2008 Upper Deck Heroes

Description

2008 Upper Deck Heroes is a 200-card set released in the summer of 2008. Like the 2005 Upper Deck Heroes, the design of the base set is almost identical to the Baseball Heroes inserts of the early 1990s.

The set is best known for the extreme, for its day, number of parallels (11).

Each Hobby box is expected to yield one autograph and three memorabilia cards.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, eight cards per pack.

Retail: 5 cards per pack.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	200	-	?	?
Black	200	-	N/A	one-per-pack
Emerald	200	499	?	?
Charcoal	200	399	?	?
Beige	200	299	?	?
Red	200	249	?	?
Navy	200	199	?	?
Brown	200	149	?	?
Sea Green	200	99	?	?
Light Blue	200	49	?	?
Purple	200	25	?	?
Jersey Charcoal	84	-	N/A	?
Jersey Light Blue	162	200	?	?
Jersey Black	160	125	?	?
Jersey Red	170	100	?	?
Jersey Navy	163	50	?	?
Patch Light Blue	153	25	?	?
Patch Beige	154	10	?	?
Patch Purple	153	5	?	?
Autograph Beige	47	varies	?	?
Autograph Black	37	varies	?	?
Autograph Charcoal	28	varies	?	?
Autograph Navy	28	varies	?	?
Autograph Red	77	10	?	?
Autograph Purple	101	5	?	?
Jersey Autograph Navy	83	10	?	?
Jersey Autograph Emerald	85	5	?	?
Jersey Autograph Red	50	varies	?	?
Jersey Autograph Light Blue	21	varies	?	?
Patch Autograph	82	varies	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Brandon Webb
• 2 Dan Haren
• 3 Chris B. Young
• 4 Justin Upton
• 5 Randy Johnson
• 6 Chipper Jones
• 7 John Smoltz
• 8 Tom Glavine
• 9 Mark Teixeira
• 10 Brian McCann
• 11 Jeff Francoeur
• 12 Josh Hamilton
• 13 Tim Hudson
• 14 Nick Markakis
• 15 Brian Roberts
• 16 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 17 John Maine
• 18 Frank Robinson
• 19 Mike Lowell
• 20 Jason Varitek
• 21 David Ortiz
• 22 Manny Ramirez
• 23 Jonathan Papelbon
• 24 Jacoby Ellsbury
• 25 Kevin Youkilis
• 26 Curt Schilling
• 27 Josh Beckett
• 28 Daisuke Matsuzaka
• 29 Clay Buchholz
• 30 Dustin Pedroia
• 31 Ryan Theriot
• 32 Carlton Fisk
• 33 Carl Yastrzemski
• 34 Wade Boggs
• 35 Nolan Ryan
• 36 Alfonso Soriano
• 37 Kosuke Fukudome
• 38 Derrek Lee
• 39 Carlos Zambrano
• 40 Aramis Ramirez
• 41 Ernie Banks
• 42 Jim Thome
• 43 Jermaine Dye
• 44 Paul Konerko
• 45 Nick Swisher
• 46 Corey Hart
• 47 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 48 Adam Dunn
• 49 Aaron Harang
• 50 Johnny Bench
• 51 Grady Sizemore
• 52 Victor Martinez
• 53 CC Sabathia
• 54 Travis Hafner
• 55 Jeff Francis
• 56 Matt Holliday
• 57 Troy Tulowitzki
• 58 Garrett Atkins
• 59 Todd Helton
• 60 Curtis Granderson
• 61 Dontrelle Willis
• 62 Magglio Ordonez
• 63 Gary Sheffield
• 64 Miguel Cabrera
• 65 Justin Verlander
• 66 Ivan Rodriguez
• 67 Al Kaline
• 68 Hanley Ramirez
• 69 Edinson Volquez
• 70 Dan Uggla
• 71 Andrew Miller
• 72 Josh Willingham
• 73 J.R. Towles
• 74 Lance Berkman
• 75 Carlos Lee
• 76 Roy Oswalt
• 77 Hunter Pence
• 78 Luke Hochevar
• 79 Alex Gordon
• 80 Matt Cain
• 81 Bo Jackson
• 82 Vladimir Guerrero
• 83 Torii Hunter
• 84 Howie Kendrick
• 85 John Lackey
• 86 Chone Figgins
• 87 Andruw Jones
• 88 Brad Penny
• 89 James Loney
• 90 Matt Kemp
• 91 Nomar Garciaparra
• 92 Jon Lester
• 93 Chin-Lung Hu
• 94 Chad Billingsley
• 95 Kelly Johnson
• 96 Prince Fielder
• 97 Ryan Braun
• 98 Ben Sheets
• 99 Robin Yount
• 100 Justin Morneau
• 101 Joe Mauer
• 102 Delmon Young
• 103 Rod Carew
• 104 Carlos Beltran
• 105 Jose Reyes
• 106 Pedro Martinez
• 107 David Wright
• 108 Johan Santana
• 109 Billy Wagner
• 110 Carlos Delgado
• 111 Mariano Rivera
• 112 Chien-Ming Wang
• 113 Phil Hughes
• 114 Derek Jeter
• 115 Alex Rodriguez
• 116 Robinson Cano
• 117 Jorge Posada
• 118 Hideki Matsui
• 119 Joba Chamberlain
• 120 Ian Kennedy
• 121 Yogi Berra
• 122 Reggie Jackson
• 123 Roger Clemens
• 124 Ozzie Smith
• 125 Don Mattingly
• 126 Dave Winfield
• 127 Joe DiMaggio
• 128 Eric Chavez
• 129 Bill Hall
• 130 Rich Harden
• 131 Andre Ethier
• 132 Daric Barton
• 133 Ryan Howard
• 134 Jimmy Rollins
• 135 Chase Utley
• 136 Cole Hamels
• 137 Pat Burrell
• 138 Mike Schmidt
• 139 Steve Carlton
• 140 Freddy Sanchez
• 141 Joe Blanton
• 142 Felix Pie
• 143 Roberto Clemente
• 144 Jake Peavy
• 145 Greg Maddux
• 146 Tom Gorzelanny
• 147 Tony Gwynn
• 148 Barry Zito
• 149 Tim Lincecum
• 150 Rich Hill
• 151 Omar Vizquel
• 152 Ichiro
• 153 Felix Hernandez
• 154 Kenji Johjima
• 155 Erik Bedard
• 156 Albert Pujols
• 157 Troy Glaus
• 158 Chris Carpenter
• 159 Chris Duncan
• 160 Mark Mulder
• 161 Scott Rolen
• 162 Stan Musial
• 163 Bob Gibson
• 164 B.J. Upton
• 165 Carl Crawford
• 166 Scott Kazmir
• 167 Michael Young
• 168 Luke Scott
• 169 Roy Halladay
• 170 Vernon Wells
• 171 Kevin Kouzmanoff
• 172 Frank Thomas
• 173 Ryan Zimmerman
• 174 Lastings Milledge
• 175 Ian Kinsler
• 176 Don Mattingly / Wade Boggs
• 177 Carl Yastrzemski / Carlton Fisk
• 178 Stan Musial / Albert Pujols
• 179 Derek Jeter / Jose Reyes
• 180 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Tony Gwynn
• 181 Eddie Murray / Prince Fielder
• 182 Kosuke Fukudome / Ichiro
• 183 Johan Santana / Steve Carlton
• 184 Jake Peavy / Bob Gibson
• 185 Johnny Bench / Ivan Rodriguez
• 186 Manny Ramirez / Ichiro / Vladimir Guerrero
• 187 Wade Boggs / Carl Yastrzemski / Carlton Fisk
• 188 Alex Rodriguez / Derek Jeter / Robinson Cano
• 189 Ryan Braun / Miguel Cabrera / Chipper Jones
• 190 Dave Winfield / Don Mattingly / Reggie Jackson
• 191 Ryan Howard / Jimmy Rollins / Chase Utley
• 192 Joe Mauer / Hanley Ramirez / Troy Tulowitzki
• 193 Greg Maddux / Randy Johnson / Nolan Ryan
• 194 Justin Verlander / Felix Hernandez / Brandon Webb
• 195 Ernie Banks / Frank Robinson / Mike Schmidt
• 196 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Cal Ripken, Jr. / Ichiro / Derek Jeter
• 197 Derek Jeter / Joe DiMaggio / Reggie Jackson / Yogi Berra
• 198 Manny Ramirez / Jason Varitek / Jonathan Papelbon / David Ortiz
• 199 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Joe DiMaggio / Roberto Clemente / Vladimir Guerrero
• 200 Prince Fielder / David Ortiz / Derek Jeter / Albert Pujols

Parallels

All 200 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Black (retail only)
• Emerald (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
• Charcoal (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
• Beige (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
• Red (serial-numbered to 249 copies)
• Navy Blue (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
• Brown (serial-numbered to 149 copies)
• Sea Green (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Light Blue (serial-numbered to 49 copies)
• Purple (serial-numbered to 25 copies)