Revision as of 20:20, 10 March 2011

Description

1998 Finest is a 275-card set released in two series of 150 and 125 cards, respectively. Topps shed the fracturing scheme of the past two years, and went back to a simpler Finest base set. This would also be the last time all Finest base cards would be printed in equal quantities.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	275	-	?
No-Protector	275	-	?
Refractor	275	-	?
No-Protector Refractor	275	-	?
Power Zone (S1)	20	-	?
Centurions (S1)	20	500	?
Centurions Refractor (S1)	20	75	?
Stadium Stars (S2)	24	-	?
The Man (S2)	20	500	?
The Man Refractor (S2)	20	75	?
Mystery Finest	90	-	?
Mystery Finest Refractor	90	-	?

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

1 Larry Walker
2 Andruw Jones
3 Ramon Martinez
4 Geronimo Berroa
5 Dave Justice
6 Rusty Greer
7 Chad Ogea
8 Tom Goodwin
9 Tino Martinez
10 Jose Guillen
11 Jeffrey Hammonds
12 Brian McRae
13 Jeremi Gonzalez
14 Craig Counsell
15 Mike Piazza
16 Greg Maddux
17 Todd Greene
18 Rondell White
19 Kirk Rueter
20 Tony Clark
21 Brad Radke
22 Jaret Wright
23 Carlos Delgado
24 Dustin Hermanson
25 Gary Sheffield
26 Jose Canseco
27 Kevin Young
28 David Wells
29 Mariano Rivera
30 Reggie Sanders
31 Mike Cameron
32 Bobby Witt
33 Kevin Orie
34 Royce Clayton
35 Edgar Martinez
36 Neifi Perez
37 Kevin Appier
38 Darryl Hamilton
39 Michael Tucker
40 Roger Clemens
41 Carl Everett
42 Mike Sweeney
43 Pat Meares
44 Brian Giles
45 Matt Morris
46 Jason Dickson
47 Rich Loiselle RC
48 Joe Girardi
49 Steve Trachsel
50 Ben Grieve
51 Brian Johnson
52 Hideki Irabu
53 J.T. Snow
54 Mike Hampton
55 Dave Nilsson
56 Alex Fernandez
57 Brett Tomko
58 Wally Joyner
59 Kelvim Escobar
60 Roberto Alomar
61 Todd Jones
62 Paul O'Neill
63 Jamie Moyer
64 Mark Wohlers
65 Jose Cruz, Jr.
66 Troy Percival
67 Rick Reed
68 Will Clark
69 Jamey Wright
70 Mike Mussina
71 David Cone
72 Ryan Klesko
73 Scott Hatteberg
74 James Baldwin
75 Tony Womack
76 Carlos Perez
77 Charles Nagy
78 Jeromy Burnitz
79 Shane Reynolds
80 Cliff Floyd
81 Jason Kendall
82 Chad Curtis
83 Matt Karchner
84 Ricky Bottalico
85 Sammy Sosa
86 Javy Lopez
87 Jeff Kent
88 Shawn Green
89 Joey Cora
90 Tony Gwynn
91 Bob Tewksbury
92 Derek Jeter
93 Eric Davis
94 Jeff Fassero
95 Denny Neagle
96 Ismael Valdes
97 Tim Salmon
98 Mark Grudzielanek
99 Curt Schilling
100 Ken Griffey, Jr.
101 Edgardo Alfonzo
102 Vinny Castilla
103 Jose Rosado
104 Scott Erickson
105 Alan Benes
106 Shannon Stewart
107 Delino DeShields
108 Mark Loretta
109 Todd Hundley
110 Chuck Knoblauch
111 Todd Helton
112 F.P. Santangelo
113 Jeff Cirillo
114 Omar Vizquel
115 John Valentin
116 Damion Easley
117 Matt Lawton
118 Jim Thome
119 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
120 Albert Belle
121 Chris Stynes
122 Butch Huskey
123 Shawn Estes
124 Terry Adams
125 Ivan Rodriguez
126 Ron Gant
127 John Mabry
128 Jeff Shaw
129 Jeff Montgomery
130 Justin Thompson
131 Livan Hernandez
132 Ugueth Urbina
133 Scott Servais
134 Troy O'Leary
135 Cal Ripken, Jr.
136 Quilvio Veras
137 Pedro Astacio
138 Willie Greene
139 Lance Johnson
140 Nomar Garciaparra
141 Jose Offerman
142 Scott Rolen
143 Derek Bell
144 Johnny Damon
145 Mark McGwire
146 Chan Ho Park
147 Edgar Renteria
148 Eric Young
149 Craig Biggio
150 Checklist 1-150

Series Two

151 Frank Thomas
152 John Wetteland
153 Mike Lansing
154 Pedro Martinez
155 Rico Brogna
156 Kevin Brown
157 Alex Rodriguez
158 Wade Boggs
159 Richard Hidalgo
160 Mark Grace
161 Jose Mesa
162 John Olerud
163 Tim Belcher
164 Chuck Finley
165 Brian Hunter
166 Joe Carter
167 Stan Javier
168 Jay Bell
169 Ray Lankford
170 John Smoltz
171 Ed Sprague
172 Jason Giambi
173 Todd Walker
174 Paul Konerko
175 Rey Ordonez
176 Dante Bichette
177 Bernie Williams
178 Jon Nunnally
179 Rafael Palmeiro
180 Jay Buhner
181 Devon White
182 Jeff D'Amico
183 Walt Weiss
184 Scott Spiezio
185 Moises Alou
186 Carlos Baerga
187 Todd Zeile
188 Gregg Jefferies
189 Mo Vaughn
190 Terry Steinbach
191 Ray Durham
192 Robin Ventura
193 Jeff Reed
194 Ken Caminiti
195 Eric Karros
196 Wilson Alvarez
197 Gary Gaetti
198 Andres Galarraga
199 Alex Gonzalez
200 Garret Anderson
201 Andy Benes
202 Harold Baines
203 Ron Coomer
204 Dean Palmer
205 Reggie Jefferson
206 John Burkett
207 Jermaine Allensworth
208 Bernard Gilkey
209 Jeff Bagwell
210 Kenny Lofton
211 Bobby Jones
212 Bartolo Colon
213 Jim Edmonds
214 Pat Hentgen
215 Matt Williams
216 Bobby Abreu
217 Jorge Posada
218 Marty Cordova
219 Ken Hill
220 Steve Finley
221 Jeff King
222 Quinton McCracken
223 Matt Stairs
224 Darin Erstad
225 Fred McGriff
226 Marquis Grissom
227 Doug Glanville
228 Tom Glavine
229 John Franco
230 Darren Bragg
231 Barry Larkin
232 Trevor Hoffman
233 Brady Anderson
234 Al Martin
235 B.J. Surhoff
236 Ellis Burks
237 Randy Johnson
238 Mark Clark
239 Tony Saunders
240 Hideo Nomo
241 Brad Fullmer
242 Chipper Jones
243 Jose Valentin
244 Manny Ramirez
245 Derrek Lee
246 Jimmy Key
247 Tim Naehring
248 Bob Higginson
249 Charles Johnson
250 Chili Davis
251 Tom Gordon
252 Mike Lieberthal
253 Billy Wagner
254 Juan Guzman
255 Todd Stottlemyre
256 Brian Jordan
257 Barry Bonds
258 Dan Wilson
259 Paul Molitor
260 Juan Gonzalez
261 Francisco Cordova
262 Cecil Fielder
263 Travis Lee
264 Kevin Tapani
265 Raul Mondesi
266 Travis Fryman
267 Armando Benitez
268 Pokey Reese
269 Rick Aguilera
270 Andy Pettitte
271 Jose Vizcaino
272 Kerry Wood
273 Vladimir Guerrero
274 John Smiley
275 Checklist 151-275

Parallels

Inserts

Power Zone

P1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
P2 Jeff Bagwell
P3 Jose Cruz, Jr.
P4 Barry Bonds
P5 Mark McGwire
P6 Jim Thome
P7 Mo Vaughn
P8 Gary Sheffield
P9 Andres Galarraga
P10 Nomar Garciaparra
P11 Rafael Palmeiro
P12 Sammy Sosa
P13 Jay Buhner
P14 Tony Clark
P15 Mike Piazza
P16 Larry Walker
P17 Albert Belle
P18 Tino Martinez
P19 Juan Gonzalez
P20 Frank Thomas

Centurions

C1 Andruw Jones
C2 Vladimir Guerrero
C3 Nomar Garciaparra
C4 Scott Rolen
C5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
C6 Jose Cruz, Jr.
C7 Barry Bonds
C8 Mark McGwire
C9 Juan Gonzalez
C10 Jeff Bagwell
C11 Frank Thomas
C12 Paul Konerko
C13 Alex Rodriguez
C14 Mike Piazza
C15 Travis Lee
C16 Chipper Jones
C17 Larry Walker
C18 Mo Vaughn
C19 Livan Hernandez
C20 Jaret Wright

The Man

TM1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
TM2 Barry Bonds
TM3 Frank Thomas
TM4 Chipper Jones
TM5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
TM6 Nomar Garciaparra
TM7 Mark McGwire
TM8 Mike Piazza
TM9 Derek Jeter
TM10 Alex Rodriguez
TM11 Jose Cruz, Jr.
TM12 Larry Walker
TM13 Jeff Bagwell
TM14 Tony Gwynn
TM15 Travis Lee
TM16 Juan Gonzalez
TM17 Scott Rolen
TM18 Randy Johnson
TM19 Roger Clemens
TM20 Greg Maddux

Mystery Finest

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 =Description=
+Finest is a 275-card set released in two series of 150 and 125 cards, respectively.  Topps shed the fracturing scheme of the past two years, and went back to a simpler Finest base set.  This would also be the last time all Finest base cards would be printed in equal quantities.
 =Distribution=
@@ Line 13: / Line 15: @@
 !Total Cards
 !Numbered To
-!Hobby Odds
+!Odds
-!Retail Odds
 |-
-|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||?||-||?||?
+|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||275||-||?
+|-
+|No-Protector||275||-||?
+|-
+|Refractor||275||-||?
+|-
+|No-Protector Refractor||275||-||?
+|-
+|Power Zone (S1)||20||-||?
+|-
+|Centurions (S1)||20||500||?
+|-
+|Centurions Refractor (S1)||20||75||?
+|-
+|Stadium Stars (S2)||24||-||?
+|-
+|The Man (S2)||20||500||?
+|-
+|The Man Refractor (S2)||20||75||?
+|-
+|Mystery Finest||90||-||?
+|-
+|Mystery Finest Refractor||90||-||?
 |}
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 ==Base Set==
+===Series One===
+<sql2wiki database="carddb">
+SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1998') AND (setname='Finest') AND (num < 151)
+ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
+</sql2wiki>
+===Series Two===
 <sql2wiki database="carddb">
-SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1998') AND (setname='Finest')
+SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1998') AND (setname='Finest') AND (num > 150)
 ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
 </sql2wiki>
@@ Line 32: / Line 61: @@
 ==Inserts==
-==Autographs & Game-Used==
+===Power Zone===
+<sql2wiki database="carddb">
+SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1998') AND (setname='Finest Power Zone')
+ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
+</sql2wiki>
+===Centurions===
+<sql2wiki database="carddb">
+SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1998') AND (setname='Finest Centurions')
+ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
+</sql2wiki>
+===Stadium Stars===
+<sql2wiki database="carddb">
+SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1998') AND (setname='Finest Stadium Stars')
+ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
+</sql2wiki>
+===The Man===
+<sql2wiki database="carddb">
+SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1998') AND (setname='Finest The Man')
+ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
+</sql2wiki>
+===Mystery Finest===
+<sql2wiki database="carddb">
+SELECT num,player,info from cards WHERE (year = '1998') AND (setname='Finest Mystery Finest')
+ORDER BY num +0 ASC;
+</sql2wiki>
 [[Category:Topps]]
 [[Category:1998]]