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[[Image:1998topps1.jpg|right|frame|1998 Topps Series 1 retail set]]
=Description=
 
1998 Topps is a 503-card set distributed in two separate series: 282 cards in first series and 221 cards in second series.  Card number 7 was permanently retired in 1996 to honor Mickey Mantle, so the set is sequentially-numbered to card #504.
 
Series One contains the following subsets: Draft Picks (245-249), Prospects (250-259), Season Highlights (265-269), Interleague (270-274) Checklists (275-276) and World Series (277-283). Series Two contains Season Highlights (474-478), Interleague (479-483), Prospects (484-495/498-501) and Checklists (502-503).
 
This set also features Topps long-awaited first Alex Rodriguez card (#504). The superstar shortstop was left out of all Topps sets for the first four years of his career due to a problem between Topps and Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras.  (See our article on [[1993 Topps Traded]] for more information.)


=Description=
Randy Myers, who led the AL in saves and was an All-Star in 1997, doesn't have any 1998 Topps cards.  Future Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson also does not appear in the base set; however, he is in the "Hall Bound" insert.


Card #7 was not printed in honor of Mickey Mantle.
Finally, as part of an agreement with the Baseball Hall of Fame, Topps produced commemorative admission tickets featuring Roberto Clemente memorabilia from the Hall in the form of a Topps card. These were the standard admission tickets for the shrine, and were also included one per case in 1998 Topps Series Two baseball.


=Distribution=
=Distribution=
Hobby/Retail Wax: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.29).
Jumbo: 40 cards per pack, 12 packs per box (MSRP: $5).  Hobby only.
Factory sets.


=Reviews=
=Reviews=


=Insertion Ratios=
=Insertion Ratios=
===Series One===


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{| class="ratio"
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!Hobby Odds
!Hobby Odds
!Retail Odds
!Retail Odds
!HTA Odds
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||282||-||11:1||11:1||39:1
|-
|Minted in Cooperstown||282||-||1:8||1:8||one-per-pack
|-
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||?||-||?||?
|Roberto Clemente Reprints||10||-||1:18||1:18||?
|-
|Roberto Clemente Finest Reprints||9||-||1:72||1:72||?
|-
|Roberto Clemente Finest Refractor Reprints||9||-||1:288||1:288||?
|-
|Roberto Clemente Tribute||5||-||1:12||1:12||?
|-
|Etch-A-Sketch||9||-||1:36||1:36||?
|-
|Mystery Finest||20||-||1:36||1:36||?
|-
|Mystery Finest Refractors||20||-||1:144||1:144||?
|-
|Flashback||10||-||1:72||1:72||?
|-
|HallBound||15||-||1:36||N/A||1:36
|-
|Baby Boomers||15||-||N/A||1:36||N/A
|-
|Roberto Clemente Memorabilia Madness||46||854 total cards||1:3,708||N/A||1:1,020
|}
|}


=Checklist=
===Series Two===


==Base Set==
{| class="ratio"
!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
!Retail Odds
!HTA Odds
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||221||-||11:1||11:1||39:1
|-
|Minted in Cooperstown||221||-||1:8||1:8||one-per-pack
|-
|Roberto Clemente Reprints||9||-||1:18||1:18||?
|-
|Roberto Clemente Finest Reprints||10||-||1:72||1:72||?
|-
|Roberto Clemente Finest Refractor Reprints||10||-||1:288||1:288||?
|-
|Rookie Class||10||-||1:12||1:12||?
|-
|Mystery Finest Bordered||20||-||1:36||1:36||?
|-
|Mystery Finest Bordered Refractor||20||-||1:108||1:108||?
|-
|Mystery Finest Borderless||20||-||1:72||1:72||?
|-
|Mystery Finest Borderless Refractor||20||-||1:288||1:288||?
|-
|Clout Nine||9||-||1:72||1:72||?
|-
|Focal Points||15||-||1:36||N/A||?
|-
|Milestones||10||-||N/A||1:36||N/A
|}


1 Tony Gwynn
=Checklist=


2 Larry Walker
==Promos==


3 Billy Wagner
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4 Denny Neagle
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5 Vladimir Guerrero
==Base Set==


6 Kevin Brown
===Series One===


7 (No card)
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8 Mariano Rivera
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====Draft Picks====


9 Tony Clark
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10 Deion Sanders
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====Prospects====


11 Francisco Cordova
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12 Matt Williams
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===='97 Season Highlights====


13 Carlos Baerga
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14 Mo Vaughn
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====Interleague Play====


15 Bobby Witt
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16 Matt Stairs
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====Checklists====


17 Chan Ho Park
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18 Mike Bordick
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====World Series====


19 Michael Tucker
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20 Frank Thomas
'''NOTE:''' This subset is printed on foilboard, but is NOT short-printed.


21 Roberto Clemente
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22 Dmitri Young
===Series Two===


23 Steve Trachsel
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24 Jeff Kent
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===='97 Season Highlights====


25 Scott Rolen
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26 John Thomson
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====Interleague Preview====


27 Joe Vitiello
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28 Eddie Guardado
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====Prospects====


29 Charlie Hayes
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30 Juan Gonzalez
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====Draft Picks====


31 Garret Anderson
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32 John Jaha
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====Expansion Draft====


33 Omar Vizquel
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34 Brian Hunter
These two cards feature the first two picks in the 1997 Expansion Draft.


35 Jeff Bagwell
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====Expansion Team Prospects====


36 Mark Lemke
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37 Doug Glanville
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====Checklists====


38 Dan Wilson
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39 Steve Cooke
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====Alex Rodriguez====


40 Chili Davis
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41 Mike Cameron
In 1998, Topps finally came to terms with Alex Rodriguez, allowing them to produce A-Rod's first Topps card -- five years into his career.  For more information on why A-Rod was excluded from Topps products in the early part of his career, please see out [[1993 Topps Traded]] article.


42 F.P. Santangelo
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43 Brad Ausmus
==Parallels==


44 Gary DiSarcina
===Minted in Cooperstown===


45 Pat Hentgen
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46 Wilton Guerrero
Minted in Cooperstown is a parallel of the entire 503-card base set. The set is distinguished by the special bronze "Minted in Cooperstown" logo stamped on each card.  Each card in this set was printed at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY through the use of a portable printing press.


47 Devon White
===Inaugural Factory Sets===


48 Danny Patterson
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49 Pat Meares
Just as for the teams which began play in [[1993 Topps|1993]], two special commemorative factory sets for the first-year Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks were issued. Each card is foil-stamped with a special D'Rays/D'Backs logo. 


50 Rafael Palmeiro
The sets were sold only through retail outlets in the greater Phoenix and Tampa Bay areas. The Devil Rays sets apparently did not sell well enough at the stadium and were later closed out to one of the home shopping networks.


51 Mark Gardner
5000 of each set were made with each set serial-numbered -- although the cards were not.


52 Jeff Blauser
==Inserts==


53 Dave Hollins
===Roberto Clemente Reprints===


54 Carlos Garcia
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55 Ben McDonald
Similar to the Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays cards in [[1996 Topps|1996]] and [[1997 Topps|1997]], Topps commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Death of Roberto Clemente by reprinting all 19 of his Topps cards.  Unlike the Mantle and Mays reprints, Series One and Series Two cards contained a mix of BOTH regular, Finest, and Finest Refractor cards.  The ten odd-numbered cards can be found in Series One, while the nine even-numbered cards can be found in Series Two.


56 John Mabry
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====Hermetically-Sealed Reprints====


57 Trevor Hoffman
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58 Tony Fernandez
Each 1998 Topps hobby factory set contained one of 19 different "hermetically sealed" Roberto Clemente reprint cards. The actual cards are identical to standard Clemente reprints available in 1998 Topps packs. The difference in these special cards is the clear plastic seal entirely encasing the card. Each seal is stamped with a gold foil logo on the card back stating "Factory Topps Seal 1998."


59 Rich Loiselle
Hermetically-sealed cards were also available in special made-for-retail tin boxes.


60 Mark Leiter
===Clemente Tribute===


61 Pat Kelly
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62 John Flaherty
This five-card set, exclusive to Series One packs, honors the memory of Roberto Clemente on the 25th anniversary of his untimely death.


63 Roger Bailey
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===Etch-A-Sketch===


64 Tom Gordon
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65 Ryan Klesko
This nine-card set features drawings by artist George Vlosich III using an Etch A Sketch as a canvas.


66 Darryl Hamilton
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===Mystery Finest===


67 Jim Eisenreich
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68 Butch Huskey
This 20-card, Series One, set showcases five of the 1997 season's most intriguing inter-league matchups on Finest-style chromium cards.  The fronts of each card have an opaque covering that must be peeled off to reveal the player.  The backs have one of four players that might be on the front.


69 Mark Grudzielanek
Each card is also available in a Refractor parallel.


70 Marquis Grissom
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===Flashback===


71 Mark McLemore
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Flashback/FB1/Barry-Bonds.jpg?id=f8060b78-7c34-4b86-8528-3e1b459961f3&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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72 Gary Gaetti
This ten-card, Series One, set features a present-day photo of the player on the front, and a picture from his rookie year on the back.  Both sides of the card are printed on etched foil.


73 Greg Gagne
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===Hall Bound===


74 Lyle Mouton
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Hall-Bound/HB2/Tony-Gwynn.jpg?id=add65560-ff64-43fa-8a2c-032e836db857&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Hall-Bound/HB2/Tony-Gwynn.jpg?id=add65560-ff64-43fa-8a2c-032e836db857&size=original&side=back&.jpg


75 Jim Edmonds
This die-cut set is exclusive to Series One Hobby and HTA Jumbo packs and features active players who were, in Topps' 1998 opinion, shoo-ins for the Hall of Fame. Strangely, Rickey Henderson has a Hall Bound insert card, but not a base card.


76 Shawn Green
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77 Greg Vaughn
===Baby Boomers===


78 Terry Adams
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Baby-Boomers/BB13/Andy-Pettitte.jpg?id=8c8f26f6-7a0a-4a45-8ba2-d5fdff1c75ca&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Baby-Boomers/BB13/Andy-Pettitte.jpg?id=8c8f26f6-7a0a-4a45-8ba2-d5fdff1c75ca&size=original&side=back&.jpg


79 Kevin Polcovich
This set is exclusive to Series One retail packs.


80 Troy O'Leary
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===Rookie Class===


81 Jeff Shaw
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---1998-Rookie-Class/R6/Derrek-Lee.jpg?id=4599f988-0dce-4ff0-9766-de9dac0086da&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---1998-Rookie-Class/R6/Derrek-Lee.jpg?id=4599f988-0dce-4ff0-9766-de9dac0086da&size=original&side=back&.jpg


82 Rich Becker
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===Mystery Finest Bordered===


83 David Wells
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Mystery-Finest---Bordered/M10/Frank-Thomas.jpg?id=b95eb543-319e-4b88-af24-f35752e372ee&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Mystery-Finest---Bordered-Refractors/M10/Frank-Thomas.jpg?id=673d4818-121c-442f-b7b0-945510b27149&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Mystery-Finest---Borderless/M10/Frank-Thomas.jpg?id=0c3a6b7a-7cab-4166-b44d-10b9ca5b86c1&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Mystery-Finest---Borderless-Refractors/M10/Frank-Thomas.jpg?id=01f2ad1b-237e-4dbf-8ba1-e7c6fec3ba3a&size=original&side=front&.jpg


84 Steve Karsay
This 20-card all-chromium stock set is exclusive to Series Two packs and is available in the following versions.


85 Charles Nagy
* Bordered
* Bordered Refractor
* Borderless
* Borderless Refractor


86 B.J. Surhoff
Unlike the Series One Mystery Finest cards, the back of the card clearly states which player will be on the front. The collector is required to peel off the opaque film that covers the front of the card to determine which version of the card they have received.


87 Jamey Wright
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88 James Baldwin
===Clout Nine===


89 Edgardo Alfonzo
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Clout-Nine/C4/Craig-Biggio.jpg?id=04ddf6e6-8c72-4aae-a73e-b3559d8d38ff&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Clout-Nine/C4/Craig-Biggio.jpg?id=04ddf6e6-8c72-4aae-a73e-b3559d8d38ff&size=original&side=back&.jpg


90 Jay Buhner
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===Focal Point===


91 Brady Anderson
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Focal-Point/FP9/Roger-Clemens.jpg?id=24d52b91-063d-42d3-958e-70a2c178e0da&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Focal-Point/FP9/Roger-Clemens.jpg?id=24d52b91-063d-42d3-958e-70a2c178e0da&size=original&side=back&.jpg


92 Scott Servais
These cards are exclusive to Series Two Hobby and HTA packs.


93 Edgar Renteria
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===Milestone===


94 Mike Lieberthal
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Milestone/MS1/Barry-Bonds.jpg?id=85c3d9eb-ab8d-44aa-8f30-68978ee52df9&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1998/Topps---Milestone/MS1/Barry-Bonds.jpg?id=85c3d9eb-ab8d-44aa-8f30-68978ee52df9&size=original&side=back&.jpg


95 Rick Aguilera
These cards are exclusive to Series Two retail packs.


96 Walt Weiss
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97 Deivi Cruz
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==Autographs & Game-Used==
98 Kurt Abbott
 
99 Henry Rodriguez
 
100 Mike Piazza
 
101 Bill Taylor
 
102 Todd Zeile
 
103 Rey Ordonez
 
104 Willie Greene
 
105 Tony Womack
 
106 Mike Sweeney
 
107 Jeffrey Hammonds
 
108 Kevin Orie
 
109 Alex Gonzalez
 
110 Jose Canseco
 
111 Paul Sorrento
 
112 Joey Hamilton
 
113 Brad Radke
 
114 Steve Avery
 
115 Esteban Loaiza
 
116 Stan Javier
 
117 Chris Gomez
 
118 Royce Clayton
 
119 Orlando Merced
 
120 Kevin Appier
 
121 Mel Nieves
 
122 Joe Girardi
 
123 Rico Brogna
 
124 Kent Mercker
 
125 Manny Ramirez
 
126 Jeromy Burnitz
 
127 Kevin Foster
 
128 Matt Morris
 
129 Jason Dickson
 
130 Tom Glavine
 
131 Wally Joyner
 
132 Rick Reed
 
133 Todd Jones
 
134 Dave Martinez
 
135 Sandy Alomar Jr.
 
136 Mike Lansing
 
137 Sean Berry
 
138 Doug Jones
 
139 Todd Stottlemyre
 
140 Jay Bell
 
141 Jaime Navarro
 
142 Chris Hoiles
 
143 Joey Cora
 
144 Scott Spiezio
 
145 Joe Carter
 
146 Jose Guillen
 
147 Damion Easley
 
148 Lee Stevens
 
149 Alex Fernandez
 
150 Randy Johnson
 
151 J.T. Snow
 
152 Chuck Finley
 
153 Bernard Gilkey
 
154 David Segui
 
155 Dante Bichette
 
156 Kevin Stocker
 
157 Carl Everett
 
158 Jose Valentin
 
159 Pokey Reese
 
160 Derek Jeter
 
161 Roger Pavlik
 
162 Mark Wohlers
 
163 Ricky Bottalico
 
164 Ozzie Guillen
 
165 Mike Mussina
 
166 Gary Sheffield
 
167 Hideo Nomo
 
168 Mark Grace
 
169 Aaron Sele
 
170 Darryl Kile
 
171 Shawn Estes
 
172 Vinny Castilla
 
173 Ron Coomer
 
174 Jose Rosado
 
175 Kenny Lofton
 
176 Jason Giambi
 
177 Hal Morris
 
178 Darren Bragg
 
179 Orel Hershiser
 
180 Ray Lankford
 
181 Hideki Irabu
 
182 Kevin Young
 
183 Javy Lopez
 
184 Jeff Montgomery
 
185 Mike Holtz
 
186 George Williams
 
187 Cal Eldred
 
188 Tom Candiotti
 
189 Glenallen Hill
 
190 Brian Giles
 
191 Dave Mlicki
 
192 Garrett Stephenson
 
193 Jeff Frye
 
194 Joe Oliver
 
195 Bob Hamelin
 
196 Luis Sojo
 
197 LaTroy Hawkins
 
198 Kevin Elster
 
199 Jeff Reed


200 Dennis Eckersley
===Roberto Clemente Memorabilia Madness===


201 Bill Mueller
Topps created 46 different Roberto Clemente exchange cards for a total of 854 prizes. All 46 prizes (including the quantity available of each prize) is detailed explicitly in the listings below. The quantity is noted immediately after the prize. All 854 exchange cards looked identical to each other on front and almost identical to each other on back. Card fronts feature a blue, purple and white dot matrix head shot of Clemente surrounded by burgundy borders. Card backs featured extensive guidelines and rules for the exchange program. The only difference for each card were the few sentences on back detailing which specific prize each of the 46 different cards could be exchanged for. Lucky collectors that got their hands on these scarce exchange cards had until August 31st, 1998 to redeem their prizes.


202 Russ Davis
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203 Armando Benitez
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204 Quilvio Veras
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205 Tim Naehring
 
206 Quinton McCracken
 
207 Raul Casanova
 
208 Matt Lawton
 
209 Luis Alicea
 
210 Luis Gonzalez
 
211 Allen Watson
 
212 Gerald Williams
 
213 David Bell
 
214 Todd Hollandsworth
 
215 Wade Boggs
 
216 Jose Mesa
 
217 Jamie Moyer
 
218 Darren Daulton
 
219 Mickey Morandini
 
220 Rusty Greer
 
221 Jim Bullinger
 
222 Jose Offerman
 
223 Matt Karchner
 
224 Woody Williams
 
225 Mark Loretta
 
226 Mike Hampton
 
227 Willie Adams
 
228 Scott Hatteberg
 
229 Rich Amaral
 
230 Terry Steinbach
 
231 Glendon Rusch
 
232 Bret Boone
 
233 Robert Person
 
234 Jose Hernandez
 
235 Doug Drabek
 
236 Jason McDonald
 
237 Chris Widger
 
238 Tom Martin
 
239 Dave Burba
 
240 Pete Rose Jr.
 
241 Bobby Ayala
 
242 Tim Wakefield
 
243 Dennis Springer
 
244 Tim Belcher
 
245 J.Garland/G.Goetz
 
246 L.Berkman/G.Davis
 
247 V.Wells/A.Akin
 
248 A.Kennedy/J.Romano
 
249 J.Dellaero/T.Cameron
 
250 J.Sandberg/A.Sanchez
 
251 P.Ortega/J.Manias
 
252 Mike Stoner
 
253 J.Patterson/L.Rodriguez
 
254 R.Minor RC/A.Beltre
 
255 B.Grieve/D.Brown
 
256 K.Wood/G.Meche
 
257 R.Sexson/Ortiz/Ward
 
258 J.Encarn/Winn/Vessel
 
259 Kris Benson RC
 
260 Warren Morris RC
 
261Hernandez/Davis/Marrero
 
262 E.Chavez/R.Branyan
 
263 Ryan Jackson RC
 
264 Fuentes RC/Clement/Halladay
 
265 Randy Johnson SH
 
266 Kevin Brown SH
 
267 R.Rincon/F.Cordova SH
 
268 Nomar Garciaparra SH
 
269 Tino Martinez SH
 
270 Chuck Knoblauch IL
 
271 Pedro Martinez IL
 
272 Denny Neagle IL
 
273 Juan Gonzalez IL
 
274 Andres Galarraga IL
 
275 Checklist (1-195)
 
276 Checklist 196-283
 
277 Moises Alou WS
 
278 Sandy Alomar Jr. WS
 
279 Gary Sheffield WS
 
280 Matt Williams WS
 
281 Livan Hernandez WS
 
282 Chad Ogea WS
 
283 Marlins Champs
 
284 Tino Martinez
 
285 Roberto Alomar
 
286 Jeff King
 
287 Brian Jordan
 
288 Darin Erstad
 
289 Ken Caminiti
 
290 Jim Thome
 
291 Paul Molitor
 
292 Ivan Rodriguez
 
293 Bernie Williams
 
294 Todd Hundley
 
295 Andres Galarraga
 
296 Greg Maddux
 
297 Edgar Martinez
 
298 Ron Gant
 
299 Derek Bell
 
300 Roger Clemens
 
301 Rondell White
 
302 Barry Larkin
 
303 Robin Ventura
 
304 Jason Kendall
 
305 Chipper Jones
 
306 John Franco
 
307 Sammy Sosa
 
308 Troy Percival
 
309 Chuck Knoblauch
 
310 Ellis Burks
 
311 Al Martin
 
312 Tim Salmon
 
313 Moises Alou
 
314 Lance Johnson
 
315 Justin Thompson
 
316 Will Clark
 
317 Barry Bonds
 
318 Craig Biggio
 
319 John Smoltz
 
320 Cal Ripken
 
321 Ken Griffey Jr.
 
322 Paul O'Neill
 
323 Todd Helton
 
324 John Olerud
 
325 Mark McGwire
 
326 Jose Cruz Jr.
 
327 Jeff Cirillo
 
328 Dean Palmer
 
329 John Wetteland
 
330 Steve Finley
 
331 Albert Belle
 
332 Curt Schilling
 
333 Raul Mondesi
 
334 Andruw Jones
 
335 Nomar Garciaparra
 
336 David Justice
 
337 Andy Pettitte
 
338 Pedro Martinez
 
339 Travis Miller
 
340 Chris Stynes
 
341 Gregg Jefferies
 
342 Jeff Fassero
 
343 Craig Counsell
 
344 Wilson Alvarez
 
345 Bip Roberts
 
346 Kelvim Escobar
 
347 Mark Bellhorn
 
348 Cory Lidle
 
349 Fred McGriff
 
350 Chuck Carr
 
351 Bob Abreu
 
352 Juan Guzman
 
353 Fernando Vina
 
354 Andy Benes
 
355 Dave Nilsson
 
356 Bobby Bonilla
 
357 Ismael Valdes
 
358 Carlos Perez
 
359 Kirk Rueter
 
360 Bartolo Colon
 
361 Mel Rojas
 
362 Johnny Damon
 
363 Geronimo Berroa
 
364 Reggie Sanders
 
365 Jermaine Allensworth
 
366 Orlando Cabrera
 
367 Jorge Fabregas
 
368 Scott Stahoviak
 
369 Ken Cloude
 
370 Donovan Osborne
 
371 Roger Cedeno
 
372 Neifi Perez
 
373 Chris Holt
 
374 Cecil Fielder
 
375 Marty Cordova
 
376 Tom Goodwin
 
377 Jeff Suppan
 
378 Jeff Brantley
 
379 Mark Langston
 
380 Shane Reynolds
 
381 Mike Fetters
 
382 Todd Greene
 
383 Ray Durham
 
384 Carlos Delgado
 
385 Jeff D'Amico
 
386 Brian McRae
 
387 Alan Benes
 
388 Heathcliff Slocumb
 
389 Eric Young
 
390 Travis Fryman
 
391 David Cone
 
392 Otis Nixon
 
393 Jeremi Gonzalez
 
394 Jeff Juden
 
395 Jose Vizcaino
 
396 Ugueth Urbina
 
397 Ramon Martinez
 
398 Robb Nen
 
399 Harold Baines
 
400 Delino DeShields
 
401 John Burkett
 
402 Sterling Hitchcock
 
403 Mark Clark
 
404 Terrell Wade
 
405 Scott Brosius
 
406 Chad Curtis
 
407 Brian Johnson
 
408 Roberto Kelly
 
409 Dave Dellucci RC
 
410 Michael Tucker
 
411 Mark Kotsay
 
412 Mark Lewis
 
413 Ryan McGuire
 
414 Shawon Dunston
 
415 Brad Rigby
 
416 Scott Erickson
 
417 Bobby Jones
 
418 Darren Oliver
 
419 John Smiley
 
420 T.J. Mathews
 
421 Dustin Hermanson
 
422 Mike Timlin
 
423 Willie Blair
 
424 Manny Alexander
 
425 Bob Tewksbury
 
426 Pete Schourek
 
427 Reggie Jefferson
 
428 Ed Sprague
 
429 Jeff Conine
 
430 Roberto Hernandez
 
431 Tom Pagnozzi
 
432 Jaret Wright
 
433 Livan Hernandez
 
434 Andy Ashby
 
435 Todd Dunn
 
436 Bobby Higginson
 
437 Rod Beck
 
438 Jim Leyritz
 
439 Matt Williams
 
440 Brett Tomko
 
441 Joe Randa
 
442 Chris Carpenter
 
443 Dennis Reyes
 
444 Al Leiter
 
445 Jason Schmidt
 
446 Ken Hill
 
447 Shannon Stewart
 
448 Enrique Wilson
 
449 Fernando Tatis
 
450 Jimmy Key
 
451 Darrin Fletcher
 
452 John Valentin
 
453 Kevin Tapani
 
454 Eric Karros
 
455 Jay Bell
 
456 Walt Weiss
 
457 Devon White
 
458 Carl Pavano
 
459 Mike Lansing
 
460 John Flaherty
 
461 Richard Hidalgo
 
462 Quinton McCracken
 
463 Karim Garcia
 
464 Miguel Cairo
 
465 Edwin Diaz
 
466 Bobby Smith
 
467 Yamil Benitez
 
468 Rich Butler
 
469 Ben Ford
 
470 Bubba Trammell
 
471 Brent Brede
 
472 Brooks Kieschnick
 
473 Carlos Castillo
 
474 Brad Radke SH
 
475 Roger Clemens SH
 
476 Curt Schilling SH
 
477 John Olerud SH
 
478 Mark McGwire SH
 
479 M.Piazza/K.Griffey Jr. IL
 
480 J.Bagwell/F.Thomas IL
 
481 C.Jones/N.Garciaparra IL
 
482 L.Walker/J.Gonzalez IL
 
483 G.Sheffield/T.Martinez IL
 
484 D.Gib/M.Colem/Hutchins
 
485 B.Rose/Looper/Politte
 
486 E.Milton/Marquis/C.Lee
 
487 Robert Fick RC
 
488 S.Casey/A.Ramirez
 
489 D.Bridges/T.Drew RC
 
490 D.McDonald/N.Ndungidi RC
 
491 Ryan Anderson RC
 
492 Troy Glaus RC
 
493 Dan Reichert RC
 
494 Michael Cuddyer RC
 
495 Jack Cust
 
496 Brian Anderson
 
497 Tony Saunders
 
498 J.Sandoval/V.Nunez
 
499 B.Penny/N.Bierbrodt
 
500 D.Carr/L.Cruz RC
 
501 C.Bowers/M.McCain
 
502 Checklist
 
503 Checklist
 
504 Alex Rodriguez
 
==Parallels==
 
==Inserts==
 
==Autographs & Game-Used==

Latest revision as of 21:07, 2 August 2020

Description

1998 Topps is a 503-card set distributed in two separate series: 282 cards in first series and 221 cards in second series. Card number 7 was permanently retired in 1996 to honor Mickey Mantle, so the set is sequentially-numbered to card #504.

Series One contains the following subsets: Draft Picks (245-249), Prospects (250-259), Season Highlights (265-269), Interleague (270-274) Checklists (275-276) and World Series (277-283). Series Two contains Season Highlights (474-478), Interleague (479-483), Prospects (484-495/498-501) and Checklists (502-503).

This set also features Topps long-awaited first Alex Rodriguez card (#504). The superstar shortstop was left out of all Topps sets for the first four years of his career due to a problem between Topps and Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras. (See our article on 1993 Topps Traded for more information.)

Randy Myers, who led the AL in saves and was an All-Star in 1997, doesn't have any 1998 Topps cards. Future Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson also does not appear in the base set; however, he is in the "Hall Bound" insert.

Finally, as part of an agreement with the Baseball Hall of Fame, Topps produced commemorative admission tickets featuring Roberto Clemente memorabilia from the Hall in the form of a Topps card. These were the standard admission tickets for the shrine, and were also included one per case in 1998 Topps Series Two baseball.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail Wax: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.29).

Jumbo: 40 cards per pack, 12 packs per box (MSRP: $5). Hobby only.

Factory sets.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds HTA Odds
Base 282 - 11:1 11:1 39:1
Minted in Cooperstown 282 - 1:8 1:8 one-per-pack
Roberto Clemente Reprints 10 - 1:18 1:18 ?
Roberto Clemente Finest Reprints 9 - 1:72 1:72 ?
Roberto Clemente Finest Refractor Reprints 9 - 1:288 1:288 ?
Roberto Clemente Tribute 5 - 1:12 1:12 ?
Etch-A-Sketch 9 - 1:36 1:36 ?
Mystery Finest 20 - 1:36 1:36 ?
Mystery Finest Refractors 20 - 1:144 1:144 ?
Flashback 10 - 1:72 1:72 ?
HallBound 15 - 1:36 N/A 1:36
Baby Boomers 15 - N/A 1:36 N/A
Roberto Clemente Memorabilia Madness 46 854 total cards 1:3,708 N/A 1:1,020

Series Two

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds HTA Odds
Base 221 - 11:1 11:1 39:1
Minted in Cooperstown 221 - 1:8 1:8 one-per-pack
Roberto Clemente Reprints 9 - 1:18 1:18 ?
Roberto Clemente Finest Reprints 10 - 1:72 1:72 ?
Roberto Clemente Finest Refractor Reprints 10 - 1:288 1:288 ?
Rookie Class 10 - 1:12 1:12 ?
Mystery Finest Bordered 20 - 1:36 1:36 ?
Mystery Finest Bordered Refractor 20 - 1:108 1:108 ?
Mystery Finest Borderless 20 - 1:72 1:72 ?
Mystery Finest Borderless Refractor 20 - 1:288 1:288 ?
Clout Nine 9 - 1:72 1:72 ?
Focal Points 15 - 1:36 N/A ?
Milestones 10 - N/A 1:36 N/A

Checklist

Promos

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  • PP1 Carlos Baerga
  • PP2 Jeff Bagwell
  • PP3 Marquis Grissom
  • PP4 Derek Jeter
  • PP5 Randy Johnson
  • PP6 Mike Piazza

Base Set

Series One

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  • 1 Tony Gwynn
  • 2 Larry Walker
  • 3 Billy Wagner
  • 4 Denny Neagle
  • 5 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 6 Kevin Brown
  • 8 Mariano Rivera
  • 9 Tony Clark
  • 10 Deion Sanders
  • 11 Francisco Cordova
  • 12 Matt Williams
  • 13 Carlos Baerga
  • 14 Mo Vaughn
  • 15 Bobby Witt
  • 16 Matt Stairs
  • 17 Chan Ho Park
  • 18 Mike Bordick
  • 19 Michael Tucker
  • 20 Frank Thomas
  • 21 Roberto Clemente
  • 22 Dmitri Young RCup
  • 23 Steve Trachsel
  • 24 Jeff Kent
  • 25 Scott Rolen RCup
  • 26 John Thomson
  • 27 Joe Vitiello
  • 28 Eddie Guardado
  • 29 Charlie Hayes
  • 30 Juan Gonzalez
  • 31 Garret Anderson
  • 32 John Jaha
  • 33 Omar Vizquel
  • 34 Brian L. Hunter
  • 35 Jeff Bagwell
  • 36 Mark Lemke
  • 37 Doug Glanville
  • 38 Dan Wilson
  • 39 Steve Cooke
  • 40 Chili Davis
  • 41 Mike Cameron
  • 42 F.P. Santangelo
  • 43 Brad Ausmus
  • 44 Gary DiSarcina
  • 45 Pat Hentgen
  • 46 Wilton Guerrero RCup
  • 47 Devon White
  • 48 Danny Patterson
  • 49 Pat Meares
  • 50 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 51 Mark Gardner
  • 52 Jeff Blauser
  • 53 Dave Hollins
  • 54 Carlos Garcia
  • 55 Ben McDonald
  • 56 John Mabry
  • 57 Trevor Hoffman
  • 58 Tony Fernandez
  • 59 Rich Loiselle RC
  • 60 Mark Leiter
  • 61 Pat Kelly
  • 62 John Flaherty
  • 63 Roger Bailey
  • 64 Tom Gordon
  • 65 Ryan Klesko
  • 66 Darryl Hamilton
  • 67 Jim Eisenreich
  • 68 Butch Huskey
  • 69 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 70 Marquis Grissom
  • 71 Mark McLemore
  • 72 Gary Gaetti
  • 73 Greg Gagne
  • 74 Lyle Mouton
  • 75 Jim Edmonds
  • 76 Shawn Green
  • 77 Greg Vaughn
  • 78 Terry Adams
  • 79 Kevin Polcovich
  • 80 Troy O'Leary
  • 81 Jeff Shaw
  • 82 Rich Becker
  • 83 David Wells
  • 84 Steve Karsay
  • 85 Charles Nagy
  • 86 B.J. Surhoff
  • 87 Jamey Wright
  • 88 James Baldwin
  • 89 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 90 Jay Buhner
  • 91 Brady Anderson
  • 92 Scott Servais
  • 93 Edgar Renteria
  • 94 Mike Lieberthal
  • 95 Rick Aguilera
  • 96 Walt Weiss
  • 97 Deivi Cruz
  • 98 Kurt Abbott
  • 99 Henry Rodriguez
  • 100 Mike Piazza
  • 101 Billy Taylor
  • 102 Todd Zeile
  • 103 Rey Ordonez
  • 104 Willie Greene
  • 105 Tony Womack
  • 106 Mike Sweeney
  • 107 Jeffrey Hammonds
  • 108 Kevin Orie
  • 109 Alex Gonzalez
  • 110 Jose Canseco
  • 111 Paul Sorrento
  • 112 Joey Hamilton
  • 113 Brad Radke
  • 114 Steve Avery
  • 115 Esteban Loaiza
  • 116 Stan Javier
  • 117 Chris Gomez
  • 118 Royce Clayton
  • 119 Orlando Merced
  • 120 Kevin Appier
  • 121 Melvin Nieves
  • 122 Joe Girardi
  • 123 Rico Brogna
  • 124 Kent Mercker
  • 125 Manny Ramirez
  • 126 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 127 Kevin Foster
  • 128 Matt Morris
  • 129 Jason Dickson RCup
  • 130 Tom Glavine
  • 131 Wally Joyner
  • 132 Rick Reed
  • 133 Todd Jones
  • 134 Dave Martinez
  • 135 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 136 Mike Lansing
  • 137 Sean Berry
  • 138 Doug Jones
  • 139 Todd Stottlemyre
  • 140 Jay Bell
  • 141 Jaime Navarro
  • 142 Chris Hoiles
  • 143 Joey Cora
  • 144 Scott Spiezio
  • 145 Joe Carter
  • 146 Jose Guillen RCup
  • 147 Damion Easley
  • 148 Lee Stevens
  • 149 Alex Fernandez
  • 150 Randy Johnson
  • 151 J.T. Snow
  • 152 Chuck Finley
  • 153 Bernard Gilkey
  • 154 David Segui
  • 155 Dante Bichette
  • 156 Kevin Stocker
  • 157 Carl Everett
  • 158 Jose Valentin
  • 159 Pokey Reese
  • 160 Derek Jeter
  • 161 Roger Pavlik
  • 162 Mark Wohlers
  • 163 Ricky Bottalico
  • 164 Ozzie Guillen
  • 165 Mike Mussina
  • 166 Gary Sheffield
  • 167 Hideo Nomo
  • 168 Mark Grace
  • 169 Aaron Sele
  • 170 Darryl Kile
  • 171 Shawn Estes
  • 172 Vinny Castilla
  • 173 Ron Coomer
  • 174 Jose Rosado
  • 175 Kenny Lofton
  • 176 Jason Giambi
  • 177 Hal Morris
  • 178 Darren Bragg
  • 179 Orel Hershiser
  • 180 Ray Lankford
  • 181 Hideki Irabu
  • 182 Kevin Young
  • 183 Javy Lopez
  • 184 Jeff Montgomery
  • 185 Mike Holtz RCup
  • 186 George Williams
  • 187 Cal Eldred
  • 188 Tom Candiotti
  • 189 Glenallen Hill
  • 190 Brian Giles
  • 191 Dave Mlicki
  • 192 Garrett Stephenson
  • 193 Jeff Frye
  • 194 Joe Oliver
  • 195 Bob Hamelin
  • 196 Luis Sojo
  • 197 LaTroy Hawkins
  • 198 Kevin Elster
  • 199 Jeff Reed
  • 200 Dennis Eckersley
  • 201 Bill Mueller
  • 202 Russ Davis
  • 203 Armando Benitez
  • 204 Quilvio Veras
  • 205 Tim Naehring
  • 206 Quinton McCracken
  • 207 Raul Casanova
  • 208 Matt Lawton
  • 209 Luis Alicea
  • 210 Luis Gonzalez
  • 211 Allen Watson
  • 212 Gerald Williams
  • 213 David Bell
  • 214 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 215 Wade Boggs
  • 216 Jose Mesa
  • 217 Jamie Moyer
  • 218 Darren Daulton
  • 219 Mickey Morandini
  • 220 Rusty Greer
  • 221 Jim Bullinger
  • 222 Jose Offerman
  • 223 Matt Karchner
  • 224 Woody Williams
  • 225 Mark Loretta
  • 226 Mike Hampton
  • 227 Willie Adams
  • 228 Scott Hatteberg RCup
  • 229 Rich Amaral
  • 230 Terry Steinbach
  • 231 Glendon Rusch
  • 232 Bret Boone
  • 233 Robert Person
  • 234 Jose Hernandez
  • 235 Doug Drabek
  • 236 Jason McDonald
  • 237 Chris Widger
  • 238 Tom Martin
  • 239 Dave Burba
  • 240 Pete Rose, Jr. RC
  • 241 Bobby Ayala
  • 242 Tim Wakefield
  • 243 Dennis Springer RC
  • 244 Tim Belcher

Draft Picks

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  • 245 Jon Garland / Geoff Goetz
  • 246 Lance Berkman / Glenn Davis
  • 247 Vernon Wells / Aaron Akin
  • 248 Adam Kennedy / Jason Romano
  • 249 Jason Dellaero / Troy Cameron

Prospects

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  • 250 Jared Sandberg / Alex Sanchez EXP
  • 251 Pablo Ortega / James Manias EXP
  • 252 Mike Stoner / Jason Conti EXP RC*
  • 253 John Patterson / Larry Rodriguez EXP
  • 254 Ryan Minor / Adrian Beltre / Aaron Boone PROS RC
  • 255 Ben Grieve / Dermal Brown / Brian Buchanan PROS
  • 256 Kerry Wood / Carl Pavano / Gil Meche PROS
  • 257 David Ortiz / Richie Sexson / Daryle Ward PROS
  • 258 Juan Encarnacion / Randy Winn / Andrew Vessel PROS
  • 259 Travis Smith / Kris Benson / Courtney Duncan PROS RC
  • 260 Chad Hermansen / Brent Butler / Warren Morris PROS RC
  • 261 Ben Davis / Eli Marrero / Ramon Hernandez PROS
  • 262 Russ Johnson / Russell Branyan / Eric Chavez PROS
  • 263 Ryan Jackson / Todd Dunwoody / John Barnes PROS RC
  • 264 Brian Fuentes / Matt Clement / Roy Halladay PROS RC

'97 Season Highlights

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  • 265 Randy Johnson
  • 266 Kevin Brown
  • 267 Ricardo Rincon / Francisco Cordova
  • 268 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 269 Tino Martinez

Interleague Play

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  • 270 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 271 Pedro Martinez
  • 272 Denny Neagle
  • 273 Juan Gonzalez
  • 274 Andres Galarraga

Checklists

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  • 275 Checklist 1-195
  • 276 Checklist 196-283 / Inserts

World Series

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NOTE: This subset is printed on foilboard, but is NOT short-printed.

  • 277 Moises Alou
  • 278 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 279 Gary Sheffield
  • 280 Matt Williams
  • 281 Livan Hernandez
  • 282 Chad Ogea
  • 283 Florida Marlins

Series Two

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  • 284 Tino Martinez
  • 285 Roberto Alomar
  • 286 Jeff King
  • 287 Brian Jordan
  • 288 Darin Erstad
  • 289 Ken Caminiti
  • 290 Jim Thome
  • 291 Paul Molitor
  • 292 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 293 Bernie Williams
  • 294 Todd Hundley
  • 295 Andres Galarraga
  • 296 Greg Maddux
  • 297 Edgar Martinez
  • 298 Ron Gant
  • 299 Derek Bell
  • 300 Roger Clemens
  • 301 Rondell White
  • 302 Barry Larkin
  • 303 Robin Ventura
  • 304 Jason Kendall
  • 305 Chipper Jones
  • 306 John Franco
  • 307 Sammy Sosa
  • 308 Troy Percival
  • 309 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 310 Ellis Burks
  • 311 Al Martin
  • 312 Tim Salmon
  • 313 Moises Alou
  • 314 Lance Johnson
  • 315 Justin Thompson
  • 316 Will Clark
  • 317 Barry Bonds
  • 318 Craig Biggio
  • 319 John Smoltz
  • 320 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 321 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 322 Paul O'Neill
  • 323 Todd Helton
  • 324 John Olerud
  • 325 Mark McGwire
  • 326 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • 327 Jeff Cirillo
  • 328 Dean Palmer
  • 329 John Wetteland
  • 330 Steve Finley
  • 331 Albert Belle
  • 332 Curt Schilling
  • 333 Raul Mondesi
  • 334 Andruw Jones RCup
  • 335 Nomar Garciaparra RCup
  • 336 David Justice
  • 337 Andy Pettitte
  • 338 Pedro Martinez
  • 339 Travis Miller
  • 340 Chris Stynes
  • 341 Gregg Jefferies
  • 342 Jeff Fassero
  • 343 Craig Counsell
  • 344 Wilson Alvarez
  • 345 Bip Roberts
  • 346 Kelvim Escobar
  • 347 Mark Bellhorn
  • 348 Cory Lidle RC
  • 349 Fred McGriff
  • 350 Chuck Carr
  • 351 Bobby Abreu
  • 352 Juan Guzman
  • 353 Fernando Vina
  • 354 Andy Benes
  • 355 Dave Nilsson
  • 356 Bobby Bonilla
  • 357 Ismael Valdes
  • 358 Carlos Perez
  • 359 Kirk Rueter
  • 360 Bartolo Colon
  • 361 Mel Rojas
  • 362 Johnny Damon
  • 363 Geronimo Berroa
  • 364 Reggie Sanders
  • 365 Jermaine Allensworth
  • 366 Orlando Cabrera
  • 367 Jorge Fabregas
  • 368 Scott Stahoviak
  • 369 Ken Cloude
  • 370 Donovan Osborne
  • 371 Roger Cedeno
  • 372 Neifi Perez
  • 373 Chris Holt
  • 374 Cecil Fielder
  • 375 Marty Cordova
  • 376 Tom Goodwin
  • 377 Jeff Suppan
  • 378 Jeff Brantley
  • 379 Mark Langston
  • 380 Shane Reynolds
  • 381 Mike Fetters
  • 382 Todd Greene
  • 383 Ray Durham
  • 384 Carlos Delgado
  • 385 Jeff D'Amico
  • 386 Brian McRae
  • 387 Alan Benes
  • 388 Heathcliff Slocumb
  • 389 Eric Young
  • 390 Travis Fryman
  • 391 David Cone
  • 392 Otis Nixon
  • 393 Jeremi Gonzalez
  • 394 Jeff Juden
  • 395 Jose Vizcaino
  • 396 Ugueth Urbina
  • 397 Ramon Martinez
  • 398 Robb Nen
  • 399 Harold Baines
  • 400 Delino DeShields
  • 401 John Burkett
  • 402 Sterling Hitchcock
  • 403 Mark Clark
  • 404 Terrell Wade
  • 405 Scott Brosius
  • 406 Chad Curtis
  • 407 Brian Johnson
  • 408 Roberto Kelly
  • 409 David Dellucci RC
  • 410 Michael Tucker
  • 411 Mark Kotsay
  • 412 Mark Lewis
  • 413 Ryan McGuire
  • 414 Shawon Dunston
  • 415 Brad Rigby
  • 416 Scott Erickson
  • 417 Bobby Jones
  • 418 Darren Oliver
  • 419 John Smiley
  • 420 T.J. Mathews
  • 421 Dustin Hermanson
  • 422 Mike Timlin
  • 423 Willie Blair
  • 424 Manny Alexander
  • 425 Bob Tewksbury
  • 426 Pete Schourek
  • 427 Reggie Jefferson
  • 428 Ed Sprague
  • 429 Jeff Conine
  • 430 Roberto Hernandez
  • 431 Tom Pagnozzi
  • 432 Jaret Wright
  • 433 Livan Hernandez
  • 434 Andy Ashby
  • 435 Todd Dunn
  • 436 Bobby Higginson
  • 437 Rod Beck
  • 438 Jim Leyritz
  • 439 Matt Williams
  • 440 Brett Tomko
  • 441 Joe Randa
  • 442 Chris Carpenter
  • 443 Dennis Reyes
  • 444 Al Leiter
  • 445 Jason Schmidt
  • 446 Ken Hill
  • 447 Shannon Stewart
  • 448 Enrique Wilson
  • 449 Fernando Tatis
  • 450 Jimmy Key
  • 451 Darrin Fletcher
  • 452 John Valentin
  • 453 Kevin Tapani
  • 454 Eric Karros
  • 455 Jay Bell
  • 456 Walt Weiss
  • 457 Devon White
  • 458 Carl Pavano
  • 459 Mike Lansing
  • 460 John Flaherty
  • 461 Richard Hidalgo
  • 462 Quinton McCracken
  • 463 Karim Garcia
  • 464 Miguel Cairo
  • 465 Edwin Diaz
  • 466 Bobby Smith
  • 467 Yamil Benitez
  • 468 Rich Butler RC
  • 469 Ben Ford RC
  • 470 Bubba Trammell
  • 471 Brent Brede
  • 472 Brooks Kieschnick
  • 473 Carlos Castillo

'97 Season Highlights

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  • 474 Brad Radke
  • 475 Roger Clemens
  • 476 Curt Schilling
  • 477 John Olerud
  • 478 Mark McGwire

Interleague Preview

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  • 479 Mike Piazza / Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 480 Jeff Bagwell / Frank Thomas
  • 481 Chipper Jones / Nomar Garciaparra
  • 482 Larry Walker / Juan Gonzalez
  • 483 Gary Sheffield / Tino Martinez

Prospects

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  • 484 Derrick Gibson / Michael Coleman / Norm Hutchins PROS
  • 485 Brian Rose / Braden Looper / Cliff Politte PROS
  • 486 Eric Milton / Jason Marquis / Corey Lee PROS
  • 487 Robert Fick / Mark Osborne / A.J. Hinch PROS RC
  • 488 Aramis Ramirez / Alex Gonzalez / Sean Casey PROS

Draft Picks

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  • 489 Tim Drew / Donnie Bridges DP RC
  • 490 Darnell McDonald / Ntema Ndungidi DP RC
  • 491 Ryan Anderson / Mark Mangum DP RC*
  • 492 J.J. Davis / Troy Glaus DP RC
  • 493 Jayson Werth / Dan Reichert DP RC
  • 494 John Curtice / Michael Cuddyer DP RC
  • 495 Jack Cust / Jason Standridge DP RC

Expansion Draft

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These two cards feature the first two picks in the 1997 Expansion Draft.

  • 496 Brian Anderson
  • 497 Tony Saunders

Expansion Team Prospects

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  • 498 Jhensy Sandoval / Vladimir Nunez EXP
  • 499 Brad Penny / Nick Bierbrodt EXP
  • 500 Dustin Carr / Luis Cruz EXP RC*
  • 501 Cedrick Bowers / Marcus McCain EXP

Checklists

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  • 502 Checklist 284-442
  • 503 Checklist 443-504 / Inserts

Alex Rodriguez

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In 1998, Topps finally came to terms with Alex Rodriguez, allowing them to produce A-Rod's first Topps card -- five years into his career. For more information on why A-Rod was excluded from Topps products in the early part of his career, please see out 1993 Topps Traded article.

  • 504 Alex Rodriguez

Parallels

Minted in Cooperstown

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Minted in Cooperstown is a parallel of the entire 503-card base set. The set is distinguished by the special bronze "Minted in Cooperstown" logo stamped on each card. Each card in this set was printed at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY through the use of a portable printing press.

Inaugural Factory Sets

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Just as for the teams which began play in 1993, two special commemorative factory sets for the first-year Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks were issued. Each card is foil-stamped with a special D'Rays/D'Backs logo.

The sets were sold only through retail outlets in the greater Phoenix and Tampa Bay areas. The Devil Rays sets apparently did not sell well enough at the stadium and were later closed out to one of the home shopping networks.

5000 of each set were made with each set serial-numbered -- although the cards were not.

Inserts

Roberto Clemente Reprints

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Similar to the Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays cards in 1996 and 1997, Topps commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Death of Roberto Clemente by reprinting all 19 of his Topps cards. Unlike the Mantle and Mays reprints, Series One and Series Two cards contained a mix of BOTH regular, Finest, and Finest Refractor cards. The ten odd-numbered cards can be found in Series One, while the nine even-numbered cards can be found in Series Two.

  • 1 Roberto Clemente 1955
  • 2 Roberto Clemente 1956
  • 3 Roberto Clemente 1957
  • 4 Roberto Clemente 1958
  • 5 Roberto Clemente 1959
  • 6 Roberto Clemente 1960
  • 7 Roberto Clemente 1961
  • 8 Roberto Clemente 1962
  • 9 Roberto Clemente 1963
  • 10 Roberto Clemente 1964
  • 11 Roberto Clemente 1965
  • 12 Roberto Clemente 1966
  • 13 Roberto Clemente 1967
  • 14 Roberto Clemente 1968
  • 15 Roberto Clemente 1969
  • 16 Roberto Clemente 1970
  • 17 Roberto Clemente 1971
  • 18 Roberto Clemente 1972
  • 19 Roberto Clemente 1973

Hermetically-Sealed Reprints

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Each 1998 Topps hobby factory set contained one of 19 different "hermetically sealed" Roberto Clemente reprint cards. The actual cards are identical to standard Clemente reprints available in 1998 Topps packs. The difference in these special cards is the clear plastic seal entirely encasing the card. Each seal is stamped with a gold foil logo on the card back stating "Factory Topps Seal 1998."

Hermetically-sealed cards were also available in special made-for-retail tin boxes.

Clemente Tribute

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This five-card set, exclusive to Series One packs, honors the memory of Roberto Clemente on the 25th anniversary of his untimely death.

  • RC1 Roberto Clemente
  • RC2 Roberto Clemente
  • RC3 Roberto Clemente
  • RC4 Roberto Clemente
  • RC5 Roberto Clemente

Etch-A-Sketch

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This nine-card set features drawings by artist George Vlosich III using an Etch A Sketch as a canvas.

  • ES1 Albert Belle
  • ES2 Barry Bonds
  • ES3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • ES4 Greg Maddux
  • ES5 Hideo Nomo
  • ES6 Mike Piazza
  • ES7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • ES8 Frank Thomas
  • ES9 Mo Vaughn

Mystery Finest

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This 20-card, Series One, set showcases five of the 1997 season's most intriguing inter-league matchups on Finest-style chromium cards. The fronts of each card have an opaque covering that must be peeled off to reveal the player. The backs have one of four players that might be on the front.

Each card is also available in a Refractor parallel.

  • ILM1 Chipper Jones
  • ILM2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • ILM3 Greg Maddux
  • ILM4 Rafael Palmeiro
  • ILM5 Todd Hundley
  • ILM6 Derek Jeter
  • ILM7 John Olerud
  • ILM8 Tino Martinez
  • ILM9 Larry Walker
  • ILM10 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • ILM11 Andres Galarraga
  • ILM12 Randy Johnson
  • ILM13 Mike Piazza
  • ILM14 Jim Edmonds
  • ILM15 Eric Karros
  • ILM16 Tim Salmon
  • ILM17 Sammy Sosa
  • ILM18 Frank Thomas
  • ILM19 Mark Grace
  • ILM20 Albert Belle

Flashback

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This ten-card, Series One, set features a present-day photo of the player on the front, and a picture from his rookie year on the back. Both sides of the card are printed on etched foil.

  • FB1 Barry Bonds
  • FB2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FB3 Paul Molitor
  • FB4 Randy Johnson
  • FB5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • FB6 Tony Gwynn
  • FB7 Kenny Lofton
  • FB8 Gary Sheffield
  • FB9 Deion Sanders
  • FB10 Brady Anderson

Hall Bound

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This die-cut set is exclusive to Series One Hobby and HTA Jumbo packs and features active players who were, in Topps' 1998 opinion, shoo-ins for the Hall of Fame. Strangely, Rickey Henderson has a Hall Bound insert card, but not a base card.

  • HB1 Paul Molitor
  • HB2 Tony Gwynn
  • HB3 Wade Boggs
  • HB4 Roger Clemens
  • HB5 Dennis Eckersley
  • HB6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • HB7 Greg Maddux
  • HB8 Rickey Henderson
  • HB9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • HB10 Frank Thomas
  • HB11 Mark McGwire
  • HB12 Barry Bonds
  • HB13 Mike Piazza
  • HB14 Juan Gonzalez
  • HB15 Randy Johnson

Baby Boomers

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This set is exclusive to Series One retail packs.

  • BB1 Derek Jeter
  • BB2 Scott Rolen
  • BB3 Nomar Garciaparra
  • BB4 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • BB5 Darin Erstad
  • BB6 Todd Helton
  • BB7 Tony Clark
  • BB8 Jose Guillen
  • BB9 Andruw Jones
  • BB10 Vladimir Guerrero
  • BB11 Mark Kotsay
  • BB12 Todd Greene
  • BB13 Andy Pettitte
  • BB14 Justin Thompson
  • BB15 Alan Benes

Rookie Class

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  • R1 Travis Lee
  • R2 Richard Hidalgo
  • R3 Todd Helton
  • R4 Paul Konerko
  • R5 Mark Kotsay
  • R6 Derrek Lee
  • R7 Eli Marrero
  • R8 Fernando Tatis
  • R9 Juan Encarnacion
  • R10 Ben Grieve

Mystery Finest Bordered

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This 20-card all-chromium stock set is exclusive to Series Two packs and is available in the following versions.

  • Bordered
  • Bordered Refractor
  • Borderless
  • Borderless Refractor

Unlike the Series One Mystery Finest cards, the back of the card clearly states which player will be on the front. The collector is required to peel off the opaque film that covers the front of the card to determine which version of the card they have received.

  • M1 Nomar Garciaparra
  • M2 Chipper Jones
  • M3 Scott Rolen
  • M4 Albert Belle
  • M5 Mo Vaughn
  • M6 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • M7 Mark McGwire
  • M8 Derek Jeter
  • M9 Tony Gwynn
  • M10 Frank Thomas
  • M11 Tino Martinez
  • M12 Greg Maddux
  • M13 Juan Gonzalez
  • M14 Larry Walker
  • M15 Mike Piazza
  • M16 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • M17 Jeff Bagwell
  • M18 Andruw Jones
  • M19 Barry Bonds
  • M20 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Clout Nine

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  • C1 Edgar Martinez
  • C2 Mike Piazza
  • C3 Frank Thomas
  • C4 Craig Biggio
  • C5 Vinny Castilla
  • C6 Jeff Blauser
  • C7 Barry Bonds
  • C8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • C9 Larry Walker

Focal Point

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These cards are exclusive to Series Two Hobby and HTA packs.

  • FP1 Juan Gonzalez
  • FP2 Nomar Garciaparra
  • FP3 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • FP4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • FP5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FP6 Ivan Rodriguez
  • FP7 Larry Walker
  • FP8 Barry Bonds
  • FP9 Roger Clemens
  • FP10 Frank Thomas
  • FP11 Chuck Knoblauch
  • FP12 Mike Piazza
  • FP13 Greg Maddux
  • FP14 Vladimir Guerrero
  • FP15 Andruw Jones

Milestone

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These cards are exclusive to Series Two retail packs.

  • MS1 Barry Bonds
  • MS2 Roger Clemens
  • MS3 Dennis Eckersley
  • MS4 Juan Gonzalez
  • MS5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • MS6 Tony Gwynn
  • MS7 Greg Maddux
  • MS8 Mark McGwire
  • MS9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • MS10 Frank Thomas

Autographs & Game-Used

Roberto Clemente Memorabilia Madness

Topps created 46 different Roberto Clemente exchange cards for a total of 854 prizes. All 46 prizes (including the quantity available of each prize) is detailed explicitly in the listings below. The quantity is noted immediately after the prize. All 854 exchange cards looked identical to each other on front and almost identical to each other on back. Card fronts feature a blue, purple and white dot matrix head shot of Clemente surrounded by burgundy borders. Card backs featured extensive guidelines and rules for the exchange program. The only difference for each card were the few sentences on back detailing which specific prize each of the 46 different cards could be exchanged for. Lucky collectors that got their hands on these scarce exchange cards had until August 31st, 1998 to redeem their prizes.

  • 1 1955 Topps Card 3
  • 2 1956 Topps Card 8
  • 3 1956 Autographed Topps Card 1
  • 4 1957 Topps Card 6
  • 5 1958 Topps Card 6
  • 6 1959 Game-Used Jersey 1
  • 7 1959 Topps Card 8
  • 8 1960 Autographed NL AS Ball 1
  • 9 1960 Autographed Pirates Team Ball 1
  • 10 1960 Topps Card 8
  • 11 1960 Autographed Topps Card 1
  • 12 1961 Topps Card 10
  • 13 1961 Autographed Topps Card 1
  • 14 1962 Topps Card 8
  • 15 1962 Autographed Topps Card 1
  • 16 1963 Topps Card 5
  • 17 1963 Autographed Topps Card 1
  • 18 1964 Topps Card 8
  • 19 1965 Topps Card 10
  • 20 1965 Autographed Topps Card 1
  • 21 1966 Topps Card 10
  • 22 1967 Topps Card 20
  • 23 1967 Autographed Topps Card 1
  • 24 1968 Topps Card 20
  • 25 1968 Autographed Topps Card 1
  • 26 1969 Topps Card 20
  • 27 1969 Autographed Topps Card 1
  • 28 1970 Topps Card 20
  • 29 1970 Autographed Topps Super Card 1
  • 30 1971 Autographed Pirates Team Ball 1
  • 31 1971 Topps Card 20
  • 32 1972 Topps Card 20
  • 33 1973 Topps Card 20
  • 34 1998T Uncut Minted in Cooperstown Sheet 500
  • 35 Canceled Check 4
  • 36 Game Used Bat 1
  • 37 Game Used Bat 1
  • 38 Game Used Bat 1
  • 39 Game Used Bat 1
  • 40 Autographed HOFer Ball 1
  • 41 Signed 4" X 5" B/W Photo 1
  • 42 Signed Poster 1
  • 43 CUT AU w/Framed Photo 1
  • 44 Single-Signed Ball 1
  • 45 43" X 60" Card 1
  • 46 JSY Relic Card 99
  • NNO Wild Card
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