1999 Finest

Description

1999 Finest is a 300-card set (produced by Topps) released in two series of 150 cards each. The set includes the following subsets: Gems (101-120), Sensations (121-130) Rookies (131-150/277-299), Sterling (251-265) and Gamers (266-276). Card number 300 is a special Hank Aaron/Mark McGwire tribute. Cards numbered from 101 through 150 and 251 through 300 were short printed and seeded at a rate of one per hobby, one per retail and two per Home Team Advantage pack.

Notable Rookie Cards include Pat Burrell, C.C. Sabathia and Alfonso Soriano.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5.00)

HTA: 10 packs per box, 13 cards per pack (MSRP: $10)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	HTA Odds
Base	300	-	?	?
short set	200	-	?	?
Short-Prints	100	-	1:1	2:1
Refractors	300	-	?	?
Gold Refractors	300	100	?	?
Split Screen Half Refractor (S1)	14	-	?	?
Split Screen Full Refractor (S1)	14	-	?	?
Prominent Figures (S1)	50	varies	?	?
Leading Indicators (S1)	10	-	?	?
Team Finest Blue (S2)	20	1500	?	?
Team Finest Red (S2)	20	500	?	?
Team Finest Gold (S2)	20	250	?	?
Team Finest Blue Refractor (S2)	20	150	?	?
Team Finest Red Refractor (S2)	20	50	?	?
Team Finest Gold Refractor (S2)	20	25	?	?
Peel and Reveal Sparkle (S2)	20	-	?	?
Peel and Reveal Hyper Plaid (S2)	20	-	?	?
Peel and Reveal Stadium Star (S2)	20	-	?	?
Future's Finest (S2)	10	500	?	?
Aaron Award Contenders (S2)	10	-	varies	varies
Aaron Award Contenders Refractor (S2)	10	-	varies	varies
Complements Half Refractor (S2)	7	-	?	?
Complements Full Refractor (S2)	7	-	?	?
Double Feature Half Refractor (S2)	7	-	?	?
Double Feature Full Refractor (S2)	7	-	?	?
Franchise Records (S2)	10	-	?	?
Franchise Records Refractor (S2)	10	-	?	?
Milestones (S2)	40	varies	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Darin Erstad
• 2 Javy Lopez
• 3 Vinny Castilla
• 4 Jim Thome
• 5 Tino Martinez
• 6 Mark Grace
• 7 Shawn Green
• 8 Dustin Hermanson
• 9 Kevin Young
• 10 Tony Clark
• 11 Scott Brosius
• 12 Craig Biggio
• 13 Brian McRae
• 14 Chan Ho Park
• 15 Manny Ramirez
• 16 Chipper Jones
• 17 Rico Brogna
• 18 Quinton McCracken
• 19 J.T. Snow
• 20 Tony Gwynn
• 21 Juan Guzman
• 22 John Valentin
• 23 Rick Helling
• 24 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 25 Frank Thomas
• 26 Jorge Posada
• 27 Dmitri Young
• 28 Rick Reed
• 29 Kevin Tapani
• 30 Troy Glaus
• 31 Kenny Rogers
• 32 Jeromy Burnitz
• 33 Mark Grudzielanek
• 34 Mike Mussina
• 35 Scott Rolen
• 36 Neifi Perez
• 37 Brad Radke
• 38 Darryl Strawberry
• 39 Robb Nen
• 40 Moises Alou
• 41 Eric Young
• 42 Livan Hernandez
• 43 John Wetteland
• 44 Matt Lawton
• 45 Ben Grieve
• 46 Fernando Tatis
• 47 Travis Fryman
• 48 David Segui
• 49 Bobby Abreu
• 50 Nomar Garciaparra
• 51 Paul O'Neill
• 52 Jeff King
• 53 Francisco Cordova
• 54 John Olerud
• 55 Vladimir Guerrero
• 56 Fernando Vina
• 57 Shane Reynolds
• 58 Chuck Finley
• 59 Rondell White
• 60 Greg Vaughn
• 61 Ryan Minor
• 62 Tom Gordon
• 63 Damion Easley
• 64 Ray Durham
• 65 Orlando Hernandez
• 66 Bartolo Colon
• 67 Jaret Wright
• 68 Royce Clayton
• 69 Tim Salmon
• 70 Mark McGwire
• 71 Alex Gonzalez
• 72 Tom Glavine
• 73 Dave Justice
• 74 Omar Vizquel
• 75 Juan Gonzalez
• 76 Bob Higginson
• 77 Todd Walker
• 78 Dante Bichette
• 79 Kevin Millwood
• 80 Roger Clemens
• 81 Kerry Wood
• 82 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 83 Jay Bell
• 84 Barry Bonds
• 85 Alex Rodriguez
• 86 Doug Glanville
• 87 Jason Kendall
• 88 Sean Casey
• 89 Aaron Sele
• 90 Derek Jeter
• 91 Andy Ashby
• 92 Rusty Greer
• 93 Rod Beck
• 94 Matt Williams
• 95 Mike Piazza
• 96 Wally Joyner
• 97 Barry Larkin
• 98 Eric Milton
• 99 Gary Sheffield
• 100 Greg Maddux
• 101 Ken Griffey, Jr. GEM
• 102 Frank Thomas GEM
• 103 Nomar Garciaparra GEM
• 104 Mark McGwire GEM
• 105 Alex Rodriguez GEM
• 106 Tony Gwynn GEM
• 107 Juan Gonzalez GEM
• 108 Jeff Bagwell GEM
• 109 Sammy Sosa GEM
• 110 Vladimir Guerrero GEM
• 111 Roger Clemens GEM
• 112 Barry Bonds GEM
• 113 Darin Erstad GEM
• 114 Mike Piazza GEM
• 115 Derek Jeter GEM
• 116 Chipper Jones GEM
• 117 Larry Walker GEM
• 118 Scott Rolen GEM
• 119 Cal Ripken, Jr. GEM
• 120 Greg Maddux GEM
• 121 Troy Glaus SENS
• 122 Ben Grieve SENS
• 123 Ryan Minor SENS
• 124 Kerry Wood SENS
• 125 Travis Lee SENS
• 126 Adrian Beltre SENS
• 127 Brad Fullmer SENS
• 128 Aramis Ramirez SENS
• 129 Eric Chavez SENS
• 130 Todd Helton SENS
• 131 Pat Burrell ROOK RC
• 132 Ryan Mills ROOK RC*
• 133 Austin Kearns ROOK RC
• 134 Josh McKinley ROOK RC*
• 135 Adam Everett ROOK RC
• 136 Marlon Anderson ROOK
• 137 Bruce Chen ROOK
• 138 Matt Clement ROOK
• 139 Alex Gonzalez ROOK
• 140 Roy Halladay ROOK
• 141 Calvin Pickering ROOK
• 142 Randy Wolf ROOK
• 143 Ryan Anderson ROOK
• 144 Ruben Mateo ROOK
• 145 Alex Escobar ROOK RC
• 146 Jeremy Giambi ROOK
• 147 Lance Berkman ROOK
• 148 Michael Barrett ROOK
• 149 Preston Wilson ROOK
• 150 Gabe Kapler ROOK
• 151 Roger Clemens
• 152 Jay Buhner
• 153 Brad Fullmer
• 154 Ray Lankford
• 155 Jim Edmonds
• 156 Jason Giambi
• 157 Bret Boone
• 158 Jeff Cirillo
• 159 Rickey Henderson
• 160 Edgar Martinez
• 161 Ron Gant
• 162 Mark Kotsay
• 163 Trevor Hoffman
• 164 Jason Schmidt
• 165 Brett Tomko
• 166 David Ortiz
• 167 Dean Palmer
• 168 Hideki Irabu
• 169 Mike Cameron
• 170 Pedro Martinez
• 171 Tom Goodwin
• 172 Brian Hunter
• 173 Al Leiter
• 174 Charles Johnson
• 175 Curt Schilling
• 176 Robin Ventura
• 177 Travis Lee
• 178 Jeff Shaw
• 179 Ugueth Urbina
• 180 Roberto Alomar
• 181 Cliff Floyd
• 182 Adrian Beltre
• 183 Tony Womack
• 184 Brian Jordan
• 185 Randy Johnson
• 186 Mickey Morandini
• 187 Todd Hundley
• 188 Jose Valentin
• 189 Eric Davis
• 190 Ken Caminiti
• 191 David Wells
• 192 Ryan Klesko
• 193 Garret Anderson
• 194 Eric Karros
• 195 Ivan Rodriguez
• 196 Aramis Ramirez
• 197 Mike Lieberthal
• 198 Will Clark
• 199 Rey Ordonez
• 200 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 201 Jose Guillen
• 202 Scott Erickson
• 203 Paul Konerko
• 204 Johnny Damon
• 205 Larry Walker
• 206 Denny Neagle
• 207 Jose Offerman
• 208 Andy Pettitte
• 209 Bobby Jones
• 210 Kevin Brown
• 211 John Smoltz
• 212 Henry Rodriguez
• 213 Tim Belcher
• 214 Carlos Delgado
• 215 Andruw Jones
• 216 Andy Benes
• 217 Fred McGriff
• 218 Edgar Renteria
• 219 Miguel Tejada
• 220 Bernie Williams
• 221 Justin Thompson
• 222 Marty Cordova
• 223 Delino DeShields
• 224 Ellis Burks
• 225 Kenny Lofton
• 226 Steve Finley
• 227 Eric Chavez
• 228 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 229 Marquis Grissom
• 230 Jeff Bagwell
• 231 Jose Canseco
• 232 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 233 Richie Sexson
• 234 Jeff Kent
• 235 Rafael Palmeiro
• 236 David Cone
• 237 Gregg Jefferies
• 238 Mike Lansing
• 239 Mariano Rivera
• 240 Albert Belle
• 241 Chuck Knoblauch
• 242 Derek Bell
• 243 Pat Hentgen
• 244 Andres Galarraga
• 245 Mo Vaughn
• 246 Wade Boggs
• 247 Devon White
• 248 Todd Helton
• 249 Raul Mondesi
• 250 Sammy Sosa
• 251 Nomar Garciaparra STER
• 252 Mark McGwire STER
• 253 Alex Rodriguez STER
• 254 Juan Gonzalez STER
• 255 Vladimir Guerrero STER
• 256 Ken Griffey, Jr. STER
• 257 Mike Piazza STER
• 258 Derek Jeter STER
• 259 Albert Belle STER
• 260 Greg Vaughn STER
• 261 Sammy Sosa STER
• 262 Greg Maddux STER
• 263 Frank Thomas STER
• 264 Mark Grace STER
• 265 Ivan Rodriguez STER
• 266 Roger Clemens GEM
• 267 Mo Vaughn GEM
• 268 Jim Thome GEM
• 269 Darin Erstad GEM
• 270 Chipper Jones GEM
• 271 Larry Walker GEM
• 272 Cal Ripken, Jr. GEM
• 273 Scott Rolen GEM
• 274 Randy Johnson GEM
• 275 Tony Gwynn GEM
• 276 Barry Bonds GEM
• 277 Sean Burroughs ROOK RC
• 278 J.M. Gold ROOK RC*
• 279 Carlos Lee ROOK
• 280 George Lombard ROOK
• 281 Carlos Beltran ROOK
• 282 Fernando Seguignol ROOK
• 283 Eric Chavez ROOK
• 284 Carlos Pena ROOK RC
• 285 Corey Patterson ROOK RC
• 286 Alfonso Soriano ROOK RC
• 287 Nick Johnson ROOK RC
• 288 Jorge Toca ROOK RC
• 289 A.J. Burnett ROOK RC
• 290 Andy Brown ROOK RC*
• 291 Doug Mientkiewicz ROOK RC
• 292 Bobby Seay ROOK RC*
• 293 Chip Ambres ROOK RC
• 294 C.C. Sabathia ROOK RC
• 295 Choo Freeman ROOK RC
• 296 Eric Valent ROOK RC
• 297 Matt Belisle ROOK RC
• 298 Jason Tyner ROOK RC
• 299 Masao Kida ROOK RC
• 300 Hank Aaron / Mark McGwire