2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes

Description

2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes is a 180-card set released on September 17, 2002. The set is subdivided into three subsets: 1) Cards #1-#90 are of players who had (as of 2002) played in a World Series; 2) Cards #91-#135 are the Fall Classic Phenoms (class of 2002 rookies); and #) Cards #136-#180, Future World Series Heroes, active players who (as of 2002) had yet to appear in a World Series. Both the Fall Classic Phenoms and Future World Series Heroes subsets are short-printed.

Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield one Classic Match-Ups Memorabilia card and one oversized World Series Patch box topper.

Distribution

24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 20 boxes per case

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	180	-	?
short set	90	-	5:1
Fall Classic Phenoms	45	-	1:10
Future World Series Heroes	45	-	1:10
Classic Match-Ups Memorabilia	61	-	1:24
Patch Collection	98	298	one-per-box
Patch Collection Signatures	16	-	1:24/boxes

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Catfish Hunter
• 2 Jimmy Foxx
• 3 Mark McGwire
• 4 Rollie Fingers
• 5 Rickey Henderson
• 6 Joe Carter
• 7 John Olerud
• 8 Roberto Alomar
• 9 Pat Hentgen
• 10 Devon White
• 11 Eddie Mathews
• 12 Greg Maddux
• 13 Chipper Jones
• 14 Tom Glavine
• 15 Andruw Jones
• 16 Dave Justice
• 17 Fred McGriff
• 18 Ryan Klesko
• 19 John Smoltz
• 20 Javy Lopez
• 21 Marquis Grissom
• 22 Robin Yount
• 23 Ozzie Smith
• 24 Frankie Frisch
• 25 Stan Musial
• 26 Randy Johnson
• 27 Luis Gonzalez
• 28 Matt Williams
• 29 Steve Finley
• 30 Sandy Koufax
• 31 Duke Snider
• 32 Kirk Gibson
• 33 Steve Garvey
• 34 Jackie Robinson
• 35 Don Drysdale
• 36 Juan Marichal
• 37 Mel Ott
• 38 Orlando Cepeda
• 39 Jim Thome
• 40 Manny Ramirez
• 41 Omar Vizquel
• 42 Lou Boudreau
• 43 Gary Sheffield
• 44 Moises Alou
• 45 Livan Hernandez
• 46 Edgar Renteria
• 47 Al Leiter
• 48 Tom Seaver
• 49 Gary Carter
• 50 Mike Piazza
• 51 Nolan Ryan
• 52 Robin Ventura
• 53 Mike Hampton
• 54 Jesse Orosco
• 55 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 56 Brooks Robinson
• 57 Tony Gwynn
• 58 Kevin Brown
• 59 Curt Schilling
• 60 Cy Young
• 61 Honus Wagner
• 62 Willie Stargell
• 63 Wade Boggs
• 64 Carlton Fisk
• 65 Ken Griffey, Sr.
• 66 Joe Morgan
• 67 Johnny Bench
• 68 Barry Larkin
• 69 Jose Rijo
• 70 Ty Cobb
• 71 Kirby Puckett
• 72 Chuck Knoblauch
• 73 Harmon Killebrew
• 74 Mickey Mantle
• 75 Joe DiMaggio
• 76 Don Larsen
• 77 Thurman Munson
• 78 Roger Maris
• 79 Phil Rizzuto
• 80 Babe Ruth
• 81 Lou Gehrig
• 82 Billy Martin
• 83 Derek Jeter
• 84 Roger Clemens
• 85 Tino Martinez
• 86 Bernie Williams
• 87 Mariano Rivera
• 88 Andy Pettitte
• 89 David Wells
• 90 Jorge Posada

Fall Classic Phenoms

• 91 Rodrigo Rosario RC
• 92 Brandon Puffer RC
• 93 Franklyn German RC
• 94 Reed Johnson RC
• 95 Chris Baker RC*
• 96 John Ennis RC
• 97 Luis Martinez RC
• 98 Takaki Nomura RC
• 99 So Taguchi RC
• 100 Michael Crudale RC
• 101 Francis Beltran RC
• 102 Steve Kent RC
• 103 Jorge Sosa RC
• 104 Felix Escalona RC
• 105 Jose Valverde RC
• 106 Doug Devore RC
• 107 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
• 108 Victor Alvarez RC
• 109 Eric Good RC*
• 110 Jorge Nunez RC*
• 111 Ron Calloway RC
• 112 Nelson Castro RC*
• 113 Matt Thornton RC
• 114 Luis Ugueto RC
• 115 Hansel Izquierdo RC
• 116 Jaime Cerda RC
• 117 Mark Corey RC
• 118 Tyler Yates RC
• 119 Satoru Komiyama RC
• 120 Steve Bechler RC
• 121 Ben Howard RC
• 122 Anderson Machado RC
• 123 Jorge Padilla RC
• 124 Eric Junge RC
• 125 Adrian Burnside RC*
• 126 Mike Gonzalez RC
• 127 Anastacio Martinez RC
• 128 Josh Hancock RC
• 129 Rene Reyes RC
• 130 Aaron Cook RC
• 131 Cam Esslinger RC*
• 132 Juan Brito RC
• 133 Miguel Asencio RC
• 134 Kevin Frederick RC
• 135 Edwin Almonte RC

Future World Series Heroes

• 136 Troy Glaus
• 137 Darin Erstad
• 138 Jeff Bagwell
• 139 Lance Berkman
• 140 Tim Hudson
• 141 Eric Chavez
• 142 Barry Zito
• 143 Carlos Delgado
• 144 Richie Sexson
• 145 Albert Pujols
• 146 Sammy Sosa
• 147 Kerry Wood
• 148 Greg Vaughn
• 149 Shawn Green
• 150 Vladimir Guerrero
• 151 Barry Bonds
• 152 C.C. Sabathia
• 153 Ichiro Suzuki
• 154 Freddy Garcia
• 155 Edgar Martinez
• 156 Josh Beckett
• 157 Cliff Floyd
• 158 Mo Vaughn
• 159 Jeromy Burnitz
• 160 Sean Burroughs
• 161 Phil Nevin
• 162 Scott Rolen
• 163 Brian Giles
• 164 Alex Rodriguez
• 165 Ivan Rodriguez
• 166 Juan Gonzalez
• 167 Rafael Palmeiro
• 168 Nomar Garciaparra
• 169 Pedro Martinez
• 170 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 171 Adam Dunn
• 172 Todd Helton
• 173 Mike Sweeney
• 174 Carlos Beltran
• 175 Dmitri Young
• 176 Doug Mientkiewicz
• 177 Torii Hunter
• 178 Frank Thomas
• 179 Magglio Ordonez
• 180 Jason Giambi

Manufactured Patches

Patch Collection

Inserted into each sealed Hobby box was 5" X 7" manufactured patch card commemorating each World Series played to that point. Only 298 copies of each patch card were produced; however, the cards are not serial-numbered. A limited number of autographed patches (see below) were also randomly inserted.

• WS3 1903 World Series
• WS5 1905 World Series
• WS6 1906 World Series
• WS7 1907 World Series
• WS8 1908 World Series
• WS9 1909 World Series
• WS10 1910 World Series
• WS11 1911 World Series
• WS12 1912 World Series
• WS13 1913 World Series
• WS14 1914 World Series
• WS15 1915 World Series
• WS16 1916 World Series
• WS17 1917 World Series
• WS18 1918 World Series
• WS19 1919 World Series
• WS20 1920 World Series
• WS21 1921 World Series
• WS22 1922 World Series
• WS23 1923 World Series
• WS24 1924 World Series
• WS25 1925 World Series
• WS26 1926 World Series
• WS27 1927 World Series
• WS28 1928 World Series
• WS29 1929 World Series
• WS30 1930 World Series
• WS31 1931 World Series
• WS32 1932 World Series
• WS33 1933 World Series
• WS34 1934 World Series
• WS35 1935 World Series
• WS36 1936 World Series
• WS37 1937 World Series
• WS38 1938 World Series
• WS39 1939 World Series
• WS40 1940 World Series
• WS41 1941 World Series
• WS42 1942 World Series
• WS43 1943 World Series
• WS44 1944 World Series
• WS45 1945 World Series
• WS46 1946 World Series
• WS47 1947 World Series
• WS48 1948 World Series
• WS49 1949 World Series
• WS50 1950 World Series
• WS51 1951 World Series
• WS52 1952 World Series
• WS53 1953 World Series
• WS54 1954 World Series
• WS55 1955 World Series
• WS56 1956 World Series
• WS57 1957 World Series
• WS58 1958 World Series
• WS59 1959 World Series
• WS60 1960 World Series
• WS61 1961 World Series
• WS62 1962 World Series
• WS63 1963 World Series
• WS64 1964 World Series
• WS65 1965 World Series
• WS66 1966 World Series
• WS67 1967 World Series
• WS68 1968 World Series
• WS69 1969 World Series
• WS70 1970 World Series
• WS71 1971 World Series
• WS72 1972 World Series
• WS73 1973 World Series
• WS74 1974 World Series
• WS75 1975 World Series
• WS76 1976 World Series
• WS77 1977 World Series
• WS78 1978 World Series
• WS79 1979 World Series
• WS80 1980 World Series
• WS81 1981 World Series
• WS82 1982 World Series
• WS83 1983 World Series
• WS84 1984 World Series
• WS85 1985 World Series
• WS86 1986 World Series
• WS87 1987 World Series
• WS88 1988 World Series
• WS89 1989 World Series
• WS90 1990 World Series
• WS91 1991 World Series
• WS92 1992 World Series
• WS93 1993 World Series
• WS95 1995 World Series
• WS96 1996 World Series
• WS97 1997 World Series
• WS98 1998 World Series
• WS99 1999 World Series
• WS00 2000 World Series
• WS01 2001 World Series

Autographs & Game-Used

Classic Match-Ups Memorabilia

NOTE: While two players are depicted, each card only has one piece of memorabilia -- from the player listed first.

• MU Mike Piazza / Roger Clemens PANTS
• MU1 Mariano Rivera / Luis Gonzalez JSY
• MU1a Paul O'Neill / Curt Schilling PANTS
• MU1b Bernie Williams / Randy Johnson PANTS
• MU1c David Justice / Curt Schilling JSY
• MU1d Randy Johnson / Matt Williams JSY
• MU1e Curt Schilling / Tino Martinez JSY
• MU1f Roger Clemens / Luis Gonzalez JSY
• MU1g Paul O'Neill / Byung-Hyun Kim PANTS
• MU1h Luis Gonzalez / Mariano Rivera JSY SP
• MU3 Honus Wagner / Cy Young PANTS
• MU30 Jimmie Foxx / Frank Frisch PANTS
• MU36 Joe DiMaggio / Mel Ott PANTS SP
• MU49 Duke Snider / Joe DiMaggio JSY
• MU53 Jackie Robinson / Billy Martin PANTS
• MU55 Mickey Mantle / Jackie Robinson PANTS
• MU56 Don Larsen / Duke Snider PANTS
• MU56a Don Larsen / Jackie Robinson PANTS
• MU57 Eddie Mathews / Yogi Berra JSY
• MU58 Yogi Berra / Eddie Mathews JSY
• MU62 Roger Maris / Juan Marichal PANTS
• MU63 Sandy Koufax / Mickey Mantle JSY
• MU66 Don Drysdale / Brooks Robinson JSY SP
• MU69 Nolan Ryan / Brooks Robinson JSY
• MU72 Joe Morgan / Catfish Hunter JSY
• MU72a Rollie Fingers / Johnny Bench JSY
• MU73 Tom Seaver / Jim Hunter PANTS
• MU74 Catfish Hunter / Steve Garvey JSY
• MU74a Davey Lopes / Catfish Hunter JSY
• MU76 Ken Griffey, Sr. / Thurman Munson JSY
• MU76a Thurman Munson / Johnny Bench PANTS
• MU78 Thurman Munson / Steve Garvey PANTS
• MU78a Bill Russell / Thurman Munson JSY
• MU81 Steve Garvey / Dave Winfield JSY
• MU82 Robin Yount / Ozzie Smith JSY
• MU83 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Joe Morgan PANTS
• MU84 Jack Morris / Tony Gwynn JSY
• MU86 Jesse Orosco / Roger Clemens JSY
• MU87 Ozzie Smith / Kirby Puckett JSY
• MU88 Mark McGwire / Kirk Gibson JSY SP
• MU9 Ty Cobb / Honus Wagner PANTS SP
• MU90 Barry Larkin / Mark McGwire JSY SP
• MU91 Tom Glavine / Kirby Puckett JSY
• MU93 Joe Carter / Curt Schilling JSY
• MU95 Dennis Martinez / David Justice JSY
• MU95a Kenny Lofton / John Smoltz JSY
• MU96 Andruw Jones / Andy Pettitte JSY
• MU96a Tim Raines / Tom Glavine PANTS
• MU96b Kenny Rogers / Andruw Jones JSY
• MU97 Jim Thome / Kevin Brown JSY
• MU98 Tony Gwynn / Bernie Williams PANTS
• MU98a Trevor Hoffman / Bernie Williams JSY SP
• MU99 Jorge Posada / Greg Maddux JSY
• MU99a Greg Maddux / Derek Jeter JSY
• MU99b Paul O'Neill / John Smoltz PANTS
• MU99c Chipper Jones / Mariano Rivera JSY
• MUa Andy Pettitte / Mike Piazza PANTS
• MUb Al Leiter / Derek Jeter JSY
• MUc Robin Ventura / Roger Clemens JSY
• MUd Edgardo Alfonzo / Mariano Rivera JSY
• MUe John Franco / Derek Jeter JSY

Patch Collection Signatures

• WS55 Duke Snider
• WS56 Don Larsen
• WS65 Sandy Koufax
• WS69 Nolan Ryan
• WS70 Brooks Robinson
• WS73 Tom Seaver
• WS74 Rollie Fingers
• WS75 Carlton Fisk
• WS76 Joe Morgan
• WS81 Steve Garvey
• WS82 Ozzie Smith
• WS83 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• WS89 Mark McGwire
• WS91 Kirby Puckett
• WS93 Joe Carter
• WS99 Roger Clemens