Description

1998 SP Authentic is a 198-card set released by Upper Deck in the summer of 1998. The brand was renamed from "SP" due to the fact that, for the first time, each Hobby box yielded an authentic on-card autograph.

Distribution

24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.98). Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	198	-	?
Sheer Dominance	42	-	1:3
Sheer Dominance Gold	42	2000	?
Sheer Dominance Titanium	42	100	?
Chirography	31	-	1:25
Trade Card	15	-	1:291

Checklist

Base Set

1 Travis Lee FOIL

2 Mike Caruso FOIL

3 Kerry Wood FOIL

4 Mark Kotsay FOIL

5 Magglio Ordonez FOIL

6 Scott Elarton FOIL

7 Carl Pavano FOIL

8 A.J. Hinch FOIL

9 Rolando Arrojo FOIL

10 Ben Grieve FOIL

11 Gabe Alvarez FOIL

12 Mike Kinkade FOIL

13 Bruce Chen FOIL

14 Juan Encarnacion FOIL

15 Todd Helton FOIL

16 Aaron Boone FOIL

17 Sean Casey FOIL

18 Ramon Hernandez FOIL

19 Daryle Ward FOIL

20 Paul Konerko FOIL

21 David Ortiz FOIL

22 Derrek Lee FOIL

23 Brad Fullmer FOIL

24 Javier Vasquez FOIL

25 Miguel Tejada FOIL

26 Dave Dellucci FOIL

27 Alex S. Gonzalez FOIL

28 Matt Clement FOIL

29 Eric Milton FOIL

30 Russell Branyan FOIL

31 Chuck Finley

32 Jim Edmonds

33 Darin Erstad

34 Jason Dickson

35 Tim Salmon

36 Cecil Fielder

37 Todd Greene

38 Al Benjamn

39 Jason Bell

40 Matt Williams

41 Brian Anderson

42 Karim Garcia

43 Javy Lopez

44 Tom Glavine

45 Greg Maddux

46 Andruw Jones

47 Chipper Jones

48 Ryan Klesko

49 John Smoltz

50 Andres Galaraga

51 Rafael Palmeiro

52 Mike Mussina

53 Roberto Alomar

54 Joe Carter

55 Cal Ripken, Jr.

56 Brady Anderson

57 Mo Vaughn

58 John Valentin

59 Dennis Eckersley

60 Nomar Garciaparra

61 Pedro Martinez

62 Jeff Blauser

63 Kevin Orie

64 Henry Rodriguez

65 Mark Grace

66 Albert Belle

67 Mike Cameron

68 Robin Ventura

69 Frank Thomas

70 Barry Larkin

71 Brett Tomko

72 Willie Greene

73 Reggie Sanders

74 Sandy Alomar, Jr.

75 Kenny Lofton

76 Jaret Wright

77 David Justice

78 Omar Vizquiel

79 Manny Ramirez

80 Jim Thome

81 Travis Fryman

82 Neifi Perez

83 Mike Lansing

84 Vinny Castilla

85 Larry Walker

86 Dante Bichette

87 Darryl Kile

88 Justin Thompson

89 Damion Easley

90 Tony Classrk

91 Bobby Higginson

92 Brian L. Hunter

93 Edgar Renteria

94 Craig Counsell

95 Mike Piazza

96 Livan Hernandez

97 Todd Zeile

98 Richard Hidalgo

99 Moises Alou

100 Jeff Bagwell

101 Mike Hampton

102 Craig Biggio

103 Dean Palmer

104 Tim Belcher

105 Jeff King

106 Jeff Conine

107 Johnny Damon

108 Hideo Nomo

109 Raul Mondesi

110 Gary Sheffield

111 Ramon J. Martinez

112 Chan Ho Park

113 Eric Young

114 Charles Johnson

115 Eric Karros

116 Bobby Bonilla

117 Jeromy Burnitz

118 Carl Eldred

119 Jeff D'Amico

120 Marquis Grissom

121 Dave Nilsson

122 Brad Radke

123 Marty Cordova

124 Ron Coomer

125 Paul Molitor

126 Todd Walker

127 Rondell White

128 Mark Grudzielanek

129 Carlos Perez

130 Vladimir Guerrero

131 Dustin Hermanson

132 Butch Huskey

133 John Franco

134 Rey Ordonez

135 Todd Hundley

136 Edgardo Alfonzo

137 Bobby M. Jones

138 John Olerud

139 Chili Davis

140 Tino Martinez

141 Andy Pettitte

142 Chuck Knoblauch

143 Bernie Williams

144 David Cone

145 Derek Jeter

146 Paul O'Neill

147 Rickey Henderson

148 Jason Giambi

149 Kenny Rogers

150 Scott Rolen

151 Curt Schilling

152 Ricky Bottalico

153 Mike Lieberthal

154 Francisco Cordova

155 Jose Guillen

156 Jason Schmidt

157 Jason Kendall

158 Kevin Young

159 Delino DeShields

160 Mark McGwire

161 Ray Lankford

162 Brian Jordan

163 Ron Gant

164 Todd Stottlemyre

165 Ken Caminiti

166 Kevin Brown

167 Trevor Hoffman

168 Steve Finley

169 Wally Joyner

170 Tony Gwynn

171 Shawn Estes

172 J.T. Snow

173 Jeff Kent

174 Robb Nen

175 Barry Bonds

176 Randy Johnson

177 Edgar Martinez

178 Jay ? Buhner

179 Alex Rodriguez

180 Ken Griffey, Jr.

181 Ken Cloude

182 Wade Boggs

183 Tony Saunders

184 Wilson Alvarez

185 Fred McGriff

186 Roberto Hernandez

187 Kevin Stocker

188 Fernando Tatis

189 Will Clark

190 Juan Gonzalez

191 Rusty Greer

192 Ivan Rodriguez

193 Jose Canseco

194 Carlos Delgado

195 Roger Clemens

196 Pat Hentgen

197 Randy Myers

198 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL

Inserts

Sheer Dominance

Parallels include:

Gold (serial-numbered to 2000 copies)
Titanium (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

SD1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
SD2 Rickey Henderson
SD3 Jaret Wright
SD4 Craig Biggio
SD5 Travis Lee
SD6 Kenny Lofton
SD7 Raul Mondesi
SD8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
SD9 Matt Williams
SD10 Mark McGwire
SD11 Alex Rodriguez
SD12 Fred McGriff
SD13 Scott Rolen
SD14 Paul Molitor
SD15 Nomar Garciaparra
SD16 Vladimir Guerrero
SD17 Andruw Jones
SD18 Manny Ramirez
SD19 Tony Gwynn
SD20 Barry Bonds
SD21 Ben Grieve
SD22 Ivan Rodriguez
SD23 Jose Cruz
SD24 Pedro Martinez
SD25 Chipper Jones
SD26 Albert Belle
SD27 Todd Helton
SD28 Paul Konerko
SD29 Sammy Sosa
SD30 Frank Thomas
SD31 Greg Maddux
SD32 Randy Johnson
SD33 Larry Walker
SD34 Roberto Alomar
SD35 Roger Clemens
SD36 Mo Vaughn
SD37 Jim Thome
SD38 Jeff Bagwell
SD39 Tino Martinez
SD40 Mike Piazza
SD41 Derek Jeter
SD42 Juan Gonzalez

Trade Card

These 15 redemption cards entitled the bearer to receive various Upper Deck Authenticated items. Each card expired August 1st, 1999. Five cards were good for a UDA autographed baseball, six were for an oversized game-used jersey card (see below for checklist). The other four cards feature various Ken Griffey, Jr. items including: an oversized card commemorating his 300th career home run; a life-sized cardboard standee; an autographed Seattle Mariners jersey; and an autographed fielder's glove.

Roberto Alomar BALL 100
Albert Belle BALL 100
Brian Jordan BALL 50
Raul Mondesi BALL 100
Robin Ventura BALL 50
Jay Buhner 5 X 7 JSY 125
Ken Griffey, Jr. 5 X 7 JSY 125
Tony Gwynn 5 X 7 JSY 125
Greg Maddux 5 X 7 JSY 125
Alex Rodriguez 5 X 7 JSY 415
Gary Sheffield 5 X 7 JSY 125
Ken Griffey, Jr. 300 HR Card 1000
Ken Griffey, Jr. AU GLV 30
Ken Griffey, Jr. AU JSY 30
Ken Griffey, Jr. STANDEE 200

Griffey 300th HR Redemption

This special card, which measures 5" X 7", commemorates Ken Griffey, Jr's. 300th career home run, and was one of the prizes available as part of the Trade Card redemption program (see above). It is the only card from in the Trade Card set that does not feature either an autograph or a piece of game-used memorabilia. Only 1000 Trade Cards were inserted into packs, however, this particular card is not serial-numbered.

300 Ken Griffey, Jr. 1000

Autographs & Game-Used

Chirography

NOTES

Card #KG packed out as a redemption card which expired July 27th, 1999.
After the product's release, Upper Deck revealed production figures for selected cards. It should be noted, that these cards are NOT serial-numbered.

AJ Andruw Jones
AR Alex Rodriguez 800
BG Ben Grieve
CJ Charles Johnson
CP Chipper Jones 800
DE Darin Erstad
GS Gary Sheffield
IR Ivan Rodriguez
JC Jose Cruz, Jr.
JW Jaret Wright
KG Ken Griffey, Jr. EXCH 400
LH Livan Hernandez
MK Mark Kotsay
MM Mike Mussina
MT Miguel Tejada
MV Mo Vaughn 800
NG Nomar Garciaparra 400
PK Paul Konerko
PM Paul Molitor 800
RA Roberto Alomar 800
RB Russell Branyan
RC Roger Clemens 400
RL Ray Lankford
SC Sean Casey
SR Scott Rolen
TC Tony Clark
TG Tony Gwynn 850
TH Todd Helton
TL Travis Lee
VG Vladimir Guerrero

Game Jersey 5 X 7

These six oversized game-used memorabilia cards were what one received when redeeming the designated Trade Card (see above).

1 Ken Griffey, Jr. 125
2 Gary Sheffield 125
3 Greg Maddux 125
4 Alex Rodriguez 125
5 Tony Gwynn 415
6 Jay Buhner 125