2003 Victory

Description

2003 Victory is a 200 card set released, exclusive to retail, in February, 2003. After four years as a large but no-frills, insert-less product, Upper Deck dramatically changed Victory into a multi-fractured, multi-paralleled, set with a collectible card game element. The first 100 cards comprise the short set while the last 100 cards were all short-printed to various quantities. The corners on all cards are rounded to look like a playing card.

These changes were not well received by collectors, and as a result, Upper Deck discontinued the line after 2003 -- although it remains part of their hockey line.

2003 Victory did contain the first-ever MLB licensed "True" rookie card of Hideki Matsui.

Distribution

36 cards in a box, six cards per pack.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	200	-	?
short set	100	-	?
Solid Hits	28	-	1:4
Clutch Players	20	-	1:5
Lay it on the Line	20	-	1:5
True Gamers	10	-	1:10
Run Producers	10	-	1:10
Difference Makers	6	-	1:20
Winning Formula	6	-	1:20
Green	100	-	one-per-pack
Orange	100	-	1:8
Blue	100	650	?
Purple	100	50	?
Red	100	25	?

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Troy Glaus
• 2 Garret Anderson
• 3 Tim Salmon
• 4 Darin Erstad
• 5 Luis Gonzalez
• 6 Curt Schilling
• 7 Randy Johnson
• 8 Junior Spivey
• 9 Andruw Jones
• 10 Greg Maddux
• 11 Chipper Jones
• 12 Gary Sheffield
• 13 John Smoltz
• 14 Geronimo Gil
• 15 Tony Batista
• 16 Trot Nixon
• 17 Manny Ramirez
• 18 Pedro Martinez
• 19 Nomar Garciaparra
• 20 Derek Lowe
• 21 Shea Hillenbrand
• 22 Sammy Sosa
• 23 Kerry Wood
• 24 Mark Prior
• 25 Magglio Ordonez
• 26 Frank Thomas
• 27 Mark Buehrle
• 28 Paul Konerko
• 29 Adam Dunn
• 30 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 31 Austin Kearns
• 32 Matt Lawton
• 33 Larry Walker
• 34 Todd Helton
• 35 Jeff Bagwell
• 36 Roy Oswalt
• 37 Lance Berkman
• 38 Mike Sweeney
• 39 Carlos Beltran
• 40 Kazuhisa Ishii
• 41 Shawn Green
• 42 Hideo Nomo
• 43 Adrian Beltre
• 44 Richie Sexson
• 45 Ben Sheets
• 46 Torii Hunter
• 47 Jacque Jones
• 48 Corey Koskie
• 49 Vladimir Guerrero
• 50 Jose Vidro
• 51 Mo Vaughn
• 52 Mike Piazza
• 53 Roberto Alomar
• 54 Derek Jeter
• 55 Alfonso Soriano
• 56 Jason Giambi
• 57 Roger Clemens
• 58 Mike Mussina
• 59 Bernie Williams
• 60 Jorge Posada
• 61 Nick Johnson
• 62 Hideki Matsui RC
• 63 Eric Chavez
• 64 Barry Zito
• 65 Miguel Tejada
• 66 Tim Hudson
• 67 Pat Burrell
• 68 Bob Abreu
• 69 Jimmy Rollins
• 70 Brett Myers
• 71 Jim Thome
• 72 Jason Kendall
• 73 Brian Giles
• 74 Aramis Ramirez
• 75 Sean Burroughs
• 76 Ryan Klesko
• 77 Phil Nevin
• 78 Barry Bonds
• 79 J.T. Snow
• 80 Rich Aurilia
• 81 Ichiro
• 82 Edgar Martinez
• 83 Freddy Garcia
• 84 Jim Edmonds
• 85 J.D. Drew
• 86 Scott Rolen
• 87 Albert Pujols
• 88 Mark McGwire
• 89 Matt Morris
• 90 Ben Grieve
• 91 Carl Crawford
• 92 Alex Rodriguez
• 93 Carl Everett
• 94 Juan Gonzalez
• 95 Rafael Palmeiro
• 96 Hank Blalock
• 97 Carlos Delgado
• 98 Josh Phelps
• 99 Eric Hinske
• 100 Shannon Stewart

Solid Hits

• 101 Albert Pujols
• 102 Alex Rodriguez
• 103 Alfonso Soriano
• 104 Barry Bonds
• 105 Bernie Williams
• 106 Brian Giles
• 107 Chipper Jones
• 108 Darin Erstad
• 109 Derek Jeter
• 110 Eric Chavez
• 111 Miguel Tejada
• 112 Ichiro
• 113 Rafael Palmeiro
• 114 Jason Giambi
• 115 Jeff Bagwell
• 116 Jim Thome
• 117 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 118 Lance Berkman
• 119 Luis Gonzalez
• 120 Manny Ramirez
• 121 Mike Piazza
• 122 J.D. Drew
• 123 Sammy Sosa
• 124 Scott Rolen
• 125 Shawn Green
• 126 Todd Helton
• 127 Troy Glaus
• 128 Vladimir Guerrero

Clutch Players

• 129 Albert Pujols
• 130 Brian Giles
• 131 Carlos Delgado
• 132 Curt Schilling
• 133 Derek Jeter
• 134 Frank Thomas
• 135 Greg Maddux
• 136 Jeff Bagwell
• 137 Jim Thome
• 138 Jorge Posada
• 139 Kazuhisa Ishii
• 140 Larry Walker
• 141 Luis Gonzalez
• 142 Miguel Tejada
• 143 Pat Burrell
• 144 Pedro Martinez
• 145 Rafael Palmeiro
• 146 Roger Clemens
• 147 Tim Hudson
• 148 Troy Glaus

Laying it on the Line

• 149 Alfonso Soriano
• 150 Andruw Jones
• 151 Barry Zito
• 152 Darin Erstad
• 153 Eric Chavez
• 154 Alex Rodriguez
• 155 J.D. Drew
• 156 Jason Giambi
• 157 Jason Kendall
• 158 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 159 Lance Berkman
• 160 Mike Mussina
• 161 Mike Piazza
• 162 Nomar Garciaparra
• 163 Randy Johnson
• 164 Roberto Alomar
• 165 Scott Rolen
• 166 Shawn Green
• 167 Torii Hunter
• 168 Vladimir Guerrero

True Gamers

• 169 Alex Rodriguez
• 170 Andruw Jones
• 171 Bernie Williams
• 172 Ichiro
• 173 Miguel Tejada
• 174 Nomar Garciaparra
• 175 Pedro Martinez
• 176 Randy Johnson
• 177 Todd Helton
• 178 Vladimir Guerrero

Run Producers

• 179 Barry Bonds
• 180 Carlos Delgado
• 181 Chipper Jones
• 182 Frank Thomas
• 183 Lance Berkman
• 184 Larry Walker
• 185 Manny Ramirez
• 186 Mike Piazza
• 187 Sammy Sosa
• 188 Shawn Green

Difference Makers

• 189 Chipper Jones
• 190 Curt Schilling
• 191 Derek Jeter
• 192 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 193 Sammy Sosa
• 194 Vladimir Guerrero

Winning Formula

• 195 Alex Rodriguez
• 196 Barry Bonds
• 197 Greg Maddux
• 198 Ichiro
• 199 Jason Giambi
• 200 Mike Piazza

Parallels

Each of the first 100 cards (the entire short-set) are available in the following parallels.

• Green
• Orange
• Blue (serial-numbered to 650 copies)
• Purple (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Red (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

NOTE: All cards are serial-numbered on the front in dot-matrix.