1997 Totally Certified

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1997 Pinnacle Certified hobby box

Description

Totally Certified is a 150-card parallel brand of the 1997 Pinnacle Certified set that was Pinnacle's high-end product for the year. The checklist is identical to its Pinnacle Certified base brand but the design differs: Each chromium-stock card featured a new photograph and was printed on etched-foil. Just like its base brand, each card also featured a removable protective "peel".

Totally Certified was available exclusively in Hobby stores. Each three-card pack contained two Platinum Red cards (each serial-numbered to 3999) and one Platinum Blue card (serial-numbered to 1999). A Platinum Gold parallel (serial-numbered to 30) was the chase card in this set and was randomly inserted into packs. Only 999 twenty-box cases were produced and each waxbox was serial-numbered.

Unlike the base brand, a Jose Cruz, Jr. card does not exist in Totally Certified. The only significant "true" rookie card is Brian Giles.

Distribution

Three cards per pack, 18 packs per box (MSRP $6.99) Hobby exclusive.

Reviews

Totally Certified: Stale Gum Wax Heaven Old School Breaks

Insertion Ratios

Totally Certified	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Platinum Red	150	3999	two-per-pack
Platinum Blue	150	1999	one-per-pack
Platinum Gold	150	30	1:79

Checklist

Base Set

The Platinum Red cards (serial-numbered to 3999) were considered to be the "base" set in Totally Certified.

1 Barry Bonds

2 Mo Vaughn

3 Matt Williams

4 Ryne Sandberg

5 Jeff Bagwell

6 Alan Benes

7 John Wetteland

8 Fred McGriff

9 Craig Biggio

10 Bernie Williams

11 Brian Hunter

12 Sandy Alomar, Jr.

13 Ray Lankford

14 Ryan Klesko

15 Jermaine Dye

16 Andy Benes

17 Albert Belle

18 Tony Clark

19 Dean Palmer

20 Bernard Gilkey

21 Ken Caminiti

22 Alex Rodriguez

23 Tim Salmon

24 Larry Walker

25 Barry Larkin

26 Mike Piazza

27 Brady Anderson

28 Cal Ripken, Jr.

29 Charles Nagy

30 Paul Molitor

31 Darin Erstad

32 Rey Ordonez

33 Wally Joyner

34 David Cone

35 Sammy Sosa

36 Dante Bichette

37 Eric Karros

38 Omar Vizquel

39 Roger Clemens

40 Joe Carter

41 Frank Thomas

42 Javy Lopez

43 Mike Mussina

44 Gary Sheffield

45 Tony Gwynn

46 Jason Kendall

47 Jim Thome

48 Andres Galarraga

49 Mark McGwire

50 Troy Percival

51 Derek Jeter

52 Todd Hollandsworth

53 Ken Griffey, Jr.

54 Randy Johnson

55 Pat Hentgen

56 Rusty Greer

57 John Jaha

58 Kenny Lofton

59 Chipper Jones

60 Robb Nen

61 Rafael Palmeiro

62 Mariano Rivera

63 Hideo Nomo

64 Greg Vaughn

65 Ron Gant

66 Eddie Murray

67 John Smoltz

68 Manny Ramirez

69 Juan Gonzalez

70 F.P. Santangelo

71 Moises Alou

72 Alex Ochoa

73 Chuck Knoblauch

74 Raul Mondesi

75 J.T. Snow

76 Rickey Henderson

77 Bobby Bonilla

78 Wade Boggs

79 Ivan Rodriguez

80 Brian Jordan

81 Al Leiter

82 Jay Buhner

83 Greg Maddux

84 Edgar Martinez

85 Kevin Brown

86 Eric Young

87 Todd Hundley

88 Ellis Burks

89 Marquis Grissom

90 Jose Canseco

91 Henry Rodriguez

92 Andy Pettitte

93 Mark Grudzielanek

94 Dwight Gooden

95 Roberto Alomar

96 Paul Wilson

97 Will Clark

98 Rondell White

99 Charles Johnson

100 Jim Edmonds

101 Jason Giambi

102 Billy Wagner

103 Edgar Renteria

104 Johnny Damon

105 Jason Isringhausen

106 Andruw Jones

107 Jose Guillen

108 Kevin Orie

109 Brian Giles RC

110 Danny Patterson

111 Vladimir Guerrero

112 Scott Rolen

113 Damon Mashore

114 Nomar Garciaparra

115 Todd Walker

116 Wilton Guerrero

117 Bobby Abreu

118 Brooks Kieschnick

119 Pokey Reese

120 Todd Greene

121 Dmitri Young

122 Raul Casanova

123 Glendon Rusch

124 Jason Dickson

125 Jorge Posada

126 Rod Myers

127 Bubba Trammell RC

128 Scott Spiezio

129 Hideki Irabu RC

130 Wendell Magee, Jr.

131 Bartolo Colon

132 Chris Holt

133 Calvin Maduro

134 Ray Montgomery RC

135 Shannon Stewart

136 Ken Griffey, Jr. STAR

137 Vladimir Guerrero STAR

138 Roger Clemens STAR

139 Mark McGwire STAR

140 Albert Belle STAR

141 Derek Jeter STAR

142 Juan Gonzalez STAR

143 Greg Maddux STAR

144 Alex Rodriguez STAR

145 Jeff Bagwell STAR

146 Cal Ripken, Jr. STAR

147 Tony Gwynn STAR

148 Frank Thomas STAR

149 Hideo Nomo STAR

150 Andruw Jones STAR

Parallels

There were two parallels in Totally Certified:

• Platinum Blue (serial-numbered to 1999)

• Platinum Gold (serial-numbered to 30)