Description

2003 Upper Deck Classic Portraits is a 232-card set released in October, 2003. The product is best known for the 27 collectible 8" Busts each Hobby box was packaged with.

Distribution

18 packs plus on collectible bust per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $5). 12 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	232	-	?
short set	100	-	4:1
short-printed prospects	45	-	1:4
MLB Proteges	45	2003	1:6
Baseball Royalty	42	1200	1:9
Gold	190	25	?
Stitches	42	299	?
Stitches Gold	42	25	?
Patches	42	99	?
Patches Gold	42	10	?
Signs of Success	28	varies	?
Signs of Success Gold	28	25	?

Checklist

Base Set

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1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
2 Randy Johnson
3 Rafael Furcal
4 Omar Vizquel
5 Shawn Green
6 Roy Oswalt
7 Hideo Nomo
8 Jason Giambi
9 Barry Bonds
10 Mike Piazza
11 Ichiro
12 Carlos Delgado
13 Preston Wilson
14 Lance Berkman
15 Magglio Ordonez
16 Kerry Wood
17 Ivan Rodriguez
18 Chipper Jones
19 Adam Dunn
20 C.C. Sabathia
21 Mike MacDougal
22 Torii Hunter
23 Jim Thome
24 Hank Blalock
25 Johnny Damon
26 Troy Glaus
27 Manny Ramirez
28 Mark Prior
29 Brent Mayne
30 Derek Jeter
31 Tim Hudson
32 Mike Cameron
33 Mark Teixeira
34 Shannon Stewart
35 Tim Salmon
36 Luis Gonzalez
37 Jason Johnson
38 Shea Hillenbrand
39 Bartolo Colon
40 Austin Kearns
41 Vladimir Guerrero
42 Tom Glavine
43 Andres Galarraga
44 Kazuhiro Sasaki
45 Juan Gonzalez
46 Vernon Wells
47 Jeff Bagwell
48 Mike Sweeney
49 Carlos Beltran
50 Dave Roberts
51 Todd Helton
52 Carlos Pena
53 Darin Erstad
54 Gary Sheffield
55 Lyle Overbay
56 Sammy Sosa
57 Mike Mussina
58 Matt Morris
59 Roberto Alomar
60 Larry Walker
61 Jacque Jones
62 Josh Beckett
63 Richie Sexson
64 Derek Lowe
65 Pedro Martinez
66 Moises Alou
67 Craig Biggio
68 Curt Schilling
69 Jesse Foppert
70 Nomar Garciaparra
71 Barry Zito
72 Alfonso Soriano
73 Miguel Tejada
74 Rafael Palmeiro
75 Albert Pujols
76 Mariano Rivera
77 Bob Abreu
78 Alex Rodriguez
79 Andruw Jones
80 Frank Thomas
81 Greg Maddux
82 Jim Edmonds
83 Bernie Williams
84 Roger Clemens
85 Eric Chavez
86 Scott Rolen
87 Jorge Posada
88 Bret Boone
89 Ben Sheets
90 John Olerud
91 J.D. Drew
92 Aaron Boone
93 Corey Koskie
94 Sean Casey
95 Jose Cruz, Jr.
96 Pat Burrell
97 Jose Guillen
98 Mark Mulder
99 Garret Anderson
100 Kazuhisa Ishii

short-printed prospects

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101 David Matranga RC
102 Colin Porter RC
103 Jason Gilfillan RC
104 Carlos Mendez RC
105 Jason Shiell RC
106 Kevin Tolar RC
107 Terrmel Sledge RC
108 Craig Brazell RC
109 Bernie Castro RC
110 Tim Olson RC
111 Kevin Ohme RC
112 Pedro Liriano
113 Joe Borowski
114 Edgar Gonzalez RC
115 Joe Thurston
116 Bobby Hill
117 Michel Hernandez RC
118 Arnie Munoz RC
119 David Sanders RC
120 Willie Eyre RC
121 Brent Hoard RC*
122 Lew Ford RC
123 Beau Kemp RC*
124 Jon Pridie RC*
125 Mike Ryan RC
126 Richard Fischer RC*
127 Luis Ayala RC
128 Mike Neu RC
129 Joe Valentine RC
130 Nate Bland RC
131 Shane Bazzell RC*
132 Jason Roach RC
133 Diegomar Markwell RC*
134 Francisco Rosario RC
135 Guillermo Quiroz RC
136 Jerome Williams
137 Fernando Cabrera RC
138 Francisco Cruceta RC
139 Jhonny Peralta
140 Rett Johnson RC*
141 Aaron Looper RC
142 Bobby Madritsch RC
143 Dan Haren RC
144 Jose Castillo
145 Chris Waters RC

MLB Proteges

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Each MLB Protege is serial-numbered to 2003 copies.

146 Hideki Matsui RC
147 Jose Contreras RC
148 Felix Sanchez RC
149 Jon Leicester RC
150 Todd Wellemeyer RC
151 Matt Bruback RC*
152 Chris Capuano RC
153 Oscar Villarreal RC
154 Matt Kata RC
155 Robby Hammock RC
156 Gerald Laird
157 Brandon Webb RC
158 Tommy Whiteman
159 Andrew Brown RC
160 Alfredo Gonzalez RC*
161 Carlos Rivera
162 Rick Roberts RC*
163 Dontrelle Willis
164 Josh Willingham RC
165 Prentice Redman RC
166 Jeff Duncan RC
167 Jose Reyes
168 Jeremy Griffiths RC
169 Phil Seibel RC
170 Heath Bell RC
171 Anthony Ferrari RC
172 Mike Nicolas RC*
173 Cory Stewart RC*
174 Miguel Ojeda RC
175 Rickie Weeks RC
176 Delmon Young RC
177 Tommy Phelps
178 Josh Hall RC
179 Ryan Cameron RC*
180 Garrett Atkins
181 Clint Barmes RC
182 Mike Hessman RC
183 Chin-Hui Tsao
184 Rocco Baldelli
185 Bo Hart RC
186 Wilfredo Ledezma RC
187 Miguel Cabrera
188 Ian Ferguson RC*
189 Micheal Nakamura RC
190 Alejandro Machado RC

Baseball Royalty

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Each Baseball Royalty is serial-numbered to 1200 copies.

191 Mickey Mantle
192 Ted Williams
193 Mark Prior
194 Stan Musial
195 Phil Rizzuto
196 Nolan Ryan
197 Tom Seaver
198 Robin Yount
199 Yogi Berra
200 Ernie Banks
201 Willie McCovey
202 Ralph Kiner
203 Ken Griffey, Jr.
204 Sammy Sosa
205 Derek Jeter
206 Nomar Garciaparra
207 Alex Rodriguez
208 Ichiro
209 Mike Piazza
210 Jackie Robinson
211 Roberto Clemente
212 Babe Ruth
213 Duke Snider
214 Greg Maddux
215 Juan Marichal
216 Joe Morgan
217 Rollie Fingers
218 Warren Spahn
219 Pee Wee Reese
220 Troy Glaus
221 Jason Giambi
222 Roger Clemens
223 Pedro Martinez
224 Chipper Jones
225 Randy Johnson
226 Jim Thome
227 Barry Bonds
228 Hideo Nomo
229 Whitey Ford
230 Bob Gibson
231 Alfonso Soriano
232 Richie Ashburn

Parallels

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The first 190 base cards (all except the Baseball Royalty subset) are available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

Autographs & Game-Used

Stitches

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Each Stitches is serial-numbered to 299 copies and also available in the following parallels.

Gold (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Patches (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Patches Gold (serial-numbered to ten)

AD Adam Dunn
AJ Andruw Jones
AL Albert Pujols
AP Andy Pettitte
AR Alex Rodriguez
AS Alfonso Soriano
CJ Chipper Jones
CP Corey Patterson
CS Curt Schilling
DW Dontrelle Willis
GM Greg Maddux
GS Gary Sheffield
HB Hank Blalock
HC Hee Seop Choi
HM Hideki Matsui
HN Hideo Nomo
IR Ivan Rodriguez
IS Ichiro
JB Jeff Bagwell
JD J.D. Drew
JE Jim Edmonds
JG Jason Giambi
JK Jeff Kent
JT Jim Thome
KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
KW Kerry Wood
MI Mike Piazza
ML Mike Lowell
MM Matt Morris
MO Magglio Ordonez
MP Mark Prior
PM Pedro Martinez
RB Rocco Baldelli
RC Roger Clemens
RF Rafael Furcal
RJ Randy Johnson
RO Roy Oswalt
SG Shawn Green
SS Sammy Sosa
TG Troy Glaus
TH Torii Hunter
VG Vladimir Guerrero

Signs of Success

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Each Signs of Success is also available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

AG Alex Graman 215
AH Andy Van Hekken 299
BC Brad Cresse 121
BD Ben Diggins 299
BH Ben Howard 299
BP Brandon Phillips 131
BR Brandon Claussen 121
CC C.C. Sabathia 106
CM Corwin Malone 103
DB Dewon Brazelton 299
DH Drew Henson 246
DK David Kelton 102
HI Hansel Izquierdo 299
JB John Buck 98
JD Johnny Damon 297
JE Jerome Williams 103
JI Jay Gibbons 22
JJ Jimmy Journell 98
JU Justin Wayne 299
JW Jayson Werth 299
KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 299
KL Kenny Lofton 296
MB Mark Buehrle 220
MI Milton Bradley 220
MT Mark Teixeira 280
SR0 Scott Rolen 9
TG Tony Gwynn 49
TH Matt Thornton 298

Collectible Busts

Each sealed Hobby box of 2003 Upper Deck Classic Portraits comes with one of 27 collectible busts. Each bust is packaged separately and measures eight inches tall. Six of the 27 busts are short-printed. Each bust comes in one of four materials:

Bronze
Marble
Pewter
Pewter Wood

Bronze

BG-H Bob Gibson
BR-SH Babe Ruth BOS 300
BR-YA Babe Ruth NYY A
BR-YH Babe Ruth NYY H
DS-A Duke Snider A
DS-H Duke Snider H
HM-H Hideki Matsui
IS-H Ichiro 300
JG-H Jason Giambi
KG-H Ken Griffey, Jr. 300
MM-A Mickey Mantle A
MM-H Mickey Mantle H
NG-H Nomar Garciaparra
NR-AH Nolan Ryan HOU H 300
NR-MA Nolan Ryan NYM A
NR-MH Nolan Ryan NYM H
RC-H Roberto Clemente
SM-H Stan Musial
SS-H Sammy Sosa 300
TS-MA Tom Seaver NYM
TS-RA Tom Seaver CIN A 300
TS-RH Tom Seaver CIN H
TW-A Ted Williams
TW-H Ted Williams
YB-A Yogi Berra
YB-H Yogi Berra

Marble

BG-H Bob Gibson 250
BR-SH Babe Ruth BOS 250
BR-YA Babe Ruth NYY A 125
BR-YH Babe Ruth NYY H 250
DS-A Duke Snider A 100
DS-H Duke Snider H 250
HM-H Hideki Matsui 250
IS-H Ichiro 250
JG-H Jason Giambi 250
KG-H Ken Griffey, Jr. 250
MM-A Mickey Mantle A 125
MM-H Mickey Mantle H 250
NG-H Nomar Garciaparra 250
NR-AH Nolan Ryan HOU H 250
NR-MA Nolan Ryan NYM A 125
NR-MH Nolan Ryan NYM H 250
RC-H Roberto Clemente 250
SM-H Stan Musial 250
SS-H Sammy Sosa 250
TS-MA Tom Seaver NYM 125
TS-MH Tom Seaver NYM H 250
TS-RA Tom Seaver CIN A 125
TS-RH Tom Seaver CIN H 250
TW-A Ted Williams 125
TW-H Ted Williams 250
YB-A Yogi Berra 125
YB-H Yogi Berra 250

Pewter

BG-H Bob Gibson 100
BR-SH Babe Ruth BOS 100
BR-YA Babe Ruth NYY A 75
BR-YH Babe Ruth NYY H 100
DS-A Duke Snider A 75
DS-H Duke Snider H 100
HM-H Hideki Matsui 100
IS-H Ichiro 100
JG-H Jason Giambi 100
KG-H Ken Griffey, Jr. 100
MM-A Mickey Mantle A 75
MM-H Mickey Mantle H 100
NG-H Nomar Garciaparra 100
NR-AH Nolan Ryan HOU H 100
NR-MA Nolan Ryan NYM A 75
NR-MH Nolan Ryan NYM H 100
RC-H Roberto Clemente 100
SM-H Stan Musial 100
SS-H Sammy Sosa 100
TS-MA Tom Seaver NYM A 75
TS-MH Tom Seaver NYM H 100
TS-RA Tom Seaver CIN A 100
TS-RH Tom Seaver CIN H 75
TW-A Ted Williams 75
TW-H Ted Williams 100
YB-A Yogi Berra 75
YB-H Yogi Berra 100

Pewter Wood

Each Pewter Wood Bust is serial-numbered to 11 copies.

BG-H Bob Gibson
BR-SH Babe Ruth BOS
BR-YH Babe Ruth NYY
DS-H Duke Snider
HM-H Hideki Matsui
IS-H Ichiro
JG-H Jason Giambi
KG-H Ken Griffey, Jr.
MM-H Mickey Mantle
NG-H Nomar Garciaparra
NR-MH Nolan Ryan HOU
NR-MH Nolan Ryan NYM
RC-H Roberto Clemente
SM-H Stan Musial
SS-H Sammy Sosa
TS-MH Tom Seaver NYM
TS-RH Tom Seaver CIN
TW-H Ted Williams
YB-H Yogi Berra

Autographs

Inside each 12-box Hobby case will contain an autographed bust.

Bronze

HM-H Hideki Matsui
BR-YH Babe Ruth NYY H 1
BG-H Bob Gibson
DS-H Duke Snider H
DS-A Duke Snider A 5
IS-H Ichiro 62
KG-H Ken Griffey, Jr. 300
MM-A Mickey Mantle A 1
MM-H Mickey Mantle H 2
NG-H Nomar Garciaparra 106
NR-AH Nolan Ryan HOU H 14
NR-MA Nolan Ryan NYM A 1
NR-MH Nolan Ryan NYM H 14
RC-H Roberto Clemente 1
SM-H Stan Musial 62
TW-H Ted Williams 4
TS-MA Tom Seaver NYM A 1
TS-RA Tom Seaver CIN A 1
TS-RH Tom Seaver CIN H 14
TW-A Ted Williams 1
TS-MH Tom Seaver NYM H 14
YB-A Yogi Berra 5
YB-H Yogi Berra

Marble

BG-H Bob Gibson 25
BR-YH Babe Ruth NYY H 1
DS-A Duke Snider A 1
DS-H Duke Snider H 25
HM-H Hideki Matsui 25
IS-H Ichiro 25
KG-H Ken Griffey, Jr. 24
MM-A Mickey Mantle A 1
MM-H Mickey Mantle H 1
NG-H Nomar Garciaparra 26
NR-AH Nolan Ryan HOU H 23
NR-MH Nolan Ryan NYM H 23
RC-H Roberto Clemente 1
SM-H Stan Musial 25
TS-RH Tom Seaver CIN H 25
TW-A Ted Williams 1
TS-MH Tom Seaver NYM H 25
YB-A Yogi Berra 1
YB-H Yogi Berra 25
TW-H Ted Williams 1

Pewter

BR-YH Babe Ruth NYY H 1
BG-H Bob Gibson 10
DS-A Duke Snider A 1
DS-H Duke Snider H 10
HM-H Hideki Matsui 17
IS-H Ichiro 13
KG-H Ken Griffey, Jr. 15
MM-A Mickey Mantle A 1
MM-H Mickey Mantle H 1
NG-H Nomar Garciaparra 17
NR-AH Nolan Ryan HOU H 10
NR-MH Nolan Ryan NYM H 10
RC-H Roberto Clemente 1
SM-H Stan Musial 13
TS-RH Tom Seaver CIN H 10
TW-A Ted Williams 1
TS-MH Tom Seaver NYM H 10
YB-A Yogi Berra 1
YB-H Yogi Berra 10
TW-H Ted Williams 1

Pewter Wood

KG-A Ken Griffey, Jr. 3
NG-A Nomar Garciaparra 1
NR-MA Nolan Ryan NYM A 2
YB-A Yogi Berra 2