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1997 Score box

Description

1997 Score is a 551-card set released in two series; with cards 1-330 distributed in series one packs and cards 331-550 in series two packs. The 10-card Series one packs and the 12-card Series two packs carried a suggested retail price of $.99 each and were distributed exclusively to retail outlets. Card #551 short-printed (about twice as tough to pull as a basic card), and is available in English (retail packs and factory sets) or Japanese (Hobby Reserve).

Notable Rookie Cards include Brian Giles.

Premium Stock/Hobby Reserve

Distributed exclusive to The Hobby, Premium Stock is a "premium" version of the Series One base set. The cards parallel the regular issue set except for a gray border, thicker card stock and a prominent gold foil "Premium Stock" logo on front. Series Two Premium Stock cards were called "Hobby Reserve." Hobby Reserve was printed on a thinner card stock as the Premium Stock cards (but still thicker that regular Score), and do not have a gray border.

Distribution

Series One: 36 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99)

Series Two: 36 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99)

Series One Premium Stock: 10 packs per box, 30 cards per pack

Series Two Hobby Reserve: 20 packs per box, 15 cards per pack

Series One Jumbos: 36 packs per box, 20 cards per pack

Factory Sets

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Retail Odds	Premium Stock/Hobby Reserve Odds	Jumbo Odds
Base	551	-	?	?	?
Showcase Series One	330	-	1:7	1:2	1:4
Showcase Series Two	221	-	1:7	1:5	N/A
Artist's Proof Series One	330	-	1:35	1:7	1:7
Artist's Proof Series Two	221	-	1:35	1:23	N/A
Reserve Collection	221	-	N/A	1:11	N/A
Pitcher Perfect	15	-	1:23	1:15	1:11
Titanic Taters	18	-	1:35	N/A	N/A
Highlight Zone	18	-	N/A	1:9	N/A
Franchise	9	-	1:72	1:17	1:35
Glowing Franchise	9	-	1:240	1:79	1:120
Stellar Season	18	-	N/A	N/A	1:35
Heart of the Order (1-18)	18	-	1:23	N/A	N/A
Heart of the Order (19-36)	18	-	N/A	1:15	N/A
Blast Masters	18	-	1:35	1:23	N/A
Stand and Deliver	24	1:71	1:41	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

1 Jeff Bagwell

2 Mickey Tettleton

3 Johnny Damon

4 Jeff Conine

5 Bernie Williams

6 Will Clark

7 Ryan Klesko

8 Cecil Fielder

9 Paul Wilson

10 Gregg Jefferies

11 Chili Davis

12 Albert Belle

13 Ken Hill

14 Cliff Floyd

15 Jaime Navarro

16 Ismael Valdes

17 Jeff King

18 Chris Bosio

19 Reggie Sanders

20 Darren Daulton

21 Ken Caminiti

22 Mike Piazza

23 Chad Mottola

24 Darin Erstad

25 Dante Bichette

26 Frank Thomas

27 Ben McDonald

28 Raul Casanova

29 Kevin Ritz

30 Garret Anderson

31 Jason Kendall

32 Billy Wagner

33 Dave Justice

34 Marty Cordova

35 Derek Jeter

36 Trevor Hoffman

37 Geronimo Berroa

38 Walt Weiss

39 Kirt Manwaring

40 Alex Gonzalez

41 Sean Berry

42 Kevin Appier

43 Rusty Greer

44 Pete Incaviglia

45 Rafael Palmeiro

46 Eddie Murray

47 Moises Alou

48 Mark Lewis

49 Hal Morris

50 Edgar Renteria

51 Rickey Henderson

52 Pat Listach

53 John Wasdin

54 James Baldwin

55 Brian Jordan

56 Edgar Martinez

57 Wil Cordero

58 Danny Tartabull

59 Keith Lockhart

60 Rico Brogna

61 Ricky Bottalico

62 Terry Pendleton

63 Bret Boone

64 Charlie Hayes

65 Marc Newfield

66 Sterling Hitchcock

67 Roberto Alomar

68 John Jaha

69 Greg Colbrunn

70 Sal Fasano

71 Brooks Kieschnick

72 Pedro Martinez

73 Kevin Elster

74 Ellis Burks

75 Chuck Finley

76 John Olerud

77 Jay Bell

78 Allen Watson

79 Darryl Strawberry

80 Orlando Miller

81 Jose Herrera

82 Andy Pettitte

83 Juan Guzman

84 Alan Benes

85 Jack McDowell

86 Ugueth Urbina

87 Rocky Coppinger

88 Jeff Cirillo

89 Tom Glavine

90 Robby Thompson

91 Barry Bonds

92 Carlos Delgado

93 Mo Vaughn

94 Ryne Sandberg

95 Alex Rodriguez

96 Brady Anderson

97 Scott Brosius

98 Dennis Eckersley

99 Brian McRae

100 Rey Ordonez

101 John Valentin

102 Brett Butler

103 Eric Karros

104 Harold Baines

105 Javier Lopez

106 Alan Trammell

107 Jim Thome

108 Frank Rodriguez

109 Bernard Gilkey

110 Reggie Jefferson

111 Scott Stahoviak

112 Steve Gibralter

113 Todd Hollandsworth

114 Ruben Rivera

115 Dennis Martinez

116 Mariano Rivera

117 John Smoltz

118 John Mabry

119 Tom Gordon

120 Alex Ochoa

121 Jamey Wright

122 Dave Nilsson

123 Bobby Bonilla

124 Al Leiter

125 Rick Aguilera

126 Jeff Brantley

127 Kevin Brown

128 George Arias

129 Darren Oliver

130 Bill Pulsipher

131 Roberto Hernandez

132 Delino DeShields

133 Mark Grudzielanek

134 John Wetteland

135 Carlos Baerga

136 Paul Sorrento

137 Leo Gomez

138 Andy Ashby

139 Julio Franco

140 Brian Hunter

141 Jermaine Dye

142 Tony Clark

143 Ruben Sierra

144 Donovan Osborne

145 Mark McLemore

146 Terry Steinbach

147 Bob Wells

148 Chan Ho Park

149 Tim Salmon

150 Paul O'Neill

151 Cal Ripken

152 Wally Joyner

153 Omar Vizquel

154 Mike Mussina

155 Andres Galarraga

156 Ken Griffey Jr.

157 Kenny Lofton

158 Ray Durham

159 Hideo Nomo

160 Ozzie Guillen

161 Roger Pavlik

162 Manny Ramirez

163 Mark Lemke

164 Mike Stanley

165 Chuck Knoblauch

166 Kimera Bartee

167 Wade Boggs

168 Jay Buhner

169 Eric Young

170 Jose Canseco

171 Dwight Gooden

172 Fred McGriff

173 Sandy Alomar Jr.

174 Andy Benes

175 Dean Palmer

176 Larry Walker

177 Charles Nagy

178 David Cone

179 Mark Grace

180 Robin Ventura

181 Roger Clemens

182 Bobby Witt

183 Vinny Castilla

184 Gary Sheffield

185 Dan Wilson

186 Roger Cedeno

187 Mark McGwire

188 Darren Bragg

189 Quinton McCracken

190 Randy Myers

191 Jeromy Burnitz

192 Randy Johnson

193 Chipper Jones

194 Greg Vaughn

195 Travis Fryman

196 Tim Naehring

197 B.J. Surhoff

198 Juan Gonzalez

199 Terrell Wade

200 Jeff Frye

201 Joey Cora

202 Raul Mondesi

203 Ivan Rodriguez

204 Armando Reynoso

205 Jeffrey Hammonds

206 Darren Dreifort

207 Kevin Seitzer

208 Tino Martinez

209 Jim Bruske

210 Jeff Suppan

211 Mark Carreon

212 Wilson Alvarez

213 John Burkett

214 Tony Phillips

215 Greg Maddux

216 Mark Whiten

217 Curtis Pride

218 Lyle Mouton

219 Todd Hundley

220 Greg Gagne

221 Rich Amaral

222 Tom Goodwin

223 Chris Hoiles

224 Jayhawk Owens

225 Kenny Rogers

226 Mike Greenwell

227 Mark Wohlers

228 Henry Rodriguez

229 Robert Perez

230 Jeff Kent

231 Darryl Hamilton

232 Alex Fernandez

233 Ron Karkovice

234 Jimmy Haynes

235 Craig Biggio

236 Ray Lankford

237 Lance Johnson

238 Matt Williams

239 Chad Curtis

240 Mark Thompson

241 Jason Giambi

242 Barry Larkin

243 Paul Molitor

244 Sammy Sosa

245 Kevin Tapani

246 Marquis Grissom

247 Joe Carter

248 Ramon Martinez

249 Tony Gwynn

250 Andy Fox

251 Troy O'Leary

252 Warren Newson

253 Troy Percival

254 Jamie Moyer

255 Danny Graves

256 David Wells

257 Todd Zeile

258 Raul Ibanez

259 Tyler Houston

260 LaTroy Hawkins

261 Joey Hamilton

262 Mike Sweeney

263 Brant Brown

264 Pat Hentgen

265 Mark Johnson

266 Robb Nen

267 Justin Thompson

268 Ron Gant

269 Jeff D'Amico

270 Shawn Estes

271 Derek Bell

272 Fernando Valenzuela

273 Tom Pagnozzi

274 John Burke

275 Ed Sprague

276 F.P. Santangelo

277 Todd Greene

278 Butch Huskey

279 Steve Finley

280 Eric Davis

281 Shawn Green

282 Al Martin

283 Michael Tucker

284 Shane Reynolds

285 Matt Mieske

286 Jose Rosado

287 Mark Langston

288 Ralph Milliard

289 Mike Lansing

290 Scott Servais

291 Royce Clayton

292 Mike Grace

293 James Mouton

294 Charles Johnson

295 Gary Gaetti

296 Kevin Mitchell

297 Carlos Garcia

298 Desi Relaford

299 Jason Thompson

300 Osvaldo Fernandez

301 Fernando Vina

302 Jose Offerman

303 Yamil Benitez

304 J.T. Snow

305 Rafael Bournigal

306 Jason Isringhausen

307 Bobby Higginson

308 Nerio Rodriguez RC

309 Brian Giles RC

310 Andruw Jones

311 Tony Graffanino

312 Arquimedez Pozo

313 Jermaine Allensworth

314 Jeff Darwin

315 George Williams

316 Karim Garcia

317 Trey Beamon

318 Mac Suzuki

319 Robin Jennings

320 Danny Patterson

321 Damon Mashore

322 Wendell Magee

323 Dax Jones

324 Kevin Brown

325 Marvin Benard

326 Mike Cameron

327 Marcus Jensen

328 Eddie Murray CL

329 Paul Molitor CL

330 Todd Hundley CL

Series Two

331 Norm Charlton

332 Bruce Ruffin

333 John Wetteland

334 Marquis Grissom

335 Sterling Hitchcock

336 John Olerud

337 David Wells

338 Chili Davis

339 Mark Lewis

340 Kenny Lofton

341 Alex Fernandez

342 Ruben Sierra

343 Delino DeShields

344 John Wasdin

345 Dennis Martinez

346 Kevin Elster

347 Bobby Bonilla

348 Jaime Navarro

349 Chad Curtis

350 Terry Steinbach

351 Ariel Prieto

352 Jeff Kent

353 Carlos Garcia

354 Mark Whiten

355 Todd Zeile

356 Eric Davis

357 Greg Colbrunn

358 Moises Alou

359 Allen Watson

360 Jose Canseco

361 Matt Williams

362 Jeff King

363 Darryl Hamilton

364 Mark Clark

365 J.T. Snow

366 Kevin Mitchell

367 Orlando Miller

368 Rico Brogna

369 Mike James

370 Brad Ausmus

371 Darryl Kile

372 Edgardo Alfonzo

373 Julian Tavarez

374 Darren Lewis

375 Steve Karsay

376 Lee Stevens

377 Albie Lopez

378 Orel Hershiser

379 Lee Smith

380 Rick Helling

381 Carlos Perez

382 Tony Tarasco

383 Melvin Nieves

384 Benji Gil

385 Devon White

386 Armando Benitez

387 Bill Swift

388 John Smiley

389 Midre Cummings

390 Tim Belcher

391 Tim Raines

392 Todd Worrell

393 Quilvio Veras

394 Matt Lawton

395 Aaron Sele

396 Bip Roberts

397 Denny Neagle

398 Tyler Green

399 Hipolito Pichardo

400 Scott Erickson

401 Bobby Jones

402 Jim Edmonds

403 Chad Ogea

404 Cal Eldred

405 Pat Listach

406 Todd Stottlemyre

407 Phil Nevin

408 Otis Nixon

409 Billy Ashley

410 Jimmy Key

411 Mike Timlin

412 Joe Vitiello

413 Rondell White

414 Jeff Fassero

415 Rex Hudler

416 Curt Schilling

417 Rich Becker

418 William Van Landingham

419 Chris Snopek

420 David Segui

421 Eddie Murray

422 Shane Andrews

423 Gary DiSarcina

424 Brian Hunter

425 Willie Greene

426 Felipe Crespo

427 Jason Bates

428 Albert Belle

429 Rey Sanchez

430 Roger Clemens

431 Deion Sanders

432 Ernie Young

433 Jay Bell

434 Jeff Blauser

435 Lenny Dykstra

436 Chuck Carr

437 Russ Davis

438 Carl Everett

439 Damion Easley

440 Pat Kelly

441 Pat Rapp

442 Dave Justice

443 Graeme Lloyd

444 Damon Buford

445 Jose Valentin

446 Jason Schmidt

447 Dave Martinez

448 Danny Tartabull

449 Jose Vizcaino

450 Steve Avery

451 Mike Devereaux

452 Jim Eisenreich

453 Mark Leiter

454 Roberto Kelly

455 Benito Santiago

456 Steve Trachsel

457 Gerald Williams

458 Pete Schourek

459 Esteban Loaiza

460 Mel Rojas

461 Tim Wakefield

462 Tony Fernandez

463 Doug Drabek

464 Joe Girardi

465 Mike Bordick

466 Jim Leyritz

467 Erik Hanson

468 Michael Tucker

469 Tony Womack RC

470 Doug Glanville

471 Rudy Pemberton

472 Keith Lockhart

473 Nomar Garciaparra

474 Scott Rolen

475 Jason Dickson

476 Glendon Rusch

477 Todd Walker

478 Dmitri Young

479 Rod Myers

480 Wilton Guerrero

481 Jorge Posada

482 Brant Brown

483 Bubba Trammell RC

484 Jose Guillen

485 Scott Spiezio

486 Bob Abreu

487 Chris Holt

488 Deivi Cruz RC

489 Vladimir Guerrero

490 Julio Santana

491 Ray Montgomery RC

492 Kevin Orie

Goin' Yard

493 Todd Hundley

494 Tim Salmon

495 Albert Belle

496 Manny Ramirez

497 Rafael Palmeiro

498 Juan Gonzalez

499 Ken Griffey Jr.

500 Andruw Jones

501 Mike Piazza

502 Jeff Bagwell

503 Bernie Williams

504 Barry Bonds

505 Ken Caminiti

506 Darin Erstad

507 Alex Rodriguez

508 Frank Thomas

509 Chipper Jones

510 Mo Vaughn

511 Mark McGwire

512 Fred McGriff

513 Jay Buhner

514 Gary Sheffield

515 Jim Thome

516 Dean Palmer

517 Henry Rodriguez

Rock & Fire

518 Andy Pettitte

519 Mike Mussina

520 Greg Maddux

521 John Smoltz

522 Hideo Nomo

523 Troy Percival

524 John Wetteland

525 Roger Clemens

526 Charles Nagy

527 Mariano Rivera

528 Tom Glavine

529 Randy Johnson

530 Jason Isringhausen

531 Alex Fernandez

532 Kevin Brown

True Grit

533 Chuck Knoblauch

534 Rusty Greer

535 Tony Gwynn

536 Ryan Klesko

537 Ryne Sandberg

538 Barry Larkin

539 Will Clark

540 Kenny Lofton

541 Paul Molitor

542 Roberto Alomar

543 Rey Ordonez

544 Jason Giambi

545 Derek Jeter

546 Cal Ripken

547 Ivan Rodriguez

548 Ken Griffey Jr. CL

549 Frank Thomas CL

550 Mike Piazza CL

551 Hideki Irabu (Japanese)

551 Hideki Irabu (English)

Parallels

Showcase Series

This foil-fronted parallel is available for all 551 cards, across all pack types.

Artist's Proofs

The Artist Proofs come in two varieties: One featuring a holographic "wave" pattern, and another with a plain gold-foil stamp. It is believed that the plain goil-foil version were only made for the Series One set, and were only available in retail packs.

White-Bordered Artist's Proofs

Artist's Proofs White Border cards were randomly inserted exclusively into Score Series One retail packs. The cards share the similar "Artist's Proof" logo as seen on the more commonly traded Showcase Series Artist's Proofs. Unlike the silver-foiled Showcase Series Artist's Proofs, however, the White Border cards have plain white stock card fronts - making them easy to misidentify with a basic issue Score card. Please note that Series Two Artist's Proofs do not exist.

Reserve Collection

This "frosted" foil set parallels the Series Two set. It is only available in Series Two Hobby Reserve packs.

Inserts

Pitcher Perfect

Pinnacle Brands commissioned Seattle Mariners pitcher Randy Johnson to snap photos for this 15-card set. The last card is a self portrait.

1 Cal Ripken

2 Alex Rodriguez

3 Alex Rodriguez/Cal Ripken

4 Edgar Martinez

5 Ivan Rodriguez

6 Mark McGwire

7 Tim Salmon

8 Chili Davis

9 Joe Carter

10 Frank Thomas

11 Will Clark

12 Mo Vaughn

13 Wade Boggs

14 Ken Griffey Jr.

15 Randy Johnson

Titanic Taters

1 Mark McGwire

2 Mike Piazza

3 Ken Griffey Jr.

4 Juan Gonzalez

5 Frank Thomas

6 Albert Belle

7 Sammy Sosa

8 Jeff Bagwell

9 Todd Hundley

10 Ryan Klesko

11 Brady Anderson

12 Mo Vaughn

13 Jay Buhner

14 Chipper Jones

15 Barry Bonds

16 Gary Sheffield

17 Alex Rodriguez

18 Cecil Fielder

Highlight Zone

This 18-card set honors those mega-stars who have the incredible ability to consistently make the highlight films. The set is printed on thicker card stock with special foil stamping and a dot matrix holographic background.

It should be noted that the word "HIGHLIGHT" is misspelled "HIGHTLIGHT" on the front of each card.

1 Frank Thomas

2 Ken Griffey Jr.

3 Mo Vaughn

4 Albert Belle

5 Mike Piazza

6 Barry Bonds

7 Greg Maddux

8 Sammy Sosa

9 Jeff Bagwell

10 Alex Rodriguez

11 Chipper Jones

12 Brady Anderson

13 Ozzie Smith

14 Edgar Martinez

15 Cal Ripken

16 Ryan Klesko

17 Randy Johnson

18 Eddie Murray

Franchise

This nine-card set honors superstar players for their irreplaceable contribution to their team. The fronts display sepia player portraits on a white baseball replica background. A "glowing" parallel with unique glow-in-the-dark ink was also produced.

1 Ken Griffey Jr.

2 John Smoltz

3 Cal Ripken

4 Chipper Jones

5 Mike Piazza

6 Albert Belle

7 Frank Thomas

8 Sammy Sosa

9 Roberto Alomar

Stellar Season

1 Juan Gonzalez

2 Chuck Knoblauch

3 Jeff Bagwell

4 John Smoltz

5 Mark McGwire

6 Ken Griffey Jr.

7 Frank Thomas

8 Alex Rodriguez

9 Mike Piazza

10 Albert Belle

11 Roberto Alomar

12 Sammy Sosa

13 Mo Vaughn

14 Brady Anderson

15 Henry Rodriguez

16 Eric Young

17 Gary Sheffield

18 Ryan Klesko

Heart of the Order

This 36-card set features color photos of players on six teams with a panorama of the stadium in the background. Each team's three cards form one collectible unit. The first eighteen cards are found in Series Two retail packs, and the last eighteen in Series Two Hobby Reserve packs.

1 Will Clark

2 Ivan Rodriguez

3 Juan Gonzalez

4 Frank Thomas

5 Albert Belle

6 Robin Ventura

7 Alex Rodriguez

8 Jay Buhner

9 Ken Griffey Jr.

10 Rafael Palmeiro

11 Roberto Alomar

12 Cal Ripken

13 Manny Ramirez

14 Matt Williams

15 Jim Thome

16 Derek Jeter

17 Wade Boggs

18 Bernie Williams

19 Chipper Jones

20 Andruw Jones

21 Ryan Klesko

22 Mike Piazza

23 Wilton Guerrero

24 Raul Mondesi

25 Tony Gwynn

26 Greg Vaughn

27 Ken Caminiti

28 Brian Jordan

29 Ron Gant

30 Dmitri Young

31 Darin Erstad

32 Tim Salmon

33 Jim Edmonds

34 Chuck Knoblauch

35 Paul Molitor

36 Todd Walker

Blast Masters

1 Mo Vaughn

2 Mark McGwire

3 Juan Gonzalez

4 Albert Belle

5 Barry Bonds

6 Ken Griffey Jr.

7 Andruw Jones

8 Chipper Jones

9 Mike Piazza

10 Jeff Bagwell

11 Dante Bichette

12 Alex Rodriguez

13 Gary Sheffield

14 Ken Caminiti

15 Sammy Sosa

16 Vladimir Guerrero

17 Brian Jordan

18 Tim Salmon

Stand and Deliver

This 24-card set is broken into six separate four-card groupings and was part of a contest. Groups contain players from the following teams: 1-4 (Braves), 5-8 (Mariners), 9-12 (Yankees), 13-16 (Dodgers), 17-20 (Indians) and 21-24 (Wild Card). The four players featured within the Wild Card group are from "lesser" teams whom Pinnacle Brands thought had no shot at winning the 1997 World Series.

Hobbyists who held all four cards of the 1997 World Series Champion (or the four Wild Cards if one of the five selected teams did not win) could mail them to Pinnacle for a special Gold version of the set. Gold Stand and Deliver was limited to 275 sets and came encased in a glass frame. Because of the unusual distribution, Gold Stand and Deliver singles are difficult to find.

Since the Florida Marlins won the World Series, the four Wild Cards wound up being the winning cards.

1 Andruw Jones

2 Greg Maddux

3 Chipper Jones

4 John Smoltz

5 Ken Griffey Jr.

6 Alex Rodriguez

7 Jay Buhner

8 Randy Johnson

9 Derek Jeter

10 Andy Pettitte

11 Bernie Williams

12 Mariano Rivera

13 Mike Piazza

14 Hideo Nomo

15 Raul Mondesi

16 Todd Hollandsworth

17 Manny Ramirez

18 Jim Thome

19 Dave Justice

20 Matt Williams

21 Juan Gonzalez

22 Jeff Bagwell

23 Cal Ripken

24 Frank Thomas

Jumbos

These nine over-sized cards were issued as box-toppers in specially marked Blaster boxes. Each jumbo card measures 5" X 7".

1 Frank Thomas

2 Ken Griffey, Jr.

3 Cal Ripken, Jr.

4 Chipper Jones

5 Mike Piazza

6 Juan Gonzalez

7 Derek Jeter

8 Andruw Jones

9 Alex Rodriguez

Andruw Jones Blister Card

This card of Andruw Jones was always inserted on the top of pre-priced 1997 Score Series Two blister packs. The backs carry a "Thank you for buying Score Baseball Series II" sentence with a list and description of insert sets found. The rules for the Stand and Deliver Promotion rounded out the backs.

NNO Andruw Jones