1996 Collector's Choice

Description

1996 Collector's Choice is a 790-card, two series, set. The first 365 cards were released in November, 1995. Randomly inserted into all Series One packs were three different "Post-Season Highlights" exchange cards. Each card could then be sent to Upper Deck, and the collector would then receive one of three, ten-card, Post-Season Highlight subsets (cards 366-395). Series Two was released in June, 1996 and contained another 365 cards (396-760). The final 30-cards (#761-790) make up an Update subset and were available via a wrapper redemption offer. All 790 cards were available in the Collector's Choice Factory set.

Also, a 48-card, partial parallel set was distributed via vending machines. These cards are very similar to the regular cards with some differences; they are numbered out of 48 and the first six cards in the set are foil.

Distribution

Series One Wax: 36 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99)

Series Two Wax: 40 packs per box, 14 cards per pack (MESP: $1.29)

Wal-Mart Exclusive "A Cut Above" packs: five cards plus one Ken Griffey, Jr. "A Cut Above" insert per pack (MSRP: $0.97)

Factory Sets

Insertion Ratios

Series One

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	790	-	?
Silver Signature	730	-	1:1
Gold Signature	730	-	1:36
Nomo Scrapbook (S2)	5	-	1:12
You Make the Play (S1)	90	-	1:1
You Make the Play Gold Signature (S1)	90	-	1:36
Griffey A Cut Above	10	-	1:1
You Crash the Game Silver (S2)	90	-	1:5
You Crash the Game Gold (S2)	90	-	1:50

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	790	-	?
Silver Signature	730	-	1:1
Gold Signature	730	-	1:36
Nomo Scrapbook (S2)	5	-	1:12
You Make the Play (S1)	90	-	1:1
You Make the Play Gold Signature (S1)	90	-	1:36
Griffey A Cut Above	10	-	1:1
You Crash the Game Silver (S2)	90	-	1:5
You Crash the Game Gold (S2)	90	-	1:50

Checklist

Promo

Base Set

NOTE: Selected star players have borderless cards.

Series One

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr. AS

Stat Leaders

• 2 Edgar Martinez / Tony Gwynn
• 3 Albert Belle / Dante Bichette
• 4 Albert Belle / Mo Vaughn / Dante Bichette
• 5 Kenny Lofton / Quilvio Veras
• 6 Mike Mussina / Greg Maddux
• 7 Randy Johnson / Hideo Nomo
• 8 Randy Johnson / Greg Maddux
• 9 Jose Mesa / Randy Myers

Rookie Class

• 10 Johnny Damon
• 11 Rick Krivda
• 12 Roger Cedeno
• 13 Angel Martinez
• 14 Ariel Prieto
• 15 John Wasdin
• 16 Edwin Hurtado
• 17 Lyle Mouton
• 18 Chris Snopek
• 19 Mariano Rivera
• 20 Ruben Rivera
• 21 Juan Castro RC
• 22 Jimmy Haynes
• 23 Bob Wolcott
• 24 Brian Barber
• 25 Frank Rodriguez
• 26 Jesus Tavarez
• 27 Glenn Dishman
• 28 Jose Herrera
• 29 Chan Ho Park
• 30 Jason Isringhausen
• 31 Doug Johns
• 32 Gene Schall
• 33 Kevin Jordan
• 34 Matt Lawton
• 35 Karim Garcia
• 36 George Williams
• 37 Orlando Palmeiro
• 38 Jamie Brewington RC
• 39 Robert Person

• 40 Greg Maddux
• 41 Marquis Grissom
• 42 Chipper Jones
• 43 Dave Justice
• 44 Mark Lemke
• 45 Fred McGriff
• 46 Javy Lopez
• 47 Mark Wohlers
• 48 Jason Schmidt
• 49 John Smoltz
• 50 Curtis Goodwin
• 51 Greg Zaun
• 52 Armando Benitez
• 53 Manny Alexander
• 54 Chris Hoiles
• 55 Harold Baines
• 56 Ben McDonald
• 57 Scott Erickson
• 58 Jeff Manto
• 59 Luis Alicea
• 60 Roger Clemens
• 61 Rheal Cormier
• 62 Vaughn Eshelman
• 63 Zane Smith
• 64 Mike Macfarlane
• 65 Erik Hanson
• 66 Tim Naehring
• 67 Lee Tinsley
• 68 Troy O'Leary
• 69 Garret Anderson
• 70 Chili Davis
• 71 Jim Edmonds
• 72 Troy Percival
• 73 Mark Langston
• 74 Spike Owen
• 75 Tim Salmon
• 76 Brian Anderson
• 77 Lee Smith
• 78 Jim Abbott
• 79 Jim Bullinger
• 80 Mark Grace
• 81 Todd Zeile
• 82 Kevin Foster
• 83 Howard Johnson
• 84 Brian McRae
• 85 Randy Myers
• 86 Jaime Navarro
• 87 Luis Gonzalez
• 88 Ozzie Timmons
• 89 Wilson Alvarez
• 90 Frank Thomas
• 91 James Baldwin
• 92 Ray Durham
• 93 Alex Fernandez
• 94 Ozzie Guillen
• 95 Tim Raines
• 96 Roberto Hernandez
• 97 Lance Johnson
• 98 John Kruk
• 99 Mark Portugal

Traditional Threads

• 100 Don Mattingly
• 101 Roger Clemens
• 102 Raul Mondesi
• 103 Cecil Fielder
• 104 Ozzie Smith
• 105 Frank Thomas
• 106 Sammy Sosa
• 107 Fred McGriff
• 108 Barry Bonds

• 109 Thomas Howard
• 110 Ron Gant
• 111 Eddie Taubensee
• 112 Hal Morris
• 113 Jose Rijo
• 114 Pete Schourek
• 115 Reggie Sanders
• 116 Benito Santiago
• 117 Jeff Brantley
• 118 Julian Tavarez
• 119 Carlos Baerga
• 120 Jim Thome
• 121 Jose Mesa
• 122 Dennis Martinez
• 123 Dave Winfield
• 124 Eddie Murray
• 125 Manny Ramirez
• 126 Paul Sorrento
• 127 Kenny Lofton
• 128 Eric Young
• 129 Jason Bates
• 130 Bret Saberhagen
• 131 Andres Galarraga
• 132 Joe Girardi
• 133 John Vander Wal
• 134 David Nied
• 135 Dante Bichette
• 136 Vinny Castilla
• 137 Kevin Ritz
• 138 Felipe Lira
• 139 Joe Boever
• 140 Cecil Fielder
• 141 John Flaherty
• 142 Kirk Gibson
• 143 Brian Maxcy
• 144 Lou Whitaker
• 145 Alan Trammell
• 146 Bob Higginson
• 147 Chad Curtis
• 148 Quilvio Veras
• 149 Jerry Browne
• 150 Andre Dawson
• 151 Robb Nen
• 152 Greg Colbrunn
• 153 Chris Hammond
• 154 Kurt Abbott
• 155 Charles Johnson
• 156 Terry Pendleton
• 157 David Weathers
• 158 Mike Hampton
• 159 Craig Biggio
• 160 Jeff Bagwell
• 161 Brian L. Hunter
• 162 Mike Henneman
• 163 Dave Magadan
• 164 Shane Reynolds
• 165 Derek Bell
• 166 Orlando Miller
• 167 James Mouton
• 168 Melvin Bunch
• 169 Tom Gordon
• 170 Kevin Appier
• 171 Tom Goodwin
• 172 Greg Gagne
• 173 Gary Gaetti
• 174 Jeff Montgomery
• 175 Jon Nunnally
• 176 Michael Tucker
• 177 Joe Vitiello
• 178 Billy Ashley
• 179 Tom Candiotti
• 180 Hideo Nomo
• 181 Chad Fonville
• 182 Todd Hollandsworth
• 183 Eric Karros
• 184 Roberto Kelly
• 185 Mike Piazza
• 186 Ramon Martinez
• 187 Tim Wallach
• 188 Jeff Cirillo
• 189 Sid Roberson
• 190 Kevin Seitzer
• 191 Mike Fetters
• 192 Steve Sparks
• 193 Matt Mieske
• 194 Joe Oliver
• 196 Alberto Reyes
• 197 Fernando Vina
• 198 LaTroy Hawkins
• 199 Marty Cordova
• 200 Kirby Puckett
• 201 Brad Radke
• 202 Pedro Munoz
• 203 Scott Klingenbeck
• 204 Pat Meares
• 205 Chuck Knoblauch
• 206 Scott Stahoviak
• 207 Dave Stevens
• 208 Shane Andrews
• 209 Moises Alou
• 210 David Segui
• 211 Cliff Floyd
• 212 Carlos Perez
• 213 Mark Grudzielanek
• 214 Butch Henry
• 215 Rondell White
• 216 Mel Rojas
• 217 Ugueth Urbina
• 218 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 219 Carl Everett
• 220 John Franco
• 221 Todd Hundley
• 222 Bobby Jones
• 223 Bill Pulsipher
• 224 Rico Brogna
• 225 Jeff Kent
• 226 Chris Jones
• 227 Butch Huskey
• 228 Robert Eenhoorn
• 229 Sterling Hitchcock
• 230 Wade Boggs
• 231 Derek Jeter
• 232 Tony Fernandez
• 233 Jack McDowell
• 234 Andy Pettitte
• 235 David Cone
• 236 Mike Stanley
• 237 Don Mattingly
• 238 Geronimo Berroa
• 239 Scott Brosius
• 240 Rickey Henderson
• 241 Terry Steinbach
• 242 Mike Gallego
• 243 Jason Giambi
• 244 Steve Ontiveros
• 245 Dennis Eckersley
• 246 Dave Stewart
• 247 Don Wengert
• 248 Paul Quantrill
• 249 Ricky Bottalico
• 250 Kevin Stocker
• 251 Lenny Dykstra
• 252 Tony Longmire
• 253 Tyler Green
• 254 Mike Mimbs
• 255 Charlie Hayes
• 256 Mickey Morandini
• 257 Heathcliff Slocumb
• 258 Jeff King
• 259 Midre Cummings
• 260 Mark Johnson
• 261 Freddy Adrian Garcia
• 262 Jon Lieber
• 263 Esteban Loaiza
• 264 Danny Miceli
• 265 Orlando Merced
• 266 Denny Neagle
• 267 Steve Parris

Fantasy Team

• 268 Greg Maddux
• 269 Randy Johnson
• 270 Hideo Nomo
• 271 Jose Mesa
• 272 Mike Piazza
• 273 Mo Vaughn
• 274 Craig Biggio
• 275 Edgar Martinez
• 276 Barry Larkin
• 277 Sammy Sosa
• 278 Dante Bichette
• 279 Albert Belle

• 280 Ozzie Smith
• 281 Mark Sweeney
• 282 Terry Bradshaw
• 283 Allen Battle
• 284 Danny Jackson
• 285 Tom Henke
• 286 Scott Cooper
• 287 Tripp Cromer
• 288 Bernard Gilkey
• 289 Brian Jordan
• 290 Tony Gwynn
• 291 Brad Ausmus
• 292 Bryce Florie
• 293 Andres Berumen
• 294 Ken Caminiti
• 295 Bip Roberts
• 296 Trevor Hoffman
• 297 Roberto Petagine
• 298 Jody Reed
• 299 Fernando Valenzuela
• 300 Barry Bonds
• 301 Mark Leiter
• 302 Mark Carreon
• 303 Royce Clayton
• 304 Kirt Manwaring
• 305 Glenallen Hill
• 306 Deion Sanders
• 307 Joe Rosselli
• 308 Robby Thompson
• 309 William VanLandingham
• 310 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 311 Bobby Ayala
• 312 Joey Cora
• 313 Mike Blowers
• 314 Darren Bragg
• 315 Randy Johnson
• 316 Alex Rodriguez
• 317 Andy Benes
• 318 Tino Martinez
• 319 Dan Wilson
• 320 Will Clark
• 321 Jeff Frye
• 322 Benji Gil
• 323 Rick Helling
• 324 Mark McLemore

International Flavor

• 325 Dave Nilsson
• 326 Larry Walker
• 327 Jose Canseco
• 328 Raul Mondesi
• 329 Manny Ramirez
• 330 Robert Eenhoorn
• 331 Chili Davis
• 332 Hideo Nomo
• 333 Benji Gil
• 334 Fernando Valenzuela
• 335 Dennis Martinez
• 336 Roberto Kelly
• 337 Carlos Baerga
• 338 Juan Gonzalez
• 339 Roberto Alomar
• 340 Chan Ho Park
• 341 Andres Galarraga
• 342 Midre Cummings

• 343 Otis Nixon
• 344 Jeff Russell
• 345 Ivan Rodriguez
• 346 Mickey Tettleton
• 347 Bob Tewksbury
• 348 Domingo Cedeno
• 349 Lance Parrish
• 350 Joe Carter
• 351 Devon White
• 352 Carlos Delgado
• 353 Alex Gonzalez
• 354 Darren Hall
• 355 Paul Molitor
• 356 Al Leiter
• 357 Randy Knorr

Checklists

• 358 San Diego Padres
• 359 Hideo Nomo
• 360 Ramon Martinez / Pedro Martinez
• 361 Robin Ventura
• 362 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 363 Ken Caminiti
• 364 Albert Belle / Eddie Murray
• 365 Randy Johnson

Post-Season Highlights

Randomly inserted into Series One packs at the rate of 1:11 were three different Post-Season Highlights exchange cards. Collector who found one of the exchange cards could then mail it back to Upper Deck and receive a pack of 10 Post-Season Highlight cards. All 30 Post-Season Highlight cards are sequentially-numbered as an extension of the Series One base set, but with a "T" suffix.

All 30 cards were included in the 1996 Collector's Choice factory set.

• 366T Tony Pena DS
• 367T Jim Thome DS
• 368T Don Mattingly DS
• 369T Jim Leyritz DS
• 370T Ken Griffey, Jr. DS
• 371T Edgar Martinez DS
• 372T Pete Schourek DS
• 373T Mark Lewis DS
• 374T Chipper Jones DS
• 375T Fred McGriff DS
• 376T Javy Lopez LCS
• 377T Fred McGriff LCS
• 378T Charlie O'Brien LCS
• 379T Mike Devereaux LCS
• 380T Mark Wohlers LCS
• 381T Bob Wolcott LCS
• 382T Manny Ramirez LCS
• 383T Jay Buhner LCS
• 384T Orel Hershiser LCS
• 385T Kenny Lofton LCS
• 386T Greg Maddux WS
• 387T Javy Lopez WS
• 388T Kenny Lofton WS
• 389T Eddie Murray WS
• 390T Luis Polonia WS
• 391T Pedro Borbon WS
• 392T Jim Thome WS
• 393T Orel Hershiser WS
• 394T David Justice WS
• 395T Tom Glavine WS

Series Two

Team Checklists

• 396 Greg Maddux
• 397 Rico Brogna
• 398 Darren Daulton
• 399 Gary Sheffield
• 400 Moises Alou
• 401 Barry Larkin
• 402 Jeff Bagwell
• 403 Sammy Sosa
• 404 Ozzie Smith
• 405 Jay Bell
• 406 Mike Piazza
• 407 Dante Bichette
• 408 Tony Gwynn
• 409 Barry Bonds
• 410 Kenny Lofton
• 411 Johnny Damon
• 412 Frank Thomas
• 413 Greg Vaughn
• 414 Paul Molitor
• 415 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 416 Tim Salmon
• 417 Juan Gonzalez
• 418 Mark McGwire
• 419 Roger Clemens
• 420 Wade Boggs
• 421 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 422 Cecil Fielder
• 423 Joe Carter

Rookie Class

• 424 Osvaldo Fernandez RC
• 425 Billy Wagner
• 426 George Arias
• 427 Mendy Lopez
• 428 Jeff Suppan
• 429 Rey Ordonez
• 430 Brooks Kieschnick
• 431 Raul Ibanez RC
• 432 Livan Hernandez
• 433 Shannon Stewart
• 434 Steve Cox
• 435 Trey Beamon
• 436 Sergio Nunez
• 437 Jermaine Dye
• 438 Mike Sweeney
• 439 Richard Hidalgo
• 440 Todd Greene
• 441 Robert Smith RC
• 442 Rafael Orellano
• 443 Wilton Guerrero
• 444 David Doster
• 445 Jason Kendall
• 446 Edgar Renteria
• 447 Scott Spiezio
• 448 Jay Canizaro
• 449 Enrique Wilson
• 450 Bob Abreu

• 451 Dwight Smith
• 452 Jeff Blauser
• 453 Steve Avery
• 454 Brad Clontz
• 455 Tom Glavine
• 456 Mike Mordecai
• 457 Rafael Belliard
• 458 Greg McMichael
• 459 Pedro Borbon
• 460 Ryan Klesko
• 461 Terrell Wade
• 462 Brady Anderson
• 463 Roberto Alomar
• 464 Bobby Bonilla
• 465 Mike Mussina
• 466 Cesar Devarez
• 467 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 468 Mike Devereaux
• 469 B.J. Surhoff
• 470 Rafael Palmeiro
• 471 John Valentin
• 472 Mike Greenwell
• 473 Dwayne Hosey
• 474 Tim Wakefield
• 475 Jose Canseco
• 476 Aaron Sele
• 477 Stan Belinda
• 478 Mike Stanley
• 479 Jamie Moyer
• 480 Mo Vaughn
• 481 Randy Velarde
• 482 Gary DiSarcina
• 483 Jorge Fabregas
• 484 Rex Hudler
• 485 Chuck Finley
• 486 Tim Wallach
• 487 Eduardo Perez
• 488 Scott Sanderson
• 489 J.T. Snow
• 490 Sammy Sosa
• 491 Terry Adams
• 492 Matt Franco
• 493 Scott Servais
• 494 Frank Castillo
• 495 Ryne Sandberg
• 496 Rey Sanchez
• 497 Steve Trachsel
• 498 Jose Hernandez
• 499 Dave Martinez

First Class

• 500 Babe Ruth
• 501 Ty Cobb
• 502 Walter Johnson
• 503 Christy Mathewson
• 504 Honus Wagner

• 505 Robin Ventura
• 506 Jason Bere
• 507 Mike Cameron RC
• 508 Ron Karkovice
• 509 Matt Karchner
• 510 Harold Baines
• 511 Kirk McCaskill
• 512 Larry Thomas
• 513 Danny Tartabull
• 514 Steve Gibralter
• 515 Bret Boone
• 516 Jeff Branson
• 517 Kevin Jarvis
• 518 Xavier Hernandez
• 519 Eric Owens
• 520 Barry Larkin
• 521 Dave Burba
• 522 John Smiley
• 523 Paul Assenmacher
• 524 Chad Ogea
• 525 Orel Hershiser
• 526 Alan Embree
• 527 Tony Pena
• 528 Omar Vizquel
• 529 Mark Clark
• 530 Albert Belle
• 531 Charles Nagy
• 532 Herbert Perry
• 533 Darren Holmes
• 534 Ellis Burks
• 535 Billy Swift
• 536 Armando Reynoso
• 537 Curtis Leskanic
• 538 Quinton McCracken
• 539 Steve Reed
• 540 Larry Walker
• 541 Walt Weiss
• 542 Bryan Rekar
• 543 Tony Clark
• 544 Steve Rodriguez
• 545 C.J. Nitkowski
• 546 Todd Steverson
• 547 Jose Lima
• 548 Phil Nevin
• 549 Chris Gomez
• 550 Travis Fryman
• 551 Mark Lewis
• 552 Alex Arias
• 553 Marc Valdes
• 554 Kevin Brown
• 555 Jeff Conine
• 556 John Burkett
• 557 Devon White
• 558 Pat Rapp
• 559 Jay Powell
• 560 Gary Sheffield
• 561 Jim Dougherty
• 562 Todd Jones
• 563 Tony Eusebio
• 564 Darryl Kile
• 565 Doug Drabek
• 566 Mike Simms
• 567 Derrick May
• 568 Donne Wall
• 569 Greg Swindell
• 570 Jim Pittsley
• 571 Bob Hamelin
• 572 Mark Gubicza
• 573 Chris Haney
• 574 Keith Lockhart
• 575 Mike Macfarlane
• 576 Les Norman
• 577 Joe Randa
• 578 Chris Stynes
• 579 Greg Gagne
• 580 Raul Mondesi
• 581 Delino DeShields
• 582 Pedro Astacio
• 583 Antonio Osuna
• 584 Brett Butler
• 585 Todd Worrell
• 586 Mike Blowers
• 587 Felix Rodriguez
• 588 Ismael Valdes
• 589 Ricky Bones
• 590 Greg Vaughn
• 591 Mark Loretta
• 592 Cal Eldred
• 593 Chuck Carr
• 594 Dave Nilsson
• 595 John Jaha
• 596 Scott Karl
• 597 Pat Listach
• 598 Jose Valentin
• 599 Mike Trombley
• 600 Paul Molitor
• 601 Dave Hollins
• 602 Ron Coomer
• 603 Matt Walbeck
• 604 Roberto Kelly
• 605 Rick Aguilera
• 606 Pat Mahomes
• 607 Jeff Reboulet
• 608 Rich Becker
• 609 Tim Scott
• 610 Pedro Martinez
• 611 Kirk Rueter
• 612 Tavo Alvarez
• 613 Yamil Benitez
• 614 Darrin Fletcher
• 615 Mike Lansing
• 616 Henry Rodriguez
• 617 Tony Tarasco
• 618 Alex Ochoa
• 619 Tim Bogar
• 620 Bernard Gilkey
• 621 Dave Mlicki
• 622 Brent Mayne
• 623 Ryan Thompson
• 624 Pete Harnisch
• 625 Lance Johnson
• 626 Jose Vizcaino
• 627 Doug Henry
• 628 Scott Kamieniecki
• 629 Jim Leyritz
• 630 Ruben Sierra
• 631 Pat Kelly
• 632 Joe Girardi
• 633 John Wetteland
• 634 Melido Perez
• 635 Paul O'Neill
• 636 Jorge Posada
• 637 Bernie Williams
• 638 Mark Acre
• 639 Mike Bordick
• 640 Mark McGwire
• 641 Fausto Cruz
• 642 Ernie Young
• 643 Todd Van Poppel
• 644 Craig Paquette
• 645 Brent Gates
• 646 Pedro Munoz
• 647 Andrew Lorraine
• 648 Sid Fernandez
• 649 Jim Eisenreich

Arizona Fall League

• 650 Johnny Damon
• 651 Dustin Hermanson
• 652 Joe Randa
• 653 Michael Tucker
• 654 Alan Benes
• 655 Chad Fonville
• 656 David Bell
• 657 Jon Nunnally
• 658 Chan Ho Park
• 659 LaTroy Hawkins
• 660 Jamie Brewington
• 661 Quinton McCracken
• 662 Tim Unroe
• 663 Jeff Ware
• 664 Todd Greene
• 665 Andrew Lorraine
• 666 Ernie Young

• 667 Toby Borland
• 668 Lenny Webster
• 669 Benito Santiago
• 670 Gregg Jefferies
• 671 Darren Daulton
• 672 Curt Schilling
• 673 Mark Whiten
• 674 Todd Zeile
• 675 Jay Bell
• 676 Paul Wagner
• 677 Dave Clark
• 678 Nelson Liriano
• 679 Ramon Morel
• 680 Charlie Hayes
• 681 Angelo Encarnacion
• 682 Al Martin
• 683 Jacob Brumfield
• 684 Mike Kingery
• 685 Carlos Garcia
• 686 Tom Pagnozzi
• 687 David Bell
• 688 Todd Stottlemyre
• 689 Jose Oliva
• 690 Ray Lankford
• 691 Mike Morgan
• 692 John Frascatore
• 693 John Mabry
• 694 Mark Petkovsek
• 695 Alan Benes
• 696 Steve Finley
• 697 Marc Newfield
• 698 Andy Ashby
• 699 Marc Kroon
• 700 Wally Joyner
• 701 Joey Hamilton
• 702 Dustin Hermanson
• 703 Scott Sanders

Award Winners

• 704 Marty Cordova
• 705 Hideo Nomo
• 706 Mo Vaughn
• 707 Barry Larkin
• 708 Randy Johnson
• 709 Greg Maddux
• 710 Mark McGwire
• 711 Ron Gant

• 712 Andujar Cedeno
• 713 Brian Johnson
• 714 J.R. Phillips
• 715 Rod Beck
• 716 Sergio Valdez
• 717 Marvin Benard RC
• 718 Steve Scarsone
• 719 Rich Aurilia
• 720 Matt Williams
• 721 John Patterson
• 722 Shawn Estes
• 723 Russ Davis
• 724 Rich Amaral
• 725 Edgar Martinez
• 726 Norm Charlton
• 727 Paul Sorrento
• 728 Luis Sojo
• 729 Arquimedez Pozo
• 730 Jay Buhner
• 731 Chris Bosio
• 732 Chris Widger
• 733 Kevin Gross
• 734 Darren Oliver
• 735 Dean Palmer
• 736 Matt Whiteside
• 737 Luis Ortiz
• 738 Roger Pavlik
• 739 Damon Buford
• 740 Juan Gonzalez
• 741 Rusty Greer
• 742 Lou Frazier
• 743 Pat Hentgen
• 744 Tomas Perez
• 745 Juan Guzman
• 746 Otis Nixon
• 747 Robert Perez
• 748 Ed Sprague
• 749 Tony Castillo
• 750 John Olerud
• 751 Shawn Green
• 752 Jefff Ware

Checklists

• 753 Dante Bichette / Vinny Castilla / Andres Galarraga
• 754 Greg Maddux
• 755 Marty Cordova
• 756 Ozzie Smith
• 757 John Vander Wal
• 758 Andres Galarraga
• 759 Frank Thomas
• 760 Tony Gwynn

Update

The final 30 cards in the 1996 Collector's Choice set were made available to collectors through a wrapper redemption offer. All 30 cards are also available in the 1996 Collector's Choice factory set.

• 761 Randy Myers
• 762 Kent Mercker
• 763 David Wells
• 764 Tom Gordon
• 765 Wil Cordero
• 766 Dave Magadan
• 767 Doug Jones
• 768 Kevin Tapani
• 769 Curtis Goodwin
• 770 Julio Franco
• 771 Jack McDowell
• 772 Al Leiter
• 773 Sean Berry
• 774 Bip Roberts
• 775 Jose Offerman
• 776 Ben McDonald
• 777 Dan Serafini
• 778 Ryan McGuire
• 779 Tim Raines
• 780 Tino Martinez
• 781 Kenny Rogers
• 782 Bob Tewksbury
• 783 Rickey Henderson
• 784 Ron Gant
• 785 Gary Gaetti
• 786 Andy Benes
• 787 Royce Clayton
• 788 Darryl Hamilton
• 789 Ken Hill
• 790 Erik Hanson

Parallels

With the exception of the 30 Post-Season Highlight (cards 366-395) and 30 Update cards (#761-790), all 730 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Silver Signature
• Gold Signature

Vending

This 48-card set is a partial-parallel was distributed in coin-operated vending machines manufactured by the Folz company. This set is often referred to as the "Folz" set by collectors.

Each card 2 1/3" X 3 2/5" -- slightly smaller and narrower than a standard-sized card -- and each is sequentially-numbered "X/48" on the back. The first six cards in the set were printed on foil cardstock and short-printed.

• 1 Ken Griffey, Jr. SP
• 2 Frank Thomas SP
• 3 Ken Caminiti SP
• 4 Barry Bonds SP
• 5 Mike Piazza SP
• 6 Chipper Jones SP
• 7 Tim Salmon
• 8 Greg Maddux
• 9 Brady Anderson
• 10 Mo Vaughn
• 11 Sammy Sosa
• 12 Albert Belle
• 13 Barry Larkin
• 14 Kenny Lofton
• 15 Andres Galarraga
• 16 Travis Fryman
• 17 Gary Sheffield
• 18 Jeff Bagwell
• 19 Johnny Damon
• 20 Hideo Nomo
• 21 John Jaha
• 22 Paul Molitor
• 23 Rondell White
• 24 Todd Hundley
• 25 Derek Jeter
• 26 Mark McGwire
• 27 Gregg Jefferies
• 28 Jason Kendall
• 29 Ron Gant
• 30 Tony Gwynn
• 31 Glenallen Hill
• 32 Alex Rodriguez
• 33 Juan Gonzalez
• 34 Joe Carter
• 35 Jim Edmonds
• 36 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 37 John Valentin
• 38 Reggie Sanders
• 39 Manny Ramirez
• 40 Dante Bichette
• 41 Bobby Bonilla
• 42 Craig Biggio
• 43 Marty Cordova
• 44 Rey Ordonez
• 45 Bernie Williams
• 46 Pat Hentgen
• 47 Ivan Rodriguez
• 48 Brian Jordan

Inserts

You Make the Play

One card from this 90-card set was inserted into each Series One pack. Forty-five players are featured on two different cards. The cards measure just about the standard-size but have rounded corners and were meant to be played as part of a game.

In addition to being inserted into packs, dealers also were offered extra You Make the Play cards depending on how many cases ordered. A dealer who ordered one case received two 12-card packs of these cards for a total of 24 cards. Meanwhile, a dealer who ordered two cases received six 12-card packs for a total of 72 packs.

Customers could also receive 12 of these cards by sending 10 wrappers and $2 to an a mail-in order. This offer expired on May 15, 1996.

This set is also available in a Gold Signature parallel.

• 1 Kevin Appier SO
• 1A Kevin Appier Pick off
• 2 Carlos Baerga GO
• 2A Carlos Baerga
• 3 Jeff Bagwell BB
• 3A Jeff Bagwell
• 4 Jay Bell SAC
• 4A Jay Bell BB
• 5 Albert Belle FO
• 5A Albert Belle HR
• 6 Craig Biggio 1B
• 6A Craig Biggio SO
• 7 Wade Boggs GO
• 7A Wade Boggs 1B
• 8 Barry Bonds E
• 8A Barry Bonds SO
• 9 Bobby Bonilla SO
• 9A Bobby Bonilla
• 10 Jose Canseco 2B
• 10A Jose Canseco SO
• 11 Joe Carter FO
• 11A Joe Carter 2B
• 12 Darren Daulton C Interference
• 12A Darren Daulton GO
• 13 Cecil Fielder SB
• 13A Cecil Fielder HR
• 14 Ron Gant HR
• 14A Ron Gant FO
• 15 Juan Gonzalez 2B
• 15A Juan Gonzalez
• 16 Ken Griffey, Jr. HBP
• 16A Ken Griffey, Jr. HR
• 17 Tony Gwynn GO
• 17A Tony Gwynn 1B
• 18 Randy Johnson SO Reach First
• 18A Randy Johnson
• 19 Chipper Jones SO
• 19A Chipper Jones
• 20 Barry Larkin SB
• 20A Barry Larkin
• 21 Kenny Lofton SB
• 21A Kenny Lofton 3B
• 22 Greg Maddux 1B
• 22A Greg Maddux
• 23 Don Mattingly 2B
• 23A Don Mattingly FO
• 24 Fred McGriff HR
• 24A Fred McGriff
• 25 Mark McGwire SO
• 25A Mark McGwire HR
• 26 Paul Molitor
• 26A Paul Molitor 1B
• 27 Raul Mondesi 1B
• 27A Raul Mondesi FO
• 28 Eddie Murray GO
• 28A Eddie Murray SF
• 29 Hideo Nomo SO
• 29A Hideo Nomo
• 30 Jon Nunnally 2B E
• 30A Jon Nunnally
• 31 Mike Piazza SO
• 31A Mike Piazza
• 32 Kirby Puckett GO
• 32A Kirby Puckett BB
• 33 Cal Ripken, Jr. HR
• 33A Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 34 Alex Rodriguez 3B
• 34A Alex Rodriguez
• 35 Tim Salmon SO
• 35A Tim Salmon SF
• 36 Gary Sheffield 1B
• 36A Gary Sheffield
• 37 Lee Smith Pick off, Lead Runner Out
• 37A Lee Smith
• 38 Ozzie Smith 1B
• 38A Ozzie Smith
• 39 Sammy Sosa 1B
• 39A Sammy Sosa SB
• 40 Frank Thomas BB
• 40A Frank Thomas HR
• 41 Greg Vaughn SO
• 41A Greg Vaughn
• 42 Mo Vaughn HBP
• 42A Mo Vaughn SB
• 43 Larry Walker SO
• 43A Larry Walker BB
• 44 Rondell White FO
• 44A Rondell White
• 45 Matt Williams 1B
• 45A Matt Williams HR

You Crash the Game

This 90-card set features 30 of the game's top sluggers on three different game cards. If the featured player hit a home run during the time period specified on the card, it was then eligible to be redeemed for a super premium Cell Card of the same player. The postmark expiration date for exchanging winning cards was November 18th, 1996.

This set is also available in a Gold parallel.

• CG1 Chipper Jones
• CG1B Chipper Jones
• CG1C Chipper Jones
• CG2 Fred McGriff
• CG2B Fred McGriff
• CG2C Fred McGriff
• CG3 Rafael Palmeiro
• CG3B Rafael Palmeiro
• CG3C Rafael Palmeiro
• CG4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• CG4B Cal Ripken, Jr.
• CG4C Cal Ripken, Jr.
• CG5 Jose Canseco
• CG5B Jose Canseco
• CG5C Jose Canseco
• CG6 Mo Vaughn
• CG6B Mo Vaughn
• CG6C Mo Vaughn
• CG7 Jim Edmonds
• CG7B Jim Edmonds
• CG7C Jim Edmonds
• CG8 Tim Salmon
• CG8B Tim Salmon
• CG8C Tim Salmon
• CG9 Sammy Sosa
• CG9B Sammy Sosa
• CG9C Sammy Sosa
• CG10 Frank Thomas
• CG10B Frank Thomas
• CG10C Frank Thomas
• CG11 Albert Belle
• CG11B Albert Belle
• CG11C Albert Belle
• CG12 Manny Ramirez
• CG12B Manny Ramirez
• CG12C Manny Ramirez
• CG13 Jim Thome
• CG13B Jim Thome
• CG13C Jim Thome
• CG14 Dante Bichette
• CG14B Dante Bichette
• CG14C Dante Bichette
• CG15 Vinny Castilla
• CG15B Vinny Castilla
• CG15C Vinny Castilla
• CG16 Larry Walker
• CG16B Larry Walker
• CG16C Larry Walker
• CG17 Cecil Fielder June 27-30
• CG17B Cecil Fielder
• CG17C Cecil Fielder
• CG18C Gary Sheffield
• CG18 Gary Sheffield
• CG18B Gary Sheffield
• CG19 Jeff Bagwell
• CG19B Jeff Bagwell
• CG19C Jeff Bagwell
• CG20 Eric Karros
• CG20B Eric Karros
• CG20C Eric Karros
• CG21 Mike Piazza
• CG21B Mike Piazza
• CG21C Mike Piazza
• CG22 Ken Caminiti
• CG22B Ken Caminiti
• CG22C Ken Caminiti
• CG23 Barry Bonds
• CG23B Barry Bonds
• CG23C Barry Bonds
• CG24 Matt Williams
• CG24B Matt Williams
• CG24C Matt Williams
• CG25 Jay Buhner
• CG25B Jay Buhner
• CG25C Jay Buhner
• CG26 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CG26B Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CG26C Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CG27 Ron Gant
• CG27B Ron Gant
• CG27C Ron Gant
• CG28 Juan Gonzalez
• CG28B Juan Gonzalez
• CG28C Juan Gonzalez
• CG29 Mickey Tettleton
• CG29B Mickey Tettleton
• CG29C Mickey Tettleton
• CG30 Joe Carter
• CG30B Joe Carter
• CG30C Joe Carter

You Crash the Game Redemption

This 27-card, skip-numbered, set features transparent color player images of the home run hitters from the Collectors Choice Crash the Game regular set in a wood-like frame highlighted with silver foil. The cards were available via mail on a card-by-card basis in exchange for winning Silver or Gold Crash cards. The set parallels the You Crash the Game set; however, three players (Tim Salmon, Larry Walker, and Joe Carter) did not have any winning YCtG cards. Therefore, this set is complete without cards #CG8, CG16 and CG30.

Ripken Collection

See 1996 Upper Deck Ripken Collection

A Cut Above

This ten-card die-cut set was exclusive to specially marked packs sold at Wal-Mart stores. Each six-card pack contained five base cards and one A Cut Above insert and retailed for $0.97.

• CA1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CA2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CA3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CA4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CA5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CA6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CA7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CA8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CA9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• CA10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Nomo Scrapbook

This five-card set was randomly inserted into Series Two packs.

• 1 Hideo Nomo
• 2 Hideo Nomo
• 3 Hideo Nomo
• 4 Hideo Nomo
• 5 Hideo Nomo

Collector's Choice
1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 UD Choice
Other Collector's Choice Brands: 1995 Collector's Choice Special Edition - 1997 Collector's Choice Teams - 1998 Collector's Choice Teams - 1999 UD Choice Preview