41db-8672-67f53b50f365&size=original&side=back&.jpg

This 100 card set is based on the 1912 T-202 Hassan "Triple Folders." Each card measures 2-1/2" X 7", and is folded and glued to fit into the pack. The two end "cards" fold out to reveal a full-color reproduction of the player's Topps 205 card, centered with a black-and-white action photo of the two players. The first 50 cards were in Series One, the remaining 50 in Series Two.

The backs are available in Polar Bear (Common) and Brooklyn (Rare) variations.

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===World Series Line-Ups===

Each card in this Series Two-exclusive set is a one-of-one.

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===Keith Olbermann Poster===

Each sealed box of Topps 205 contained a poster, which had an essay from broadcaster and noted collector Keith Olbermann. The essay explains the history of the original T-205s and introduces the Topps 205 set. There was a separate poster for each series.

==Autographs & Game-Used==

===T-205 Relics===

Many of the relics are available in large numbers but there are ones that even advanced collectors have been looking for forever. Scott Rolen comes to mind as one of them.

====Series One====

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Framed-Relics/TR-BZ/Barry-Zito.jpg?id=93c57151-1614-4913-be25-20ade4dc12c6&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Framed-Relics/TR-BZ/Barry-Zito.jpg?id=93c57151-1614-4913-be25-20ade4dc12c6&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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====Series Two====

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Framed-Relics/TR-RF/Rafael-Furcal.jpg?id=150159b4-9da4-41bb-8f64-3557d3e4f766&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Framed-Relics/TR-RF/Rafael-Furcal.jpg?id=150159b4-9da4-41bb-8f64-3557d3e4f766&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===T-205 Autographs===

====Series One====

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Framed-Autographs/TA-PL/Paul-LoDuca.jpg?id=5ab4ae35-c5c7-430e-8994-3c1e62b7fc2a&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Framed-Autographs/TA-PL/Paul-LoDuca.jpg?id=5ab4ae35-c5c7-430e-8994-3c1e62b7fc2a&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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====Series Two====

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Framed-Autographs/TA-RH/Rich-Harden.jpg?id=e3b09f37-552a-4120-8061-7888c3e3e404&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Framed-Autographs/TA-RH/Rich-Harden.jpg?id=e3b09f37-552a-4120-8061-7888c3e3e404&size=original&side=back&.jpg

Card #HA is limited to 50 copies.

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===Triple Folder Autographs===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Triple-Folders-Autographs/TFA-RH/Rich-Harden.jpg?id=0c64e520-81e3-47b6-99e9-6efe10119e6c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2003/Topps-205---Triple-Folders-Autographs/TFA-RH/Rich-Harden.jpg?id=0c64e520-81e3-47b6-99e9-6efe10119e6c&size=original&side=back&.jpg

These cards are exclusive to Series Two and are limited, but not serial-numbered, to 205 copies.

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===Team Topps Legends Autographs===

''See [[2004 Team Topps Legends Autographs]].''

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[[Category:2003]]

2002 Upper Deck 40-Man

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=Description=

2002 Upper Deck 40-Man is a massive 1182 card set that was released in July 2002. As the name implies, the set includes just about every player who appeared on the 40-man roster of every Major League team during and up to the middle of the 2002 MLB season. Only those players who had served as replacement players during the 1994-95 strike were excluded.

Although the concept was well-received by collectors, the suggested retail price of $3 for a ten-card pack turned off many who instead focused on a similar, but $2/pack cheaper, offering from Topps: [[2002 Topps Total|Total.]]

Despite the enormous set size, there are no notable rookies in the set.

=Distribution=

Wax: 24 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $3/pack); 14 boxes to a case.

=Reviews=

=Insertion Ratios=

{| class="ratio"
!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Odds
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||1182||-||?
|-
|Electric||1182||-||1:4
|-
|Electric Rainbow||1182||40||?
|-
|Lumber Yard||18||-||1:168
|-
|Mark McGwire Flashbacks||40||-||1:24
|-
|Gargantuan Gear||25||-||1:48
|-
|Gargantuan Gear Gold||25||100||?
|-
|Looming Large Jerseys||31||250||?
|-
|Looming Large Gold Jerseys||31||40||?
|-
|Super Swatch||39||250||?
|-
|Super Swatch Gold||39||40||?
|-
|Autographed Mark McGwire Buybacks||44||six or less||?
|}

=Checklist=

==Base Set==

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/828/Scott-Strickland.jpg?id=3e23a03b-ff8a-4f4d-9552-d83929def177&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/828/Scott-Strickland.jpg?id=3e23a03b-ff8a-4f4d-9552-d83929def177&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===Top 40 New Releases===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/1039/Josh-Fogg.jpg?id=04abbd89-2e10-4238-b10d-d167bf86e69a&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/1039/Josh-Fogg.jpg?id=04abbd89-2e10-4238-b10d-d167bf86e69a&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===Hitmakers===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/1088/Derek-Jeter.jpg?id=87c35b05-4766-4d02-b646-81a5aea5008c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/1088/Derek-Jeter.jpg?id=87c35b05-4766-4d02-b646-81a5aea5008c&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===Power Chart===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/1128/Frank-Thomas.jpg?id=dcb4092f-7899-4bfe-b176-6e349b4e85f5&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/1128/Frank-Thomas.jpg?id=dcb4092f-7899-4bfe-b176-6e349b4e85f5&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===Top 40 Rotation===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/1137/Greg-Maddux.jpg?id=49d1f0c1-8383-49aa-8d8b-f787aefaa25b&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/1137/Greg-Maddux.jpg?id=49d1f0c1-8383-49aa-8d8b-f787aefaa25b&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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===Checklists===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/1174/Alex-Rodriguez.jpg?id=9d2a54f9-d300-4df4-93b3-6e646e4be939&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Base/1174/Alex-Rodriguez.jpg?id=9d2a54f9-d300-4df4-93b3-6e646e4be939&size=original&side=back&.jpg

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==Parallels==

Each of the 1182 base cards are available in the following parallels.

* Electric
* Electric Rainbow (serial-numbered to 40 copies)

==Inserts==

===Lumber Yard===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Lumber-Yard/LY18/Todd-Helton.jpg?id=3e5e1665-366d-4162-9b32-6abd36295b11&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Lumber-Yard/LY18/Todd-Helton.jpg?id=3e5e1665-366d-4162-9b32-6abd36295b11&size=original&side=back&.jpg

'''NOTE:''' The fronts of each card are printed on wood; however, it is NOT from a game-used bat. The stated production is 212 of each card. You can not pull these from unopened boxes, they were all redemption cards. While the redemption's were valid, you could redeem them for the card listed. About 5 years after the redemption's expired, Upper Deck started sending the un-redeemed ones out as "Thank you's" to people when they sent out there redemption's. They went from very hard to find to common over night. In the years since then many have gone into collections and they have become a little more scarce again.

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===Mark McGwire Flashbacks===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Mark-McGwire-Flashbacks/MM26/Mark-McGwire.jpg?id=0c4f14ca-5efa-44c9-b611-9dc001facf3a&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Mark-McGwire-Flashbacks/MM26/Mark-McGwire.jpg?id=0c4f14ca-5efa-44c9-b611-9dc001facf3a&size=original&side=back&.jpg

This 40-card set goes through and features the highlights of Mark McGwire's career which ended after the 2001 season. All cards are done in the style of the 1989 Upper Deck set.

Card #1 features the only Mark McGwire card produced by Upper Deck depicting him in a USA Baseball uniform (Upper Deck had the USA Baseball license at the time). Card #2 is a reprint of McGwire's 1989 Upper Deck card.

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==Autographs & Game-Used==

===Gargantuan Gear===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Gargantuan-Gear/G-JP/Jorge-Posada.jpg?id=8c74bd44-60e8-4783-8f17-68f2e35999ca&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Gargantuan-Gear/G-JP/Jorge-Posada.jpg?id=8c74bd44-60e8-4783-8f17-68f2e35999ca&size=original&side=back&.jpg

Short-prints are denoted below.

Each card is also available in a Gold parallel, serial-numbered to 100 copies.

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===Looming Large Jerseys===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Looming-Large-Jerseys/L-TF/Travis-Fryman.jpg?id=15b87ff1-627c-4efc-85c4-989e1dc3ff14&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Looming-Large-Jerseys/L-TF/Travis-Fryman.jpg?id=15b87ff1-627c-4efc-85c4-989e1dc3ff14&size=original&side=back&.jpg

Each Looming Large jersey is serial-numbered to 250 copies, with a Gold parallel serial-numbered to 40.

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===Super Swatches===

https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Super-Swatches/S-IS/Ichiro.jpg?id=344c17a0-2a50-44bb-b550-6769a5628ac7&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2002/Upper-Deck-40-Man---Super-Swatches/S-IS/Ichiro.jpg?id=344c17a0-2a50-44bb-b550-6769a5628ac7&size=original&side=back&.jpg

Each Super Swatch is serial-numbered to 250 copies, with a Gold parallel serial-numbered to 40.

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===Mark McGwire Autograph Buybacks===

These 44 cards feature original Mark McGwire Upper Deck cards which were bought in the secondary market and then autographed by McGwire. No more than six copies of each individual card were signed, and only 250 cards in total were signed.

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[[Category:2002]]
[[Category:Upper Deck]]