2000 Topps Tek
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 |
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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.
Patterns #1-#5: MLB Logo (1); Players Inc. Logo (2); American/National League (3); Wordmark (4); Hat Logo (5)
Patterns #6-#10: Team Logo (6); Hometown (7); Signature (8); Winning/Slugging Percentage (9); Position (10)
Patterns #11-#15: ERA/BA (11); Batting Hand (12); Date of Birth (13); Roster Status (14); Topps HTA Logo (15)
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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