2001 MLB Showdown
Description[edit]
2001 MLB Showdown is a 462-card trading card game released in Mid-April. The product was released by Wizards of the Coast, the same company behind the popular Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon trading card games. The 1st Edition cards were released with a silver stamp on front of the card indicating the first print run. The set features 400-player cards and 62 foil superstar cards that were short printed at one in three packs.
Distribution[edit]
1st Edition: 24 packs per box, nine cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).
Starter Packs: 12 starter decks per box, 75 cards per deck.
Reviews[edit]
Insertion Ratios[edit]
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Booster Pack Odds | Starter Deck Odds |
---|---|---|---|---|
Base | 462 | - | ? | ? |
short set | 400 | - | ? | ? |
Foil | 62 | - | 1:3 | ? |
Strategy Cards | 75 | - | 1:2 | 40:1 |
Checklist[edit]
Promos[edit]
To promote the upcoming 2001 MLB Showdown set, WotC released three promo sets: Ace Pitcher, Diamond Star, and Future Star. The front of each card is marked with the respective set's name.
Ace Pitcher[edit]
- 1 Kris Benson
- 2 Kevin Brown
- 3 Roger Clemens
- 4 Bartolo Colon
- 5 Jeff D'Amico
- 6 Ryan Dempster
- 7 Adam Eaton
- 8 Scott Elarton
- 9 Livan Hernandez
- 10 Tim Hudson
- 11 Randy Johnson
- 12 Darryl Kile
- 13 Al Leiter
- 14 Jon Lieber
- 15 Greg Maddux
- 16 Pedro Martinez
- 17 Brad Radke
- 18 Javier Vazquez
- 19 Jeff Weaver
- 20 David Wells
Diamond Star[edit]
- 1 Roberto Alomar
- 2 Carlos Delgado
- 3 Jason Giambi
- 4 Troy Glaus
- 5 Luis Gonzalez
- 6 Tony Gwynn
- 7 Todd Helton
- 8 Richard Hidalgo
- 9 Bob Higginson
- 10 Andruw Jones
- 11 Dave Justice
- 12 Jeff Kent
- 13 Ivan Rodriguez
- 14 Gary Sheffield
- 15 Mike Sweeney
- 16 Miguel Tejada
- 17 Frank Thomas
- 18 Greg Vaughn
- 19 Robin Ventura
- 20 Rondell White
Future Star[edit]
- 1 Peter Bergeron
- 2 Pat Burrell
- 3 Mike Cameron
- 4 Sean Casey
- 5 J.D. Drew
- 6 Corey Koskie
- 7 Melvin Mora
- 8 Trot Nixon
- 9 Eric Owens
- 10 Jay Payton
- 11 Aramis Ramirez
- 12 Richie Sexson
- 13 Preston Wilson
Base Set[edit]
- 1 Garret Anderson
- 2 Darin Erstad FOIL
- 3 Ron Gant
- 4 Troy Glaus FOIL
- 5 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
- 6 Adam Kennedy
- 7 Al Levine RC
- 8 Ben Molina
- 9 Troy Percival
- 10 Mark Petkovsek
- 11 Tim Salmon
- 12 Scott Schoeneweis
- 13 Scott Spiezio
- 14 Mo Vaughn
- 15 Jarrod Washburn
- 16 Brian Anderson
- 17 Danny Bautista
- 18 Jay Bell
- 19 Greg Colbrunn
- 20 Steve Finley
- 21 Luis Gonzalez
- 22 Randy Johnson FOIL
- 23 Byung-Hyun Kim
- 24 Matt Mantei
- 25 Mike Morgan
- 26 Curt Schilling
- 27 Kelly Stinnett
- 28 Greg Swindell
- 29 Matt Williams
- 30 Tony Womack
- 31 Andy Ashby
- 32 Bobby Bonilla
- 33 Rafael Furcal FOIL
- 34 Andres Galarraga
- 35 Tom Glavine FOIL
- 36 Andruw Jones
- 37 Chipper Jones FOIL
- 38 Brian Jordan
- 39 Wally Joyner
- 40 Keith Lockhart
- 41 Javy Lopez
- 42 Greg Maddux
- 43 Kevin Millwood
- 44 Mike Remlinger
- 45 John Rocker
- 46 B.J. Surhoff
- 47 Quilvio Veras
- 48 Brady Anderson
- 49 Albert Belle
- 50 Jeff Conine
- 51 Delino DeShields
- 52 Buddy Groom
- 53 Trenidad Hubbard
- 54 Luis Matos
- 55 Jose Mercedes
- 56 Melvin Mora
- 57 Mike Mussina
- 58 Sidney Ponson
- 59 Pat Rapp
- 60 Chris Richard
- 61 Cal Ripken, Jr. FOIL
- 62 Mike Trombley
- 63 Rolando Arrojo
- 64 Dante Bichette
- 65 Rheal Cormier
- 66 Carl Everett
- 67 Rich Garces
- 68 Nomar Garciaparra FOIL
- 69 Mike Lansing
- 70 Darren Lewis
- 71 Derek Lowe
- 72 Pedro Martinez FOIL
- 73 Ramon Martinez
- 74 Trot Nixon
- 75 Jose Offerman
- 76 Troy O'Leary
- 77 Jason Varitek
- 78 Rick Aguilera
- 79 Damon Buford
- 80 Joe Girardi
- 81 Mark Grace
- 82 Willie Greene
- 83 Ricky Gutierrez
- 84 Felix Heredia
- 85 Jon Lieber
- 86 Jeff Reed
- 87 Sammy Sosa FOIL
- 88 Kevin Tapani
- 89 Todd Van Poppel
- 90 Rondell White
- 91 Kerry Wood
- 92 Eric Young
- 93 James Baldwin
- 94 Ray Durham
- 95 Keith Foulke FOIL
- 96 Bob Howry
- 97 Charles Johnson FOIL
- 98 Mark Johnson
- 99 Paul Konerko
- 100 Carlos Lee
- 101 Magglio Ordonez
- 102 Jim Parque
- 103 Herbert Perry
- 104 Bill Simas
- 105 Chris Singleton
- 106 Mike Sirotka
- 107 Frank Thomas FOIL
- 108 Jose Valentin
- 109 Kelly Wunsch
- 110 Aaron Boone
- 111 Sean Casey
- 112 Danny Graves
- 113 Ken Griffey, Jr. FOIL
- 114 Pete Harnisch
- 115 Barry Larkin FOIL
- 116 Alex Ochoa
- 117 Steve Parris
- 118 Pokey Reese
- 119 Chris Stynes
- 120 Scott Sullivan
- 121 Eddie Taubensee
- 122 Michael Tucker
- 123 Ron Villone
- 124 Dmitri Young
- 125 Roberto Alomar FOIL
- 126 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
- 127 Jason Bere
- 128 Dave Burba
- 129 Bartolo Colon
- 130 Wil Cordero
- 131 Chuck Finley
- 132 Travis Fryman
- 133 Steve Karsay
- 134 Kenny Lofton
- 135 Manny Ramirez FOIL
- 136 David Segui
- 137 Jim Thome
- 138 Omar Vizquel
- 139 Bob Wickman
- 140 Pedro Astacio
- 141 Brian Bohanon
- 142 Jeff Cirillo
- 143 Jeff Frye
- 144 Jeffrey Hammonds
- 145 Todd Helton FOIL
- 146 Todd Hollandsworth
- 147 Butch Huskey
- 148 Jose Jimenez
- 149 Brent Mayne
- 150 Neifi Perez
- 151 Terry Shumpert
- 152 Larry Walker
- 153 Gabriel White FOIL
- 154 Masato Yoshii
- 155 Matt Anderson
- 156 Brad Ausmus
- 157 Rich Becker
- 158 Tony Clark
- 159 Deivi Cruz
- 160 Damion Easley
- 161 Juan Encarnacion
- 162 Juan Gonzalez
- 163 Shane Halter
- 164 Bob Higginson
- 165 Todd Jones FOIL
- 166 Brian Moehler
- 167 Hideo Nomo
- 168 Dean Palmer
- 169 Jeff Weaver
- 170 Antonio Alfonseca
- 171 Luis Castillo FOIL
- 172 Ryan Dempster FOIL
- 173 Cliff Floyd
- 174 Alex Gonzalez
- 175 Mark Kotsay
- 176 Derrek Lee
- 177 Braden Looper
- 178 Mike Lowell
- 179 Brad Penny
- 180 Mike Redmond
- 181 Henry Rodriguez
- 182 Jesus Sanchez
- 183 Mark Smith
- 184 Preston Wilson
- 185 Moises Alou
- 186 Jeff Bagwell FOIL
- 187 Lance Berkman
- 188 Craig Biggio
- 189 Tim Bogar
- 190 Jose Cabrera
- 191 Octavio Dotel
- 192 Scott Elarton FOIL
- 193 Richard Hidalgo
- 194 Chris Holt
- 195 Jose Lima
- 196 Julio Lugo
- 197 Mitch Meluskey
- 198 Bill Spiers
- 199 Daryle Ward
- 200 Carlos Beltran
- 201 Ricky Bottalico
- 202 Johnny Damon FOIL
- 203 Jermaine Dye
- 204 Carlos Febles
- 205 Dave McCarty
- 206 Mark Quinn
- 207 Joe Randa
- 208 Dan Reichert
- 209 Rey Sanchez
- 210 Jose Santiago
- 211 Jeff Suppan
- 212 Mac Suzuki
- 213 Mike Sweeney
- 214 Greg Zaun
- 215 Terry Adams
- 216 Adrian Beltre
- 217 Kevin Brown FOIL
- 218 Alex Cora
- 219 Darren Dreifort
- 220 Tom Goodwin
- 221 Shawn Green
- 222 Mark Grudzielanek
- 223 Dave Hansen
- 224 Todd Hundley
- 225 Eric Karros
- 226 Chad Kreuter
- 227 Chan Ho Park
- 228 Jeff Shaw
- 229 Gary Sheffield FOIL
- 230 Juan Acevedo
- 231 Ron Belliard
- 232 Henry Blanco
- 233 Jeromy Burnitz
- 234 Jeff D'Amico FOIL
- 235 Valerio De Los Santos
- 236 Marquis Grissom
- 237 Charlie Hayes
- 238 Jimmy Haynes
- 239 Jose Hernandez
- 240 Geoff Jenkins
- 241 Curtis Leskanic
- 242 Mark Loretta
- 243 Richie Sexson
- 244 David Weathers
- 245 Jay Canizaro
- 246 Ron Coomer
- 247 Cristian Guzman
- 248 LaTroy Hawkins
- 249 Denny Hocking
- 250 Torii Hunter
- 251 Jacque Jones
- 252 Corey Koskie
- 253 Matt Lawton
- 254 Matt LeCroy
- 255 Eric Milton
- 256 David Ortiz
- 257 Brad Radke FOIL
- 258 Mark Redman
- 259 Bob Wells
- 260 Michael Barrett
- 261 Peter Bergeron
- 262 Milton Bradley
- 263 Orlando Cabrera
- 264 Vladimir Guerrero FOIL
- 265 Wilton Guerrero
- 266 Dustin Hermanson
- 267 Terry Jones
- 268 Steve Kline
- 269 Felipe Lira
- 270 Mike Mordecai
- 271 Lee Stevens
- 272 Anthony Telford
- 273 Javier Vazquez
- 274 Jose Vidro FOIL
- 275 Edgardo Alfonzo FOIL
- 276 Derek Bell
- 277 Armando Benitez
- 278 Mike Bordick
- 279 Mike Hampton FOIL
- 280 Lenny Harris
- 281 Al Leiter
- 282 Jay Payton
- 283 Mike Piazza FOIL
- 284 Todd Pratt
- 285 Glendon Rusch
- 286 Bubba Trammell
- 287 Robin Ventura
- 288 Turk Wendell
- 289 Rick White
- 290 Todd Zeile
- 291 Scott Brosius
- 292 Roger Clemens FOIL
- 293 Jason Grimsley
- 294 Orlando Hernandez
- 295 Derek Jeter FOIL
- 296 Dave Justice
- 297 Chuck Knoblauch
- 298 Tino Martinez
- 299 Denny Neagle
- 300 Jeff Nelson
- 301 Paul O'Neill
- 302 Andy Pettitte
- 303 Jorge Posada
- 304 Mariano Rivera FOIL
- 305 Jose Vizcaino
- 306 Bernie Williams FOIL
- 307 Kevin Appier
- 308 Eric Chavez
- 309 Ryan Christenson
- 310 Jason Giambi FOIL
- 311 Jeremy Giambi
- 312 Ben Grieve
- 313 Gil Heredia
- 314 Ramon Hernandez
- 315 Tim Hudson FOIL
- 316 Jason Isringhausen
- 317 Terrence Long FOIL
- 318 Jim Mecir
- 319 Mark Mulder
- 320 Matt Stairs
- 321 Miguel Tejada
- 322 Randy Velarde
- 323 Bob Abreu
- 324 Jeff Brantley
- 325 Pat Burrell
- 326 Omar Daal
- 327 Rob Ducey
- 328 Doug Glanville
- 329 Wayne Gomes
- 330 Kevin Jordan
- 331 Travis Lee
- 332 Mike Lieberthal
- 333 Vicente Padilla
- 334 Robert Person
- 335 Scott Rolen FOIL
- 336 Kevin Sefcik
- 337 Randy Wolf
- 338 Jimmy Anderson
- 339 Mike Benjamin
- 340 Kris Benson
- 341 Adrian Brown
- 342 Brian Giles FOIL
- 343 Jason Kendall FOIL
- 344 Pat Meares
- 345 Warren Morris
- 346 Aramis Ramirez
- 347 Todd Ritchie
- 348 Scott Sauerbeck
- 349 Jose Silva
- 350 John Vander Wal
- 351 Mike Williams
- 352 Kevin Young
- 353 Carlos Almanzar
- 354 Bret Boone
- 355 Matt Clement
- 356 Adam Eaton
- 357 Wiki Gonzalez
- 358 Trevor Hoffman FOIL
- 359 Damian Jackson
- 360 Ryan Klesko
- 361 Phil Nevin FOIL
- 362 Eric Owens
- 363 Desi Relaford
- 364 Ruben Rivera
- 365 Kevin Walker
- 366 Woody Williams
- 367 Jay Witasick
- 368 Rich Aurilia
- 369 Marvin Benard
- 370 Barry Bonds FOIL
- 371 Ellis Burks
- 372 Bobby Estalella
- 373 Doug Henry
- 374 Livan Hernandez
- 375 Jeff Kent FOIL
- 376 Doug Mirabelli
- 377 Bill Mueller
- 378 Calvin Murray
- 379 Robb Nen FOIL
- 380 Russ Ortiz
- 381 Armando Rios
- 382 Felix Rodriguez
- 383 Kirk Rueter
- 384 J.T. Snow
- 385 Paul Abbott
- 386 David Bell
- 387 Jay Buhner
- 388 Mike Cameron
- 389 John Halama
- 390 Rickey Henderson
- 391 Al Martin
- 392 Edgar Martinez FOIL
- 393 Mark McLemore
- 394 John Olerud
- 395 Jose Paniagua
- 396 Arthur Rhodes
- 397 Alex Rodriguez FOIL
- 398 Kazuhiro Sasaki FOIL
- 399 Aaron Sele
- 400 Dan Wilson
- 401 Rick Ankiel FOIL
- 402 Will Clark
- 403 J.D. Drew
- 404 Jim Edmonds FOIL
- 405 Pat Hentgen
- 406 Darryl Kile
- 407 Ray Lankford
- 408 Mike Matheny
- 409 Mark McGwire FOIL
- 410 Craig Paquette
- 411 Placido Polanco
- 412 Edgar Renteria
- 413 Garrett Stephenson
- 414 Fernando Tatis
- 415 Mike Timlin
- 416 Dave Veres
- 417 Fernando Vina
- 418 Miguel Cairo
- 419 Vinny Castilla
- 420 Steve Cox
- 421 Doug Creek
- 422 John Flaherty
- 423 Jose Guillen
- 424 Roberto Hernandez FOIL
- 425 Russ Johnson
- 426 Albie Lopez
- 427 Felix Martinez
- 428 Fred McGriff
- 429 Bryan Rekar
- 430 Greg Vaughn
- 431 Gerald Williams
- 432 Esteban Yan
- 433 Luis Alicea
- 434 Frank Catalanotto
- 435 Royce Clayton
- 436 Tim Crabtree
- 437 Chad Curtis
- 438 Rusty Greer
- 439 Rick Helling
- 440 Gabe Kapler
- 441 Mike Lamb
- 442 Ricky Ledee
- 443 Rafael Palmeiro
- 444 Ivan Rodriguez FOIL
- 445 Kenny Rogers
- 446 Mike Venafro
- 447 John Wetteland
- 448 Tony Batista FOIL
- 449 Jose Cruz, Jr.
- 450 Carlos Delgado FOIL
- 451 Kelvim Escobar
- 452 Darrin Fletcher
- 453 Brad Fullmer
- 454 Alex Gonzalez
- 455 Mark Guthrie
- 456 Billy Koch
- 457 Esteban Loaiza
- 458 Raul Mondesi
- 459 Mickey Morandini
- 460 Paul Quantrill
- 461 Shannon Stewart
- 462 David Wells FOIL
Parallels[edit]
1st Edition[edit]
Cards inserted into Booster Packs were all hit with a "1st Edition" foil stamp; whereas cards coming out of the Starter Decks do not.
Inserts[edit]
Strategy[edit]
- S1 Jorge Posada
- S2 Nomar Garciaparra
- S3 Manny Ramirez
- S4 Bernie Williams / Derek Jeter
- S5 Sammy Sosa
- S6 Brian Buchanon
- S7 Jay Canizaro
- S8 Michael Tucker
- S9 Turk Wendell
- S10 Luis Castillo
- S11 Carl Everett
- S12 Carlos Delgado
- S13 Nomar Garciaparra
- S14 Bengie Molina
- S15 Eric Young
- S16 Chris Carpenter
- S17 Nomar Garciaparra
- S18 Alex Ochoa
- S19 Reds Player
- S20 Rickey Henderson
- S21 Alex Gonzalez
- S22 Hideo Nomo
- S23 Sean Casey
- S24 Angels Player
- S25 New York Yankees
- S26 Chuck Knoblauch
- S27 Todd Helton
- S28 Tim Salmon
- S29 Randy Johnson
- S30 Johnny Damon
- S31 Cincinnati Reds
- S32 Alex Rodriguez
- S33 Pokey Reese
- S34 Mark McGwire
- S35 Pittsburgh Pirates
- S36 Homer Bush
- S37 Chicago Cubs
- S38 Minnesota Twins
- S39 Johnny Damon
- S40 Brian Giles
- S41 Shawon Dunston
- S42 Curtis Leskanic
- S43 Texas Rangers
- S44 Bob Higginson
- S45 Baltimore Orioles
- S46 Greg Maddux
- S47 "Fans Flamethrower"
- S48 Kevin Brown
- S49 Omar Vizquel
- S50 Tom Glavine
- S51 Neifi Perez
- S52 Mike Lamb
- S53 Pokey Reese
- S54 New York Yankees
- S55 Randy Johnson
- S56 Boston Red Sox
- S57 "Fans Just Foul"
- S58 Bernie Williams
- S59 Barry Bonds
- S60 Jason Christiansen
- S61 Eddie Taubensee
- S62 Chicago White Sox
- S63 Todd Jones
- S64 Pitchout
- S65 Brian Moehler
- S66 Livan Hernandez
- S67 Omar Vizquel
- S68 Byung-Hyun Kim
- S69 New York Mets
- S70 Benito Santiago
- S71 Kevin Brown
- S72 Pedro Martinez
- S73 Bobby Cox
- S74 Dmitri Young
- S75 Moises Alou