2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes
Description[edit]
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[edit]
24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 20 boxes per case
Reviews[edit]
Insertion Ratios[edit]
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[edit]
Base Set[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Patch Collection[edit]
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[edit]
Classic Match-Ups Memorabilia[edit]
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[edit]
- 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