2001 Topps Heritage
Description
2001 Topps Heritage is a 407-card set released right before spring training in February 2001. It is considered one of the landmark products of the 2000s for its model configuration, "throwback" design, and legendary autograph lineup. In 2009, 2001 Topps Heritage Baseball was awarded "Product of the Decade" by Beckett Baseball.
Produced to celebrate Topps' 50th anniversary in the baseball card business, the base set had the same look and feel as the legendary 1952 Topps set. (Topps opted make all cards in the modern 2 1/2" X 3 1/2" format, and not in the 2 5/8" X 3 3/4" dimensions of the real '52 Topps.) Most of the photographs on the cards were purposefully blurred to give them an early-50s look.
Just like '52 Topps, the 80 lower numbered cards and the 97 higher numbered cards, were short-printed -- but unlike '52 Topps, '01 Topps Heritage was released in a single series. In a nod to history, then Yankee prospect David Parrish's card all but mirrored the picture used on Mickey Mantle's '52 Topps card.
Topps went beyond the call of duty on this set by inserting redemption cards for every original 1952 Topps card including the famed Mickey Mantle. There were also redemptions featuring replica hats. To top things off, 25 original Willie Mays '52 Topps cards were bought, autographed by Willie and randomly inserted as box toppers. A 110-card, serial-numbered, Chrome partial-parallel set was inserted at the rate of one per box and is very popular among Master set builders today, as are the autographs.
Legacy of 2001 Topps Heritage
The lasting legacy of 2001 Topps Heritage Baseball cannot be stressed enough. At the turn of the century, set collecting, for decades the traditional way cards were collected, was on the decline. Much of the products produced in the years preceding featured scores of intentionally short-printed base cards that were either too hard to pull out of packs or produced in such low quantities that even attempting to build a complete set was an exercise in futility. With Heritage, Topps found the right combination in making a product that, while challenging to collect, was still realistic for the average collector to put a full set together.
It should also be noted that Topps Heritage did not feature a rookie card of either Ichiro Suzuki or Albert Pujols. The only notable rookie cards in the set are of Kyle Lohse and Juan Uribe.
Distribution
24 packs per box, eight cards plus one stick of gum per pack (MSRP: $2.99).
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 407 | - | ? | ? |
| short-set | 310 | - | ? | ? |
| High-Numbers | 97 | - | 1:2 | 1:2 |
| Chrome | 110 | 552 | 1:25 | 1:25 |
| Classic Renditions | 10 | - | 1:5 | 1:9 |
| New Age Performers | 15 | - | 1:8 | 1:15 |
| Then and Now | 10 | - | 1:8 | 1:15 |
| Blue Ink Autographs | 52 | 200 | 1:142 | 1:142 |
| Red Ink Autographs | 52 | 52 | 1:545 | 1:546 |
| Autographed Classic Renditions | 3 | 25 | 1:19,710 | ? |
| Clubhouse Collection Bats | 20 | - | 1:590 | 1:590 |
| Clubhouse Collection Jerseys | 2 | - | 1:798 | 1:799 |
| Clubhouse Collection Dual Bats | 5 | 52 | 1:5701 | 1:5772 |
| Clubhouse Collection Dual Jerseys | 1 | 52 | 1:28,744 | 1:29,820 |
| Autographed Clubhouse Collection Bats | 3 | 25 | 1:19710 | 1:20,928 |
| Autographed Clubhouse Collection Jerseys | 1 | 25 | 1:62,714 | 1:83,712 |
| Grandstand Glory | 7 | - | 1:211 | 1:211 |
| Time Capsule | 4 | - | 1:369 | 1:369 |
| Time Capsule Dual | 1 | 52 | 1:28,744 | 1:29,820 |
| Willie Mays 1952 Topps Autoproof | 1 | 25 | 1:5749 boxes | N/A |
Checklist
Promos
This three-card set was released prior to the release of 2001 Topps Heritage to dealers and members of The Hobby media. The three cards packed out with the media release in a three-card cello pack.
- PP1 Kevin Brown
- PP2 Andres Galarraga
- PP3 Roger Clemens
Base Set
Low Numbers
NOTE: The first 80 cards were slightly short-printed, with half the production run in black-backs and the other half in red-backs. The first 80-card series of 1952 Topps, also had about half the cards in black and half in red. Although some collectors have built "Master Sets" with both variations, a full set is considered complete, regardless of back color.
- 1 Kris Benson
- 2 Brian Jordan
- 3 Fernando Vina
- 4 Mike Sweeney
- 5 Rafael Palmeiro
- 6 Paul O'Neill
- 7 Todd Helton
- 8 Ramiro Mendoza
- 9 Kevin Millwood
- 10 Chuck Knoblauch
- 11 Derek Jeter
- 13 Geoff Jenkins
- 14 David Justice
- 15 David Cone
- 16 Andres Galarraga
- 17 Garret Anderson
- 18 Roger Cedeno
- 19 Randy Velarde
- 20 Carlos Delgado
- 21 Quilvio Veras
- 22 Jose Vidro
- 23 Corey Patterson
- 24 Jorge Posada
- 25 Eddie Perez
- 26 Jack Cust
- 27 Sean Burroughs
- 28 Randy Wolf
- 29 Mike Lamb
- 30 Rafael Furcal
- 31 Barry Bonds
- 32 Tim Hudson
- 33 Tom Glavine
- 34 Javy Lopez
- 35 Aubrey Huff
- 36 Wally Joyner
- 37 Magglio Ordonez
- 38 Matt Lawton
- 39 Mariano Rivera
- 40 Andy Ashby
- 41 Mark Buehrle
- 42 Esteban Loaiza
- 43 Mark Redman
- 44 Mark Quinn
- 45 Tino Martinez
- 46 Joe Mays
- 47 Walt Weiss
- 48 Roger Clemens
- 49 Greg Maddux
- 50 Richard Hidalgo
- 51 Orlando Hernandez
- 52 Chipper Jones
- 53 Ben Grieve
- 54 Jimmy Haynes
- 55 Ken Caminiti
- 56 Tim Salmon
- 57 Andy Pettitte
- 58 Darin Erstad
- 59 Marquis Grissom
- 60 Raul Mondesi
- 61 Bengie Molina
- 62 Miguel Tejada
- 63 Jose Cruz, Jr.
- 63 Jose Cruz, Jr.
- 64 Billy Koch
- 65 Troy Glaus
- 66 Cliff Floyd
- 67 Tony Batista
- 68 Jeff Bagwell
- 69 Billy Wagner
- 70 Eric Chavez
- 71 Troy Percival
- 72 Andruw Jones
- 73 Shane Reynolds
- 74 Barry Zito
- 75 Roy Halladay
- 76 David Wells
- 77 Jason Giambi
- 78 Scott Elarton
- 79 Moises Alou
- 80 Adam Piatt
NOTE: The following mid-series cards were erroneously printed exclusively in the Black-Back format: 103, 159, 171, 176, 179, 188, 201, 212, 224 and 241.
- 81 Wilton Veras
- 82 Darryl Kile
- 83 Johnny Damon
- 84 Tony Armas
- 85 Ellis Burks
- 86 Jamey Wright
- 87 Jose Vizcaino
- 88 Bartolo Colon
- 89 Carmen Cali RC
- 90 Kevin Brown
- 91 Josh Hamilton
- 92 Jay Buhner
- 93 Scott Pratt RC*
- 94 Alex Cora
- 95 Luis Montanez RC
- 96 Dmitri Young
- 97 J.T. Snow
- 98 Damion Easley
- 99 Greg Norton
- 100 Matt Wheatland
- 101 Chin-Feng Chen
- 102 Tony Womack
- 103 Adam Kennedy (Black back)
- 104 J.D. Drew
- 105 Carlos Febles
- 106 Jim Thome
- 107 Danny Graves
- 108 Dave Mlicki
- 109 Ron Coomer
- 110 James Baldwin
- 111 Shaun Boyd RC*
- 112 Brian Bohanon
- 113 Jacque Jones
- 114 Alfonso Soriano
- 115 Tony Clark
- 116 Terrence Long
- 117 Todd Hundley
- 118 Kazuhiro Sasaki
- 119 Brian Sellier RC*
- 120 John Olerud
- 121 Javier Vazquez
- 122 Sean Burnett
- 123 Matt LeCroy
- 124 Erubiel Durazo
- 125 Juan Encarnacion
- 126 Pablo Ozuna
- 127 Russ Ortiz
- 128 David Segui
- 129 Mark McGwire
- 130 Mark Grace
- 131 Fred McGriff
- 132 Carl Pavano
- 133 Derek Thompson
- 134 Shawn Green
- 135 B.J. Surhoff
- 136 Michael Tucker
- 137 Jason Isringhausen
- 138 Eric Milton
- 139 Mike Stodolka
- 140 Milton Bradley
- 141 Curt Schilling
- 142 Sandy Alomar
- 143 Brent Mayne
- 144 Todd Jones
- 145 Charles Johnson
- 146 Dean Palmer
- 147 Masato Yoshii
- 148 Edgar Renteria
- 149 Joe Randa
- 150 Adam Johnson
- 151 Greg Vaughn
- 152 Adrian Beltre
- 153 Glenallen Hill
- 154 David Parrish RC*
- 155 Neifi Perez
- 156 Pete Harnisch
- 157 Paul Konerko
- 158 Dennys Reyes
- 159 Jose Lima (Black back)
- 160 Eddie Taubensee
- 161 Miguel Cairo
- 162 Jeff Kent
- 163 Dustin Hermanson
- 164 Alex Gonzalez
- 165 Hideo Nomo
- 166 Sammy Sosa
- 167 C.J. Nitkowski
- 168 Cal Eldred
- 169 Jeff Abbott
- 170 Jim Edmonds
- 171 Mark Mulder (Black back)
- 172 Dominic Rich RC*
- 173 Ray Lankford
- 174 Danny Borrell RC*
- 175 Rick Aguilera
- 176 Shannon Stewart (Black back)
- 177 Steve Finley
- 178 Jim Parque
- 179 Kevin Appier (Black back)
- 180 Adrian Gonzalez
- 181 Tom Goodwin
- 182 Kevin Tapani
- 183 Fernando Tatis
- 184 Mark Grudzielanek
- 185 Ryan Anderson
- 186 Jeffrey Hammonds
- 187 Corey Koskie
- 188 Brad Fullmer (Black back)
- 189 Rey Sanchez
- 190 Michael Barrett
- 191 Rickey Henderson
- 192 Jermaine Dye
- 193 Scott Brosius
- 194 Matt Anderson
- 195 Brian Buchanan
- 196 Derrek Lee
- 197 Larry Walker
- 198 Dan Moylan RC*
- 199 Vinny Castilla
- 200 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 201 Matt Stairs (Black back)
- 202 Ty Howington
- 203 Andy Benes
- 204 Luis Gonzalez
- 205 Brian Moehler
- 206 Harold Baines
- 207 Pedro Astacio
- 208 Cristian Guzman
- 209 Kip Wells
- 210 Frank Thomas
- 211 Jose Rosado
- 212 Vernon Wells (Black back)
- 213 Bob Higginson
- 214 Juan Gonzalez
- 215 Omar Vizquel
- 216 Bernie Williams
- 217 Aaron Sele
- 218 Shawn Estes
- 219 Roberto Alomar
- 220 Rick Ankiel
- 221 Josh Kalinowski
- 222 David Bell
- 223 Keith Foulke
- 224 Craig Biggio (Black back)
- 225 Josh Axelson RC*
- 226 Scott Williamson
- 227 Ron Belliard
- 228 Chris Singleton
- 229 Alex Serrano RC
- 230 Deivi Cruz
- 231 Eric Munson
- 232 Luis Castillo
- 233 Edgar Martinez
- 234 Jeff Shaw
- 235 Jeromy Burnitz
- 236 Richie Sexson
- 237 Will Clark
- 238 Ron Villone
- 239 Kerry Wood
- 240 Rich Aurilia
- 241 Mo Vaughn (Black back)
- 242 Travis Fryman
- 243 Manny Ramirez
- 244 Chris Stynes
- 245 Ray Durham
- 246 Juan Uribe RC
- 247 Juan Guzman
- 248 Lee Stevens
- 249 Devon White
- 250 Kyle Lohse RC
- 251 Bryan Wolff
- 252 Matt Galante RC*
- 253 Eric Young
- 254 Freddy Garcia
- 255 Jay Bell
- 256 Steve Cox
- 257 Torii Hunter
- 258 Jose Canseco
- 259 Brad Ausmus
- 260 Jeff Cirillo
- 261 Brad Penny
- 262 Antonio Alfonseca
- 263 Russell Branyan
- 264 Chris Morris RC*
- 265 John Lackey
- 266 Justin Wayne RC
- 267 Brad Radke
- 268 Todd Stottlemyre
- 269 Mark Loretta
- 270 Matt Williams
- 271 Kenny Lofton
- 272 Jeff D'Amico
- 273 Jamie Moyer
- 274 Darren Dreifort
- 275 Denny Neagle
- 276 Orlando Cabrera
- 277 Chuck Finley
- 278 Miguel Batista
- 279 Carlos Beltran
- 280 Eric Karros
- 281 Mark Kotsay
- 282 Ryan Dempster
- 283 Barry Larkin
- 284 Jeff Suppan
- 285 Gary Sheffield
- 286 Jose Valentin
- 287 Robb Nen
- 288 Chan Ho Park
- 289 John Halama
- 290 Steve Smyth RC
- 291 Gerald Williams
- 292 Preston Wilson
- 293 Victor Hall RC*
- 294 Ben Sheets
- 295 Eric Davis
- 296 Kirk Rueter
- 297 Chad Petty RC*
- 298 Kevin Millar
- 299 Marvin Benard
- 300 Vladimir Guerrero
- 301 Livan Hernandez
- 302 Travis Baptist RC
- 303 Bill Mueller
- 304 Mike Cameron
- 305 Randy Johnson
- 306 Alan Mahaffey RC*
- 307 Timo Perez
- 308 Pokey Reese
- 309 Ryan Rupe
- 310 Carlos Lee
Short-Prints
Intended to mimic the '52 Topps set's "high-number" series, the last 97 cards are all short-printed and seeded at the rate of 1:2/packs.
- 311 Doug Glanville
- 312 Jay Payton
- 313 Troy O'Leary
- 314 Francisco Cordero
- 315 Rusty Greer
- 316 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 317 Ricky Ledee
- 318 Brian Daubach
- 319 Robin Ventura
- 320 Todd Zeile
- 321 Francisco Cordova
- 322 Henry Rodriguez
- 323 Pat Meares
- 324 Glendon Rusch
- 325 Keith Osik
- 326 Robert Keppel RC
- 327 Bobby Jones
- 328 Alex Ramirez
- 329 Robert Person
- 330 Ruben Mateo
- 331 Rob Bell
- 332 Carl Everett
- 333 Jason Schmidt
- 334 Scott Rolen
- 335 Jimmy Anderson
- 336 Bret Boone
- 337 Delino DeShields
- 338 Trevor Hoffman
- 339 Bob Abreu
- 340 Mike Williams
- 341 Mike Hampton
- 342 John Wetteland
- 343 Scott Erickson
- 344 Enrique Wilson
- 345 Tim Wakefield
- 346 Mike Lowell
- 347 Todd Pratt
- 348 Brook Fordyce
- 349 Benny Agbayani
- 350 Gabe Kapler
- 351 Sean Casey
- 352 Darren Oliver
- 353 Todd Ritchie
- 354 Kenny Rogers
- 355 Jason Kendall
- 356 John Vander Wal
- 357 Ramon Martinez
- 358 Edgardo Alfonzo
- 359 Phil Nevin
- 360 Albert Belle
- 361 Ruben Rivera
- 362 Pedro Martinez
- 363 Derek Lowe
- 364 Pat Burrell
- 365 Mike Mussina
- 366 Brady Anderson
- 367 Darren Lewis
- 368 Sidney Ponson
- 369 Adam Eaton
- 370 Eric Owens
- 371 Aaron Boone
- 372 Matt Clement
- 373 Derek Bell
- 374 Trot Nixon
- 375 Travis Lee
- 376 Mike Benjamin
- 377 Jeff Zimmerman
- 378 Mike Lieberthal
- 379 Rick Reed
- 380 Nomar Garciaparra
- 381 Omar Daal
- 382 Ryan Klesko
- 383 Rey Ordonez
- 384 Kevin Young
- 385 Rick Helling
- 386 Brian Giles
- 387 Tony Gwynn
- 388 Ed Sprague
- 389 J.R. House
- 390 Scott Hatteberg
- 391 John Valentin
- 392 Melvin Mora
- 393 Royce Clayton
- 394 Jeff Fassero
- 395 Manny Alexander
- 396 John Franco
- 397 Luis Alicea
- 398 Ivan Rodriguez
- 399 Kevin Jordan
- 400 Jose Offerman
- 401 Jeff Conine
- 402 Seth Etherton
- 403 Mike Bordick
- 404 Al Leiter
- 405 Mike Piazza
- 406 Armando Benitez
- 407 Warren Morris
Parallels
Chrome
Chrome is a 110-card partial-parallel of the base set, done on Finest-style chromium stock. Each card is serial-numbered to 552 copies.
- CP1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- CP2 Jim Thome
- CP3 Derek Jeter
- CP4 Andres Galarraga
- CP5 Carlos Delgado
- CP6 Roberto Alomar
- CP7 Tom Glavine
- CP8 Gary Sheffield
- CP9 Mo Vaughn
- CP10 Preston Wilson
- CP11 Mike Mussina
- CP12 Greg Maddux
- CP13 Ivan Rodriguez
- CP14 Al Leiter
- CP15 Seth Etherton
- CP16 Edgardo Alfonzo
- CP17 Richie Sexson
- CP18 Andruw Jones
- CP19 Bartolo Colon
- CP20 Darin Erstad
- CP21 Kevin Brown
- CP22 Mike Sweeney
- CP23 Mike Piazza
- CP24 Rafael Palmeiro
- CP25 Terrence Long
- CP26 Kazuhiro Sasaki
- CP27 John Olerud
- CP28 Mark McGwire
- CP29 Fred McGriff
- CP30 Todd Helton
- CP31 Curt Schilling
- CP32 Alex Rodriguez
- CP33 Jeff Kent
- CP34 Pat Burrell
- CP35 Jim Edmonds
- CP36 Mark Mulder
- CP37 Troy Glaus
- CP38 Jay Payton
- CP39 Jermaine Dye
- CP40 Larry Walker
- CP41 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- CP42 Jeff Bagwell
- CP43 Rick Ankiel
- CP44 Mark Redman
- CP45 Edgar Martinez
- CP46 Mike Hampton
- CP47 Manny Ramirez
- CP48 Ray Durham
- CP49 Rafael Furcal
- CP50 Sean Casey
- CP51 Jose Canseco
- CP52 Barry Bonds
- CP53 Tim Hudson
- CP54 Barry Zito
- CP55 Chuck Finley
- CP56 Magglio Ordonez
- CP57 David Wells
- CP58 Jason Giambi
- CP59 Tony Gwynn
- CP60 Vladimir Guerrero
- CP61 Randy Johnson
- CP62 Bernie Williams
- CP63 Craig Biggio
- CP64 Jason Kendall
- CP65 Pedro Martinez
- CP66 Mark Quinn
- CP67 Frank Thomas
- CP68 Nomar Garciaparra
- CP69 Brian Giles
- CP70 Shawn Green
- CP71 Roger Clemens
- CP72 Sammy Sosa
- CP73 Juan Gonzalez
- CP74 Orlando Hernandez
- CP75 Chipper Jones
- CP76 Josh Hamilton
- CP77 Adam Johnson
- CP78 Shaun Boyd
- CP79 Alfonso Soriano
- CP80 Derek Thompson
- CP81 Adrian Gonzalez
- CP82 Ryan Anderson
- CP83 Corey Patterson
- CP84 J.R. House
- CP85 Sean Burroughs
- CP86 Bryan Wolff
- CP87 John Lackey
- CP88 Ben Sheets
- CP89 Timo Perez
- CP90 Robert Keppel
- CP91 Luis Montanez
- CP92 Sean Burnett
- CP93 Justin Wayne
- CP94 Eric Munson
- CP95 Steve Smyth
- CP96 Matt Galante
- CP97 Carmen Cali
- CP98 Brian Sellier
- CP99 David Parrish
- CP100 Danny Borrell
- CP101 Chad Petty
- CP102 Dominic Rich
- CP103 Josh Axelson
- CP104 Alex Serrano
- CP105 Juan Uribe
- CP106 Travis Baptist
- CP107 Alan Mahaffey
- CP108 Kyle Lohse
- CP109 Victor Hall
- CP110 Scott Pratt
Inserts
Classic Renditions
- CR1 Mark McGwire
- CR2 Nomar Garciaparra
- CR3 Barry Bonds
- CR4 Sammy Sosa
- CR5 Chipper Jones
- CR6 Pat Burrell
- CR7 Frank Thomas
- CR8 Manny Ramirez
- CR9 Derek Jeter
- CR10 Ken Griffey, Jr.
New Age Performers
- NAP1 Mike Piazza
- NAP2 Sammy Sosa
- NAP3 Alex Rodriguez
- NAP4 Barry Bonds
- NAP5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- NAP6 Chipper Jones
- NAP7 Randy Johnson
- NAP8 Derek Jeter
- NAP9 Nomar Garciaparra
- NAP10 Mark McGwire
- NAP11 Jeff Bagwell
- NAP12 Pedro Martinez
- NAP13 Todd Helton
- NAP14 Vladimir Guerrero
- NAP15 Greg Maddux
Then and Now
- TH1 Yogi Berra / Mike Piazza
- TH2 Duke Snider / Sammy Sosa
- TH3 Willie Mays / Ken Griffey
- TH4 Phil Rizzuto / Derek Jeter
- TH5 Pee Wee Reese / Nomar Garciaparra
- TH6 Jackie Robinson / Alex Rodriguez
- TH7 Johnny Mize / Mark McGwire
- TH8 Bob Feller / Pedro Martinez
- TH9 Robin Roberts / Greg Maddux
- TH10 Warren Spahn / Randy Johnson
Autographs & Game-Used
Clubhouse Collection Relics
- THCC-BB Barry Bonds BAT
- THCC-CJ Chipper Jones BAT
- THCC-DS Duke Snider BAT
- THCC-EM Eddie Mathews BAT
- THCC-FT Frank Thomas JSY
- THCC-FV Fernando Vina BAT
- THCC-MM Minnie Minoso JSY
- THCC-RA Richie Ashburn BAT
- THCC-RS Red Schoendienst BAT
- THCC-SG Shawn Green BAT
- THCC-SR Scott Rolen BAT
- THCC-WM Willie Mays BAT
Dual
Each Clubhouse Collection Dual Relic is serial-numbered to 52 copies.
- DSSG Duke Snider / Shawn Green BAT / BAT
- EMCJ Eddie Mathews / Chipper Jones BAT / BAT
- MMFT Minnie Minoso / Frank Thomas JSY / JSY
- RASR Richie Ashburn / Scott Rolen BAT / BAT
Autographs
Each Clubhouse Collection Autograph contains a piece of "Game Used" equipment and is also autographed. Each card is hand numbered to 25.
- ADS Duke Snider BAT
- AMM Minnie Minoso JSY
- ARS Red Schoendienst BAT
- AWM Willie Mays BAT
Grandstand Glory
Grandstand Glory features piece of a stadium seat.
- THGG-JR Jackie Robinson
- THGG-NF Nellie Fox
- THGG-PR Phil Rizzuto
- THGG-RA Richie Ashburn
- THGG-RR Robin Roberts
- THGG-WM Willie Mays
- THGG-YB Yogi Berra
Time Capsule
This unique set features swatches of fabric taken from actual Korean War-era combat uniforms. It's important to note that, although these players actually served in the Korean War, and these cards do indeed feature patches of vintage Korean War uniforms, they were NOT worn by the athlete featured on the card. Unlike the other cards in this set, the lone dual-player Willie Mays-Ted Williams card is hand-numbered to 52 copies.
- DN Don Newcombe
- TW Ted Williams
- WF Whitey Ford
- WM Willie Mays
- WMTW Willie Mays / Ted Williams 52
Topps Heritage Autographs
Topps issued 50 autographed cards which included 24 players from 1952 and 26 current baseball players. This set would be known in later Heritage issues as Real One Autographs.
These cards can be found autographed in either blue or red ink. Each player signed a total of 200 cards in blue ink (which are NOT serial-numbered) and only 52 hand-numbered cards in red ink. The only exception is Willie Mays wound up signing 52 hand-numbered red ink cards and an unknown quantity of additional unnumbered red ink cards.
Topps included redemption cards for Eddie Mathews autographs, but unfortunately Mathews passed away right after Heritage was released without signing his any of his cards. Collectors who pulled an Eddie Mathews exchange card instead received an unnumbered red ink Willie Mays autograph instead. The Mathews exchange card expired January 31, 2002.
Larry Doby was listed on the provisional checklist provided by Topps, and exchange cards good for a Doby autograph were inserted into packs. Doby would have been the 52nd player in the set, but could not come to an agreement with Topps and refused to sign.
- THA-AH Aubrey Huff
- THA-AP Andy Pafko
- THA-AR Alex Rodriguez
- THA-BB Barry Bonds
- THA-BS Bobby Shantz
- THA-BT Bobby Thomson
- THA-CD Carlos Delgado
- THA-CF Cliff Floyd
- THA-CJ Chipper Jones
- THA-CP Corey Patterson
- THA-CS Curt Simmons
- THA-DD Dom DiMaggio
- THA-DG Dick Groat
- THA-DS Duke Snider
- THA-EM Eddie Mathews EXCH (fulfilled with a Willie Mays Red Ink)
- THA-ES Enos Slaughter
- THA-FV Fernando Vina
- THA-GJ Geoff Jenkins
- THA-GM Gil McDougald
- THA-HB Hank Bauer
- THA-HS Hank Sauer
- THA-HW Hoyt Wilhelm
- THA-JG Joe Garagiola
- THA-JM Joe Mays
- THA-JS Johnny Sain
- THA-JV Jose Vidro
- THA-KB Kris Benson
- THA-LD Larry Doby EXCH (never honored)
- THA-MB Mark Buehrle
- THA-MI Monte Irvin
- THA-ML Matt Lawton
- THA-ML Mike Lamb
- THA-MM Minnie Minoso
- THA-MO Magglio Ordonez
- THA-MQ Mark Quinn
- THA-MR Mark Redman
- THA-MS Mike Sweeney
- THA-MV Mickey Vernon
- THA-NG Nomar Garciaparra
- THA-PFR Phil Rizzuto
- THA-PR Preacher Roe
- THA-RH Richard Hidalgo
- THA-RR Robin Roberts
- THA-RS Red Schoendienst
- THA-RW Randy Wolf
- THA-SPB Sean Burroughs
- THA-TG Tom Glavine
- THA-TH Todd Helton
- THA-TL Terrence Long
- THA-VL Vernon Law
- THA-WM Willie Mays
- THA-WS Warren Spahn
Willie Mays 1952 AutoProof
Topps bought back 25 original 1952 Topps Willie Mays cards and had Mays autograph them. These cards were randomly inserted as box toppers in 2001 Topps Heritage Hobby boxes. Each card is hand-numbered on the front.
- Willie Mays 25
Classic Renditions Autograph
Each card is serial-numbered to 25 copies.
- CRA-BB Barry Bonds
- CRA-CJ Chipper Jones
- CRA-NG Nomar Garciaparra
| Topps Heritage |
|---|
| Minor League: |
| Other Heritage Sets: |