2000 Black Diamond Rookie Edition

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Description[edit]

2000 Black Diamond Rookie Edition is a 154-card set released exclusively to Hobby outlets by Upper Deck in December, 2000 -- almost a full year after 2000 Black Diamond -- and would be the final Black Diamond baseball set. The set includes a 30-card Rookie Gems subset (with each card serial-numbered to 1000 copies), a 16-card "Rookie Jerseys" subset, and 18 jersey cards of the Gold Medal winning 2000 USA Baseball team. This set marked the first time game-used jersey cards were included in a base set.

Notable rookie cards include: Mark Buehrle, Roy Oswalt, Ben Sheets and Barry Zito.

Distribution[edit]

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99). Hobby only.

Reviews[edit]

Insertion Ratios[edit]

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 154 - ?
short set 90 - ?
Rookie Gems 30 1000 ?
Rookie Jerseys 16 - 1:24
USA Olympic Team Jerseys 18 - 1:96
Gold 90 1000 ?
Rookie Treasures 30 500 ?
Rookie Jerseys Treasures 16 100 ?
Diamonation 9 - 1:12
Diamond Might 9 - 1:12
Diamond Gallery 6 - 1:20
Diamond Skills 6 - 1:20
Authentic Pinstripes 9 varies ?

Checklist[edit]

Base Set[edit]

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  • 1 Troy Glaus
  • 2 Mo Vaughn
  • 3 Darin Erstad
  • 4 Jason Giambi
  • 5 Tim Hudson
  • 6 Ben Grieve
  • 7 Eric Chavez
  • 8 Tony Batista
  • 9 Carlos Delgado
  • 10 David Wells
  • 11 Greg Vaughn
  • 12 Fred McGriff
  • 13 Manny Ramirez
  • 14 Roberto Alomar
  • 15 Jim Thome
  • 16 Alex Rodriguez
  • 17 Edgar Martinez
  • 18 John Olerud
  • 19 Albert Belle
  • 20 Mike Mussina
  • 21 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 22 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 23 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 24 Pedro Martinez
  • 25 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 26 Carl Everett
  • 27 Jermaine Dye
  • 28 Mike Sweeney
  • 29 Juan Gonzalez
  • 30 Bob Higginson
  • 31 Dean Palmer
  • 32 Jacque Jones
  • 33 Eric Milton
  • 34 Matt Lawton
  • 35 Magglio Ordonez
  • 36 Paul Konerko
  • 37 Frank Thomas
  • 38 Ray Durham
  • 39 Roger Clemens
  • 40 Derek Jeter
  • 41 Bernie Williams
  • 42 Jose Canseco
  • 43 Craig Biggio
  • 44 Richard Hidalgo
  • 45 Jeff Bagwell
  • 46 Greg Maddux
  • 47 Chipper Jones
  • 48 Rafael Furcal
  • 49 Andruw Jones
  • 50 Geoff Jenkins
  • 51 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 52 Mark McGwire
  • 53 Rick Ankiel
  • 54 Jim Edmonds
  • 55 Kerry Wood
  • 56 Sammy Sosa
  • 57 Matt Williams
  • 58 Randy Johnson
  • 59 Steve Finley
  • 60 Curt Schilling
  • 61 Kevin Brown
  • 62 Gary Sheffield
  • 63 Shawn Green
  • 64 Jose Vidro
  • 65 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 66 Jeff Kent
  • 67 Barry Bonds
  • 68 Ryan Dempster
  • 69 Cliff Floyd
  • 70 Preston Wilson
  • 71 Mike Piazza
  • 72 Al Leiter
  • 73 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 74 Derek Bell
  • 75 Ryan Klesko
  • 76 Tony Gwynn
  • 77 Bob Abreu
  • 78 Pat Burrell
  • 79 Scott Rolen
  • 80 Mike Lieberthal
  • 81 Jason Kendall
  • 82 Brian Giles
  • 83 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 84 Pokey Reese
  • 85 Dmitri Young
  • 86 Sean Casey
  • 87 Jeff Cirillo
  • 88 Todd Helton
  • 89 Jeffrey Hammonds
  • 90 Larry Walker

Rookie Gems[edit]

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Each Rookie Gem is serial-numbered to 1000 copies, however some copies have surfaced with the serial number missing.

  • 91 Barry Zito RC
  • 92 Keith Ginter RC
  • 93 Dane Sardinha RC
  • 94 Kenny Kelly RC
  • 95 Ryan Kohlmeier
  • 96 Leo Estrella
  • 97 Danys Baez RC
  • 98 Paul Rigdon
  • 99 Mike Lamb RC
  • 100 Aaron McNeal RC*
  • 101 Juan Pierre RC
  • 102 Rico Washington RC
  • 103 Luis Matos RC
  • 104 Adam Bernero
  • 105 Wascar Serrano RC
  • 106 Chris Richard RC
  • 107 Justin Miller
  • 108 Julio Zuleta RC
  • 109 Alex Cabrera RC
  • 110 Gene Stechschulte
  • 111 Tony Mota
  • 112 Tomo Ohka
  • 113 Geraldo Guzman RC
  • 114 Scott Downs RC
  • 115 Timo Perez RC
  • 116 Chad Durbin
  • 117 Sun Woo Kim RC
  • 118 Tomas De La Rosa
  • 119 Javier Cardona
  • 120 Kazuhiro Sasaki RC

Rookie Jersey Gems[edit]

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  • 121 Brad Cresse
  • 122 Matt Wheatland RC*
  • 123 Joe Torres RC*
  • 124 Dave Krynzel RC
  • 125 Ben Diggins RC
  • 126 Sean Burnett RC
  • 127 David Espinosa RC*
  • 128 Scott Heard RC*
  • 129 Daylan Holt RC*
  • 130 Koyie Hill RC JSY USA
  • 131 Mark Buehrle
  • 132 Xavier Nady RC
  • 133 Mike Tonis RC
  • 134 Matt Ginter RC JSY USA
  • 135 Lorenzo Barcelo RC JSY
  • 136 Cory Vance RC

USA Olympic Team Jerseys[edit]

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This subset features game-used jersey cards of the Gold Medal winning 2000 USA Olympic baseball team.

  • 137 Sean Burroughs USA JSY
  • 138 Todd Williams USA JSY
  • 139 Brad Wilkerson USA JSY RC
  • 140 Ben Sheets USA JSY RC
  • 141 Kurt Ainsworth USA JSY RC
  • 142 Anthony Sanders USA JSY
  • 143 Ryan Franklin USA JSY RC
  • 144 Shane Heams USA JSY RC
  • 145 Roy Oswalt USA JSY RC
  • 146 Jon Rauch USA JSY RC
  • 147 Brent Abernathy USA JSY RC
  • 148 Ernie Young USA JSY
  • 149 Chris George USA JSY
  • 150 Gookie Dawkins USA JSY
  • 151 Adam Everett USA JSY
  • 152 John Cotton USA JSY RC
  • 153 Pat Borders USA JSY
  • 154 Doug Mientkiewicz USA JSY

Parallels[edit]

Gold[edit]

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Cards #1-90 are available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 1000 copies.

Treasures[edit]

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The Rookie (cards #91-120) and Rookie Jersey (#121-136) are available in a Treasures parallel. The Rookies are serial-numbered to 500 copies, while the Rookie Jerseys are numbered to 100.

Inserts[edit]

Diamonation[edit]

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  • D1 Pedro Martinez
  • D2 Derek Jeter
  • D3 Jason Giambi
  • D4 Todd Helton
  • D5 Nomar Garciaparra
  • D6 Randy Johnson
  • D7 Jeff Bagwell
  • D8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • D9 Ivan Rodriguez

Diamond Gallery[edit]

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  • G1 Sammy Sosa
  • G2 Barry Bonds
  • G3 Vladimir Guerrero
  • G4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • G5 Mike Piazza
  • G6 Mark McGwire

Diamond Might[edit]

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  • M1 Mark McGwire
  • M2 Mike Piazza
  • M3 Frank Thomas
  • M4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • M5 Sammy Sosa
  • M6 Alex Rodriguez
  • M7 Carlos Delgado
  • M8 Vladimir Guerrero
  • M9 Barry Bonds

Diamond Skills[edit]

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  • S1 Alex Rodriguez
  • S2 Chipper Jones
  • S3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • S4 Pedro Martinez
  • S5 Ivan Rodriguez
  • S6 Derek Jeter

Game-Used[edit]

Authentic Pinstripes[edit]

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  • APB Derek Jeter BAT 1000
  • APC Derek Jeter CAP 200
  • APG Derek Jeter GLOVE 200
  • APJ Derek Jeter JRSY 1000
  • DJJD Derek Jeter / Joe DiMaggio BAT 25
  • DJMM Derek Jeter / Mickey Mantle BAT 25
  • DJRM Derek Jeter / Roger Maris BAT 25
  • JDMB Derek Jeter / Joe DiMaggio / Mickey Mantle BAT 25
  • JWOJ Derek Jeter / Bernie Williams / Paul O'Neill JRSY 100