1998 Team Best

Description

1998 Team Best is a 100-card set released in two series of fifty. The first half was issued in the "Team Best Player of the Year" product, while cards #51-100 were part of the "Team Best Signature Series."

Distribution

Signature Series: 18 packs plus one box topper per box, six cards per pack.

Insertion Ratios

Player of the Year Series

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Retail Odds	Hobby Odds
Base	50	-	?	?
Diamond Best	10	-	N/A	1:19
Possibilities	5	-	N/A	1:19
Paul Konerko: Player of the Year	6	-	N/A	1:36
Young Guns	10	-	1:90	N/A
Contenders	10	400	N/A	1:90
Player of the Year Autographs	22	-	N/A	1:19
Paul Konerko: Player of the Year Autographs	6	-	N/A	?
Diamond Best Autographs	8	250	N/A	1:180

Signature Series

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Retail Odds	Hobby Odds
Base	50	-	?	?
Diamond Best	10	-	N/A	1:19
Bets	12	-	1:90	N/A
Cornerstone	12	-	N/A	1:90
Autographs	54	-	?	5:18

Checklist

Base Set

Player of the Year Series

• 1 Ryan Anderson
• 2 Lorenzo Barcelo
• 3 Hiram Bocachica
• 4 Dave Borkowski
• 5 Russell Branyan
• 6 Dermal Brown
• 7 Brent Butler
• 8 Enrique Calero
• 9 Bruce Chen
• 10 Ryan Christenson
• 11 Pat Cline
• 12 Scott Elarton
• 13 Mario Encarnacion
• 14 Mark Fischer
• 15 Troy Glaus
• 16 Alex Hernandez
• 17 Norm Hutchins
• 18 Geoff Jenkins
• 19 Adam Kennedy
• 20 Corey Koskie
• 21 Mark Kotsay
• 22 Ricky Ledee
• 23 Carlos Lee
• 24 Corey Lee
• 25 Mike Lowell
• 26 T.R. Marcinczyk
• 27 Willie Martinez
• 28 Darnell McDonald
• 29 Jackson Melian
• 30 Chad Meyers
• 31 Ryan Minor
• 32 Kenderick Moore
• 33 Julio Moreno
• 34 Rod Myers
• 35 Abraham Nunez
• 36 Vladimir Nunez
• 37 Ramon Ortiz
• 38 Chan Perry
• 39 Ben Petrick
• 40 Aramis Ramirez
• 41 Grant Roberts
• 42 Alex Sanchez
• 43 Jared Sandberg
• 44 Scott Schoeneweis
• 45 Steve Shoemaker
• 46 Matt White
• 47 Paul Wilder
• 48 Preston Wilson
• 49 Kevin Witt
• 50 Jay Yennaco

Signature Series

• 51 Matt Anderson
• 52 Rick Ankiel
• 53 Tony Armas
• 54 John Barnes
• 55 Robbie Bell
• 56 Kris Benson
• 57 Lance Berkman
• 58 Russell Branyan
• 59 Brent Butler
• 60 Troy Cameron
• 61 Eric Chavez
• 62 Bruce Chen
• 63 Matt Clement
• 64 Ben Davis
• 65 J.D. Drew
• 66 Tim Drew
• 67 Derrick Gibson
• 68 Troy Glaus
• 69 Chad Hermansen
• 70 Ramon Hernandez
• 71 Gabe Kapler
• 72 Mike Kinkade
• 73 Scott Krause
• 74 Mike Lowell
• 75 Willie Martinez
• 76 Donzell McDonald
• 77 Gil Meche
• 78 Juan Melo
• 79 Wade Miller
• 80 Ryan Minor
• 81 Abraham Nunez
• 82 Pablo Ozuna
• 83 John Patterson
• 84 Josh Paul
• 85 Ben Petrick
• 86 Calvin Pickering
• 87 Placido Polanco
• 88 Aramis Ramirez
• 89 Julio Ramirez
• 90 Luis Rivas
• 91 Luis Rivera
• 92 Ruben Rivera
• 93 Grant Roberts
• 94 Jimmy Rollins
• 95 Bobby Seay
• 96 Jason Standridge
• 97 Dernell Stenson
• 98 Vernon Wells
• 99 Matt White
• 100 Ed Yarnall

Inserts

Diamond Best

The first ten cards are exclusive to Player of the Year series packs, while cards #11-20 are in Signature Series.

• 1 Darnell McDonald
• 2 Adrian Beltre
• 3 Derrick Gibson
• 4 Mark Kotsay
• 5 Braden Looper
• 6 Carl Pavano
• 7 Brian Rose
• 8 Jared Sandberg
• 9 Vernon Wells
• 10 Sean Casey
• 11 Rick Ankiel
• 12 Michael Barrett
• 13 Matt Clement
• 14 J.D. Drew
• 15 Bobby Estalella
• 16 Troy Glaus
• 17 Alex Gonzalez
• 18 George Lombard
• 19 Mike Lowell
• 20 Dernell Stenson

Possibilities

This five-card set, exclusive to Player of the Year series packs, features a pitcher on the front and a hitter on the back.

• 1 Kris Benson / Mark Kotsay
• 2 Braden Looper / Sean Casey
• 3 Brian Rose / Dee Brown
• 4 Matt White / Ben Grieve
• 5 Kerry Wood / Todd Helton

Paul Konerko: Player of the Year

• 1 Paul Konerko
• 2 Paul Konerko
• 3 Paul Konerko
• 4 Paul Konerko
• 5 Paul Konerko
• 6 Paul Konerko

Young Guns/Contenders

Young Guns/Contenders feature the same checklist and (largely) the same designs. Young Guns are exclusive to Player of the Year series retail packs, while Contenders are exclusive to Player of the Year series Hobby and are hand-numbered to 400 copies.

• 1 Derrick Gibson
• 2 Ben Grieve
• 3 Ben Grieve
• 4 Todd Helton
• 5 Todd Helton
• 6 Mark Kotsay
• 7 Mark Kotsay
• 8 Carl Pavano
• 9 Brian Rose
• 10 Brian Rose

Bets/Cornerstones

Bets/Cornerstones feature the same checklist and (largely) the same designs. Bets are exclusive to Signature Series retail packs, while Cornerstones are exclusive to Signature Series Hobby.

• 1 Matt Anderson
• 2 Lance Berkman
• 3 Eric Chavez
• 4 Bruce Chen
• 5 Matt Clement
• 6 J.D. Drew
• 7 Troy Glaus
• 8 George Lombard
• 9 Ryan Minor
• 10 Dernell Stenson
• 11 Jayson Werth
• 12 Ed Yarnall

Number One Pick

This set features all 42 players selected in the first round of the 1997 MLB Draft. One card was randomly inserted into Signature Series Hobby boxes as a boxtopper. Each card is serial-numbered to 900 copies.

• 1 Aaron Akin
• 2 Matt Anderson
• 3 Ryan Anderson
• 5 Michael Barrett
• 6 Kris Benson
• 7 Lance Berkman
• 8 Rocky Biddle
• 9 Ryan Bradley
• 10 Dermal Brown
• 11 Troy Cameron
• 12 Brett Caradonna
• 13 Eric Chavez
• 14 Michael Cuddyer
• 15 John Curtice
• 16 Glenn Davis
• 17 J.J. Davis
• 18 Jason Dellaero
• 19 J.D. Drew
• 20 Tim Drew
• 21 Eric DuBose
• 22 Mark Fischer
• 23 Troy Glaus
• 24 Geoff Goetz
• 25 Jason Grilli
• 26 Nathan Haynes
• 27 Bryan Hebson
• 28 Geoff Jenkins
• 29 Adam Kennedy
• 30 Billy Koch
• 31 Matt LeCroy
• 32 Mark Mangum
• 33 Darnell McDonald
• 34 Kevin Nicholson
• 35 John Patterson
• 36 Danny Peoples
• 37 Dan Reichert
• 38 Jason Romano
• 39 Jason Standridge
• 40 Vernon Wells
• 41 Jayson Werth
• 42 Matt White
• 4 Shane Arthurs

Autographs

Autographs

NOTE: Autographs are NOT sequentially-numbered.

Player of the Year Series

• A.J. Zapp
• Adam Eaton
• Ben Grieve
• Billy Koch
• Braden Looper
• Brian Rose
• Bubba Trammell
• Carl Pavano
• Chad Green
• Chad Hermansen
• Danny Peoples
• Dermal Brown
• Eric Chavez
• Eric Milton
• Gil Meche
• Jake Westbrook
• John Patterson
• Kerry Wood
• Kris Benson
• Paul Wilder
• Seth Greisinger
• Sidney Ponson

Signature Series

• A.J. Burnett
• Aaron Bond
• Al Hawkins
• Alex Cora
• Alex Hernandez
• Andy Thompson
• Brent Butler
• Brian Passini
• Brian Rose
• Brian Simmons
• Bryan Hebson
• Buddy Carlyle
• Chris Tynan
• David Cortes
• David Melendez
• Dean Crow
• Doug Davis
• Doug Johnston
• Ed Yarnall
• Francisco Cordero
• Frank Catalanotto
• Geoff Goetz
• Giuseppe Chiaramonte
• Glenn Davis
• Gookie Dawkins
• Grant Roberts
• Jason Grilli
• Jayson Werth
• Joe Mays
• John Bale
• John LeRoy
• John Roskos
• Jose Vidro
• Juan LeBron
• Justin Miller
• Kevin Barker
• Luis de los Santos
• Marc Pisciotta
• Matt DeWitt
• Mike Duvall
• Octavio Dotel
• Pablo Ozuna
• Ramon Castro
• Ramon E. Martinez
• Randi Mallard
• Reggie Taylor
• Rob Ramsay
• Ruben Mateo
• Ryan Minor
• Sam Marsonek
• Santiago Perez
• Todd Belitz
• Troy Glaus
• Warren Morris

Paul Konerko Player of the Year Autographs

This is an autographed parallel of the Player of the Year series insert.

• 1 Paul Konerko
• 2 Paul Konerko
• 3 Paul Konerko
• 4 Paul Konerko
• 5 Paul Konerko
• 6 Paul Konerko

Diamond Best Autographs

Each Diamond Best Autograph is exclusive to Player of the Year Series Hobby packs, and is hand-numbered to 250 copies.

• 1 Kris Benson
• 2 Dermal Brown
• 3 Eric Chavez
• 4 Todd Helton
• 7 Braden Looper
• 8 Juan Melo
• 9 Kerry Wood
• 10 A.J. Zapp