1992 Classic/Best

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Description

1992 Classic/Best is a 450-card set of Minor League prospects released in two series. The first 400 cards (known colloquially as the "LO Series") were issued in pack form, with only 20,000, ten-box, serial-numbered cases produced. The final 50 cards (a.k.a. "HI Series") were exclusive to the factory sets -- which also contained the full 450-card set.

Distribution

LO Series Wax: 36 packs per box, 12 cards per pack. 20,000 cases produced.

Factory sets.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Wax Odds Jumbo Odds
LO Series Base 400 - ? ?
Blue Bonus 30 - N/A one-per-pack
Red Bonus 20 - N/A one-per-pack
1993 Classic/Best Gold LP 5 - N/A ?
Autographs 6 varies ? N/A

Checklist

Promos

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  • 1 Nolan Ryan
  • 2 Brien Taylor
  • 7 Brien Taylor
  • 8 Frankie Rodriquez

Cardshow Promos

See 1992 Classic Cardshow Promos

Base Set

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  • 1 Nolan Ryan
  • 2 Darius Gash
  • 3 Brad Ausmus
  • 4 Mike Gardella
  • 5 Mark Hutton
  • 6 Bobby Munoz
  • 7 Don Sparks
  • 8 Shane Andrews
  • 9 Gary Hymel
  • 10 Roberto Arredondo
  • 11 Joe Randa
  • 12 Pedro Grifol
  • 13 Steve Dixon
  • 14 John Thomas
  • 15 Chris Durkin
  • 16 Jeff Conger
  • 17 John Farrell
  • 18 Antonio Mitchell
  • 19 Matt Ruebel
  • 20 Darren Burton
  • 21 Lance Jennings
  • 22 Kerwin Moore
  • 23 Julio Bruno
  • 24 Joe Vitiello
  • 25 Brook Fordyce
  • 26 Rob Katzaroff
  • 27 Julian Vasquez
  • 28 Alan Zinter
  • 29 Clemente Alvarez
  • 30 Scott Cepicky
  • 31 Mike Mongiello
  • 32 Tom Redington
  • 33 Johnny Ruffin
  • 34 Eric Booker
  • 35 Manny Martinez
  • 36 Mike Grimes
  • 37 Paul Byrd
  • 38 Brian Giles
  • 39 David Mlicki
  • 40 Tracy Sanders
  • 41 Kyle Washington
  • 42 Scott Bullett
  • 43 Steve Cooke
  • 44 Austin Manahan
  • 45 Ben Shelton
  • 46 Joe De Berry
  • 47 Steve Gibralter
  • 48 Willie Greene
  • 49 Brian Koelling
  • 50 Larry Luebbers
  • 51 Greg Anthony
  • 52 Homer Bush
  • 53 Manny Cora
  • 54 Joey Hamilton
  • 55 David Mowry
  • 56 Bobby Perna
  • 57 Jamie Dismuke
  • 58 Kenneth Gillum
  • 59 Pokey Reese
  • 60 Phil Dauphin
  • 61 Ryan Hawblitzel
  • 62 Tim Parker
  • 63 Dave Swartzbaugh
  • 64 Billy White
  • 65 Terry Burrows
  • 66 Chris Gies
  • 67 Kurt Miller
  • 68 Timmie Morrow
  • 69 Benny Colvard
  • 70 Tim Costo
  • 71 Mica Lewis
  • 72 John Roper
  • 73 Kevin Tatar
  • 74 Joel Adamson
  • 75 Mike Farmer
  • 76 Kevin Stocker
  • 77 David Tokheim
  • 78 Ray Jackson
  • 79 Dax Jones
  • 80 Randy Curtis
  • 81 Eric Reichenbach
  • 82 Jerome Tolliver
  • 83 Quilvio Veras
  • 84 George Evangelista
  • 85 Pat Bryant
  • 86 Willie Canate
  • 87 Brian Lane
  • 88 Howard Battle
  • 89 Rob Butler
  • 90 Carlos Delgado
  • 91 Tyler Houston
  • 92 Troy Hughes
  • 93 Chipper Jones
  • 94 Melvin Nieves
  • 95 Jose Olmeda
  • 96 John Finn
  • 97 Mike Guerrero
  • 98 Troy O'Leary
  • 99 Ben Blomdahl
  • 100 Mike Schmidt
  • 101 Carlos Burguillos
  • 102 Kiki Hernandez
  • 103 Brian DuBose
  • 104 Kevin Morgan
  • 105 Justin Thompson
  • 106 Jason Alstead
  • 107 Matt Anderson
  • 108 Brad Pennington
  • 109 Brad Tyler
  • 110 Jovino Carvajal
  • 111 Roger Luce
  • 112 Ken Powell
  • 113 Steve Sadecki
  • 114 Craig Clayton
  • 115 Russell Davis
  • 116 Mike Kelly
  • 117 Javy Lopez
  • 118 Doug Piatt
  • 119 Manny Alexander
  • 120 Damon Buford
  • 121 Erik Schullstrom
  • 122 Mark Smith
  • 123 Jeff Williams
  • 124 Reid Cornelius
  • 125 Tim Laker
  • 126 Chris Martin
  • 127 Mike Mathile
  • 128 Derrick White
  • 129 Luis Galindez
  • 130 John Kuehl
  • 131 Ray McDavid
  • 132 Sean Mulligan
  • 133 Tookie Spann
  • 134 Marcos Armas
  • 135 Scott Erwin
  • 136 Johnny Guzman
  • 137 Mike Mohler
  • 138 Craig Paquette
  • 139 Dean Tatarian
  • 140 Orlando Miller
  • 141 Tow Maynard
  • 142 Marc Newfield
  • 143 Greg Pirkl
  • 144 Jesus Tavarez
  • 145 Tom Smith
  • 146 Brad Seitzer
  • 147 Brent Brede
  • 148 Elston Hansen
  • 149 Jamie Ogden
  • 150 Rogelio Nunez
  • 151 Manny Cervantes
  • 152 David Sartain
  • 153 Shawn Bryant
  • 154 Chad Ogea
  • 155 Manny Ramirez
  • 156 Darrell Whitmore
  • 157 Greg O'Halloran
  • 158 Tim Brown
  • 159 Curtis Pride
  • 160 Marcus Moore
  • 161 Robert Perez
  • 162 Aaron Small
  • 163 David Tollison
  • 164 Nigel Wilson
  • 165 Jim Givens
  • 166 Dennis McNamara
  • 167 Kelley O'Neal
  • 168 Rudy Pemberton
  • 169 Joe Perona
  • 170 Brian Cornelius
  • 171 Ivan Cruz
  • 172 Frank Gonzales
  • 173 Mike Lumley
  • 174 Brian Warren
  • 175 Aaron Sele
  • 176 Gary Carballo
  • 177 Creighton Gubanich
  • 178 Brad Parker
  • 179 Scott Sheldon
  • 180 Archie Corbin
  • 181 Phil Hiatt
  • 182 Domingo Mota
  • 183 Dan Carlson
  • 184 Hugh Walker
  • 185 Joe Ciccarella
  • 186 John Jackson
  • 187 Brent Gates
  • 188 Eric Helfand
  • 189 Damon Mashore
  • 190 Malcolm Curtis Shaw
  • 191 Jason Wood
  • 192 Terry Powers
  • 193 Steve Karsay
  • 194 Greg Blosser
  • 195 Gar Finnvold
  • 196 Scott Hatteberg
  • 197 Derek Livernois
  • 198 Jeff McNeely
  • 199 Rex DeLaNuez
  • 200 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 201 Pat Meares
  • 202 Alan Newman
  • 203 Paul Russo
  • 204 Anthony Collier
  • 205 Roberto Petagine
  • 206 Brian L. Hunter
  • 207 James Mouton
  • 208 Tom Nevers
  • 209 Garret Anderson
  • 210 Clifton Garrett
  • 211 Eduardo Perez
  • 212 Shawn Purdy
  • 213 Darren Bragg
  • 214 Glenn Murray
  • 215 Ruben Santana
  • 216 Bubba Smith
  • 217 Terry Adams
  • 218 Bill Bliss
  • 219 German Diaz
  • 220 Willie Gardner
  • 221 Ed Larregui
  • 222 Tim Garland
  • 223 Kevin Jordan
  • 224 Tim Rumer
  • 225 Jason Robertson
  • 226 Todd Claus
  • 227 Julian Heredia
  • 228 Mark Sweeney
  • 229 Robert Eenhoorn
  • 230 Tyler Green
  • 231 Mike Lieberthal
  • 232 Ron Lockett
  • 233 Tom Nuneviller
  • 234 Sean Ryan
  • 235 Alvaro Benavides
  • 236 Kevin Bellomo
  • 237 Tony Bridges
  • 238 Eric Whitford
  • 239 James Bishop
  • 240 Midre Cummings
  • 241 Tom Green
  • 242 Marcus Hanel
  • 243 Billy Ashley
  • 244 Matt Howard
  • 245 Tommy Adams
  • 246 Craig Bryant
  • 247 Ron Pezzoni
  • 248 Barry Miller
  • 249 Jason McFarlin
  • 250 Joe Rosselli
  • 251 William VanLandingham
  • 252 Christopher Seelbach
  • 253 Jason Bere
  • 254 Eric Christopherson
  • 255 Rick Huisman
  • 256 Kevin McGehee
  • 257 Salomon Torres
  • 258 Brian Boehringer
  • 259 Glenn DiSarcina
  • 260 Jason Schmidt
  • 261 Charles Poe
  • 262 Ricky Bottalico
  • 263 Tommy Eason
  • 264 Joel Gilmore
  • 265 Pat Ruth
  • 266 Gene Schall
  • 267 Jim Campbell
  • 268 Brian Barber
  • 269 Allen Battle
  • 270 Marc Ronan
  • 271 Scott Simmons
  • 272 Dmitri Young
  • 273 Butch Huskey
  • 274 Frank Jacobs
  • 275 Aaron Ledesma
  • 276 Jose Martinez
  • 277 Andy Beasley
  • 278 Paul Ellis
  • 279 John Kelly
  • 280 Jeremy McGarity
  • 281 Mateo Ozuna
  • 282 Allen Watson
  • 283 Francisco Gamez
  • 284 Leon Glenn
  • 285 Duane Singleton
  • 286 Andy Pettitte
  • 287 Donald Harris
  • 288 Robb Nen
  • 289 Jose Oliva
  • 290 Keith Garagozzo
  • 291 Dan Smith
  • 292 Kiki Jones
  • 293 Rich Becker
  • 294 Mike Durant
  • 295 Denny Hocking
  • 296 Mike Lewis
  • 297 Troy Ricker
  • 298 Todd Ritchie
  • 299 Scott Stahoviak
  • 300 Brien Taylor
  • 301 Jim Austin
  • 302 Mike Daniel
  • 303 Joseph Eischen
  • 304 Ranbir Grewal
  • 305 Rondell White
  • 306 Mark Hubbard
  • 307 Tate Seefried
  • 308 Tom Wilson
  • 309 Benji Gil
  • 310 Mike Edwards
  • 311 J.D. Noland
  • 312 Jay Gainer
  • 313 Lance Painter
  • 314 Tim Worrell
  • 315 Sean Cheetham
  • 316 Earl Cunningham
  • 317 Brad Erdman
  • 318 Paul Torres
  • 319 Jose Vierra
  • 320 Chris Gambs
  • 321 Brandon Wilson
  • 322 Bret Donovan
  • 323 Larry Thomas
  • 324 Brian Griffiths
  • 325 Chad Schoenvogel
  • 326 Mandy Romero
  • 327 Chris Curtis
  • 328 Jim Campanis
  • 329 Anthony Manahan
  • 330 Jason Townley
  • 331 Fidel Compres
  • 332 John Ericks
  • 333 Don Prybylinski
  • 334 Jason Best
  • 335 Rob Wishnevski
  • 336 John Byington
  • 337 Omar Garcia
  • 338 Tony Eusebio
  • 339 Paul Swingle
  • 340 Mark Zappelli
  • 341 Bobby Jones
  • 342 J.R. Phillips
  • 343 Jim Edmonds
  • 344 Greg Hansell
  • 345 Mike Piazza
  • 346 Mike Busch
  • 347 Darrell Sherman
  • 348 Shawn Green
  • 349 Willie Mota
  • 350 David McCarty
  • 351 Jim Dougherty
  • 352 Fernando Vina
  • 353 Ken Huckaby
  • 354 Joe Vitko
  • 355 Roberto Diaz Mejia
  • 356 Willis Otanez
  • 357 Billy Lott
  • 358 Jason Pruitt
  • 359 Jorge Fabregas
  • 360 Mike Stefanski
  • 361 Robert Saitz
  • 362 Scott Talanoa
  • 363 LaRue Baber
  • 364 Tyrone Hill
  • 365 Rick Mediavilla
  • 366 Eddie Williams
  • 367 Rigo Beltran
  • 368 Doug VanderWeele
  • 369 Donnie Elliott
  • 370 Dan Cholowsky
  • 371 Derrell Rumsey
  • 372 Tony Graffanino
  • 373 Scott Ruffcorn
  • 374 Mike Rossiter
  • 375 Mike Robertson
  • 376 P.J. Forbes
  • 377 Doug Brady
  • 378 Rick Clelland
  • 379 Ugueth Urbina
  • 380 Cliff Floyd
  • 381 Danny Young
  • 382 Eddie Ramos
  • 383 Bob Abreu
  • 384 Gary Mota
  • 385 Tony Womack
  • 386 Jeff Motuzas
  • 387 Desi Relaford
  • 388 John Elerman
  • 389 Walt McKeel
  • 390 Tim VanEgmond
  • 391 Frank Rodriguez
  • 392 Paul Carey
  • 393 Mike Matheny
  • 394 George Glinatsis
  • 395 Checklist 1-69
  • 396 Checklist 70-138
  • 397 Checklist 139-207
  • 398 Checklist 208-276
  • 399 Checklist 277-345
  • 400 Checklist 346-400

Factory Set Series

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The last 50 cards in the base set are exclusive to factory sets.

  • 401 Paul Shuey
  • 402 Derek Jeter
  • 403 Derek Wallace
  • 404 Sean Lowe
  • 405 Jim Pittsley
  • 406 Shannon Stewart
  • 407 Jamie Arnold
  • 408 Jason Kendall
  • 409 Eddie Pearson
  • 410 Todd Steverson
  • 411 Dan Serafini
  • 412 John Burke
  • 413 Jeff Schmidt
  • 414 Sherard Clinkscales
  • 415 Shon Walker
  • 416 Brandon Cromer
  • 417 Johnny Damon
  • 418 Michael Moore
  • 419 Michael Matthews
  • 420 Brian Sackinsky
  • 421 Jon Lieber
  • 422 Danny Clyburn
  • 423 Chris Smith
  • 424 Dwain Bostic
  • 425 Bob Wolcott
  • 426 Mike Gulan
  • 427 Yuri Sanchez
  • 428 Tony Sheffield
  • 429 Ritchie Moody
  • 430 Andy Hartung
  • 431 Trey Beamon
  • 432 Tim Crabtree
  • 433 Mark Thompson
  • 434 John Lynch
  • 435 Adell Davenport
  • 436 Juan DeLaRosa
  • 437 Ben Gonzalez
  • 438 Lew Hill
  • 439 Tavo Alvarez
  • 440 Kevin Meier
  • 441 Troy Penix
  • 442 Scott Pose
  • 443 Scott Samuels
  • 444 Mark Voisard
  • 445 Jon Shave
  • 446 Joel Chimelis
  • 447 Jesus Martinez
  • 448 Elgin Bobo
  • 449 Chad Fonville
  • 450 Checklist 401-450

Inserts

Blue Bonus

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This set is exclusive to specially-marked Jumbo packs. An autographed version of Carlos Delgado's card was randomly inserted.

  • BC1 Nolan Ryan
  • BC2 Mark Hutton
  • BC3 Shane Andrews
  • BC4 Scott Bullett
  • BC5 Kurt Miller
  • BC6 Carlos Delgado
  • BC7 Chipper Jones
  • BC8 Dmitri Young
  • BC9 Mike Kelly
  • BC10 Javy Lopez
  • BC11 Aaron Sele
  • BC12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • BC13 Midre Cummings
  • BC14 Salomon Torres
  • BC15 Brien Taylor
  • BC16 Mike Piazza
  • BC17 David McCarty
  • BC18 Scott Ruffcorn
  • BC19 Cliff Floyd
  • BC20 Frank Rodriguez
  • BC21 Paul Shuey
  • BC22 Derek Jeter
  • BC23 Derek Wallace
  • BC24 Shannon Stewart
  • BC25 Jamie Arnold
  • BC26 Jason Kendall
  • BC27 Todd Steverson
  • BC28 Dan Serafini
  • BC29 John Burke
  • BC30 Michael Moore
  • A-BC6 Carlos Delgado

Red Bonus

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This set is exclusive to specially-marked Jumbo packs. Autographed versions of Carlos Delgado and Chipper Jones' cards were randomly inserted.

  • BC1 Nolan Ryan
  • BC2 Mark Hutton
  • BC3 Shane Andrews
  • BC4 Scott Bullett
  • BC5 Kurt Miller
  • BC6 Carlos Delgado
  • BC7 Chipper Jones
  • BC8 Dmitri Young
  • BC9 Mike Kelly
  • BC10 Javy Lopez
  • BC11 Aaron Sele
  • BC12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • BC13 Midre Cummings
  • BC14 Salomon Torres
  • BC15 Brien Taylor
  • BC16 Mike Piazza
  • BC17 David McCarty
  • BC18 Scott Ruffcorn
  • BC19 Cliff Floyd
  • BC20 Frank Rodriguez
  • A-BC6 Carlos Delgado
  • A-BC7 Chipper Jones

1993 Classic/Best Gold LPs

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This set is exclusive to specially-marked "White Wrapper" Jumbo packs that were distributed exclusively to retail outlets in early 1993. For that reason, and due to the fact that the design closely resembles the 1993 Classic/Best Gold set, we have classified this as a "1993" set.

  • 1 David McCarty
  • 2 Brien Taylor
  • 3 Joe Vitiello
  • 4 Mike Kelly
  • 5 Carlos Delgado

Autographs

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NOTES:

  • A total of 14,000 autographs were inserted into packs, with each card hand-numbered to the production figures listed below.
  • The Royce Clayton autograph is exclusive to "White Wrapper" Jumbo packs that were released in early 1993.
  • Collectors lucky to pull an autograph could register their card with Classic by mailing a photograph of themselves holding the card. Classic would then mail-back a Certificate of Registration.
  • Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • David McCarty
  • Nolan Ryan
  • Mike Schmidt
  • Brien Taylor
  • Royce Clayton