1995 Finest

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Description

1995 Finest is a 330-card set (produced by Topps) issued in series of 220 and 110. The second series is officially known as "Finest Update." For the first time, a protective film, designed to keep the card from scratching and to maintain original gloss, covers the front of each card. Also for the first time, non-parallel inserts were included.

Rookie Cards in this set include Bobby Higginson and Hideo Nomo.

Distribution

24 packs per box, seven cards per pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 220 - ?
Refractors 220 - 1:12
Power Kings 18 - 1:24
Flame Throwers 9 - 1:48

Update Series

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 110 - ?
Refractors 110 - 1:12

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

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  • 1 Raul Mondesi
  • 2 Kurt Abbott
  • 3 Chris Gomez
  • 4 Manny Ramirez
  • 5 Rondell White
  • 6 William VanLandingham
  • 7 Jon Lieber
  • 8 Ryan Klesko
  • 9 John Hudek
  • 10 Joey Hamilton
  • 11 Bob Hamelin
  • 12 Brian Anderson
  • 13 Mike Lieberthal
  • 14 Rico Brogna
  • 15 Rusty Greer
  • 16 Carlos Delgado
  • 17 Jim Edmonds
  • 18 Steve Trachsel
  • 19 Matt Walbeck
  • 20 Armando Benitez
  • 21 Steve Karsay
  • 22 Jose Oliva
  • 23 Cliff Floyd
  • 24 Kevin Foster
  • 25 Javy Lopez
  • 26 Jose Valentin
  • 27 James Mouton
  • 28 Hector Carrasco
  • 29 Orlando Miller
  • 30 Garret Anderson
  • 31 Marvin Freeman
  • 32 Brett Butler
  • 33 Roberto Kelly
  • 34 Rod Beck
  • 35 Jose Rijo
  • 36 Edgar Martinez
  • 37 Jim Thome
  • 38 Rick Wilkins
  • 39 Wally Joyner
  • 40 Wil Cordero
  • 41 Tommy Greene
  • 42 Travis Fryman
  • 43 Don Slaught
  • 44 Brady Anderson
  • 45 Matt Williams
  • 46 Rene Arocha
  • 47 Rickey Henderson
  • 48 Mike Mussina
  • 49 Greg McMichael
  • 50 Jody Reed
  • 51 Tino Martinez
  • 52 Dave Clark
  • 53 John Valentin
  • 54 Bret Boone
  • 55 Walt Weiss
  • 56 Kenny Lofton
  • 57 Scott Leius
  • 58 Eric Karros
  • 59 John Olerud
  • 60 Chris Hoiles
  • 61 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 62 Tim Wallach
  • 63 Cal Eldred
  • 64 Tom Glavine
  • 65 Mark Grace
  • 66 Rey Sanchez
  • 67 Bobby Ayala
  • 68 Dante Bichette
  • 69 Andres Galarraga
  • 70 Chuck Carr
  • 71 Bobby Witt
  • 72 Steve Avery
  • 73 Bobby Jones
  • 74 Delino DeShields
  • 75 Kevin Tapani
  • 76 Randy Johnson
  • 77 David Nied
  • 78 Pat Hentgen
  • 79 Tim Salmon
  • 80 Todd Zeile
  • 81 John Wetteland
  • 82 Albert Belle
  • 83 Ben McDonald
  • 84 Bobby Munoz
  • 85 Bip Roberts
  • 86 Mo Vaughn
  • 87 Chuck Finley
  • 88 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 89 Frank Thomas
  • 90 Danny Tartabull
  • 91 Dean Palmer
  • 92 Lenny Dykstra
  • 93 J.R. Phillips
  • 94 Tom Candiotti
  • 95 Marquis Grissom
  • 96 Barry Larkin
  • 97 Bryan Harvey
  • 98 Dave Justice
  • 99 David Cone
  • 100 Wade Boggs
  • 101 Jason Bere
  • 102 Hal Morris
  • 103 Fred McGriff
  • 104 Bobby Bonilla
  • 105 Jay Buhner
  • 106 Allen Watson
  • 107 Mickey Tettleton
  • 108 Kevin Appier
  • 109 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 110 Carlos Garcia
  • 111 Andy Benes
  • 112 Eddie Murray
  • 113 Mike Piazza
  • 114 Greg Vaughn
  • 115 Paul Molitor
  • 116 Terry Steinbach
  • 117 Jeff Bagwell
  • 118 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 119 Gary Sheffield
  • 120 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 121 Jeff Kent
  • 122 Jay Bell
  • 123 Will Clark
  • 124 Cecil Fielder
  • 125 Alex Fernandez
  • 126 Don Mattingly
  • 127 Reggie Sanders
  • 128 Moises Alou
  • 129 Craig Biggio
  • 130 Eddie Williams
  • 131 John Franco
  • 132 John Kruk
  • 133 Jeff King
  • 134 Royce Clayton
  • 135 Doug Drabek
  • 136 Ray Lankford
  • 137 Roberto Alomar
  • 138 Todd Hundley
  • 139 Alex Cole
  • 140 Shawon Dunston
  • 141 John Roper
  • 142 Mark Langston
  • 143 Tom Pagnozzi
  • 144 Wilson Alvarez
  • 145 Scott Cooper
  • 146 Kevin Mitchell
  • 147 Mark Whiten
  • 148 Jeff Conine
  • 149 Chili Davis
  • 150 Luis Gonzalez
  • 151 Juan Guzman
  • 152 Mike Greenwell
  • 153 Mike Henneman
  • 154 Rick Aguilera
  • 155 Dennis Eckersley
  • 156 Darrin Fletcher
  • 157 Darren Lewis
  • 158 Juan Gonzalez
  • 159 Dave Hollins
  • 160 Jimmy Key
  • 161 Roberto Hernandez
  • 162 Randy Myers
  • 163 Joe Carter
  • 164 Darren Daulton
  • 165 Mike Macfarlane
  • 166 Bret Saberhagen
  • 167 Kirby Puckett
  • 168 Lance Johnson
  • 169 Mark McGwire
  • 170 Jose Canseco
  • 171 Mike Stanley
  • 172 Lee Smith
  • 173 Robin Ventura
  • 174 Greg Gagne
  • 175 Brian McRae
  • 176 Mike Bordick
  • 177 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 178 Kenny Rogers
  • 179 Chad Curtis
  • 180 Devon White
  • 181 Paul O'Neill
  • 182 Ken Caminiti
  • 183 Dave Nilsson
  • 184 Tim Naehring
  • 185 Roger Clemens
  • 186 Otis Nixon
  • 187 Tim Raines
  • 188 Denny Martinez
  • 189 Pedro Martinez
  • 190 Jim Abbott
  • 191 Ryan Thompson
  • 192 Barry Bonds
  • 193 Joe Girardi
  • 194 Steve Finley
  • 195 John Jaha
  • 196 Tony Gwynn
  • 197 Sammy Sosa
  • 198 John Burkett
  • 199 Carlos Baerga
  • 200 Ramon Martinez
  • 201 Aaron Sele
  • 202 Eduardo Perez
  • 203 Alan Trammell
  • 204 Orlando Merced
  • 205 Deion Sanders
  • 206 Robb Nen
  • 207 Jack McDowell
  • 208 Ruben Sierra
  • 209 Bernie Williams
  • 210 Kevin Seitzer
  • 211 Charles Nagy
  • 212 Tony Phillips
  • 213 Greg Maddux
  • 214 Jeff Montgomery
  • 215 Larry Walker
  • 216 Andy Van Slyke
  • 217 Ozzie Smith
  • 218 Geronimo Pena
  • 219 Gregg Jefferies
  • 220 Lou Whitaker

Update Series

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  • 221 Chipper Jones
  • 222 Benji Gil
  • 223 Tony Phillips
  • 224 Trevor Wilson
  • 225 Tony Tarasco
  • 226 Roberto Petagine
  • 227 Mike Macfarlane
  • 228 Hideo Nomo RC
  • 229 Mark McLemore
  • 230 Ron Gant
  • 231 Andujar Cedeno
  • 232 Michael Mimbs RC
  • 233 Jim Abbott
  • 234 Ricky Bones
  • 235 Marty Cordova
  • 236 Mark Johnson RC
  • 237 Marquis Grissom
  • 238 Tom Henke
  • 239 Terry Pendleton
  • 240 John Wetteland
  • 241 Lee Smith
  • 242 Jaime Navarro
  • 243 Luis Alicea
  • 244 Scott Cooper
  • 245 Gary Gaetti
  • 246 Edgardo Alfonzo UER (incomplete AVG)
  • 247 Brad Clontz
  • 248 Dave Mlicki
  • 249 Dave Winfield
  • 250 Mark Grudzielanek RC
  • 251 Alex Gonzalez
  • 252 Kevin Brown
  • 253 Esteban Loaiza
  • 254 Vaughn Eshelman
  • 255 Bill Swift
  • 256 Brian McRae
  • 257 Bobby Higginson RC
  • 258 Jack McDowell
  • 259 Scott Stahoviak
  • 260 Jon Nunnally
  • 261 Charlie Hayes
  • 262 Jacob Brumfield
  • 263 Chad Curtis
  • 264 Heathcliff Slocumb
  • 265 Mark Whiten
  • 266 Mickey Tettleton
  • 267 Jose Mesa
  • 268 Doug Jones
  • 269 Trevor Hoffman
  • 270 Paul Sorrento
  • 271 Shane Andrews
  • 272 Brett Butler
  • 273 Curtis Goodwin
  • 274 Larry Walker
  • 275 Phil Plantier
  • 276 Ken Hill
  • 277 Vinny Castilla UER (mispelled "Colorado Rockie")
  • 278 Billy Ashley
  • 279 Derek Jeter
  • 280 Bob Tewksbury
  • 281 Jose Offerman
  • 282 Glenallen Hill
  • 283 Tony Fernandez
  • 284 Mike Devereaux
  • 285 John Burkett
  • 286 Geronimo Berroa
  • 287 Quilvio Veras
  • 288 Jason Bates
  • 289 Lee Tinsley
  • 290 Derek Bell
  • 291 Jeff Fassero
  • 292 Ray Durham
  • 293 Chad Ogea
  • 294 Bill Pulsipher
  • 295 Phil Nevin
  • 296 Carlos Perez RC
  • 297 Roberto Kelly
  • 298 Tim Wakefield
  • 299 Jeff Manto
  • 300 Brian L. Hunter
  • 301 C.J. Nitkowski RC
  • 302 Dustin Hermanson
  • 303 John Mabry
  • 304 Orel Hershiser
  • 305 Ron Villone
  • 306 Sean Bergman
  • 307 Tom Goodwin
  • 308 Al Reyes
  • 309 Todd Stottlemyre
  • 310 Rich Becker
  • 311 Joey Cora
  • 312 Ed Sprague
  • 313 John Smoltz UER (from mispelled "form")
  • 314 Frank Castillo
  • 315 Chris Hammond
  • 316 Ismael Valdes
  • 317 Pete Harnisch
  • 318 Bernard Gilkey
  • 319 John Kruk
  • 320 Marc Newfield
  • 321 Brian Johnson
  • 322 Mark Portugal
  • 323 David Hulse
  • 324 Luis Ortiz
  • 325 Mike Benjamin
  • 326 Brian Jordan
  • 327 Shawn Green
  • 328 Joe Oliver
  • 329 Felipe Lira
  • 330 Andre Dawson

Parallels

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Each of the 330 base cards is available in a Refractor parallel. Like the base cards, each card covered with protective coating.

Although the cards are not serial-numbered, it has been estimated that the production of the 1995 Finest Refractors is around 550 copies each.

Inserts

Flame Throwers

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Each of these nine cards were randomly inserted into Series One packs at the rate of 1:48.

  • FT1 Jason Bere
  • FT2 Roger Clemens
  • FT3 Juan Guzman
  • FT4 John Hudek
  • FT5 Randy Johnson
  • FT6 Pedro Martinez
  • FT7 Jose Rijo
  • FT8 Bret Saberhagen
  • FT9 John Wetteland

Power Kings

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Each of these 18 cards were randomly inserted into Series One packs at the rate of 1:24.

  • PK1 Bob Hamelin
  • PK2 Raul Mondesi
  • PK3 Ryan Klesko
  • PK4 Carlos Delgado
  • PK5 Manny Ramirez
  • PK6 Mike Piazza
  • PK7 Jeff Bagwell
  • PK8 Mo Vaughn
  • PK9 Frank Thomas
  • PK10 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • PK11 Albert Belle
  • PK12 Sammy Sosa
  • PK13 Dante Bichette
  • PK14 Gary Sheffield
  • PK15 Matt Williams
  • PK16 Fred McGriff
  • PK17 Barry Bonds
  • PK18 Cecil Fielder