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=Description=
=Description=


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HTA: 10 packs per box, 13 cards per pack (MSRP: $10)
HTA: 10 packs per box, 13 cards per pack (MSRP: $10)


=Reviews=
In Hobby boxes, inserts, parallels, and parallels of inserts were usually the 2nd card in the pack; some packs contained multiple inserts/parallels featuring as the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th cards in the pack.


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


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{| class="ratio"
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!HTA Odds
!HTA Odds
|-
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||300||-||?||?
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||150||-||?||?
|-
|-
|short set||200||-||?||?
|short set||100||-||?||?
|-
|-
|Short-Prints||100||-||1:1||2:1
|Short-Prints||50||-||one-per-pack||two-per-pack
|-
|-
|Refractors||300||-||1:12||1:5
|Refractors||150||-||1:12||1:5
|-
|-
|Gold Refractors||300||100||varies||varies
|Gold Refractors||150||100||varies||varies
|-
|-
|Split Screen Half Refractor (S1)||14||-||1:28||1:13
|Split Screen Half Refractor||14||-||1:28||1:13
|-
|-
|Split Screen Full Refractor (S1)||14||-||1:82||1:42
|Split Screen Full Refractor||14||-||1:82||1:42
|-
|-
|Prominent Figures (S1)||50||varies||varies||varies
|Prominent Figures Home Runs||10||70||1:1749||?
|-
|-
|Leading Indicators (S1)||10||-||1:24||1:10
|Prominent Figures Slugging Percentage||10||847||1:145||?
|-
|-
|Team Finest Blue (S1)|||10||1500||1:82||1:38
|Prominent Figures Batting Average||10||424||1:289||?
|-
|-
|Team Finest Blue (S2)|||10||1500||1:57||1:26
|Prominent Figures Runs Batted In||10||190||1:644||?
|-
|-
|Team Finest Red (S1)||10||500||N/A||1:25
|Prominent Figures Total Bases||10||457||1:268||?
|-
|-
|Team Finest Red (S2)||10||500||N/A||1:18
|Leading Indicators||10||-||1:24||1:10
|-
|-
|Team Finest Gold (S1)||10||250||N/A||1:51
|Team Finest Blue|||10||1500||1:82||1:38
|-
|Team Finest Red||10||500||N/A||1:25
|-
|Team Finest Gold||10||250||N/A||1:51
|-
|Team Finest Blue Refractor||10||150||1:816||1:377
|-
|Team Finest Red Refractor||10||50||N/A||1:254
|-
|Team Finest Gold Refractor||10||25||N/A||1:510
|}
 
===Series Two===
 
{| class="ratio"
!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Hobby Odds
!HTA Odds
|-
|-
|Team Finest Gold (S2)||10||250||N/A||1:37
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||150||-||?||?
|-
|-
|Team Finest Blue Refractor (S1)||10||150||1:816||1:377
|short set||100||-||?||?
|-
|-
|Team Finest Blue Refractor (S2)||10||150||1:571||1:263
|Short-Prints||50||-||one-per-pack||two-per-pack
|-
|-
|Team Finest Red Refractor (S1)||10||50||N/A||1:254
|Refractors||150||-||1:12||1:5
|-
|-
|Team Finest Red Refractor (S2)||10||50||N/A||1:182
|Gold Refractors||150||100||varies||varies
|-
|-
|Team Finest Gold Refractor (S1)||10||25||N/A||1:510
|Team Finest Blue|||10||1500||1:57||1:26
|-
|-
|Team Finest Gold Refractor (S2)||10||25||N/A||1:369
|Team Finest Red||10||500||N/A||1:18
|-
|-
|Peel and Reveal Sparkle (S2)||20||-||1:30||1:15
|Team Finest Gold||10||250||N/A||1:37
|-
|-
|Peel and Reveal Hyperplaid (S2)||20||-||1:60||1:30
|Team Finest Blue Refractor||10||150||1:571||1:263
|-
|-
|Peel and Reveal Stadium Stars (S2)||20||-||1:120||1:60
|Team Finest Red Refractor||10||50||N/A||1:182
|-
|-
|Future's Finest (S2)||10||500||1:171||?
|Team Finest Gold Refractor||10||25||N/A||1:369
|-
|-
|Aaron Award Contenders (S2)||9||-||varies||varies
|Peel and Reveal Sparkle||20||-||1:30||1:15
|-
|-
|Aaron Award Contenders Refractor (S2)||9||-||varies||varies
|Peel and Reveal Hyperplaid||20||-||1:60||1:30
|-
|-
|Complements Half Refractor (S2)||7||-||1:56||1:27
|Peel and Reveal Stadium Stars||20||-||1:120||1:60
|-
|-
|Complements Full Refractor (S2)||7||-||1:168||1:81
|Future's Finest||10||500||1:171||?
|-
|-
|Double Feature Half Refractor (S2)||7||-||1:56||1:27
|Aaron Award Contenders||9||-||varies||varies
|-
|-
|Double Feature Full Refractor (S2)||7||-||1:168||1:81
|Aaron Award Contenders Refractor||9||-||varies||varies
|-
|-
|Franchise Records (S2)||10||-||1:129||1:63
|Complements Half Refractor||7||-||1:56||1:27
|-
|-
|Franchise Records Refractor (S2)||10||-||1:378||1:189
|Complements Full Refractor||7||-||1:168||1:81
|-
|-
|Milestones (S2)||40||varies||1:29||?
|Double Feature Half Refractor||7||-||1:56||1:27
|-
|Double Feature Full Refractor||7||-||1:168||1:81
|-
|Franchise Records||10||-||1:129||1:63
|-
|Franchise Records Refractor||10||-||1:378||1:189
|-
|Milestones||40||varies||1:29||?
|}
|}


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===Series One===
===Series One===
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/67/Jaret-Wright.jpg?id=24a4ffd0-50f4-43af-937b-c596b51673c0&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/67/Jaret-Wright.jpg?id=24a4ffd0-50f4-43af-937b-c596b51673c0&size=original&side=back&.jpg


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SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest') and (num < 151)
SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest') and (num < 101)
ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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====Gems====


===Series Two===
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/115/Derek-Jeter.jpg?id=42073d5b-e724-4a0f-b7a5-60d281a5f2f4&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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====Sensations====


==Parallels==
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/126/Adrian-Beltre.jpg?id=69e69cf8-89f8-414b-a85b-04552108cb98&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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All 300 cards are available in the following parallels.
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SELECT num,player from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest') and (num BETWEEN 121 AND 130)
ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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* Refractors
====Rookies====


* Gold Refractors (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/134/Josh-McKinley.jpg?id=5109aa88-afa2-4b13-b1cb-5d07b0c2f733&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/134/Josh-McKinley.jpg?id=5109aa88-afa2-4b13-b1cb-5d07b0c2f733&size=original&side=back&.jpg


==Inserts==
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ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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===Aaron Award Contenders===
===Series Two===


Randomly inserted into Series two packs at different rates depending on the player, this nine-card set features players vying for the Hank Aaron Award. Card #1 is the toughest to pull and each card gets progressively easier to pull as you go down the checklist. These cards are also available as a Refractor, which is also structured the same as the regular inserts.
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/215/Andruw-Jones.jpg?id=c1d91999-c18b-47ec-9093-a374c3f790be&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/215/Andruw-Jones.jpg?id=c1d91999-c18b-47ec-9093-a374c3f790be&size=original&side=back&.jpg


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SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest Aaron Award Contenders')  
SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest') and (num BETWEEN 151 AND 250)
ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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====Sterling====


===Complements===
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/256/Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=9b658e39-5893-4ceb-bb24-8f10c34e124b&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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This seven-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology.  On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half.  There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards. 
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SELECT num,player from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest') and (num BETWEEN 251 AND 265)
ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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====Gamers====


In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/274/Randy-Johnson.jpg?id=3b9cbdf8-4dff-45a7-9001-13827c811b90&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/274/Randy-Johnson.jpg?id=3b9cbdf8-4dff-45a7-9001-13827c811b90&size=original&side=back&.jpg


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SELECT num,player from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest') and (num BETWEEN 266 AND 276)
ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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===Double Feature===
====Rookies====
 
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/294/CC-Sabathia.jpg?id=53ea3b60-dec2-4840-bca2-ffb6a2b6ec33&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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This seven-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology.  On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half.  There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards. 
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SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest') and (num BETWEEN 277 AND 299)
ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
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====Home Run Kings====


In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/300/Hank-Aaron-Mark-McGwire.jpg?id=8194e7d1-a3f2-4aa9-a721-2b2f0ea535a8&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base/300/Hank-Aaron-Mark-McGwire.jpg?id=8194e7d1-a3f2-4aa9-a721-2b2f0ea535a8&size=original&side=back&.jpg


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SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest Double Feature')  
SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest') and (num = 300);
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</sql2wiki>


===Franchise Records===
==Parallels==
 
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base---Refractor/80/Roger-Clemens.jpg?id=5f5de964-d1ad-4598-ba9e-97f906d361ec&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Base---Gold-Refractor/44/Matt-Lawton.jpg?id=4b468268-1038-4985-a27c-1bab9ae1a230&size=original&side=front&.jpg
 
All 300 cards are available in the following parallels.
 
* Refractors
* Gold Refractors (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
 
==Inserts==
 
===Split Screen===
 
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Split-Screen---Refractor-Left/SS2/Alex-Rodriguez-Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=0246c887-e495-4b95-8151-56aeecdab7db&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Split-Screen---Refractor-Left/SS2/Alex-Rodriguez-Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=0246c887-e495-4b95-8151-56aeecdab7db&size=original&side=back&.jpg
 
This 14-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology.  On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half.  There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards. 


This ten-card set features all-time and single-season franchise statistic holders.  Also available as a Refractor.
In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.


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SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest Split Screen Left Refractor')  
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===Prominent Figures===


===Future's Finest===
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Prominent-Figures/PF47/Barry-Bonds.jpg?id=1d53b019-2c08-421e-8b79-b8e5a91a9850&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Prominent-Figures/PF47/Barry-Bonds.jpg?id=1d53b019-2c08-421e-8b79-b8e5a91a9850&size=original&side=back&.jpg
 
This 50-card, Series One set features ten superstars in each of five statistical categories and printed with Refractor technology. Each card is serial-numbered to the single season record in that particular category.  The categories are:


Each of these Series Two cards is serial-numbered to 500 copies.
* Home Runs (1:1749 packs, serial-numbered to 70)
* Slugging Percentage (1:145, serial-numbered to 847)
* Batting Average (1:289, serial-numbered to 424)
* Runs Batted In (1:644, serial-numbered to 190)
* Total Bases (1:268, serial-numbered to 457


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SELECT num,player,info,serial from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest Prominent Figures')  
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===Leading Indicators===
===Leading Indicators===
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Leading-Indicators/L3/Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=00316c80-9df2-4ca7-a13c-8b06eb217204&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Leading-Indicators/L3/Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=00316c80-9df2-4ca7-a13c-8b06eb217204&size=original&side=back&.jpg


Inserted into Series One packs, this 10-card set highlights the 1998 home run totals of superstar players and printed on cards using a heat-sensitive, thermal-ink technology. When a collector touched the baseball field background in left, center, or right field, the heat from his finger revealed the pictured player's '98 home run totals in that direction.
Inserted into Series One packs, this 10-card set highlights the 1998 home run totals of superstar players and printed on cards using a heat-sensitive, thermal-ink technology. When a collector touched the baseball field background in left, center, or right field, the heat from his finger revealed the pictured player's '98 home run totals in that direction.
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SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest Leading Indicators')  
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===Team Finest===


===Milestones===
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Team-Finest---Blue/TF18/Barry-Bonds.jpg?id=e644b64a-1d64-46a3-93ee-a04cf3d34921&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Team-Finest---Blue/TF18/Barry-Bonds.jpg?id=e644b64a-1d64-46a3-93ee-a04cf3d34921&size=original&side=back&.jpg
 
The first 10 cards were distributed in first series packs and 11-20 in second series packs, and are available in the following parallels.
 
* Blue (serial-numbered to 1500 copies)
* Red (serial-numbered to 500)
* Gold (serial-numbered to 250)
* Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150)
* Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 50)
* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 25)


Similar to the Prominent Figures insert in Series One, this 40-card set features the players who have the highest statistics in four categories: Hits, Home Runs, RBI and Doubles. The cards are printed with Refractor technology and are serial-numbered based on the category as follows: Hits to 3000, Home Runs to 500, RBI to 1400, and Doubles to 500.
The Red, Red Refractor, Gold, and Gold Refractors are exclusive to Jumbo packs.


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SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest Team Finest Blue')  
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</sql2wiki>
===Peel and Reveal===


===Peel and Reveal===
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Peel--Reveal---Sparkle/PR6/Greg-Maddux.jpg?id=04a28174-36dd-4e6d-8cbf-fec18817561c&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Peel--Reveal---Sparkle/PR6/Greg-Maddux.jpg?id=04a28174-36dd-4e6d-8cbf-fec18817561c&size=original&side=back&.jpg


All cards in this acetate set came covered with an opaque coating on both sides of the card that must be peeled off.  Each card is available in the following parallels.
All cards in this acetate set came covered with an opaque coating on both sides of the card that must be peeled off.  Each card is available in the following parallels.


* Sparkle (common)
* Sparkle (common)
* Hyperplaid (uncommon)
* Hyperplaid (uncommon)
* Stadium Star (rare)
* Stadium Star (rare)
   
   
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===Future's Finest===


===Prominent Figures===
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Futures-Finest/FF4/Ryan-Anderson.jpg?id=dc415413-9ff3-4a6e-bc16-1b4ce89eb4b6&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Futures-Finest/FF4/Ryan-Anderson.jpg?id=dc415413-9ff3-4a6e-bc16-1b4ce89eb4b6&size=original&side=back&.jpg


This 50-card, Series One set features ten superstars in each of five statistical categories and printed with Refractor technology. Each card is serial-numbered to the single season record in that particular category.  The categories are: Home Runs (with an insertion rate of 1:1,749) and serial-numbered to 70, Slugging Percentage (1:145) numbered to 847, Batting Average (1:289) numbered to 424, Runs Batted In (1:644) numbered to 190, and Total Bases (1:268) numbered to 457.
Each of these Series Two cards is serial-numbered to 500 copies.


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SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname="Finest Future's Finest")  
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===Aaron Award Contenders===
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Hank-Aaron-Award-Contenders/HA7/Alex-Rodriguez.jpg?id=0df7afa1-796e-4299-92d5-bbd580d007e0&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Topps-Finest---Hank-Aaron-Award-Contenders/HA7/Alex-Rodriguez.jpg?id=0df7afa1-796e-4299-92d5-bbd580d007e0&size=original&side=back&.jpg
Randomly inserted into Series Two packs at different rates depending on the player, this nine-card set features players vying for the Hank Aaron Award.  Card #HA1 is the toughest to pull and each card gets progressively easier to pull as you go down the checklist.  These cards are also available as a Refractor, which is also structured the same as the regular inserts.
The specific odds of finding an Aaron Award Contenders card are as follows.


===Split Screen===
* HA1 1:216 wax, 1:108 HTA
* HA2 1:108 wax, 1:54 HTA
* HA3 1:72 wax, 1:36 HTA
* HA4 1:54 wax, 1:27 HTA
* HA5 1:43 wax, 1:21 HTA
* HA6 1:36 wax, 1:18 HTA
* HA7 1:31 wax, 1:15 HTA
* HA8 1:27 wax, 1:13 HTA
* HA9 1:24 wax, 1:12 HTA


This 14-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology.  On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half.  There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards.
The specific odds of finding an Aaron Award Contenders Refractor are as follows.


In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.
* HA1 1:1728 wax, 1:864 HTA
* HA2 1:864 wax, 1:432 HTA
* HA3 1:576 wax, 1:288 HTA
* HA4 1:432 wax, 1:216 HTA
* HA5 1:344 wax, 1:172 HTA
* HA6 1:288 wax, 1:144 HTA
* HA7 1:248 wax, 1:124 HTA
* HA8 1:216 wax, 1:108 HTA
* HA9 1:192 wax, 1:96 HTA


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SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1999') AND (setname='Finest Aaron Award Contenders')  
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===Complements===
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===Team Finest===
This seven-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology.  On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half.  There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards. 


The first 10 cards were distributed in first series packs and 11-20 in second series packs, and are available in the following parallels.
In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.


* Blue (serial-numbered to 1500 copies)
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===Double Feature===


* Red (serial-numbered to 500)
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* Gold (serial-numbered to 250)
This seven-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology.  On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half.  There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards. 


* Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150)
In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.


* Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 50)
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===Franchise Records===


* Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 25)
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The Red, Red Refractor, Gold, and Gold Refractors are exclusive to Jumbo packs.
This ten-card set features all-time and single-season franchise statistic holders.  Also available as a Refractor.


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===Milestones===


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Similar to the Prominent Figures insert in Series One, this 40-card set features the players who have the highest statistics in four categories: Hits, Home Runs, RBI and Doubles. The cards are printed with Refractor technology and are serial-numbered based on the category as follows: Hits to 3000, Home Runs to 500, RBI to 1400, and Doubles to 500.


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Latest revision as of 14:50, 16 March 2021

Description

1999 Finest is a 300-card set (produced by Topps) released in two series of 150 cards each. The set includes the following subsets: Gems (101-120), Sensations (121-130) Rookies (131-150/277-299), Sterling (251-265) and Gamers (266-276). Card number 300 is a special Hank Aaron/Mark McGwire tribute. Cards numbered from 101 through 150 and 251 through 300 were short printed and seeded at a rate of one per hobby, one per retail and two per Home Team Advantage pack.

Notable Rookie Cards include Pat Burrell, C.C. Sabathia and Alfonso Soriano.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5.00)

HTA: 10 packs per box, 13 cards per pack (MSRP: $10)

In Hobby boxes, inserts, parallels, and parallels of inserts were usually the 2nd card in the pack; some packs contained multiple inserts/parallels featuring as the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th cards in the pack.

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds HTA Odds
Base 150 - ? ?
short set 100 - ? ?
Short-Prints 50 - one-per-pack two-per-pack
Refractors 150 - 1:12 1:5
Gold Refractors 150 100 varies varies
Split Screen Half Refractor 14 - 1:28 1:13
Split Screen Full Refractor 14 - 1:82 1:42
Prominent Figures Home Runs 10 70 1:1749 ?
Prominent Figures Slugging Percentage 10 847 1:145 ?
Prominent Figures Batting Average 10 424 1:289 ?
Prominent Figures Runs Batted In 10 190 1:644 ?
Prominent Figures Total Bases 10 457 1:268 ?
Leading Indicators 10 - 1:24 1:10
Team Finest Blue 10 1500 1:82 1:38
Team Finest Red 10 500 N/A 1:25
Team Finest Gold 10 250 N/A 1:51
Team Finest Blue Refractor 10 150 1:816 1:377
Team Finest Red Refractor 10 50 N/A 1:254
Team Finest Gold Refractor 10 25 N/A 1:510

Series Two

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds HTA Odds
Base 150 - ? ?
short set 100 - ? ?
Short-Prints 50 - one-per-pack two-per-pack
Refractors 150 - 1:12 1:5
Gold Refractors 150 100 varies varies
Team Finest Blue 10 1500 1:57 1:26
Team Finest Red 10 500 N/A 1:18
Team Finest Gold 10 250 N/A 1:37
Team Finest Blue Refractor 10 150 1:571 1:263
Team Finest Red Refractor 10 50 N/A 1:182
Team Finest Gold Refractor 10 25 N/A 1:369
Peel and Reveal Sparkle 20 - 1:30 1:15
Peel and Reveal Hyperplaid 20 - 1:60 1:30
Peel and Reveal Stadium Stars 20 - 1:120 1:60
Future's Finest 10 500 1:171 ?
Aaron Award Contenders 9 - varies varies
Aaron Award Contenders Refractor 9 - varies varies
Complements Half Refractor 7 - 1:56 1:27
Complements Full Refractor 7 - 1:168 1:81
Double Feature Half Refractor 7 - 1:56 1:27
Double Feature Full Refractor 7 - 1:168 1:81
Franchise Records 10 - 1:129 1:63
Franchise Records Refractor 10 - 1:378 1:189
Milestones 40 varies 1:29 ?

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

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  • 1 Darin Erstad
  • 2 Javy Lopez
  • 3 Vinny Castilla
  • 4 Jim Thome
  • 5 Tino Martinez
  • 6 Mark Grace
  • 7 Shawn Green
  • 8 Dustin Hermanson
  • 9 Kevin Young
  • 10 Tony Clark
  • 11 Scott Brosius
  • 12 Craig Biggio
  • 13 Brian McRae
  • 14 Chan Ho Park
  • 15 Manny Ramirez
  • 16 Chipper Jones
  • 17 Rico Brogna
  • 18 Quinton McCracken
  • 19 J.T. Snow
  • 20 Tony Gwynn
  • 21 Juan Guzman
  • 22 John Valentin
  • 23 Rick Helling
  • 24 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 25 Frank Thomas
  • 26 Jorge Posada
  • 27 Dmitri Young
  • 28 Rick Reed
  • 29 Kevin Tapani
  • 30 Troy Glaus
  • 31 Kenny Rogers
  • 32 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 33 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 34 Mike Mussina
  • 35 Scott Rolen
  • 36 Neifi Perez
  • 37 Brad Radke
  • 38 Darryl Strawberry
  • 39 Robb Nen
  • 40 Moises Alou
  • 41 Eric Young
  • 42 Livan Hernandez
  • 43 John Wetteland
  • 44 Matt Lawton
  • 45 Ben Grieve
  • 46 Fernando Tatis
  • 47 Travis Fryman
  • 48 David Segui
  • 49 Bobby Abreu
  • 50 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 51 Paul O'Neill
  • 52 Jeff King
  • 53 Francisco Cordova
  • 54 John Olerud
  • 55 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 56 Fernando Vina
  • 57 Shane Reynolds
  • 58 Chuck Finley
  • 59 Rondell White
  • 60 Greg Vaughn
  • 61 Ryan Minor
  • 62 Tom Gordon
  • 63 Damion Easley
  • 64 Ray Durham
  • 65 Orlando Hernandez
  • 66 Bartolo Colon
  • 67 Jaret Wright
  • 68 Royce Clayton
  • 69 Tim Salmon
  • 70 Mark McGwire
  • 71 Alex Gonzalez
  • 72 Tom Glavine
  • 73 Dave Justice
  • 74 Omar Vizquel
  • 75 Juan Gonzalez
  • 76 Bob Higginson
  • 77 Todd Walker
  • 78 Dante Bichette
  • 79 Kevin Millwood
  • 80 Roger Clemens
  • 81 Kerry Wood
  • 82 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 83 Jay Bell
  • 84 Barry Bonds
  • 85 Alex Rodriguez
  • 86 Doug Glanville
  • 87 Jason Kendall
  • 88 Sean Casey
  • 89 Aaron Sele
  • 90 Derek Jeter
  • 91 Andy Ashby
  • 92 Rusty Greer
  • 93 Rod Beck
  • 94 Matt Williams
  • 95 Mike Piazza
  • 96 Wally Joyner
  • 97 Barry Larkin
  • 98 Eric Milton
  • 99 Gary Sheffield
  • 100 Greg Maddux

Gems

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  • 101 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 102 Frank Thomas
  • 103 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 104 Mark McGwire
  • 105 Alex Rodriguez
  • 106 Tony Gwynn
  • 107 Juan Gonzalez
  • 108 Jeff Bagwell
  • 109 Sammy Sosa
  • 110 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 111 Roger Clemens
  • 112 Barry Bonds
  • 113 Darin Erstad
  • 114 Mike Piazza
  • 115 Derek Jeter
  • 116 Chipper Jones
  • 117 Larry Walker
  • 118 Scott Rolen
  • 119 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 120 Greg Maddux

Sensations

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  • 121 Troy Glaus
  • 122 Ben Grieve
  • 123 Ryan Minor
  • 124 Kerry Wood
  • 125 Travis Lee
  • 126 Adrian Beltre
  • 127 Brad Fullmer
  • 128 Aramis Ramirez
  • 129 Eric Chavez
  • 130 Todd Helton

Rookies

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  • 131 Pat Burrell ROOK RC
  • 132 Ryan Mills ROOK RC*
  • 133 Austin Kearns ROOK RC
  • 134 Josh McKinley ROOK RC*
  • 135 Adam Everett ROOK RC
  • 136 Marlon Anderson ROOK
  • 137 Bruce Chen ROOK
  • 138 Matt Clement ROOK
  • 139 Alex Gonzalez ROOK
  • 140 Roy Halladay ROOK
  • 141 Calvin Pickering ROOK
  • 142 Randy Wolf ROOK
  • 143 Ryan Anderson ROOK
  • 144 Ruben Mateo ROOK
  • 145 Alex Escobar ROOK RC
  • 146 Jeremy Giambi ROOK
  • 147 Lance Berkman ROOK
  • 148 Michael Barrett ROOK
  • 149 Preston Wilson ROOK
  • 150 Gabe Kapler ROOK

Series Two

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  • 151 Roger Clemens
  • 152 Jay Buhner
  • 153 Brad Fullmer
  • 154 Ray Lankford
  • 155 Jim Edmonds
  • 156 Jason Giambi
  • 157 Bret Boone
  • 158 Jeff Cirillo
  • 159 Rickey Henderson
  • 160 Edgar Martinez
  • 161 Ron Gant
  • 162 Mark Kotsay
  • 163 Trevor Hoffman
  • 164 Jason Schmidt
  • 165 Brett Tomko
  • 166 David Ortiz
  • 167 Dean Palmer
  • 168 Hideki Irabu
  • 169 Mike Cameron
  • 170 Pedro Martinez
  • 171 Tom Goodwin
  • 172 Brian Hunter
  • 173 Al Leiter
  • 174 Charles Johnson
  • 175 Curt Schilling
  • 176 Robin Ventura
  • 177 Travis Lee
  • 178 Jeff Shaw
  • 179 Ugueth Urbina
  • 180 Roberto Alomar
  • 181 Cliff Floyd
  • 182 Adrian Beltre
  • 183 Tony Womack
  • 184 Brian Jordan
  • 185 Randy Johnson
  • 186 Mickey Morandini
  • 187 Todd Hundley
  • 188 Jose Valentin
  • 189 Eric Davis
  • 190 Ken Caminiti
  • 191 David Wells
  • 192 Ryan Klesko
  • 193 Garret Anderson
  • 194 Eric Karros
  • 195 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 196 Aramis Ramirez
  • 197 Mike Lieberthal
  • 198 Will Clark
  • 199 Rey Ordonez
  • 200 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 201 Jose Guillen
  • 202 Scott Erickson
  • 203 Paul Konerko
  • 204 Johnny Damon
  • 205 Larry Walker
  • 206 Denny Neagle
  • 207 Jose Offerman
  • 208 Andy Pettitte
  • 209 Bobby Jones
  • 210 Kevin Brown
  • 211 John Smoltz
  • 212 Henry Rodriguez
  • 213 Tim Belcher
  • 214 Carlos Delgado
  • 215 Andruw Jones
  • 216 Andy Benes
  • 217 Fred McGriff
  • 218 Edgar Renteria
  • 219 Miguel Tejada
  • 220 Bernie Williams
  • 221 Justin Thompson
  • 222 Marty Cordova
  • 223 Delino DeShields
  • 224 Ellis Burks
  • 225 Kenny Lofton
  • 226 Steve Finley
  • 227 Eric Chavez
  • 228 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • 229 Marquis Grissom
  • 230 Jeff Bagwell
  • 231 Jose Canseco
  • 232 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 233 Richie Sexson
  • 234 Jeff Kent
  • 235 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 236 David Cone
  • 237 Gregg Jefferies
  • 238 Mike Lansing
  • 239 Mariano Rivera
  • 240 Albert Belle
  • 241 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 242 Derek Bell
  • 243 Pat Hentgen
  • 244 Andres Galarraga
  • 245 Mo Vaughn
  • 246 Wade Boggs
  • 247 Devon White
  • 248 Todd Helton
  • 249 Raul Mondesi
  • 250 Sammy Sosa

Sterling

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  • 251 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 252 Mark McGwire
  • 253 Alex Rodriguez
  • 254 Juan Gonzalez
  • 255 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 256 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 257 Mike Piazza
  • 258 Derek Jeter
  • 259 Albert Belle
  • 260 Greg Vaughn
  • 261 Sammy Sosa
  • 262 Greg Maddux
  • 263 Frank Thomas
  • 264 Mark Grace
  • 265 Ivan Rodriguez

Gamers

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  • 266 Roger Clemens
  • 267 Mo Vaughn
  • 268 Jim Thome
  • 269 Darin Erstad
  • 270 Chipper Jones
  • 271 Larry Walker
  • 272 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 273 Scott Rolen
  • 274 Randy Johnson
  • 275 Tony Gwynn
  • 276 Barry Bonds

Rookies

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  • 277 Sean Burroughs ROOK RC
  • 278 J.M. Gold ROOK RC*
  • 279 Carlos Lee ROOK
  • 280 George Lombard ROOK
  • 281 Carlos Beltran ROOK
  • 282 Fernando Seguignol ROOK
  • 283 Eric Chavez ROOK
  • 284 Carlos Pena ROOK RC
  • 285 Corey Patterson ROOK RC
  • 286 Alfonso Soriano ROOK RC
  • 287 Nick Johnson ROOK RC
  • 288 Jorge Toca ROOK RC
  • 289 A.J. Burnett ROOK RC
  • 290 Andy Brown ROOK RC*
  • 291 Doug Mientkiewicz ROOK RC
  • 292 Bobby Seay ROOK RC*
  • 293 Chip Ambres ROOK RC
  • 294 C.C. Sabathia ROOK RC
  • 295 Choo Freeman ROOK RC
  • 296 Eric Valent ROOK RC
  • 297 Matt Belisle ROOK RC
  • 298 Jason Tyner ROOK RC
  • 299 Masao Kida ROOK RC

Home Run Kings

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  • 300 Hank Aaron / Mark McGwire

Parallels

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All 300 cards are available in the following parallels.

  • Refractors
  • Gold Refractors (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

Inserts

Split Screen

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This 14-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology. On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half. There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards.

In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.

  • SS1 Mark McGwire / Sammy Sosa
  • SS2 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Alex Rodriguez
  • SS3 Nomar Garciaparra / Derek Jeter
  • SS4 Barry Bonds / Albert Belle
  • SS5 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Tony Gwynn
  • SS6 Manny Ramirez / Juan Gonzalez
  • SS7 Frank Thomas / Andres Galarraga
  • SS8 Scott Rolen / Chipper Jones
  • SS9 Ivan Rodriguez / Mike Piazza
  • SS10 Kerry Wood / Roger Clemens
  • SS11 Greg Maddux / Tom Glavine
  • SS12 Troy Glaus / Eric Chavez
  • SS13 Ben Grieve / Todd Helton
  • SS14 Travis Lee / Pat Burrell

Prominent Figures

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This 50-card, Series One set features ten superstars in each of five statistical categories and printed with Refractor technology. Each card is serial-numbered to the single season record in that particular category. The categories are:

  • Home Runs (1:1749 packs, serial-numbered to 70)
  • Slugging Percentage (1:145, serial-numbered to 847)
  • Batting Average (1:289, serial-numbered to 424)
  • Runs Batted In (1:644, serial-numbered to 190)
  • Total Bases (1:268, serial-numbered to 457
  • PF1 Mark McGwire HR 70
  • PF2 Sammy Sosa HR 70
  • PF3 Ken Griffey, Jr. HR 70
  • PF4 Mike Piazza HR 70
  • PF5 Juan Gonzalez HR 70
  • PF6 Greg Vaughn HR 70
  • PF7 Alex Rodriguez HR 70
  • PF8 Manny Ramirez HR 70
  • PF9 Jeff Bagwell HR 70
  • PF10 Andres Galarraga HR 70
  • PF11 Mark McGwire SLG 847
  • PF12 Sammy Sosa SLG 847
  • PF13 Juan Gonzalez SLG 847
  • PF14 Ken Griffey, Jr. SLG 847
  • PF15 Barry Bonds SLG 847
  • PF16 Greg Vaughn SLG 847
  • PF17 Larry Walker SLG 847
  • PF18 Andres Galarraga SLG 847
  • PF19 Jeff Bagwell SLG 847
  • PF20 Albert Belle SLG 847
  • PF21 Tony Gwynn BAT 424
  • PF22 Mike Piazza BAT 424
  • PF23 Larry Walker BAT 424
  • PF24 Alex Rodriguez BAT 424
  • PF25 John Olerud BAT 424
  • PF26 Frank Thomas BAT 424
  • PF27 Bernie Williams BAT 424
  • PF28 Chipper Jones BAT 424
  • PF29 Jim Thome BAT 424
  • PF30 Barry Bonds BAT 424
  • PF31 Juan Gonzalez RBI 190
  • PF32 Sammy Sosa RBI 190
  • PF33 Mark McGwire RBI 190
  • PF34 Albert Belle RBI 190
  • PF35 Ken Griffey, Jr. RBI 190
  • PF36 Jeff Bagwell RBI 190
  • PF37 Chipper Jones RBI 190
  • PF38 Vinny Castilla RBI 190
  • PF39 Alex Rodriguez RBI 190
  • PF40 Andres Galarraga RBI 190
  • PF41 Sammy Sosa TB 457
  • PF42 Mark McGwire TB 457
  • PF43 Albert Belle TB 457
  • PF44 Ken Griffey, Jr. TB 457
  • PF45 Jeff Bagwell TB 457
  • PF46 Juan Gonzalez TB 457
  • PF47 Barry Bonds TB 457
  • PF48 Vladimir Guerrero TB 457
  • PF49 Larry Walker TB 457
  • PF50 Alex Rodriguez TB 457

Leading Indicators

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Inserted into Series One packs, this 10-card set highlights the 1998 home run totals of superstar players and printed on cards using a heat-sensitive, thermal-ink technology. When a collector touched the baseball field background in left, center, or right field, the heat from his finger revealed the pictured player's '98 home run totals in that direction.

  • L1 Mark McGwire
  • L2 Sammy Sosa
  • L3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • L4 Greg Vaughn
  • L5 Albert Belle
  • L6 Juan Gonzalez
  • L7 Andres Galarraga
  • L8 Alex Rodriguez
  • L9 Barry Bonds
  • L10 Jeff Bagwell

Team Finest

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The first 10 cards were distributed in first series packs and 11-20 in second series packs, and are available in the following parallels.

  • Blue (serial-numbered to 1500 copies)
  • Red (serial-numbered to 500)
  • Gold (serial-numbered to 250)
  • Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150)
  • Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 50)
  • Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 25)

The Red, Red Refractor, Gold, and Gold Refractors are exclusive to Jumbo packs.

  • TF1 Greg Maddux
  • TF2 Mark McGwire
  • TF3 Sammy Sosa
  • TF4 Juan Gonzalez
  • TF5 Alex Rodriguez
  • TF6 Travis Lee
  • TF7 Roger Clemens
  • TF8 Darin Erstad
  • TF9 Todd Helton
  • TF10 Mike Piazza
  • TF11 Kerry Wood
  • TF12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • TF13 Frank Thomas
  • TF14 Jeff Bagwell
  • TF15 Nomar Garciaparra
  • TF16 Derek Jeter
  • TF17 Chipper Jones
  • TF18 Barry Bonds
  • TF19 Tony Gwynn
  • TF20 Ben Grieve

Peel and Reveal

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All cards in this acetate set came covered with an opaque coating on both sides of the card that must be peeled off. Each card is available in the following parallels.

  • Sparkle (common)
  • Hyperplaid (uncommon)
  • Stadium Star (rare)
  • PR1 Kerry Wood
  • PR2 Mark McGwire
  • PR3 Sammy Sosa
  • PR4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • PR5 Nomar Garciaparra
  • PR6 Greg Maddux
  • PR7 Derek Jeter
  • PR8 Andres Galarraga
  • PR9 Alex Rodriguez
  • PR10 Frank Thomas
  • PR11 Roger Clemens
  • PR12 Juan Gonzalez
  • PR13 Ben Grieve
  • PR14 Jeff Bagwell
  • PR15 Todd Helton
  • PR16 Chipper Jones
  • PR17 Barry Bonds
  • PR18 Travis Lee
  • PR19 Vladimir Guerrero
  • PR20 Pat Burrell

Future's Finest

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Each of these Series Two cards is serial-numbered to 500 copies.

  • FF1 Pat Burrell
  • FF2 Troy Glaus
  • FF3 Eric Chavez
  • FF4 Ryan Anderson
  • FF5 Ruben Mateo
  • FF6 Gabe Kapler
  • FF7 Alex Gonzalez
  • FF8 Michael Barrett
  • FF9 Adrian Beltre
  • FF10 Fernando Seguignol

Aaron Award Contenders

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Randomly inserted into Series Two packs at different rates depending on the player, this nine-card set features players vying for the Hank Aaron Award. Card #HA1 is the toughest to pull and each card gets progressively easier to pull as you go down the checklist. These cards are also available as a Refractor, which is also structured the same as the regular inserts.

The specific odds of finding an Aaron Award Contenders card are as follows.

  • HA1 1:216 wax, 1:108 HTA
  • HA2 1:108 wax, 1:54 HTA
  • HA3 1:72 wax, 1:36 HTA
  • HA4 1:54 wax, 1:27 HTA
  • HA5 1:43 wax, 1:21 HTA
  • HA6 1:36 wax, 1:18 HTA
  • HA7 1:31 wax, 1:15 HTA
  • HA8 1:27 wax, 1:13 HTA
  • HA9 1:24 wax, 1:12 HTA

The specific odds of finding an Aaron Award Contenders Refractor are as follows.

  • HA1 1:1728 wax, 1:864 HTA
  • HA2 1:864 wax, 1:432 HTA
  • HA3 1:576 wax, 1:288 HTA
  • HA4 1:432 wax, 1:216 HTA
  • HA5 1:344 wax, 1:172 HTA
  • HA6 1:288 wax, 1:144 HTA
  • HA7 1:248 wax, 1:124 HTA
  • HA8 1:216 wax, 1:108 HTA
  • HA9 1:192 wax, 1:96 HTA
  • HA1 Juan Gonzalez
  • HA2 Vladimir Guerrero
  • HA3 Nomar Garciaparra
  • HA4 Albert Belle
  • HA5 Frank Thomas
  • HA6 Sammy Sosa
  • HA7 Alex Rodriguez
  • HA8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • HA9 Mark McGwire

Complements

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This seven-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology. On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half. There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards.

In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.

  • C1 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez
  • C2 Tony Gwynn / Wade Boggs
  • C3 Kerry Wood / Roger Clemens
  • C4 Juan Gonzalez / Sammy Sosa
  • C5 Derek Jeter / Nomar Garciaparra
  • C6 Mark McGwire / Frank Thomas
  • C7 Vladimir Guerrero / Andruw Jones

Double Feature

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This seven-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology. On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half. There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards.

In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.

  • DF1 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Alex Rodriguez
  • DF2 Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones
  • DF3 Darin Erstad / Mo Vaughn
  • DF4 Craig Biggio / Jeff Bagwell
  • DF5 Ben Grieve / Eric Chavez
  • DF6 Albert Belle / Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • DF7 Scott Rolen / Pat Burrell

Franchise Records

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This ten-card set features all-time and single-season franchise statistic holders. Also available as a Refractor.

  • FR1 Frank Thomas
  • FR2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • FR3 Mark McGwire
  • FR4 Juan Gonzalez
  • FR5 Nomar Garciaparra
  • FR6 Mike Piazza
  • FR7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • FR8 Sammy Sosa
  • FR9 Barry Bonds
  • FR10 Tony Gwynn

Milestones

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Similar to the Prominent Figures insert in Series One, this 40-card set features the players who have the highest statistics in four categories: Hits, Home Runs, RBI and Doubles. The cards are printed with Refractor technology and are serial-numbered based on the category as follows: Hits to 3000, Home Runs to 500, RBI to 1400, and Doubles to 500.

  • M1 Tony Gwynn H 3000
  • M2 Cal Ripken, Jr. H 3000
  • M3 Wade Boggs H 3000
  • M4 Ken Griffey, Jr. H 3000
  • M5 Frank Thomas H 3000
  • M6 Barry Bonds H 3000
  • M7 Travis Lee H 3000
  • M8 Alex Rodriguez H 3000
  • M9 Derek Jeter H 3000
  • M10 Vladimir Guerrero H 3000
  • M11 Mark McGwire HR 500
  • M12 Ken Griffey, Jr. HR 500
  • M13 Vladimir Guerrero HR 500
  • M14 Alex Rodriguez HR 500
  • M15 Barry Bonds HR 500
  • M16 Sammy Sosa HR 500
  • M17 Albert Belle HR 500
  • M18 Frank Thomas HR 500
  • M19 Jose Canseco HR 500
  • M20 Mike Piazza HR 500
  • M21 Jeff Bagwell RBI 1400
  • M22 Barry Bonds RBI 1400
  • M23 Ken Griffey, Jr. RBI 1400
  • M24 Albert Belle RBI 1400
  • M25 Juan Gonzalez RBI 1400
  • M26 Vinny Castilla RBI 1400
  • M27 Mark McGwire RBI 1400
  • M28 Alex Rodriguez RBI 1400
  • M29 Nomar Garciaparra RBI 1400
  • M30 Frank Thomas RBI 1400
  • M31 Barry Bonds 2B 500
  • M32 Albert Belle 2B 500
  • M33 Ben Grieve 2B 500
  • M34 Craig Biggio 2B 500
  • M35 Vladimir Guerrero 2B 500
  • M36 Nomar Garciaparra 2B 500
  • M37 Alex Rodriguez 2B 500
  • M38 Derek Jeter 2B 500
  • M39 Ken Griffey, Jr. 2B 500
  • M40 Brad Fullmer 2B 500
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