2000 Topps Tek

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Description[edit]

2000 Topps TEK is a 45-card set released in July, 2000. This would be the final Topps TEK set for 14 years.

The set features 40 player cards (1-40), and five short-printed rookie cards (41-45), and each card has 20 different background variations. A master base set, which contains 20 different patterns for each of the 40 players, is 900 total cards making it the smallest TEK master base set ever made. Variations 16-20 feature an assortment of colors (purple, red, yellow, green and blue) and are short-printed in comparison to the other 15. Each rookie card is serial-numbered to 2000 copies for each variations for an aggregate total of 40,000. The only notable Rookie Card is that of Brett Myers.

Distribution[edit]

20 packs per box, four cards per pack. Hobby only.

Reviews[edit]

Insertion Ratios[edit]

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds
Base 45 - ?
short set 40 - ?
Rookies 5 2000 1:2
Color Variations 1-40 40 - 1:10
Rookie Color Variations 41-45 5 2000 1:10
Gold 45 10 (but 200 actually exist) 1:42
ArchiTEKs 18 - 1:5
DramaTEK Performers 9 - 1:10
TEKtonics 9 - 1:30

Checklist[edit]

Base Set[edit]

Each card has four different photos with five distinct background patterns per photo for a total of 20. Patterns #16-#20 are short-printed.

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Patterns #1-#5: MLB Logo (1); Players Inc. Logo (2); American/National League (3); Wordmark (4); Hat Logo (5)
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Patterns #6-#10: Team Logo (6); Hometown (7); Signature (8); Winning/Slugging Percentage (9); Position (10)
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Patterns #11-#15: ERA/BA (11); Batting Hand (12); Date of Birth (13); Roster Status (14); Topps HTA Logo (15)
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Patterns #16-#20: Purple Team Name (16); Red Jersey Number {17); Yellow Last Name (18); Green Home Runs/Strikeouts (19); Blue Topps Tek Logo (20)

  • 1 Mike Piazza
  • 2 Chipper Jones
  • 3 Juan Gonzalez
  • 4 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 6 A.J. Burnett
  • 7 Jim Thome
  • 8 Mo Vaughn
  • 9 Andruw Jones
  • 10 Mark McGwire
  • 11 Jose Canseco
  • 12 Shawn Green
  • 13 Barry Bonds
  • 14 Bernie Williams
  • 15 Manny Ramirez
  • 16 Greg Maddux
  • 17 Carlos Beltran
  • 18 Pedro Martinez
  • 19 Jeff Bagwell
  • 20 Sammy Sosa
  • 21 J.D. Drew
  • 22 Randy Johnson
  • 23 Larry Walker
  • 24 Frank Thomas
  • 25 Orlando Hernandez
  • 26 Scott Rolen
  • 27 Tony Gwynn
  • 28 Rick Ankiel
  • 29 Roberto Alomar
  • 30 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 31 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 32 Derek Jeter
  • 33 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 34 Alex Rodriguez
  • 35 Sean Casey
  • 36 Adam Piatt
  • 37 Corey Patterson
  • 38 Josh Hamilton
  • 39 Pat Burrell
  • 40 Eric Munson

Rookies[edit]

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Each Rookie is serial-numbered to 2000 copies for each individual pattern. The aggregate number of Rookie cards issued for each player is 40,000 (2000 cards X 20 patterns) -- which has depressed the long-run value of these cards. The fact that three of the five players featured (Salazar, Sneed, and Asadoorian) never played in a Major League game and only one (Myers) had a solid Major League career was also a factor.

On the original sell-sheet solicited by Topps, only the five "colored" patterns (#16-#20) were to have been serial-numbered, while patterns #1-#15 were to have been seeded at the rate every other pack.

  • 41 Ruben Salazar
  • 42 John Sneed
  • 43 Josh Girdley
  • 44 Brett Myers
  • 45 Rick Asadoorian

Parallels[edit]

Die-Cut Gold[edit]

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Each base card's background variation has a Die-Cut Gold parallel that is serial-numbered to ten. Collectively, each individual player has 200 Gold cards.

Inserts[edit]

ArchiTEKs[edit]

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We estimate the production of each ArchiTEKs insert at 4200 copies.

  • A1 Nomar Garciaparra
  • A2 Derek Jeter
  • A3 Chipper Jones
  • A4 Vladimir Guerrero
  • A5 Mark McGwire
  • A6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • A7 Mike Piazza
  • A8 Jeff Bagwell
  • A9 Larry Walker
  • A10 Manny Ramirez
  • A11 Alex Rodriguez
  • A12 Sammy Sosa
  • A13 Shawn Green
  • A14 Juan Gonzalez
  • A15 Barry Bonds
  • A16 Pedro Martinez
  • A17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • A18 Ivan Rodriguez

DramaTEK Performers[edit]

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We estimate the production of each DramaTEK Performers insert at 4200 copies.

  • DP1 Mark McGwire
  • DP2 Sammy Sosa
  • DP3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • DP4 Nomar Garciaparra
  • DP5 Chipper Jones
  • DP6 Mike Piazza
  • DP7 Alex Rodriguez
  • DP8 Derek Jeter
  • DP9 Vladimir Guerrero

TEKtonics[edit]

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We estimate the production of each TEKtonics insert at 1400 copies.

  • TT1 Derek Jeter
  • TT2 Mark McGwire
  • TT3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • TT4 Mike Piazza
  • TT5 Alex Rodriguez
  • TT6 Chipper Jones
  • TT7 Nomar Garciaparra
  • TT8 Sammy Sosa
  • TT9 Cal Ripken, Jr.