Revision as of 12:05, 20 April 2015

Description

2002 Topps Reserve is a 150-card "bonus box" product release in July, 2002. The last 15 cards in the base set make up a serial-numbered (numbered to 999 copies) First Year Player subset.

Each 10-pack Hobby box also includes, as a bonus, one autographed mini-helmet.

Distribution

10 packs plus one autographed mini-helmet per box, five cards per pack. Six boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	-	?	?
short set	135	-	5:1
First Year Players	15	999	1:24
Parallel	150	150	1:12
Uniform Relics	24	-	1:5
Bat Relics	20	-	1:12
Baseball Relics	2	100	1:1761
Patch Relics	21	25	1:668
Autograph Mini-Helmets	18	varies	one-per-box
Autograph Mini-Helmets Gold	18	25	?

Checklist

Base Set

First Year Players

Each First Year Player is serial-numbered to 999 copies.

136 So Taguchi RC
137 Mario Ramos RC
138 Dan Johnson RC
139 Hansel Izquierdo RC
140 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
141 Jon Switzer RC
142 Chris Tritle RC*
143 Chris Snelling RC
144 Chone Figgins RC
145 Dan Phillips RC*
146 John Rodriguez RC
147 Colt Griffin RC*
148 Jonny Gomes RC
149 Josh Barfield RC
150 Joe Mauer RC

Parallels

Each of the 150 base cards are also available in a Parallel (Topps did not give the parallel a formal name) that is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

Autographs & Game-Used

Uniform Relics

TRJ-AJ Andruw Jones D
TRJ-AP Albert Pujols E
TRJ-AR Alex Rodriguez C
TRJ-BB Barry Bonds E
TRJ-BBO Bret Boone C
TRJ-CJ Chipper Jones C
TRJ-CS Curt Schilling E
TRJ-DE Darin Erstad D
TRJ-FT Frank Thomas C
TRJ-GM Greg Maddux C
TRJ-IR Ivan Rodriguez D
TRJ-KS Kazuhiro Sasaki C
TRJ-KW Kerry Wood E
TRJ-LG Luis Gonzalez C
TRJ-MM Mark Mulder C
TRJ-MO Magglio Ordonez D
TRJ-MP Mike Piazza C
TRJ-NG Nomar Garciaparra D
TRJ-PM Pedro Martinez A
TRJ-RJ Randy Johnson B
TRJ-RP Rafael Palmeiro C
TRJ-SR Scott Rolen C
TRJ-TG Tony Gwynn E
TRJ-TH Todd Helton C

Bat Relics

TRB-AJ Andruw Jones E
TRB-AP Albert Pujols F
TRB-AR Alex Rodriguez E
TRB-AS Alfonso Soriano E
TRB-BB Barry Bonds A
TRB-BW Bernie Williams E
TRB-CD Carlos Delgado C
TRB-CJ Chipper Jones C
TRB-FT Frank Thomas E
TRB-IR Ivan Rodriguez E
TRB-JB Jeff Bagwell E
TRB-JG Juan Gonzalez D
TRB-LG Luis Gonzalez C
TRB-MP Mike Piazza H
TRB-RA Roberto Alomar B
TRB-RH Rickey Henderson C
TRB-RP Rafael Palmeiro C
TRB-TG Tony Gwynn H
TRB-TM Tino Martinez C
TRB-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo G

Baseball Relics

Both Baseball Relics are serial-numbered to 100 copies.

AR Alex Rodriguez
I Ichiro Suzuki

Patch Relics

Each Patch Relic is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

TRP-AJ Andruw Jones
TRP-BB Barry Bonds
TRP-CD Carlos Delgado
TRP-CJ Chipper Jones
TRP-CS Curt Schilling
TRP-DE Darin Erstad
TRP-FT Frank Thomas
TRP-GM Greg Maddux
TRP-IR Ivan Rodriguez
TRP-JG Juan Gonzalez
TRP-KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
TRP-KW Kerry Wood
TRP-LG Luis Gonzalez
TRP-MO Magglio Ordonez
TRP-MP Mike Piazza
TRP-PM Pedro Martinez
TRP-RJ Randy Johnson
TRP-RP Rafael Palmeiro
TRP-SR Scott Rolen
TRP-TG Tony Gwynn
TRP-TH Todd Helton

Autograph Mini-Helmets

Each Autograph Mini-Helmet is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below. In addition, each player signed 25 helmets in Gold ink.

Each Autograph Mini-Helmet is a stock, off-the-shelf, souvenir mini-sized Riddell batting helmet. Topps instructed each player to autograph the brim of the helmet, without taking it out of it's display box. The bottom of the red display box has a sticker indicating the player's name and serial-number.

Topps then packaged each signed mini-helmet (still in it's red factory Riddell display box) inside a shrink-wrapped white slip-case.

1 Roberto Alomar
2 Moises Alou
3 Lance Berkman
4 Bret Boone
5 Eric Chavez
6 Adam Dunn
7 Cliff Floyd
8 Troy Glaus
9 Luis Gonzalez
10 Todd Helton
11 Magglio Ordonez
12 Rafael Palmeiro
13 Albert Pujols
14 Alex Rodriguez
15 Scott Rolen
16 Jimmy Rollins
17 Alfonso Soriano
18 Barry Zito