2006 Topps

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Description

2006 Topps is a 659-card set was issued over two series. Series One was released in February, 2006 while Series Two was issued four months later.

Alex Gordon "Rookie Card" controversy

Card #297 Alex Gordon was pulled early in production because Gordon did not have any major league experience which violated the new Rookie Card rules instituted during the off-season by the MLBPA. Topps estimates around 100 Gordon cards made it into production while Beckett estimates 200 to 500. Beckett also estimates that 2500 to 5000 cut out versions made their way into packs. The "Cut Out" variations of the Gordon card are where Topps literally cut Gordon's image out of the card, leaving only an empty cardboard frame.

In addition, cards #297 and #312 (Pete Mackanin and John Koronka) cards were changed for the factory sets, and a card of Alay Soler cards was randomly inserted into Series Two packs unannounced.

Distribution

Hobby: 36 packs per box, 10 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.59). 10 boxes per case. Retail: 24 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.99). 20 boxes per case. Rack Packs: 24 packs per box, 18 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99). Three boxes per case.

NOTE: This was the first year Topps produced special packs for Target, K-Mart, and Walmart -- each with their special inserts.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

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Checklist

Base Set

Series One

  • 1 Alex Rodriguez
  • 2 Jose Valentin
  • 3 Garrett Atkins
  • 4 Scott Hatteberg
  • 5 Carl Crawford
  • 6 Armando Benitez
  • 7 Mickey Mantle
  • 8 Mike Morse
  • 9 Damian Miller
  • 10 Clint Barmes
  • 11 Michael Barrett
  • 12 Coco Crisp
  • 13 Tadahito Iguchi
  • 14 Chris Snyder
  • 15 Brian Roberts
  • 16 David Wright
  • 17 Victor Santos
  • 18 Trevor Hoffman
  • 19 Jeremy Reed
  • 20 Bobby Abreu
  • 21 Lance Berkman
  • 22 Zach Day
  • 23 Jonny Gomes
  • 24 Jason Marquis
  • 25 Chipper Jones
  • 26 Scott Hairston
  • 27 Ryan Dempster
  • 28 Brandon Inge
  • 29 Aaron Harang
  • 30 Jon Garland
  • 31 Pokey Reese
  • 32 Mike MacDougal
  • 33 Mike Lieberthal
  • 34 Cesar Izturis
  • 35 Brad Wilkerson
  • 36 Jeff Suppan
  • 37 Adam Everett
  • 38 Bengie Molina
  • 39 Rickie Weeks
  • 40 Jorge Posada
  • 41 Rheal Cormier
  • 42 Reed Johnson
  • 43 Laynce Nix
  • 44 Carl Everett
  • 45 Greg Maddux
  • 46 Jeff Francis
  • 47 Felipe Lopez
  • 48 Dan Johnson
  • 49 Humberto Cota
  • 50 Manny Ramirez
  • 51 Juan Uribe
  • 52 Jaret Wright
  • 53 Tomo Ohka
  • 54 Mike Matheny
  • 55 Joe Mauer
  • 56 Jarrod Washburn
  • 57 Randy Winn
  • 58 Pedro Feliz
  • 59 Kenny Rogers
  • 60 Rocco Baldelli
  • 61 Eric Hinske
  • 62 Damaso Marte
  • 63 Desi Relaford
  • 64 Juan Encarnacion
  • 65 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 66 Shawn Estes
  • 67 Brian Jordan
  • 68 Steve Kline
  • 69 Braden Looper
  • 70 Carlos Lee
  • 71 Tom Glavine
  • 72 Craig Biggio
  • 73 Steve Finley
  • 74 David Newhan
  • 75 Eric Gagne
  • 76 Tony Graffanino
  • 77 Dallas McPherson
  • 78 Nick Punto
  • 79 Mark Kotsay
  • 80 Kerry Wood
  • 81 Kyle Farnsworth
  • 82 Huston Street
  • 83 Endy Chavez
  • 84 So Taguchi
  • 85 Hank Blalock
  • 86 Brad Radke
  • 87 Chien-Ming Wang
  • 88 B.J. Surhoff
  • 89 Glendon Rusch
  • 90 Mark Buehrle
  • 91 Rafael Betancourt
  • 92 Lance Cormier
  • 93 Alex Gonzalez
  • 94 Matt Stairs
  • 95 Andy Pettitte
  • 96 Jesse Crain
  • 97 Kenny Lofton
  • 98 Geoff Blum
  • 99 Mark Redman
  • 100 Barry Bonds
  • 101 Chad Orvella
  • 102 Xavier Nady
  • 103 Junior Spivey
  • 104 Bernie Williams
  • 105 Victor Martinez
  • 106 Nook Logan
  • 107 Mark Teahen
  • 108 Mike Lamb
  • 109 Jayson Werth
  • 110 Mariano Rivera
  • 111 Erubiel Durazo
  • 112 Ryan Vogelsong
  • 113 Bobby Madritsch
  • 114 Travis Lee
  • 115 Adam Dunn
  • 116 David Riske
  • 117 Troy Percival
  • 118 Chad Tracy
  • 119 Andy Marte
  • 120 Edgar Renteria
  • 121 Jason Giambi
  • 122 Justin Morneau
  • 123 J.T. Snow
  • 124 Danys Baez
  • 125 Carlos Delgado
  • 126 John Buck
  • 127 Shannon Stewart
  • 128 Mike Cameron
  • 129 Joe McEwing
  • 130 Richie Sexson
  • 131 Rod Barajas
  • 132 Russ Adams
  • 133 J.D. Closser
  • 134 Ramon Ortiz
  • 135 Josh Beckett
  • 136 Ryan Freel
  • 137 Victor Zambrano
  • 138 Ronnie Belliard
  • 139 Jason Michaels
  • 140 Brian Giles
  • 141 Randy Wolf
  • 142 Robinson Cano
  • 143 Joe Blanton
  • 144 Esteban Loaiza
  • 145 Troy Glaus
  • 146 Matt Clement
  • 147 Geoff Jenkins
  • 148 John Thomson
  • 149 A.J. Pierzynski
  • 150 Pedro Martinez
  • 151 Roger Clemens
  • 152 Jack Wilson
  • 153 Ray King
  • 154 Ryan Church
  • 155 Paul Lo Duca
  • 156 Dan Wheeler
  • 157 Carlos Zambrano
  • 158 Mike Timlin
  • 159 Brandon Claussen
  • 160 Travis Hafner
  • 161 Chris Shelton
  • 162 Rafael Furcal
  • 163 Tom Gordon
  • 164 Noah Lowry
  • 165 Larry Walker
  • 166 Dave Roberts
  • 167 Scott Schoeneweis
  • 168 Julian Tavarez
  • 169 Jhonny Peralta
  • 170 Vernon Wells
  • 171 Jorge Cantu
  • 172 Todd Greene
  • 173 Willy Taveras
  • 174 Corey Patterson
  • 175 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 176 Bobby Kielty
  • 177 Jose Reyes
  • 178 Barry Zito
  • 179 Deivi Cruz
  • 180 Mark Teixeira
  • 181 Chone Figgins
  • 182 Aaron Rowand
  • 183 Tim Wakefield
  • 184 Mike Maroth
  • 185 Johnny Damon
  • 186 Vicente Padilla
  • 187 Ryan Klesko
  • 188 Gary Matthews
  • 189 Jose Mesa
  • 190 Nick Johnson
  • 191 Freddy Garcia
  • 192 Larry Bigbie
  • 193 Chris Ray
  • 194 Torii Hunter
  • 195 Mike Sweeney
  • 196 Brad Penny
  • 197 Jason Frasor
  • 198 Kevin Mench
  • 199 Adam Kennedy
  • 200 Albert Pujols
  • 201 Jody Gerut
  • 202 Luis Gonzalez
  • 203 Zack Greinke
  • 204 Miguel Cairo
  • 205 Jimmy Rollins
  • 206 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 207 Billy Wagner
  • 208 B.J. Ryan
  • 209 Orlando Hudson
  • 210 Preston Wilson
  • 211 Melvin Mora
  • 212 Bill Mueller
  • 213 Javy Lopez
  • 214 Wilson Betemit
  • 215 Garret Anderson
  • 216 Russell Branyan
  • 217 Jeff Weaver
  • 218 Doug Mientkiewicz
  • 219 Mark Ellis
  • 220 Jason Bay
  • 221 Adam LaRoche
  • 222 C.C. Sabathia
  • 223 Humberto Quintero
  • 224 Bartolo Colon
  • 225 Ichiro Suzuki
  • 226 Brett Tomko
  • 227 Corey Koskie
  • 228 David Eckstein
  • 229 Cristian Guzman
  • 230 Jeff Kent
  • 231 Chris Capuano
  • 232 Rodrigo Lopez
  • 233 Jason Phillips
  • 234 Luis Rivas
  • 235 Cliff Floyd
  • 236 Gil Meche
  • 237 Adam Eaton
  • 238 Matt Morris
  • 239 Kyle Davies
  • 240 David Wells
  • 241 John Smoltz
  • 242 Felix Hernandez
  • 243 Kenny Rogers GG
  • 244 Mark Teixeira GG
  • 245 Orlando Hudson GG
  • 246 Derek Jeter GG
  • 247 Eric Chavez GG
  • 248 Torii Hunter GG
  • 249 Vernon Wells GG
  • 250 Ichiro Suzuki GG
  • 251 Greg Maddux GG
  • 252 Mike Matheny GG
  • 253 Derrek Lee GG
  • 254 Luis Castillo GG
  • 255 Omar Vizquel GG
  • 256 Mike Lowell GG
  • 257 Andruw Jones GG
  • 258 Jim Edmonds GG
  • 259 Bobby Abreu GG
  • 260 Bartolo Colon CY
  • 261 Chris Carpenter CY
  • 262 Alex Rodriguez MVP
  • 263 Albert Pujols MVP
  • 264 Huston Street ROY
  • 265 Ryan Howard ROY
  • 266 Bob Melvin MGR
  • 267 Bobby Cox MGR
  • 268 Baltimore Orioles TC
  • 269 Boston Red Sox TC
  • 270 Chicago White Sox TC
  • 271 Dusty Baker MGR
  • 272 Jerry Narron MGR
  • 273 Cleveland Indians TC
  • 274 Clint Hurdle MGR
  • 275 Detroit Tigers TC
  • 276 Jack McKeon MGR
  • 277 Phil Garner MGR
  • 278 Kansas City Royals TC
  • 279 Jim Tracy MGR
  • 280 Los Angeles Angels TC
  • 281 Milwaukee Brewers TC
  • 282 Minnesota Twins TC
  • 283 Willie Randolph MGR
  • 284 New York Yankees TC
  • 285 Oakland Athletics TC
  • 286 Charlie Manuel MGR
  • 287a Pete Mackanin MGR ERR (Photo is of Lloyd McClendon, packs only)
  • 287b Pete Mackanin MGR COR
  • 288 Bruce Bochy MGR
  • 289 Felipe Alou MGR
  • 290 Seattle Mariners TC
  • 291 Tony LaRussa MGR
  • 292 Tampa Bay Devil Rays TC
  • 293 Texas Rangers TC
  • 294 Toronto Blue Jays TC
  • 295 Frank Robinson MGR
  • 296 Anderson Hernandez (RC)
  • 297a Alex Gordon full
  • 297b Alex Gordon cut out
  • 297c Alex Gordon framed
  • 297d Alex Gordon blank
  • 298 Jason Botts (RC)
  • 299 Jeff Mathis (RC)
  • 300 Ryan Garko (RC)
  • 301 Charlton Jimerson (RC)
  • 302 Chris Denorfia (RC)
  • 303 Anthony Reyes (RC)
  • 304 Bryan Bullington (RC)
  • 305 Chuck James (RC)
  • 306 Danny Sandoval RC
  • 307 Walter Young (RC)
  • 308 Fausto Carmona (RC)
  • 309 Francisco Liriano (RC)
  • 310 Hong-Chih Kuo (RC)
  • 311 Joe Saunders (RC)
  • 312a John Koronka (RC, Cubs, packs only)
  • 312b John Koronka (RC, Rangers, factory sets only)
  • 313 Robert Andino RC
  • 314 Shaun Marcum (RC)
  • 315 Tom Gorzelanny (RC)
  • 316 Craig Breslow RC
  • 317 Chris DeMaria RC
  • 318 Brayan Pena (RC)
  • 319 Rich Hill (RC)
  • 320 Rick Short (RC)
  • 321 C.J. Wilson (RC)
  • 322 Marshall McDougall (RC)
  • 323 Darrell Rasner (RC)
  • 324 Brandon Watson (RC)
  • 325 Paul McAnulty (RC)
  • 326 Derek Jeter / Alex Rodriguez TS
  • 327 Miguel Tejada / Melvin Mora TS
  • 328 Marcus Giles / Chipper Jones TS
  • 329 Manny Ramirez / David Ortiz TS
  • 330 Michael Barrett / Greg Maddux TS

Series Two

  • 331 Matt Holliday
  • 332 Orlando Cabrera
  • 333 Ryan Langerhans
  • 334 Lew Ford
  • 335 Mark Prior
  • 336 Ted Lilly
  • 337 Michael Young
  • 338 Livan Hernandez
  • 339 Yadier Molina
  • 340 Eric Chavez
  • 341 Miguel Batista
  • 342 Bruce Chen
  • 343 Sean Casey
  • 344 Doug Davis
  • 345 Andruw Jones
  • 346 Hideki Matsui
  • 347 Joe Randa
  • 348 Reggie Sanders
  • 349 Jason Jennings
  • 350 Joe Nathan
  • 351 Jose Lopez
  • 352 John Lackey
  • 353 Claudio Vargas
  • 354 Grady Sizemore
  • 355 Jonathan Papelbon (RC)
  • 356 Luis Matos
  • 357 Orlando Hernandez
  • 358 Jamie Moyer
  • 359 Chase Utley
  • 360 Moises Alou
  • 361 Chad Cordero
  • 362 Brian McCann
  • 363 Jermaine Dye
  • 364 Ryan Madson
  • 365 Aramis Ramirez
  • 366 Matt Treanor
  • 367 Ray Durham
  • 368 Khalil Greene
  • 369 Mike Hampton
  • 370 Mike Mussina
  • 371 Brad Hawpe
  • 372 Marlon Byrd
  • 373 Woody Williams
  • 374 Victor Diaz
  • 375 Brady Clark
  • 376 Luis Gonzalez
  • 377 Raul Ibanez
  • 378 Tony Clark
  • 379 Shawn Chacon
  • 380 Marcus Giles
  • 381 Odalis Perez
  • 382 Steve Trachsel
  • 383 Russ Ortiz
  • 384 Toby Hall
  • 385 Bill Hall
  • 386 Luke Hudson
  • 387 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 388 Tim Hudson
  • 389 Brian Moehler
  • 390 Jake Peavy
  • 391 Casey Blake
  • 392 Sidney Ponson
  • 393 Brian Schneider
  • 394 J.J. Hardy
  • 395 Austin Kearns
  • 396 Pat Burrell
  • 397 Jason Vargas
  • 398 Ryan Howard
  • 399 Joe Crede
  • 400 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 401 Roy Halladay
  • 402 David Dellucci
  • 403 Brandon Webb
  • 404 Marlon Anderson
  • 405 Miguel Tejada
  • 406 Ryan Doumit
  • 407 Kevin Youkilis
  • 408 Jon Lieber
  • 409 Edwin Encarnacion
  • 410 Miguel Cabrera
  • 411 A.J. Burnett
  • 412 David Bell
  • 413 Gregg Zaun
  • 414 Lance Niekro
  • 415 Shawn Green
  • 416 Roberto Hernandez
  • 417 Jay Gibbons
  • 418 Johnny Estrada
  • 419 Omar Vizquel
  • 420 Gary Sheffield
  • 421 Brad Halsey
  • 422 Aaron Cook
  • 423 David Ortiz
  • 424 Tony Womack
  • 425 Joe Kennedy
  • 426 Dustin McGowan
  • 427 Carl Pavano
  • 428 Nick Green
  • 429 Francisco Cordero
  • 430 Octavio Dotel
  • 431 Julio Franco
  • 432 Brett Myers
  • 433 Casey Kotchman
  • 434 Frank Catalanotto
  • 435 Paul Konerko
  • 436 Keith Foulke
  • 437 Juan Rivera
  • 438 Todd Pratt
  • 439 Ben Broussard
  • 440 Scott Kazmir
  • 441 Rich Aurilia
  • 442 Craig Monroe
  • 443 Danny Kolb
  • 444 Curtis Granderson
  • 445 Jeff Francoeur
  • 446 Dustin Hermanson
  • 447 Jacque Jones
  • 448 Bobby Crosby
  • 449 Jason LaRue
  • 450 Derrek Lee
  • 451 Curt Schilling
  • 452 Jake Westbrook
  • 453 Daniel Cabrera
  • 454 Bobby Jenks
  • 455 Dontrelle Willis
  • 456 Brad Lidge
  • 457 Shea Hillenbrand
  • 458 Luis Castillo
  • 459 Mark Hendrickson
  • 460 Randy Johnson
  • 461 Placido Polanco
  • 462 Aaron Boone
  • 463 Todd Walker
  • 464 Nick Swisher
  • 465 Joel Pineiro
  • 466 Jay Payton
  • 467 Cliff Lee
  • 468 Johan Santana
  • 469 Josh Willingham
  • 470 Jeremy Bonderman
  • 471 Runelvys Hernandez
  • 472 Duaner Sanchez
  • 473 Jason Lane
  • 474 Trot Nixon
  • 475 Ramon Hernandez
  • 476 Mike Lowell
  • 477 Chan Ho Park
  • 478 Doug Waechter
  • 479 Carlos Silva
  • 480 Jose Contreras
  • 481 Vinny Castilla
  • 482 Chris Reitsma
  • 483 Jose Guillen
  • 484 Aaron Hill
  • 485 Kevin Millwood
  • 486 Wily Mo Pena
  • 487 Rich Harden
  • 488 Chris Carpenter
  • 489 Jason Bartlett
  • 490 Magglio Ordonez
  • 491 John Rodriguez
  • 492 Bob Wickman
  • 493 Eddie Guardado
  • 494 Kip Wells
  • 495 Adrian Beltre
  • 496 Jose Capellan (RC)
  • 497 Scott Podsednik
  • 498 Brad Thompson
  • 499 Aaron Heilman
  • 500 Derek Jeter
  • 501 Emil Brown
  • 502 Morgan Ensberg
  • 503 Nate Bump
  • 504 Phil Nevin
  • 505 Jason Schmidt
  • 506 Michael Cuddyer
  • 507 John Patterson
  • 508 Danny Haren
  • 509 Freddy Sanchez
  • 510 J.D. Drew
  • 511 Dmitri Young
  • 512 Eric Milton
  • 513 Ervin Santana
  • 514 Mark Loretta
  • 515 Mark Grudzielanek
  • 516 Derrick Turnbow
  • 517 Denny Bautista
  • 518 Lyle Overbay
  • 519 Julio Lugo
  • 520 Carlos Beltran
  • 521 Jose Cruz, Jr.
  • 522 Jason Isringhausen
  • 523 Bronson Arroyo
  • 524 Ben Sheets
  • 525 Zach Duke
  • 526 Ryan Wagner
  • 527 Jose Vidro
  • 528 Doug Mirabelli
  • 529 Kris Benson
  • 530 Carlos Guillen
  • 531 Juan Pierre
  • 532 Scot Shields
  • 533 Scott Hatteberg
  • 534 Tim Stauffer
  • 535 Jim Edmonds
  • 536 Scot Eyre
  • 537 Ben Johnson
  • 538 Mark Mulder
  • 539 Juan Rincon
  • 540 Gustavo Chacin
  • 541 Oliver Perez
  • 542 Chris Young
  • 543 Edinson Volquez
  • 544 Mark Bellhorn
  • 545 Kelvim Escobar
  • 546 Andy Sisco
  • 547 Derek Lowe
  • 548 Sean Burroughs
  • 549 Erik Bedard
  • 550 Alfonso Soriano
  • 551 Matt Murton
  • 552 Eric Byrnes
  • 553 Chris Duffy
  • 554 Kazuo Matsui
  • 555 Scott Rolen
  • 556 Rob MacKowiak
  • 557 Chris Burke
  • 558 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 559 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
  • 560 Jim Thome
  • 561 Miguel Olivo
  • 562 Jose Castillo
  • 563 Brad Ausmus
  • 564 Yorvit Torrealba
  • 565 David DeJesus
  • 566 Paul Byrd
  • 567 Brandon Backe
  • 568 Aubrey Huff
  • 569 Mike Jacobs
  • 570 Todd Helton
  • 571 Angel Berroa
  • 572 Todd Jones
  • 573 Jeff Bagwell
  • 574 Darin Erstad
  • 575 Roy Oswalt
  • 576 Rondell White
  • 577 Alex Rios
  • 578 Wes Helms
  • 579 Javier Vazquez
  • 580 Frank Thomas
  • 581 Brian Fuentes
  • 582 Francisco Rodriguez
  • 583 Craig Counsell
  • 584 Jorge Sosa
  • 585 Mike Piazza
  • 586 Mike Scioscia MGR
  • 587 Joe Torre MGR
  • 588 Ken Macha MGR
  • 589 John Gibbons MGR
  • 590 Joe Maddon MGR
  • 591 Eric Wedge MGR
  • 592 Mike Hargrove MGR
  • 593 Sam Perlozzo MGR
  • 594 Buck Showalter MGR
  • 595 Terry Francona MGR
  • 596 Buddy Bell MGR
  • 597 Jim Leyland MGR
  • 598 Ron Gardenhire MGR
  • 599 Ozzie Guillen MGR
  • 600 Ned Yost MGR
  • 601 Atlanta Braves TC
  • 602 Philadelphia Phillies TC
  • 603 New York Mets TC
  • 604 Washington Nationals TC
  • 605 Florida Marlins TC
  • 606 Houston Astros TC
  • 607 Chicago Cubs TC
  • 608 St. Louis Cardinals TC
  • 609 Pittsburgh Pirates TC
  • 610 Cincinnati Reds TC
  • 611 Colorado Rockies TC
  • 612 Los Angeles Dodgers TC
  • 613 San Francisco Giants TC
  • 614 San Diego Padres TC
  • 615 Arizona Diamondbacks TC
  • 616 Kenji Johjima RC
  • 617 Ryan Zimmerman (RC)
  • 618 Craig Hansen RC
  • 619 Joey Devine RC
  • 620 Hanley Ramirez (RC)
  • 621 Scott Olsen (RC)
  • 622 Jason Bergmann RC
  • 623 Geovany Soto (RC)
  • 624 J.J. Furmaniak (RC)
  • 625 Jeremy Accardo RC
  • 626 Mark Woodyard (RC)
  • 627 Matt Capps (RC)
  • 628 Tim Corcoran RC
  • 629 Ryan Jorgensen RC
  • 630 Ronny Paulino (RC)
  • 631 Dan Uggla (RC)
  • 632 Ian Kinsler (RC)
  • 633 Josh Barfield (RC)
  • 634 Reggie Abercrombie (RC)
  • 635 Joel Zumaya (RC)
  • 636 Matt Cain (RC)
  • 637 Conor Jackson (RC)
  • 638 Brian Anderson (RC)
  • 639 Prince Fielder (RC)
  • 640 Jeremy Hermida (RC)
  • 641 Justin Verlander (RC)
  • 642 Brian Bannister (RC)
  • 643 Willie Eyre (RC)
  • 644 Ricky Nolasco (RC)
  • 645 Paul Maholm (RC)
  • 646 Johnny Damon / Jason Giambi
  • 647 Rondell White / Lew Ford
  • 648 Orlando Hernandez / Orlando Hudson
  • 649 Adam Dunn / Ken Griffey
  • 650 Pat Burrell / Mike Lieberthal
  • 651 Jose Reyes / Kazuo Matsui
  • 652 Hank Blalock / Michael Young
  • 653 Prince Fielder / Richie Weeks
  • 654 Travis Lee / Rocco Baldelli
  • 655 Derrek Lee / Aramis Ramirez
  • 656 Grady Sizemore / Aaron Boone
  • 657 Luis Gonzalez / Shawn Green / Koyie Hill
  • 658 Ivan Rodriguez / Carlos Guillen
  • 659 Alex Rodriguez / Gary Sheffield
  • 660 Ervin Santana / Francisco Rodriguez

Gimmicks

Alay Soler was a Cuban defector who pitched eight games for the Mets in 2006. His rather uneventful career is best remembered for a unannounced "rookie" card that was randomly inserted into Series Two packs. Product was never fully released, however is estimated at around 750 copies.

The Soler card would be the first of a number of "gimmick" cards that would that would contaminate future Topps flagship products.

  • RC1 Alay Soler

Parallels

All 659 base cards are available in the following parallels.

  • Gold (serial-numbered to 2006 copies)
  • Black (serial-numbered to 55)
  • Platinum (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each)

Parallels do NOT exist for the Alex Gordon and Alay Soler cards or for the John Koronka ad Pete Mackanin replacement cards.

Inserts

Declaration of Independence

(1) Abraham Clark

(2) Arthur Middleton

(3) Benjamin Franklin

(4) Benjamin Harrison

(5) Benjamin Rush

(6) Button Gwinnett

(7) Caesar Rodney

(8) Carter Braxton

(9) Charles Carroll

(10) Edward Rutledge

(11) Elbridge Gerry

(12) Francis Hopkinson

(13) Francis Lewis

(14) Francis Lightfoot Lee

(15) George Clymer

(16) George Read

(17) George Ross

(18) George Taylor

(19) George Walton

(20) George Wythe

(21) James Smith

(22) James Wilson

(23) John Adams

(24) John Hancock

(25) John Hart

(26) John Morton

(27) John Penn

(28) John Witherspoon

(29) Joseph Hewes

(30) Josiah Bartlett

(31) Lewis Morris

(32) Lyman Hall

(33) Matthew Thornton

(34) Philip Livingston

(35) Richard Henry Lee

(36) Richard Stockton

(37) Robert Morris

(38) Robert Treat Paine

(39) Roger Sherman

(40) Oliver Wolcott

(41) Samuel Adams

(42) Samuel Chase

(43) Samuel Huntington

(44) Stephen Hopkins

(45) Thomas Heyward, Jr.

(46) Thomas Jefferson

(47) Thomas Lynch, Jr.

(48) Thomas McKean

(49) Thomas Nelson, Jr.

(50) Thomas Stone

(51) William Ellery

(52) William Floyd

(53) William Hooper

(54) William Paca

(55) William Whipple

(56) William Williams

Opening Day

(1) AM Astros vs. Marlins

(2) AY A's vs. Yankees

(3) BP Brewers vs. Pirates

(4) BT Blue Jays vs. Twins

(5) DB Dodgers vs. Braves

(6) MA Mariners vs. Angels

(7) MN Mets vs. Nationals

(8) OD Orioles vs. Devil Rays

(9) PC Phillies vs. Cardinals

(10) PG Padres vs. Giants

(11) RC Reds vs. Cubs

(12) RD Rockies vs. Diamondbacks

(13) RR Rangers vs. Red Sox

(14) RT Royals vs. Tigers

(15) WI White Sox vs. Indians

Topps Stars

(1) AP Albert Pujols

(2) AR Alex Rodriguez

(3) AS Alfonso Soriano

(4) BB Barry Bonds

(5) DJ Derek Jeter

(6) DO David Ortiz

(7) HM Hideki Matsui

(8) IS Ichiro Suzuki

(9) MC Miguel Cabrera

(10) MR Manny Ramirez

(11) MT Miguel Tejada

(12) PM Pedro Martinez

(13) RC Roger Clemens

(14) TH Todd Helton

(15) VG Vladimir Guerrero

Trading Places

(1) AS Alfonso Soriano

(2) BM Bill Mueller

(3) BR B.J. Ryan

(4) BW Billy Wagner

(5) BWI Brad Wilkerson

(6) CC Coco Crisp

(7) CD Carlos Delgado

(8) CP Corey Patterson

(9) ER Edgar Renteria

(10) FT Frank Thomas

(11) JD Johnny Damon

(12) JDN Juan Encarnacion

(13) JE Johnny Estrada

(14) JP Juan Pierre

(15) JT Jim Thome

(16) KJ Kenji Johjima

(17) KL Kenny Lofton

(18) MB Milton Bradley

(19) MJP Mike Piazza

(20) ML Mike Lowell

(21) NG Nomar Garciaparra

(22) PL Paul LoDuca

(23) PW Preston Wilson

(24) RF Rafael Furcal

(25) RH Ramon Hernandez

(26) TG Troy Glaus

(27) TS Terrmel Sledge

Autographs & Game-Used