1993 Select

Description

1993 Select was a 405-card, single-series set produced by Pinnacle Brands. Seeking a niche in the premium, mid-price market, Select was marketed as a set that a level of premium below Pinnacle Flagship but a level of premium above Score. 1993 Select was released in December 1992 and was buttressed by an extravagant marketing campaign that included a series of TV commercials that aired during ESPN's coverage of the 1992 MLB Expansion Draft.

1993 Select was notable as it was the first set that Pinnacle utilized its trademark Dufex printing technology on all the insert cards. The debut of this technology marked the beginning of a card design technology that became synonymous with the Pinnacle brand.

Subset cards include Draft Picks and Rookies, both sprinkled throughout the latter part of the set. Rookie Cards in this set include Derek Jeter, Jason Kendall and Shannon Stewart -- the Jeter being perhaps, his least desirable RC.

Distribution

Hobby/Retail: 36 packs per box, 15 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49)

SuperPacks: 16 packs per box, 28 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	SuperPack Odds
Base	405	-	?	?	?
Select Rookies	21	-	1:18*	N/A	N/A
Triple Crown Winners	3	-	1:18*	N/A	N/A
Select Stars	24	-	N/A	1:18	N/A
Select Aces	24	-	N/A	N/A	1:8

• The stated odds of finding any insert in a Hobby pack: 1:18/

Checklist

Promos

Samples

These eight cards were produced by Pinnacle to promote the upcoming Select set. The cards are identical to their base set counterparts, except for the all zeros in the statistic lines.

• 22 Robin Yount
• 24 Don Mattingly
• 26 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 41 Gary Sheffield
• 56 Brady Anderson
• 65 Rob Dibble
• 75 John Smiley
• 79 Mitch Williams

Dufex Test Proofs

Blank-backed "proofs" of some of the Dufex inserts have come out in the marketplace. It is believed that these cards were never intended to be issued. It is unknown if blank-backs exist for all 72 unique insert cards.

Base Set

• 1 Barry Bonds
• 2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 3 Will Clark
• 4 Kirby Puckett
• 5 Tony Gwynn
• 6 Frank Thomas
• 7 Tom Glavine
• 8 Roberto Alomar
• 9 Andre Dawson
• 10 Ron Darling
• 11 Bobby Bonilla
• 12 Danny Tartabull
• 13 Darren Daulton
• 14 Roger Clemens
• 15 Ozzie Smith
• 16 Mark McGwire
• 17 Terry Pendleton
• 18 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 19 Fred McGriff
• 20 Cecil Fielder
• 21 Darryl Strawberry
• 22 Robin Yount
• 23 Barry Larkin
• 24 Don Mattingly
• 25 Craig Biggio
• 26 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 27 Larry Walker
• 28 Junior Felix
• 29 Eddie Murray
• 30 Robin Ventura
• 31 Greg Maddux
• 32 Dave Winfield
• 33 John Kruk
• 34 Wally Joyner
• 35 Andy Van Slyke
• 36 Chuck Knoblauch
• 37 Tom Pagnozzi
• 38 Dennis Eckersley
• 39 Dave Justice
• 40 Juan Gonzalez
• 41 Gary Sheffield
• 42 Paul Molitor
• 43 Delino DeShields
• 44 Travis Fryman
• 45 Hal Morris
• 46 Greg Olson
• 47 Ken Caminiti
• 48 Wade Boggs
• 49 Orel Hershiser
• 50 Albert Belle
• 51 Bill Swift
• 52 Mark Langston
• 53 Joe Girardi
• 54 Keith Miller
• 55 Gary Carter
• 56 Brady Anderson
• 57 Dwight Gooden
• 58 Julio Franco
• 59 Lenny Dykstra
• 60 Mickey Tettleton
• 61 Randy Tomlin
• 62 B.J. Surhoff
• 63 Todd Zeile
• 64 Roberto Kelly
• 65 Rob Dibble
• 66 Leo Gomez
• 67 Doug Jones
• 68 Ellis Burks
• 69 Mike Scioscia
• 70 Charles Nagy
• 71 Cory Snyder
• 72 Devon White
• 73 Mark Grace
• 74 Luis Polonia
• 75 John Smiley 2X
• 76 Carlton Fisk
• 77 Luis Sojo
• 78 George Brett
• 79 Mitch Williams
• 80 Kent Hrbek
• 81 Jay Bell
• 82 Edgar Martinez
• 83 Lee Smith
• 84 Deion Sanders
• 85 Bill Gullickson
• 86 Paul O'Neill
• 87 Kevin Seitzer
• 88 Steve Finley
• 89 Mel Hall
• 90 Nolan Ryan
• 91 Eric Davis
• 92 Mike Mussina
• 93 Tony Fernandez
• 94 Frank Viola
• 95 Matt Williams
• 96 Joe Carter
• 97 Ryne Sandberg
• 98 Jim Abbott
• 99 Marquis Grissom
• 100 George Bell
• 101 Howard Johnson
• 102 Kevin Appier
• 103 Dale Murphy
• 104 Shane Mack
• 105 Jose Lind
• 106 Rickey Henderson
• 107 Bob Tewksbury
• 108 Kevin Mitchell
• 109 Steve Avery
• 110 Candy Maldonado
• 111 Bip Roberts
• 112 Lou Whitaker
• 113 Jeff Bagwell
• 114 Dante Bichette
• 115 Brett Butler
• 116 Melido Perez
• 117 Andy Benes
• 118 Randy Johnson
• 119 Willie McGee
• 120 Jody Reed
• 121 Shawon Dunston
• 122 Carlos Baerga
• 123 Bret Saberhagen
• 124 John Olerud
• 125 Ivan Calderon
• 126 Bryan Harvey
• 127 Terry Mulholland
• 128 Ozzie Guillen
• 129 Steve Buechele
• 130 Kevin Tapani
• 131 Felix Jose
• 132 Terry Steinbach
• 133 Ron Gant
• 134 Harold Reynolds
• 135 Chris Sabo
• 136 Ivan Rodriguez
• 137 Eric Anthony
• 138 Mike Henneman
• 139 Robby Thompson
• 140 Scott Fletcher
• 141 Bruce Hurst
• 142 Kevin Maas
• 143 Tom Candiotti
• 144 Chris Hoiles
• 145 Mike Morgan
• 146 Mark Whiten
• 147 Dennis Martinez
• 148 Tony Pena
• 149 Dave Magadan
• 150 Mark Lewis
• 151 Mariano Duncan
• 152 Gregg Jefferies
• 153 Doug Drabek
• 154 Brian Harper
• 155 Ray Lankford
• 156 Carney Lansford
• 157 Mike Sharperson
• 158 Jack Morris
• 159 Otis Nixon
• 160 Steve Sax
• 161 Mark Lemke
• 162 Rafael Palmeiro
• 163 Jose Rijo
• 164 Omar Vizquel
• 165 Sammy Sosa
• 166 Milt Cuyler
• 167 John Franco
• 168 Darryl Hamilton
• 169 Ken Hill
• 170 Mike Devereaux
• 171 Don Slaught
• 172 Steve Farr
• 173 Bernard Gilkey
• 174 Mike Fetters
• 175 Vince Coleman
• 176 Kevin McReynolds
• 177 John Smoltz
• 178 Greg Gagne
• 179 Greg Swindell
• 180 Juan Guzman
• 181 Kal Daniels
• 182 Rick Sutcliffe
• 183 Orlando Merced
• 184 Bill Wegman
• 185 Mark Gardner
• 186 Rob Deer
• 187 Dave Hollins
• 188 Jack Clark
• 189 Brian Hunter
• 190 Tim Wallach
• 191 Tim Belcher
• 192 Walt Weiss
• 193 Kurt Stillwell
• 194 Charlie Hayes
• 195 Willie Randolph
• 196 Jack McDowell
• 197 Jose Offerman
• 198 Chuck Finley
• 199 Darrin Jackson
• 200 Kelly Gruber
• 201 John Wetteland
• 202 Jay Buhner
• 203 Mike LaValliere
• 204 Kevin Brown
• 205 Luis Gonzalez
• 206 Rick Aguilera
• 207 Norm Charlton
• 208 Mike Bordick
• 209 Charlie Leibrandt
• 210 Tom Brunansky
• 211 Tom Henke
• 212 Randy Milligan
• 213 Ramon Martinez
• 214 Mo Vaughn
• 215 Randy Myers
• 216 Greg Hibbard
• 217 Wes Chamberlain
• 218 Tony Phillips
• 219 Pete Harnisch
• 220 Mike Gallego
• 221 Bud Black
• 222 Greg Vaughn
• 223 Milt Thompson
• 224 Ben McDonald
• 225 Billy Hatcher
• 226 Paul Sorrento
• 227 Mark Gubicza
• 228 Mike Greenwell
• 229 Curt Schilling
• 230 Alan Trammell
• 231 Zane Smith
• 232 Bobby Thigpen
• 233 Greg Olson
• 234 Joe Orsulak
• 235 Joe Oliver
• 236 Tim Raines
• 237 Juan Samuel
• 238 Chili Davis
• 239 Spike Owen
• 240 Dave Stewart
• 241 Jim Eisenreich
• 242 Phil Plantier
• 243 Sid Fernandez
• 244 Dan Gladden
• 245 Mickey Morandini
• 246 Tino Martinez
• 247 Kirt Manwaring
• 248 Dean Palmer
• 249 Tom Browning
• 250 Brian McRae
• 251 Scott Leius
• 252 Bert Blyleven
• 253 Scott Erickson
• 254 Bob Welch
• 255 Pat Kelly
• 256 Felix Fermin
• 257 Harold Baines
• 258 Duane Ward
• 259 Bill Spiers
• 260 Jaime Navarro
• 261 Scott Sanderson
• 262 Gary Gaetti
• 263 Bob Ojeda
• 264 Jeff Montgomery
• 265 Scott Bankhead
• 266 Lance Johnson
• 267 Rafael Belliard
• 268 Kevin Reimer
• 269 Benito Santiago
• 270 Mike Moore

1992 Rookies

• 271 Dave Fleming
• 272 Moises Alou
• 273 Pat Listach
• 274 Reggie Sanders
• 275 Kenny Lofton
• 276 Donovan Osborne
• 277 Rusty Meacham
• 278 Eric Karros
• 279 Andy Stankiewicz
• 280 Brian Jordan
• 281 Gary DiSarcina
• 282 Mark Wohlers
• 283 Dave Nilsson
• 284 Anthony Young
• 285 Jim Bullinger
• 286 Derek Bell
• 287 Brian Williams
• 288 Julio Valera
• 289 Dan Walters
• 290 Chad Curtis
• 291 Michael Tucker
• 292 Bob Zupcic
• 293 Todd Hundley
• 294 Jeff Tackett
• 295 Greg Colbrunn
• 296 Cal Eldred
• 297 Chris Roberts
• 298 John Doherty
• 299 Denny Neagle
• 300 Arthur Rhodes
• 301 Mark Clark
• 302 Scott Cooper
• 303 Jamie Arnold RC
• 304 Jim Thome
• 305 Frank Seminara
• 306 Kurt Knudsen
• 307 Tim Wakefield
• 308 John Jaha
• 309 Pat Hentgen
• 310 B.J. Wallace
• 311 Roberto Hernandez
• 312 Hipolito Pichardo
• 313 Eric Fox
• 314 Willie Banks
• 315 Sam Militello
• 316 Vince Horsman
• 317 Carlos Hernandez
• 318 Jeff Kent
• 319 Mike Perez
• 320 Scott Livingstone
• 321 Jeff Conine
• 322 Jim Austin
• 323 John Vander Wal
• 324 Pat Mahomes
• 325 Pedro Astacio
• 326 Bret Boone UER
• 327 Matt Stairs
• 328 Damion Easley
• 329 Ben Rivera
• 330 Reggie Jefferson
• 331 Luis Mercedes
• 332 Kyle Abbott
• 333 Eddie Taubensee
• 334 Tim McIntosh
• 335 Phil Clark
• 336 Wilfredo Cordero
• 337 Russ Springer
• 338 Craig Colbert
• 339 Tim Salmon
• 340 Braulio Castillo
• 341 Donald Harris
• 342 Eric Young
• 343 Bob Wickman
• 344 John Valentin

Rookie Prospects

• 345 Dan Wilson
• 346 Steve Hosey
• 347 Mike Piazza
• 348 Willie Greene
• 349 Tom Goodwin
• 350 Eric Hillman

First Round Draft Picks

• 351 Steve Reed DP RC
• 352 Dan Serafini DP RC
• 353 Todd Steverson DP RC
• 354 Benji Grigsby DP RC*
• 355 Shannon Stewart DP RC
• 356 Sean Lowe DP RC
• 357 Derek Wallace DP RC
• 358 Rick Helling
• 359 Jason Kendall DP RC
• 360 Derek Jeter DP RC

• 361 David Cone
• 362 Jeff Reardon
• 363 Bobby Witt
• 364 Jose Canseco
• 365 Jeff Russell
• 366 Ruben Sierra
• 367 Alan Mills
• 368 Matt Nokes
• 369 Pat Borders
• 370 Pedro Munoz
• 371 Danny Jackson
• 372 Geronimo Pena
• 373 Craig Lefferts
• 374 Joe Grahe
• 375 Roger McDowell
• 376 Jimmy Key
• 377 Steve Olin
• 378 Glenn Davis
• 379 Rene Gonzales
• 380 Manny Lee
• 381 Ron Karkovice
• 382 Sid Bream
• 383 Gerald Williams
• 384 Lenny Harris
• 385 J.T. Snow RC
• 386 Dave Stieb
• 387 Kirk McCaskill
• 388 Lance Parrish
• 389 Craig Grebeck
• 390 Rick Wilkins
• 391 Manny Alexander
• 392 Mike Schooler
• 393 Bernie Williams
• 394 Kevin Koslofski
• 395 Willie Wilson
• 396 Jeff Parrett
• 397 Mike Harkey
• 398 Frank Tanana
• 399 Doug Henry
• 400 Royce Clayton
• 401 Eric Wedge RC
• 402 Derrick May
• 403 Carlos Garcia
• 404 Henry Rodriguez
• 405 Ryan Klesko

Inserts

Rookies

This 21-card insert features all the top rookies from 1992 on Dufex cards. These cards were randomly inserted only in Hobby packs.

• 1 Pat Listach
• 2 Moises Alou
• 3 Reggie Sanders
• 4 Kenny Lofton
• 5 Eric Karros
• 6 Brian Williams
• 7 Donovan Osborne
• 8 Sam Militello
• 9 Chad Curtis
• 10 Bob Zupcic
• 11 Tim Salmon
• 12 Jeff Conine
• 13 Pedro Astacio
• 14 Arthur Rhodes
• 15 Cal Eldred
• 16 Tim Wakefield
• 17 Andy Stankiewicz
• 18 Wilfredo Cordero
• 19 Todd Hundley
• 20 Dave Fleming
• 21 Bret Boone

Triple Crown Winners

This three-card, Hobby only, set features the last three winners of the Triple Crown on Dufex cards.

• 1 Mickey Mantle
• 2 Frank Robinson
• 3 Carl Yastrzemski

Stars

This 24-card Dufex set was exclusive to retail packs.

• 1 Fred McGriff
• 2 Ryne Sandberg
• 3 Ozzie Smith
• 4 Gary Sheffield
• 5 Darren Daulton
• 6 Andy Van Slyke
• 7 Barry Bonds
• 8 Tony Gwynn
• 9 Greg Maddux
• 10 Tom Glavine
• 11 John Franco
• 12 Lee Smith
• 13 Cecil Fielder
• 14 Roberto Alomar
• 15 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 16 Edgar Martinez
• 17 Ivan Rodriguez
• 18 Kirby Puckett
• 19 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 20 Joe Carter
• 21 Roger Clemens
• 22 Dave Fleming
• 23 Paul Molitor
• 24 Dennis Eckersley

Aces

This 24-card, all-Dufex, set features some of the best pitchers on a playing card motif. This insert was exclusive to 28-card SuperPacks.

• 1 Roger Clemens
• 2 Tom Glavine
• 3 Jack McDowell
• 4 Greg Maddux
• 5 Jack Morris
• 6 Dennis Martinez
• 7 Kevin Brown
• 8 Dwight Gooden
• 9 Kevin Appier
• 10 Mike Morgan
• 11 Juan Guzman
• 12 Charles Nagy
• 13 John Smiley
• 14 Ken Hill
• 15 Bob Tewksbury
• 16 Doug Drabek
• 17 John Smoltz
• 18 Greg Swindell
• 19 Bruce Hurst
• 20 Mike Mussina
• 21 Cal Eldred
• 22 Melido Perez
• 23 Dave Fleming
• 24 Kevin Tapani

League Leaders

See 1993 Score.

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