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1997 Stadium Club Series 1

Description

1997 Stadium Club is a 390-card set released in two series of 195 cards. The last 15 cards in each series (TSC 2000 cards 181-195 and Stadium Sluggers Cards 376-390) are both short-printed.

Series One was released in February 1997, with Series Two, two months later. Please note that cards 361 and 374 do not exist. Due to an error at the manufacturer both Mike Sweeney and Tom Pagnozzi had their cards numbered as 274. In addition, Jermaine Dye and Brant Brown both had their cards numbered as 351. These numbering errors were never corrected and no premiums in value are associated.

Distribution

Series One Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $3).

Series One HTA: Ten packs per box, 13 cards per pack (MSRP: $5).

Series Two Hobby: 24 packs per box, nine cards per pack (MSRP: $3).

Series Two retail: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $2).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	HTA Odds
Base	390	-	?	?	?
Series One short set	180	-	?	?	?
TSC 2000 (S1)	15	-	1:2	1:2	1:1
Series Two short set	180	-	?	?	?
Stadium Sluggers (S2)	15	-	1:2	1:3	N/A
Matrix	120	-	1:12	1:12	1:6
Pure Gold	20	-	1:72	1:108	?
Instavision	22	-	1:24	1:24	1:12
Millennium	40	-	1:24	1:24	1:12
Firebrands (S1)	12	-	N/A	1:36	N/A
Patent Leather (S2)	13	-	N/A	1:36	N/A
Co-Signers	10	-	1:168	N/A	1:96

Checklist

Promos

Each Topps wholesale account received one of these three Pre-Production sample cards along with their order forms for 1997 Stadium Club Series One baseball. The cards were designed to provide wholesale customers with a sneak preview of the upcoming Stadium Club release. The design parallels the regular issue cards except for the PP-prefixed numbering. In addition, the term "Pre-Production Sample" replaces the line of 1996 statistics on back.

PP1 Chipper Jones

PP2 Kenny Lofton

PP3 Gary Sheffield

Base Set

Series One

1 Chipper Jones

2 Gary Sheffield

3 Kenny Lofton

4 Brian Jordan

5 Mark McGwire

6 Charles Nagy

7 Tim Salmon

8 Cal Ripken, Jr.

9 Jeff Conine

10 Paul Molitor

11 Mariano Rivera

12 Pedro Martinez

13 Jeff Bagwell

14 Bobby Bonilla

15 Barry Bonds

16 Ryan Klesko

17 Barry Larkin

18 Jim Thome

19 Jay Buhner

20 Juan Gonzalez

21 Mike Mussina

22 Kevin Appier

23 Eric Karros

24 Steve Finley

25 Ed Sprague

26 Bernard Gilkey

27 Tony Phillips

28 Henry Rodriguez

29 John Smoltz

30 Dante Bichette

31 Mike Piazza

32 Paul O'Neill

33 Billy Wagner

34 Reggie Sanders

35 John Jaha

36 Eddie Murray

37 Eric Young

38 Roberto Hernandez

39 Pat Hentgen

40 Sammy Sosa

41 Todd Hundley

42 Mo Vaughn

43 Robin Ventura

44 Mark Grudzielanek

45 Shane Reynolds

46 Andy Pettitte

47 Fred McGriff

48 Rey Ordonez

49 Will Clark

50 Ken Griffey, Jr.

51 Todd Worrell

52 Rusty Greer

53 Mark Grace

54 Tom Glavine

55 Derek Jeter

56 Rafael Palmeiro

57 Bernie Williams

58 Marty Cordova

59 Andres Galarraga

60 Ken Caminiti

61 Garret Anderson

62 Dennis Martinez

63 Mike Greenwell

64 David Segui

65 Julio Franco

66 Rickey Henderson

67 Ozzie Guillen

68 Pete Harnisch

69 Chan Ho Park

70 Harold Baines

71 Mark Clark

72 Steve Avery

73 Brian Hunter

74 Pedro Astacio

75 Jack McDowell

76 Gregg Jefferies

77 Jason Kendall

78 Todd Walker

79 B.J. Surhoff

80 Moises Alou

81 Fernando Vina

82 Darryl Strawberry

83 Jose Rosado

84 Chris Gomez

85 Chili Davis

86 Alan Benes

87 Todd Hollandsworth

88 Jose Vizcaino

89 Edgardo Alfonzo

90 Ruben Rivera

91 Donovan Osborne

92 Doug Glanville

93 Gary DiSarcina

94 Brooks Kieschnick

95 Bobby M. Jones

96 Raul Casanova

97 Jermaine Allensworth

98 Kenny Rogers

99 Mark McLemore

100 Jeff Fassero

101 Sandy Alomar, Jr.

102 Chuck Finley

103 Eric Owens

104 Billy McMillon

105 Dwight Gooden

106 Sterling Hitchcock

107 Doug Drabek

108 Paul Wilson

109 Chris Snopek

110 Al Leiter

111 Bob Tewksbury

112 Todd Greene

113 Jose Valentin

114 Delino DeShields

115 Mike Bordick

116 Pat Meares

117 Mariano Duncan

118 Steve Trachsel

119 Luis Castillo

120 Andy Benes

121 Donne Walle

122 Alex S. Gonzalez

123 Dan Wilson

124 Omar Vizquiel

125 Devon White

126 Darryl Hamilton

127 Orlando Merced

128 Royce Clayton

129 Bill Van Landingham

130 Terry Steinbach

131 Jeff Blauser

132 Jeff Cirillo

133 Roger Pavlick

134 Danny Tartabull

135 Jeff Montgomery

136 Bobby Higginson

137 Mike Grace

138 Kevin Elster

139 Brian Giles RC

140 Rod Beck

141 Ismael Valdes

142 Scott Brosius

143 Mike Fetters

144 Gary Gaetti

145 Mike Lansing

146 Glenallen Hill

147 Shawn Green

148 Mel Rojas

149 Joey Cora

150 John Smiley

151 Marvin Benard

152 Curt Schilling

153 Dave Nilsson

154 Edgar Renteria

155 Jonas Hamlin

156 Carlos Garcia

157 Nomar Garciaparra

158 Kevin Ritz

159 Keith Lockhart

160 Justin Thompson

161 Terry Adams

162 Jamey Wright

163 Otis Nixon

164 Michael Tucker

165 Mike Stanley

166 Ben ? McDonald

167 John Mabry

168 Troy O'Leary

169 Melvin Nieves

170 Bret Boone

171 Mike Timlin

172 Scott Rolen

173 Reggie Jackson

174 Neifi Perez

175 Brian McRae

176 Tom Goodwin

177 Aaron Sele

178 Benito Santiago

179 Frankie Rodriguez

180 Eric Davis

TSC 2000

181 Andruw Jones

182 Todd Walker

183 Wes Helms

184 Nelson Figueroa RC

185 Vladimir Guerrero

186 Billy McMillon

187 Todd Helton

188 Nomar Garciaparra

189 Katsuhiro Maeda

190 Russell Branyan

191 Glendon Rusch

192 Bartolo Colon

193 Scott Rolen

194 Angel Echevarria

195 Bobby Abreu

Series Two

196 Greg Maddux

197 Joe Carter

198 Alex Ochoa

199 Ellis Burks

200 Ivan Rodriguez

201 Marquis Grissom

202 Trevor Hoffman

203 Matt Williams

204 Carlos Delgado

205 Ramon J. Martinez

206 Chuck Knoblauch

207 Juan Guzman

208 Derek Bell

209 Roger Clemens

210 Vladimir Guerrero

211 Cecil Fielder

212 Hideo Nomo

213 Frank Thomas

214 Greg Vaughn

215 Javy Lopez

216 Raul Mondesi

217 Wade Boggs

218 Carlos Baerga

219 Tony Gwynn

220 Tino Martinez

221 Vinny Castilla

222 Lance Johnson

223 David Justice

224 Rondell White

225 Dean Palmer

226 Jim Edmonds

227 Albert Belle

228 Alex Fernandez

229 Ryne Sandberg

230 Jose Mesa

231 David Cone

232 Troy Percival

233 Edgar Martinez

234 Jose Canseco

235 Kevin Brown

236 Ray Lankford

237 Karim Garcia

238 J.T. Snow

239 Dennis Eckersley

240 Roberto Alomar

241 John Valentin

242 Ron Gant

243 Geronimo Berroa

244 Manny Ramirez

245 Travis Fryman

246 Denny Neagle

247 Randy Johnson

248 Darin Erstad

249 Mark Wohlers

250 Ken Hill

251 Larry Walker

252 Craig Biggio

253 Brady Anderson

254 John Wetteland

255 Andruw Jones

256 Turk Wendell

257 Jason Isringhausen

258 Jaime Navarro

259 Sean Berry

260 Albie Lopez

261 Jay Bell

262 Bobby Witt

263 Tony Clark

264 Tim Wakefield

265 Brad Radke

266 Tim Belcher

267 Nerio Rodriguez

268 Roger Cedeno

269 Tim Naehring

270 Kevin Tapani

271 Joe Randa

272 Randy Myers

273 Dave Burba

274 Mike Sweeney

274 Tom Pagnozzi UER (should be numbered 374)

275 Danny Graves

276 Chad Mottola

277 Ruben Sierra

278 Norm Charlton

279 Scott Servais

280 Jacob Cruz

281 Mike MacFarlane

282 Rich Becker

283 Shannon Stewart

284 Gerald Williams

285 Jody Reed

286 Jeff D'Amico

287 Walt Weiss

288 Jim Leyritz

289 Francisco Cordova

290 F.P. Santangelo

291 Scott Erickson

292 Hal Morris

293 Ray Durham

294 Andy Ashby

295 Darryl Kile

296 Jose Paniagua

297 Mickey Tettleton

298 Joe Girardi

299 Rocky Coppinger

300 Bobby Abreu

301 John Olerud

302 Paul Shuey

303 Jeff Brantley

304 Bob Wells

305 Kevin Seitzer

306 Shawon Dunston

307 Jose Herrara

308 Butch Huskey

309 Jose Offerman

310 Rick Aguilera

311 Greg Gagne

312 John Burkett

313 Mark Thompson

314 Alvaro Espinoza

315 Todd Stottlemyre

316 Al Martin

317 James Baldwin

318 Cal Eldred

319 Sid Fernandez

320 Mickey Morandini

321 Robb Nen

322 Mark Lemke

323 Pete Schourek

324 Marcus Jensen

325 Rich Aurilia

326 Jeff King

327 Scott Stahoviak

328 Ricky Otero

329 Antonio Osuna

330 Chris Hoiles

331 Luis Gonzalez

332 Will Cordero

333 Johnny Damon

334 Mark Langston

335 Orlando Miller

336 Jason Giambi

337 Damian Jackson

338 David Wells

339 Bip Roberts

340 Matt Ruebel

341 Tom Candiotti

342 Wally Joyner

343 Jimmy Key

344 Tony Batista

345 Paul Sorrento

346 Ron Karkovice

347 Wilson Alvarez

348 John Flaherty

349 Rey Sanchez

350 John Vander Wal

351 Jermaine Dye

351 Brant Brown UER (should be numbered 361)

352 Mike Hampton

353 Greg Colbrunn

354 Heathcliff Slocumb

355 Ricky Bottalico

356 Marty Jantzen

357 Orel Hershiser

358 Rex Hudler

359 Amaury Telemaco

360 Darrin Fletcher

361 See card 351B UER

362 Russ Davis

363 Allan Watson

364 Mike Lieberthal

365 Dave Stevens

366 Jay Powell

367 Tony Fossas

368 Bob Wolcott

369 Mark Loretta

370 Shawn Estes

371 Sandy Martinez

372 Wendell Magee

373 John Franco

374 See Card 274 UER

375 Willie Adams

Stadium Sluggers

376 Chipper Jones

377 Mo Vaughn

378 Frank Thomas

379 Albert Belle

380 Andres Galarraga

381 Gary Sheffield

382 Jeff Bagwell

383 Mike Piazza

384 Mark McGwire

385 Ken Griffey, Jr.

386 Barry Bonds

387 Juan Gonzalez

388 Brady Anderson

389 Ken Caminiti

390 Jay Buhner

Parallels

TSC Matrix

This 120-card set partially parallels the first 60 cards of each series. Each Matrix card was reproduced with Power Matrix technology, giving the card fronts a glittering effect.

Members Only Factory Set

The Members Only Factory Set features all 390 cards from the 1997 Stadium Club set, as well as the Millennium, Instavision, Firebrand, Patent Leather, and Pure Gold inserts. Sets were only available to members of the Topps Stadium Club and the words "TSC MEMBERS ONLY" are printed on each card.

Inserts

Pure Gold

This 20-card set features color action star player photos reproduced on 20 pt. embossed gold mirror foilboard. Cards 1-10 are in Series One, 11-20 in Series Two.

PG1 Brady Anderson

PG2 Albert Belle

PG3 Dante Bichette

PG4 Barry Bonds

PG5 Jay Buhner

PG6 Tony Gwynn

PG7 Chipper Jones

PG8 Mark McGwire

PG9 Gary Sheffield

PG10 Frank Thomas

PG11 Juan Gonzalez

PG12 Ken Caminiti

PG13 Kenny Lofton

PG14 Jeff Bagwell

PG15 Ken Griffey Jr.

PG16 Cal Ripken Jr.

PG17 Mo Vaughn

PG18 Mike Piazza

PG19 Derek Jeter

PG20 Andres Galarraga

Firebrands

This 12-card set is exclusive to Series One retail packs and feature redemption cards of 12 of the top sluggers. Due to circumstances beyond Topps', they were unable to insert the actual etched-wood cards into packs and had to resort to redemption cards.

F1 Jeff Bagwell

F2 Albert Belle

F3 Barry Bonds

F4 Andres Galarraga

F5 Ken Griffey Jr.

F6 Brady Anderson

F7 Mark McGwire

F8 Chipper Jones

F9 Frank Thomas

F10 Mike Piazza

F11 Mo Vaughn

F12 Juan Gonzalez

Instavision

This 22-card set highlights some of the 1996 season's most exciting moments through exclusive holographic video action. The first ten cards were inserted into Series One packs, while the final 12 in Series Two.

I1 Eddie Murray

I2 Paul Molitor

I3 Todd Hundley

I4 Roger Clemens

I5 Barry Bonds

I6 Mark McGwire

I7 Brady Anderson

I8 Barry Larkin

I9 Ken Caminiti

I10 Hideo Nomo

I11 Bernie Williams

I12 Juan Gonzalez

I13 Andy Pettitte

I14 Albert Belle

I15 John Smoltz

I16 Brian Jordan

I17 Derek Jeter

I18 Ken Caminiti

I19 John Wetteland

I20 Brady Anderson

I21 Andruw Jones

I22 Jim Leyritz

Millennium

This 40-card set features player whom Topps believed would establish themselves as the stars of the new millennium. Cards 1-20 are in Series One, while 21-40 in Series Two.

M1 Derek Jeter

M2 Mark Grudzielanek

M3 Jacob Cruz

M4 Ray Durham

M5 Tony Clark

M6 Chipper Jones

M7 Luis Castillo

M8 Carlos Delgado

M9 Brant Brown

M10 Jason Kendall

M11 Alan Benes

M12 Rey Ordonez

M13 Justin Thompson

M14 Jermaine Allensworth

M15 Brian Hunter

M16 Marty Cordova

M17 Edgar Renteria

M18 Karim Garcia

M19 Todd Greene

M20 Paul Wilson

M21 Andruw Jones

M22 Todd Walker

M23 Alex Ochoa

M24 Bartolo Colon

M25 Wendell Magee Jr.

M26 Jose Rosado

M27 Katsuhiro Maeda

M28 Bob Abreu

M29 Brooks Kieschnick

M30 Derrick Gibson

M31 Mike Sweeney

M32 Jeff D'Amico

M33 Chad Mottola

M34 Chris Snopek

M35 Jaime Bluma

M36 Vladimir Guerrero

M37 Nomar Garciaparra

M38 Scott Rolen

M39 Dmitri Young

M40 Neifi Perez

Patent Leather

This 13-card set, exclusive to Series Two retail packs, features cards printed on leather card stock.

PL1 Ivan Rodriguez

PL2 Ken Caminiti

PL3 Barry Bonds

PL4 Ken Griffey Jr.

PL5 Greg Maddux

PL6 Craig Biggio

PL7 Andres Galarraga

PL8 Kenny Lofton

PL9 Barry Larkin

PL10 Mark Grace

PL11 Rey Ordonez

PL12 Roberto Alomar

PL13 Derek Jeter

Autographs & Game-Used

Co-Signers

This 10-card, dual-sided, dual-player set features authentic signatures of two major league stand-outs. The first five cards were in Series One, and cards 6-10 in Series Two.

CO1 D.Jeter/A.Pettitte

CO2 P.Wilson/T.Hundley

CO3 J.Dye/M.Wohlers

CO4 S.Rolen/G.Jefferies

CO5 J.Kendall/T.Holland

CO6 R.Ventura/A.Benes

CO7 R.Mondesi/E.Karros

CO8 N.Garciaparra/R.Ordonez

CO9 R.White/M.Cordova

CO10 T.Gwynn/K.Garcia