Description

2016 Finest is a 110-card set released May 18th. Each Hobby Master box will yield two autographs.

Changes in Hobby Distribution

On April 22nd, Topps announced drastic changes in 2016 Finest's distribution. Those Hobby dealers who pre-ordered Finest directly from Topps would have their orders honored. (Finest was solicited to Hobby dealers from November 25th, 2015 to January 13th, 2016 at a direct price of around $600 for an eight-box case.) However, reportedly due to low sales, Topps would not make Finest available to Hobby distributors or to online retailers and instead would sell it directly on the Topps.com website for $99.99 a box or $799.89 for an eight-box case.

Distribution

Two, six-pack miniboxes per box, five cards per pack ($99.99 at Topps.com). Eight boxes per case ($799.89 at Topps.com).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	110	-	?
short set	100	-	?
SPs	10	-	1:30
Refractors	100	-	1:3
Prism Refractor	100	-	1:6
Purple Refractor	100	250	1:12
Blue Refractor	100	150	1:18
Green Refractor	100	99	1:24
Gold Refractor	100	50	1:42
Orange Refractor short set	100	25	1:84
Orange Refractor SPs	10	25	1:834
Red Refractor short set	100	5	1:420
Red Refractor SPs	10	5	1:4128
SuperFractor short set	100	one-of-one	1:2088
SuperFractor SPs	10	one-of-one	1:19,812
Printing Plates	100	four for each	1:522
Franchise Finest	30	-	1:3
Franchise Finest Orange Refractor	30	25	1:282
Franchise Finest Red Refractor	30	5	1:1386
Franchise Finest SuperFractor	30	one-of-one	1:6834
1996 Finest Intimidators	20	-	1:8
1996 Finest Intimidators Orange Refractor	20	25	1:420
1996 Finest Intimidators Red Refractor	20	5	1:2088
1996 Finest Intimidators SuperFractor	20	one-of-one	1:10,428
Firsts	10	-	1:12
Firsts Orange Refractor	10	25	1:834
Firsts Red Refractor	10	5	1:4128
Firsts SuperFractor	10	one-of-one	1:19,812
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts	10	-	1:96
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Orange Refractor	10	25	1:834
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Red Refractor	10	5	1:4128
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts SuperFractor	10	one-of-one	1:19,812
Autographs	43	-	1:6
Autographs Blue Refractor	43	150	1:48
Autographs Green Refractor	43	99	1:66
Autographs Gold Refractor	43	50	1:96
Autographs Purple Refractor	43	30	1:192
Autographs Orange Refractor	43	25	1:180
Autographs Red Refractor	43	5	1:900
Autographs SuperFractor	43	one-of-one	1:4500
Autographs Printing Plates	43	four for each	1:1122
Greats Autographs	12	-	1:108
Greats Autographs Gold Refractor	12	50	1:450
Greats Autographs Orange Refractor	12	25	1:810
Greats Autographs Red Refractor	12	5	1:3360
Greats Autographs SuperFractor	12	one-of-one	1:16,506
Greats Autographs Printing Plates	12	four for each	1:4212
Franchise Finest Autographs	7	-	1:396
Franchise Finest Autographs Printing Plates	7	four for each	1:6192
1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs	5	25	1:816
1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs Printing Plates	5	four for each	1:5082
Firsts Autographs	7	-	1:138
Firsts Autographs Blue Refractor	7	150	1:228
Firsts Autographs Green Refractor	7	99	1:294
Firsts Autographs Gold Refractor	7	50	1:582
Firsts Autographs Orange Refractor	7	25	1:1152
Firsts Autographs Red Refractor	7	5	1:5832
Firsts Autographs SuperFractor	7	one-of-one	1:28,302
Firsts Autographs Printing Plates	7	four for each	1:7080
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Autographs	10	5	1:4044
Originals Autographs	5	20	1:1020
Mystery Autographs	1	-	1:2022
Mystery Autographs Orange Refractor	1	25	?
Mystery Autographs SuperFractor	1	one-of-one	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Mike Trout
2 Ryan Howard
3 Edwin Encarnacion
4 Dee Gordon
5 Evan Longoria
6 Jake Arrieta
7 Jose Abreu
8 Frankie Montas RC
9 Matt Harvey
10 Ichiro
11 A.J. Pollock
12 Ian Kinsler
13 Salvador Perez
14 Buster Posey
15 Corey Kluber
16 Jose Peraza RC
17 Greg Bird RC
18 Trea Turner RC
19 Joc Pederson
20 J.D. Martinez
21 Carl Edwards, Jr. RC
22 Carlos Correa
23 Cole Hamels
24 Joey Votto
25 Kenta Maeda RC
26 Dellin Betances
27 Ketel Marte RC
28 Brian McCann
29 Troy Tulowitzki
30 Dallas Keuchel
31 Byron Buxton
32 David Ortiz
33 Rob Refsnyder RC
34 Tyson Ross
35 Mookie Betts
36 Charlie Blackmon
37 Francisco Lindor
38 Sonny Gray
39 Jose Altuve
40 Chris Sale
41 Brian Dozier
42 Luis Severino RC
43 Robinson Cano
44 Josh Donaldson
45 Adrian Beltre
46 Jose Fernandez
47 Andrew McCutchen
48 Ryan Braun
49 Noah Syndergaard
50 Clayton Kershaw
51 Michael Brantley
52 Felix Hernandez
53 Yu Darvish
54 Andrew Miller
55 Eric Hosmer
56 Peter O'Brien RC
57 Wil Myers
58 Corey Seager RC
59 George Springer
60 Brandon Crawford
61 Jacob deGrom
62 Alcides Escobar
63 Yoenis Cespedes
64 Gary Sanchez RC
65 Miguel Cabrera
66 Gerrit Cole
67 Kyle Schwarber RC
68 Jorge Soler
69 Miguel Sano RC
70 Brandon Phillips
71 Maikel Franco
72 Craig Kimbrel
73 Dustin Pedroia
74 Matt Holliday
75 Henry Owens RC
76 Anthony Rizzo
77 David Wright
78 Giancarlo Stanton
79 Nolan Arenado
80 Kyle Seager
81 Mark Melancon
82 Raul Mondesi, Jr. RC
83 Carlos Carrasco
84 Matt Carpenter
85 David Price
86 Todd Frazier
87 Rusney Castillo
88 Madison Bumgarner
89 Starling Marte
90 Zack Greinke
91 Hector Olivera RC
92 Kolten Wong
93 Christian Yelich
94 Max Kepler RC
95 Jason Kipnis
96 Prince Fielder
97 Stephen Piscotty RC
98 Jorge Lopez RC
99 Jon Lester
100 Bryce Harper

SPs

NOTE: The ten base set short-prints are all Refractors. There are no "plain vanilla" non-Refractor cards.

101 Adam Jones SP
102 Aroldis Chapman SP
103 Aaron Nola SP RC
104 Matt Harvey SP
105 Wade Davis SP
106 Paul Goldschmidt SP
107 Max Scherzer SP
108 Michael Conforto SP RC
109 Freddie Freeman SP
110 Kris Bryant SP

Parallels

All 100 base cards, but NOT the ten SPs (cards #1-#100) are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractors
Prism Refractor
Purple Refractor
Blue Refractor
Green Refractor
Gold Refractor
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

All 100 base cards AND the ten SPs are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)

NOTE: The "base" version of the ten short-prints (cards #101-#110) are all Refractors. There is no non-Refractor "plain vanilla" base versions of these cards.

Inserts

All inserts are Refractors. All are also available in the following Refractor parallels.

Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)

Franchise Finest

FF-AJ Adam Jones
FF-AM Andrew McCutchen
FF-AR Anthony Rizzo
FF-BD Brian Dozier
FF-BH Bryce Harper
FF-BM Brian McCann
FF-BP Buster Posey
FF-CK Clayton Kershaw
FF-CS Chris Sale
FF-DO David Ortiz
FF-EH Eric Hosmer
FF-EL Evan Longoria
FF-FF Freddie Freeman
FF-FH Felix Hernandez
FF-GS Giancarlo Stanton
FF-JA Jose Altuve
FF-JD Josh Donaldson
FF-JV Joey Votto
FF-MB Michael Brantley
FF-MC Miguel Cabrera
FF-MCA Matt Carpenter
FF-MH Matt Harvey
FF-MT Mike Trout
FF-NA Nolan Arenado
FF-PF Prince Fielder
FF-PG Paul Goldschmidt
FF-RB Ryan Braun
FF-RH Ryan Howard
FF-SG Sonny Gray
FF-WM Wil Myers

1996 Finest Intimidators

96FI-AP Albert Pujols
96FI-BJ Bo Jackson
96FI-CS Chris Sale
96FI-DO David Ortiz
96FI-EE Edwin Encarnacion
96FI-EG Evan Gattis
96FI-FT Frank Thomas
96FI-GS Giancarlo Stanton
96FI-I Ichiro
96FI-JC Jose Canseco
96FI-MH Matt Harvey
96FI-MM Mark McGwire
96FI-MP Mike Piazza
96FI-NR Nolan Ryan
96FI-PF Prince Fielder
96FI-RC Roger Clemens
96FI-RJ Randy Johnson
96FI-VG Vladimir Guerrero
96FI-YC Yoenis Cespedes
96FI-YD Yu Darvish

Firsts

FF-AN Aaron Nola
FF-CS Corey Seager
FF-HO Hector Olivera
FF-HOW Henry Owens
FF-KS Kyle Schwarber
FF-LS Luis Severino
FF-MC Michael Conforto
FF-MS Miguel Sano
FF-SP Stephen Piscotty
FF-TT Trea Turner

Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts

FCA-KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
FCA-KG2 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
FCA-KG3 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
FCA-KG4 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
FCA-KG5 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
FCA-KG6 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
FCA-KG7 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
FCA-KG8 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
FCA-KG9 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
FCA-KG10 Ken Griffey, Jr. White Sox

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographs

Each Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 30 copies)
Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

FA-AG Andres Galarraga
FA-AJ Andruw Jones
FA-AM Andrew Miller
FA-AP A.J. Pollock
FA-BH Bryce Harper
FA-BPA Byung-Ho Park
FA-BPO Buster Posey
FA-BS Blake Swihart
FA-CB Craig Biggio
FA-CC Carlos Correa
FA-CD Carlos Delgado
FA-CDI Corey Dickerson
FA-CE Carl Edwards, Jr.
FA-CKL Corey Kluber
FA-CM Carlos Martinez
FA-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
FA-DK Dallas Keuchel
FA-DN Daniel Norris
FA-FF Freddie Freeman
FA-FL Francisco Lindor
FA-HO Hector Olivera
FA-I Ichiro
FA-JAL Jose Altuve
FA-JD Jacob deGrom
FA-JKR John Kruk
FA-JR J.T. Realmuto
FA-KB Kris Bryant
FA-KC Kole Calhoun
FA-KMA Kenta Maeda
FA-KW Kolten Wong
FA-MC Matt Cain
FA-MT Mike Trout
FA-OV Omar Vizquel
FA-RB Ryan Braun
FA-RF Rollie Fingers
FA-RM Raul Mondesi, Jr.
FA-RR Rob Refsnyder
FA-SM Starling Marte
FA-SMA Steven Matz
FA-SP Stephen Piscotty
FA-TT Trea Turner
FA-WD Wade Davis
FA-YD Yu Darvish

Greats Autographs

Each Greats Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

FGA-AK Al Kaline
FGA-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
FGA-DM Don Mattingly
FGA-EM Edgar Martinez
FGA-HA Hank Aaron
FGA-JG Juan Gonzalez
FGA-JS John Smoltz
FGA-MP Mike Piazza
FGA-NR Nolan Ryan
FGA-RC Rod Carew
FGA-SK Sandy Koufax
FGA-VG Vladimir Guerrero

Franchise Finest Autographs

FFIA-BP Buster Posey
FFIA-CK Clayton Kershaw
FFIA-EL Evan Longoria
FFIA-FH Felix Hernandez
FFIA-JA Jose Altuve
FFIA-MT Mike Trout
FFIA-WM Wil Myers

1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs

Each 1996 Finest Intimidators Autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

96FIA-BJ Bo Jackson
96FIA-MM Mark McGwire
96FIA-NR Nolan Ryan
96FIA-RC Roger Clemens
96FIA-YD Yu Darvish

Firsts Autographs

Each Firsts Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.

Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

FFA-AN Aaron Nola
FFA-CS Corey Seager
FFA-HOW Henry Owens EXCH
FFA-KS Kyle Schwarber EXCH
FFA-LS Luis Severino
FFA-MC Michael Conforto EXCH
FFA-MS Miguel Sano

Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Autographs

Each Career Die-Cuts Autograph is serial-numbered to five.

FCA-KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
FCA-KG10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Originals Autographs

Each Originals Autograph is a buyback and serial-numbered to 20 copies.

Billy Wagner
Chipper Jones
Cal Ripken, Jr.
John Smoltz
Randy Johnson

Mystery Autographs

These three autographed cards were available only through a Mystery Redemption card that was randomly inserted into 2016 Finest packs. The redemption card (which expired April 30th, 2018) was good for all three autographs. Redemptions for the following parallels were also available.

Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
SuperFractor (one-of-one)

FMR-1 Trevor Story
FMR-2 Nomar Mazara
FMR-3 Julio Urias