2006 Finest
Description
2006 Finest is a 155-card set released by Topps in May, 2006. The last 15 cards in the base set make up an Autographed Rookie subset which is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 963 copies. Each six-pack mini box will yield one autograph, one Mickey Mantle Moments insert serial-numbered to 850 copies or less, and four Refractor parallels serial-numbered to 399 or less.
Each Hobby box contains three mini boxes plus one Barry Bonds Moments Refractor serial-numbered to 425 copies or less. Each eight-box case will yield a Mickey Mantle Moments Refractor serial-numbered to 50 or less.
Distribution
Three, six-pack mini boxes plus one Barry Bonds Moments Refractor per box (MSRP: $50 per mini box), five cards per pack. Eight boxes per case. Hobby only.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds per mini box |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 155 | - | ? |
| short set | 140 | - | ? |
| Autographed Rookies | 15 | 963 | 1:4 |
| Refractor short set | 140 | 399 | one-per mini box |
| Refractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | 399 | 1:8 |
| Blue Refractor short set | 140 | 299 | 1:2 |
| Blue Refractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | 299 | 1:11 |
| X-Fractor short set | 140 | 250 | 1:2 |
| X-Fractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | 250 | 1:12 |
| Green Refractor short set | 140 | 199 | 1:2 |
| Green Refractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | 199 | 1:16 |
| Blue X-Fractor short set | 140 | 150 | 1:3 |
| Blue X-Fractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | 150 | 1:21 |
| Black Refractor short set | 140 | 99 | 1:4 |
| Black Refractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | 99 | 1:32 |
| Green X-Fractor short set | 140 | 50 | 1:7 |
| Green X-Fractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | 50 | 1:63 |
| Gold Refractor short set | 140 | 49 | 1:7 |
| Gold Refractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | 49 | 1:64 |
| Black X-Fractor short set | 140 | 25 | 1:14 |
| Black X-Fractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | 25 | 1:125 |
| Gold X-Fractor short set | 140 | 10 | 1:34 |
| Gold X-Fractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | 10 | 1:314 |
| White Framed Refractor short set | 140 | one-of-one | 1:340 |
| White Framed Refractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | one-of-one | 1:3342 |
| White Framed X-Fractor short set | 140 | one-of-one | 1:340 |
| White Framed X-Fractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | one-of-one | 1:3342 |
| SuperFractor short set | 140 | one-of-one | 1:340 |
| SuperFractor Autographed Rookies | 15 | one-of-one | 1:3342 |
| Framed Printing Plates | 155 | four for each | 1:792 |
| Bonds Moments Refractor | 25 | 425 | 1:2/boxes |
| Bonds Moments Gold Refractor | 25 | 199 | 1:4/boxes |
| Mantle Moments | 20 | 850 | 1:3 |
| Mantle Moments Refractor | 20 | 399 | 1:6 |
| Mantle Moments Blue Refractor | 20 | 299 | 1:8 |
| Mantle Moments X-Fractor | 20 | 250 | 1:10 |
| Mantle Moments Green Refractor | 20 | 199 | 1:12 |
| Mantle Moments Blue X-Fractor | 20 | 150 | 1:16 |
| Mantle Moments Black Refractor | 20 | 99 | 1:24 |
| Mantle Moments Green X-Fractor | 20 | 50 | 1:48 |
| Mantle Moments Gold Refractor | 20 | 49 | 1:49 |
| Mantle Moments Black X-Fractor | 20 | 25 | 1:85 |
| Mantle Moments Gold X-Fractor | 20 | 10 | 1:238 |
| Mantle Moments White Framed Refractor | 20 | one-of-one | 1:2482 |
| Mantle Moments White Framed X-Fractor | 20 | one-of-one | 1:2482 |
| Mantle Moments SuperFractor | 20 | one-of-one | 1:2482 |
| Mantle Moments Printing Plates | 20 | four for each | ? |
| Bonds Moments Autographed Gold Refractor | 25 | 2 | 1:316/boxes |
| Autograph Refractors | 18 | varies | varies |
| Autograph X-Fractors | 18 | 25 | 1:104 |
| Autograph SuperFractors | 18 | one-of-one | 1:2751 |
| Autograph Printing Plates | 17 | four for each | 1:654 |
| Mantle Moments Cut Signature | 2 | one-of-one | 1:23,555 |
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Vladimir Guerrero
- 2 Troy Glaus
- 3 Andruw Jones
- 4 Miguel Tejada
- 5 Manny Ramirez
- 6 Curt Schilling
- 7 Mark Prior
- 8 Kerry Wood
- 9 Tadahito Iguchi
- 10 Freddy Garcia
- 11 Ryan Howard
- 12 Mark Buehrle
- 13 Wily Mo Pena
- 14 C.C. Sabathia
- 15 Garret Anderson
- 16 Shawn Green
- 17 Rafael Furcal
- 18 Jeff Francoeur
- 19 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 20 Derrek Lee
- 21 Paul Konerko
- 22 Rickie Weeks
- 23 Magglio Ordonez
- 24 Juan Pierre
- 25 Felix Hernandez
- 26 Roger Clemens
- 27 Zack Greinke
- 28 Johan Santana
- 29 Jose Reyes
- 30 Bobby Crosby
- 31 Jason Schmidt
- 32 Khalil Greene
- 33 Richie Sexson
- 34 Mark Mulder
- 35 Mark Teixeira
- 36 Nick Johnson
- 37 Vernon Wells
- 38 Scott Kazmir
- 39 Jim Edmonds
- 40 Adrian Beltre
- 41 Dan Johnson
- 42 Carlos Lee
- 43 Lance Berkman
- 44 Josh Beckett
- 45 Morgan Ensberg
- 46 Garrett Atkins
- 47 Chase Utley
- 48 Joe Mauer
- 49 Travis Hafner
- 50 Alex Rodriguez
- 51 Austin Kearns
- 52 Scott Podsednik
- 53 Jose Contreras
- 54 Greg Maddux
- 55 Hideki Matsui
- 56 Matt Clement
- 57 Javy Lopez
- 58 Tim Hudson
- 59 Luis Gonzalez
- 60 Bartolo Colon
- 61 Marcus Giles
- 62 Justin Morneau
- 63 Nomar Garciaparra
- 64 Robinson Cano
- 65 Ervin Santana
- 66 Brady Clark
- 67 Edgar Renteria
- 68 Jon Garland
- 69 Felipe Lopez
- 70 Ivan Rodriguez
- 71 Dontrelle Willis
- 72 Carlos Guillen
- 73 J.D. Drew
- 74 Rich Harden
- 75 Albert Pujols
- 76 Livan Hernandez
- 77 Roy Halladay
- 78 Hank Blalock
- 79 David Wright
- 80 Jimmy Rollins
- 81 John Smoltz
- 82 Miguel Cabrera
- 83 David DeJesus
- 84 Torii Hunter
- 85 Adam Dunn
- 86 Randy Johnson
- 87 Roy Oswalt
- 88 Bobby Abreu
- 89 Rocco Baldelli
- 90 Ichiro
- 91 Jorge Cantu
- 92 Jack Wilson
- 93 Jose Vidro
- 94 Kevin Millwood
- 95 David Ortiz
- 96 Victor Martinez
- 97 Jeremy Bonderman
- 98 Todd Helton
- 99 Carlos Beltran
- 100 Barry Bonds
- 101 Jeff Kent
- 102 Mike Sweeney
- 103 Ben Sheets
- 104 Melvin Mora
- 105 Gary Sheffield
- 106 Craig Wilson
- 107 Chris Carpenter
- 108 Michael Young
- 109 Gustavo Chacin
- 110 Chipper Jones
- 111 Mark Loretta
- 112 Andy Pettitte
- 113 Carlos Delgado
- 114 Pat Burrell
- 115 Jason Bay
- 116 Brian Roberts
- 117 Joe Crede
- 118 Jake Peavy
- 119 Aubrey Huff
- 120 Pedro Martinez
- 121 Jorge Posada
- 122 Barry Zito
- 123 Scott Rolen
- 124 Brett Myers
- 125 Derek Jeter
- 126 Eric Chavez
- 127 Carl Crawford
- 128 Jim Thome
- 129 Johnny Damon
- 130 Alfonso Soriano
- 131 Clint Barmes
- 132 Dustin Nippert (RC)
- 133 Hanley Ramirez (RC)
- 134 Matt Capps (RC)
- 135 Miguel Perez (RC)
- 136 Tom Gorzelanny (RC)
- 137 Charlton Jimerson (RC)
- 138 Bryan Bullington (RC)
- 139 Kenji Johjima RC
- 140 Craig Hansen RC
Autographed Rookies
Each Autographed Rookie is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 963 copies.
- 141 Craig Breslow AU RC
- 142 Adam Wainwright AU (RC)
- 143 Joey Devine AU RC
- 144 Hong-Chih Kuo AU (RC)
- 145 Jason Botts AU (RC)
- 146 Josh Johnson AU (RC)
- 147 Jason Bergmann AU RC
- 148 Scott Olsen AU (RC)
- 149 Darrell Rasner AU (RC)
- 150 Dan Ortmeier AU (RC)
- 151 Chuck James AU (RC)
- 152 Ryan Garko AU (RC)
- 153 Nelson Cruz AU (RC)
- 154 Anthony Lerew AU (RC)
- 155 Francisco Liriano AU (RC)
Parallels
All 155 base cards (including the Autographed Rookies) are available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Refractor (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
- Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
- X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
- Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
- Blue X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 150 copeis)
- Black Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Green X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 49 copies)
- Black X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Gold X-Fractor (serial-numbered to ten)
- White Framed Refractor (one-of-one)
- White Framed X-Fractor (one-of-one)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Framed Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
Inserts
Bonds Moments Refractor
Each sealed Hobby box contains one Bonds Moments Refractors as a box topper. Each card is serial-numbered to 425 copies and is also available in a Gold Refractor parallel, which is numbered to 199.
Mantle Moments
Each Mantle Moments is serial-numbered to 850 copies and also available in the following Refractor parallels.