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1999 Upper Deck Century Legends hobby box

Description

1999 Upper Deck Century Legends is a skip-numbered 131-card set released in June, 1999. One of the more popular and influential products of the era, Century Legends was one of the first products to combine current players with retired Hall of Famers.

Cards 1-50 come from The Sporting News' countdown of the 50 greatest players of the 20th Century, while cards 51-100 are TSN's picks for the best 50 active players. The set winds up with the "21CP" and "Memorable Shots" subsets.

Cards 11, 25, 26, and 126 do not exist. Players 11, 25, and 26 on The Sporting News' list were Joe DiMaggio, Pete Rose, and Sandy Koufax, respectively. Upper Deck were unable to come to terms with DiMaggio or Koufax, so their cards were excluded. Due to his lifetime banishment from baseball, UD could not include a card of Pete Rose, and so cards #25 and #126 were pulled.

Curiously, despite also being banned for life from baseball, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson was included in the set.

Each 24-pack Hobby box yields on "Epic Signatures" autograph.

Distribution

24 packs per box, 5 cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	131	-	?
Century Collection	131	100	?
Century Legends MVPs	?	1	?
All-Century Team	10	-	1:23
Epic Milestones	9	-	1:12
Memorable Shots	10	-	1:12
Epic Signatures	30	-	1:24
Epic Signatures Century	32	100	?
Jerseys of the Century	?	-	1:418
Artifacts	?	1	?
Legendary Cuts	?	1	?

Checklist

Base Set

The set is tiered as follows: (1-100) Basic, (101-120) 21st Century Phenoms, (121-135) Century Memories

In addition, the first 50 basic cards coincide with the top 50 on The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players (1998). Thanks to the omissions of Joe DiMaggio, Pete Rose, and Sandy Koufax, this set is missing cards 11, 25, 26, and 126.

1 Babe Ruth
2 Willie Mays
3 Ty Cobb
4 Walter Johnson
5 Hank Aaron
6 Lou Gehrig
7 Christy Mathewson
8 Ted Williams
9 Roger Hornsby
10 Stan Musial
12 Grover Alexander
13 Honus Wagner
14 Cy Young
15 Jimmy Foxx
16 Johnny Bench
17 Mickey Mantle
18 Josh Gibson
19 Satchel Paige
20 Roberto Clemente
21 Warren Spahn
22 Frank Robinson
23 Lefty Grove
24 Eddie Collins
27 Tris Speaker
28 Mike Schmidt
29 Nap Lajoie
30 Steve Carlton
31 Bob Gibson
32 Tom Seaver
33 George Sisler
34 Barry Bonds
35 Joe Jackson UER NNO
36 Bob Feller
37 Hank Greenberg
38 Ernie Banks
39 Greg Maddux
40 Yogi Berra
41 Nolan Ryan
42 Mel Ott
43 Al Simmons
44 Jackie Robinson
45 Carl Hubbell
46 Charlie Gehringer
47 Buck Leonard
48 Reggie Jackson
49 Tony Gwynn
50 Roy Campanella
51 Ken Griffey, Jr.
52 Barry Bonds
53 Roger Clemens
54 Tony Gwynn
55 Cal Ripken, Jr.
56 Greg Maddux
57 Frank Thomas
58 Mark McGwire
59 Mike Piazza
60 Wade Boggs
61 Alex Rodriguez
62 Juan Gonzalez
63 Mo Vaughn
64 Albert Belle
65 Sammy Sosa
66 Nomar Garciaparra
67 Derek Jeter
68 Kevin Brown
69 Jose Canseco
70 Randy Johnson
71 Tom Glavine
72 Barry Larkin
73 Curt Schilling
74 Moises Alou
75 Fred McGriff
76 Pedro Martinez
77 Andres Galarraga
78 Will Clark
79 Larry Walker
80 Ivan Rodriguez
81 Chipper Jones
82 Jeff Bagwell
83 Craig Biggio
84 Kerry Wood
85 Roberto Alomar
86 Vinny Castilla
87 Kenny Lofton
88 Rafael Palmeiro
89 Manny Ramirez
90 David Wells
91 Mark Grace
92 Bernie Williams
93 David Cone
94 John Olerud
95 John Smoltz
96 Tino Martinez
97 Raul Mondesi
98 Gary Sheffield
99 Orel Hershiser
100 Rickey Henderson
101 J.D. Drew CP
102 Troy Glaus CP
103 Nomar Garciaparra CP
104 Scott Rolen CP
105 Ryan Minor CP
106 Travis Lee CP
107 Roy Halladay CP
108 Carlos Beltran CP
109 Alex Rodriguez CP
110 Eric Chavez CP
111 Vladimir Guerrero CP
112 Ben Grieve CP
113 Kerry Wood CP
114 Alex Gonzalez CP
115 Darin Erstad CP
116 Derek Jeter CP
117 Jaret Wright CP
118 Jose Cruz, Jr. CP
119 Chipper Jones CP
120 Gabe Kapler CP
121 Satchel Paige MEM
122 Willie Mays MEM
123 Roberto Clemente MEM
124 Lou Gehrig MEM
125 Mark McGwire MEM
127 Bob Gibson MEM
128 Johnny VanderMeer MEM
129 Walter Johnson MEM
130 Ty Cobb MEM
131 Don Larsen MEM
132 Jackie Robinson MEM
133 Tom Seaver MEM
134 Johnny Bench MEM
135 Frank Robinson MEM

Foil Logo Variations

At least three of the base cards #4 (Walter Johnson), #35 (Shoeless Joe Jackson) and #58 (Mark McGwire) have foil-stamped logos on their backs. It is unclear how, or why, these cards came into being. It is known that the McGwire is available in both foil-stamped and non-foil-stamped versions; with the foil-stamped logo being the most common. It is unclear if non-foil versions of the Johnson and Jackson exist.

Parallels

Century Collection

Each of the 131 base cards are available in this holographic-foil parallel. All cards are serial-numbered to 100 copies with a dot-matrix printer.

Century Collection MVPs

This is a 100-card partial-parallel of the 1999 Upper Deck MVP set. Each card is a one-of-one.

C1 Mo Vaughn

C2 Troy Glaus

C3 Darin Erstad

C4 Randy Johnson

C5 Travis Lee

C6 Chipper Jones

C7 Greg Maddux

C8 Tom Glavine

C9 John Smoltz

C10 Cal Ripken

C11 Charles Johnson

C12 Albert Belle

C13 Nomar Garciaparra

C14 Pedro Martinez

C15 Kerry Wood

C16 Sammy Sosa

C17 Mark Grace

C18 Frank Thomas

C19 Paul Konerko

C20 Ray Durham

C21 Denny Neagle

C22 Sean Casey

C23 Barry Larkin

C24 Roberto Alomar

C25 Kenny Lofton

C26 Travis Fryman

C27 Jim Thome

C28 Manny Ramirez

C29 Vinny Castilla

C30 Todd Helton

C31 Dante Bichette

C32 Larry Walker

C33 Gabe Kapler

C34 Dean Palmer

C35 Tony Clark

C36 Juan Encarnacion

C37 Alex Gonzalez

C38 Preston Wilson

C39 Derrek Lee

C40 Ken Caminiti

C41 Jeff Bagwell

C42 Moises Alou

C43 Craig Biggio

C44 Carlos Beltran

C45 Jeremy Giambi

C46 Johnny Damon

C47 Kevin Brown

C48 Chan Ho Park

C49 Raul Mondesi

C50 Gary Sheffield

C51 Sean Berry

C52 Jeromy Burnitz

C53 Brad Radke

C54 Eric Milton

C55 Todd Walker

C56 Vladimir Guerrero

C57 Rondell White

C58 Mike Piazza

C59 Rickey Henderson

C60 Rey Ordonez

C61 Derek Jeter

C62 Bernie Williams

C63 Paul O'Neill

C64 Scott Brosius

C65 Tino Martinez

C66 Roger Clemens

C67 Orlando Hernandez

C68 Ben Grieve

C69 Eric Chavez

C70 Jason Giambi

C71 Curt Schilling

C72 Scott Rolen

C73 Pat Burrell

C74 Jason Kendall

C75 Aramis Ramirez

C76 Mark McGwire

C77 J.D. Drew

C78 Edgar Renteria

C79 Tony Gwynn

C80 Sterling Hitchcock

C81 Ruben Rivera

C82 Trevor Hoffman

C83 Barry Bonds

C84 Ellis Burks

C85 Robb Nen

C86 Ken Griffey Jr.

C87 Alex Rodriguez

C88 Carlos Guillen

C89 Edgar Martinez

C90 Jose Canseco

C91 Rolando Arrojo

C92 Wade Boggs

C93 Fred McGriff

C94 Juan Gonzalez

C95 Ivan Rodriguez

C96 Rafael Palmeiro

C97 David Wells

C98 Roy Halladay

C99 Carlos Delgado

C100 Jose Cruz Jr.

Inserts

All-Century Team

AC1 Babe Ruth
AC2 Ty Cobb
AC3 Willie Mays
AC4 Lou Gehrig
AC5 Jackie Robinson
AC6 Mike Schmidt
AC7 Ernie Banks
AC8 Johnny Bench
AC9 Cy Young
AC10 Lineup Sheet

Epic Milestones

Card EM1 does not exist.

EM2 Jackie Robinson
EM3 Nolan Ryan
EM4 Mark McGwire
EM5 Roger Clemens
EM6 Sammy Sosa
EM7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
EM8 Rickey Henderson
EM9 Hank Aaron
EM10 Barry Bonds

Memorable Shots

HR1 Babe Ruth
HR2 Bobby Thomson
HR3 Kirk Gibson
HR4 Carlton Fisk
HR5 Bill Mazeroski
HR6 Bucky Dent
HR7 Mark McGwire
HR8 Mickey Mantle
HR9 Joe Carter
HR10 Mark McGwire

Autographs & Game-Used

Epic Signatures

Each card is available in a "Century" parallel, hand-numbered to 100 copies.

AR Alex Rodriguez
BB Barry Bonds
BD Bucky Dent
BF Bob Feller
BG Bob Gibson
BM Bill Mazeroski
BT Bobby Thomson
CF Carlton Fisk SOME EXCH
DL Don Larsen
EB Ernie Banks
EMA Eddie Mathews
FR Frank Robinson
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux
HK Harmon Killebrew
JB Johnny Bench SOME EXCH
JG Juan Gonzalez
JR Ken Griffey, Jr.
MS Mike Schmidt
NR Nolan Ryan
RJ Reggie Jackson
SC Steve Carlton
SM Stan Musial
SR Ken Griffey, Sr.
TG Tony Gwynn
TS Tom Seaver
VG Vladimir Guerrero
WMC Willie McCovey SOME EXCH
WS Warren Spahn
YB Yogi Berra SOME EXCH

Jerseys of the Century

DW Dave Winfield
EM Eddie Murray
GB George Brett
GM Greg Maddux
MS Mike Schmidt
NR Nolan Ryan
OZ Ozzie Smith
RC Roger Clemens
TG Tony Gwynn

Legendary Cuts

NOTE: Each is a one-of-one

BR Babe Ruth
CY Cy Young
LG Lefty Grove
MO Mel Ott
RC Roy Campanella
SP Satchel Paige
TY Ty Cobb
WJ Walter Johnson

Artifacts

Each Artifact is a redemption card good for the item listed. Each card is a one-of-one.

1960 Ernie Banks / Bob Gibson / Johnny Bench AU Balls
1900 Ty Cobb Framed CUT
1910 Babe Ruth Framed CUT
1920 Roger Hornsby Framed CUT
1930 Satchel Paige Framed CUT
1950 Willie Mays / Mickey Mantle / Hank Aaron AU Balls
1970 Mike Schmidt / Steve Carlton / Tom Seaver AU Balls
1980 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Nolan Ryan AU Balls
1990 Ken Griffey, Jr. AU Jersey

Jimmie Foxx A Piece of History 500 HR Club

See Upper Deck A Piece of History 500 HR Club.