2002 Topps American Pie

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Description[edit]

2002 Topps American Pie is a 150-card set released in May, 2002. Dubbed the "Spirit of America Edition," the checklist features a mix of retired baseball players, celebrities, and historical events. There are no active players in the set, and as such, is not licensed by the MLBPA.

Distribution[edit]

24 packs per box, seven cards per pack.

Reviews[edit]

Insertion Ratios[edit]

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 150 - ? ?
Sluggers 25 - one-per-pack one-per-pack
Entertainment Buybacks 35 100 1:119 1:308
Through the Years Relics 26 - 1:32 1:58
First Pitch Seat Relics 16 - 1:32 1:56
Piece of American Pie 10 - varies varies

Checklist[edit]

Base Set[edit]

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  • 1 Warren Spahn
  • 2 Reggie Jackson
  • 3 Bill Mazeroski
  • 4 Carl Yastrzemski
  • 5 Whitey Ford
  • 6 Ralph Houk
  • 7 Rod Carew
  • 8 Kirk Gibson
  • 9 Bobby Thomson
  • 10 Don Newcombe
  • 11 Gaylord Perry
  • 12 Bruce Sutter
  • 13 Bob Gibson
  • 14 Brooks Robinson
  • 15 Steve Carlton
  • 16 Robin Yount
  • 17 Ernie Banks
  • 18 Lou Brock
  • 19 Al Kaline
  • 20 Carlton Fisk
  • 21 Frank Robinson
  • 22 Bobby Bonds
  • 23 Andre Dawson
  • 24 Goose Gossage
  • 25 Fred Lynn
  • 26 Keith Hernandez
  • 27 Rollie Fingers
  • 28 Juan Marichal
  • 29 Maury Wills
  • 30 Dave Winfield
  • 31 Frank Howard
  • 32 Tony Gwynn
  • 33 Jim Palmer
  • 34 Mike Schmidt
  • 35 Bo Jackson
  • 36 Fergie Jenkins
  • 37 Bobby Richardson
  • 38 Harmon Killebrew
  • 39 Monte Irvin
  • 40 Jim Abbott
  • 41 Wade Boggs
  • 42 Jackie Robinson
  • 43 Ralph Branca
  • 44 Minnie Minoso
  • 45 Tug McGraw
  • 46 Willie Mays
  • 47 Nolan Ryan
  • 48 Duke Snider
  • 49 Tom Seaver
  • 50 Casey Stengel
  • 51 D-Day
  • 52 Gulf War
  • 53 Vietnam War
  • 54 Korean War
  • 55 Secret Service
  • 56 Crayons
  • 57 Hoover Dam
  • 58 Penicillin
  • 59 Polio Vaccine
  • 60 Empire State Building
  • 61 Television
  • 62 Duke Ellington
  • 63 Voyager Mission
  • 64 Space Shuttle
  • 65 Ellis Island
  • 66 Statue Of Liberty
  • 67 Battle Of The Bulge
  • 68 Battle Of Midway
  • 69 Iwo Jima
  • 70 Panama Canal
  • 71 Spirit Of St. Louis
  • 71 Lindbergh
  • 72 Civil Rights
  • 72 We Shall Overcome
  • 73 Space Race
  • 74 Alaska Pipeline
  • 75 Teddy Bear
  • 76 Seabiscuit
  • 77 Bazooka Joe
  • 78 Mt. Rushmore
  • 79 Yellowstone Park
  • 80 Niagara Falls
  • 81 Grand Canyon
  • 82 Hoola Hoop
  • 83 George Patton
  • 84 Florence Griffith Joyner
  • 85 Amelia Earhart
  • 86 Glen Miller
  • 87 Rick Monday
  • 88 Buzz Aldrin
  • 89 Rosa Parks
  • 90 Edward R. Murrow
  • 91 Susan B. Anthony
  • 92 Bobby Kennedy
  • 93 Gloria Steinem
  • 94 Hank Greenberg
  • 95 Jimmy Doolittle
  • 96 Thurgood Marshall
  • 97 Ernest Hemingway
  • 98 Henry Ford
  • 99 Wright Brothers
  • 100 Thomas Edison
  • 101 Albert Einstein
  • 102 Will Rogers
  • 103 George Gershwin
  • 104 Irving Berlin
  • 105 Frank Lloyd Wright
  • 106 Howard Hughes
  • 107 George M. Cohan
  • 108 Jack Kerouac
  • 109 Harry Houdini
  • 110 Helen Keller
  • 111 John McCain
  • 112 Andrew Carnegie
  • 113 Sandra Day O'Connor
  • 114 Brooklyn Bridge
  • 115 Douglas MacArthur
  • 116 Elvis Presley
  • 117 George Burns
  • 118 Judy Garland
  • 119 Buddy Holly
  • 120 Don McLean
  • 121 Marilyn Monroe
  • 122 Humphrey Bogart
  • 123 Gary Cooper
  • 124 The Andrews Sisters
  • 125 Jim Thorpe
  • 126 Joe Louis
  • 127 Jesse Owens
  • 128 Kate Smith
  • 129 W.C. Fields
  • 130 Bette Davis
  • 131 Jayne Mansfield
  • 132 William McKinley
  • 133 Teddy Roosevelt
  • 134 William Taft
  • 135 Woodrow Wilson
  • 136 Warren Harding
  • 137 Calvin Coolidge
  • 138 Herbert Hoover
  • 139 Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • 140 Harry Truman
  • 141 Dwight Eisenhower
  • 142 John F. Kennedy
  • 143 Lyndon B. Johnson
  • 144 Richard Nixon
  • 145 Gerald Ford
  • 146 Jimmy Carter
  • 147 Ronald Reagan
  • 148 George H.W. Bush
  • 149 Bill Clinton
  • 150 George W. Bush

Inserts[edit]

Sluggers[edit]

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Each pack contained one Sluggers insert. There are four different color parallels for each card (Blue, Gold, Red, and Silver); however, all four colors were produced in equal quantities.

  • 1 Rod Carew
  • 2 Brooks Robinson
  • 3 Mike Schmidt
  • 4 Carlton Fisk
  • 5 Reggie Jackson
  • 6 Carl Yastrzemski
  • 7 Kirk Gibson
  • 8 Al Kaline
  • 9 Frank Robinson
  • 10 Fred Lynn
  • 11 Dave Winfield
  • 12 Harmon Killebrew
  • 13 Monte Irvin
  • 14 Willie Mays
  • 15 Duke Snider
  • 16 George Foster
  • 17 Joe Carter
  • 18 Eddie Mathews
  • 19 George Brett
  • 20 Frank Howard
  • 21 Andre Dawson
  • 22 Ted Kluszewski
  • 23 Ryne Sandberg
  • 24 Jack Clark
  • 25 Cecil Cooper

Entertainment Buybacks[edit]

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Each Entertainment Buyback is a card from a previously-released Topps non-sport set, hit with a special foil stamp, and serial-numbered to 100 copies.

  • Alien
  • Back to the Future
  • Beatles
  • Beverly Hillbillies
  • Charlies Angels
  • Close Encounters
  • Creature Feature
  • Elvis
  • E.T.
  • Grease
  • Happy Days
  • JFK
  • Jurassic Park
  • Kung Fu
  • Look and See
  • Man from UNCLE
  • Lost in Space
  • MOD Squad
  • Buck Rodgers
  • Man On The Moon
  • Zorro
  • Welcome Back Kotter
  • TV Westerns
  • Superman Movie
  • Superman TV
  • Star Trek Movie
  • U.S. Presidents
  • Star Trek TV
  • Rocky
  • Soupy Sales
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Partridge Family
  • Planet of the Apes
  • Mork and Mindy
  • Monster Laffs

Autographs & Game-Used[edit]

Through the Years Relics[edit]

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The odds of finding a specific Through the Years Relic are as follows.

  • Bat: 1:211 Hobby, 1:377 retail
  • Jersey: 1:32 Hobby, 1:58 retail
  • Uniform: 1:60 Hobby, 1:100 retail
  • AD Andre Dawson
  • AL Al Oliver
  • BB Bill Buckner
  • CY Carl Yastrzemski
  • DA Dick Allen
  • DM Don Mattingly
  • DP Dave Parker
  • DS Darryl Strawberry
  • DW Dave Winfield
  • EM Eddie Mathews
  • FR Frank Robinson
  • GP Gaylord Perry
  • JA Jim Abbott
  • JB Johnny Bench
  • JC Jack Clark
  • JK Jim Kaat
  • JM Joe Morgan
  • JR Joe Rudi
  • MM Minnie Minoso
  • NR Nolan Ryan
  • RM Rick Monday
  • TM Thurman Munson
  • TS Tom Seaver
  • WB Wade Boggs
  • WM Willie Mays
  • WS Willie Stargell

First Pitch Seat Relics[edit]

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Each card features a piece of a stadium seat from a ballpark where the pictured President once threw out a ceremonial first pitch.

  • BC Bill Clinton
  • CC Calvin Coolidge
  • DE Dwight Eisenhower
  • FDR Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • GF Gerald Ford
  • GHWB George H.W. Bush
  • GWB George W. Bush
  • HH Herbert Hoover
  • HT Harry Truman
  • JFK John F. Kennedy
  • RN Richard Nixon
  • RR Ronald Reagan
  • WH Warren Harding
  • WT William Taft
  • WW Woodrow Wilson
  • LBJ Lyndon B. Johnson

Piece of American Pie[edit]

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The odds of each Piece of American Pie Relic varies as such.

  • Humphrey Bogart's Scarf: 1:1074
  • George Burns's Coat: 1:680
  • Gary Cooper's Scarf: 1:414
  • Bette Davis's Jacket: 1:680
  • Judy Garland's Scarf: 1:680
  • Jayne Mansfield's Pants: 1:680
  • Marilyn Monroe's Dress: 1:684
  • Elvis Presley's Coat: 1:684
  • Elvis Presley's Shirt: 1:684
  • Ronald Reagan Piece of the Berlin Wall: 1:675
  • BD Bette Davis
  • EP Elvis Presley Army Shirt
  • EP2 Elvis Presley
  • GB George Burns Coat
  • GC Gary Cooper Scarf
  • HB H.Bogart Handkerchief
  • JD Judy Garland Scarf
  • JM Jayne Mansfield Shirt
  • MM Marilyn Monroe Dress
  • RR Ronald Reagan Wall