Revision as of 20:42, 10 April 2011

Description

2002 SPx is a 250-card set issued in two separate series. The SPx product itself was released in late April, 2002 and contained the first 190 cards.

Cards 91-120 make up the "Rookie/Young Star" subset. There are two different versions of each Rookie/Young Star (portrait or action shot), and each card is serial-numbered to 1800 cards (for a total of 3600 of each player). A set is considered complete with only one version.

Cards 121-150 were not serial-numbered but instead feature autographs and were seeded into packs at a rate of 1:18.

Cards numbered 151 through 190 make up the "SuperStars Swatches" subset, and feature jersey swatches of leading major league players. These cards had a stated print run of either 700 or 800 serial-numbered cards.

The final 60 cards (191-250) were distributed in mid-December, 2002 within packs of 2002 Upper Deck Rookie Update. Cards 191-220 feature veterans on new teams and were commonly distributed in all packs. Cards 221-250 feature prospects and were all signed by the player. Each autographed card was seeded into Rookie Update packs at the rate of 1:16 and serial-numbered to 825 copies.

Distribution

SPx: 18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Hobby exclusive. 14 bpxes per case.

Rookie Update: 15 packs per box, five cards per pack. Hobby exclusive. Includes cards from 2002 SP Authentic and 2002 Upper Deck Diamond Collection.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	250	-	?
SPx short set	90	-	4:1
Rookies/Young Stars	30	3600	?
Signed SPx Prospects	30	-	1:18
SuperStar Swatches	40	700 or 800	?
Rookie Update short set	30	-	1:1
Rookie Update Autographs	30	825	1:16
Silver SuperStar Swatches	40	400	?
Gold SuperStar Swatches	40	150	?
Winning Materials 2-Player Jersey Combos	29	-	1:18
Winning Materials 2-Player Base Combos	10	200	?
Winning Materials Ball/Patch Combos	9	25	?
Winning Materials Base/Patch Combos	8	25	?
Winning Materials USA Jersey Combos	23	150	?
Sweet Spot Preview Bat Barrels	29	8 or less	?

Checklist

Base Set

SPx Series

1 Troy Glaus
2 Darin Erstad
3 Dave Justice
4 Tim Hudson
5 Miguel Tejada
6 Barry Zito
7 Carlos Delgado
8 Shannon Stewart
9 Greg Vaughn
10 Toby Hall
11 Jim Thome
12 C.C. Sabathia
13 Ichiro
14 Edgar Martinez
15 Freddy Garcia
16 Mike Cameron
17 Jeff Conine
18 Tony Batista
19 Alex Rodriguez
20 Rafael Palmeiro
21 Ivan Rodriguez
22 Carl Everett
23 Pedro Martinez
24 Manny Ramirez
25 Nomar Garciaparra
26 Johnny Damon
27 Mike Sweeney
28 Carlos Beltran
29 Dmitri Young
30 Joe Mays
31 Doug Mientkiewicz
32 Cristian Guzman
33 Corey Koskie
34 Frank Thomas
35 Magglio Ordonez
36 Mark Buehrle
37 Bernie Williams
38 Roger Clemens
39 Derek Jeter
40 Jason Giambi
41 Mike Mussina
42 Lance Berkman
43 Jeff Bagwell
44 Roy Oswalt
45 Greg Maddux
46 Chipper Jones
47 Andruw Jones
48 Gary Sheffield
49 Geoff Jenkins
50 Richie Sexson
51 Ben Sheets
52 Albert Pujols
53 J.D. Drew
54 Jim Edmonds
55 Sammy Sosa
56 Moises Alou
57 Kerry Wood
58 Jon Lieber
59 Fred McGriff
60 Randy Johnson
61 Luis Gonzalez
62 Curt Schilling
63 Kevin Brown
64 Hideo Nomo
65 Shawn Green
66 Vladimir Guerrero
67 Jose Vidro
68 Barry Bonds
69 Jeff Kent
70 Rich Aurilia
71 Cliff Floyd
72 Josh Beckett
73 Preston Wilson
74 Mike Piazza
75 Mo Vaughn
76 Jeromy Burnitz
77 Roberto Alomar
78 Phil Nevin
79 Ryan Klesko
80 Scott Rolen
81 Bobby Abreu
82 Jimmy Rollins
83 Brian Giles
84 Aramis Ramirez
85 Ken Griffey, Jr.
86 Sean Casey
87 Barry Larkin
88 Mike Hampton
89 Larry Walker
90 Todd Helton
91A Ron Calloway RC 1800
91P Ron Calloway RC 1800
92A Joe Orloski RC* 1800
92P Joe Orloski RC* 1800
93A Anderson Machado RC 1800
93P Anderson Machado RC 1800
94A Eric Good RC* 1800
94P Eric Good RC* 1800
95A Reed Johnson RC 1800
95P Reed Johnson RC 1800
96A Brendan Donnelly RC 1800
96P Brendan Donnelly RC 1800
97A Chris Baker RC* 1800
97P Chris Baker RC* 1800
98A Wilson Valdez RC 1800
98P Wilson Valdez RC 1800
99A Scotty Layfield RC* 1800
99P Scotty Layfield RC* 1800
100A P.J. Bevis RC* 1800
100P P.J. Bevis RC* 1800
101A Edwin Almonte RC 1800
101P Edwin Almonte RC 1800
102A Francis Beltran RC 1800
102P Francis Beltran RC 1800
103A Val Pascucci RC 1800
103P Val Pascucci RC 1800
104A Nelson Castro RC* 1800
104P Nelson Castro RC* 1800
105A Michael Crudale RC 1800
105P Michael Crudale RC 1800
106A Colin Young RC* 1800
106P Colin Young RC* 1800
107A Todd Donovan RC* 1800
107P Todd Donovan RC* 1800
108A Felix Escalona RC 1800
108P Felix Escalona RC 1800
109A Brandon Backe RC 1800
109P Brandon Backe RC 1800
110A Corey Thurman RC 1800
110P Corey Thurman RC 1800
111A Kyle Kane RC* 1800
111P Kyle Kane RC* 1800
112A Allan Simpson RC 1800
112P Allan Simpson RC 1800
113A Jose Valverde RC 1800
113P Jose Valverde RC 1800
114A Chris Booker RC 1800
114P Chris Booker RC 1800
115A Brandon Puffer RC 1800
115P Brandon Puffer RC 1800
116A John Foster RC 1800
116P John Foster RC 1800
117A Cliff Bartosh RC 1800
117P Cliff Bartosh RC 1800
118A Gustavo Chacin RC 1800
118P Gustavo Chacin RC 1800
119A Steve Kent RC 1800
119P Steve Kent RC 1800
120A Nate Field RC 1800
120P Nate Field RC 1800
121 Victor Alvarez AU RC
122 Steve Bechler AU RC
123 Adrian Burnside AU RC*
124 Marlon Byrd AU
125 Jaime Cerda AU RC
126 Brandon Claussen AU
127 Mark Corey AU RC
128 Doug Devore AU RC
129 Kazuhisa Ishii AU RC SP
130 John Ennis AU RC
131 Kevin Frederick AU RC
132 Josh Hancock AU RC
133 Ben Howard AU RC
134 Orlando Hudson AU
135 Hansel Izquierdo AU RC
136 Eric Junge AU RC
137 Austin Kearns AU
138 Victor Martinez AU
139 Luis Martinez AU RC
140 Danny Mota AU RC
141 Jorge Padilla AU RC
142 Andy Pratt AU RC
143 Rene Reyes AU RC
144 Rodrigo Rosario AU RC
145 Tom Shearn AU RC
146 So Taguchi AU RC SP
147 Dennis Tankersley AU
148 Matt Thornton AU RC
149 Jeremy Ward AU RC*
150 Mitch Wylie AU RC*
151 Pedro Martinez JSY 800
152 Cal Ripken, Jr. JSY 800
153 Roger Clemens JSY 800
154 Bernie Williams JSY 800
155 Jason Giambi JSY 700
156 Robin Ventura JSY 800
157 Carlos Delgado JSY 800
158 Frank Thomas JSY 800
159 Magglio Ordonez JSY 800
160 Jim Thome JSY 800
161 Darin Erstad JSY 800
162 Tim Salmon JSY 800
163 Tim Hudson JSY 800
164 Barry Zito JSY 800
165 Ichiro JSY 800
166 Edgar Martinez JSY 800
167 Alex Rodriguez JSY 800
168 Ivan Rodriguez JSY 800
169 Juan Gonzalez JSY 800
170 Greg Maddux JSY 800
171 Chipper Jones JSY 800
172 Andruw Jones JSY 800
173 Tom Glavine JSY 800
174 Mike Piazza JSY 800
175 Roberto Alomar JSY 800
176 Scott Rolen JSY 800
177 Sammy Sosa JSY 800
178 Moises Alou JSY 800
179 Ken Griffey, Jr. JSY 700
180 Jeff Bagwell JSY 800
181 Jim Edmonds JSY 800
182 J.D. Drew JSY 800
183 Brian Giles JSY 800
184 Randy Johnson JSY 800
185 Curt Schilling JSY 800
186 Luis Gonzalez JSY 800
187 Todd Helton JSY 800
188 Shawn Green JSY 800
189 David Wells JSY 800
190 Jeff Kent JSY 800

Rookie Update Series

191 Tom Glavine
192 Cliff Floyd
193 Mark Prior
194 Corey Patterson
195 Paul Konerko
196 Adam Dunn
197 Joe Borchard
198 Carlos Pena
199 Juan Encarnacion
200 Luis Castillo
201 Torii Hunter
202 Hee Seop Choi
203 Bartolo Colon
204 Raul Mondesi
205 Jeff Weaver
206 Eric Munson
207 Alfonso Soriano
208 Ray Durham
209 Eric Chavez
210 Brett Myers
211 Jeremy Giambi
212 Vicente Padilla
213 Felipe Lopez
214 Sean Burroughs
215 Kenny Lofton
216 Scott Rolen
217 Carl Crawford
218 Juan Gonzalez
219 Orlando Hudson
220 Eric Hinske
221 Adam Walker AU RC* 825
222 Aaron Cook AU RC 825
223 Cam Esslinger AU RC* 825
224 Kirk Saarloos AU RC 825
225 Jose Diaz AU RC 825
226 David Ross AU RC 825
227 Jayson Durocher AU RC 825
228 Brian Mallette AU RC 825
229 Aaron Guiel AU RC 825
230 Jorge Nunez AU RC* 825
231 Satoru Komiyama AU RC 825
232 Tyler Yates AU RC 825
233 Pete Zamora AU RC* 825
234 Mike Gonzalez AU RC 825
235 Oliver Perez AU RC 825
236 Julius Matos AU RC 825
237 Andy Shibilo AU RC* 825
238 Jason Simontacchi AU RC 825
239 Ron Chiavacci AU 825
240 Deivis Santos AU 825
241 Travis Driskill AU RC 825
242 Jorge De La Rosa AU RC 825
243 Anastacio Martinez AU RC 825
244 Earl Snyder AU RC 825
245 Freddy Sanchez AU RC 825
246 Miguel Asencio AU RC 825
247 Juan Brito AU RC 825
248 Franklyn German AU RC 825
249 Chris Snelling AU RC 825
250 Ken Huckaby AU RC 825

Parallels

SuperStar Swatches

This 40-card set partially-parallels the "SuperStar Swatches" subset (cards #151-190). Each card is available in the following parallels.

Silver (serial-numbered to 400 copies)

Gold (serial-numbered to 150 copies)

Autographs & Game-Used

NOTE: All game-used cards were seeded into regular SPx packs.

Winning Materials 2-Player Jersey Combos

Each card has a jersey swatch from two different players.

WM-WP David Wells / Jorge Posada
WM-SE Aaron Sele / Darin Erstad
WM-RP Ivan Rodriguez / Chan Ho Park
WM-NM Hideo Nomo / Pedro Martinez SP
WM-MC Edgar Martinez / Mike Cameron
WM-LH Al Leiter / Mike Hampton
WM-HW Mike Hampton / Larry Walker
WM-GK Shawn Green / Eric Karros
WM-DH Jermaine Dye / Tim Hudson
WM-BR Jeff Bagwell / Alex Rodriguez DP
WM-BA Jeromy Burnitz / Edgardo Alfonzo
WM-AR Alex Rodriguez / Ivan Rodriguez
WM-BG Jeff Bagwell / Juan Gonzalez
WM-DS Carlos Delgado / Shannon Stewart
WM-ED Jim Edmonds / J.D. Drew
WM-GC Ken Griffey, Jr. / Sean Casey SP
WM-GR Juan Gonzalez / Ivan Rodriguez
WM-JJ Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones
WM-JS Randy Johnson / Curt Schilling
WM-KG Jason Kendall / Brian Giles
WM-MJ Greg Maddux / Chipper Jones
WM-PA Mike Piazza / Roberto Alomar DP
WM-RA Scott Rolen / Bobby Abreu
WM-SH Kazuhiro Sasaki / Shigetoshi Hasegawa
WM-SP Sammy Sosa / Corey Patterson
WM-TO Frank Thomas / Magglio Ordonez
WM-TS Jim Thome / C.C. Sabathia
WM-VR Omar Vizquel / Alex Rodriguez
WM-WG Bernie Williams / Jason Giambi DP

Winning Materials 2-Player Base Combos

Each card features two pieces of a game used base and is serial-numbered to 200 copies.

B-SR Kazuhiro Sasaki / Mariano Rivera 200
B-BG Barry Bonds / Shawn Green 200
B-GR Troy Glaus / Alex Rodriguez 200
B-GS Ken Griffey, Jr. / Sammy Sosa 200
B-IM Ichiro / Edgar Martinez 200
B-PE Mike Piazza / Jim Edmonds 200
B-PI Albert Pujols / Ichiro 200
B-RJ Alex Rodriguez / Derek Jeter 200
B-SG Sammy Sosa / Luis Gonzalez 200
B-WJ Bernie Williams / Derek Jeter 200

Winning Materials Ball/Patch Combos

These nine cards feature both a ball piece along with a jersey patch of the featured players. Each of these cards were issued to a stated print run of 25 serial-numbered copies.

PC-AR Alex Rodriguez 25
PC-CJ Chipper Jones 25
PC-IS Ichiro 25
PC-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 25
PC-MP Mike Piazza 25
PC-RC Roger Clemens 25
PC-SG Shawn Green 25
PC-SS Sammy Sosa 25
PC-TH Todd Helton 25

Winning Materials Base/Patch Combo

These eight cards feature both a piece of a game used base along with a jersey patch of the featured players. Each of these cards were issued to a stated print run of 25 serial-numbered copies.

BP-AR Alex Rodriguez 25
BP-BW Bernie Williams 25
BP-IS Ichiro 25
BP-JG Jason Giambi 25
BP-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 25
BP-LG Luis Gonzalez 25
BP-MP Mike Piazza 25
BP-SS Sammy Sosa 25

Winning Materials USA Combo Jerseys

Each card features uniform swatches of current and former Team USA members. Each card is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

USA-MIN Doug Mientkiewicz / Michael Cuddyer 150
USA-HOU Roy Oswalt / Adam Everett 150
USA-WH Jeff Weaver / Dustin Hermanson 150
USA-WB Jeff Weaver / Dewon Brazelton 150
USA-TB Brent Abernathy / Dewon Brazelton 150
USA-SD Mark Kotsay / Sean Burroughs 150
USA-RE Brian Roberts / Adam Everett 150
USA-PB Mark Prior / Dewon Brazelton 150
USA-MW Matt Morris / Jeff Weaver 150
USA-MP Matt Morris / Mark Prior 150
USA-MO Matt Morris / Roy Oswalt 150
USA-MG Doug Mientkiewicz / Jason Giambi 150
USA-KC Austin Kearns / Michael Cuddyer 150
USA-JC Jacque Jones / Michael Cuddyer 150
USA-HP Dustin Hermanson / Mark Prior 150
USA-HD Orlando Hudson / Jeff Deardorff 150
USA-GT Jason Giambi / Mark Teixeira 150
USA-GB Jason Giambi / Sean Burroughs 150
USA-BT Sean Burroughs / Mark Teixeira 150
USA-AW Marlon Anderson / Jeff Weaver 150
USA-AH Brent Abernathy / Orlando Hudson 150
USA-KB Austin Kearns / Sean Burroughs 150
USA-TP Mark Teixeira / Mark Prior 150

Sweet Spot Preview Bat Barrels

These cards feature the bat barrels of leading players. Each card was printed to a different amount and we have notated that information next to their name in our checklist.

BB-AJ Andruw Jones 5
BB-AR Alex Rodriguez 5
BB-CB Carlos Beltran 1
BB-CD Carlos Delgado 1
BB-CJ Chipper Jones 5
BB-EC Eric Chavez 1
BB-EM Edgar Martinez 2
BB-FT Frank Thomas 8
BB-GM Greg Maddux 5
BB-GS Gary Sheffield 5
BB-IR Ivan Rodriguez 7
BB-IS Ichiro 2
BB-JD J.D. Drew 1
BB-JE Jim Edmonds 1
BB-JG Jason Giambi 1
BB-JT Jim Thome 1
BB-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 6
BB-KW Kerry Wood 1
BB-MP Mike Piazza 7
BB-MR Manny Ramirez 4
BB-MW Matt Williams 5
BB-PW Preston Wilson 1
BB-RA Roberto Alomar 3
BB-RC Roger Clemens 1
BB-RP Rafael Palmeiro 1
BB-SG Shawn Green 7
BB-SS Sammy Sosa 5
BB-TG Tom Glavine 5
BB-TH Todd Helton 3

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 =Distribution=
+SPx: 18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $5).  Hobby exclusive.  14 bpxes per case.
+Rookie Update: 15 packs per box, five cards per pack.  Hobby exclusive.  Includes cards from [[2002 SP Authentic]] and [[2002 Upper Deck Diamond Collection]].
 =Reviews=