Description

2003 Upper Deck MVP is a 330-card set released in two series. The first 220 cards were issued as part of the MVP product in March, 2003. The final 110 cards (cards #221-#330) are exclusive to factory sets.

Distribution

Hobby and retail packs contain cards 1-220. Retail factory sets contain cards 1-330.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	330	-	?	?
Silver Parallel	220	-	1:12	1:12
Gold Parallel	220	125	?	N/A
Black Parallel	220	50	?	N/A
SportsNut	90	-	1:3	1:3
Express Delivery	15	-	1:12	1:12
Talk of the Town	15	-	1:12	1:12
MVP Celebration	90	varies	?	?
MVP Celebration Gold	90	75	?	?
Pro View	45	-	two-per-box	?
Pro View Gold	45	-	two-per-box	?
Covering the Bases	15	-	1:125	1:125
Covering the Plate Game Bat	6	-	1:160	1:160
Base-to-Base	6	-	1:488	1:488
Dual Aces Game Base	6	-	1:488	1:488
Three Bagger Game Base	6	-	1:488	1:488
Total Bases	9	150	?	?
Pro Sign	23	25	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

MVP Series

1 Troy Glaus
2 Darin Erstad
3 Jarrod Washburn
4 Francisco Rodriguez
5 Garret Anderson
6 Tim Salmon
7 Adam Kennedy
8 Randy Johnson
9 Luis Gonzalez
10 Curt Schilling
11 Junior Spivey
12 Craig Counsell
13 Mark Grace
14 Steve Finley
15 Javy Lopez
16 Rafael Furcal
17 John Smoltz
18 Greg Maddux
19 Chipper Jones
20 Gary Sheffield
21 Andruw Jones
22 Tony Batista
23 Geronimo Gil
24 Jay Gibbons
25 Rodrigo Lopez
26 Chris Singleton
27 Melvin Mora
28 Jeff Conine
29 Nomar Garciaparra
30 Pedro Martinez
31 Manny Ramirez
32 Shea Hillenbrand
33 Johnny Damon
34 Jason Varitek
35 Derek Lowe
36 Trot Nixon
37 Sammy Sosa
38 Kerry Wood
39 Mark Prior
40 Moises Alou
41 Corey Patterson
42 Hee Seop Choi
43 Mark Bellhorn
44 Frank Thomas
45 Mark Buehrle
46 Magglio Ordonez
47 Carlos Lee
48 Paul Konerko
49 Joe Borchard
50 Joe Crede
51 Ken Griffey, Jr.
52 Adam Dunn
53 Austin Kearns
54 Aaron Boone
55 Sean Casey
56 Danny Graves
57 Russell Branyan
58 Matt Lawton
59 C.C. Sabathia
60 Omar Vizquel
61 Brandon Phillips
62 Karim Garcia
63 Ellis Burks
64 Cliff Lee
65 Todd Helton
66 Larry Walker
67 Jay Payton
68 Brent Butler
69 Juan Uribe
70 Jason Jennings
71 Denny Stark
72 Dmitri Young
73 Carlos Pena
74 Andres Torres
75 Andy Van Hekken
76 George Lombard
77 Eric Munson
78 Bobby Higginson
79 Luis Castillo
80 A.J. Burnett
81 Juan Encarnacion
82 Ivan Rodriguez
83 Mike Lowell
84 Josh Beckett
85 Brad Penny
86 Craig Biggio
87 Jeff Kent
88 Morgan Ensberg
89 Daryle Ward
90 Jeff Bagwell
91 Roy Oswalt
92 Lance Berkman
93 Mike Sweeney
94 Carlos Beltran
95 Raul Ibanez
96 Carlos Febles
97 Joe Randa
98 Shawn Green
99 Kevin Brown
100 Paul Lo Duca
101 Adrian Beltre
102 Eric Gagne
103 Kazuhisa Ishii
104 Odalis Perez
105 Brian Jordan
106 Geoff Jenkins
107 Richie Sexson
108 Ben Sheets
109 Alex Sanchez
110 Eric Young
111 Jose Hernandez
112 Torii Hunter
113 Eric Milton
114 Corey Koskie
115 Doug Mientkiewicz
116 A.J. Pierzynski
117 Jacque Jones
118 Cristian Guzman
119 Bartolo Colon
120 Brad Wilkerson
121 Michael Barrett
122 Vladimir Guerrero
123 Jose Vidro
124 Javier Vazquez
125 Endy Chavez
126 Roberto Alomar
127 Mike Piazza
128 Jeromy Burnitz
129 Mo Vaughn
130 Tom Glavine
131 Al Leiter
132 Armando Benitez
133 Timo Perez
134 Roger Clemens
135 Derek Jeter
136 Jason Giambi
137 Alfonso Soriano
138 Bernie Williams
139 Mike Mussina
140 Jorge Posada
141 Hideki Matsui RC
142 Robin Ventura
143 David Wells
144 Nick Johnson
145 Tim Hudson
146 Eric Chavez
147 Barry Zito
148 Miguel Tejada
149 Jermaine Dye
150 Mark Mulder
151 Terrence Long
152 Scott Hatteberg
153 Marlon Byrd
154 Jim Thome
155 Marlon Anderson
156 Vicente Padilla
157 Bob Abreu
158 Jimmy Rollins
159 Pat Burrell
160 Brian Giles
161 Aramis Ramirez
162 Jason Kendall
163 Josh Fogg
164 Kip Wells
165 Pokey Reese
166 Kris Benson
167 Ryan Klesko
168 Brian Lawrence
169 Mark Kotsay
170 Jake Peavy
171 Phil Nevin
172 Sean Burroughs
173 Trevor Hoffman
174 Jason Schmidt
175 Kirk Rueter
176 Barry Bonds
177 Pedro Feliz
178 Rich Aurilia
179 Benito Santiago
180 J.T. Snow
181 Robb Nen
182 Ichiro
183 Edgar Martinez
184 Bret Boone
185 Freddy Garcia
186 John Olerud
187 Mike Cameron
188 Joel Piniero
189 Albert Pujols
190 Matt Morris
191 J.D. Drew
192 Scott Rolen
193 Tino Martinez
194 Jim Edmonds
195 Edgar Renteria
196 Fernando Vina
197 Jason Isringhausen
198 Ben Grieve
199 Carl Crawford
200 Dewon Brazelton
201 Aubrey Huff
202 Jared Sandberg
203 Steve Cox
204 Carl Everett
205 Kevin Mench
206 Alex Rodriguez
207 Rafael Palmeiro
208 Michael Young
209 Hank Blalock
210 Juan Gonzalez
211 Carlos Delgado
212 Eric Hinske
213 Josh Phelps
214 Mark Hendrickson
215 Roy Halladay
216 Orlando Hudson
217 Shannon Stewart
218 Vernon Wells
219 Ichiro CL
220 Jason Giambi CL

Factory Set Series

These 110 cards are exclusive to the Factory Set.

221 Scott Spiezio
222 Rich Fischer RC*
223 Bengie Molina
224 David Eckstein
225 Brandon Webb RC
226 Oscar Villarreal RC
227 Robby Hammock RC
228 Matt Kata RC
229 Lyle Overbay
230 Chris Capuano RC
231 Horacio Ramirez
232 Shane Reynolds
233 Russ Ortiz
234 Mike Hampton
235 Mike Hessman RC
236 Byung-Hyun Kim
237 Freddy Sanchez
238 Jason Shiell RC
239 Ryan Cameron RC*
240 Todd Wellemeyer RC
241 Joe Borowski
242 Alex Gonzalez
243 Jon Leicester RC
244 David Sanders RC
245 Roberto Alomar
246 Barry Larkin
247 Jhonny Peralta
248 Zach Sorensen
249 Jason Davis
250 Coco Crisp
251 Greg Vaughn
252 Preston Wilson
253 Denny Neagle
254 Clint Barmes RC
255 Jeremy Bonderman RC
256 Wilfredo Ledezma RC
257 Dontrelle Willis
258 Alex Gonzalez
259 Tommy Phelps
260 Kirk Saarloos
261 Colin Porter RC
262 Nate Bland RC
263 Jason Gilfillan RC
264 Mike MacDougal
265 Ken Harvey
266 Brent Mayne
267 Miguel Cabrera
268 Hideo Nomo
269 Dave Roberts
270 Fred McGriff
271 Joe Thurston
272 Royce Clayton
273 Micheal Nakamura RC
274 Brad Radke
275 Joe Mays
276 Lew Ford RC
277 Michael Cuddyer
278 Luis Ayala RC
279 Julio Manon RC
280 Anthony Ferrari RC
281 Livan Hernandez
282 Jae Weong Seo
283 Jose Reyes
284 Tony Clark
285 Ty Wigginton
286 Cliff Floyd
287 Jeremy Griffiths RC
288 Jason Roach RC
289 Jeff Duncan RC
290 Phil Seibel RC
291 Prentice Redman RC
292 Jose Contreras RC
293 Ruben Sierra
294 Andy Pettitte
295 Aaron Boone
296 Mariano Rivera
297 Michel Hernandez RC
298 Mike Neu RC
299 Erubiel Durazo
300 Billy McMillon
301 Rich Harden
302 David Bell
303 Kevin Millwood
304 Mike Lieberthal
305 Jeremy Wedel RC*
306 Kenny Lofton
307 Reggie Sanders
308 Randall Simon
309 Xavier Nady
310 Rod Beck
311 Miguel Ojeda RC
312 Mark Loretta
313 Edgardo Alfonzo
314 Andres Galarraga
315 Jose Cruz, Jr.
316 Jesse Foppert
317 Kurt Ainsworth
318 Dan Wilson
319 Ben Davis
320 Rocco Baldelli
321 Al Martin
322 Runelvys Hernandez
323 Dan Haren RC
324 Bo Hart RC
325 Einar Diaz
326 Mike Lamb
327 Aquilino Lopez RC
328 Reed Johnson
329 Diegomar Markwell RC*
330 Hideki Matsui CL

Parallels

The first 220 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Silver
Gold (serial-numbered to 125 copies; Hobby only)
Black (serial-numbered to 50 copies; Hobby only)

NOTES:

Parallels do not exist for the 110 factory set-exclusive cards.
The listed odds for the Silver parallels was erroneously stated as 1:2/packs. These were inserted at the rate of 1:12/packs.

Inserts

SportsNut

SportsNut was a 90-card interactive fantasy sports game. Each card had a silver scratch-off bar on the front that concealed a code that, when registered on Upper Deck's website, could be used in the game.

SN1 Troy Glaus
SN2 Darin Erstad
SN3 Luis Gonzalez
SN4 Andruw Jones
SN5 Chipper Jones
SN6 Gary Sheffield
SN7 Jay Gibbons
SN8 Manny Ramirez
SN9 Shea Hillenbrand
SN10 Johnny Damon
SN11 Nomar Garciaparra
SN12 Sammy Sosa
SN13 Magglio Ordonez
SN14 Frank Thomas
SN15 Ken Griffey, Jr.
SN16 Adam Dunn
SN17 Matt Lawton
SN18 Larry Walker
SN19 Todd Helton
SN20 Carlos Pena
SN21 Mike Lowell
SN22 Jeff Bagwell
SN23 Lance Berkman
SN24 Mike Sweeney
SN25 Carlos Beltran
SN26 Shawn Green
SN27 Richie Sexson
SN28 Torii Hunter
SN29 Jacque Jones
SN30 Vladimir Guerrero
SN31 Jose Vidro
SN32 Roberto Alomar
SN33 Mike Piazza
SN34 Alfonso Soriano
SN35 Derek Jeter
SN36 Jason Giambi
SN37 Bernie Williams
SN38 Eric Chavez
SN39 Miguel Tejada
SN40 Jim Thome
SN41 Pat Burrell
SN42 Bob Abreu
SN43 Brian Giles
SN44 Jason Kendall
SN45 Ryan Klesko
SN46 Phil Nevin
SN47 Barry Bonds
SN48 Rich Aurilia
SN49 Ichiro
SN50 Bret Boone
SN51 J.D. Drew
SN52 Jim Edmonds
SN53 Albert Pujols
SN54 Scott Rolen
SN55 Ben Grieve
SN56 Alex Rodriguez
SN57 Rafael Palmeiro
SN58 Juan Gonzalez
SN59 Carlos Delgado
SN60 Josh Phelps
SN61 Jarrod Washburn
SN62 Randy Johnson
SN63 Curt Schilling
SN64 Greg Maddux
SN65 Mike Hampton
SN66 Rodrigo Lopez
SN67 Pedro Martinez
SN68 Derek Lowe
SN69 Mark Prior
SN70 Kerry Wood
SN71 Mark Buehrle
SN72 Roy Oswalt
SN73 Wade Miller
SN74 Odalis Perez
SN75 Hideo Nomo
SN76 Ben Sheets
SN77 Eric Milton
SN78 Bartolo Colon
SN79 Tom Glavine
SN80 Al Leiter
SN81 Roger Clemens
SN82 Mike Mussina
SN83 Tim Hudson
SN84 Barry Zito
SN85 Mark Mulder
SN86 Vicente Padilla
SN87 Jason Schmidt
SN88 Freddy Garcia
SN89 Matt Morris
SN90 Roy Halladay

Express Delivery

ED1 Randy Johnson
ED2 Curt Schilling
ED3 Pedro Martinez
ED4 Kerry Wood
ED5 Mark Prior
ED6 A.J. Burnett
ED7 Josh Beckett
ED8 Roy Oswalt
ED9 Hideo Nomo
ED10 Ben Sheets
ED11 Bartolo Colon
ED12 Roger Clemens
ED13 Mike Mussina
ED14 Tim Hudson
ED15 Matt Morris

Talk of the Town

TT1 Hideki Matsui
TT2 Chipper Jones
TT3 Manny Ramirez
TT4 Sammy Sosa
TT5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
TT6 Lance Berkman
TT7 Shawn Green
TT8 Vladimir Guerrero
TT9 Mike Piazza
TT10 Jason Giambi
TT11 Alfonso Soriano
TT12 Ichiro
TT13 Albert Pujols
TT14 Alex Rodriguez
TT15 Eric Hinske

Celebration

Each Celebration card is serial-numbered to the year the player was elected Most Valuable Player. Each card is also available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 75.

MVP1 Yogi Berra 1955
MVP2 Mickey Mantle 1956
MVP3 Mickey Mantle 1957
MVP4 Mickey Mantle 1962
MVP5 Roger Clemens 1986
MVP6 Rickey Henderson 1990
MVP7 Frank Thomas 1993
MVP8 Mo Vaughn 1995
MVP9 Juan Gonzalez 1996
MVP10 Ken Griffey, Jr. 1997
MVP11 Juan Gonzalez 1998
MVP12 Ivan Rodriguez 1999
MVP13 Jason Giambi 2000
MVP14 Ichiro 2001
MVP15 Miguel Tejada 2002
MVP16 Barry Bonds 1990
MVP17 Barry Bonds 1992
MVP18 Barry Bonds 1993
MVP19 Jeff Bagwell 1994
MVP20 Barry Larkin 1995
MVP21 Larry Walker 1997
MVP22 Sammy Sosa 1998
MVP23 Chipper Jones 1999
MVP24 Jeff Kent 2000
MVP25 Barry Bonds 2001
MVP26 Barry Bonds 2002
MVP27 Ken Griffey, Sr. 1980
MVP28 Roger Clemens 1986
MVP29 Ken Griffey, Jr. 1992
MVP30 Fred McGriff 1994
MVP31 Jeff Conine 1995
MVP32 Mike Piazza 1996
MVP33 Sandy Alomar, Jr. 1997
MVP34 Roberto Alomar 1998
MVP35 Pedro Martinez 1999
MVP36 Derek Jeter 2000
MVP37 Rickey Henderson 1989
MVP38 Roberto Alomar 1992
MVP39 Bernie Williams 1996
MVP40 Marquis Grissom 1997
MVP41 David Wells 1998
MVP42 Orlando Hernandez 1999
MVP43 David Justice 2000
MVP44 Andy Pettitte 2001
MVP45 Adam Kennedy 2002
MVP46 John Smoltz 1992
MVP47 Curt Schilling 1993
MVP48 Javy Lopez 1996
MVP49 Livan Hernandez 1997
MVP50 Sterling Hitchcock 1998
MVP51 Mike Hampton 2000
MVP52 Craig Counsell 2001
MVP53 Benito Santiago 2002
MVP54 Tom Glavine 1995
MVP55 Livan Hernandez 1997
MVP56 Mariano Rivera 1999
MVP57 Derek Jeter 2000
MVP58 Randy Johnson 2001
MVP59 Curt Schilling 2001
MVP60 Troy Glaus 2002
MVP61 Yogi Berra 1951
MVP62 Yogi Berra 1955
MVP63 Mickey Mantle 1956
MVP64 Mickey Mantle 1957
MVP65 Ken Griffey, Sr. 1980
MVP66 Rickey Henderson 1989
MVP67 Roberto Alomar 1992
MVP68 Bernie Williams 1996
MVP69 Livan Hernandez 1997
MVP70 Sammy Sosa 1998
MVP71 Sterling Hitchcock 1998
MVP72 David Wells 1998
MVP73 Mariano Rivera 1999
MVP74 Chipper Jones 1999
MVP75 Ivan Rodriguez 1999
MVP76 Derek Jeter 2000
MVP77 Jason Giambi 2000
MVP78 Jeff Kent 2000
MVP79 Mike Hampton 2000
MVP80 Randy Johnson 2001
MVP81 Curt Schilling 2001
MVP82 Barry Bonds 2001
MVP83 Ichiro 2001
MVP84 Ichiro 2001
MVP85 Adam Kennedy 2002
MVP86 Benito Santiago 2002
MVP87 Troy Glaus 2002
MVP88 Troy Glaus 2002
MVP89 Miguel Tejada 2002
MVP90 Barry Bonds 2002

Pro View

A pack of two Pro View holograms were packed into each Hobby box as a box topper.

PV1 Troy Glaus
PV2 Darin Erstad
PV3 Randy Johnson
PV4 Curt Schilling
PV5 Luis Gonzalez
PV6 Chipper Jones
PV7 Andruw Jones
PV8 Greg Maddux
PV9 Pedro Martinez
PV10 Manny Ramirez
PV11 Sammy Sosa
PV12 Mark Prior
PV13 Magglio Ordonez
PV14 Frank Thomas
PV15 Ken Griffey, Jr.
PV16 Adam Dunn
PV17 Jim Thome
PV18 Todd Helton
PV19 Jeff Bagwell
PV20 Lance Berkman
PV21 Shawn Green
PV22 Hideo Nomo
PV23 Vladimir Guerrero
PV24 Roberto Alomar
PV25 Mike Piazza
PV26 Jason Giambi
PV27 Roger Clemens
PV28 Alfonso Soriano
PV29 Derek Jeter
PV30 Miguel Tejada
PV31 Eric Chavez
PV32 Barry Zito
PV33 Pat Burrell
PV34 Brian Giles
PV35 Barry Bonds
PV36 Ichiro
PV37 Albert Pujols
PV38 Scott Rolen
PV39 J.D. Drew
PV40 Mark McGwire
PV41 Alex Rodriguez
PV42 Rafael Palmeiro
PV43 Juan Gonzalez
PV44 Eric Hinske
PV45 Carlos Delgado

Autographs & Game-Used

Covering the Bases

AR Alex Rodriguez
BB Barry Bonds
CD Carlos Delgado
DE Darin Erstad
DJ Derek Jeter
FT Frank Thomas
IR Ivan Rodriguez
IS Ichiro
JD J.D. Drew
JT Jim Thome
LG Luis Gonzalez
MP Mike Piazza
MT Miguel Tejada
SG Shawn Green
TG Troy Glaus

Covering the Plate Game Bat

FM Fred McGriff
JT Jim Thome
MG Mark McGwire
RA Roberto Alomar
RF Rafael Furcal
VG Vladimir Guerrero

Base-to-Base

CP Roger Clemens / Mike Piazza
IG Ichiro / Ken Griffey, Jr.
IJ Ichiro / Derek Jeter
JW Derek Jeter / Bernie Williams
MB Mark McGwire / Barry Bonds
RJ Alex Rodriguez / Derek Jeter

Dual Aces Game Base

BS Kevin Brown / Curt Schilling
CJ Roger Clemens / Randy Johnson
CL Roger Clemens / Al Leiter
ML Matt Morris / Al Leiter
SJ Curt Schilling / Randy Johnson
SP Curt Schilling / Andy Pettitte

Three Bagger Game Base

GIB Ken Griffey, Jr. / Ichiro / Barry Bonds
SCB Curt Schilling / Roger Clemens / Kevin Brown
JWP Derek Jeter / Bernie Williams / Jorge Posada
IBJ Ichiro / Barry Bonds / Derek Jeter
GTD Troy Glaus / Frank Thomas / Carlos Delgado
BMP Barry Bonds / Mark McGwire / Mike Piazza

Total Bases

Each Total Bases is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

AR Alex Rodriguez
BB Barry Bonds
DJ Derek Jeter
IS Ichiro
KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
MM Mark McGwire
MP Mike Piazza
RC Roger Clemens
TG Troy Glaus

Pro Sign

Each Pro Sign autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

AD Adam Dunn
AK Austin Kearns
BG Brian Giles
BZ Barry Zito
CD Carlos Delgado
DH Drew Henson
DM Doug Mientkiewicz
FG Freddy Garcia
GI Jay Gibbons
HB Hank Blalock
IS Ichiro
JD Johnny Damon
JG Jason Giambi
KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
LB Lance Berkman
MM Mark McGwire
MP Mark Prior
MS Mike Sweeney
RS Richie Sexson
SB Sean Burroughs
SS Sammy Sosa
TG Tony Gwynn
TH Tim Hudson