Revision as of 22:52, 11 October 2011

Description

1992 Pinnacle was Score's first stab at a "premium" product. It is a 620-card set released in two 310-card series. The cards have a black-border which makes Gem Mint copies difficult to find, and an anti-counterfeit "bar code" device appears in the bottom border of each card back. A special ribbed plastic Lenticular detector card was made available that allowed the user to view the anti-counterfeit device and unscramble the coding with the word "Pinnacle" appearing.

Special subsets featured include '92 Rookie Prospects (52, 55, 168, 247-261, 263-280), Idols (281-286/584-591), Sidelines (287-294/592-596), Draft Picks (295-304), Shades (305-310/601-605), Grips (606-612), and Technicians (614-620).

Rookie Cards in the set include Brian Jordan, Jeff Kent and Manny Ramirez.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 16 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99)

SuperPacks: 16 packs per box, 27 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Wax Odds	SuperPack Odds
Base	620	-	?	?
Team Pinnacle (S1)	12	-	1:100	N/A
Rookie Idols (S2)	18	-	1:100	N/A
Team 2000	80	-	N/A	3:1
Slugfest (S2)	15	-	N/A	1:1

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

286 Robin Ventura / Lou Gehrig IDOLS
285 Chuck Knoblauch / Ozzie Smith IDOLS
284 Wally Joyner / Dale Murphy IDOLS
281 Jim Abbott / Nolan Ryan IDOLS
1 Frank Thomas
2 Benito Santiago
3 Carlos Baerga
4 Cecil Fielder
5 Barry Larkin
6 Ozzie Smith
7 Willie McGee
8 Paul Molitor
9 Andy Van Slyke
10 Ryne Sandberg
11 Kevin Seitzer
12 Lenny Dykstra
13 Edgar Martinez
14 Ruben Sierra
15 Howard Johnson
16 Dave Henderson
17 Devon White
18 Terry Pendleton
19 Steve Finley
20 Kirby Puckett
21 Orel Hershiser
22 Hal Morris
23 Don Mattingly
24 Delino DeShields
25 Dennis Eckersley
26 Ellis Burks
27 Jay Buhner
28 Matt Williams
29 Lou Whitaker
30 Alex Fernandez
31 Albert Belle
32 Todd Zeile
33 Tony Pena
34 Jay Bell
35 Rafael Palmeiro
36 Wes Chamberlain
37 George Bell
38 Robin Yount
39 Vince Coleman
40 Bruce Hurst
41 Harold Baines
42 Chuck Finley
43 Ken Caminiti
44 Ben McDonald
45 Roberto Alomar
46 Chili Davis
47 Bill Doran
48 Jerald Clark
49 Jose Lind
50 Nolan Ryan
51 Phil Plantier
52 Gary DiSarcina PROS
53 Kevin Bass
54 Pat Kelly
55 Mark Wohlers PROS
56 Walt Weiss
57 Lenny Harris
58 Ivan Calderon
59 Harold Reynolds
60 George Brett
61 Gregg Olson
62 Orlando Merced
63 Steve Decker
64 John Franco
65 Greg Maddux
66 Alex Cole
67 Dave Hollins
68 Kent Hrbek
69 Tom Pagnozzi
70 Jeff Bagwell
71 Jim Gantner
72 Matt Nokes
73 Brian Harper
74 Andy Benes
75 Tom Glavine
76 Terry Steinbach
77 Dennis Martinez
78 John Olerud
79 Ozzie Guillen
80 Darryl Strawberry
81 Gary Gaetti
82 Dave Righetti
83 Chris Hoiles
84 Andujar Cedeno
85 Jack Clark
86 David Howard
87 Bill Gullickson
88 Bernard Gilkey
89 Kevin Elster
90 Kevin Maas
91 Mark Lewis
92 Greg Vaughn
93 Bret Barberie
94 Dave Smith
95 Roger Clemens
96 Doug Drabek
97 Omar Vizquel
98 Jose Guzman
99 Juan Samuel
100 Dave Justice
101 Tom Browning
102 Mark Gubicza
103 Mickey Morandini
104 Ed Whitson
105 Lance Parrish
106 Scott Erickson
107 Jack McDowell
108 Dave Stieb
109 Mike Moore
110 Travis Fryman
111 Dwight Gooden
112 Fred McGriff
113 Alan Trammell
114 Roberto Kelly
115 Andre Dawson
116 Bill Landrum
117 Brian McRae
118 B.J. Surhoff
119 Chuck Knoblauch
120 Steve Olin
121 Robin Ventura
122 Will Clark
123 Tino Martinez
124 Dale Murphy
125 Pete O'Brien
126 Ray Lankford
127 Juan Gonzalez
128 Ron Gant
129 Marquis Grissom
130 Jose Canseco
131 Mike Greenwell
132 Mark Langston
133 Brett Butler
134 Kelly Gruber
135 Chris Sabo
136 Mark Grace
137 Tony Fernandez
138 Glenn Davis
139 Pedro Munoz
140 Craig Biggio
141 Pete Schourek
142 Mike Boddicker
143 Robby Thompson
144 Mel Hall
145 Bryan Harvey
146 Mike LaValliere
147 John Kruk
148 Joe Carter
149 Greg Olson
150 Julio Franco
151 Darryl Hamilton
152 Felix Fermin
153 Jose Offerman
154 Paul O'Neill
155 Tommy Greene
156 Ivan Rodriguez
157 Dave Stewart
158 Jeff Reardon
159 Felix Jose
160 Doug Dascenzo
161 Tim Wallach
162 Dan Plesac
163 Luis Gonzalez
164 Mike Henneman
165 Mike Devereaux
166 Luis Polonia
167 Mike Sharperson
168 Chris Donnels PROS
169 Greg W. Harris
170 Deion Sanders
171 Mike Schooler
172 Jose DeJesus
173 Jeff Montgomery
174 Milt Cuyler
175 Wade Boggs
176 Kevin Tapani
177 Bill Spiers
178 Tim Raines
179 Randy Milligan
180 Rob Dibble
181 Kirt Manwaring
182 Pascual Perez
183 Juan Guzman
184 John Smiley
185 David Segui
186 Omar Olivares
187 Joe Slusarski
188 Erik Hanson
189 Mark Portugal
190 Walt Terrell
191 John Smoltz
192 Wilson Alvarez
193 Jimmy Key
194 Larry Walker
195 Lee Smith
196 Pete Harnisch
197 Mike Harkey
198 Frank Tanana
199 Terry Mulholland
200 Cal Ripken, Jr.
201 Dave Magadan
202 Bud Black
203 Terry Shumpert
204 Mike Mussina
205 Mo Vaughn
206 Steve Farr
207 Darrin Jackson
208 Jerry Browne
209 Jeff Russell
210 Mike Scioscia
211 Rick Aguilera
212 Jaime Navarro
213 Randy Tomlin
214 Bobby Thigpen
215 Mark Gardner
216 Norm Charlton
217 Mark McGwire
218 Skeeter Barnes
219 Bob Tewksbury
220 Junior Felix
221 Sam Horn
222 Jody Reed
223 Luis Sojo
224 Jerome Walton
225 Darryl Kile
226 Mickey Tettleton
227 Dan Pasqua
228 Jim Gott
229 Bernie Williams
230 Shane Mack
231 Steve Avery
232 Dave Valle
233 Mark Leonard
234 Spike Owen
235 Gary Sheffield
236 Steve Chitren
237 Zane Smith
238 Tom Gordon
239 Jose Oquendo
240 Todd Stottlemyre
241 Darren Daulton
242 Tim Naehring
243 Tony Phillips
244 Shawon Dunston
245 Manny Lee
246 Mike Pagliarulo
247 Jim Thome PROS
248 Luis Mercedes PROS
249 Cal Eldred PROS
250 Derek Bell PROS
251 Arthur Rhodes PROS
252 Scott Cooper PROS
253 Roberto Hernandez PROS
254 Mo Sanford PROS
255 Scott Servais PROS
256 Eric Karros PROS
257 Andy Mota PROS
258 Keith Mitchell PROS
259 Joel Johnston PROS
260 John Wehner PROS
261 Gino Minutelli PROS
262 Greg Gagne
263 Stan Royer PROS
264 Carlos Garcia PROS
265 Andy Ashby PROS
266 Kim Batiste PROS
267 Julio Valera PROS
268 Royce Clayton PROS
269 Gary Scott PROS
270 Kirk Dressendorfer PROS
271 Sean Berry PROS
272 Lance Dickson PROS
273 Rob Maurer PROS RC
274 Scott Brosius PROS RC
275 Dave Fleming PROS
276 Lenny Webster PROS
277 Mike Humphreys PROS
278 Freddie Benavides PROS
279 Harvey Pulliam PROS
280 Jeff Carter PROS
282 Wade Boggs / George Brett IDOLS
283 Ken Griffey, Jr. IDOLS
287 Robin Yount SIDE
288 Bob Tewksbury SIDE
289 Kirby Puckett SIDE
290 Kenny Lofton SIDE
291 Jack McDowell SIDE
292 John Burkett SIDE
293 Dwight Smith SIDE
294 Nolan Ryan SIDE
295 Manny Ramirez DP RC
296 Cliff Floyd DP RC UER (Throws right, not left)
297 Al Shirley DP RC*
298 Brian Barber DP RC
299 Jon Farrell DP RC*
300 Scott Ruffcorn DP RC
301 Tyrone Hill DP RC*
302 Benji Gil DP RC
303 Tyler Green DP RC
304 Allen Watson DP RC
305 Jay Buhner SHADE
306 Roberto Alomar SHADE
307 Chuck Knoblauch SHADE
308 Darryl Strawberry SHADE
309 Danny Tartabull SHADE
310 Bobby Bonilla SHADE

Series Two

591 Tony Gwynn / Willie Davis IDOLS
590 David Cone / Jackie Gleason IDOLS
588 Dave Justice / Willie Stargell IDOLS
589 Rex Hudler / Roger Staubach IDOLS
587 Scott Sanderson / Jim Hunter IDOLS
586 Roberto Alomar / Sandy Alomar, Sr. IDOLS
585 Steve Avery / Jack Morris IDOLS
584 Don Mattingly / Rod Carew IDOLS
311 Mike Felder
312 Storm Davis
313 Tim Teufel
314 Tom Brunansky
315 Rex Hudler
316 Dave Otto
317 Jeff King
318 Dan Gladden
319 Bill Pecota
320 Franklin Stubbs
321 Gary Carter
322 Melido Perez
323 Eric Davis
324 Greg Myers
325 Pete Incaviglia
326 Von Hayes
327 Greg Swindell
328 Steve Sax
329 Chuck McElroy
330 Gregg Jefferies
331 Joe Oliver
332 Paul Faries
333 Dave West
334 Craig Grebeck
335 Chris Hammond
336 Billy Ripken
337 Scott Sanderson
338 Dick Schofield
339 Bob Milacki
340 Kevin Reimer
341 Jose DeLeon
342 Henry Cotto
343 Daryl Boston
344 Kevin Gross
345 Milt Thompson
346 Luis Rivera
347 Al Osuna
348 Rob Deer
349 Tim Leary
350 Mike Stanton
351 Dean Palmer
352 Trevor Wilson
353 Mark Eichhorn
354 Scott Aldred
355 Mark Whiten
356 Leo Gomez
357 Rafael Belliard
358 Carlos Quintana
359 Mark Davis
360 Chris Nabholz
361 Carlton Fisk
362 Joe Orsulak
363 Eric Anthony
364 Greg Hibbard
365 Scott Leius
366 Hensley Meulens
367 Chris Bosio
368 Brian Downing
369 Sammy Sosa
370 Stan Belinda
371 Joe Grahe
372 Luis Salazar
373 Lance Johnson
374 Kal Daniels
375 Dave Winfield
376 Brook Jacoby
377 Mariano Duncan
378 Ron Darling
379 Randy Johnson
380 Chito Martinez
381 Andres Galarraga
382 Willie Randolph
383 Charles Nagy
384 Tim Belcher
385 Duane Ward
386 Vicente Palacios
387 Mike Gallego
388 Rich DeLucia
389 Scott Radinsky
390 Damon Berryhill
391 Kirk McCaskill
392 Pedro Guerrero
393 Kevin Mitchell
394 Dickie Thon
395 Bobby Bonilla
396 Bill Wegman
397 Dave Martinez
398 Rick Sutcliffe
399 Larry Andersen
400 Tony Gwynn
401 Rickey Henderson
402 Greg Cadaret
403 Keith Miller
404 Bip Roberts
405 Kevin Brown
406 Mitch Williams
407 Frank Viola
408 Darren Lewis
409 Bob Welch
410 Bob Walk
411 Todd Frohwirth
412 Brian Hunter
413 Ron Karkovice
414 Mike Morgan
415 Joe Hesketh
416 Don Slaught
417 Tom Henke
418 Kurt Stillwell
419 Hector Villanueva
420 Glenallen Hill
421 Pat Borders
422 Charlie Hough
423 Charlie Leibrandt
424 Eddie Murray
425 Jesse Barfield
426 Mark Lemke
427 Kevin McReynolds
428 Gilberto Reyes
429 Ramon Martinez
430 Steve Buechele
431 David Wells
432 Kyle Abbott
433 John Habyan
434 Kevin Appier
435 Gene Larkin
436 Sandy Alomar
437 Mike Jackson
438 Todd Benzinger
439 Teddy Higuera
440 Reggie Sanders
441 Mark Carreon
442 Bret Saberhagen
443 Gene Nelson
444 Jay Howell
445 Roger McDowell
446 Sid Bream
447 Mackey Sasser
448 Bill Swift
449 Hubie Brooks
450 David Cone
451 Bobby Witt
452 Brady Anderson
453 Lee Stevens
454 Luis Aquino
455 Carney Lansford
456 Carlos Hernandez
457 Danny Jackson
458 Gerald Young
459 Tom Candiotti
460 Billy Hatcher
461 John Wetteland
462 Mike Bordick
463 Don Robinson
464 Jeff Johnson
465 Lonnie Smith
466 Paul Assenmacher
467 Alvin Davis
468 Jim Eisenreich
469 Brent Mayne
470 Jeff Brantley
471 Tim Burke
472 Pat Mahomes, Sr. RC
473 Ryan Bowen
474 Bryn Smith
475 Mike Flanagan
476 Reggie Jefferson
477 Jeff Blauser
478 Craig Lefferts
479 Todd Worrell
480 Scott Scudder
481 Kirk Gibson
482 Kenny Rogers
483 Jack Morris
484 Russ Swan
485 Mike Huff
486 Ken Hill
487 Geronimo Pena
488 Charlie O'Brien
489 Mike Maddux
490 Scott Livingstone
491 Carl Willis
492 Kelly Downs
493 Dennis Cook
494 Joe Magrane
495 Bob Kipper
496 Jose Mesa
497 Charlie Hayes
498 Joe Girardi
499 Doug Jones
500 Barry Bonds
501 Bill Krueger
502 Glenn Braggs
503 Eric King
504 Frank Castillo
505 Mike Gardiner
506 Cory Snyder
507 Steve Howe
508 Jose Rijo
509 Sid Fernandez
510 Archi Cianfrocco RC
511 Mark Guthrie
512 Bob Ojeda
513 John Doherty RC
514 Dante Bichette
515 Juan Berenguer
516 Jeff M. Robinson
517 Mike Macfarlane
518 Matt Young
519 Otis Nixon
520 Brian Holman
521 Chris Haney
522 Jeff Kent RC
523 Chad Curtis RC
524 Vince Horsman
525 Rod Nichols
526 Peter Hoy
527 Shawn Boskie
528 Alejandro Pena
529 Dave Burba
530 Ricky Jordan
531 Dave Silvestri
532 John Patterson RC UER (birthdate should be 1967)
533 Jeff Branson
534 Derrick May
535 Esteban Beltre
536 Jose Melendez
537 Wally Joyner
538 Eddie Taubensee RC
539 Jim Abbott
540 Brian Williams RC
541 Donovan Osborne
542 Patrick Lennon
543 Mike Groppuso RC*
544 Jarvis Brown
545 Shawn Livesey UER RC* (mispelled "Livsey"
546 Jeff Ware
547 Danny Tartabull
548 Bobby Jones RC
549 Ken Griffey, Jr.
550 Rey Sanchez RC
551 Pedro Astacio RC
552 Juan Guerrero
553 Jacob Brumfield
554 Ben Rivera
555 Brian Jordan RC
556 Denny Neagle
557 Cliff Brantley
558 Anthony Young
559 John Vander Wal
560 Monty Fariss
561 Russ Springer RC
562 Pat Listach RC
563 Pat Hentgen
564 Andy Stankiewicz
565 Mike Perez
566 Mike Bielecki
567 Butch Henry RC
568 Dave Nilsson
569 Scott Hatteberg RC
570 Ruben Amaro
571 Todd Hundley
572 Moises Alou
573 Hector Fajardo RC
574 Todd Van Poppel
575 Willie Banks
576 Bob Zupcic RC
577 J.J. Johnson RC*
578 John Burkett
579 Trever Miller RC
580 Scott Bankhead
581 Rich Amaral
582 Kenny Lofton
583 Matt Stairs RC
592 Orel Hershiser SIDE
593 John Wetteland SIDE
594 Tom Glavine SIDE
595 Randy Johnson SIDE
596 Jim Gott SIDE
597 Donald Harris
598 Shawn Hare RC
599 Chris Gardner
600 Rusty Meacham
601 Benito Santiago
602 Eric Davis SHADE
603 Jose Lind SHADE
604 Dave Justice SHADE
605 Tim Raines SHADE
606 Randy Tomlin GRIPS
607 Jack McDowell GRIPS
608 Greg Maddux GRIPS
609 Charles Nagy GRIPS
610 Tom Candiotti GRIPS
611 David Cone GRIPS
612 Steve Avery GRIPS
613 Rod Beck GRIPS
614 Rickey Henderson TECH
615 Benito Santiago TECH
616 Ruben Sierra TECH
617 Ryne Sandberg TECH
618 Nolan Ryan TECH
619 Brett Butler TECH
620 Dave Justice TECH

Inserts

Team Pinnacle

This 12-card, "dual-front" insert set features an National League and American League All-Star team as selected by Pinnacle. The cards were randomly inserted in Series One wax packs. The cards feature illustrations by sports artist Chris Greco with the National League All-Star on one side and the corresponding American League All-Star by position on the other.

12 Scott Radinsky / John Franco
10 Ruben Sierra / Dave Justice
8 Barry Bonds / Danny Tartabull
4 Frank Thomas / Will Clark
3 Ivan Rodriguez / Benito Santiago
2 Jim Abbott / Steve Avery
1 Roger Clemens / Ramon Martinez
5 Ryne Sandberg / Roberto Alomar
6 Robin Ventura / Matt Williams
7 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Barry Larkin
9 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Brett Butler
11 Dennis Eckersley / Rob Dibble

Rookie Idols

This 18-card insert set is a spin-off on the Idols subset featured in the regular series. The cards were exclusive to Series Two wax packs. The set features 18 rookies paired up with a veteran player.

18 Derek Bell / Dave Winfield
17 Chad Curtis / Alan Trammell
16 Don Harris / Darryl Strawberry
15 Ozzie Smith / Royce Clayton
14 Dave Fleming / Bobby Murcer
13 Jim Thome / Ryne Sandberg
12 Nolan Ryan / Todd Van Poppel
11 Cal Ripken / Eddie Zosky
10 Thurman Munson / Todd Hundley
9 Kim Batiste / Barry Larkin
8 Keith Mitchell / Dave Henderson
7 Kenny Lofton / Rickey Henderson
6 Willie Banks / Dwight Gooden
5 Luis Mercedes / Julio Franco
4 Roger Clemens / Mark Wohlers
3 George Brett / Gary Cooper
2 Hector Fajardo / Jim Abbott
1 Reggie Sanders / Eric Davis

Team 2000

This 80-card set focuses on young players who Score projected to be stars in the year 2000. The first 40 cards were inserted in Series One SuperPacks while cards 41-80 were featured in Series Two SuperPacks.

1 Mike Mussina
2 Phil Plantier
3 Frank Thomas
4 Travis Fryman
5 Kevin Appier
6 Chuck Knoblauch
7 Pat Kelly
8 Ivan Rodriguez
9 Dave Justice
10 Jeff Bagwell
11 Marquis Grissom
12 Andy Benes
13 Gregg Olson
14 Kevin Morton
15 Tim Naehring
16 Dave Hollins
17 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
18 Albert Belle
19 Charles Nagy
20 Brian McRae
21 Larry Walker
22 Delino DeShields
23 Jeff Johnson
24 Bernie Williams
25 Jose Offerman
26 Juan Gonzalez
27a Juan Guzman (Pinnacle logo in top-left)
27b Juan Guzman (Pinnacle logo in bottom-left)
28 Eric Anthony
29 Brian Hunter
30 John Smoltz
31 Deion Sanders
32 Greg Maddux
33 Andujar Cedeno
34 Royce Clayton
35 Kenny Lofton
36 Cal Eldred
37 Jim Thome
38 Gary DiSarcina
39 Brian Jordan
40 Chad Curtis
41 Ben McDonald
42 Jim Abbott
43 Robin Ventura
44 Milt Cuyler
45 Gregg Jefferies
46 Scott Radinsky
47 Ken Griffey, Jr.
48 Roberto Alomar
49 Ramon Martinez
50 Bret Barberie
51 Ray Lankford
52 Leo Gomez
53 Tommy Greene
54 Mo Vaughn
55 Sammy Sosa
56 Carlos Baerga
57 Mark Lewis
58 Tom Gordon
59 Gary Sheffield
60 Scott Erickson
61 Pedro Munoz
62 Tino Martinez
63 Darren Lewis
64 Dean Palmer
65 John Olerud
66 Steve Avery
67 Pete Harnisch
68 Luis Gonzalez
69 Kim Batiste
70 Reggie Sanders
71 Luis Mercedes
72 Todd Van Poppel
73 Gary Scott
74 Monty Fariss
75 Kyle Abbott
76 Eric Karros
77 Mo Sanford
78 Todd Hundley
79 Reggie Jefferson
80 Pat Mahomes, Sr.

Slugfest

This 15-card set was available exclusively in specially marked Series Two SuperPacks sold at Wal-Mart stores.

1 Cecil Fielder
2 Mark McGwire
3 Jose Canseco
4 Barry Bonds
5 Dave Justice
6 Bobby Bonilla
7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
8 Ron Gant
9 Ryne Sandberg
10 Ruben Sierra
11 Frank Thomas
12 Will Clark
13 Kirby Puckett
14 Cal Ripken, Jr.
15 Jeff Bagwell

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 Pinnacle was Score's first stab at a "premium" product.  It is a 620-card set released in two 310-card series.  The cards have a black-border which makes Gem Mint copies difficult to find, and an anti-counterfeit "bar code" device appears in the bottom border of each card back. A special ribbed plastic [[Lenticular Printing|Lenticular]] detector card was made available that allowed the user to view the anti-counterfeit device and unscramble the coding with the word "Pinnacle" appearing.
-Kirby Puckett was the official spokesman for the cards.
 Special subsets featured include '92 Rookie Prospects (52, 55, 168, 247-261, 263-280), Idols (281-286/584-591), Sidelines (287-294/592-596), Draft Picks (295-304), Shades (305-310/601-605), Grips (606-612), and Technicians (614-620).