2002 Upper Deck Ballpark Idols

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Description[edit]

2002 Upper Deck Ballpark Idols is a 245-card set. The product is less remembered for the card set; rather, each Hobby box contained one bobblehead doll.

The last 45 cards are short-printed and serial-numbered to 1750 copies.

Distribution[edit]

Hobby: 24 packs plus one "Bobber" per box, 5 cards per pack (MSRP: $3).

Reviews[edit]

Insertion Ratios[edit]

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 245 - ?
short set 200 - ?
Rookies 45 1750 ?
Bronze 245 100 ?
Gold 245 25 ?
Bobbers 58 - one-per-box
Bobbers Gold 4 varies ?
Playmakers 2002 20 - 1:6
Figure Heads 10 - 1:12
Field Garb Jerseys 13 - 1:72
Player's Club Jerseys 13 - 1:72
Uniform Sluggers Jerseys 12 - 1:72
Signed Bobbers 21 - 1:14/boxes

Checklist[edit]

Base Set[edit]

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  • 1 Troy Glaus
  • 2 Kevin Appier
  • 3 Darin Erstad
  • 4 Garret Anderson
  • 5 Brad Fullmer
  • 6 Tim Salmon
  • 7 Eric Chavez
  • 8 Tim Hudson
  • 9 David Justice
  • 10 Barry Zito
  • 11 Miguel Tejada
  • 12 Mark Mulder
  • 13 Jermaine Dye
  • 14 Carlos Delgado
  • 15 Jose Cruz
  • 16 Brandon Lyon
  • 17 Shannon Stewart
  • 18 Eric Hinske
  • 19 Chris Carpenter
  • 20 Greg Vaughn
  • 21 Tanyon Sturtze
  • 22 Jason Tyner
  • 23 Toby Hall
  • 24 Ben Grieve
  • 25 Jim Thome
  • 26 Omar Vizquel
  • 27 Ricky Gutierrez
  • 28 C.C. Sabathia
  • 29 Ellis Burks
  • 30 Matt Lawton
  • 31 Milton Bradley
  • 32 Edgar Martinez
  • 33 Ichiro Suzuki
  • 34 Bret Boone
  • 35 Freddy Garcia
  • 36 Mike Cameron
  • 37 John Olerud
  • 38 Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • 39 Jeff Cirillo
  • 40 Jeff Conine
  • 41 Marty Cordova
  • 42 Tony Batista
  • 43 Jerry Hairston
  • 44 Jason Johnson
  • 45 David Segui
  • 46 Alex Rodriguez
  • 47 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 48 Carl Everett
  • 49 Chan Ho Park
  • 50 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 51 Juan Gonzalez
  • 52 Hank Blalock
  • 53 Manny Ramirez
  • 54 Pedro Martinez
  • 55 Tony Clark
  • 56 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 57 Johnny Damon
  • 58 Trot Nixon
  • 59 Rickey Henderson
  • 60 Mike Sweeney
  • 61 Neifi Perez
  • 62 Joe Randa
  • 63 Carlos Beltran
  • 64 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 65 Michael Tucker
  • 66 Dean Palmer
  • 67 Bobby Higginson
  • 68 Dmitri Young
  • 69 Randall Simon
  • 70 Mitch Meluskey
  • 71 Damion Easley
  • 72 Joe Mays
  • 73 Doug Mientkiewicz
  • 74 Corey Koskie
  • 75 Brad Radke
  • 76 Cristian Guzman
  • 77 Torii Hunter
  • 78 Eric Milton
  • 79 Frank Thomas
  • 80 Paul Konerko
  • 81 Mark Buehrle
  • 82 Magglio Ordonez
  • 83 Carlos Lee
  • 84 Joe Crede
  • 85 Derek Jeter
  • 86 Bernie Williams
  • 87 Mike Mussina
  • 88 Jorge Posada
  • 89 Roger Clemens
  • 90 Jason Giambi
  • 91 Alfonso Soriano
  • 92 Rondell White
  • 93 Jeff Bagwell
  • 94 Lance Berkman
  • 95 Roy Oswalt
  • 96 Richard Hidalgo
  • 97 Wade Miller
  • 98 Craig Biggio
  • 99 Greg Maddux
  • 100 Chipper Jones
  • 101 Gary Sheffield
  • 102 Rafael Furcal
  • 103 Andruw Jones
  • 104 Vinny Castilla
  • 105 Marcus Giles
  • 106 Tom Glavine
  • 107 Richie Sexson
  • 108 Geoff Jenkins
  • 109 Glendon Rusch
  • 110 Eric Young
  • 111 Ben Sheets
  • 112 Alex Sanchez
  • 113 Albert Pujols
  • 114 J.D. Drew
  • 115 Matt Morris
  • 116 Jim Edmonds
  • 117 Tino Martinez
  • 118 Scott Rolen
  • 119 Edgar Renteria
  • 120 Sammy Sosa
  • 121 Kerry Wood
  • 122 Moises Alou
  • 123 Jon Lieber
  • 124 Fred McGriff
  • 125 Juan Cruz
  • 126 Alex Gonzalez
  • 127 Corey Patterson
  • 128 Randy Johnson
  • 129 Luis Gonzalez
  • 130 Steve Finley
  • 131 Matt Williams
  • 132 Curt Schilling
  • 133 Mark Grace
  • 134 Craig Counsell
  • 135 Shawn Green
  • 136 Kevin Brown
  • 137 Hideo Nomo
  • 138 Paul Lo Duca
  • 139 Brian Jordan
  • 140 Eric Karros
  • 141 Adrian Beltre
  • 142 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 143 Fernando Tatis
  • 144 Javier Vazquez
  • 145 Orlando Cabrera
  • 146 Tony Armas
  • 147 Jose Vidro
  • 148 Barry Bonds
  • 149 Rich Aurilia
  • 150 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
  • 151 Jeff Kent
  • 152 Russ Ortiz
  • 153 Jason Schmidt
  • 154 Reggie Sanders
  • 155 Preston Wilson
  • 156 Luis Castillo
  • 157 Charles Johnson
  • 158 Josh Beckett
  • 159 Derrek Lee
  • 160 Mike Lowell
  • 161 Mike Piazza
  • 162 Roberto Alomar
  • 163 Al Leiter
  • 164 Mo Vaughn
  • 165 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 166 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 167 Roger Cedeno
  • 168 Ryan Klesko
  • 169 Brian Lawrence
  • 170 Sean Burroughs
  • 171 Phil Nevin
  • 172 Ramon Vazquez
  • 173 Mark Kotsay
  • 174 Marlon Anderson
  • 175 Mike Lieberthal
  • 176 Bob Abreu
  • 177 Pat Burrell
  • 178 Robert Person
  • 179 Brandon Duckworth
  • 180 Jimmy Rollins
  • 181 Brian Giles
  • 182 Pokey Reese
  • 183 Kris Benson
  • 184 Aramis Ramirez
  • 185 Jason Kendall
  • 186 Kip Wells
  • 187 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 188 Adam Dunn
  • 189 Barry Larkin
  • 190 Sean Casey
  • 191 Austin Kearns
  • 192 Aaron Boone
  • 193 Todd Helton
  • 194 Juan Pierre
  • 195 Mike Hampton
  • 196 Jose Ortiz
  • 197 Larry Walker
  • 198 Juan Uribe
  • 199 Ichiro CL
  • 200 Jason Giambi CL

Rookies[edit]

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Each Rookie subset card is serial-numbered to 1750 copies.

  • 201 Franklyn German RC
  • 202 Rodrigo Rosario RC
  • 203 Brandon Puffer RC
  • 204 Kirk Saarloos RC
  • 205 Chris Baker RC*
  • 206 John Ennis RC
  • 207 Luis Martinez RC
  • 208 So Taguchi RC
  • 209 Mike Crudale RC
  • 210 Francis Beltran RC
  • 211 Brandon Backe RC
  • 212 Felix Escalona RC
  • 213 Jose Valverde RC
  • 214 Doug Devore RC
  • 215 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
  • 216 Victor Alvarez RC
  • 217 Ron Calloway RC
  • 218 Eric Good RC*
  • 219 Jorge Nunez RC*
  • 220 Deivis Santos
  • 221 Nelson Castro RC*
  • 222 Matt Thornton RC
  • 223 Jason Simontacchi RC
  • 224 Hansel Izquierdo RC
  • 225 Tyler Yates RC
  • 226 Jaime Cerda RC
  • 227 Satoru Komiyama RC
  • 228 Steve Bechler RC
  • 229 Ben Howard RC
  • 230 Todd Donovan RC*
  • 231 Jorge Padilla RC
  • 232 Eric Junge RC
  • 233 Anderson Machado RC
  • 234 Adrian Burnside RC*
  • 235 Mike Gonzalez RC
  • 236 Josh Hancock RC
  • 237 Anastacio Martinez RC
  • 238 Chris Booker RC
  • 239 Rene Reyes RC
  • 240 Cam Esslinger RC*
  • 241 Oliver Perez RC
  • 242 Tim Kalita RC*
  • 243 Kevin Frederick RC
  • 244 Mitch Wylie RC*
  • 245 Edwin Almonte RC

Parallels[edit]

All 245 base cards are available in the following parallels.

  • Bronze (serial-numbered to 100)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to 25)

Inserts[edit]

Bobbers[edit]

Each Hobby box contained one "Bobber" doll. Each player has two Bobbers: Home and Away. The Away Bobbers are easier to find than the Homes.

  • 1 Roberto Alomar A Mets
  • 2 Roberto Alomar H SP Mets
  • 3 Jeff Bagwell Astros
  • 4 Josh Beckett A Marlins
  • 5 Josh Beckett H SP Marlins
  • 6 Barry Bonds A Giants
  • 7 Barry Bonds H SP Giants
  • 8 Sean Burroughs A Padres
  • 9 Sean Burroughs H SP Padres
  • 10 Roger Clemens BOS SP Red Sox
  • 11 Roger Clemens NYY A Yankees
  • 12 Roger Clemens NYY H SP Yankees
  • 13 Joe DiMaggio A Yankees
  • 14 Joe DiMaggio H Yankees
  • 15 Nomar Garciaparra A Red Sox
  • 16 Nomar Garciaparra H SP Red Sox
  • 17 Jason Giambi A Yankees
  • 18 Jason Giambi H SP Yankees
  • 19 Luis Gonzalez A Diamondbacks
  • 20 Luis Gonzalez H SP Diamondbacks
  • 21 Ken Griffey, Jr. SEA SP Mariners
  • 22 Ken Griffey, Jr. A Reds
  • 23 Ken Griffey, Jr. H SP Reds
  • 24 Vladimir Guerrero Expos
  • 25 Kazuhisa Ishii A Dodgers
  • 26 Kazuhisa Ishii H SP Dodgers
  • 27 Derek Jeter A SP Yankees
  • 28 Derek Jeter H SP Yankees
  • 29 Randy Johnson ARI Diamondbacks
  • 30 Randy Johnson MTL Expos
  • 31 Chipper Jones Braves
  • 32 Greg Maddux Braves
  • 33 Mickey Mantle A Yankees
  • 34 Mickey Mantle H SP Yankees
  • 35 Mark McGwire OAK SP Athletics
  • 36 Mark McGwire A Cardinals
  • 37 Mark McGwire H SP Cardinals
  • 38 Mike Piazza LA SP Dodgers
  • 39 Mike Piazza NYM Mets
  • 40 Mark Prior A Cubs
  • 41 Mark Prior H SP Cubs
  • 42 Albert Pujols A Cardinals
  • 43 Albert Pujols H SP Cardinals
  • 44 Alex Rodriguez A Rangers
  • 45 Alex Rodriguez H SP Rangers
  • 46 Ivan Rodriguez A Rangers
  • 47 Ivan Rodriguez H SP Rangers
  • 48 Curt Schilling ARI Diamondbacks
  • 49 Curt Schilling BAL SP Orioles
  • 50 Sammy Sosa CHC A Cubs
  • 51 Sammy Sosa CHC H SP Cubs
  • 52 Sammy Sosa TEX SP Rangers
  • 53 Ichiro A Mariners
  • 54 Ichiro H SP Mariners
  • 55 Frank Thomas A White Sox
  • 56 Frank Thomas H SP White Sox
  • 57 Jim Thome A Indians
  • 58 Jim Thome H SP Indians

Gold[edit]

Each Gold Bobber is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

  • 1 Joe DiMaggio A 56
  • 2 Joe DiMaggio H 41
  • 3 Mickey Mantle A 77
  • 4 Mickey Mantle H 61

Figure-Heads[edit]

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  • F1 Ichiro Suzuki
  • F2 Sammy Sosa
  • F3 Alex Rodriguez
  • F4 Jason Giambi
  • F5 Barry Bonds
  • F6 Chipper Jones
  • F7 Mike Piazza
  • F8 Derek Jeter
  • F9 Nomar Garciaparra
  • F10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Playmakers[edit]

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  • P1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • P2 Alex Rodriguez
  • P3 Sammy Sosa
  • P4 Derek Jeter
  • P5 Mike Piazza
  • P6 Jason Giambi
  • P7 Barry Bonds
  • P8 Frank Thomas
  • P9 Randy Johnson
  • P10 Chipper Jones
  • P11 Jeff Bagwell
  • P12 Vladimir Guerrero
  • P13 Albert Pujols
  • P14 Nomar Garciaparra
  • P15 Ichiro Suzuki
  • P16 Troy Glaus
  • P17 Ivan Rodriguez
  • P18 Carlos Delgado
  • P19 Greg Maddux
  • P20 Todd Helton

Autographs & Game-Used[edit]

Bobbers Autographs[edit]

Each Bobber Autograph has an autographed sticker affixed to the base of the statue near the player's feet. These statues are not serial-numbered, but Upper Deck announced that each player signed a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 100 Bobbers.

  • 1 Roberto Alomar
  • 2 Josh Beckett
  • 3 Sean Burroughs
  • 4 Roger Clemens
  • 5 Roger Clemens
  • 6 Frank Thomas
  • 7 Jason Giambi
  • 8 Luis Gonzalez
  • 9 Ken Griffey, Jr. SEA
  • 10 Ken Griffey, Jr. CIN
  • 11 Mark McGwire OAK
  • 12 Mark McGwire STL A
  • 13 Mark McGwire STL H
  • 14 Mark Prior
  • 15 Alex Rodriguez
  • 16 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 17 Sammy Sosa CHC
  • 18 Sammy Sosa TEX
  • 19 Ichiro A
  • 20 Ichiro H
  • 21 Jim Thome

Field Garb Jerseys[edit]

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  • FG-AR Alex Rodriguez
  • FG-BG Brian Giles
  • FG-BZ Barry Zito
  • FG-IR Ivan Rodriguez
  • FG-JK Jeff Kent
  • FG-JO John Olerud
  • FG-LW Larry Walker
  • FG-MR Manny Ramirez
  • FG-MS Mike Sweeney
  • FG-RJ Randy Johnson
  • FG-RV Robin Ventura
  • FG-TB Tony Batista
  • FG-TM Tino Martinez

Player's Club Jerseys[edit]

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  • PC-AJ Andruw Jones
  • PC-CS Curt Schilling
  • PC-DE Darin Erstad
  • PC-HN Hideo Nomo
  • PC-IS Ichiro Suzuki SP
  • PC-JK Jason Kendall
  • PC-JT Jim Thome
  • PC-KB Kevin Brown
  • PC-MM Mark McGwire SP
  • PC-MO Magglio Ordonez
  • PC-PN Phil Nevin
  • PC-RF Rafael Furcal
  • PC-TH Tim Hudson

Uniform Sluggers Jerseys[edit]

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  • US-AR Alex Rodriguez
  • US-BW Bernie Williams
  • US-CJ Chipper Jones
  • US-JB Jeff Bagwell
  • US-JGI Jason Giambi
  • US-JGO Juan Gonzalez
  • US-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. SP
  • US-MM Mickey Mantle SP
  • US-MP Mike Piazza
  • US-SG Shawn Green
  • US-SS Sammy Sosa SP 95
  • US-TH Todd Helton