Description

2006 Upper Deck Future Stars is a 159-card set released January 7, 2007. The last 84 cards make up the "Clear Path to Greatness" subset, featuring autographs of rookies and other young stars on transparent PETG plastic. A 24-pack Hobby box will yield five Clear Path cards.

According to our calculations, only 9600 boxes were produced.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). 12 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	159	-	?
short set	75	-	?
Clear Path to Greatness	84	-	1:5
Purple	75	1799	?
Green	75	499	?
Red	75	299	?
Blue	75	99	?
Black	75	50	?
Gold	75	25	?
Printing Plates	75	four for each	*
Clear Path to Greatness Red Ink	84	35	?
World Future Stars	25	-	1:4
World Future Stars Purple	75	1799	?
World Future Stars Green	75	499	?
World Future Stars Red	75	299	?
World Future Stars Blue	75	99	?
World Future Stars Black	75	50	?
World Future Stars Gold	75	25	?
World Future Stars Printing Plates	75	four for each	*
Clear Path to History Triple Signatures	29	-	1:288

* Overall odds of finding a Printing Plate: 1:576/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Miguel Tejada
2 Brian Roberts
3 Brandon Webb
4 Luis Gonzalez
5 Andruw Jones
6 Chipper Jones
7 John Smoltz
8 Curt Schilling
9 Josh Beckett
10 David Ortiz
11 Manny Ramirez
12 Jim Thome
13 Paul Konerko
14 Jermaine Dye
15 Derrek Lee
16 Greg Maddux
17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
18 Adam Dunn
19 Felipe Lopez
20 Travis Hafner
21 Victor Martinez
22 Grady Sizemore
23 Todd Helton
24 Matt Holliday
25 Jeremy Bonderman
26 Ivan Rodriguez
27 Miguel Cabrera
28 Dontrelle Willis
29 Roger Clemens
30 Roy Oswalt
31 Lance Berkman
32 Reggie Sanders
33 Vladimir Guerrero
34 Chone Figgins
35 Jeff Kent
36 Eric Gagne
37 Carlos Lee
38 Rickie Weeks
39 Johan Santana
40 Torii Hunter
41 Alex Rodriguez
42 Derek Jeter
43 Randy Johnson
44 Hideki Matsui
45 Johnny Damon
46 Pedro Martinez
47 David Wright
48 Carlos Beltran
49 Rich Harden
50 Eric Chavez
51 Huston Street
52 Ryan Howard
53 Bobby Abreu
54 Chase Utley
55 Jason Bay
56 Jake Peavy
57 Brian Giles
58 Trevor Hoffman
59 Jason Schmidt
60 Randy Winn
61 Kenji Johjima RC
62 Ichiro
63 Felix Hernandez
64 Albert Pujols
65 Chris Carpenter
66 Jim Edmonds
67 Carl Crawford
68 Scott Kazmir
69 Jonny Gomes
70 Mark Teixeira
71 Michael Young
72 Vernon Wells
73 Roy Halladay
74 Nick Johnson
75 Alfonso Soriano

Clear Path to Greatness

76 Adam Wainwright AU (RC)
77 Anderson Hernandez AU (RC)
78 Andre Ethier AU (RC)
79 Colter Bean AU (RC)
80 Ben Johnson AU (RC)
81 Boof Bonser AU (RC)
82 Boone Logan AU RC
83 Brian Anderson AU (RC)
84 Brian Bannister AU (RC)
85 Chris Denorfia AU (RC)
86 Chad Billingsley AU (RC)
87 Cody Ross AU (RC)
88 Cole Hamels AU (RC)
89 Conor Jackson AU (RC)
90 Dan Uggla AU (RC)
91 Dave Gassner AU (RC)
92 Jordan Tata AU RC
93 Eric Reed AU (RC)
94 Fausto Carmona AU (RC)
95 Luis Figueroa AU RC
96 Francisco Liriano AU (RC)
97 Freddie Bynum AU (RC)
98 Hanley Ramirez AU (RC)
99 Hong-Chih Kuo AU (RC)
100 Ian Kinsler AU (RC)
101 Nelson Cruz AU (RC)
102 Ruddy Lugo AU (RC)
103 Jason Kubel AU (RC)
104 Jeff Harris AU RC
105 Santiago Ramirez AU (RC)
106 Jered Weaver AU (RC)
107 Jeremy Accardo AU RC
108 Jeremy Hermida AU (RC)
109 Joel Zumaya AU (RC)
110 Joey Devine AU RC
111 John Koronka AU (RC)
112 Jonathan Papelbon AU (RC)
113 Jose Capellan AU (RC)
114 Josh Johnson AU (RC)
115 Josh Rupe AU (RC)
116 Josh Willingham AU (RC)
117 Josh Wilson AU (RC)
118 Justin Verlander AU (RC)
119 Kelly Shoppach AU (RC)
120 Kendry Morales AU (RC)
121 Sean Tracey AU (RC)
122 Macay McBride AU (RC)
123 Martin Prado AU (RC)
124 Matt Cain AU (RC)
125 Russell Martin AU (RC)
126 Tim Hamulack AU (RC)
127 Mike Jacobs AU (RC)
128 Ben Hendrickson AU (RC)
129 Jack Taschner AU (RC)
130 Nate McLouth AU (RC)
131 Jeremy Sowers AU (RC)
132 Paul Maholm AU (RC)
133 Stephen Drew AU (RC)
134 Jason Bergmann AU RC
135 Rich Hill AU (RC)
136 Melky Cabrera AU (RC)
137 Scott Dunn AU (RC)
138 Ryan Zimmerman AU (RC)
139 Anibal Sanchez AU (RC)
140 Sean Marshall AU (RC)
141 Takashi Saito AU RC
142 Taylor Buchholz AU (RC)
143 Carlos Quentin AU (RC)
144 Matt Garza AU (RC)
145 Wil Nieves AU (RC)
146 Jamie Shields AU RC
147 Jon Lester AU RC
148 Craig Hansen AU RC
149 Aaron Rakers AU (RC)
150 Bobby Livingston AU (RC)
151 Brendan Harris AU (RC)
152 Alay Soler AU RC
153 Chris Britton AU RC
154 Howie Kendrick AU (RC)
155 Jermaine Van Buren AU (RC)
156 Choo Freeman AU (RC)
157 Matt Capps AU (RC)
158 Peter Moylan AU RC
159 Ty Taubenheim AU RC

Parallels

Each of the 75 unautographed base cards are available in the following parallels.

Purple (serial-numbered to 1799 copies)
Green (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
Red (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Black (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Clear Path to Greatness Red Ink

Each of the 84 autographed Clear Path to Greatness cards are available in a Red Ink parallel, which is serial-numbered to 35 copies.

Inserts

World Future Stars

Each World Future Star is available in the following parallels.

Purple (serial-numbered to 1799 copies)
Green (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
Red (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Black (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Autographs & Game-Used

Clear Path to History Triple Signatures

CPH-BSJ Alfonso Soriano / Andruw Jones / Jason Bay
CPH-CPO Jake Peavy / Chris Carpenter / Roy Oswalt
CPH-CUK Scott Kazmir / Carl Crawford / B.J. Upton
CPH-DRR Hanley Ramirez / Jose Reyes / Stephen Drew
CPH-GEH Tony Gwynn, Jr. / Jeremy Hermida / Andre Ethier
CPH-GJG Andruw Jones / Ken Griffey, Jr. / Vladimir Guerrero
CPH-GPT Ken Griffey, Jr. / Jim Thome / Albert Pujols
CPH-GTT Frank Thomas / Jim Thome / Ken Griffey, Jr.
CPH-HTT Jim Thome / Frank Thomas / Travis Hafner
CPH-JVW Jered Weaver / Josh Johnson / Justin Verlander
CPH-KTZ Howie Kendrick / Troy Tulowitzki / Ryan Zimmerman
CPH-MKW Howie Kendrick / Jered Weaver / Kendry Morales
CPH-MML Justin Morneau / Joe Mauer / Francisco Liriano
CPH-MOH Justin Morneau / Lyle Overbay / Travis Hafner
CPH-NHP Trevor Hoffman / Jonathan Papelbon / Joe Nathan
CPH-PGJ Ken Griffey, Jr. / Derek Jeter / Albert Pujols
CPH-PSO Ben Sheets / Jake Peavy / Roy Oswalt
CPH-PVW Jered Weaver / Justin Verlander / Jonathan Papelbon
CPH-SBH Alay Soler / Chad Billingsley / Cole Hamels
CPH-SHL Cole Hamels / Francisco Liriano / Jeremy Sowers
CPH-SHN Joe Nathan / Huston Street / Trevor Hoffman
CPH-TZU Troy Tulowitzki / Ryan Zimmerman / B.J. Upton
CPH-URB Chase Utley / Brian Roberts / Craig Biggio
CPH-VBZ Joel Zumaya / Jeremy Bonderman / Justin Verlander
CPH-WKJ Dontrelle Willis / Scott Kazmir / Randy Johnson