2003 Topps 205

Description

Fresh off the successful Topps 206 release of a year earlier, the first series of 2003 Topps 205 was released in July, 2003. The base set consists of 150 cards with 15 (non-short-printed) variations. Each eight-card pack contained one mini-sized parallel, and one "Triple Folder" insert.

Just like the original 1911 T-205's, there are separate designs for the National League, American League, and minor league players. The first 120 cards consists of current Major League players. Cards numbered #121 through #144 feature prospects and first-year players, all using the ornate T-205 Minor League design. Among this subset is a rookie card of Hanley Ramirez.

Card number number 145 features the "rookie card" Louis Sockalexis, a member of the Penobscot Tribe, who was supposedly the player the Cleveland Indians named their team in honor of. Despite playing three seasons with the then Cleveland Spiders, Sockalexis never appeared on a trading card. Cards numbered 146 to 150 feature various "reprints" of some of the tougher T-205 cards.

Each 20-pack box yielded two framed "hits," a box containing an addition 20 mini cards, and a historical essay from noted collector Keith Olbermann. Also randomly inserted in packs were cards featuring "repurchased" tobacco cards. Those cards were inserted at a stated rate of 1:336/packs.

Distribution

20 packs per box, eight cards per pack. Hobby Only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	165	-	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Barry Bonds (w/Hat)

2 Bret Boone

3 Albert Pujols ("Clear" Logo)

4 Carl Crawford

5 Bartolo Colon

6 Cliff Floyd

7 John Olerud

8 Jason Giambi (Full Jacket)

9 Edgardo Alfonzo

10 Ivan Rodriguez

11 Jim Edmonds

12 Mike Piazza (Orange Background)

13 Greg Maddux

14 Jose Vidro

15 Vladimir Guerrero ("Clear" Logo)

16 Bernie Williams

17 Roger Clemens

18 Miguel Tejada (Blue Background)

19 Carlos Delgado

20 Alfonso Soriano (w/Bat)

21 Bobby Cox

22 Mike Scioscia

23 John Smoltz

24 Luis Gonzalez

25 Shawn Green

26 Raul Ibanez

27 Andruw Jones

28 Josh Beckett

29 Derek Lowe

30 Todd Helton

31 Barry Larkin

32 Jason Jennings

33 Darin Erstad

34 Magglio Ordonez

35 Mike Sweeney

36 Kazuhisa Ishii

37 Ron Gardenhire

38 Tim Hudson

39 Tim Salmon

40 Pat Burrell (Black Bat)

41 Manny Ramirez

42 Nick Johnson

43 Tom Glavine

44 Mark Mulder

45 Brian Jordan

46 Rafael Palmeiro

47 Vernon Wells

48 Bob Brenly

49 C.C. Sabathia

50 Alex Rodriguez (Looking Straight Ahead)

51 Sammy Sosa (Head Down)

52 Paul Konerko

53 Craig Biggio

54 Moises Alou

55 Johnny Damon

56 Torii Hunter

57 Omar Vizquel

58 Orlando Hernandez

59 Barry Zito

60 Lance Berkman

61 Carlos Beltran

62 Edgar Renteria

63 Ben Sheets

64 Doug Mientkiewicz

65 Troy Glaus

66 Preston Wilson

67 Kerry Wood

68 Frank Thomas

69 Jimmy Rollins

70 Brian Giles

71 Bobby Higginson

72 Larry Walker

73 Randy Johnson

74 Tony LaRussa

75 Derek Jeter (w/Gold Trim)

76 Bobby Abreu

77 Adam Dunn (Grinning)

78 Ryan Klesko

79 Francisco Rodriguez

80 Scott Rolen

81 Roberto Alomar

82 Joe Torre

83 Jim Thome

84 Kevin Millwood

85 J.T. Snow

86 Trevor Hoffman

87 Jay Gibbons

88 Mark Prior (Modern Cubs Logo)

89 Rich Aurilia

90 Chipper Jones

91 Richie Sexson

92 Gary Sheffield

93 Pedro Martinez

94 Rodrigo Lopez

95 Al Leiter

96 Jorge Posada

97 Luis Castillo

98 Aubrey Huff

99 A.J. Pierzynski

100 Ichiro (Looking Straight Ahead)

101 Eric Chavez

102 Brett Myers

103 Jason Kendall

104 Jeff Kent

105 Eric Hinske

106 Jacque Jones

107 Phil Nevin

108 Roy Oswalt

109 Curt Schilling

110 Nomar Garciaparra (w/Gold Trim)

111 Garret Anderson

112 Eric Gagne

113 Javier Vazquez

114 Jeff Bagwell

115 Mike Lowell

116 Carlos Pena

117 Ken Griffey Jr.

118 Tony Batista

119 Edgar Martinez

120 Austin Kearns

Prospects

121 Jason Stokes

122 Jose Reyes

123 Rocco Baldelli

124 Joe Borchard

125 Joe Mauer

126 Gavin Floyd

127 Mark Teixeira

128 Jeremy Guthrie

129 B.J. Upton

130 Khalil Greene

First-Year Players

131 Craig Ansman RC

132 Andy Marte RC

133 J.D. Durbin RC

134 Jason Kubel RC

135 Craig Brazell RC

136 Bryan Bullington RC

137 Jose Contreras RC

138 Brian Burgamy RC

139 Evel Bastida-Martinez RC

140 Joey Gomes RC

141 Ismael Castro RC

142 Travis Wong RC

143 Michael Garciaparra RC

144 Arnaldo Munoz RC

145 Louis Sockalexis XRC

T205 Reprints

146 Richard Hoblitzell

147 George Graham

148 Hal Chase

149 John McGraw

150 Roderick J. Wallace

Variations

NOTE: All 15 variations are NOT short-printed and are considered part of the base set.

1 Barry Bonds (w/Helmet)

3 Albert Pujols (Clear Logo)

8 Jason Giambi (Partial Jacket)

12 Mike Piazza (Yellow Background)

15 Vladimir Guerrero (Clear Logo)

18 Miguel Tejada (Green Background)

20 Alfonso Soriano (w/Sunglasses)

40 Pat Burrell (Brown Bat)

50 Alex Rodriguez (Looking Away)

51 Sammy Sosa (Looking Left)

75 Derek Jeter (w/o Gold Trim)

77 Adam Dunn (Smiling)

88 Mark Prior ("Bear" Logo)

100 Ichiro (Looking Right)

110 Nomar Garciaparra (w/o Gold Trim)

Parallels

Each mini-sized parallel measures 1-7/16" x 2-5/8 and come one-per-pack. In addition, each box contains a bonus 20-card mini-box.

Polar Bear (Common)

Sovereign Black-Back (Uncommon; 20% of production with Green backs)

Drum (Rare)

Bazooka (numbered to five copies)

Multi-Brand

What has become known as the "multi-brand parallel," is a set of minis with a combination of five different ad backs: American Beauty (AB), Cycle (C), Honest (H), Piedmont (P), and Sweet Caporal (SC). Ten percent of the production run of all cards are printed with purple ink, the rest with brown ink.

1 Barry Bonds (w/Hat) AB

1 Barry Bonds (w/Helmet) H

2 Bret Boone P

3 Albert Pujols ("Clear" Logo) P

3 Albert Pujols (White Logo) H

4 Carl Crawford P

5 Bartolo Colon P

6 Cliff Floyd P

7 John Olerud P

8 Jason Giambi (Full Jacket) P

8 Jason Giambi (Partial Jacket) H

9 Edgardo Alfonzo P

10 Ivan Rodriguez P

11 Jim Edmonds P

12 Mike Piazza (Orange Background) P

12 Mike Piazza (Yellow Background) H

13 Greg Maddux P

14 Jose Vidro P

15 Vladimir Guerrero ("Clear" Logo) P

15 Vladimir Guerrero (White Logo) H

16 Bernie Williams P

17 Roger Clemens P

18 Miguel Tejada (Blue Background) P

18 Miguel Tejada (Green Background) H

19 Carlos Delgado P

20 Alfonso Soriano (w/Bat) AB

20 Alfonso Soriano (w/Sunglasses) H

21 Bobby Cox P

22 Mike Scioscia P

23 John Smoltz P

24 Luis Gonzalez P

25 Shawn Green P

26 Raul Ibanez P

27 Andruw Jones P

28 Josh Beckett P

29 Derek Lowe P

30 Todd Helton P

31 Barry Larkin P

32 Jason Jennings P

33 Darin Erstad P

34 Magglio Ordonez P

35 Mike Sweeney P

36 Kazuhisa Ishii P

37 Ron Gardenhire P

38 Tim Hudson P

39 Tim Salmon P

40 Pat Burrell (Black Bat) P

40 Pat Burrell (Brown Bat) H

41 Manny Ramirez P

42 Nick Johnson P

43 Tom Glavine P

44 Mark Mulder P

45 Brian Jordan P

46 Rafael Palmeiro P

47 Vernon Wells P

48 Bob Brenly P

49 C.C. Sabathia P

50 Alex Rodriguez (Looking Straight Ahead) AB

50 Alex Rodriguez (Looking Away) H

51 Sammy Sosa (Head Down) AB

51 Sammy Sosa (Looking Left) H

52 Paul Konerko P

53 Craig Biggio P

54 Moises Alou P

55 Johnny Damon P

56 Torii Hunter P

57 Omar Vizquel P

58 Orlando Hernandez P

59 Barry Zito P

60 Lance Berkman P

61 Carlos Beltran P

62 Edgar Renteria P

63 Ben Sheets P

64 Doug Mientkiewicz P

65 Troy Glaus P

66 Preston Wilson P

67 Kerry Wood P

68 Frank Thomas P

69 Jimmy Rollins P

70 Brian Giles SC

71 Bobby Higginson SC

72 Larry Walker SC

73 Randy Johnson SC

74 Tony LaRussa SC

75 Derek Jeter (w/Gold Trim) H

75 Derek Jeter (w/o Gold Trim) SC

76 Bobby Abreu SC

77 Adam Dunn (Grinning) H

77 Adam Dunn (Smiling) SC

78 Ryan Klesko SC

79 Francisco Rodriguez SC

80 Scott Rolen SC

81 Roberto Alomar SC

82 Joe Torre SC

83 Jim Thome SC

84 Kevin Millwood SC

85 J.T. Snow SC

86 Trevor Hoffman SC

87 Jay Gibbons SC

88 Mark Prior (Modern Cubs Logo) SC

88 Mark Prior ("Bear" Logo) H

89 Rich Aurilia SC

90 Chipper Jones SC

91 Richie Sexson SC

92 Gary Sheffield SC

93 Pedro Martinez SC

94 Rodrigo Lopez SC

95 Al Leiter SC

96 Jorge Posada SC

97 Luis Castillo SC

98 Aubrey Huff SC

99 A.J. Pierzynski SC

100 Ichiro (Looking Straight Ahead) AB

100 Ichiro (Looking Right) H

101 Eric Chavez SC

102 Brett Myers SC

103 Jason Kendall SC

104 Jeff Kent SC

105 Eric Hinske SC

106 Jacque Jones SC

107 Phil Nevin SC

108 Roy Oswalt SC

109 Curt Schilling SC

110 Nomar Garciaparra (w/Gold Trim) H

110 Nomar Garciaparra (w/o Gold Trim) SC

111 Garret Anderson SC

112 Eric Gagne SC

113 Javier Vazquez SC

114 Jeff Bagwell SC

115 Mike Lowell SC

116 Carlos Pena SC

117 Ken Griffey Jr. SC

118 Tony Batista SC

119 Edgar Martinez SC

120 Austin Kearns SC

121 Jason Stokes C

122 Jose Reyes C

123 Rocco Baldelli C

124 Joe Borchard C

125 Joe Mauer C

126 Gavin Floyd C

127 Mark Teixeira C

128 Jeremy Guthrie C

129 B.J. Upton C

130 Khalil Greene C

131 Craig Ansman C

132 Andy Marte C

133 J.D. Durbin C

134 Jason Kubel C

135 Craig Brazell C

136 Bryan Bullington C

137 Jose Contreras C

138 Brian Burgamy C

139 Evel Bastida-Martinez C

140 Joey Gomes C

141 Ismael Castro C

142 Travis Wong C

143 Michael Garciaparra C

144 Arnaldo Munoz C

145 Louis Sockalexis C

146 Richard Hoblitzell AB

147 George Graham AB

148 Hal Chase AB

149 John McGraw AB

150 Roderick J. Wallace AB

Brooklyn

This bizarrely fractured parallel is broken-up into four tiers. 25 cards are Common (C), 85 Uncommon (U), 30 Rare (R), and 30 numbered-to-five (5). Unlike the other parallels, the 15 variations are not included in this set.

1 Barry Bonds U

2 Bret Boone U

3 Albert Pujols U

4 Carl Crawford U

5 Bartolo Colon R

6 Cliff Floyd R

7 John Olerud R

8 Jason Giambi U

9 Edgardo Alfonzo 5

10 Ivan Rodriguez 5

11 Jim Edmonds U

12 Mike Piazza C

13 Greg Maddux U

14 Jose Vidro U

15 Vladimir Guerrero R

16 Bernie Williams R

17 Roger Clemens C

18 Miguel Tejada U

19 Carlos Delgado U

20 Alfonso Soriano C

21 Bobby Cox U

22 Mike Scioscia R

23 John Smoltz U

24 Luis Gonzalez C

25 Shawn Green C

26 Raul Ibanez C

27 Andruw Jones U

28 Josh Beckett C

29 Derek Lowe U

30 Todd Helton C

31 Barry Larkin U

32 Jason Jennings U

33 Darin Erstad U

34 Magglio Ordonez C

35 Mike Sweeney U

36 Kazuhisa Ishii U

37 Ron Gardenhire C

38 Tim Hudson U

39 Tim Salmon C

40 Pat Burrell R

41 Manny Ramirez C

42 Nick Johnson U

43 Tom Glavine U

44 Mark Mulder R

45 Brian Jordan U

46 Rafael Palmeiro R

47 Vernon Wells C

48 Bob Brenly U

49 C.C. Sabathia U

50 Alex Rodriguez C

51 Sammy Sosa R

52 Paul Konerko R

53 Craig Biggio U

54 Moises Alou R

55 Johnny Damon U

56 Torii Hunter C

57 Omar Vizquel C

58 Orlando Hernandez 5

59 Barry Zito U

60 Lance Berkman C

61 Carlos Beltran U

62 Edgar Renteria U

63 Ben Sheets U

64 Doug Mientkiewicz U

65 Troy Glaus R

66 Preston Wilson U

67 Kerry Wood C

68 Frank Thomas U

69 Jimmy Rollins U

70 Brian Giles U

71 Bobby Higginson U

72 Larry Walker C

73 Randy Johnson C

74 Tony LaRussa R

75 Derek Jeter U

76 Bobby Abreu U

77 Adam Dunn U

78 Ryan Klesko R

79 Francisco Rodriguez U

80 Scott Rolen R

81 Roberto Alomar C

82 Joe Torre R

83 Jim Thome 5

84 Kevin Millwood 5

85 J.T. Snow U

86 Trevor Hoffman R

87 Jay Gibbons U

88 Mark Prior C

89 Rich Aurilia R

90 Chipper Jones U

91 Richie Sexson R

92 Gary Sheffield U

93 Pedro Martinez R

94 Rodrigo Lopez U

95 Al Leiter U

96 Jorge Posada C

97 Luis Castillo R

98 Aubrey Huff C

99 A.J. Pierzynski U

100 Ichiro U

101 Eric Chavez U

102 Brett Myers U

103 Jason Kendall U

104 Jeff Kent 5

105 Eric Hinske U

106 Jacque Jones U

107 Phil Nevin R

108 Roy Oswalt R

109 Curt Schilling U

110 Nomar Garciaparra R

111 Garret Anderson U

112 Eric Gagne U

113 Javier Vazquez U

114 Jeff Bagwell U

115 Mike Lowell C

116 Carlos Pena U

117 Ken Griffey Jr. R

118 Tony Batista R

119 Edgar Martinez U

120 Austin Kearns C

121 Jason Stokes 5

122 Jose Reyes 5

123 Rocco Baldelli 5

124 Joe Borchard 5

125 Joe Mauer 5

126 Gavin Floyd 5

127 Mark Teixeira 5

128 Jeremy Guthrie 5

129 B.J. Upton U

130 Khalil Greene 5

131 Hanley Ramirez R

132 Andy Marte U

133 J.D. Durbin 5

134 Jason Kubel 5

135 Craig Brazell 5

136 Bryan Bullington R

137 Jose Contreras 5

138 Brian Burgamy R

139 Evel Bastida-Martinez 5

140 Joey Gomes 5

141 Ismael Castro 5

142 Travis Wong 5

143 Michael Garciaparra 5

144 Arnaldo Munoz U

145 Louis Sockalexis 5

146 Richard Hoblitzell 5

147 George Graham 5

148 Hal Chase 5

149 John McGraw 5

150 Roderick J. Wallace 5

Inserts

Triple Folders

This 50 card set is based on the 1912 T-202 Hassan "Triple Folders." Each card measures 2-1/2" X 7", and is folded and glued to fit into the pack. The two end "cards" fold out to reveal a full-color reproduction of the player's Topps 205 card, centered with a black-and-white action photo of the two players.

The backs are available in Polar Bear (Common) and Brooklyn (Rare) variations.

TF1 Barry Bonds/Jason Larue

TF2 Alfonso Soriano/Derek Jeter

TF3 Alex Rodriguez/Miguel Tejada

TF4 Derek Jeter/Nomar Garciaparra

TF5 Alex Rodriguez/Omar Vizquel

TF6 Omar Vizquel/Paul Konerko

TF7 Magglio Ordonez/Paul Konerko

TF8 Darin Erstad/Doug Mientkiewicz

TF9 Jason Kendall/Jimmy Rollins

TF10 Roberto Alomar/Shawn Green

TF11 Derek Jeter/Roberto Alomar

TF12 Bobby Abreu/Luis Castillo

TF13 Curt Schilling/Randy Johnson

TF14 Kerry Wood/Mike Piazza

TF15 Jorge Posada/Roger Clemens

TF16 Ichiro/Ryan Klesko

TF17 Alfonso Soriano/Roberto Alomar

TF18 Barry Bonds/Nick Johnson

TF19 Andruw Jones/Chipper Jones

TF20 Bobby Abreu/Paul Konerko

TF21 Alex Rodriguez/Rafael Palmeiro

TF22 Carlos Delgado/Eric Hinske

TF23 Jay Gibbons/Nomar Garciaparra

TF24 Luis Gonzalez/Mike Piazza

TF25 J.T. Snow/Vladimir Guerrero

TF26 Bernie Williams/Jason Giambi

TF27 Miguel Tejada/Richie Sexson

TF28 Doug Mientkiewicz/Jimmy Rollins

TF29 Derek Jeter/Eric Chavez

TF30 Alfonso Soriano/Bret Boone

TF31 Chipper Jones/Mike Piazza

TF32 Bret Boone/Ichiro

TF33 Bobby Abreu/Mike Piazza

TF34 Jimmy Rollins/Pat Burrell

TF35 Ichiro/Miguel Tejada

TF36 Barry Bonds/Jason LaRue

TF37 Alfonso Soriano/Derek Jeter

TF38 Alex Rodriguez/Miguel Tejada

TF39 Derek Jeter/Nomar Garciaparra

TF40 Alex Rodriguez/Omar Vizquel

TF41 Curt Schilling/Randy Johnson

TF42 Jorge Posada/Roger Clemens

TF43 Ichiro/Ryan Klesko

TF44 Barry Bonds/Nick Johnson

TF45 Alex Rodriguez/Rafael Palmeiro

TF46 J.T. Snow/Vladimir Guerrero

TF47 Derek Jeter/Eric Chavez

TF48 Bret Boone/Ichiro

TF49 Bobby Abreu/Mike Piazza

TF50 Ichiro/Miguel Tejada

Autographs & Game-Used

T-205 Relics

TR-GA Garret Anderson

TR-TP Troy Percival

TR-CS Curt Schilling

TR-LG Luis Gonzalez

TR-RJ Randy Johnson

TR-GM Greg Maddux

TR-JS John Smoltz

TR-RF Rafael Furcal

TR-DL Derek Lowe

TR-JD Johnny Damon

TR-MR Manny Ramirez

TR-NG Nomar Garciaparra

TR-PM Pedro Martinez

TR-MO Maggilo Ordonez

TR-AD Adam Dunn

TR-JJ Jason Jennings

TR-TH Todd Helton

TR-AB A.J. Burnett

TR-LC Luis Castillo

TR-JB Jeff Bagwell

TR-JK Jeff Kent

TR-LB Lance Berkman

TR-RO Roy Oswalt

TR-MS Mike Sweeney

TR-EG Eric Gagne

TR-KI Kazuhisa Ishii

TR-AS Alfonso Soriano

TR-BW Bernie Williams

TR-NJ Nick Johnson

TR-AL Al Leiter

TR-MP Mike Piazza

TR-MV Mo Vaughn

TR-RA Roberto Alomar

TR-BZ Barry Zito

TR-EC Eric Chavez

TR-JT Jim Thome

TR-BG Brian Giles

TR-BB Barry Bonds

TR-KL Kenny Lofton

TR-AP Albert Pujols

TR-SR Scott Rolen

TR-AR Alex Rodriguez

TR-RP Rafael Palmeiro

T-205 Autographs

TA-CF Cliff Floyd

TA-JR Jose Reyes

TA-LB Lance Berkman

TA-MO Maggilo Ordonez

TA-MB Marlon Byrd

TA-MS Mike Sweeney

TA-PL Paul Lo Duca

TA-SR Scott Rolen

TA-TH Torii Hunter