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=Distribution= | =Distribution= | ||
Baseball America: 18 packs per box, six cards per pack. | |||
Diamond Best: Six packs plus one Bammer per box, six cards per pack. | |||
=Reviews= | =Reviews= | ||
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=Checklist= | =Checklist= | ||
==Promos== | |||
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This five-card set was issued to promote the upcoming Baseball America set. | |||
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===Diamond Best=== | |||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best---Salvinos-Rookie-Bammers---Promotional/JDDR/JD-Drew.jpg?id=e42d4b14-3120-4954-955e-d9dd9e10b718&size=original&side=front&.jpg | |||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best---Salvinos-Rookie-Bammers---Promotional/JDDR/JD-Drew.jpg?id=e42d4b14-3120-4954-955e-d9dd9e10b718&size=original&side=back&.jpg | |||
Promo cards for the Diamond Best and Bammers inserts are known to exist. | |||
==Base Set== | ==Base Set== | ||
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==Parallels== | ==Parallels== | ||
Randomly inserted into each Baseball America Hobby box was one parallel, packaged as a box topper. All 100 base cards are available in the following parallels. | |||
* Silver (serial-numbered to 150 copies) | |||
* Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies) | |||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best-Baseball-Americas-Top-Prospects---Base---Silver/72/Pablo-Ozuna.jpg?id=4a27005e-03f6-4768-8a43-f48675c5fd6f&size=original&side=front&.jpg | |||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best-Baseball-Americas-Top-Prospects---Base---Gold/7/Bronson-Arroyo.jpg?id=6a5842a2-f355-4eb9-96b0-6876e3883469&size=original&side=front&.jpg | |||
===Diamond Best=== | |||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best-Baseball-Americas-Top-Prospects---Base---Diamond-Best-Silver/38/Todd-Dunn.jpg?id=2a9d04c7-aa97-4519-936c-e1d10b211f21&size=original&side=front&.jpg | |||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best-Baseball-Americas-Top-Prospects---Base---Diamond-Best-Gold/61/Corey-Lee.jpg?id=cb2d9f8d-8f7e-4b2f-a750-1ef8cc1970d3&size=original&side=front&.jpg | |||
All base cards from Diamond Best packs are stamped in silver foil with a special logo. Gold foil stamped cards were randomly inserted into packs. | |||
==Inserts== | ==Inserts== | ||
'''NOTE:''' All inserts EXCEPT League MVPs, Diamond Best, and Bammers are exclusive to Baseball America packs. | |||
===League MVPs=== | ===League MVPs=== | ||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best-Baseball-Americas-Top-Prospects---League-MVPs/1/Brian-August.jpg?id=ca964163-8cb7-4a85-b371-3e2f4e30e0cf&size=original&side=front&.jpg | |||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best-Baseball-Americas-Top-Prospects---League-MVPs/1/Brian-August.jpg?id=ca964163-8cb7-4a85-b371-3e2f4e30e0cf&size=original&side=back&.jpg | |||
This set is available in BOTH Baseball America AND Diamond Best packs. | |||
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Baseball America League MVPs'); | SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Baseball America League MVPs') | ||
ORDER BY num +0 ASC; | |||
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===Possibilities=== | ===Possibilities=== | ||
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best---Possibilities/3/Ryan-Minor-Ryan-Bradley.jpg?id=4779dce1-8972-4329-ad83-e2edfe7921a0&size=original&side=back&.jpg | |||
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = ' | SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Team Best Possibilities') | ||
ORDER BY num +0 ASC; | |||
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=== | ===Scouts Choice/All-Stars=== | ||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best---Scouts-Choice/3/Pat-Burrell.jpg?id=e46ac88c-56bf-4df3-b999-a85f850b07e2&size=original&side=front&.jpg | |||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best---Scouts-Choice/3/Pat-Burrell.jpg?id=e46ac88c-56bf-4df3-b999-a85f850b07e2&size=original&side=back&.jpg | |||
Scouts Choice/All-Stars are, for all intents in purposes, the same exact set, with the same checklist, and the same design -- the only difference is the name. Scouts Choice are exclusive to Baseball America Hobby packs, which All-Stars are exclusive to Baseball America retail packs. | |||
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = ' | SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Team Best Scouts Choice'); | ||
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=== | |||
===Diamond Best=== | |||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best-Diamond-Edition---Diamond-Best/10/Alfonso-Soriano.jpg?id=5918d4de-5718-4ead-9276-a8b98a0490f4&size=original&side=front&.jpg | |||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best-Diamond-Edition---Diamond-Best/10/Alfonso-Soriano.jpg?id=5918d4de-5718-4ead-9276-a8b98a0490f4&size=original&side=back&.jpg | |||
This set is exclusive to Diamond Best packs. | |||
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = ' | SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Team Best Diamond Best'); | ||
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===Bammers=== | ===Bammers=== | ||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best---Salvinos-Rookie-Bammers/RYAN/Ryan-Anderson.jpg?id=e4bce13c-58dc-4bf4-8dfe-d8ac6564c10b&size=original&side=front&.jpg | |||
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1999/Team-Best---Salvinos-Rookie-Bammers/RYAN/Ryan-Anderson.jpg?id=e4bce13c-58dc-4bf4-8dfe-d8ac6564c10b&size=original&side=back&.jpg | |||
Inserted into each Diamond Best box was a 9" Bammer doll -- this was the height of the Beanie Baby craze, after all. Packaged with each Bammer is a corresponding trading card, which is serial-numbered to 10,000 copies. | |||
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SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = ' | SELECT num,player,info FROM cards WHERE (year = 1999) AND (setname = 'Team Best Rookie Bammers'); | ||
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==Autographs== | ==Autographs== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:23, 4 May 2023
Description
1999 Baseball America is a 100-card set produced by Team Best in association with the magazine of the same name in June, 1999. In October, Team Best re-released this product under the name "Team Best Diamond Best Edition," in which each Hobby box contained a Salvino's Bammer toy.
Distribution
Baseball America: 18 packs per box, six cards per pack.
Diamond Best: Six packs plus one Bammer per box, six cards per pack.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Diamond Best Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 100 | - | 6:1 | N/A |
| Diamond Best | 100 | - | N/A | 6:1 |
| Diamond Best Gold | 50 | - | N/A | ? |
| League MVPs | 10 | - | 1:19 | 1:19 |
| Possibilities | 5 | - | 1:19 | N/A |
| Scout's Choice | 10 | - | 1:90 | N/A |
| All-Stars | 10 | - | 1:90 | N/A |
| Diamond Best | 10 | - | N/A | 1:30 |
| Autographs | 44 | - | 1:9 | N/A |
Checklist
Promos
This five-card set was issued to promote the upcoming Baseball America set.
- NNO B - Lance Berkman
- NNO Ryan Minor (Scout's Choice)
- NNO Marcus Giles MVP
- NNO Pat Burrell (Possibilities)
- NNO Rick Ankiel (A)
Diamond Best
Promo cards for the Diamond Best and Bammers inserts are known to exist.
Base Set
- 1 Paul Ah Yat
- 2 Efrain Alamo
- 3 Chip Alley
- 4 Ryan Anderson
- 5 Rick Ankiel
- 6 Tony Armas
- 7 Bronson Arroyo
- 8 Mike Bacsik
- 9 Kevin Barker
- 10 Fletcher Bates
- 11 Rob Bell
- 12 Ron Belliard
- 13 Peter Bergeron
- 14 Lance Berkman
- 15 Nick Bierbrodt
- 16 Milton Bradley
- 17 Russell Branyan
- 18 Pat Burrell
- 19 Sean Burroughs
- 20 Brent Butler
- 21 Bruce Chen
- 22 Chin-Feng Chen
- 23 Giuseppe Chiaramonte
- 24 Jin Ho Cho
- 25 Francis Collins
- 26 Joe Crede
- 27 Cesar Crespo
- 28 Bubba Crosby
- 29 Michael Cuddyer
- 30 Ben Davis
- 31 Tim DeCinces
- 32 Tomas De La Rosa
- 33 Octavio Dotel
- 34 Kelly Dransfeldt
- 35 Tim Drew
- 36 Matt Drews
- 37 Mike Drumright
- 38 Todd Dunn
- 39 Chad Durham
- 40 Alex Eckelman
- 41 Chris Enochs
- 42 Cordell Farley
- 43 Franky Figueroa
- 44 Joe Fontenot
- 45 Eric Gillespie
- 46 Mike Glavine
- 47 Jason Grote
- 48 Jerry Hairston
- 49 Toby Hall
- 50 Chad Harville
- 51 Alex Hernandez
- 52 Junior Herndon
- 53 Mike Huelsmann
- 54 Aubrey Huff
- 55 Chad Hutchinson
- 56 Jamie Jones
- 57 Kenny Kelly
- 58 Scott Krause
- 59 Jason LaRue
- 60 Carlos Lee
- 61 Corey Lee
- 62 Willie Martinez
- 63 Ruben Mateo
- 64 Darnell McDonald
- 65 Cody McKay
- 66 Dan McKinley
- 67 Jackson Melian
- 68 Jason Middlebrook
- 69 Ryan Minor
- 70 Mark Mulder
- 71 Vladimir Nunez
- 72 Pablo Ozuna
- 73 Corey Patterson
- 74 John Patterson
- 75 Josh Paul
- 76 Angel Pena
- 77 Carlos Pena
- 78 Juan Pena
- 79 Brad Penny
- 80 Kyle Peterson
- 81 Ben Petrick
- 82 Calvin Pickering
- 83 Arquimedez Pozo
- 84 Paul Rigdon
- 85 Grant Roberts
- 86 Nate Rolison
- 87 Damian Rolls
- 88 Ryan Rupe
- 89 Jose Santos
- 90 Todd Sears
- 91 Fernando Seguignol
- 92 Brett Taft
- 93 Chris Truby
- 94 Jayson Werth
- 95 Matt White
- 96 Todd Williams
- 97 Cliff Wilson
- 98 Randy Wolf
- 99 Kelly Wunsch
- 100 Mike Zywica
Parallels
Randomly inserted into each Baseball America Hobby box was one parallel, packaged as a box topper. All 100 base cards are available in the following parallels.
- Silver (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
- Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Diamond Best
All base cards from Diamond Best packs are stamped in silver foil with a special logo. Gold foil stamped cards were randomly inserted into packs.
Inserts
NOTE: All inserts EXCEPT League MVPs, Diamond Best, and Bammers are exclusive to Baseball America packs.
League MVPs
This set is available in BOTH Baseball America AND Diamond Best packs.
- 1 Brian August
- 2 Joe Crede
- 3 Shawn Gallagher
- 4 Jay Gibbons
- 5 Marcus Giles
- 6 Jason Hart
- 7 Tyrone Horne
- 8 Pablo Ozuna
- 9 Brad Penny
- 10 Calvin Pickering
Possibilities
- 1 Ryan Anderson / Calvin Pickering
- 2 Rick Ankiel / Chad Hermansen
- 3 Ryan Bradley / Ryan Minor
- 4 John Patterson / Lance Berkman
- 5 Brad Penny / Pat Burrell
Scouts Choice/All-Stars
Scouts Choice/All-Stars are, for all intents in purposes, the same exact set, with the same checklist, and the same design -- the only difference is the name. Scouts Choice are exclusive to Baseball America Hobby packs, which All-Stars are exclusive to Baseball America retail packs.
- 1 Rick Ankiel
- 2 Lance Berkman
- 3 Pat Burrell
- 4 Octavio Dotel
- 5 Alex Escobar
- 6 George Lombard
- 7 Ruben Mateo
- 8 Ryan Minor
- 9 Pablo Ozuna
- 10 Dernell Stenson
Diamond Best
This set is exclusive to Diamond Best packs.
- 1 Ryan Anderson
- 2 Pat Burrell
- 3 Bruce Chen
- 4 Mike Darr
- 5 Octavio Dotel
- 6 Jason LaRue
- 7 Damon Minor
- 8 Kyle Peterson
- 9 Fernando Seguignol
- 10 Alfonso Soriano
Bammers
Inserted into each Diamond Best box was a 9" Bammer doll -- this was the height of the Beanie Baby craze, after all. Packaged with each Bammer is a corresponding trading card, which is serial-numbered to 10,000 copies.
- 1 Ryan Anderson
- 2 Rick Ankiel
- 3 Lance Berkman
- 4 Pat Burrell
- 5 J.D. Drew
- 6 J.D. Drew