1997 Topps

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Description

1997 Topps is a 495-card set released in two series of 275 and 220 cards, respectively.

Card 42 is a special Jackie Robinson tribute card commemorating the 50th anniversary of his contribution to baseball history and numbered for his Dodgers uniform number.

Topps announced in 1996 that beginning in 1997, card number 7 would no longer exist in future Topps Baseball sets; it would be "retired" in honor of Mickey Mantle. Card number 84 does not exist because Mike Fetters' card was incorrectly numbered 61. Card number 277 does not exist because Chipper Jones' card was incorrectly numbered 276.

Rookie Cards include Kris Benson and Eric Chavez.

Factory sets were produced, but in much more limited quantity than in previous years.

Distribution

Hobby: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.29)

Retail: 8 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99)

Jumbo: 40 cards per pack

Factory sets

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Checklist

Promos

PP5 Ricky Bottalico

Base Set

Series One

1 Barry Bonds

2 Tom Pagnozzi

3 Terrell Wade

4 Jose Valentin

5 Mark Clark

6 Brady Anderson

No 7 (Retired for Mickey Mantle)

8 Wade Boggs

9 Scott Stahoviak

10 Andres Galarraga

11 Steve Avery

12 Rusty Greer

13 Derek Jeter

14 Ricky Bottalico

15 Andy Ashby

16 Paul Shuey

17 F.P. Santangelo

18 Royce Clayton

19 Mike Mohler

20 Mike Piazza

21 Jaime Navarro

22 Billy Wagner

23 Mike Timlin

24 Garret Anderson

25 Ben McDonald

26 Mel Rojas

27 John Burkett

28 Jeff King

29 Reggie Jefferson

30 Kevin Appier

31 Felipe Lira

32 Kevin Tapani

33 Mark Portugal

34 Carlos Garcia

35 Joey Cora

36 David Segui

37 Mark Grace

38 Erik Hanson

39 Jeff D'Amico

40 Jay Buhner

41 B.J. Surhoff

42 Jackie Robinson TRIB

43 Roger Pavlik

44 Hal Morris

45 Mariano Duncan

46 Harold Baines

47 Jorge Fabregas

48 Jose Herrera

49 Jeff Cirillo

50 Tom Glavine

51 Pedro Astacio

52 Mark Gardner

53 Arthur Rhodes

54 Troy O'Leary

55 Bip Roberts

56 Mike Lieberthal

57 Shane Andrews

58 Scott Karl

59 Gary DiSarcina

60 Andy Pettitte

61 Kevin Elster

61B Mike Fetters UER (card 84)

62 Mark McGwire

63 Dan Wilson

64 Mickey Morandini

65 Chuck Knoblauch

66 Tim Wakefield

67 Raul Mondesi

68 Todd Jones

69 Albert Belle

70 Trevor Hoffman

71 Eric Young

72 Robert Perez

73 Butch Huskey

74 Brian McRae

75 Jim Edmonds

76 Mike Henneman

77 Frank Rodriguez

78 Danny Tartabull

79 Robb Nen

80 Reggie Sanders

81 Ron Karkovice

82 Benito Santiago

83 Mike Lansing

84 See Card 61(B)

85 Craig Biggio

86 Mike Bordick

87 Ray Lankford

88 Charles Nagy

89 Paul Wilson

90 John Wetteland

91 Tom Candiotti

92 Carlos Delgado

93 Derek Bell

94 Mark Lemke

95 Edgar Martinez

96 Rickey Henderson

97 Greg Myers

98 Jim Leyritz

99 Mark Johnson

100 Dwight Gooden HL

101 Al Leiter HL

102 John Mabry HL

103 Alex Ochoa HL

104 Mike Piazza HL

105 Jim Thome

106 Ricky Otero

107 Jamey Wright

108 Frank Thomas

109 Jody Reed

110 Orel Hershiser

111 Terry Steinbach

112 Mark Loretta

113 Turk Wendell

114 Marvin Benard

115 Kevin Brown

116 Robert Person

117 Joey Hamilton

118 Francisco Cordova

119 John Smiley

120 Travis Fryman

121 Jimmy Key

122 Tom Goodwin

123 Mike Greenwell

124 Juan Gonzalez

125 Pete Harnisch

126 Roger Cedeno

127 Ron Gant

128 Mark Langston

129 Tim Crabtree

130 Greg Maddux

131 William VanLandingham

132 Wally Joyner

133 Randy Myers

134 John Valentin

135 Bret Boone

136 Bruce Ruffin

137 Chris Snopek

138 Paul Molitor

139 Mark McLemore

140 Rafael Palmeiro

141 Herb Perry

142 Luis Gonzalez

143 Doug Drabek

144 Ken Ryan

145 Todd Hundley

146 Ellis Burks

147 Ozzie Guillen

148 Rich Becker

149 Sterling Hitchcock

150 Bernie Williams

151 Mike Stanley

152 Roberto Alomar

153 Jose Mesa

154 Steve Trachsel

155 Alex Gonzalez

156 Troy Percival

157 John Smoltz

158 Pedro Martinez

159 Jeff Conine

160 Bernard Gilkey

161 Jim Eisenreich

162 Mickey Tettleton

163 Justin Thompson

164 Jose Offerman

165 Tony Phillips

166 Ismael Valdes

167 Ryne Sandberg

168 Matt Mieske

169 Geronimo Berroa

170 Otis Nixon

171 John Mabry

172 Shawon Dunston

173 Omar Vizquel

174 Chris Hoiles

175 Dwight Gooden

176 Wilson Alvarez

177 Todd Hollandsworth

178 Roger Salkeld

179 Rey Sanchez

180 Rey Ordonez

181 Denny Martinez

182 Ramon Martinez

183 Dave Nilsson

184 Marquis Grissom

185 Randy Velarde

186 Ron Coomer

187 Tino Martinez

188 Jeff Brantley

189 Steve Finley

190 Andy Benes

191 Terry Adams

192 Mike Blowers

193 Russ Davis

194 Darryl Hamilton

195 Jason Kendall

196 Johnny Damon

197 Dave Martinez

198 Mike Macfarlane

199 Norm Charlton

200 Damian Moss

201 Jenkins/Ibanez/Cameron

202 Sean Casey

203 J.Hansen/H.Bush/F.Crespo

204 K.Orie/G.Alvarez/A.Boone

205 B.Davis/K.Brown/B.Estalella

206 Bubba Trammell

207 Jarrod Washburn

208 Brian Hunter

209 Jason Giambi

210 Henry Rodriguez

211 Edgar Renteria

212 Edgardo Alfonzo

213 Fernando Vina

214 Shawn Green

215 Ray Durham

216 Joe Randa

217 Armando Reynoso

218 Eric Davis

219 Bob Tewksbury

220 Jacob Cruz

221 Glenallen Hill

222 Gary Gaetti

223 Donne Wall

224 Brad Clontz

225 Marty Janzen

226 Todd Worrell

227 John Franco

228 David Wells

229 Gregg Jefferies

230 Tim Naehring

231 Thomas Howard

232 Roberto Hernandez

233 Kevin Ritz

234 Julian Tavarez

235 Ken Hill

236 Greg Gagne

237 Bobby Chouinard

238 Joe Carter

239 Jermaine Dye

240 Antonio Osuna

241 Julio Franco

242 Mike Grace

243 Aaron Sele

244 David Justice

245 Sandy Alomar Jr.

246 Jose Canseco

247 Paul O'Neill

248 Sean Berry

249 N.Bierbrodt/K.Sweeney RC

250 Vladimir Nunez RC

251 R.Hartman/D.Hayman RC

252 A.Sanchez/M.Quatraro RC

253 Ronni Seberino RC

254 Rex Hudler

255 Orlando Miller

256 Mariano Rivera

257 Brad Radke

258 Bobby Higginson

259 Jay Bell

260 Mark Grudzielanek

261 Lance Johnson

262 Ken Caminiti

263 J.T. Snow

264 Gary Sheffield

265 Darrin Fletcher

266 Eric Owens

267 Luis Castillo

268 Scott Rolen

269 T.Noel/J.Oliver RC

270 Robert Stratton RC

271 Gil Meche

272 E.Milton/D.Brown RC

273 Chris Reitsma RC

274 J.Marquis/A.J.Zapp RC

275 Checklist

276 Checklist

Series Two

277 Chipper Jones UER 276

278 Orlando Merced

279 Ariel Prieto

280 Al Leiter

281 Pat Meares

282 Darryl Strawberry

283 Jamie Moyer

284 Scott Servais

285 Delino DeShields

286 Danny Graves

287 Gerald Williams

288 Todd Greene

289 Rico Brogna

290 Derrick Gibson

291 Joe Girardi

292 Darren Lewis

293 Nomar Garciaparra

294 Greg Colbrunn

295 Jeff Bagwell

296 Brent Gates

297 Jose Vizcaino

298 Alex Ochoa

299 Sid Fernandez

300 Ken Griffey Jr.

301 Chris Gomez

302 Wendell Magee

303 Darren Oliver

304 Mel Nieves

305 Sammy Sosa

306 George Arias

307 Jack McDowell

308 Stan Javier

309 Kimera Bartee

310 James Baldwin

311 Rocky Coppinger

312 Keith Lockhart

313 C.J. Nitkowski

314 Allen Watson

315 Darryl Kile

316 Amaury Telemaco

317 Jason Isringhausen

318 Manny Ramirez

319 Terry Pendleton

320 Tim Salmon

321 Eric Karros

322 Mark Whiten

323 Rick Krivda

324 Brett Butler

325 Randy Johnson

326 Eddie Taubensee

327 Mark Leiter

328 Kevin Gross

329 Ernie Young

330 Pat Hentgen

331 Rondell White

332 Bobby Witt

333 Eddie Murray

334 Tim Raines

335 Jeff Fassero

336 Chuck Finley

337 Willie Adams

338 Chan Ho Park

339 Jay Powell

340 Ivan Rodriguez

341 Jermaine Allensworth

342 Jay Payton

343 T.J. Mathews

344 Tony Batista

345 Ed Sprague

346 Jeff Kent

347 Scott Erickson

348 Jeff Suppan

349 Pete Schourek

350 Kenny Lofton

351 Alan Benes

352 Fred McGriff

353 Charlie O'Brien

354 Darren Bragg

355 Alex Fernandez

356 Al Martin

357 Bob Wells

358 Chad Mottola

359 Devon White

360 David Cone

361 Bobby Jones

362 Scott Sanders

363 Karim Garcia

364 Kirt Manwaring

365 Chili Davis

366 Mike Hampton

367 Chad Ogea

368 Curt Schilling

369 Phil Nevin

370 Roger Clemens

371 Willie Greene

372 Kenny Rogers

373 Jose Rijo

374 Bobby Bonilla

375 Mike Mussina

376 Curtis Pride

377 Todd Walker

378 Jason Bere

379 Heathcliff Slocumb

380 Dante Bichette

381 Carlos Baerga

382 Livan Hernandez

383 Jason Schmidt

384 Kevin Stocker

385 Matt Williams

386 Bartolo Colon

387 Will Clark

388 Dennis Eckersley

389 Brooks Kieschnick

390 Ryan Klesko

391 Mark Carreon

392 Tim Worrell

393 Dean Palmer

394 Wil Cordero

395 Javy Lopez

396 Rich Aurilia

397 Greg Vaughn

398 Vinny Castilla

399 Jeff Montgomery

400 Cal Ripken

401 Walt Weiss

402 Brad Ausmus

403 Ruben Rivera

404 Mark Wohlers

405 Rick Aguilera

406 Tony Clark

407 Lyle Mouton

408 Bill Pulsipher

409 Jose Rosado

410 Tony Gwynn

411 Cecil Fielder

412 John Flaherty

413 Lenny Dykstra

414 Ugueth Urbina

415 Brian Jordan

416 Bob Abreu

417 Craig Paquette

418 Sandy Martinez

419 Jeff Blauser

420 Barry Larkin

421 Kevin Seitzer

422 Tim Belcher

423 Paul Sorrento

424 Cal Eldred

425 Robin Ventura

426 John Olerud

427 Bob Wolcott

428 Matt Lawton

429 Rod Beck

430 Shane Reynolds

431 Mike James

432 Steve Wojciechowski

433 Vladimir Guerrero

434 Dustin Hermanson

435 Marty Cordova

436 Marc Newfield

437 Todd Stottlemyre

438 Jeffrey Hammonds

439 Dave Stevens

440 Hideo Nomo

441 Mark Thompson

442 Mark Lewis

443 Quinton McCracken

444 Cliff Floyd

445 Denny Neagle

446 John Jaha

447 Mike Sweeney

448 John Wasdin

449 Chad Curtis

450 Mo Vaughn

451 Donovan Osborne

452 Ruben Sierra

453 Michael Tucker

454 Kurt Abbott

455 Andruw Jones

456 Shannon Stewart

457 Scott Brosius

458 Juan Guzman

459 Ron Villone

460 Moises Alou

461 Larry Walker

462 Eddie Murray SH

463 Paul Molitor SH

464 Hideo Nomo SH

465 Barry Bonds SH

466 Todd Hundley SH

467 Rheal Cormier

468 J.Sandoval/J.Conti RC

469 R.Barajas/J.Rexrode RC

470 Jared Sandberg RC

471 P.Wilder/C.Gunner RC

472 M.DeCelle/M.McCain RC

473 Todd Zeile

474 Neifi Perez

475 Jeromy Burnitz

476 Trey Beamon

477 J.Patterson/B.Looper RC

478 D.Peoples/J.Westbrook RC

479 E.Chavez/A.Eaton RC

480 P.Tucci/J.Lawrence RC

481 K.Benson/B.Koch RC

482 J.Nicholson/A.Prater RC

483 M.Kotsay/M.Johnson RC

484 Armando Benitez

485 Mike Matheny

486 Jeff Reed

487 M.Bellhorn/R.Johnson/E.Wilson

488 R.Hidalgo/B.Grieve

489 Paul Konerko

490 Bill Mueller

491 Abbott/Monahan/Velazquez

492 Jimmy Anderson RC

493 C.Pavano/D.Blood/H.Murray

494 Nelson Figueroa RC

495 Checklist (277-400)

496 Checklist (401-496)

Inserts

Mickey Mantle Reprints

Following the successful reprint set in 1996 Topps, this 16-card set features reprints of all Topps/Bowman Mickey Mantle cards that were not reprinted last year. Each card is stamped with the commemorative gold foil logo.

The "base" cards were inserted into Series One packs, while Finest and Finest Refractor versions were in Series Two.

21 Mickey Mantle/{Hank Bauer/{Yogi Berra (1953 Bowman)

22 Mickey Mantle (1953 Bowman)

23 Mickey Mantle/Yogi Berra (1957 Topps)

24 Mickey Mantle/Hank Aaron (1958 Topps)

25 Mickey Mantle AS (1958 Topps)

26 Mickey Mantle HL (1959 Topps)

27 Mickey Mantle AS (1959 Topps)

28 Mickey Mantle/Ken Boyer (1960 Topps)

29 Mickey Mantle AS (1960 Topps)

30 Mickey Mantle HL (1961 Topps)

31 Mickey Mantle MVP (1961 Topps)

32 Mickey Mantle AS (1961 Topps)

33 Mickey Mantle/Willie Mays (1962 Topps)

34 Mickey Mantle IA (1962 Topps)

35 Mickey Mantle AS (1962 Topps)

36 Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris/Al Kaline/Norm Cash (1964 Topps)

Willie Mays Reprints

This 27-card set reprints reprints vintage Willie Mays Topps and Bowman cards. Each card front is highlighted by a special commemorative gold foil stamp. Randomly inserted in first series hobby packs only (at the rate of one in 2,400) are personally signed cards (see below).

The "base" cards were inserted into Series One packs, while Finest and Finest Refractor versions were in Series Two.

A special 4 1/4" by 5 3/4" jumbo reprint of the 1952 Topps Willie Mays card was made available exclusively in special Series One Wal-Mart Blaster boxes. Each box (shaped much like a cereal box) contained ten eight-card retail packs and the aforementioned jumbo card and retailed for $10.

1 Willie Mays (1951 Bowman)

2 Willie Mays (1952 Topps)

3 Willie Mays (1953 Topps)

4 Willie Mays (1954 Bowman)

5 Willie Mays (1954 Topps)

6 Willie Mays (1955 Bowman)

7 Willie Mays (1955 Topps)

8 Willie Mays (1956 Topps)

9 Willie Mays (1957 Topps)

10 Willie Mays (1958 Topps)

11 Willie Mays (1959 Topps)

12 Willie Mays (1960 Topps)

13 Willie Mays AS (1960 Topps)

14 Willie Mays (1961 Topps)

15 Willie Mays AS (1961 Topps)

16 Willie Mays (1962 Topps)

17 Willie Mays (1963 Topps)

18 Willie Mays (1964 Topps)

19 Willie Mays (1965 Topps)

20 Willie Mays (1966 Topps)

21 Willie Mays (1967 Topps)

22 Willie Mays (1968 Topps)

23 Willie Mays (1969 Topps)

24 Willie Mays (1970 Topps)

25 Willie Mays (1971 Topps)

26 Willie Mays (1972 Topps)

27 Willie Mays (1973 Topps)

J261 Willie Mays (1952 Topps Jumbo)

Hobby Masters

Exclusive to Hobby packs, this 20-card set honors players picked by hobby dealers from across the country as their all-time favorites. Cards 1-10 were issued in first series packs and 11-20 in second series. Printed on 28-point diffraction foilboard, one card replaces two regular cards when inserted in packs.

HM1 Ken Griffey Jr.

HM2 Cal Ripken

HM3 Greg Maddux

HM4 Albert Belle

HM5 Tony Gwynn

HM6 Jeff Bagwell

HM7 Randy Johnson

HM8 Raul Mondesi

HM9 Juan Gonzalez

HM10 Kenny Lofton

HM11 Frank Thomas

HM12 Mike Piazza

HM13 Chipper Jones

HM14 Brady Anderson

HM15 Ken Caminiti

HM16 Barry Bonds

HM17 Mo Vaughn

HM18 Derek Jeter

HM19 Sammy Sosa

HM20 Andres Galarraga

Inter-League Finest

Randomly inserted in Series One packs, this 14-card set features top individual match-ups from inter-league rivalries. One player from each major league team is represented on each side of this double-sided set with a color photo and is covered with the patented Finest clear protector.

A refractor version was also available.

ILM1 M.McGwire/B.Bonds

ILM2 M.Piazza/T.Salmon

ILM3 K.Griffey Jr./D.Bichette

ILM4 J.Gonzalez/T.Gwynn

ILM5 S.Sosa/F.Thomas

ILM6 A.Belle/B.Larkin

ILM7 J.Damon/B.Jordan

ILM8 P.Molitor/J.King

ILM9 J.Bagwell/J.Jaha

ILM10 B.Williams/T.Hundley

ILM11 J.Carter/H.Rodriguez

ILM12 C.Ripken/G.Jefferies

ILM13 C.Jones/M.Vaughn

ILM14 T.Fryman/G.Sheffield

All-Stars

Randomly inserted in Series One packs, this 22-card set printed on rainbow foilboard features the top 11 players from each league and from each position as voted by the Topps Sports Department. The fronts carry a photo of a "first team" all-star player while the backs carry a different photo of that player alongside the "second team" and "third team" selections. Only the "first team" players are checklisted listed below.

AS1 Ivan Rodriguez

AS2 Todd Hundley

AS3 Frank Thomas

AS4 Andres Galarraga

AS5 Chuck Knoblauch

AS6 Eric Young

AS7 Jim Thome

AS8 Chipper Jones

AS9 Cal Ripken

AS10 Barry Larkin

AS11 Albert Belle

AS12 Barry Bonds

AS13 Ken Griffey Jr.

AS14 Ellis Burks

AS15 Juan Gonzalez

AS16 Gary Sheffield

AS17 Andy Pettitte

AS18 Tom Glavine

AS19 Pat Hentgen

AS20 John Smoltz

AS21 Roberto Hernandez

AS22 Mark Wohlers

Team Timber

Randomly inserted into all Series Two packs, this 16-card set highlight a selection of baseball's top sluggers. Each card features a simulated wood-grain stock; unfortunately, the fronts are UV-coated making the cards bow noticeably.

TT1 Ken Griffey Jr.

TT2 Ken Caminiti

TT3 Bernie Williams

TT4 Jeff Bagwell

TT5 Frank Thomas

TT6 Andres Galarraga

TT7 Barry Bonds

TT8 Rafael Palmeiro

TT9 Brady Anderson

TT10 Juan Gonzalez

TT11 Mo Vaughn

TT12 Mark McGwire

TT13 Gary Sheffield

TT14 Albert Belle

TT15 Chipper Jones

TT16 Mike Piazza

Awesome Impact

Exclusive to Series Two retail packs, this 20-card set feature a selection of top young stars and prospects.

AI1 Jaime Bluma

AI2 Tony Clark

AI3 Jermaine Dye

AI4 Nomar Garciaparra

AI5 Vladimir Guerrero

AI6 Todd Hollandsworth

AI7 Derek Jeter

AI8 Andruw Jones

AI9 Chipper Jones

AI10 Jason Kendall

AI11 Brooks Kieschnick

AI12 Alex Ochoa

AI13 Rey Ordonez

AI14 Neifi Perez

AI15 Edgar Renteria

AI16 Mariano Rivera

AI17 Ruben Rivera

AI18 Scott Rolen

AI19 Billy Wagner

AI20 Todd Walker File:Example.jpg

Autographs & Game-Used

Willie Mays Reprint Autographs

According to Topps, Mays signed about 65 copies of each of the following reprint cards: 51B, 52T, 53T, 55B, 55T, 57T, 58T, 60T, 60T AS, 61T, 61T AS, 63T, 64T, 65T, 66T, 69T, 70T, 72T, 73T. The cards are NOT serial-numbered but all have a "Certified Topps Autograph" stamp on them.

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds Jumbo Odds
Base 495 - ? ? ?
Mickey Mantle Reprints (S1) 16 - 1:12 1:12 1:3
Mickey Mantle Finest Reprints (S2) 16 - 1:24 1:24 1:6
Mickey Mantle Finest Refractor Reprints (S2) 16 - 1:216 1:216 1:60
Willie Mays Reprints (S1) 27 - 1:8 1:8 1:2
Willie Mays Finest Reprints (S2) 27 - 1:20 1:20 1:4
Willie Mays Finest Refractor Reprints (S2) 27 - 1:180 1:180 1:48
Hobby Masters 20 - 1:36 N/A N/A
Inter-League Finest (S1) 14 - 1:36 1:36 1:10
Inter-League Finest Refractors (S1) 14 - 1:216 1:216 1:56
All-Stars (S1) 22 - 1:18 1:18 1:6
Awesome Impact (S2) 20 - N/A 1:18 N/A
Season's Best (S2) 25 - ? ? ?
Sweet Strokes (S2) 12 - ? ? ?
Team Timber (S2) 16 - 1:36 1:36 1:8
Willie Mays Reprint Autographs (S1) 20 65 1:2400 1:2400 ?
Derek Jeter Autograph (S2) 1 - 1:576 1:576 ?