Description

2003 Upper Deck Play Ball is a 104-card set released in February, 2003. The base set was designed to evoke the 1941 Play Ball set.

The set consists of two, 15-card, short-printed subsets: Summer of '41 (cards #74-88) and Ted Williams Tribute (#89-103). Card #104 was added late in the production run, but was not SPed.

Distribution

Boxes contain 24 packs, 5 cards per pack

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	104	-	?
short set	74	-	?
Ted Williams Tribute	15	-	1:24
Summer of '41	15	-	1:24
Red Backs short set	74	-	one-per-pack
Red Backs SPs	30	-	1:96
1941 Series	104	-	1:2
Original Artwork Redemptions	90	one-of-one	?
1941 Play Ball Reprints	25	-	1:2
Yankee Clipper 1941 Hitting Streak, Games 1-41	41	-	1:12
Yankee Clipper 1941 Hitting Streak, Games 42-56 cards	15	-	1:24
Play Ball Jerseys Tier 1	21	-	1:82
Play Ball Jerseys Tier 1 Gold	21	25	?
Play Ball Jerseys Tier 2	21	150	?
Play Ball Jerseys Tier 2 Signatures	12	50	?
Play Ball Jerseys Tier 2 Arod	1	285	?

Checklist

Promos

Tuff Stuff Promos

Randomly inserted into issues of Tuff Stuff magazine, was a 2003 Upper Deck Play Ball promo card. The Tuff Stuff promos parallel the first 73 cards in the base set and have "UD PROMO" stamped in foil on the front.

Hawaii Trade Conference

A 10-card set was distributed to attendees of the February, 2003 Kit Young Hawaii Trade Show.

KY1 Sammy Sosa
KY2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
KY3 Jason Giambi
KY4 Ichiro
KY5 Mark McGwire
KY6 Troy Glaus
KY7 Derek Jeter
KY8 Barry Bonds
KY9 Alex Rodriguez
KY10 Nomar Garciaparra

Autographs

Randomly distributed into Hawaii sets were one of four autographs. It is believed that less than 50 McGwire and Sosa autographs were issued.

IS Ichiro
JG Jason Giambi
MM Mark McGwire
SS Sammy Sosa

Base Set

1 Troy Glaus
2 Darin Erstad
3 Randy Johnson
4 Luis Gonzalez
5 Curt Schilling
6 Tom Glavine
7 Chipper Jones
8 Greg Maddux
9 Andruw Jones
10 Pedro Martinez
11 Manny Ramirez
12 Nomar Garciaparra
13 Billy Williams
14 Sammy Sosa
15 Kerry Wood
16 Mark Prior
17 Ernie Banks
18 Frank Thomas
19 Joe Morgan
20 Ken Griffey, Jr.
21 Adam Dunn
22 Jim Thome
23 Todd Helton
24 Larry Walker
25 Lance Berkman
26 Roy Oswalt
27 Jeff Bagwell
28 Nolan Ryan
29 Mike Sweeney
30 Shawn Green
31 Hideo Nomo
32 Kazuhisa Ishii
33 Richie Sexson
34 Robin Yount
35 Harmon Killebrew
36 Torii Hunter
37 Vladimir Guerrero
38 Roberto Alomar
39 Mike Piazza
40 Tom Seaver
41 Phil Rizzuto
42 Yogi Berra
43 Mike Mussina
44 Roger Clemens
45 Derek Jeter
46 Jason Giambi
47 Bernie Williams
48 Alfonso Soriano
49 Catfish Hunter
50 Barry Zito
51 Eric Chavez
52 Tim Hudson
53 Rollie Fingers
54 Miguel Tejada
55 Pat Burrell
56 Brian Giles
57 Willie Stargell
58 Phil Nevin
59 Orlando Cepeda
60 Barry Bonds
61 Jeff Kent
62 Willie McCovey
63 Ichiro
64 Stan Musial
65 Albert Pujols
66 J.D. Drew
67 Scott Rolen
68 Mark McGwire
69 Alex Rodriguez
70 Juan Gonzalez
71 Ivan Rodriguez
72 Rafael Palmeiro
73 Carlos Delgado
74 Ted Williams S41
75 Hank Greenberg S41
76 Joe DiMaggio S41
77 Lefty Gomez S41
78 Tommy Henrich S41
79 Pee Wee Reese S41
80 Mel Ott S41
81 Carl Hubbell S41
82 Jimmie Foxx S41
83 Joe Cronin S41
84 Charlie Gehringer S41
85 Frank Hayes S41
86 Babe Dahlgren S41
87 Dolph Camilli S41
88 Johnny VanderMeer S41
89 Ted Williams TRIB
90 Ted Williams TRIB
91 Ted Williams TRIB
92 Ted Williams TRIB
93 Ted Williams TRIB
94 Ted Williams TRIB
95 Ted Williams TRIB
96 Ted Williams TRIB
97 Ted Williams TRIB
98 Ted Williams TRIB
99 Ted Williams TRIB
100 Ted Williams TRIB
101 Ted Williams TRIB
102 Ted Williams TRIB
103 Ted Williams TRIB
104 Hideki Matsui RC

Parallels

Red Backs

Inserted into each pack is a Red Back parallel, in which the text on the back is printed in red ink -- as opposed to black on the base cards. The 30 cards that were short-printed in the base set (#74-#103) were also SPed in this set.

1941 Series

1941 Series partially-parallels the first 73 cards of the base set, in the 2 1/4" X 3 1/8" size of the original 1941 Play Ball set.

Inserts

Autographs & Game-Used