Revision as of 20:41, 4 November 2014

Description

2003 SPx is a 199-card set released by Upper Deck in two series. The first 178 cards were issued as part of the regular SPx product, which was released in August, 2003. The first 125 cards make up the short set; however, 25 of those cards were short-printed and inserted at the rate of 1:4/packs. The next 35 cards make up a Rookie subset, with each serial-numbered to 999 copies. The remaining 18 cards (#161-#179) are all autographed rookies featuring a swatch of game-used memorabilia. Card #161 of Hideki Matsui is serial-numbered to 864 copies. Card #162 of Jose Contreras is serial-numbered to 800, but does NOT have a jersey swatch. The other 16 autographed rookies are serial-numbered to 1224.

The final 21 cards were randomly inserted inside Hobby boxes of 2003 Upper Deck Finite, which was issued in December, 2003. 15 additional Rookies and Prospects (cards #179-#193) were serial-numbered to 150 copies while six Autographed Rookies (cards #381-#387) were numbered to 355. It is unclear why the Update Series cards are skip-numbered.

Distribution

18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $7). 14 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	199	-	?
short set	100	-	?
SPs	25	-	1:4
Rookies	35	999	?
Hideki Matusi Autographed Game-Used Rookie	1	864	?
Jose Contreras Autographed Rookie	1	800	?
Autographed Game-Used Rookies	16	1224	?
Update Series Rookies	15	150	?
Update Series Autographed Rookies	6	355	?
Spectrum short set	125	varies	?
Spectrum Rookies	35	125	?
Spectrum Autographed Game-Used Rookies	18	25	?
Winning Materials Tier 1	80	375	?
Winning Materials Tier 2	80	250	?
Winning Materials Tier 3	80	175	?
Winning Materials Tier 4	84	50	?
Game Used Combos	42	varies	?
Young Stars Autograph Jersey	23	varies	?
Young Stars Autograph Jersey Spectrum	23	25	?
Stars Autograph Jersey	11	varies	?
Stars Autograph Jersey Spectrum	11	one-of-one	?

Checklist

Base Set

SPx Series

1 Darin Erstad
2 Garret Anderson
3 Tim Salmon
4 Troy Glaus
5 Luis Gonzalez
6 Randy Johnson
7 Curt Schilling
8 Lyle Overbay
9 Andruw Jones
10 Gary Sheffield
11 Rafael Furcal
12 Greg Maddux
13 Chipper Jones
14 Tony Batista
15 Rodrigo Lopez
16 Jay Gibbons
17 Byung-Hyun Kim
18 Johnny Damon
19 Derek Lowe
20 Nomar Garciaparra
21 Pedro Martinez
22 Manny Ramirez
23 Mark Prior
24 Kerry Wood
25 Corey Patterson
26 Sammy Sosa
27 Moises Alou
28 Magglio Ordonez
29 Frank Thomas
30 Paul Konerko
31 Bartolo Colon
32 Adam Dunn
33 Austin Kearns
34 Aaron Boone
35 Ken Griffey, Jr.
36 Omar Vizquel
37 C.C. Sabathia
38 Jason Davis
39 Travis Hafner
40 Brandon Phillips
41 Larry Walker
42 Preston Wilson
43 Jay Payton
44 Todd Helton
45 Carlos Pena
46 Eric Munson
47 Ivan Rodriguez
48 Josh Beckett
49 Alex Gonzalez
50 Roy Oswalt
51 Craig Biggio
52 Jeff Bagwell
53 Dontrelle Willis
54 Mike Sweeney
55 Carlos Beltran
56 Brent Mayne
57 Hideo Nomo
58 Rickey Henderson
59 Adrian Beltre
60 Miguel Cabrera
61 Kazuhisa Ishii
62 Ben Sheets
63 Richie Sexson
64 Torii Hunter
65 Jacque Jones
66 Joe Mays
67 Corey Koskie
68 A.J. Pierzynski
69 Jose Vidro
70 Vladimir Guerrero
71 Tom Glavine
72 Jose Reyes
73 Aaron Heilman
74 Mike Piazza
75 Jorge Posada
76 Mike Mussina
77 Robin Ventura
78 Mariano Rivera
79 Roger Clemens
80 Jason Giambi
81 Bernie Williams
82 Alfonso Soriano
83 Derek Jeter
84 Miguel Tejada
85 Eric Chavez
86 Tim Hudson
87 Barry Zito
88 Mark Mulder
89 Erubiel Durazo
90 Pat Burrell
91 Jim Thome
92 Bob Abreu
93 Brian Giles
94 Reggie Sanders
95 Kenny Lofton
96 Ryan Klesko
97 Sean Burroughs
98 Edgardo Alfonzo
99 Rich Aurilia
100 Jose Cruz
101 Barry Bonds
102 Mike Cameron
103 Kazuhiro Sasaki
104 Bret Boone
105 Ichiro
106 J.D. Drew
107 Jim Edmonds
108 Scott Rolen
109 Matt Morris
110 Tino Martinez
111 Albert Pujols
112 Damian Rolls
113 Carl Crawford
114 Rocco Baldelli
115 Hank Blalock
116 Alex Rodriguez
117 Kevin Mench
118 Rafael Palmeiro
119 Mark Teixeira
120 Shannon Stewart
121 Vernon Wells
122 Josh Phelps
123 Eric Hinske
124 Orlando Hudson
125 Carlos Delgado

Rookies

Each Rookie is serial-numbered to 999 copies.

126 Jason Roach RC
127 Dan Haren RC
128 Luis Ayala RC
129 Bo Hart RC
130 Wilfredo Ledezma RC
131 Rick Roberts RC*
132 Miguel Ojeda RC
133 Aquilino Lopez RC
134 Roger Deago RC
135 Arnie Munoz RC
136 Brent Hoard RC*
137 Terrmel Sledge RC
138 Ryan Cameron RC*
139 Prentice Redman RC
140 Clint Barmes RC
141 Jeremy Griffiths RC
142 Jon Leicester RC
143 Brandon Webb RC
144 Todd Wellemeyer RC
145 Felix Sanchez RC
146 Anthony Ferrari RC
147 Ian Ferguson RC*
148 Micheal Nakamura RC
149 Lew Ford RC
150 Nate Bland RC
151 David Matranga RC
152 Edgar Gonzalez RC
153 Carlos Mendez RC
154 Jason Gilfillan RC
155 Mike Neu RC
156 Jason Shiell RC
157 Jeff Duncan RC
158 Oscar Villarreal RC
159 Diegomar Markwell RC*
160 Joe Valentine RC

Autographed Game-Used Rookies

Each Autographed Game-Used Rookie is serial-numbered to 1224 copies EXCEPT ...

Card #161 is serial-numbered to 864 copies.
Card #162 is serial-numbered to 800 copies and does NOT contain a game-used swatch.

161 Hideki Matsui RC
162 Jose Contreras RC
163 Willie Eyre RC
164 Matt Bruback RC*
165 Rett Johnson RC*
166 Jeremy Griffiths
167 Francisco Cruceta RC
168 Fern Cabrera
169 Jhonny Peralta
170 Shane Bazzell RC*
172 Phil Seibel RC
173 Josh Willingham RC
174 Robby Hammock RC
175 Anderson Machado
176 David Sanders RC
177 Matt Kata RC
178 Heath Bell RC
171 Bob Madritsch

Finite Series

Each Finite Series card is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

179 Chad Gaudin RC
180 Chris Capuano RC
181 Danny Garcia RC
182 Delmon Young RC
183 Edwin Jackson RC
184 Greg Jones RC
185 Jeremy Bonderman RC
186 Jorge DePaula
187 Khalil Greene
188 Chad Cordero RC
189 Miguel Cabrera
190 Rich Harden
191 Rickie Weeks RC
192 Rosman Garcia RC
193 Tom Gregorio RC

Autographed Rookies

Each Finite Series Autographed Rookie is serial-numbered to 355 copies. It is unclear why the set is skip-numbered.

381 Andrew Brown RC
382 Delmon Young
383 Colin Porter RC
385 Rickie Weeks
386 David Matranga
387 Bo Hart

Parallels

All 178 SPX series base cards are available in a Spectrum parallel. All are numbered with a SP- prefix, and are serial-numbered to the figures listed below.

Cards #1-#125 (serial-numbered to the player's jersey number).
Cards #126-#160 (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
Cards #161-#178 (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Autographs & Game-Used

Winning Materials

There are four Winning Materials cards for each player and each "Tier" has two variations: "Logo" and "Number." Each Winning Materials card is serial-numbered to the following.

Tier/Variation	Number	Logo
Tier 1	40	335
Tier 2	22	228
Tier 3	20	155
Tier 4	10	40

The first few copies of each card are available in the Number variation, with the remainder of the production run in the Logo variation. For example, the first 40 serial-numbered copies of a Tier 1 card have the player's number on the card, while the remaining cards starting with 41 and ending with 375 have a team logo instead.

AJ1 Andruw Jones (Logo)
AJ1 Andruw Jones (Number)
AP1 Albert Pujols (Logo)
AP1 Albert Pujols (Number)
AR1 Alex Rodriguez (Logo)
AR1 Alex Rodriguez (Number)
AS1 Alfonso Soriano (Logo)
AS1 Alfonso Soriano (Number)
BW1 Bernie Williams (Logo)
BW1 Bernie Williams (Number)
BZ1 Barry Zito (Logo)
BZ1 Barry Zito (Number)
CD1 Carlos Delgado (Logo)
CD1 Carlos Delgado (Number)
CJ1 Chipper Jones (Logo)
CJ1 Chipper Jones (Number)
CS1 Curt Schilling (Logo)
CS1 Curt Schilling (Number)
FT1 Frank Thomas (Logo)
FT1 Frank Thomas (Number)
GM1 Greg Maddux (Logo)
GM1 Greg Maddux (Number)
GS1 Gary Sheffield (Logo)
GS1 Gary Sheffield (Number)
HM1 Hideki Matsui (Logo)
HM1 Hideki Matsui (Number)
HN1 Hideo Nomo (Logo)
HN1 Hideo Nomo (Number)
IR1 Ivan Rodriguez (Logo)
IR1 Ivan Rodriguez (Number)
IS1 Ichiro (Logo)
IS1 Ichiro (Number)
JB1 Jeff Bagwell (Logo)
JB1 Jeff Bagwell (Number)
JG1 Jason Giambi (Logo)
JG1 Jason Giambi (Number)
JK1 Jeff Kent (Logo)
JK1 Jeff Kent (Number)
JT1 Jim Thome (Logo)
JT1 Jim Thome (Number)
KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
LB1 Lance Berkman (Logo)
LB1 Lance Berkman (Number)
LG1 Luis Gonzalez (Logo)
LG1 Luis Gonzalez (Number)
MA1 Mark Prior (Logo)
MA1 Mark Prior (Number)
MP1 Mike Piazza (Logo)
MP1 Mike Piazza (Number)
MR1 Manny Ramirez (Logo)
MR1 Manny Ramirez (Number)
MT1 Miguel Tejada (Logo)
MT1 Miguel Tejada (Number)
PB1 Pat Burrell (Logo)
PB1 Pat Burrell (Number)
PM1 Pedro Martinez (Logo)
PM1 Pedro Martinez (Number)
RA1 Roberto Alomar (Logo)
RA1 Roberto Alomar (Number)
RC1 Roger Clemens (Logo)
RC1 Roger Clemens (Number)
RF1 Rafael Furcal (Logo)
RF1 Rafael Furcal (Number)
RJ1 Randy Johnson (Logo)
RJ1 Randy Johnson (Number)
SG1 Shawn Green (Logo)
SG1 Shawn Green (Number)
SS1 Sammy Sosa (Logo)
SS1 Sammy Sosa (Number)
TG1 Tom Glavine (Logo)
TG1 Tom Glavine (Number)
TH1 Torii Hunter (Logo)
TH1 Torii Hunter (Number)
TO1 Todd Helton (Logo)
TO1 Todd Helton (Number)
TR1 Troy Glaus (Logo)
TR1 Troy Glaus (Number)
VG1 Vladimir Guerrero (Logo)
VG1 Vladimir Guerrero (Number)

Game Used Combos

BK Jeff Bagwell / Jeff Kent
CA Cal Ripken / Alex Rodriguez
CL Cal Ripken / Lou Gehrig
EG Darin Erstad / Troy Glaus
GC Greg Maddux / Chipper Jones
GD Ken Griffey, Jr.
GR Ken Griffey, Jr.
GS Jason Giambi / Alfonso Soriano
HJ Hideki Matsui / Jason Giambi
HM Hideki Matsui / Mickey Mantle
IA Ichiro / Albert Pujols
JJ Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones
MD Mickey Mantle / Derek Jeter
MG Pedro Martinez / Nomar Garciaparra
MJ Hideki Matsui / Derek Jeter
MR Mickey Mantle / Roger Maris
MS Hideki Matsui / Ichiro
MW Mickey Mantle / Ted Williams
NI Hideo Nomo / Kazuhisa Ishii
PM Rafael Palmeiro / Fred McGriff
PS Rafael Palmeiro / Sammy Sosa
RC Nolan Ryan / Roger Clemens
RG Alex Rodriguez / Nomar Garciaparra
RS Nolan Ryan / Tom Seaver
RT Alex Rodriguez / Miguel Tejada
RY Nolan Ryan / Pedro Martinez
SJ Curt Schilling / Randy Johnson
SN Ichiro / Hideo Nomo
SP Sammy Sosa / Rafael Palmeiro
TB Thurman Munson / Yogi Berra
WG Ted Williams / Nomar Garciaparra
WM Ted Williams / Pedro Martinez
SB Sammy Sosa / Barry Bonds
RR Cal Ripken / Scott Rolen
RM Babe Ruth / Hideki Matsui
MC Hideki Matsui / Jose Contreras
MB Mickey Mantle / Barry Bonds
FC Carlton Fisk / Gary Carter
CM Jose Contreras / Pedro Martinez
CC Jose Contreras / Roger Clemens
BT Barry Bonds / Ted Williams
BM Barry Bonds / Roger Maris

Stars Autograph Jersey

Each card is also available in a one-of-one Spectrum parallel.

CJ0 Chipper Jones
CS Curt Schilling
JG Jason Giambi
KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
LB Lance Berkman
LG Luis Gonzalez
MP Mark Prior
NM Nomar Garciaparra
PB Pat Burrell
TG Troy Glaus
VG Vladimir Guerrero

Young Stars Autograph Jersey

Cards #DW, #KG, and #RH were inserted into packs of 2003 Upper Deck Finite.
All cards EXCEPT the three Update Series cards are also available in a Spectrum parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

AD Adam Dunn
AK Austin Kearns
BM Brett Myers
BP Brandon Phillips
CG Chris George
DW Dontrelle Willis
EH Eric Hinske
HB Hank Blalock
JA Jason Jennings
JBA Josh Bard
JJ Jacque Jones
JP Josh Phelps
KA Kurt Ainsworth
KG Khalil Greene
KS Kirk Saarloos
MD Michael Cuddyer
MK Mike Kinkade
MT Mark Teixeira
NJ Nick Johnson
RB Rocco Baldelli
RH Rich Harden
RO Roy Oswalt
SB Sean Burroughs

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