2004 Topps Pristine

Description

2004 Topps Pristine is a 188-card chromium-stock set released in October, 2004. As with the previous year's Pristine set, the last 90 cards in the base set make up a 30-player First-Year subset. Each of the 30 First-Year Players has three cards: Common, Uncommon (serial-numbered to 999 copies) and Rare (serial-numbered to 499 copies).

Each pack contains three mini packs. One pack will have an Uncirculated card, pack #2 a Relic, and the third pack six base cards -- at least two coming from the First-Year Player subset. Each Hobby box will contain, as box toppers, a "Pack #4" which will yield one "Pristine Mini" card, and a Gold Refractor.

Distribution

Five packs plus one "Pack #4" and one Gold Refractor per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $30). Six boxes per case. Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	188	-	6:1
short set	100	-	4:1
Common Rookies	30	-	2:1
Uncommon Rookies	29	999	1:2
Rare Rookies	29	499	1:4
Uncirculated Refractors short set	100	49	1:11
Uncirculated Common Rookie Refractors	30	999	?
Uncirculated Uncommon Rookie Refractors	30	399	1:5
Uncirculated Rare Rookie Refractors	30	49	1:35
Gold Refractors	190	41	one-per-box
Printing Plates	190	four for each	1:52
Mini	30	-	one-per-box
Fantasy Favorites Relics	35	-	?
Uncirculated Fantasy Favorites Relics Refractors	35	25	1:59
Going Going Gone Bat Relics	22	-	varies
Uncirculated Going Going Gone Bat Relics Refractors	22	25	1:93
Patch Place Relics	33	-	varies
Uncirculated Patch Place Relics Refractors	33	10	1:155
Key Acquisition Bat Relics	8	-	1:8
Uncirculated Key Acquisition Bat Relics Refractor	8	25	1:256
Mini Relics	10	100	1:51/boxes
1-2-3 Triple Relics	3	-	1:171
Uncirculated 1-2-3 Triple Relics Refractor	3	25	1:686
Personal Endorsements	28	-	varies
Personal Endorsements Gold	28	25	1:73
Two of a Kind Dual Autographs	2	13	1:3705

Checklist

Base Set

Veterans

• 1 Jim Thome
• 2 Ryan Klesko
• 3 Ichiro
• 4 Rocco Baldelli
• 5 Vernon Wells
• 6 Javier Vazquez
• 7 Billy Wagner
• 8 Jose Reyes
• 9 Lance Berkman
• 10 Alex Rodriguez
• 11 Pat Burrell
• 12 Mark Mulder
• 13 Mike Piazza
• 14 Miguel Cabrera
• 15 Larry Walker
• 16 Carlos Lee
• 17 Mark Prior
• 18 Pedro Martinez
• 19 Melvin Mora
• 20 Sammy Sosa
• 21 Bartolo Colon
• 22 Luis Gonzalez
• 23 Marcus Giles
• 24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 25 Ivan Rodriguez
• 26 Carlos Beltran
• 27 Geoff Jenkins
• 28 Nick Johnson
• 29 Gary Sheffield
• 30 Alfonso Soriano
• 31 Scott Rolen
• 32 Garret Anderson
• 33 Richie Sexson
• 34 Curt Schilling
• 35 Greg Maddux
• 36 Adam Dunn
• 37 Preston Wilson
• 38 Josh Beckett
• 39 Roy Oswalt
• 40 Derek Jeter
• 41 Jason Kendall
• 42 Bret Boone
• 43 Torii Hunter
• 44 Roy Halladay
• 45 Edgar Renteria
• 46 Troy Glaus
• 47 Chipper Jones
• 48 Manny Ramirez
• 49 C.C. Sabathia
• 50 Albert Pujols
• 51 Randy Wolf
• 52 Eric Chavez
• 53 Kevin Brown
• 54 Cliff Floyd
• 55 Jeff Bagwell
• 56 Frank Thomas
• 57 David Ortiz
• 58 Rafael Palmeiro
• 59 Randy Johnson
• 60 Vladimir Guerrero
• 61 Carlos Delgado
• 62 Hank Blalock
• 63 Jim Edmonds
• 64 Jason Schmidt
• 65 Mike Lieberthal
• 66 Tim Hudson
• 67 Jorge Posada
• 68 Jose Vidro
• 69 Eric Gagne
• 70 Roger Clemens
• 71 Mike Lowell
• 72 Dontrelle Willis
• 73 Austin Kearns
• 74 Kerry Wood
• 75 Miguel Tejada
• 76 Bobby Abreu
• 77 Edgar Martinez
• 78 Joe Mauer
• 79 Mike Sweeney
• 80 Jason Giambi
• 81 Mark Teixeira
• 82 Aubrey Huff
• 83 Brian Giles
• 84 Barry Zito
• 85 Mike Mussina
• 86 Brandon Webb
• 87 Andruw Jones
• 88 Javy Lopez
• 89 Bill Mueller
• 90 Scott Podsednik
• 91 Moises Alou
• 92 Esteban Loaiza
• 93 Magglio Ordonez
• 94 Jeff Kent
• 95 Todd Helton
• 96 Juan Pierre
• 97 Jody Gerut
• 98 Angel Berroa
• 99 Shawn Green
• 100 Nomar Garciaparra

First Year Players

Each Uncommon card is serial-numbered to 999 copies, and each Rare card is numbered to 499.

NOTE: It does not appear that cards #168 and #169 exist.

• 101 David Aardsma C RC
• 102 David Aardsma U
• 103 David Aardsma R
• 104 Erick Aybar C RC
• 105 Erick Aybar U
• 106 Erick Aybar R
• 107 Chad Bentz C RC
• 108 Chad Bentz U
• 109 Chad Bentz R
• 110 Travis Blackley C RC
• 111 Travis Blackley U
• 112 Travis Blackley R
• 113 Bobby Brownlie C RC
• 114 Bobby Brownlie U
• 115 Bobby Brownlie R
• 116 Alberto Callaspo C RC
• 117 Alberto Callaspo U
• 118 Alberto Callaspo R
• 119 Kaz Matsui C RC
• 120 Kaz Matsui U
• 121 Kaz Matsui R
• 122 Jesse Crain C RC
• 123 Jesse Crain U
• 124 Jesse Crain R
• 125 Howie Kendrick C RC
• 126 Howie Kendrick U
• 127 Howie Kendrick R
• 128 Blake Hawksworth C RC
• 129 Blake Hawksworth U
• 130 Blake Hawksworth R
• 131 Conor Jackson C RC
• 132 Conor Jackson U
• 133 Conor Jackson R
• 134 Paul Maholm C RC
• 135 Paul Maholm U
• 136 Paul Maholm R
• 137 Lastings Milledge C RC
• 138 Lastings Milledge U
• 139 Lastings Milledge R
• 140 Matt Moses C RC*
• 141 Matt Moses U
• 142 Matt Moses R
• 143 David Murphy C RC
• 144 David Murphy U
• 145 David Murphy R
• 146 Dioner Navarro C RC
• 147 Dioner Navarro U
• 148 Dioner Navarro R
• 149 Dustin Nippert C RC
• 150 Dustin Nippert U
• 151 Dustin Nippert R
• 152 Vito Chiaravalloti C RC*
• 153 Vito Chiaravalloti U
• 154 Vito Chiaravalloti R
• 155 Akinori Otsuka C RC
• 156 Akinori Otsuka U
• 157 Akinori Otsuka R
• 158 Casey Daigle C RC
• 159 Casey Daigle U
• 160 Casey Daigle R
• 161 Carlos Quentin C RC
• 162 Carlos Quentin U
• 163 Carlos Quentin R
• 164 Omar Quintanilla C RC
• 165 Omar Quintanilla U
• 166 Omar Quintanilla R
• 167 Chris Saenz C RC
• 168 Chris Saenz U
• 169 Chris Saenz R
• 170 Ervin Santana C RC
• 171 Ervin Santana U
• 172 Ervin Santana R
• 173 Chris Shelton C RC
• 174 Chris Shelton U
• 175 Chris Shelton R
• 176 Kyle Sleeth C RC*
• 177 Kyle Sleeth U
• 178 Kyle Sleeth R
• 179 Brad Snyder C RC
• 180 Brad Snyder U
• 181 Brad Snyder R
• 182 Tim Stauffer C RC
• 183 Tim Stauffer U
• 184 Tim Stauffer R
• 185 Shingo Takatsu C RC
• 186 Shingo Takatsu U
• 187 Shingo Takatsu R
• 188 Merkin Valdez C RC
• 189 Merkin Valdez U
• 190 Merkin Valdez R

Parallels

Uncirculated Refractor

All 188 base cards (not including #168 and #169) are available in the following Uncirculated Refractors.

• short set (cards #1-#100; serial-numbered to 49 copies)
• Common First-Year Player (serial-numbered to 999 copies)
• Uncommon First-Year Player (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
• Rare First-Year Player (serial-numbered to 49 copies)

Gold Refractor

Each sealed Hobby box contained one Gold Refractor packed as a box topper. All 188 base cards are available in a Gold Refractor, which is serial-numbered to 41 copies.

NOTE: All Gold Refractors have a serrated border.

Printing Plates

A set of four Printing Plates for each card were randomly inserted into packs.

Inserts

Minis

Each sealed Hobby box contained a "Pack #4" that will yield either a Mini or a Mini Relic (see below).

• AO Akinori Otsuka
• AP Albert Pujols
• AR Alex Rodriguez
• BH Blake Hawksworth
• CJ Chipper Jones
• CJA Conor Jackson
• DA David Aardsma
• DJ Derek Jeter
• DM David Murphy
• DN Dioner Navarro
• DW Dontrelle Willis
• EA Erick Aybar
• HK Howie Kendrick
• IS Ichiro
• JG Jason Giambi
• JT Jim Thome
• KM Kaz Matsui
• KS Kyle Sleeth
• KW Kerry Wood
• LM Lastings Milledge
• MM Matt Moses
• MP Mark Prior
• MPI Mike Piazza
• MV Merkin Valdez
• NG Nomar Garciaparra
• SS Sammy Sosa
• ST Shingo Takatsu
• TS Tim Stauffer
• VC Vito Chiaravalloti
• VG Vladimir Guerrero

Autographs & Game-Used

Fantasy Favorites Relics

Each Fantasy Favorites Relic is also available in an Uncirculated Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

• AB Angel Berroa BAT
• AJ Andruw Jones JSY
• AP Albert Pujols JSY
• AR Alex Rodriguez BAT
• BB Bret Boone JSY
• BW Brandon Webb UNI
• CD Carlos Delgado JSY
• CJ Chipper Jones JSY
• CK Corey Koskie BAT
• DJ Derek Jeter BAT
• EG Eric Gagne JSY
• FT Frank Thomas JSY
• JB Jeff Bagwell UNI
• JD Johnny Damon BAT
• JR Jimmy Rollins JSY
• JT Jim Thome UNI
• JV Jose Vidro BAT
• KL Kenny Lofton BAT
• KW Kerry Wood JSY
• LW Larry Walker JSY
• MA Moises Alou JSY
• MG Mark Grudzielanek BAT
• MP Mark Prior JSY
• MPI Mike Piazza JSY
• MT Mark Teixeira BAT
• NG Nomar Garciaparra JSY
• PM Pedro Martinez JSY
• PW Preston Wilson JSY
• RB Rocco Baldelli BAT
• RF Rafael Furcal BAT
• RFJ Rafael Furcal JSY
• SG Shawn Green JSY
• TH Tim Hudson JSY
• THE Todd Helton JSY
• VG Vladimir Guerrero BAT

Going Going Gone Bat Relics

The odds of finding a Going Going Gone Bat Relic are as follows.

• Group A: 1:6/packs
• Group B: 1:11/packs

Each Going Going Gone Bat Relic is also available in an Uncirculated Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

• AD Adam Dunn B
• AP Albert Pujols A
• AR Alex Rodriguez A
• AS Alfonso Soriano A
• BB Bret Boone A
• CJ Chipper Jones A
• DO David Ortiz B
• FT Frank Thomas B
• JG Juan Gonzalez A
• JJ Jacque Jones A
• JK Jeff Kent A
• JT Jim Thome A
• LB Lance Berkman A
• LG Luis Gonzalez A
• MO Magglio Ordonez A
• MP Mike Piazza B
• MR Manny Ramirez B
• RK Ryan Klesko B
• SR Scott Rolen A
• SS Sammy Sosa A
• TH Todd Helton
• VG Vladimir Guerrero A
• VW Vernon Wells A

Key Acquisition Bat Relics

Each Key Acquisition Bat Relic is also available in an Uncirculated Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

• AR Alex Rodriguez
• AS Alfonso Soriano
• GS Gary Sheffield
• HC Hee Seop Choi
• IR Ivan Rodriguez
• JG Juan Gonzalez
• JL Javy Lopez
• VG Vladimir Guerrero

Patch Place Relics

The odds of finding a Patch Place Relic are as follows.

• Group A: 1:30/packs
• Group B: 1:34/packs

Each Patch Place Relic is also available in an Uncirculated Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to ten copies.

• AD Adam Dunn A
• AJ Andruw Jones A
• AK Austin Kearns A
• AP Albert Pujols B
• BB Bret Boone B
• BZ Barry Zito A
• CC Chin-Feng Chen A
• CD Carlos Delgado A
• CJ Chipper Jones B
• DW Dontrelle Willis A
• EG Eric Gagne A
• FT Frank Thomas A
• JB Jeff Bagwell B
• JBE Josh Beckett B
• JR Jose Reyes A
• JS John Smoltz A
• KW Kerry Wood A
• LC Luis Castillo A
• LG Luis Gonzalez B
• ML Mike Lowell A
• MP Mark Prior B
• MPI Mike Piazza B
• NG Nomar Garciaparra A
• PL Paul Lo Duca A
• PM Pedro Martinez B
• PW Preston Wilson A
• RB Rocco Baldelli A
• RF Rafael Furcal A
• RJ Randy Johnson B
• SG Shawn Green A
• SS Sammy Sosa A
• TH Tim Hudson A
• THE Todd Helton B

1-2-3 Triple Relics

All 1-2-3 Triple Relics are also available in an Uncirculated Refractor parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

• BOS Johnny Damon / Bill Mueller / Nomar Garciaparra BAT / JSY / JSY
• CHC Mark Grudzielanek / Alex Gonzalez / Sammy Sosa BAT / BAT / BAT
• NYY Kenny Lofton / Derek Jeter / Alex Rodriguez BAT / BAT / BAT

Mini Relics

Each Mini Relic is serial-numbered to 100 copies and are exclusive to Pack #4.

• AP Albert Pujols JSY
• CJ Chipper Jones JSY
• EG Eric Gagne JSY
• JB Jeff Bagwell UNI
• KW Kerry Wood JSY
• MP Mark Prior JSY
• NG Nomar Garciaparra JSY
• PM Pedro Martinez JSY
• PW Preston Wilson JSY
• MPI Mike Piazza JSY

Personal Endorsements

The odds of finding a Personal Endorsements autograph are as follows.

• Group A: 1:39
• Group B: 1:41
• Group C: 1:7

Each Personal Endorsement is also available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

• AH Aubrey Huff C
• AR Alex Rodriguez A
• BC Bobby Crosby C
• BM Brett Myers A
• BW Brandon Webb B
• CJ Conor Jackson C
• CL Chris Lubanski C
• DA David Aardsma C
• DM Dustin McGowan C
• DY Delmon Young A
• EH Estee Harris C
• ES Ervin Santana C
• GA Garret Anderson A
• GS Gary Sheffield A
• GSI Grady Sizemore C
• HB Hank Blalock B
• IR Ivan Rodriguez A
• JF Jennie Finch A
• JM Joe Mauer B
• JP Jorge Posada A
• JV Javier Vazquez A
• LB Lance Berkman A
• MC Miguel Cabrera B
• MG Marcus Giles A
• SP Scott Podsednik B
• VC Vito Chiaravalloti C
• VG Vladimir Guerrero A
• WM Willie Mays A

Two of a Kind Dual Autographs

Some Two of a Kind Dual Autographs are serial-numbered to 13 copies. There is also an Alex Rodriguez/Don Mattingly card, An Alex Rodriguez/Wade Boggs card, and an Alex Rodriguez/Ernie Banks card. The Banks does not have a serial number.

• RM Alex Rodriguez / Willie Mays
• RC Alex Rodriguez / Jose Canseco