1996 Upper Deck

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Description

1996 Upper Deck is a 510-card set released in two series of 240 cards and a 30 card Update set. The 30-card Update sets (U481-U510) were available through a Series Two wrapper exchange program. In addition, for the first time since 1993, Upper Deck issued 15,000 serial-numbered factory sets (containing all 510 cards) and 5000 "wood box" factory sets at season's end.

This set was notable for being the first in the Hobby to introduce the one-card-per-pack concept that is still seen in Modern Hobby releases.

The only Rookie Card of note is Livan Hernandez.

Distribution

Hobby: 28 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99).

Retail: 32 packs per box, 12 cards per pack.

Tech: 20 packs, eight UD cards plus one Diamond Destiny insert per pack. Exclusive to Wal-Mart.

Factory Sets: 15,000 factory sets were produced.

Wood Box Factory Set: 5000 factory sets produced.

NOTE: Despite producing a limited number of factory sets, the cards inside are no different that the cards found in packs. (e.g. the cards do NOT have a special stamp, special cardstock, or different colored hologram like the 1992 and 1993 UD Factory Sets.) Since UD did not include any exclusive inserts, the factory sets carry no special premium over a hand-collated set.

Reviews

Collation data from one Series 2 retail box. Base Set Completion: 100% (240 of 240); Duplicates: 136; V.J. Lovero Showcase Completion: 26% (5 of 19); Nomo Highlights 40% (2 of 5); Ripken Collection 20% (1 of 5); Predictor .01% (1 of 60)

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 240 - ?
Future Stock Prospects 20 - 1:6
Power Driven 20 - 1:36
Blue Chip Prospects 20 - 1:72
Predictors 60 - 1:12
Ripken Collection 4 - 1:24

Series Two

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 240 - ?
V.J. Lovero Showcase 19 - 1:6
Hideo Nomo Highlights 5 - 1:24
Hot Commodities 20 - 1:36
Run Producers 20 - 1:71
Predictors 60 - 1:12
Ripken Collection 5 - 1:24
Diamond Destiny 40 - one-per-pack TECH
Diamond Destiny Silver 40 - 1:35 TECH
Diamond Destiny Gold 40 - 1:143 TECH
Game Face 10 - GF

TECH: Available only in specially-marked "Upper Deck Tech" packs, exclusive to Wal-Mart.
GF: Available in specially-marked eight-card Upper Deck Series Two and 16-card Collector's Choice Series Two packs, exclusive to Wal-Mart.

Checklist

Promo

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  • P100 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Base Set

Series One

NOTE: The Milestones, Beat the Odds, and Star Rookies subsets, as well as card #98 are printed on foilboard.

Milestones

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  • 1 Cal Ripken, Jr. 2131
  • 2 Eddie Murray 3000 Hits

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  • 3 Mark Wohlers
  • 4 Dave Justice
  • 5 Chipper Jones
  • 6 Javy Lopez
  • 7 Mark Lemke
  • 8 Marquis Grissom
  • 9 Tom Glavine
  • 10 Greg Maddux
  • 11 Manny Alexander
  • 12 Curtis Goodwin
  • 13 Scott Erickson
  • 14 Chris Hoiles
  • 15 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 16 Rick Krivda
  • 17 Jeff Manto
  • 18 Mo Vaughn
  • 19 Tim Wakefield
  • 20 Roger Clemens
  • 21 Tim Naehring
  • 22 Troy O'Leary
  • 23 Mike Greenwell
  • 24 Stan Belinda
  • 25 John Valentin
  • 26 J.T. Snow
  • 27 Gary DiSarcina
  • 28 Mark Langston
  • 29 Brian Anderson
  • 30 Jim Edmonds
  • 31 Garret Anderson
  • 32 Orlando Palmeiro
  • 33 Brian McRae
  • 34 Kevin Foster
  • 35 Sammy Sosa
  • 36 Todd Zeile
  • 37 Jim Bullinger
  • 38 Luis Gonzalez
  • 39 Lyle Mouton
  • 40 Ray Durham
  • 41 Ozzie Guillen
  • 42 Alex Fernandez
  • 43 Brian Keyser
  • 44 Robin Ventura
  • 45 Reggie Sanders
  • 46 Pete Schourek
  • 47 John Smiley
  • 48 Jeff Brantley
  • 49 Thomas Howard
  • 50 Bret Boone
  • 51 Kevin Jarvis
  • 52 Jeff Branson
  • 53 Carlos Baerga
  • 54 Jim Thome
  • 55 Manny Ramirez
  • 56 Omar Vizquel
  • 57 Jose Mesa
  • 58 Julian Tavarez
  • 59 Orel Hershiser
  • 60 Larry Walker
  • 61 Bret Saberhagen
  • 62 Vinny Castilla
  • 63 Eric Young
  • 64 Bryan Rekar
  • 65 Andres Galarraga
  • 66 Steve Reed
  • 67 Chad Curtis
  • 68 Bob Higginson
  • 69 Phil Nevin
  • 70 Cecil Fielder
  • 71 Felipe Lira
  • 72 Chris Gomez
  • 73 Charles Johnson
  • 74 Quilvio Veras
  • 75 Jeff Conine
  • 76 John Burkett
  • 77 Greg Colbrunn
  • 78 Terry Pendleton
  • 79 Shane Reynolds
  • 80 Jeff Bagwell
  • 81 Orlando Miller
  • 82 Mike Hampton
  • 83 James Mouton
  • 84 Brian L. Hunter
  • 85 Derek Bell
  • 86 Kevin Appier
  • 87 Joe Vitiello
  • 88 Wally Joyner
  • 89 Michael Tucker
  • 90 Johnny Damon
  • 91 Jon Nunnally
  • 92 Jason Jacome
  • 93 Chad Fonville
  • 94 Chan Ho Park
  • 95 Hideo Nomo
  • 96 Ismael Valdes
  • 97 Greg Gagne
  • 98 Diamondbacks / Devil Rays
  • 99 Raul Mondesi

Young at Heart

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  • 100 Dave Winfield
  • 101 Dennis Eckersley
  • 102 Andre Dawson
  • 103 Dennis Martinez
  • 104 Lance Parrish
  • 105 Eddie Murray
  • 106 Alan Trammell
  • 107 Lou Whitaker
  • 108 Ozzie Smith
  • 109 Paul Molitor
  • 110 Rickey Henderson
  • 111 Tim Raines
  • 112 Harold Baines
  • 113 Lee Smith
  • 114 Fernando Valenzuela
  • 115 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 116 Tony Gwynn
  • 117 Wade Boggs

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  • 118 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 119 Dave Nilsson
  • 120 Jose Valentin
  • 121 Steve Sparks
  • 122 Chuck Carr
  • 123 John Jaha
  • 124 Scott Karl
  • 125 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 126 Brad Radke
  • 127 Pat Meares
  • 128 Ron Coomer
  • 129 Pedro Munoz
  • 130 Kirby Puckett
  • 131 David Segui
  • 132 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 133 Mike Lansing
  • 134 Sean Berry
  • 135 Rondell White
  • 136 Pedro Martinez
  • 137 Carl Everett
  • 138 Dave Mlicki
  • 139 Bill Pulsipher
  • 140 Jason Isringhausen
  • 141 Rico Brogna
  • 142 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 143 Jeff Kent
  • 144 Andy Pettitte

Beat the Odds

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  • 145 Mike Piazza
  • 146 Cliff Floyd
  • 147 Jason Isringhausen
  • 148 Tim Wakefield
  • 149 Chipper Jones
  • 150 Hideo Nomo
  • 151 Mark McGwire
  • 152 Ron Gant
  • 153 Gary Gaetti

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  • 154 Don Mattingly
  • 155 Paul O'Neill
  • 156 Derek Jeter
  • 157 Joe Girardi
  • 158 Ruben Sierra
  • 159 Jorge Posada
  • 160 Geronimo Berroa
  • 161 Steve Ontiveros
  • 162 George Williams RC
  • 163 Doug Johns
  • 164 Ariel Prieto
  • 165 Scott Brosius
  • 166 Mike Bordick
  • 167 Tyler Green
  • 168 Mickey Morandini
  • 169 Darren Daulton
  • 170 Gregg Jefferies
  • 171 Jim Eisenreich
  • 172 Heathcliff Slocumb
  • 173 Kevin Stocker
  • 174 Esteban Loaiza
  • 175 Jeff King
  • 176 Mark Johnson
  • 177 Denny Neagle
  • 178 Orlando Merced
  • 179 Carlos Garcia
  • 180 Brian Jordan
  • 181 Mike Morgan
  • 182 Mark Petkovsek
  • 183 Bernard Gilkey
  • 184 John Mabry
  • 185 Tom Henke
  • 186 Glenn Dishman
  • 187 Andy Ashby
  • 188 Bip Roberts
  • 189 Melvin Nieves
  • 190 Ken Caminiti
  • 191 Brad Ausmus
  • 192 Deion Sanders
  • 193 Jamie Brewington RC
  • 194 Glenallen Hill
  • 195 Barry Bonds
  • 196 William VanLandingham
  • 197 Mark Carreon
  • 198 Royce Clayton
  • 199 Joey Cora
  • 200 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 201 Jay Buhner
  • 202 Alex Rodriguez
  • 203 Norm Charlton
  • 204 Andy Benes
  • 205 Edgar Martinez
  • 206 Juan Gonzalez
  • 207 Will Clark
  • 208 Kevin Gross
  • 209 Roger Pavlik
  • 210 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 211 Rusty Greer
  • 212 Angel Martinez
  • 213 Tomas Perez
  • 214 Alex Gonzalez
  • 215 Joe Carter
  • 216 Shawn Green
  • 217 Edwin Hurtado

Postseason Checklists

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  • 218 Edgar Martinez / Tony Pena
  • 219 Chipper Jones / Barry Larkin
  • 220 Orel Hershiser
  • 221 Mike Devereaux
  • 222 Tom Glavine

Star Rookies

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  • 223 Karim Garcia
  • 224 Arquimedez Pozo
  • 225 Billy Wagner
  • 226 John Wasdin
  • 227 Jeff Suppan
  • 228 Steve Gibralter
  • 229 Jimmy Haynes
  • 230 Ruben Rivera
  • 231 Chris Snopek
  • 232 Alex Ochoa
  • 233 Shannon Stewart
  • 234 Quinton McCracken
  • 235 Trey Beamon
  • 236 Billy McMillon
  • 237 Steve Cox
  • 238 George Arias
  • 239 Yamil Benitez
  • 240 Todd Greene

Series Two

NOTE: The Star Rookies, Diamond Debuts, Best of a Generation, Strange but True, and Managerial Salute Checklists subsets are all printed on foilboard.

Star Rookies

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  • 241 Jason Kendall
  • 242 Brooks Kieschnick
  • 243 Osvaldo Fernandez RC
  • 244 Livan Hernandez RC
  • 245 Rey Ordonez
  • 246 Mike Grace RC
  • 247 Jay Canizaro
  • 248 Bob Wolcott
  • 249 Jermaine Dye
  • 250 Jason Schmidt
  • 251 Mike Sweeney RC
  • 252 Marcus Jensen
  • 253 Mendy Lopez
  • 254 Wilton Guerrero RC
  • 255 Paul Wilson
  • 256 Edgar Renteria
  • 257 Richard Hidalgo
  • 258 Bob Abreu

Diamond Debuts

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  • 259 Robert Smith RC
  • 260 Sal Fasano
  • 261 Enrique Wilson
  • 262 Rich Hunter RC
  • 263 Sergio Nunez
  • 264 Dan Serafini
  • 265 David Doster RC
  • 266 Ryan McGuire
  • 267 Scott Spiezio
  • 268 Rafael Orellano

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  • 269 Steve Avery
  • 270 Fred McGriff
  • 271 John Smoltz
  • 272 Ryan Klesko
  • 273 Jeff Blauser
  • 274 Brad Clontz
  • 275 Roberto Alomar
  • 276 B.J. Surhoff
  • 277 Jeffrey Hammonds
  • 278 Brady Anderson
  • 279 Bobby Bonilla
  • 280 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 281 Mike Mussina
  • 282 Wil Cordero
  • 283 Mike Stanley
  • 284 Aaron Sele
  • 285 Jose Canseco
  • 286 Tom Gordon
  • 287 Heathcliff Slocumb
  • 288 Lee Smith
  • 289 Troy Percival
  • 290 Tim Salmon
  • 291 Chuck Finley
  • 292 Jim Abbott
  • 293 Chili Davis
  • 294 Steve Trachsel
  • 295 Mark Grace
  • 296 Rey Sanchez
  • 297 Scott Servais
  • 298 Jaime Navarro
  • 299 Frank Castillo
  • 300 Frank Thomas
  • 301 Jason Bere
  • 302 Danny Tartabull
  • 303 Darren Lewis
  • 304 Roberto Hernandez
  • 305 Tony Phillips
  • 306 Wilson Alvarez
  • 307 Jose Rijo
  • 308 Hal Morris
  • 309 Mark Portugal
  • 310 Barry Larkin
  • 311 Dave Burba
  • 312 Eddie Taubensee
  • 313 Sandy Alomar
  • 314 Dennis Martinez
  • 315 Albert Belle
  • 316 Eddie Murray
  • 317 Charles Nagy
  • 318 Chad Ogea
  • 319 Kenny Lofton
  • 320 Dante Bichette
  • 321 Armando Reynoso
  • 322 Walt Weiss
  • 323 Ellis Burks
  • 324 Kevin Ritz
  • 325 Bill Swift
  • 326 Jason Bates
  • 327 Tony Clark
  • 328 Travis Fryman
  • 329 Mark Parent
  • 330 Alan Trammell
  • 331 C.J. Nitkowski
  • 332 Jose Lima
  • 333 Phil Plantier
  • 334 Kurt Abbott
  • 335 Andre Dawson
  • 336 Chris Hammond
  • 337 Robb Nen
  • 338 Pat Rapp
  • 339 Al Leiter
  • 340 Gary Sheffield
  • 341 Todd Jones
  • 342 Doug Drabek
  • 343 Greg Swindell
  • 344 Tony Eusebio
  • 345 Craig Biggio
  • 346 Darryl Kile
  • 347 Mike Macfarlane
  • 348 Jeff Montgomery
  • 349 Chris Haney
  • 350 Bip Roberts
  • 351 Tom Goodwin
  • 352 Mark Gubicza
  • 353 Joe Randa
  • 354 Ramon Martinez
  • 355 Eric Karros
  • 356 Delino DeShields
  • 357 Brett Butler
  • 358 Todd Worrell
  • 359 Mike Blowers
  • 360 Mike Piazza
  • 361 Ben McDonald
  • 362 Ricky Bones
  • 363 Greg Vaughn
  • 364 Matt Mieske
  • 365 Kevin Seitzer
  • 366 Jeff Cirillo
  • 367 LaTroy Hawkins
  • 368 Frank Rodriguez
  • 369 Rick Aguilera

Best of a Generation

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  • 370 Roberto Alomar
  • 371 Albert Belle
  • 372 Wade Boggs
  • 373 Barry Bonds
  • 374 Roger Clemens
  • 375 Dennis Eckersley
  • 376 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 377 Tony Gwynn
  • 378 Rickey Henderson
  • 379 Greg Maddux
  • 380 Fred McGriff
  • 381 Paul Molitor
  • 382 Eddie Murray
  • 383 Mike Piazza
  • 384 Kirby Puckett
  • 385 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 386 Ozzie Smith
  • 387 Frank Thomas

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  • 388 Matt Walbeck
  • 389 Dave Stevens
  • 390 Marty Cordova
  • 391 Darrin Fletcher
  • 392 Cliff Floyd
  • 393 Mel Rojas
  • 394 Shane Andrews
  • 395 Moises Alou
  • 396 Carlos Perez
  • 397 Jeff Fassero
  • 398 Bobby Jones
  • 399 Todd Hundley
  • 400 John Franco
  • 401 Jose Vizcaino
  • 402 Bernard Gilkey
  • 403 Pete Harnisch
  • 404 Pat Kelly
  • 405 David Cone
  • 406 Bernie Williams
  • 407 John Wetteland
  • 408 Scott Kamieniecki
  • 409 Tim Raines
  • 410 Wade Boggs
  • 411 Terry Steinbach
  • 412 Jason Giambi
  • 413 Todd Van Poppel
  • 414 Pedro Munoz

Strange But True

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  • 415 Eddie Murray
  • 416 Dennis Eckersley
  • 417 Bip Roberts
  • 418 Glenallen Hill
  • 419 John Hudek
  • 420 Derek Bell
  • 421 Larry Walker
  • 422 Greg Maddux
  • 423 Ken Caminiti

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  • 424 Brent Gates
  • 425 Mark McGwire
  • 426 Mark Whiten
  • 427 Sid Fernandez
  • 428 Ricky Bottalico
  • 429 Mike Mimbs
  • 430 Lenny Dykstra
  • 431 Todd Zeile
  • 432 Benito Santiago
  • 433 Danny Miceli
  • 434 Al Martin
  • 435 Jay Bell
  • 436 Charlie Hayes
  • 437 Mike Kingery
  • 438 Paul Wagner
  • 439 Tom Pagnozzi
  • 440 Ozzie Smith
  • 441 Ray Lankford
  • 442 Dennis Eckersley
  • 443 Ron Gant
  • 444 Alan Benes
  • 445 Rickey Henderson
  • 446 Jody Reed
  • 447 Trevor Hoffman
  • 448 Andujar Cedeno
  • 449 Steve Finley
  • 450 Tony Gwynn
  • 451 Joey Hamilton
  • 452 Mark Leiter
  • 453 Rod Beck
  • 454 Kirt Manwaring
  • 455 Matt Williams
  • 456 Robby Thompson
  • 457 Shawon Dunston
  • 458 Russ Davis
  • 459 Paul Sorrento
  • 460 Randy Johnson
  • 461 Chris Bosio
  • 462 Luis Sojo
  • 463 Sterling Hitchcock
  • 464 Benji Gil
  • 465 Mickey Tettleton
  • 466 Mark McLemore
  • 467 Darryl Hamilton
  • 468 Ken Hill
  • 469 Dean Palmer
  • 470 Carlos Delgado
  • 471 Ed Sprague
  • 472 Otis Nixon
  • 473 Pat Hentgen
  • 474 Juan Guzman
  • 475 John Olerud

Managerial Salute Checklists

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  • 476 Buck Showalter
  • 477 Bobby Cox
  • 478 Tom Lasorda
  • 479 Buck Showalter
  • 480 Sparky Anderson

Update Series

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The 1996 Upper Deck Update Series was available via a Series Two wrapper redemption program. In addition, each factory set also included the Update Series.

  • 481U Randy Myers
  • 482U Kent Mercker
  • 483U David Wells
  • 484U Kevin Mitchell
  • 485U Randy Velarde
  • 486U Ryne Sandberg
  • 487U Doug Jones
  • 488U Terry Adams
  • 489U Kevin Tapani
  • 490U Harold Baines
  • 491U Eric Davis
  • 492U Julio Franco
  • 493U Jack McDowell
  • 494U Devon White
  • 495U Kevin Brown
  • 496U Rick Wilkins
  • 497U Sean Berry
  • 498U Keith Lockhart
  • 499U Mark Loretta
  • 500U Paul Molitor
  • 501U Roberto Kelly
  • 502U Lance Johnson
  • 503U Tino Martinez
  • 504U Kenny Rogers
  • 505U Todd Stottlemyre
  • 506U Gary Gaetti
  • 507U Royce Clayton
  • 508U Andy Benes
  • 509U Wally Joyner
  • 510U Erik Hanson

Inserts

Future Stock Prospects

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  • FS1 George Arias
  • FS2 Brian Barber
  • FS3 Trey Beamon
  • FS4 Yamil Benitez
  • FS5 Jamie Brewington
  • FS6 Tony Clark
  • FS7 Steve Cox
  • FS8 Carlos Delgado
  • FS9 Chad Fonville
  • FS10 Alex Ochoa
  • FS11 Curtis Goodwin
  • FS12 Todd Greene
  • FS13 Jimmy Haynes
  • FS14 Quinton McCracken
  • FS15 Billy McMillon
  • FS16 Chan Ho Park
  • FS17 Arquimedez Pozo
  • FS18 Chris Snopek
  • FS19 Shannon Stewart
  • FS20 Jeff Suppan

Power Driven

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  • PD1 Albert Belle
  • PD2 Barry Bonds
  • PD3 Jay Buhner
  • PD4 Jose Canseco
  • PD5 Cecil Fielder
  • PD6 Juan Gonzalez
  • PD7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • PD8 Eric Karros
  • PD9 Fred McGriff
  • PD10 Mark McGwire
  • PD11 Rafael Palmeiro
  • PD12 Mike Piazza
  • PD13 Manny Ramirez
  • PD14 Tim Salmon
  • PD15 Reggie Sanders
  • PD16 Sammy Sosa
  • PD17 Frank Thomas
  • PD18 Mo Vaughn
  • PD19 Larry Walker
  • PD20 Matt Williams

Blue Chip Prospects

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  • BC1 Hideo Nomo
  • BC2 Johnny Damon
  • BC3 Jason Isringhausen
  • BC4 Bill Pulsipher
  • BC5 Marty Cordova
  • BC6 Michael Tucker
  • BC7 John Wasdin
  • BC8 Karim Garcia
  • BC9 Ruben Rivera
  • BC10 Chipper Jones
  • BC11 Billy Wagner
  • BC12 Brooks Kieschnick
  • BC13 Alan Benes
  • BC14 Roger Cedeno
  • BC15 Alex Rodriguez
  • BC16 Jason Schmidt
  • BC17 Derek Jeter
  • BC18 Brian L. Hunter
  • BC19 Garret Anderson
  • BC20 Manny Ramirez

V.J. Lovero Showcase

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  • VJ1 Jim Abbott
  • VJ2 Hideo Nomo
  • VJ3 Derek Jeter
  • VJ4 Barry Bonds
  • VJ5 Greg Maddux
  • VJ6 Mark McGwire
  • VJ7 Jose Canseco
  • VJ8 Ken Caminiti
  • VJ9 Raul Mondesi
  • VJ10 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • VJ11 Jay Buhner
  • VJ12 Randy Johnson
  • VJ13 Roger Clemens
  • VJ14 Brady Anderson
  • VJ15 Frank Thomas
  • VJ16 Garrett Anderson / Jim Edmonds / Tim Salmon
  • VJ17 Mike Piazza
  • VJ18 Dante Bichette
  • VJ19 Tony Gwynn

Nomo Highlights

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  • 1 Hideo Nomo
  • 2 Hideo Nomo
  • 3 Hideo Nomo
  • 4 Hideo Nomo
  • 5 Hideo Nomo

Hot Commodities

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  • HC1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • HC2 Hideo Nomo
  • HC3 Roberto Alomar
  • HC4 Paul Wilson
  • HC5 Albert Belle
  • HC6 Manny Ramirez
  • HC7 Kirby Puckett
  • HC8 Johnny Damon
  • HC9 Randy Johnson
  • HC10 Greg Maddux
  • HC11 Chipper Jones
  • HC12 Barry Bonds
  • HC13 Mo Vaughn
  • HC14 Mike Piazza
  • HC15 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • HC16 Tim Salmon
  • HC17 Sammy Sosa
  • HC18 Kenny Lofton
  • HC19 Tony Gwynn
  • HC20 Frank Thomas

Run Producers

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NOTE: Run Producers are die-cut in the shape of a home plate and are thermographically printed giving it a rubber texture. These cards are highly condition sensitive, often found with noticeable chipping on the edges and at the bottom "tip."

  • RP1 Albert Belle
  • RP2 Dante Bichette
  • RP3 Barry Bonds
  • RP4 Jay Buhner
  • RP5 Jose Canseco
  • RP6 Juan Gonzalez
  • RP7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • RP8 Tony Gwynn
  • RP9 Kenny Lofton
  • RP10 Edgar Martinez
  • RP11 Fred McGriff
  • RP12 Mark McGwire
  • RP13 Rafael Palmeiro
  • RP14 Mike Piazza
  • RP15 Manny Ramirez
  • RP16 Tim Salmon
  • RP17 Sammy Sosa
  • RP18 Frank Thomas
  • RP19 Mo Vaughn
  • RP20 Matt Williams

Predictor

Predictor is a 120-card set where collectors could win special ten-card parallel exchange sets. If the player depicted won the award category for any calendar month during the 1996 season, that player's Predictor could then be redeemed for a special ten-card foil parallel set of all ten players in that card's subset. Each subset consisted of nine players and a "Long Shot." If none of the nine designated players won, then the Long Shot card was declared the winner. It should be noted that all twelve Long Shots were winners.

Winner cards are signified with a W in our listings and are in noticeably shorter supply since they had to be mailed in to Upper Deck (where they were destroyed) to claim your exchange cards. The deadline to mail in winning cards was November 18th, 1996.

Retail

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NOTE: Cards R1-R30 were exclusive to Series One retail packs, while cards R31-R60 were exclusive to Series Two.

  • R1 Albert Belle
  • R2 Jay Buhner W
  • R3 Juan Gonzalez
  • R4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • R5 Mark McGwire
  • R6 Rafael Palmeiro
  • R7 Tim Salmon
  • R8 Frank Thomas
  • R9 Mo Vaughn
  • R10 AL Monthly HR Long Shot W
  • R11 Albert Belle
  • R12 Jay Buhner
  • R13 Jim Edmonds
  • R14 Cecil Fielder
  • R15 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • R16 Edgar Martinez
  • R17 Manny Ramirez
  • R18 Frank Thomas
  • R19 Mo Vaughn
  • R20 AL Monthly RBI Long Shot W
  • R21 Roberto Alomar
  • R22 Carlos Baerga
  • R23 Wade Boggs
  • R24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • R25 Chuck Knoblauch
  • R26 Kenny Lofton
  • R27 Edgar Martinez
  • R28 Tim Salmon
  • R29 Frank Thomas
  • R30 AL Monthly Batting Avg. Long Shot W
  • R31 Dante Bichette
  • R32 Barry Bonds
  • R33 Ron Gant
  • R34 Chipper Jones
  • R35 Fred McGriff
  • R36 Mike Piazza
  • R37 Sammy Sosa W
  • R38 Larry Walker
  • R39 Matt Williams
  • R40 NL Monthly HR Long Shot W
  • R41 Jeff Bagwell
  • R42 Dante Bichette W
  • R43 Barry Bonds
  • R44 Jeff Conine
  • R45 Andres Galarraga
  • R46 Mike Piazza
  • R47 Reggie Sanders
  • R48 Sammy Sosa
  • R49 Matt Williams
  • R50 NL Monthly RBI Long Shot W
  • R51 Jeff Bagwell
  • R52 Derek Bell
  • R53 Dante Bichette
  • R54 Craig Biggio
  • R55 Barry Bonds
  • R56 Bret Boone
  • R57 Tony Gwynn
  • R58 Barry Larkin
  • R59 Mike Piazza
  • R60 NL Monthly Batting Avg. Long Shot W

Hobby

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NOTE: Cards H1-H30 were exclusive to Series One Hobby packs, while cards H31-H60 were exclusive to Series Two.

  • H1 Albert Belle
  • H2 Kenny Lofton
  • H3 Rafael Palmeiro
  • H4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • H5 Tim Salmon
  • H6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • H7 Mark McGwire
  • H8 Frank Thomas
  • H9 Mo Vaughn
  • H10 AL Player of Month Long Shot W
  • H11 Roger Clemens
  • H12 David Cone
  • H13 Jose Mesa
  • H14 Randy Johnson
  • H15 Chuck Finley
  • H16 Mike Mussina
  • H17 Kevin Appier
  • H18 Kenny Rogers
  • H19 Lee Smith
  • H20 AL Pitcher of Month Long Shot W
  • H21 George Arias
  • H22 Jose Herrera
  • H23 Tony Clark
  • H24 Todd Greene
  • H25 Derek Jeter
  • H26 Arquimedez Pozo
  • H27 Matt Lawton
  • H28 Shannon Stewart
  • H29 Chris Snopek
  • H30 AL Most Rookie Hits Long Shot W
  • H31 Jeff Bagwell
  • H32 Dante Bichette W
  • H33 Barry Bonds
  • H34 Tony Gwynn
  • H35 Chipper Jones
  • H36 Eric Karros
  • H37 Barry Larkin
  • H38 Mike Piazza
  • H39 Matt Williams
  • H40 NL Player of Month Long Shot W
  • H41 Osvaldo Fernandez
  • H42 Tom Glavine
  • H43 Jason Isringhausen
  • H44 Greg Maddux
  • H45 Pedro Martinez
  • H46 Hideo Nomo
  • H47 Pete Schourek
  • H48 Paul Wilson
  • H49 Mark Wohlers
  • H50 NL Pitcher of Month Long Shot W
  • H51 Bob Abreu
  • H52 Trey Beamon
  • H53 Yamil Benitez
  • H54 Roger Cedeno W
  • H55 Todd Hollandsworth
  • H56 Marvin Benard
  • H57 Jason Kendall
  • H58 Brooks Kieschnick
  • H59 Rey Ordonez
  • H60 NL Most Rookie Hits Long Shot W

Ripken Collection

See 1996 Upper Deck Ripken Collection.

Diamond Destiny

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This 40-card set was randomly inserted into special "Upper Deck Tech" packs sold exclusively at Wal-Mart, at the rate of one-per-pack. Each Tech pack contained eight Upper Deck base cards and one Diamond Destiny insert. In addition, these cards are also available in the following parallels.

  • Silver
  • Gold
  • DD1 Chipper Jones
  • DD2 Fred McGriff
  • DD3 John Smoltz
  • DD4 Ryan Klesko
  • DD5 Greg Maddux
  • DD6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • DD7 Roberto Alomar
  • DD8 Eddie Murray
  • DD9 Brady Anderson
  • DD10 Mo Vaughn
  • DD11 Roger Clemens
  • DD12 Darin Erstad
  • DD13 Sammy Sosa
  • DD14 Frank Thomas
  • DD15 Barry Larkin
  • DD16 Albert Belle
  • DD17 Manny Ramirez
  • DD18 Kenny Lofton
  • DD19 Dante Bichette
  • DD20 Gary Sheffield
  • DD21 Jeff Bagwell
  • DD22 Hideo Nomo
  • DD23 Mike Piazza
  • DD24 Kirby Puckett
  • DD25 Paul Molitor
  • DD26 Chuck Knoblauch
  • DD27 Wade Boggs
  • DD28 Derek Jeter
  • DD29 Rey Ordonez
  • DD30 Mark McGwire
  • DD31 Ozzie Smith
  • DD32 Tony Gwynn
  • DD33 Barry Bonds
  • DD34 Matt Williams
  • DD35 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • DD36 Jay Buhner
  • DD37 Randy Johnson
  • DD38 Alex Rodriguez
  • DD39 Juan Gonzalez
  • DD40 Joe Carter

Gameface

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This 10-card set was randomly inserted into specially marked 1996 Upper Deck and 1996 Collector's Choice packs sold exclusively at Wal-Mart. Each Upper Deck pack had seven cards plus one Gameface; while Collector's Choice packs had 15 cards and one Gameface.

  • GF1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • GF2 Frank Thomas
  • GF3 Barry Bonds
  • GF4 Albert Belle
  • GF5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • GF6 Mike Piazza
  • GF7 Chipper Jones
  • GF8 Matt Williams
  • GF9 Hideo Nomo
  • GF10 Greg Maddux