2000 Black Diamond

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Description[edit]

2000 Black Diamond is a 120-card set released by Upper Deck in December, 1999. The last 30 cards in the set (cards #91-#120) make up the "Diamond Debut" subset, and are short-printed. Despite this, there are no notable rookie cards in the product.

Distribution[edit]

Hobby: 30 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99). 12 boxes per case.

Reviews[edit]

Insertion Ratios[edit]

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 120 - ? ?
short set 90 - ? ?
Diamond Debuts 30 - 1:4 1:4
Reciprocal Cut short set 90 - 1:7 1:7
Reciprocal Cut Diamond Debuts 30 - 1:12 1:12
Final Cut 120 100 ? ?
Diamonation 10 - 1:4 1:4
Diamonds in the Rough 10 - 1:9 1:9
Diamond Gallery 10 - 1:14 1:14
Diamond Might 10 - 1:14 1:14
Barrage 10 - 1:29 1:29
Constant Threat 10 - 1:29 1:29
A Piece of History 19 - 1:179 1:359
A Piece of History Double 19 - 1:1079 N/A
A Piece of History Triple 19 one-of-one ? ?
Reggie Jackson A Piece of History 500 HR Club 1 350 ? ?
Reggie Jackson A Piece of History 500 HR Club Autograph 1 44 ? ?

Checklist[edit]

Base Set[edit]

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  • 1 Darin Erstad
  • 2 Tim Salmon
  • 3 Mo Vaughn
  • 4 Matt Williams
  • 5 Travis Lee
  • 6 Randy Johnson
  • 7 Tom Glavine
  • 8 Chipper Jones
  • 9 Greg Maddux
  • 10 Andruw Jones
  • 11 Brian Jordan
  • 12 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 13 Albert Belle
  • 14 Mike Mussina
  • 15 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 16 Troy O'Leary
  • 17 Pedro Martinez
  • 18 Sammy Sosa
  • 19 Henry Rodriguez
  • 20 Frank Thomas
  • 21 Magglio Ordonez
  • 22 Greg Vaughn
  • 23 Barry Larkin
  • 24 Sean Casey
  • 25 Jim Thome
  • 26 Kenny Lofton
  • 27 Roberto Alomar
  • 28 Manny Ramirez
  • 29 Larry Walker
  • 30 Todd Helton
  • 31 Gabe Kapler
  • 32 Tony Clark
  • 33 Dean Palmer
  • 34 Cliff Floyd
  • 35 Alex Gonzalez
  • 36 Moises Alou
  • 37 Jeff Bagwell
  • 38 Craig Biggio
  • 39 Richard Hidalgo
  • 40 Carlos Beltran
  • 41 Johnny Damon
  • 42 Adrian Beltre
  • 43 Gary Sheffield
  • 44 Kevin Brown
  • 45 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 46 Jeff Cirillo
  • 47 Joe Mays
  • 48 Todd Walker
  • 49 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 50 Michael Barrett
  • 51 Rickey Henderson
  • 52 Mike Piazza
  • 53 Robin Ventura
  • 54 John Olerud
  • 55 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 56 Derek Jeter
  • 57 Orlando Hernandez
  • 58 Tino Martinez
  • 59 Bernie Williams
  • 60 Roger Clemens
  • 61 Eric Chavez
  • 62 Ben Grieve
  • 63 Jason Giambi
  • 64 Scott Rolen
  • 65 Bob Abreu
  • 66 Curt Schilling
  • 67 Mike Lieberthal
  • 68 Warren Morris
  • 69 Brian Giles
  • 70 Eric Owens
  • 71 Tony Gwynn
  • 72 Reggie Sanders
  • 73 Barry Bonds
  • 74 J.T. Snow
  • 75 Jeff Kent
  • 76 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 77 Alex Rodriguez
  • 78 Edgar Martinez
  • 79 Jay Buhner
  • 80 Mark McGwire
  • 81 J.D. Drew
  • 82 Eric Davis
  • 83 Fernando Tatis
  • 84 Wade Boggs
  • 85 Fred McGriff
  • 86 Juan Gonzalez
  • 87 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 88 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 89 Shawn Green
  • 90 Carlos Delgado

Diamond Debuts[edit]

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  • 91 Pat Burrell DD
  • 92 Eric Munson DD
  • 93 Jorge Toca DD
  • 94 Rick Ankiel DD
  • 95 Tony Armas DD
  • 96 Byung-Hyun Kim DD
  • 97 Alfonso Soriano DD
  • 98 Mark Quinn DD
  • 99 Ryan Rupe DD
  • 100 Adam Kennedy DD
  • 101 Jeff Weaver DD
  • 102 Ramon Ortiz DD
  • 103 Eugene Kingsale DD
  • 104 Josh Beckett DD
  • 105 Eric Gagne DD
  • 106 Peter Bergeron DD
  • 107 Erubiel Durazo DD
  • 108 Chad Meyers DD
  • 109 Kip Wells DD
  • 110 Chad Harville DD
  • 111 Matt Riley DD
  • 112 Ben Petrick DD
  • 113 Ed Yarnall DD
  • 114 Calvin Murray DD
  • 115 Vernon Wells DD
  • 116 A.J. Burnett DD
  • 117 Jacque Jones DD
  • 118 Francisco Cordero DD
  • 119 Tomo Ohka DD RC
  • 120 Julio Ramirez DD

Parallels[edit]

Reciprocal Cut[edit]

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Each of the 120 base cards are available in a Reciprocal Cut parallel. In this set, each card is die-cut and his their images reversed, with the front image on the back and vice versa. There is also a Final Cut parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Inserts[edit]

Barrage[edit]

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  • B1 Mark McGwire
  • B2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • B3 Sammy Sosa
  • B4 Jeff Bagwell
  • B5 Juan Gonzalez
  • B6 Alex Rodriguez
  • B7 Manny Ramirez
  • B8 Ivan Rodriguez
  • B9 Chipper Jones
  • B10 Mike Piazza

Constant Threat[edit]

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  • T1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • T2 Vladimir Guerrero
  • T3 Alex Rodriguez
  • T4 Sammy Sosa
  • T5 Juan Gonzalez
  • T6 Derek Jeter
  • T7 Nomar Garciaparra
  • T8 Barry Bonds
  • T9 Chipper Jones
  • T10 Mike Piazza

Diamonation[edit]

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  • D1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • D2 Randy Johnson
  • D3 Mark McGwire
  • D4 Manny Ramirez
  • D5 Scott Rolen
  • D6 Bernie Williams
  • D7 Roger Clemens
  • D8 Mo Vaughn
  • D9 Frank Thomas
  • D10 Sean Casey

Diamond Gallery[edit]

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  • G1 Derek Jeter
  • G2 Alex Rodriguez
  • G3 Nomar Garciaparra
  • G4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • G5 Sammy Sosa
  • G6 Tony Gwynn
  • G7 Mark McGwire
  • G8 Roger Clemens
  • G9 Greg Maddux
  • G10 Pedro Martinez

Diamond Might[edit]

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  • M1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • M2 Mark McGwire
  • M3 Sammy Sosa
  • M4 Manny Ramirez
  • M5 Jeff Bagwell
  • M6 Frank Thomas
  • M7 Mike Piazza
  • M8 Juan Gonzalez
  • M9 Barry Bonds
  • M10 Alex Rodriguez

Diamonds in the Rough[edit]

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  • R1 Pat Burrell
  • R2 Eric Munson
  • R3 Alfonso Soriano
  • R4 Ruben Mateo
  • R5 A.J. Burnett
  • R6 Ben Davis
  • R7 Lance Berkman
  • R8 Ed Yarnall
  • R9 Rick Ankiel
  • R10 Ryan Bradley

Game-Used[edit]

A Piece of History[edit]

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A Piece of History is a game-used bat set. Each card is available in Single (one piece), Double (two pieces), and Triple (three pieces) versions. The Double is exclusive to Hobby packs and Triple is a one-of-one. The one-of-one Cal Ripken, Jr. Triple card was found in a Blaster box of 2000 Ultra.


  • AB Albert Belle
  • AJ Andruw Jones
  • AR Alex Rodriguez
  • BB Barry Bonds
  • CAL Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • CJ Chipper Jones
  • DE Darin Erstad
  • DJ Derek Jeter
  • IR Ivan Rodriguez
  • JC Jose Canseco
  • JR Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • MP Mike Piazza
  • MV Mo Vaughn
  • RM Raul Mondesi
  • SR Scott Rolen
  • TG Tony Gwynn
  • TH Todd Helton
  • TL Travis Lee
  • VG Vladimir Guerrero

Reggie Jackson A Piece of History 500 HR Club[edit]

See Upper Deck A Piece of History 500 HR Club.