Revision as of 17:33, 3 August 2020

Description

2004 Topps Chrome is a 466-card set released in two series. This 233 card first series was released in January, 2004. A matching second series of 233 cards was released in May, 2004. A new addition to the set are Autographed First Year Player cards. The last 13 cards in Series One and the first 13 in Series Two (cards #221-#246) all came autographed. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your view), there are no notable rookies in the product.

This set was issued in four-card packs with an $3 SRP which came 20 packs to a box and 10 boxes to a case. The first 210 cards of the first series are veterans while the final 23 cards of the set feature first year cards. Please note that cards 221 through 233 were autographed by the featured players and those cards were issued to a stated rate of one in 21 hobby packs and one in 33 retail packs. In the second series cards numbered 234 through 246 feature autographs of the rookie pictured and those cards were inserted at a stated rate of one in 22 hobby packs and one in 35 retail packs. Bradley Sullivan (#234) was issued with either the correct back or an incorrect back numbered to 345 which constituted about 20 percent of the total press run. -Beckett

Distribution

20 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 10 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	233	-	4:1	4:1
short set	220	-	?	?
Autographed First-Year Players	13	-	1:21	1:33
Refractors (short set)	220	-	1:4	1:4
Autographed First-Year Player Refractor	13	100	1:380	1:680
Gold Refractor	220	-	1:5	1:10
Autographed First-Year Player Gold Refractor	13	50	1:759	?
Black Refractor	220	-	1:10	1:20
Autographed First-Year Player Black Refractor	13	25	1:1572	?
Red X-Fractor	220	63	one-per-box	N/A
Autographed First-Year Player Red X-Fractor	13	one-of-one	1:21,371/boxes	N/A
Fashionably Great Relics	37	-	one-per-box	varies
Handle with Care Bat Knob Relics	25	5	?	N/A
Handle with Care Bat Knob Relics 1 of 1	25	one-of-one	?	N/A

Series One

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	233	-	4:1	4:1
short set	220	-	?	?
Autographed First-Year Player	13	-	1:22	1:35
Refractors (short set)	220	-	1:4	1:4
Autographed First-Year Player Refractor	13	100	1:375	1:680
Gold Refractor	220	-	1:9	1:10
Autographed First-Year Player Gold Refractor	13	50	1:790	?
Black Refractor	220	-	1:19	1:20
Autographed First-Year Player Black Refractor	13	25	1:1579	1:2549
Red X-Fractor	220	61	one-per-box	N/A
Autographed First-Year Player Red X-Fractor	13	one-of-one	1:20,800/boxes	N/A
Presidential Pastime Refractor	42	-	1:9	N/A
Presidential Pastime X-Fractor Parallel	42	varies	1:400	1:791
Presidential First-Pitch Seat Relic	16	100	1:15/boxes	1:633
Chrome Town Heroes Relic	21	-	one-per-box	1:48

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

1 Jim Thome
2 Reggie Sanders
3 Mark Kotsay
4 Edgardo Alfonzo
5 Tim Wakefield
6 Moises Alou
7 Jorge Julio
8 Bartolo Colon
9 Chan Ho Park
10 Ichiro Suzuki
11 Kevin Millwood
12 Preston Wilson
13 Tom Glavine
14 Junior Spivey
15 Marcus Giles
16 David Segui
17 Kevin Millar
18 Corey Patterson
19 Aaron Rowand
20 Derek Jeter
21 Luis Castillo
22 Manny Ramirez
23 Jay Payton
24 Bobby Higginson
25 Lance Berkman
26 Juan Pierre
27 Mike Mussina
28 Fred McGriff
29 Richie Sexson
30 Tim Hudson
31 Mike Piazza
32 Brad Radke
33 Jeff Weaver
34 Ramon Hernandez
35 David Bell
36 Randy Wolf
37 Jake Peavy
38 Tim Worrell
39 Gil Meche
40 Albert Pujols
41 Michael Young
42 Josh Phelps
43 Brendan Donnelly
44 Steve Finley
45 John Smoltz
46 Jay Gibbons
47 Trot Nixon
48 Carl Pavano
49 Frank Thomas
50 Mark Prior
51 Danny Graves
52 Milton Bradley
53 Kris Benson
54 Ryan Klesko
55 Mike Lowell
56 Geoff Blum
57 Michael Tucker
58 Paul Lo Duca
59 Vicente Padilla
60 Jacque Jones
61 Fernando Tatis
62 Ty Wigginton
63 Rich Aurilia
64 Andy Pettitte
65 Terrence Long
66 Cliff Floyd
67 Mariano Rivera
68 Kelvim Escobar
69 Marlon Byrd
70 Mark Mulder
71 Francisco Cordero
72 Carlos Guillen
73 Fernando Vina
74 Lance Carter
75 Hank Blalock
76 Jimmy Rollins
77 Francisco Rodriguez
78 Javy Lopez
79 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
80 Andruw Jones
81 Rodrigo Lopez
82 Johnny Damon
83 Hee Seop Choi
84 Kazuhiro Sasaki
85 Danny Bautista
86 Matt Lawton
87 Juan Uribe
88 Rafael Furcal
89 Kyle Farnsworth
90 Jose Vidro
91 Luis Rivas
92 Hideo Nomo
93 Javier Vazquez
94 Al Leiter
95 Jose Valentin
96 Alex Cintron
97 Zach Day
98 Jorge Posada
99 C.C. Sabathia
100 Alex Rodriguez
101 Brad Penny
102 Brad Ausmus
103 Raul Ibanez
104 Mike Hampton
105 Adrian Beltre
106 Ramiro Mendoza
107 Rocco Baldelli
108 Esteban Loaiza
109 Russell Branyan
110 Todd Helton
111 Braden Looper
112 Octavio Dotel
113 Mike MacDougal
114 Cesar Izturis
115 Johan Santana
116 Jose Contreras
117 Placido Polanco
118 Jason Phillips
119 Orlando Hudson
120 Vernon Wells
121 Ben Grieve
122 Dave Roberts
123 Ismael Valdes
124 Eric Owens
125 Curt Schilling
126 Russ Ortiz
127 Mark Buehrle
128 Doug Mientkiewicz
129 Dmitri Young
130 Kazuhisa Ishii
131 A.J. Pierzynski
132 Brad Wilkerson
133 Joe McEwing
134 Alex Cora
135 Jose Cruz, Jr.
136 Carlos Zambrano
137 Jeff Kent
138 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
139 Jarrod Washburn
140 Greg Maddux
141 Josh Beckett
142 Miguel Batista
143 Omar Vizquel
144 Alex Gonzalez
145 Billy Wagner
146 Brian Jordan
147 Wes Helms
148 Deivi Cruz
149 Alex Gonzalez
150 Jason Giambi
151 Erubiel Durazo
152 Mike Lieberthal
153 Jason Kendall
154 Xavier Nady
155 Kirk Rueter
156 Mike Cameron
157 Miguel Cairo
158 Woody Williams
159 Toby Hall
160 Bernie Williams
161 Darin Erstad
162 Matt Mantei
163 Shawn Chacon
164 Bill Mueller
165 Damian Miller
166 Tony Graffanino
167 Sean Casey
168 Brandon Phillips
169 Runelvys Hernandez
170 Adam Dunn
171 Carlos Lee
172 Juan Encarnacion
173 Angel Berroa
174 Desi Relaford
175 Joe Mays
176 Ben Sheets
177 Eddie Guardado
178 Rocky Biddle
179 Eric Gagne
180 Eric Chavez
181 Jason Michaels
182 Dustan Mohr
183 Kip Wells
184 Brian Lawrence
185 Bret Boone
186 Tino Martinez
187 Aubrey Huff
188 Kevin Mench
189 Tim Salmon
190 Carlos Delgado
191 John Lackey
192 Eric Byrnes
193 Luis Matos
194 Derek Lowe
195 Mark Grudzielanek
196 Tom Gordon
197 Matt Clement
198 Byung-Hyun Kim
199 Brandon Inge
200 Nomar Garciaparra
201 Frank Catalanotto
202 Cristian Guzman
203 Bo Hart
204 Jack Wilson
205 Ray Durham
206 Freddy Garcia
207 J.D. Drew
208 Orlando Cabrera
209 Roy Halladay
210 David Eckstein
211 Omar Falcon RC*
212 Todd Self RC
213 David Murphy RC
214 Dioner Navarro RC
215 Marcus McBeth RC
216 Chris O'Riordan RC*
217 Rodney Choy Foo RC*
218 Tim Frend RC*
219 Yadier Molina RC
220 Zach Duke RC

Autographed First-Year Players

221 Anthony Lerew AU RC
222 Blake Hawksworth AU RC
223 Brayan Pena AU RC
224 Craig Ansman AU RC*
225 Jon Knott AU RC
226 Josh Labandeira AU RC
227 Khalid Ballouli AU RC*
228 Kyle Davies AU RC
229 Matt Creighton AU RC*
230 Mike Gosling AU RC
231 Nic Ungs AU RC*
232 Zach Miner AU RC
233 Donald Levinski AU RC*

Series Two

Autographed First-Year Players

NOTE: Approximately 20% of the production run of card #234 was erroneously sequentially-numbered as #345.

234 Bradley Sullivan AU RC COR
234 Bradley Sullivan AU ERR (numbered 345)
235 Carlos Quentin AU RC
236 Conor Jackson AU RC
237 Estee Harris AU RC*
238 Jeff Allison AU RC*
239 Kyle Sleeth AU RC*
240 Matthew Moses AU RC*
241 Tim Stauffer AU RC
242 Brad Snyder AU RC
243 Jason Hirsh AU RC
244 Lastings Milledge AU RC
245 Logan Kensing AU RC
246 Kory Casto AU RC

Base Set

247 David Aardsma RC
248 Omar Quintanilla RC
249 Ervin Santana RC
250 Merkin Valdez RC
251 Vito Chiaravalloti RC*
252 Travis Blackley RC
253 Chris Shelton RC
254 Rudy Guillen RC*
255 Bobby Brownlie RC
256 Paul Maholm RC
257 Roger Clemens
258 Laynce Nix
259 Eric Hinske
260 Ivan Rodriguez
261 Brandon Webb
262 Jhonny Peralta
263 Adam Kennedy
264 Tony Batista
265 Jeff Suppan
266 Kenny Lofton
267 Scott Sullivan
268 Ken Griffey, Jr.
269 Juan Rivera
270 Larry Walker
271 Todd Hollandsworth
272 Carlos Beltran
273 Carl Crawford
274 Karim Garcia
275 Jose Reyes
276 Brandon Duckworth
277 Brian Giles
278 J.T. Snow
279 Jamie Moyer
280 Julio Lugo
281 Mark Teixeira
282 Cory Lidle
283 Lyle Overbay
284 Troy Percival
285 Robby Hammock
286 Jason Johnson
287 Damian Rolls
288 Antonio Alfonseca
289 Tom Goodwin
290 Paul Konerko
291 D'Angelo Jimenez
292 Ben Broussard
293 Magglio Ordonez
294 Carlos Pena
295 Chad Fox
296 Jeriome Robertson
297 Travis Hafner
298 Joe Randa
299 Brady Clark
300 Barry Zito
301 Ruben Sierra
302 Brett Myers
303 Oliver Perez
304 Benito Santiago
305 David Ross
306 Joe Nathan
307 Jim Edmonds
308 Matt Kata
309 Vinny Castilla
310 Marty Cordova
311 Aramis Ramirez
312 Carl Everett
313 Ryan Freel
314 Mark Bellhorn
315 Joe Mauer
316 Tim Redding
317 Jeromy Burnitz
318 Miguel Cabrera
319 Ramon Nivar
320 Casey Blake
321 Adam LaRoche
322 Jermaine Dye
323 Jerome Williams
324 John Olerud
325 Scott Rolen
326 Bobby Kielty
327 Travis Lee
328 Jeff Cirillo
329 Scott Spiezio
330 Melvin Mora
331 Mike Timlin
332 Kerry Wood
333 Tony Womack
334 Jody Gerut
335 Morgan Ensberg
336 Odalis Perez
337 Michael Cuddyer
338 Jose Hernandez
339 LaTroy Hawkins
340 Marquis Grissom
341 Matt Morris
342 Juan Gonzalez
343 Jose Valverde
344 Joe Borowski
345 Josh Bard
346 Austin Kearns
347 Chin-Hui Tsao
348 Wil Ledezma
349 Aaron Guiel
350 Alfonso Soriano
351 Ted Lilly
352 Sean Burroughs
353 Rafael Palmeiro
354 Quinton McCracken
355 David Ortiz
356 Randall Simon
357 Wily Mo Pena
358 Brian Anderson
359 Corey Koskie
360 Keith Foulke
361 Sidney Ponson
362 Gary Matthews, Jr.
363 Herbert Perry
364 Shea Hillenbrand
365 Craig Biggio
366 Barry Larkin
367 Arthur Rhodes
368 Sammy Sosa
369 Joe Crede
370 Gary Sheffield
371 Coco Crisp
372 Torii Hunter
373 Derrek Lee
374 Adam Everett
375 Miguel Tejada
376 Jeremy Affeldt
377 Robin Ventura
378 Scott Podsednik
379 Matthew LeCroy
380 Vladimir Guerrero
381 Steve Karsay
382 Jeff Nelson
383 Chase Utley
384 Bobby Abreu
385 Josh Fogg
386 Trevor Hoffman
387 Matt Stairs
388 Edgar Martinez
389 Edgar Renteria
390 Chipper Jones
391 Eric Munson
392 Dewon Brazelton
393 John Thomson
394 Chris Woodward
395 Joe Kennedy
396 Reed Johnson
397 Johnny Estrada
398 Damian Moss
399 Victor Zambrano
400 Dontrelle Willis
401 Troy Glaus
402 Raul Mondesi
403 Jeff DaVanon
404 Kurt Ainsworth
405 Pedro Martinez
406 Eric Karros
407 Billy Koch
408 Luis Gonzalez
409 Jack Cust
410 Mike Sweeney
411 Jason Bay
412 Mark Redman
413 Jason Jennings
414 Rondell White
415 Todd Hundley
416 Shannon Stewart
417 Jae Weong Seo
418 Livan Hernandez
419 Mark Ellis
420 Pat Burrell
421 Mark Loretta
422 Robb Nen
423 Joel Pineiro
424 Todd Walker
425 Jeremy Bonderman
426 A.J. Burnett
427 Greg Myers
428 Roy Oswalt
429 Carlos Baerga
430 Garret Anderson
431 Horacio Ramirez
432 Brian Roberts
433 Kevin Brown
434 Eric Milton
435 Ramon Vazquez
436 Alex Escobar
437 Alex Sanchez
438 Jeff Bagwell
439 Claudio Vargas
440 Shawn Green
441 Geoff Jenkins
442 David Wells
443 Nick Johnson
444 Jose Guillen
445 Scott Hatteberg
446 Phil Nevin
447 Jason Schmidt
448 Ricky Ledee
449 So Taguchi
450 Randy Johnson
451 Eric Young
452 Chone Figgins
453 Larry Bigbie
454 Scott Williamson
455 Ramon Martinez
456 Roberto Alomar
457 Ryan Dempster
458 Ryan Ludwick
459 Ramon Santiago
460 Jeff Conine
461 Brad Lidge
462 Ken Harvey
463 Guillermo Mota
464 Rick Reed
465 Armando Benitez
466 Wade Miller

Parallels

All 440 unautographed base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor
Gold Refractor
Black Refractor

Autographed First-Year Player Refractors

All 26 Autographed First-Year Player cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

NOTE: Just like in the base set, approximately 20% of the production run of card #234's Refractor parallels was erroneously sequentially-numbered as #345.

Red X-Fractor

Seeded into each sealed Hobby box is a "Refractor Hot Pack" containing one Red X-Fractor. Each Red X-Fractor is limited, but not serial-numbered, to the following.

Series One unautographed (Cards #1-#220; limited to 63 copies)
Autographed First-Year Players (Cards #221-#246; one-of-one)
Series Two unautographed (Cards #247-#466; limited to 61 copies)

Inserts

Presidential Pastime Refractors

This set, which is exclusive to Series Two Hobby packs, is a Chrome Refractor parallel of the Presidential Pastime insert from 2004 Topps, and features all 43 Presidents of the United States. Each card is also available in an X-Fractor parallel, which is serial-numbered.

PP1 George Washington 1
PP2 John Adams 2
PP3 Thomas Jefferson 3
PP4 James Madison 4
PP5 James Monroe 5
PP6 John Quincy Adams 6
PP7 Andrew Jackson 7
PP8 Martin Van Buren 8
PP9 William Harrison 9
PP10 John Tyler 10
PP11 James Polk 11
PP12 Zachary Taylor 12
PP13 Millard Fillmore 13
PP14 Franklin Pierce 14
PP15 James Buchanan 15
PP16 Abraham Lincoln 16
PP17 Andrew Johnson 17
PP18 Ulysses S. Grant 18
PP19 Rutherford B. Hayes 19
PP20 James Garfield 20
PP21 Chester Arthur 21
PP22 Grover Cleveland 24
PP23 Benjamin Harrison 23
PP24 William McKinley 25
PP25 Theodore Roosevelt 26
PP26 William Taft 27
PP27 Woodrow Wilson 28
PP28 Warren Harding 29
PP29 Calvin Coolidge 30
PP30 Herbert Hoover 31
PP31 Franklin D. Roosevelt 32
PP32 Harry Truman 33
PP33 Dwight Eisenhower 34
PP34 John F. Kennedy 35
PP35 Lyndon B. Johnson 36
PP36 Richard Nixon 37
PP37 Gerald Ford 38
PP38 Jimmy Carter 39
PP39 Ronald Reagan 40
PP40 George H.W. Bush 41
PP41 Bill Clinton 42
PP42 George W. Bush 43

Autographs & Game-Used

Fashionably Great Relics

One Fashionably Great Relic (or Handle with Care Bat Knob Relic) was inserted into each Series One Hobby box as a box topper, and were also randomly inserted into S1 retail packs. The odds of finding a Fashionably Great Relic in a retail pack are as follows.

A: 1:59/packs
B: 1:107/packs

AD Adam Dunn JSY A
AJ Andruw Jones UNI A
AP Albert Pujols JSY A
AR Alex Rodriguez UNI A
BM Brett Myers JSY A
BW Billy Wagner JSY B
CB Craig Biggio UNI A
CD Carlos Delgado JSY A
CF Cliff Floyd JSY A
CJ Chipper Jones UNI A
CS Curt Schilling JSY A
DL Derek Lowe UNI B
EC Eric Chavez UNI B
FG Freddy Garcia JSY A
FM Fred McGriff JSY A
FT Frank Thomas UNI A
HB Hank Blalock JSY A
IR Ivan Rodriguez UNI B
JB Jeff Bagwell UNI A
JBO Joe Borchard JSY A
JO John Olerud JSY A
JR Juan Rivera JSY A
JS John Smoltz UNI A
JV Jose Vidro JSY A
KB Kevin Brown JSY B
MM Mark Mulder UNI A
MP Mike Piazza UNI A
MR Manny Ramirez UNI A
MS Mike Sweeney UNI A
NG Nomar Garciaparra UNI B
PM Pedro Martinez JSY A
RP Rafael Palmeiro JSY A
SS Sammy Sosa JSY A
TH Tim Hudson UNI B
THO Trevor Hoffman UNI A
VW Vernon Wells JSY B
WP Wily Mo Pena JSY A

Handle with Care Bat Knob Relics

One Handle with Care Relic (or Fashionably Great Relic) was inserted into each Series One Hobby box and a box topper, and is serial-numbered to five. A "1 of 1" parallel is also available.

AK Al Kaline 5
AP Albert Pujols 5
AR Alex Rodriguez 5
AS Alfonso Soriano 5
BR Brooks Robinson 5
CF Carlton Fisk 5
CY Carl Yastrzemski 5
FR Frank Robinson 5
GB George Brett 5
HK Harmon Killebrew 5
JB Johnny Bench 5
JG Jason Giambi 5
JT Jim Thome 5
LB Lance Berkman 5
LBR Lou Brock 5
LG Luis Gonzalez 5
MT Miguel Tejada 5
NG Nomar Garciaparra 5
PM Paul Molitor 5
RJ Reggie Jackson 5
RY Robin Yount 5
TH Torii Hunter 5
WB Wade Boggs 5
WM Willie Mays 5
WS Willie Stargell 5

Town Heroes Relics

One Town Heroes Relic (or Presidential First-Pitch Seat Relic) was inserted into each Series Two Hobby box as a box topper, and were also randomly inserted into S2 retail packs.

AP Albert Pujols
AR Alex Rodriguez
BZ Barry Zito
CJ Chipper Jones
EC Eric Chavez
FT Frank Thomas
HN Hideo Nomo
JG Jason Giambi
JR Jose Reyes
KW Kerry Wood
LB Lance Berkman
MM Mark Mulder
MP Mark Prior
MR Manny Ramirez
MT Miguel Tejada
NG Nomar Garciaparra
RH Rich Harden
RP Rafael Palmeiro
SS Sammy Sosa
SST Shannon Stewart
TH Tim Hudson

Presidential First Pitch Seat Relics

One Presidential First Pitch Seat Relic (or Town Heroes Relic) was inserted into each Series Two Hobby box as a box topper, and were also randomly inserted into S2 retail packs. Each First-Pitch Seat Relic is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 100 copies.

BC Bill Clinton 100
CC Calvin Coolidge 100
DE Dwight Eisenhower 100
FR Franklin D. Roosevelt 100
GB George W. Bush 100
GF Gerald Ford 100
GHB George H.W. Bush 100
HH Herbert Hoover 100
HT Harry Truman 100
JK John F. Kennedy 100
LJ Lyndon B. Johnson 100
RN Richard Nixon 100
RR Ronald Reagan 100
WH Warren Harding 100
WT William Taft 100
WW Woodrow Wilson 100

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