1994 Classic Four Sport

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Description

1994 Classic Four Sport is a 200-card set released in November, 1994, featuring recent draft picks, prospects, and rookies from the then-four major sports: basketball, hockey, football, and baseball. Each Hobby box is serial-numbered to 298,880.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, ten cards per pack. 298,880 serial-numbered boxes produced. 12 boxes per case.

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Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Wax Odds Jumbo Odds
Base 200 - ? ?
Gold 200 - one-per-pack ?
Printer's Proofs 200 1000 ? ?
Shaq-Fu Tip Cards 25 - 1:18 ?
Classic Picks 10 - 1:72 ?
CHL Previews 6 - 1:72 ?
Phone Cards 40 varies 1:72 ?
High Voltage 20 varies 1:144 ?
Top Draft Picks 1 4695 1:2160 ?
Tri-Cards 5 2695 1:1178 ?
Bonus Cards 10 - N/A one-per-pack
Autographs 78 varies 1:103 ?
Instant Winner 1 100 1:106,000 ?

Checklist

Promos

Hockey Previews

This five-card set was inserted into packs of 1994-95 Classic Hockey.

  • P5 Ben Grieve
  • P1 Jeff O'Neill
  • P2 Marshall Faulk
  • P3 Grant Hill
  • P4 Jason Kidd

Promos

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These three promos were distributed to Hobby dealers and collectors. The two Shaquille O'Neal cards are done in the style of the Shaq-Fu insert set.

  • PR1 Donyell Marshall
  • PR2 Shaquille O'Neal
  • PR3 Shaquille O'Neal

Base Set

Basketball=

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  • FO1 Four in One - Paul Wilson
  • 1 Glenn Robinson
  • 2 Jason Kidd
  • 3 Grant Hill
  • 4 Donyell Marshall
  • 5 Juwan Howard
  • 6 Sharone Wright
  • 7 Billy McCaffrey
  • 8 Brian Grant
  • 9 Eric Montross
  • 10 Eddie Jones
  • 11 Carlos Rogers
  • 12 Khalid Reeves
  • 13 Jalen Rose
  • 14 Yinka Dare
  • 15 Eric Piatkowski
  • 16 Clifford Rozier
  • 17 Aaron McKie
  • 18 Eric Mobley
  • 19 Tony Dumas
  • 20 B.J. Tyler
  • 21 Dickey Simpkins
  • 22 Bill Curley
  • 23 Wesley Person
  • 24 Monty Williams
  • 25 Greg Minor
  • 26 Charlie Ward
  • 27 Brooks Thompson
  • 28 Deon Thomas
  • 29 Antonio Lang
  • 30 Howard Eisley
  • 31 Rodney Dent
  • 32 Jim McIlvaine
  • 33 Derrick Alston
  • 34 Gaylon Nickerson
  • 35 Michael Smith
  • 36 Andrei Fetisov
  • 37 Dontonio Wingfield
  • 38 Darrin Hancock
  • 39 Anthony Miller
  • 40 Jeff Webster
  • 41 Arturas Karnishovas
  • 42 Gary Collier
  • 43 Shawnelle Scott
  • 44 Damon Bailey
  • 45 Dwayne Morton
  • 46 Jamie Watson
  • 47 Jevon Crudup
  • 48 Melvin Booker
  • 49 Brian Reese
  • 50 Lawrence Funderburke

Football=

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  • 51 Dan Wilkinson
  • 52 Marshall Faulk
  • 53 Heath Shuler
  • 54 Willie McGinest
  • 55 Trev Alberts
  • 56 Trent Dilfer
  • 57 Bryant Young
  • 58 Sam Adams
  • 59 Antonio Langham
  • 60 Jamir Miller
  • 61 John Thierry
  • 62 Aaron Glenn
  • 63 Joe Johnson
  • 64 Bernard Williams
  • 65 Wayne Gandy
  • 66 Aaron Taylor
  • 67 Charles Johnson
  • 68 Dewayne Washington
  • 69 Todd Steussie
  • 70 Tim Bowens
  • 71 Johnnie Morton
  • 72 Rob Fredrickson
  • 73 Shante Carver
  • 74 Thomas Lewis
  • 75 Calvin Jones
  • 76 Henry Ford
  • 77 Jeff Burris
  • 78 William Floyd
  • 79 Derrick Alexander
  • 80 Darnay Scott
  • 81 Tre Johnson
  • 82 Eric Mahlum
  • 83 Errict Rhett
  • 84 Kevin Lee
  • 85 Andre Coleman
  • 86 Corey Sawyer
  • 87 Chuck Levy
  • 88 Greg Hill
  • 89 David Palmer
  • 90 Ryan Yarborough
  • 91 Charlie Garner
  • 92 Mario Bates
  • 93 Bert Emanuel
  • 94 Thomas Randolph
  • 95 Bucky Brooks
  • 96 Rob Waldrop
  • 97 Charlie Ward
  • 98 Winfred Tubbs
  • 99 James Folston
  • 100 Kevin Mitchell
  • 101 Aubrey Beavers
  • 102 Fernando Smith
  • 103 Jim Miller
  • 104 Byron Morris
  • 105 Donnell Bennett
  • 106 Jason Sehorn
  • 107 Glenn Foley
  • 108 Lonnie Johnson
  • 109 Tyronne Drakeford
  • 110 Vaughn Parker
  • 111 Doug Nussmeier
  • 112 Perry Klein
  • 113 Jason Gildon
  • 114 Lake Dawson

Hockey=

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  • 115a Ed Jovanovski ERR: Photo on front actually Bill Bowler (white jersey, faceoff)
  • 115b Ed Jovanovski COR: Corrected photo (blue jersey, skating)
  • 116 Oleg Tverdovsky
  • 117 Radek Bonk
  • 118 Jason Bonsignore
  • 119 Jeff O'Neill
  • 120 Ryan Smyth
  • 121 Jamie Storr
  • 122 Jason Wiemer
  • 123 Evgeni Ryabchikov
  • 124 Nolan Baumgartner
  • 125 Jeff Friesen
  • 126 Wade Belak
  • 127 Maxim Bets
  • 128 Ethan Moreau
  • 129 Alexander Kharlamov
  • 130 Eric Fichaud
  • 131 Wayne Primeau
  • 132 Brad Brown
  • 133 Chris Dingman
  • 134 Craig Darby
  • 135 Darby Hendrickson
  • 136 Yan Golubovsky
  • 137 Chris Wells
  • 138 Vadim Sharifijanov
  • 139 Dan Cloutier
  • 140 Todd Marchant
  • 141 David Roberts
  • 142 Brian Rolston
  • 143 Garth Snow
  • 144 Cory Stillman
  • 145 Chad Penney
  • 146 Jeff Nelson
  • 147 Michael Stewart
  • 148 Mike Dunham
  • 149 Joe Frederick
  • 150 Mark DeSantis
  • 151 David Cooper
  • 152 Andrei Buschan
  • 153 Mike Greenlay UER: Photo on back actually Pauli Jaks
  • 154 Geoff Sarjeant
  • 155 Pauli Jaks
  • 156 Greg Andrusak
  • 157 Denis Metlyuk
  • 158 Mike Fountain
  • 159 Brent Gretzky
  • 160 Jason Allison

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  • 161 Paul Wilson
  • 162 Ben Grieve
  • 163 Doug Million
  • 164 C.J. Nitkowski
  • 165 Tommy Davis
  • 166 Dustin Hermanson
  • 167 Travis Miller
  • 168 McKay Christensen
  • 169 Victor Rodriguez
  • 170 Jacob Cruz
  • 171 Rick Heiserman
  • 172 Mark Farris
  • 173 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 174 Paul Konerko
  • 175 Trey Moore
  • 176 Brian Stephenson
  • 177 Matt Smith
  • 178 Kevin L. Brown
  • 179 Cade Gaspar
  • 180 Bret Wagner
  • 181 Mike Thurman
  • 182 Doug Webb
  • 183 Ryan Nye
  • 184 Brian Buchanan
  • 185 Scott Elarton
  • 186 Mark Johnson
  • 187 Jacob Shumate
  • 188 Kevin Witt

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  • 189 Glenn Robinson
  • 190 Jason Kidd
  • 191 Grant Hill
  • 192 Donyell Marshall
  • 193 Eric Montross
  • 194 Khalid Reeves
  • 195 Jalen Rose
  • 196 Clifford Rozier
  • 197 Damon Bailey

Checklists=

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  • 198 Checklist 1 1-67
  • 199 Checklist 2 68-134
  • 200 Checklist 3 135-200

Parallels

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All 200 cards, plus the Ed Jovanovski error card, are available in the following parallels.

  • Gold
  • Printer's Proof (limited to 1000 copies)

Inserts

Shaq-Fu Tip Cards

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This 25-card set features the characters and levels of the soon-to-be-released Shaq-Fu video game. Shaq-Fu is generally considered one of the worst fighting games of the 16-Bit, or of any other era.

  • SF1 Shaquille O'Neal
  • SF2 Kaori
  • SF3 Voodoo
  • SF4 Rajah
  • SF5 Mephis
  • SF6 Beast
  • SF7 Sett Ra
  • SF8 Nezu
  • SF9 Leotsu
  • SF10 Colonel X
  • SF11 Aurok
  • SF12 Diesel
  • SF13 Shaq-uriken
  • SF14 Teleport Kick
  • SF15 Voodoo Doll Stab
  • SF16 Sword Toss
  • SF17 Summon Lightning
  • SF18 Auto Three Hit
  • SF19 Earth Rap Attack
  • SF20 Eno Bomb
  • SF21 Thunder Kai
  • SF22 Micro Missle
  • SF23 Eruption Fist
  • SF24 Knuckle Dash
  • SF25 Secret Guy in the Jungle

Classic Picks

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Each card is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 24,900 copies.

NOTE: Each card is sequentially-numbered 16-25. The first 15 cards in this set were randomly inserted into Football (1-5), Basketball (6-10), and Hockey (11-15) sets.

  • 16 Paul Wilson
  • 17 Ben Grieve
  • 18 Trey Moore
  • 19 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 20 Doug Million�
  • 21 Dan Wilkinson�
  • 22 Willie McGinest�
  • 23 Khalid Reeves�
  • 24 Grant Hill�
  • 25 Ethan Moreau�

Phone Cards

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Each of the eight Phone Cards was available in the following denominations.

  • $1
  • $2 (serial-numbered to 3845 copies)
  • $3 (serial-numbered to 1562 copies)
  • $4 (serial-numbered to 1305 copies)
  • $5 (serial-numbered to 422 copies)

When calling the number of the reverse side and entering the code (which was concealed with a silver "scratch" bar), the caller was entitled to a long distance call in the amount listed on the front on the Sprint network. Each card's long distance value expired November 30th, 1995.

Test cards, where the scratch bar is replaced with "00 TEST 00" were also distributed.

    CHL Previews

    This six-card set was inserted into packs of both 1994 Classic Four Sport AND 1994-95 Classic Hockey and was meant to preview a proposed Canadian Hockey League set. Classic was unable to come to terms with the CHL, and the set was never produced.

    • CP1 Wayne Primeau
    • CP2 Eric Fichaud
    • CP3 Wade Redden
    • CP4 Jason Doig
    • CP5 Vitali Yachmeney
    • CP6 Nolan Baumgartner

    High Voltage

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    The ten odd-numbered cards are serial-numbered to 5495 copies, while the ten even-numbered cards are numbered to 2995.

    • HV3 Paul Wilson
    • HV7 Ben Grieve
    • HV11 Dustin Hermanson
    • HV15 Doug Million
    • HV20 Nomar Garciaparra
    • HV1 Dan Wilkinson� 5495
    • HV2 Glenn Robinson� 2995
    • HV4 Ed Jovanovski� 2995
    • HV5 Marshall Faulk� 5495
    • HV6 Jason Kidd� 2995
    • HV8 Oleg Tverdovsky� 2995
    • HV9 Heath Shuler� 5495
    • HV10 Grant Hill� 2995
    • HV12 Radek Bonk� 2995
    • HV13 Trent Dilfer� 5495
    • HV14 Donyell Marshall� 2995
    • HV16 Jason Bonsignore� 2995
    • HV17 Willie McGinest� 5495
    • HV18 Juwan Howard� 2995
    • HV19 Jeff O'Neill� 5495

    Top Draft Picks

    This card features the number one overall picks in the 1994 NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB drafts. Each card is hand-numbered to 4695 copies.

    • FO1 Glenn Robinson / Ed Jovanovski / Dan Wilkinson / Paul Wilson

    Tri-Cards

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    Each Tri-Card is serial-numbered to 2695 copies.

    • TC1 Marshall Faulk / Calvin Jones / Errict Rhett
    • TC2 Willie McGinest / Trev Alberts / Jamir Miller
    • TC3 Jalen Rose / Jason Kidd / Khalid Reeves
    • TC4 Radek Bonk / Chris Wells / Jeff O'Neill
    • TC5 Paul Wilson / Doug Million / Cade Gaspar

    Bonus Cards

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    One Bonus Card was inserted into each Four Sport Jumbo Pack.

    • BC13 Paul Wilson
    • BC14 Ben Grieve
    • BC15 Doug Million
    • BC16 Nomar Garciaparra
    • BC1 Marshall Faulk
    • BC2 Heath Shuler
    • BC3 Antonio Langham
    • BC4 Derrick Alexander
    • BC5 Byron Morris
    • BC6 Glenn Robinson
    • BC7 Jason Kidd
    • BC8 Grant Hill
    • BC9 Jalen Rose
    • BC10 Donyell Marshall
    • BC11 Juwan Howard
    • BC12 Khalid Reeves
    • BC17 Ed Jovanovski
    • BC18 Radek Bonk
    • BC19 Jeff O'Neill
    • BC20 Ethan Moreau

    C3 Collector's Club

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    This 20-card set was distributed to members of Classic's Collector's Club. Only 10,000 sets were issued.

    NOTE: Despite the fact that the set uses the 1994 Four Sport design, the set was issued in 1995.

    • C15 Nomar Garciaparra

    Autographs

    Autographs

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    This set is a 100-card autographed partial-parallel of the base set. Each card is hand-numbered on the front to the production figures listed below.

    • 161 Paul Wilson
    • 162 Ben Grieve
    • 163 Doug Million
    • 164 C.J. Nitkowski
    • 165 Tommy Davis
    • 166 Dustin Hermanson
    • 167 Travis Miller
    • 169 Victor Rodriguez
    • 170 Jacob Cruz
    • 171 Rick Heiserman
    • 172 Mark Farris
    • 173 Nomar Garciaparra
    • 174 Paul Konerko
    • 176 Brian Stephenson
    • 177 Matt Smith
    • 178 Kevin L. Brown
    • 179 Cade Gaspar
    • 180 Bret Wagner
    • 181 Mike Thurman
    • 183 Ryan Nye
    • 184 Brian Buchanan
    • 186 Mark Johnson
    • 187 Jacob Shumate
    • 188 Kevin Witt
    • 1 Glenn Robinson� 1000
    • 2 Jason Kidd� 1300
    • 5 Juwan Howard� 940
    • 9 Eric Montross� 1000
    • 11 Carlos Rogers� 660
    • 12 Khalid Reeves�
    • 13 Jalen Rose� 970
    • 15 Eric Piatkowski� 1090
    • 16 Clifford Rozier� 900
    • 22 Bill Curley� 1120
    • 23 Wesley Person� 1000
    • 24 Monty Williams� 1100
    • 28 Deon Thomas� 1090
    • 30 Howard Eisley� 970
    • 31 Rodney Dent� 1070
    • 32 Jim McIlvaine� 965
    • 33 Derrick Alston� 1050
    • 36 Andrei Fetisov� 1080
    • 39 Anthony Miller� 1000
    • 40 Jeff Webster� 1070
    • 41 Arturas Karnishovas� 980
    • 42 Gary Collier� 1000
    • 44 Damon Bailey� 1050
    • 45 Dwayne Morton� 1000
    • 46 Jamie Watson� 1080
    • 47 Jevon Crudup� 1180
    • 49 Brian Reese� 960
    • 51 Dan Wilkinson� 670
    • 53 Heath Shuler� 1330
    • 55 Trev Alberts� 2520
    • 56 Trent Dilfer� 1495
    • 81 Tre Johnson� 1000
    • 82 Eric Mahlum� 1090
    • 90 Ryan Yarborough� 1020
    • 93 Bert Emanuel� 1100
    • 96 Rob Waldrop� 1095
    • 97 Charlie Ward� 1520
    • 99 James Folston� 1100
    • 100 Kevin Mitchell� 1090
    • 103 Jim Miller� 1030
    • 108 Lonnie Johnson� 1050
    • 110 Vaughn Parker� 750
    • 115 Ed Jovanovski� 1180
    • 119 Jeff O'Neill� 3000
    • 124 Nolan Baumgartner 2900
    • 134 Craig Darby 2990
    • 139 Dan Cloutier 2980
    • 140 Todd Marchant 3100
    • 143 Garth Snow 3050
    • 144 Cory Stillman 3000
    • 148 Mike Dunham 2960
    • 149 Joe Frederick 3000
    • 150 Mark DeSantis 3000
    • 154 Geoff Sarjeant 3000
    • 156 Greg Andrusak� 2960
    • 157 Denis Metlyuk 2960
    • 158 Mike Fountain 3000
    • 161 Paul Wilson� 2400
    • 162 Ben Grieve� 2500
    • 163 Doug Million� 1020
    • 164 C.J. Nitkowski 970
    • 165 Tommy Davis 960
    • 166 Dustin Hermanson 1020
    • 167 Travis Miller 760
    • 169 Victor Rodriguez 1000
    • 170 Jacob Cruz 990
    • 171 Rick Heiserman 600
    • 172 Mark Farris 1090
    • 173 Nomar Garciaparra� 1020
    • 174 Paul Konerko� 970
    • 176 Brian Stephenson 1100
    • 177 Matt Smith 1090
    • 178 Kevin Brown� 1090
    • 179 Cade Gaspar� 1090
    • 180 Bret Wagner 970
    • 181 Mike Thurman 990
    • 183 Ryan Nye 1015
    • 184 Brian Buchanan 950
    • 186 Mark Johnson 1000
    • 187 Jacob Shumate 980
    • 188 Kevin Witt 970

    Instant Winner

    Randomly inserted into packs were 100 Instant Winner cards good for the entire 100-card Autograph set.