2000 Topps Tek

Description

2000 Topps TEK is a 45-card set released in July, 2000. This would be the final Topps TEK set.

The set features 40 player cards (1-40), and five short-printed rookie cards (41-45), and each card has 20 different background variations. Variations 16-20 feature an assortment of colors and are short-printed in comparison to the other 15.

Each rookie card is serial-numbered to 2000 copies with 100 copies for each background variation. The only notable Rookie Card is that of Brett Myers.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	45	-	?
short set	40	-	?
Rookies	5	2000	1:2
Colored Variations	45	-	1:10
Gold	45	10 (but 200 actually exist)	1:42
ArchiTEKs	18	-	1:5
DramaTEK Performers	9	-	1:10
TEKtonics	9	-	1:30

Checklist

Base Set

1 Mike Piazza

2 Chipper Jones

3 Juan Gonzalez

4 Ivan Rodriguez

5 Cal Ripken

6 A.J. Burnett

7 Jim Thome

8 Mo Vaughn

9 Andruw Jones

10 Mark McGwire

11 Jose Canseco

12 Shawn Green

13 Barry Bonds

14 Bernie Williams

15 Manny Ramirez

16 Greg Maddux

17 Carlos Beltran

18 Pedro Martinez

19 Jeff Bagwell

20 Sammy Sosa

21 J.D. Drew

22 Randy Johnson

23 Larry Walker

24 Frank Thomas

25 Orlando Hernandez

26 Scott Rolen

27 Tony Gwynn

28 Rick Ankiel

29 Roberto Alomar

30 Ken Griffey, Jr.

31 Vladimir Guerrero

32 Derek Jeter

33 Nomar Garciaparra

34 Alex Rodriguez

35 Sean Casey

36 Adam Piatt

37 Corey Patterson

38 Josh Hamilton

39 Pat Burrell

40 Eric Munson

Rookies

Each rookie is cumulatively serial-numbered to 2000 copies; however, for each of the 20 different background variations, there are 100 copies each.

Unlike the regular base cards, Topps used different photographs for each variation. Background variations 1-5, 6-10, 11-15 and 16-20 all use the same picture.

41 Ruben Salazar RC /2000

42 John Sneed RC /2000

43 Josh Girdley /2000

44 Brett Myers RC /2000

45 Rick Asadoorian RC /2000

Parallels

Colored

There are 20 different background variations for each player card. Variations 16-20 feature an assortment of colors and were produced in smaller quantities. Pattern 16 cards are purple, pattern 17 are red, pattern 18 are yellow, pattern 19 are green, and pattern 20 are blue.

Gold

Each base card's background variaiton has a Gold parallel that is serial-numbered to 10 copies. Collectively, each individual player has 200 Gold cards.

Inserts

ArchiTEKs

• A1 Nomar Garciaparra
• A2 Derek Jeter
• A3 Chipper Jones
• A4 Vladimir Guerrero
• A5 Mark McGwire
• A6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• A7 Mike Piazza
• A8 Jeff Bagwell
• A9 Larry Walker
• A10 Manny Ramirez
• A11 Alex Rodriguez
• A12 Sammy Sosa
• A13 Shawn Green
• A14 Juan Gonzalez
• A15 Barry Bonds
• A16 Pedro Martinez
• A17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• A18 Ivan Rodriguez

DramaTEK Performers

• DP1 Mark McGwire
• DP2 Sammy Sosa
• DP3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• DP4 Nomar Garciaparra
• DP5 Chipper Jones
• DP6 Mike Piazza
• DP7 Alex Rodriguez
• DP8 Derek Jeter
• DP9 Vladimir Guerrero

TEKtonics

• TT1 Derek Jeter
• TT2 Mark McGwire
• TT3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• TT4 Mike Piazza
• TT5 Alex Rodriguez
• TT6 Chipper Jones
• TT7 Nomar Garciaparra
• TT8 Sammy Sosa
• TT9 Cal Ripken, Jr.