Revision as of 02:27, 17 September 2010

Description

Distribution

Each box of 1999 Upper Deck Century Legends contains 24 packs of 5 cards each. This product is hobby exclusive.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	131	-	?
Century Collection	131	100	?
Century Legends MVPs	?	1	?
All-Century Team	10	-	1:23
Epic Milestones	9	-	1:12
Memorable Shots	10	-	1:12
Epic Signatures	30	-	1:24
Epic Signatures Century	32	100	?
Jerseys of the Century	?	-	1:418
Artifacts	?	1	?
Legendary Cuts	?	1	?

Checklist

Base Set

The set is tiered as follows: (1-100) Basic, (101-120) 21st Century Phenoms, (121-135) Century Memories

In addition, the first 50 basic cards coincide with the top 50 on The Sporting News list of Baseball's Greatest Players (1998). Thanks to the omissions of Joe DiMaggio, Pete Rose, and Sandy Koufax, this set is missing cards 11, 25, 26, and 126.

1 Babe Ruth

2 Willie Mays

3 Ty Cobb

4 Walter Johnson

5 Hank Aaron

6 Lou Gehrig

7 Christy Mathewson

8 Ted Williams

9 Rogers Hornsby

10 Stan Musial

12 Grover Cleveland Alexander

13 Honus Wagner

14 Cy Young

15 Jimmie Foxx

16 Johnny Bench

17 Mickey Mantle

18 Josh Gibson

19 Satchel Paige

20 Roberto Clemente

21 Warren Spahn

22 Frank Robinson

23 Lefty Gomez

24 Eddie Collins

27 Tris Speaker

28 Mike Schmidt

29 Nap Lajoie

30 Steve Carlton

31 Bob Gibson

32 Tom Seaver

33 George Sisler

34 Barry Bonds

35 Joe Jackson

36 Bob Feller

37 Hank Greenberg

38 Ernie Banks

39 Greg Maddux

40 Yogi Berra

41 Nolan Ryan

42 Mel Ott

43 Al Simmons

44 Jackie Robinson

45 Carl Hubbell

46 Charley Gehringer

47 Buck Leonard

48 Reggie Jackson

49 Tony Gwynn

50 Roy Campanella

51 Ken Griffey, Jr.

52 Barry Bonds

53 Roger Clemens

54 Tony Gwynn

55 Cal Ripken, Jr.

56 Greg Maddux

57 Frank Thomas

58 Mark McGwire

59 Mike Piazza

60 Wade Boggs

61 Alex Rodriguez

62 Juan Gonzalez

63 Mo Vaughn

64 Albert Belle

65 Sammy Sosa

66 Nomar Garciaparra

67 Derek Jeter

68 Kevin Brown

69 Jose Canseco

70 Randy Johnson

71 Tom Glavine

72 Barry Larkin

73 Curt Schilling

74 Moises Alou

75 Fred McGriff

76 Pedro Martinez

77 Andres Galarraga

78 Will Clark

79 Larry Walker

80 Ivan Rodriguez

81 Chipper Jones

82 Jeff Bagwell

83 Craig Biggio

84 Kerry Wood

85 Roberto Alomar

86 Vinny Castilla

87 Kenny Lofton

88 Rafael Palmeiro

89 Manny Ramirez

90 David Wells

91 Mark Grace

92 Bernie Williams

93 David Cone

94 John Olerud

95 John Smoltz

96 Tino Martinez

97 Raul Mondesi

98 Gary Sheffield

99 Orel Hershiser

100 Rickey Henderson

21st Century Phenoms

101 J.D. Drew

102 Troy Glaus

103 Nomar Garciaparra

104 Scott Rolen

105 Ryan Minor

106 Travis Lee

107 Roy Halladay

108 Carlos Beltran

109 Alex Rodriguez

110 Eric Chavez

111 Vladimir Guerrero

112 Ben Grieve

113 Kerry Wood

114 Alex S. Gonzalez

115 Darin Erstad

116 Derek Jeter

117 Jaret Wright

118 Jose Cruz, Jr.

119 Chipper Jones

120 Gabe Kapler

Century Memories

121 Satchel Paige

122 Willie Mays

123 Roberto Clemente

124 Lou Gehrig

125 Mark McGwire

127 Bob Gibson

128 Johnny Vander Meer

129 Walter Johnson

130 Ty Cobb

131 Don Larsen

132 Jackie Robinson

133 Tom Seaver

134 Johnny Bench

135 Frank Robinson

Foil Logo Variations

At least three of the base cards #4 (Walter Johnson), #35 (Shoeless Joe Jackson) and #58 (Mark McGwire) have foil-stamped logos on their backs. It is unclear how, or why, these cards came into being. It is known that the McGwire is available in both foil-stamped and non-foil-stamped versions; with the foil-stamped logo being the most common. It is unclear if non-foil versions of the Johnson and Jackson exist.

Parallels

Century Collection

Each of the 131 base cards are available in this holographic-foil parallel. All cards are serial-numbered to 100 copies with a dot-matrix printer.

Century Collection MVP

This set parallels the 220-card 1999 Upper Deck MVP set. Each card is a one-of-one.

Inserts

All-Century Team

AC1 Babe Ruth

AC2 Ty Cobb

AC3 Willie Mays

AC4 Lou Gehrig

AC5 Jackie Robinson

AC6 Mike Schmidt

AC7 Ernie Banks

AC8 Johnny Bench

AC9 Cy Young

Epic Milestones

Card EM1 does not exist.

EM2 Jackie Robinson

EM3 Nolan Ryan

EM4 Mark McGwire

EM5 Roger Clemens

EM6 Sammy Sosa

EM7 Cal Ripken, Jr.

EM8 Rickey Henderson

EM9 Hank Aaron

EM10 Barry Bonds

Memorable Shots

HR1 Babe Ruth

HR2 Bobby Thomson

HR3 Kirk Gibson

HR4 Carlton Fisk

HR5 Bill Mazeroski

HR6 Bucky Dent

HR7 Mark McGwire

HR8 Mickey Mantle

HR9 Joe Carter

HR10 Mark McGwire

Autographs & Game-Used

Epic Signatures

AR Alex Rodriguez

BB Barry Bonds

BD Bucky Dent

BF Bob Feller

BG Bob Gibson

BM Bill Mazeroski

BT Bobby Thomson

CF Carlton Fisk

DL Don Larsen

EB Ernie Banks

EMa Eddie Matthews

FR Frank Robinson

FT Frank Thomas

GM Greg Maddux

HK Harmon Killebrew

JB Johnny Bench

JG Juan Gonzalez

Jr. Ken Griffey, Jr.

MS Mike Schmidt

NR Nolan Ryan

RJ Reggie Jackson

SC Steve Carlton

SM Stan Musial

Sr. Ken Griffey, Sr.

TG Tony Gwynn

TS Tom Seaver

VG Vladimir Guerrero

WMc Willie McCovey

WS Warren Spahn

YB Yogi Berra

Epic Signatures Century

These golden parallels of the Epic Signatures are hand-numbered to 100.