1997 Select

This article is about a set that is scheduled to be released in the near-future.
Some information may change as more facts become known.

Description

1997 Select is a 200-card set released in two series of 150 and 50 cards. The 150-card "Lo-Series," released in April 1997, set contains 100 "Red" cards and 50 "Blue" cards -- which are short-printed and seeded at the rate of one-per-pack.

A "Hi-Number" Series was issued in December 1997. Similar to the hi-number cards released in the early days of Upper Deck, 1997 Select Hi-Number re-issued all 150 "Low-Series" cards, and added an addition 50 cards. Each five-card Hi-Series pack contained two Lo-Series Red cards, one Lo-Series Blue card, one Hi-Number card, and a "Select Company" parallel.

Distribution

Lo/Hi Series: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Lo-Series Odds	Hi-Series Odds
Base	200	-	?	?
Lo-Series Red	100	-	4:1	2:1
Lo-Series Blue	50	-	1:1	1:1
Hi-Series	50	-	N/A	1:1
Select Company	200	-	N/A	1:1
Registered Gold Red	100	-	1:11	1:11
Registered Gold Blue	50	-	1:47	1:47
Artist's Proofs Red	100	-	1:71	1:71
Artist's Proofs Blue	50	-	1:355	1:355
Tools of the Trade	25	-	1:9	1:9
Tools of the Trade Mirror Blue	25	-	1:240	1:240
Rookie Revolution	20	2000	1:56	1:56
Rookie Autographs	3	varies	?	N/A

Checklist

Promos

These cards were issued to Hobby dealers and the Hobby media to preview the 1997 Select set. These cards have "SAMPLE" written on the front to differentiate them from the regular cards. It is unclear exactly how many sample cards were made; the list below shows only those known to exist.

1 Juan Gonzalez

3 Tony Gwynn

8 Frank Thomas

15 Paul Molitor

23 Greg Maddux

47 Ken Griffey Jr.

50 Rickey Henderson

53 Alex Rodriguez

71 Cal Ripken

107 Danny Patterson

124 J.J. Johnson

121 Bobby Henley (Select Company)

Base Set

Lo Series

1 Juan Gonzalez B

2 Mo Vaughn B

3 Tony Gwynn R

4 Manny Ramirez B

5 Jose Canseco R

6 David Cone R

7 Chan Ho Park R

8 Frank Thomas B

9 Todd Hollandsworth R

10 Marty Cordova R

11 Gary Sheffield B

12 John Smoltz B

13 Mark Grudzielanek R

14 Sammy Sosa B

15 Paul Molitor R

16 Kevin Brown R

17 Albert Belle B

18 Eric Young R

19 John Wetteland R

20 Ryan Klesko B

21 Joe Carter R

22 Alex Ochoa R

23 Greg Maddux B

24 Roger Clemens B

25 Ivan Rodriguez B

26 Barry Bonds B

27 Kenny Lofton B

28 Javy Lopez R

29 Hideo Nomo B

30 Rusty Greer R

31 Rafael Palmeiro R

32 Mike Piazza B

33 Ryne Sandberg R

34 Wade Boggs R

35 Jim Thome B

36 Ken Caminiti B

37 Mark Grace R

38 Brian Jordan B

39 Craig Biggio R

40 Henry Rodriguez R

41 Dean Palmer R

42 Jason Kendall R

43 Bill Pulsipher R

44 Tim Salmon B

45 Marc Newfield R

46 Pat Hentgen R

47 Ken Griffey Jr. B

48 Paul Wilson R

49 Jay Buhner B

50 Rickey Henderson R

51 Jeff Bagwell B

52 Cecil Fielder R

53 Alex Rodriguez B

54 John Jaha R

55 Brady Anderson B

56 Andres Galarraga R

57 Raul Mondesi R

58 Andy Pettitte R

59 Roberto Alomar B

60 Derek Jeter B

61 Charles Johnson R

62 Travis Fryman R

63 Chipper Jones B

64 Edgar Martinez R

65 Bobby Bonilla R

66 Greg Vaughn R

67 Bobby Higginson R

68 Garret Anderson R

69 Chuck Knoblauch B

70 Jermaine Dye R

71 Cal Ripken Jr. B

72 Jason Giambi R

73 Trey Beamon R

74 Shawn Green R

75 Mark McGwire B

76 Carlos Delgado R

77 Jason Isringhausen R

78 Randy Johnson B

79 Troy Percival B

80 Ron Gant R

81 Ellis Burks R

82 Mike Mussina B

83 Todd Hundley R

84 Jim Edmonds R

85 Charles Nagy R

86 Dante Bichette B

87 Mariano Rivera R

88 Matt Williams B

89 Rondell White R

90 Steve Finley R

91 Alex Fernandez R

92 Barry Larkin R

93 Tom Goodwin R

94 Will Clark R

95 Michael Tucker R

96 Derek Bell R

97 Larry Walker R

98 Alan Benes R

99 Tom Glavine R

100 Darin Erstad B

101 Andruw Jones B

102 Scott Rolen R

103 Todd Walker B

104 Dmitri Young R

105 Vladimir Guerrero B

106 Nomar Garciaparra R

107 Danny Patterson R

108 Karim Garcia R

109 Todd Greene R

110 Ruben Rivera R

111 Raul Casanova R

112 Mike Cameron R

113 Bartolo Colon R

114 Rod Myers R

115 Todd Dunn R

116 Torii Hunter R

117 Jason Dickson R

118 Gene Kingsale R

119 Rafael Medina R

120 Raul Ibanez R

121 Bob Henley R, RC

122 Scott Spiezio R

123 Bobby Smith R

124 J.J. Johnson R

125 Bubba Trammell R, RC

126 Jeff Abbott R

127 Neifi Perez R

128 Derrek Lee R

129 Kevin Brown R

130 Mendy Lopez R

131 Kevin Orie R

132 Ryan Jones R

133 Juan Encarnacion R

134 Jose Guillen B

135 Greg Norton R

136 Richie Sexson R

137 Jay Payton R

138 Bobby Abreu R

139 Ronnie Belliard R, RC

140 Wilton Guerrero B

141 Alex Rodriguez SS, B

142 Juan Gonzalez SS, B

143 Ken Caminiti SS, B

144 Frank Thomas SS, B

145 Ken Griffey Jr. SS, B

146 John Smoltz SS, B

147 Mike Piazza SS, B

148 Derek Jeter SS, B

149 Frank Thomas CL, R

150 Ken Griffey Jr. CL, R

Hi-Numbers

NOTE: All Hi-Series base cards accidentally had the words "Select Company" printed on them. Hi-Number base cards were printed on etched foil, whereas the Select Company parallels were printed on a coarse "frosted" foil.

151 Jose Cruz Jr. RC

152 Moises Alou

153 Hideki Irabu RC

154 Glendon Rusch

155 Ron Coomer

156 Jeremi Gonzalez RC

157 Fernando Tatis RC

158 John Olerud

159 Rickey Henderson

160 Shannon Stewart

161 Kevin Polcovich RC

162 Jose Rosado

163 Ray Lankford

164 David Justice

165 Mark Kotsay RC

166 Deivi Cruz RC

167 Billy Wagner

168 Jacob Cruz

169 Matt Morris

170 Brian Banks

171 Brett Tomko

172 Todd Helton

173 Eric Young

174 Bernie Williams

175 Jeff Fassero

176 Ryan McGuire

177 Darryl Kile

178 Kelvim Escobar RC

179 Dave Nilsson

180 Geronimo Berroa

181 Livan Hernandez

182 Tony Womack RC

183 Deion Sanders

184 Jeff Kent

185 Brian L. Hunter

186 Jose Malave

187 Steve Woodard RC

188 Brad Radke

189 Todd Dunwoody

190 Joey Hamilton

191 Denny Neagle

192 Bobby Jones

193 Tony Clark

194 Jaret Wright RC

195 Matt Stairs

196 Francisco Cordova

197 Justin Thompson

198 Pokey Reese

199 Garrett Stephenson

200 Carl Everett

Parallels

Select Company

Randomly inserted one in every Select Hi-Series pack, this 200-card set is parallels the Select base set. The difference is found in the full foil card stock with puffed ink accented highlights.

NOTE: All Hi-Series base cards accidentally had the words "Select Company" printed on them. Hi-Number base cards were printed on etched foil, whereas the Select Company parallels were printed on a coarse "frosted" foil.

Registered Gold

This 150-card set parallels the entire Lo-Series set. These cards were available in both Lo and Hi-Series packs, but Registered Gold cards for the 50 Hi-Numbers do not exist.

Artist's Proofs

This 150-card set parallels the entire Lo-Series set. Like the Registered Gold parallels, Artist's Proofs were available in both Lo and Hi-Series packs, but cards for the 50 Hi-Numbers do not exist.