2008 SPx

Description

2008 SPx is a 152-card set released by Upper Deck on May 21, 2008. Each pack contains either an autograph or a game-used memorabilia card. The last 52 cards in the base set are all autographed.

A typical ten-pack Hobby box will yield three Ken Griffey, Jr. inserts serial-numbered to 725 copies, five game-used memorabilia cards, one game-used patch, and four autographs.

Each ten-box Hobby case should include: one Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero Memorabilia card numbered to 25, one Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero Boxscore card, one Babe Ruth American Legend Boxscore card, two Mystery Rookie Redemptions, and one Yankee Stadium Legacy Memorabilia card.

Distribution

10 packs per box, three cards per pack (MSRP: $10). Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	152	-	?
short set	100	-	2:1
Rookie Signatures	52	-	*
Mystery Rookie Redemptions	7	-	1:50
Silver	45	-	***
Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero	100	725	?
Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero Box Score	100	?	1:100
Babe Ruth American Legend	100	?	1:100
Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero Memorabilia	100	25	**
Winning Materials SPx 150	100	150	**
Winning Materials SPx Die-Cut 150	100	150	**
Winning Materials Jersey Number 125	100	125	**
Winning Materials MLB 125	100	125	**
Winning Materials Baseball	100	99	**
Winning Materials Team Initials	100	99	**
Winning Materials UD Logo	100	99	**
Winning Materials Position 75	100	75	**
Winning Materials Limited Patch Team Initials	100	50	****
Winning Materials Dual SPx	100	50	**
Winning Materials Dual Limited Patch SPx	100	50	****
Winning Materials Dual Jersey Number	100	35	**
Winning Materials Dual Team Initials	100	25	**
Winning Materials Dual Limited Patch Team Initials	100	25	****
Winning Materials Dual MLB 20	100	20	**
Winning Materials Dual Position 20	100	20	**
Winning Materials Triple SPx	100	15	**
Winning Materials Triple Limited Patch	100	15	****
Winning Materials Triple Team Initials	100	10	**
Winning Materials Trios	42	75	**
Winning Materials Trios Silver Limited Patch	42	25	****
Winning Materials Trios Gold 25	42	25	**
Winning Materials Trios Gold 15	42	15	**
Superstar Signatures	15	-	*
Superstar Signatures Silver	15	-	***
Young Star Signatures	35	-	*
Young Star Signatures Silver	35	-	***
Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero Signature	100	3	*
Winning Materials Autographs	46	20	*
Winning Materials Triple Swatch Autographs	46	5	*

* Odds of finding an autograph: Four per box
** Odds of finding a game-used memorabilia card: Five per box
*** Odds of finding an Silver autograph: One per box
**** Odds of finding a game-used patch card: One per box

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Brandon Webb
• 2 Chris B. Young
• 3 Eric Byrnes
• 4 Dan Haren
• 5 Mark Teixeira
• 6 Chipper Jones
• 7 John Smoltz
• 8 Erik Bedard
• 9 Nick Markakis
• 10 Brian Roberts
• 11 David Ortiz
• 12 Curt Schilling
• 13 Manny Ramirez
• 14 Daisuke Matsuzaka
• 15 Josh Beckett
• 16 Derrek Lee
• 17 Alfonso Soriano
• 18 Carlos Zambrano
• 19 Aramis Ramirez
• 20 Jermaine Dye
• 21 Jim Thome
• 22 Nick Swisher
• 23 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 24 Adam Dunn
• 25 Brandon Phillips
• 26 Grady Sizemore
• 27 Victor Martinez
• 28 CC Sabathia
• 29 Travis Hafner
• 30 Matt Holliday
• 31 Todd Helton
• 32 Troy Tulowitzki
• 33 Magglio Ordonez
• 34 Gary Sheffield
• 35 Justin Verlander
• 36 Curtis Granderson
• 37 Miguel Cabrera
• 38 Hanley Ramirez
• 39 Dan Uggla
• 40 Miguel Tejada
• 41 Lance Berkman
• 42 Hunter Pence
• 43 Carlos Lee
• 44 Alex Gordon
• 45 David DeJesus
• 46 Vladimir Guerrero
• 47 Jered Weaver
• 48 Torii Hunter
• 49 Andruw Jones
• 50 Rafael Furcal
• 51 Russell Martin
• 52 Brad Penny
• 53 Ryan Braun
• 54 Prince Fielder
• 55 J.J. Hardy
• 56 Justin Morneau
• 57 Johan Santana
• 58 Joe Mauer
• 59 Delmon Young
• 60 Jose Reyes
• 61 David Wright
• 62 Carlos Beltran
• 63 Pedro Martinez
• 64 Chien-Ming Wang
• 65 Alex Rodriguez
• 66 Derek Jeter
• 67 Robinson Cano
• 68 Hideki Matsui
• 69 Joe Blanton
• 70 Jack Cust
• 71 Cole Hamels
• 72 Jimmy Rollins
• 73 Ryan Howard
• 74 Chase Utley
• 75 Jason Bay
• 76 Freddy Sanchez
• 77 Jake Peavy
• 78 Greg Maddux
• 79 Adrian Gonzalez
• 80 Barry Zito
• 81 Omar Vizquel
• 82 Tim Lincecum
• 83 Ichiro Suzuki
• 84 Felix Hernandez
• 85 Kenji Johjima
• 86 Albert Pujols
• 87 Scott Rolen
• 88 Chris Carpenter
• 89 Rick Ankiel
• 90 Scott Kazmir
• 91 Carl Crawford
• 92 B.J. Upton
• 93 Michael Young
• 94 Josh Hamilton
• 95 Hank Blalock
• 96 Roy Halladay
• 97 Vernon Wells
• 98 Alex Rios
• 99 Ryan Zimmerman
• 100 Dmitri Young

Rookie Signatures

• 101 Bill Murphy (RC)
• 102 Emilio Bonifacio RC
• 103 Brandon Jones RC
• 104 Clint Sammons (RC)
• 105 Clay Buchholz (RC)
• 106 Kevin Hart (RC)
• 107 Donny Lucy (RC)
• 108 Lance Broadway (RC)
• 109 Joey Votto (RC)
• 110 Ryan Hanigan RC
• 111 Joe Koshansky (RC)
• 112 Josh Newman RC
• 113 Seth Smith (RC)
• 114 Chris Seddon (RC)
• 115 Harvey Garcia (RC)
• 116 Felipe Paulino RC
• 117 J.R. Towles RC
• 118 Josh Anderson (RC)
• 119 Troy Patton (RC)
• 120 Billy Buckner (RC)
• 121 Luke Hochevar RC
• 122 Chin-Lung Hu (RC)
• 123 Jonathan Meloan RC
• 124 Jose Morales (RC)
• 125 Carlos Muniz RC
• 126 Alberto Gonzalez RC
• 127 Bronson Sardinha (RC)
• 128 Ian Kennedy RC
• 129 Ross Ohlendorf RC
• 130 Daric Barton (RC)
• 131 Jerry Blevins RC
• 132 Dave Davidson RC
• 133 Nyjer Morgan (RC)
• 134 Steve Pearce RC
• 135 Colt Morton RC
• 136 Eugenio Velez RC
• 137 Jeff Clement (RC)
• 138 Rob Johnson (RC)
• 139 Wladimir Balentien (RC)
• 140 Justin Ruggiano RC
• 141 Bill White RC
• 142 Luis Mendoza (RC)
• 143 Jonathan Albaladejo RC
• 144 Justin Maxwell RC
• 145 Ross Detwiler RC

Mystery Rookie Redemptions

Seven Mystery Rookie Redemption cards (sequentially-numbered #RR1-#RR7) were randomly inserted into SPx packs. Over the course of the 2008 season, Upper Deck would reveal the player each card was good for. Collectors had until June 30th, 2010 to redeem their cards. Since the fulfilled cards were sequentially-numbered as part of the SPx base set, they are eligible for the "RC" tag.

• 146 Jay Bruce EXCH (RC)
• 147 Carlos Gonzalez EXCH (RC)
• 148 Evan Longoria EXCH RC
• 149 Collin Balester EXCH (RC)
• 150 Max Scherzer EXCH RC
• 151 Clayton Kershaw EXCH RC
• 152 Alexei Ramirez EXCH RC

Parallels

Rookie Signatures Silver

The first 45 cards in the Rookie Signatures (cards #101-#145) are available in a Silver parallel. One Silver card was inserted into each sealed Hobby box as a box topper.

Inserts

Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero

This 100-card set, similar to a Cal Ripken, Jr. insert in the previous year's product, celebrates the career of Ken Griffey, Jr. Since all 100 cards are of Griffey, displaying the full checklist would be repetitive. Each card is serial-numbered to 725 copies.

Boxscore

Again, just like last year's Cal Ripken set, a parallel featuring a box score from a game Griffey played in is also available. Each card is labelled a "1 of 1," which, technically, is true. Unlike the Ripken set from last year, the exact number of games being commemorated is unknown. It should be noted that, coming into the 2008 season, Griffey had played 2760 games.

Babe Ruth American Legend Boxscore

Similar to the Griffey and Ripken sets, is a 100-card tribute to Babe Ruth. Unlike the Griffey and Ripken sets, Upper Deck didn't bother with a base set and only included the "1 of 1" Boxscore cards. Again, there are multiple ones-of-one for each card, and the exact number of games being commemorated was not revealed by Upper Deck. However, Ruth played in 2504 career games.

Autographs & Game-Used

Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero

All 100 cards in the American Hero insert (see above) are also available in a Memorabilia and Signature parallel. The Memorabilia card is serial-numbered to 25 copies, and each Signature is numbered to three.

Winning Materials

Winning Materials is a massive 100-card game-used set available in an almost absurd number of. The base versions is serial-numbered to 199 copies, and also available in the following parallels.

• Die-Cut (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
• Jersey Number (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
• MLB (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
• Team Initials (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Baseballs (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Upper Deck Logo (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Position (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
• Dual Jersey Number (serial-numbered to 35 copies)
• Dual Team Initials (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Dual MLB (serial-numbered to 20 copies)
• Dual Baseballs (serial-numbered to 20 copies)
• Dual Position (serial-numbered to 20 copies)
• Dual Limited Patch (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
• Dual Limited Patch Team Initials (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Triple (serial-numbered to 15 copies)
• Triple Team Initials (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
• Triple Limited Patch (serial-numbered to 15 copies)

• WM-AB A.J. Burnett
• WM-AE Andre Ethier
• WM-AG Adrian Gonzalez
• WM-AH Aaron Harang
• WM-AJ Andruw Jones
• WM-AK Austin Kearns
• WM-AL Adam LaRoche
• WM-AP Albert Pujols
• WM-AP2 Andy Pettitte
• WM-AR Aaron Rowand
• WM-AS Alfonso Soriano
• WM-BA Bobby Abreu
• WM-BC Bartolo Colon
• WM-BE Adrian Beltre
• WM-BG Brian Giles
• WM-BM Brian McCann
• WM-BS Ben Sheets
• WM-BU B.J. Upton
• WM-BW Billy Wagner
• WM-CA Chris Carpenter
• WM-CB Carlos Beltran
• WM-CC Chad Cordero
• WM-CD Carlos Delgado
• WM-CG Carlos Guillen
• WM-CH Chris Burke
• WM-CJ Chipper Jones
• WM-CK Casey Kotchman
• WM-CL Carlos Lee
• WM-CS Curt Schilling
• WM-CU Chase Utley
• WM-CZ Carlos Zambrano
• WM-DH Dan Haren
• WM-DJ Derek Jeter
• WM-DL Derrek Lee
• WM-DO David Ortiz
• WM-DU Dan Uggla
• WM-DW Dontrelle Willis
• WM-DY Jermaine Dye
• WM-EC Eric Chavez
• WM-FH Felix Hernandez
• WM-FL Francisco Liriano
• WM-GA Garrett Atkins
• WM-GA2 Garret Anderson
• WM-GJ Geoff Jenkins
• WM-GM Greg Maddux
• WM-GO Alex Gordon
• WM-GR Curtis Granderson
• WM-GS Grady Sizemore
• WM-HA Cole Hamels
• WM-HB Hank Blalock
• WM-HE Todd Helton
• WM-HO Trevor Hoffman
• WM-HR Hanley Ramirez
• WM-HU Torii Hunter
• WM-IR Ivan Rodriguez
• WM-JA Conor Jackson
• WM-JB Josh Barfield
• WM-JD J.D. Drew
• WM-JE Jim Edmonds
• WM-JF Jeff Francoeur
• WM-JG Jason Giambi
• WM-JH Jhonny Peralta
• WM-JJ J.J. Hardy
• WM-JK Jeff Kent
• WM-JM Joe Mauer
• WM-JN Joe Nathan
• WM-JO Josh Beckett
• WM-JP Jake Peavy
• WM-JR Jose Reyes
• WM-JS Johan Santana
• WM-JT Jim Thome
• WM-JV Jason Varitek
• WM-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
• WM-KJ Kenji Johjima
• WM-KY Kevin Youkilis
• WM-LB Lance Berkman
• WM-LG Luis Gonzalez
• WM-MC Miguel Cabrera
• WM-MH Matt Holliday
• WM-MO Justin Morneau
• WM-MR Manny Ramirez
• WM-MT Mark Teixeira
• WM-MY Michael Young
• WM-OR Magglio Ordonez
• WM-PA Jonathan Papelbon
• WM-PF Prince Fielder
• WM-PM Pedro Martinez
• WM-PO Jorge Posada
• WM-RA Aramis Ramirez
• WM-RF Rafael Furcal
• WM-RH Roy Halladay
• WM-RJ Randy Johnson
• WM-RO Roy Oswalt
• WM-SM John Smoltz
• WM-TE Miguel Tejada
• WM-TH Tim Hudson
• WM-TR Travis Hafner
• WM-VE Justin Verlander
• WM-VG Vladimir Guerrero
• WM-VW Vernon Wells

Autographs

Each Winning Materials Autograph is serial-numbered to 20 copies, with a Triple Swatch parallel numbered to five also available.

• WM-AE Andre Ethier
• WM-AH Aaron Harang
• WM-AK Austin Kearns
• WM-AL Adam LaRoche
• WM-AR Aaron Rowand
• WM-AT Garrett Atkins
• WM-BG Brian Giles
• WM-BM Brian McCann
• WM-BS Ben Sheets
• WM-BU B.J. Upton
• WM-CH Chris Burke
• WM-CK Casey Kotchman
• WM-CL Carlos Lee
• WM-DH Dan Haren
• WM-DJ Derek Jeter
• WM-DL Derrek Lee
• WM-DU Dan Uggla
• WM-EC Eric Chavez
• WM-FH Felix Hernandez
• WM-FL Francisco Liriano
• WM-GO Alex Gordon
• WM-GR Curtis Granderson
• WM-HA Cole Hamels
• WM-HB Hank Blalock
• WM-HR Hanley Ramirez
• WM-HU Torii Hunter
• WM-JH Jhonny Peralta
• WM-JN Joe Nathan
• WM-JO Josh Beckett
• WM-JT Jim Thome
• WM-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
• WM-LB Lance Berkman
• WM-LG Luis Gonzalez
• WM-MH Matt Holliday
• WM-MO Justin Morneau
• WM-MT Mark Teixeira
• WM-PA Jonathan Papelbon
• WM-PF Prince Fielder
• WM-RA Aramis Ramirez
• WM-RH Roy Halladay
• WM-RJ Randy Johnson
• WM-RO Roy Oswalt
• WM-TH Tim Hudson
• WM-TR Travis Hafner
• WM-VE Justin Verlander
• WM-VW Vernon Wells

Winning Trios

Each Winning Trios is serial-numbered to 75 copies and also available in the following parallels.

• Gold "TRI" (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Gold "333" (serial-numbered to 15 copies)
• Silver Limited Patch (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

• AGK Garret Anderson / Vladimir Guerrero / Casey Kotchman
• BHJ Adrian Beltre / Felix Hernandez / Kenji Johjima
• BSS Josh Beckett / Johan Santana / CC Sabathia
• CRP Chris Carpenter / Scott Rolen / Albert Pujols
• CRU Miguel Cabrera / Hanley Ramirez / Dan Uggla
• DBR Carlos Delgado / Carlos Beltran / Jose Reyes
• DOP Carlos Delgado / David Ortiz / Albert Pujols
• GHL Yovani Gallardo / Phil Hughes / Tim Lincecum
• GIB Alex Gordon / Akinori Iwamura / Ryan Braun
• GJP Ken Griffey, Jr. / Derek Jeter / Albert Pujols
• GMW Tom Glavine / Pedro Martinez / Billy Wagner
• HAH Todd Helton / Garrett Atkins / Matt Holliday
• HDF Travis Hafner / Adam Dunn / Prince Fielder
• HFB J.J. Hardy / Prince Fielder / Ryan Braun
• HRR J.J. Hardy / Jose Reyes / Hanley Ramirez
• HSS Travis Hafner / Grady Sizemore / CC Sabathia
• JBH Andruw Jones / Carlos Beltran / Torii Hunter
• JDY Conor Jackson / Stephen Drew / Chris B. Young
• JRR Chipper Jones / Scott Rolen / Aramis Ramirez
• JST Chipper Jones / John Smoltz / Mark Teixeira
• KFE Jeff Kent / Rafael Furcal / Andre Ethier
• KUY Scott Kazmir / B.J. Upton / Delmon Young
• LBO Carlos Lee / Lance Berkman / Roy Oswalt
• LCL Noah Lowry / Matt Cain / Tim Lincecum
• LSZ Derrek Lee / Alfonso Soriano / Carlos Zambrano
• MGS Greg Maddux / Tom Glavine / John Smoltz
• MHP Greg Maddux / Trevor Hoffman / Jake Peavy
• MPB Victor Martinez / Jhonny Peralta / Josh Barfield
• MSM Justin Morneau / Johan Santana / Joe Mauer
• OGV Magglio Ordonez / Curtis Granderson / Justin Verlander
• PJP Andy Pettitte / Derek Jeter / Jorge Posada
• RJC Alex Rodriguez / Derek Jeter / Robinson Cano
• RMM Ivan Rodriguez / Victor Martinez / Joe Mauer
• SBP Curt Schilling / Josh Beckett / Jonathan Papelbon
• SOH Ben Sheets / Roy Oswalt / Aaron Harang
• SRG Gary Sheffield / Ivan Rodriguez / Carlos Guillen
• TDB Jim Thome / Jermaine Dye / Mark Buehrle
• UHR Chase Utley / Cole Hamels / Aaron Rowand
• UKU Chase Utley / Ian Kinsler / Dan Uggla
• VOY Jason Varitek / David Ortiz / Kevin Youkilis
• WHB Vernon Wells / Roy Halladay / A.J. Burnett
• ZPH Carlos Zambrano / Jake Peavy / Aaron Harang

Superstar Signatures

Each Superstar Signature is also available in a Silver parallel, which is randomly inserted inside box topper packs.

• BW Brandon Webb
• DJ Derek Jeter EXCH
• DM Daisuke Matsuzaka
• DU Dan Uggla
• HR Hanley Ramirez
• KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
• MH Matt Holliday
• MT Mark Teixeira
• PF Prince Fielder
• PM Pedro Martinez
• SR Scott Rolen
• TG Tom Glavine
• TH Travis Hafner
• VG Vladimir Guerrero
• VM Victor Martinez

Young Star Signatures

Each Young Star Signature is also available in a Silver parallel, which is randomly inserted inside box topper packs.

• YSS-AC Alexi Casilla
• YSS-AE Andre Ethier
• YSS-BB Brian Bannister
• YSS-BM Brian McCann
• YSS-BU Brian Burres
• YSS-CD Chris Duncan
• YSS-CH Cole Hamels
• YSS-CY Chris B. Young
• YSS-FC Fausto Carmona
• YSS-FL Francisco Liriano
• YSS-IK Ian Kinsler
• YSS-JA Joaquin Arias
• YSS-JD John Danks
• YSS-JJ Josh Johnson
• YSS-JL James Loney
• YSS-JS Jarrod Saltalamacchia
• YSS-JV Justin Verlander
• YSS-JW Josh Willingham
• YSS-JZ Joel Zumaya
• YSS-KK Kevin Kouzmanoff
• YSS-MA Nick Markakis
• YSS-MC Matt Chico
• YSS-MF Mike Fontenot
• YSS-MO Micah Owings
• YSS-MR Mark Reynolds
• YSS-NM Nate McLouth
• YSS-PH Phil Hughes
• YSS-RB Ryan Braun
• YSS-RG Ryan Garko
• YSS-RM Russell Martin
• YSS-SD Stephen Drew
• YSS-SH James Shields
• YSS-TB Travis Buck
• YSS-TG Tom Gorzelanny
• YSS-TT Troy Tulowitzki

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