2000 Topps
Description
2000 Topps Baseball is a 478-card set released in two equivilant series of 239 cards. Series One was released in December, 1999, while Series Two was issued in April, 2000.
The set includes the following subsets: Prospects (201-208/441-448), Draft Picks (209-220/449-455), Season Highlights (217-221/456-460), Post Season Highlights (222-228), 20th Century's Best (229-235/468-474), Magic Moments (236-240/475-479) and League Leaders (461-467).
The Magic Moments cards are similar, but not as extreme, as the Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa Home Run cards in 1999 Topps. Instead of making 70 or 66 different versions of each card, only five different versions of each card were made. Individually, each Magic Moment variation was produced in one-fifth the quantity of any other base card. Collectively, the production of the five Magic Moments cards for each player equal that of any other base card. A set is considered complete with only one of each Magic Moment card.
A reprint of Mark McGwire's 1985 Topps Rookie Card was inserted one every 36 hobby and retail first series packs and one every eight HTA first series packs.
Card number 7 was not issued as Topps continues to honor the memory of Mickey Mantle who wore that number during his career.
The only notable Rookie Card is a dual "Draft Pick" card of Ben Sheets and Barry Zito.
Factory Sets
In 2000 Topps released three different factory sets. 1) The traditional factory set that was made available both to Hobby outlets and mass-market retail store. 2) A "Home Team Advantage" factory set. And 3) a "Limited" factory set. Each factory set included only one of the five Magic Moment variations.
The HTA Factory set was (as the name suggests) exclusive to Hobby stores participating in the Home Team Advantage program. Each HTA factory set included all 478 base cards plus one Hank Aaron Chrome reprint. All of the base cards within Home Team Advantage factory sets were stamped with a special "HTA" gold foil logo on the card front. Oddly, cards 222-228 (Divisional Playoffs), 229-235 (20th Century's Best), 461-467 (League Leaders) and 468-474 (20th Century Best) did NOT feature the gold-foil HTA tag.
The Limited factory set was also exclusive to HTA stores and is comparable to the Topps Tiffany factory sets of the 1980s. Each factory set contained the complete 478 card basic Topps set plus the following insert sets: 21st Century Topps, Aaron Reprints, All-Star Rookie Team, All-Topps, Combos, Hands of Gold, Own the Game, Perennial All-Stars, Power Players and the Mark McGwire 1985 Reprint -- a total of 619 cards. Each card has thick gloss and features a "Limited Edition" gold foil stamp on front.
Stated print run was originally 6000 serial numbered sets but actual production turned out to be 4000 sets (with only 800 copies of each of the Magic Moments variation subset cards). Each factory box is serial-numbered but the individual cards are not numbered in any way. The sets were distributed in late September, 2000.
Distribution
Hobby/Retail: 36 packs per box, 11 cards per pack (MSRP: $1.29).
HTA: 12 packs per box, 40 cards per pack (MSRP: $5).
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds | HTA Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 478 | - | ? | ? | ? |
| MVP Promotion (S1) | 200 | 100 | 1:510 | 1:510 | 1:140 |
| MVP Promotion (S2) | 200 | 100 | 1:378 | 1:378 | 1:104 |
| 20th Century Best Numbered (S1) | 7 | varies | 1:869 | N/A | 1:239 |
| 20th Century Best Numbered (S2) | 7 | varies | 1:362 | N/A | 1:100 |
| Mark McGwire 1985 Reprint (S1) | 1 | - | 1:36 | 1:36 | 1:8 |
| Power Players (S1) | 20 | - | 1:8 | 1:8 | 1:2 |
| Perennial All-Stars (S1) | 10 | - | 1:18 | 1:18 | 1:5 |
| 21st Century (S1) | 10 | - | 1:18 | 1:18 | 1:5 |
| Hands of Gold (S1) | 7 | - | 1:18 | 1:18 | 1:5 |
| All-Topps (S1) | 20 | - | 1:12 | 1:12 | 1:3 |
| Topps Combos (S2) | 10 | - | 1:18 | 1:18 | 1:5 |
| Own the Game (S2) | 30 | - | 1:12 | 1:12 | 1:3 |
| All-Star Rookie Team | 10 | - | 1:36 | 1:36 | 1:8 |
| Hank Aaron Reprints (S1, S2) | 23 | - | 1:18 | 1:18 | 1:5 |
| Hank Aaron Chrome Reprints (S1, S2) | 23 | - | 1:72 | 1:72 | 1:16 |
| Hank Aaron Chrome Refractor Reprints (S1, S2) | 23 | - | 1:288 | 1:288 | 1:76 |
| Autographs | 30 | - | varies | varies | varies |
| Hank Aaron Autographed Reprints (S1) | 11 | - | 1:4361 | 1:4361 | 1:1199 |
| Hank Aaron Autographed Reprints (S2) | 12 | - | 1:3672 | 1:3672 | 1:1007 |
| Stadium Autographed Relics (S1) | 5 | - | N/A | N/A | 1:165 |
| Stadium Autographed Relics (S2) | 5 | - | N/A | N/A | 1:135 |
Checklist
Base Set
1 Mark McGwire
2 Tony Gwynn
3 Wade Boggs
4 Cal Ripken
5 Matt Williams
6 Jay Buhner
7 Does Not Exist
8 Jeff Conine
9 Todd Greene
10 Mike Lieberthal
11 Steve Avery
12 Bret Saberhagen
13 Magglio Ordonez
14 Brad Radke
15 Derek Jeter
16 Javy Lopez
17 Russ Davis
18 Armando Benitez
19 B.J. Surhoff
20 Darryl Kile
21 Mark Lewis
22 Mike Williams
23 Mark McLemore
24 Sterling Hitchcock
25 Darin Erstad
26 Ricky Gutierrez
27 John Jaha
28 Homer Bush
29 Darrin Fletcher
30 Mark Grace
31 Fred McGriff
32 Omar Daal
33 Eric Karros
34 Orlando Cabrera
35 J.T. Snow
36 Luis Castillo
37 Rey Ordonez
38 Bob Abreu
39 Warren Morris
40 Juan Gonzalez
41 Mike Lansing
42 Chili Davis
43 Dean Palmer
44 Hank Aaron
45 Jeff Bagwell
46 Jose Valentin
47 Shannon Stewart
48 Kent Bottenfield
49 Jeff Shaw
50 Sammy Sosa
51 Randy Johnson
52 Benny Agbayani
53 Dante Bichette
54 Pete Harnisch
55 Frank Thomas
56 Jorge Posada
57 Todd Walker
58 Juan Encarnacion
59 Mike Sweeney
60 Pedro Martinez
61 Lee Stevens
62 Brian Giles
63 Chad Ogea
64 Ivan Rodriguez
65 Roger Cedeno
66 David Justice
67 Steve Trachsel
68 Eli Marrero
69 Dave Nilsson
70 Ken Caminiti
71 Tim Raines
72 Brian Jordan
73 Jeff Blauser
74 Bernard Gilkey
75 John Flaherty
76 Brent Mayne
77 Jose Vidro
78 David Bell
79 Bruce Aven
80 John Olerud
81 Pokey Reese
82 Woody Williams
83 Ed Sprague
84 Joe Girardi
85 Barry Larkin
86 Mike Caruso
87 Bobby Higginson
88 Roberto Kelly
89 Edgar Martinez
90 Mark Kotsay
91 Paul Sorrento
92 Eric Young
93 Carlos Delgado
94 Troy Glaus
95 Ben Grieve
96 Jose Lima
97 Garret Anderson
98 Luis Gonzalez
99 Carl Pavano
100 Alex Rodriguez
101 Preston Wilson
102 Ron Gant
103 Brady Anderson
104 Rickey Henderson
105 Gary Sheffield
106 Mickey Morandini
107 Jim Edmonds
108 Kris Benson
109 Adrian Beltre
110 Alex Fernandez
111 Dan Wilson
112 Mark Clark
113 Greg Vaughn
114 Neifi Perez
115 Paul O'Neill
116 Jermaine Dye
117 Todd Jones
118 Terry Steinbach
119 Greg Norton
120 Curt Schilling
121 Todd Zeile
122 Edgardo Alfonzo
123 Ryan McGuire
124 Rich Aurilia
125 John Smoltz
126 Bob Wickman
127 Richard Hidalgo
128 Chuck Finley
129 Billy Wagner
130 Todd Hundley
131 Dwight Gooden
132 Russ Ortiz
133 Mike Lowell
134 Reggie Sanders
135 John Valentin
136 Brad Ausmus
137 Chad Kreuter
138 David Cone
139 Brook Fordyce
140 Roberto Alomar
141 Charles Nagy
142 Brian Hunter
143 Mike Mussina
144 Robin Ventura
145 Kevin Brown
146 Pat Hentgen
147 Ryan Klesko
148 Derek Bell
149 Andy Sheets
150 Larry Walker
151 Scott Williamson
152 Jose Offerman
153 Doug Mientkiewicz
154 John Snyder RC
155 Sandy Alomar Jr.
156 Joe Nathan
157 Lance Johnson
158 Odalis Perez
159 Hideo Nomo
160 Steve Finley
161 Dave Martinez
162 Matt Walbeck
163 Bill Spiers
164 Fernando Tatis
165 Kenny Lofton
166 Paul Byrd
167 Aaron Sele
168 Eddie Taubensee
169 Reggie Jefferson
170 Roger Clemens
171 Francisco Cordova
172 Mike Bordick
173 Wally Joyner
174 Marvin Benard
175 Jason Kendall
176 Mike Stanley
177 Chad Allen
178 Carlos Beltran
179 Deivi Cruz
180 Chipper Jones
181 Vladimir Guerrero
182 Dave Burba
183 Tom Goodwin
184 Brian Daubach
185 Jay Bell
186 Roy Halladay
187 Miguel Tejada
188 Armando Rios
189 Fernando Vina
190 Eric Davis
191 Henry Rodriguez
192 Joe McEwing
193 Jeff Kent
194 Mike Jackson
195 Mike Morgan
196 Jeff Montgomery
197 Jeff Zimmerman
198 Tony Fernandez
199 Jason Giambi
200 Jose Canseco
201 Alex Gonzalez
202 J.Cust/Colangelo/D.Brown
203 Alfonso Soriano
204 Durazo/Burrell/Johnson
205 John Sneed RC/K.Wells
206 Kalinowski/Tejera/Mears RC
207 L.Berkman/C.Patterson
208 K.Pellow/K.Barker/R.Branyan
209 B.Garbe/L.Bigbie RC
210 B.Bradley RC/E.Munson
211 J.Girdley/K.Snyder
212 Chance Caple RC/J.Jennings
213 B.Myers/Christianson RC
214 J.Stumm/R.Purvis RC
215 D.Walling/M.Paradis
216 O.Ortiz/J.Gehrke
217 David Cone HL
218 Jose Jimenez HL
219 Chris Singleton HL
220 Fernando Tatis HL
221 Robin Ventura HL
221 Todd Helton HL
222 Kevin Millwood DIV
223 Todd Pratt DIV
224 Orlando Hernandez DIV
225 Pedro Martinez DIV
226 Tom Glavine LCS
227 Bernie Williams LCS
228 Mariano Rivera WS
229 Tony Gwynn 20CB
230 Wade Boggs 20CB
231 Lance Johnson CB
232 Mark McGwire 20CB
233 Rickey Henderson 20CB
234 Rickey Henderson 20CB
235 Roger Clemens 20CB
236E M.McGwire MM 500th HR
236D M.McGwire MM 70th HR
236C M.McGwire MM 62nd HR
236B M.McGwire MM 1987 ROY
236A M.McGwire MM 1st HR
237E H.Aaron MM 755th HR
237D H.Aaron MM 715th HR
237C H.Aaron MM 3000th Hit
237B H.Aaron MM 1957 MVP
237A H.Aaron MM 1st Career HR
238E C.Ripken MM 400th HR
238D C.Ripken MM Streak Ends
238C C.Ripken MM 2131 Game
238B C.Ripken MM 1991 MVP
238A C.Ripken MM 1982 ROY
239E W.Boggs MM 3000th Hit
239D W.Boggs MM 1996 Champs
239C W.Boggs MM 2000th Hit
239B W.Boggs MM 1988 Batting
239A W.Boggs MM 1983 Batting
240E T.Gwynn MM 3000th Hit
240D T.Gwynn MM 1998 NLCS
240C T.Gwynn MM 1995 Batting
240A T.Gwynn MM 1984 Batting
240B T.Gwynn MM 1984 NLCS
241 Tom Glavine
242 David Wells
243 Kevin Appier
244 Troy Percival
245 Ray Lankford
246 Marquis Grissom
247 Randy Winn
248 Miguel Batista
249 Darren Dreifort
250 Barry Bonds
251 Harold Baines
252 Cliff Floyd
253 Freddy Garcia
254 Kenny Rogers
255 Ben Davis
256 Charles Johnson
257 Bubba Trammell
258 Desi Relaford
259 Al Martin
260 Andy Pettitte
261 Carlos Lee
262 Matt Lawton
263 Andy Fox
264 Chan Ho Park
265 Billy Koch
266 Dave Roberts
267 Carl Everett
268 Orel Hershiser
269 Trot Nixon
270 Rusty Greer
271 Will Clark
272 Quilvio Veras
273 Rico Brogna
274 Devon White
275 Tim Hudson
276 Mike Hampton
277 Miguel Cairo
278 Darren Oliver
279 Jeff Cirillo
280 Al Leiter
281 Shane Andrews
282 Carlos Febles
283 Pedro Astacio
284 Juan Guzman
285 Orlando Hernandez
286 Paul Konerko
287 Tony Clark
288 Aaron Boone
289 Ismael Valdes
290 Moises Alou
291 Kevin Tapani
292 John Franco
293 Todd Zeile
294 Jason Schmidt
295 Johnny Damon
296 Scott Brosius
297 Travis Fryman
298 Jose Vizcaino
299 Eric Chavez
300 Mike Piazza
301 Matt Clement
302 Cristian Guzman
303 C.J. Nitkowski
304 Michael Tucker
305 Brett Tomko
306 Mike Lansing
307 Eric Owens
308 Livan Hernandez
309 Rondell White
310 Todd Stottlemyre
311 Chris Carpenter
312 Ken Hill
313 Mark Loretta
314 John Rocker
315 Richie Sexson
316 Ruben Mateo
317 Joe Randa
318 Mike Sirotka
319 Jose Rosado
320 Matt Mantei
321 Kevin Millwood
322 Gary Disarcina
323 Dustin Hermanson
324 Mike Stanton
325 Kirk Rueter
326 Damian Miller RC
327 Doug Glanville
328 Scott Rolen
329 Ray Durham
330 Butch Huskey
331 Mariano Rivera
332 Darren Lewis
333 Mike Timlin
334 Mark Grudzielanek
335 Mike Cameron
336 Kelvim Escobar
337 Bret Boone
338 Mo Vaughn
339 Craig Biggio
340 Michael Barrett
341 Marlon Anderson
342 Bobby Jones
343 John Halama
344 Todd Ritchie
345 Chuck Knoblauch
346 Rick Reed
347 Kelly Stinnett
348 Tim Salmon
349 A.J. Hinch
350 Jose Cruz Jr.
351 Roberto Hernandez
352 Edgar Renteria
353 Jose Hernandez
354 Brad Fullmer
355 Trevor Hoffman
356 Troy O'Leary
357 Justin Thompson
358 Kevin Young
359 Hideki Irabu
360 Jim Thome
361 Steve Karsay
362 Octavio Dotel
363 Omar Vizquel
364 Raul Mondesi
365 Shane Reynolds
366 Bartolo Colon
367 Chris Widger
368 Gabe Kapler
369 Bill Simas
370 Tino Martinez
371 John Thomson
372 Delino Deshields
373 Carlos Perez
374 Eddie Perez
375 Jeromy Burnitz
376 Jimmy Haynes
377 Travis Lee
378 Darryl Hamilton
379 Jamie Moyer
380 Alex Gonzalez
381 John Wetteland
382 Vinny Castilla
383 Jeff Suppan
384 Jim Leyritz
385 Robb Nen
386 Wilson Alvarez
387 Andres Galarraga
388 Mike Remlinger
389 Geoff Jenkins
390 Matt Stairs
391 Bill Mueller
392 Mike Lowell
393 Andy Ashby
394 Ruben Rivera
395 Todd Helton
396 Bernie Williams
397 Royce Clayton
398 Manny Ramirez
399 Kerry Wood
400 Ken Griffey Jr.
401 Enrique Wilson
402 Joey Hamilton
403 Shawn Estes
404 Ugueth Urbina
405 Albert Belle
406 Rick Helling
407 Steve Parris
408 Eric Milton
409 Dave Mlicki
410 Shawn Green
411 Jaret Wright
412 Tony Womack
413 Vernon Wells
414 Ron Belliard
415 Ellis Burks
416 Scott Erickson
417 Rafael Palmeiro
418 Damion Easley
419 Jamey Wright
420 Corey Koskie
421 Bobby Howry
422 Ricky Ledee
423 Dmitri Young
424 Sidney Ponson
425 Greg Maddux
426 Jose Guillen
427 Jon Lieber
428 Andy Benes
429 Randy Velarde
* 430 Sean Casey
431 Torii Hunter
432 Ryan Rupe
433 David Segui
434 Todd Pratt
435 Nomar Garciaparra
436 Denny Neagle
437 Ron Coomer
438 Chris Singleton
439 Tony Batista
440 Andruw Jones
441 Burroughs/Piatt/Huff
442 Rafael Furcal
443 M.Lamb RC/J.Crede
444 Julio Zuleta
445 Garry Maddox Jr. RC
446 M.Riley/Sabathia/Mulder
447 Scott Downs RC
448 D.Mirabelli/B.Petrick/J.Werth
449 C.Myers RC/J.Hamilton
450 B.Christensen/R.Stahl RC
451 B.Zito/B.Sheets RC
452 K.Ainsworth/Howington RC
453 R.Asadoorian/V.Faison RC
454 K.Reed/J.Heaverlo RC
455 M.MacDougal/B.Baker RC
456 Mark McGwire SH
457 Cal Ripken SH
458 Wade Boggs SH
459 Tony Gwynn SH
460 Jesse Orosco SH
461 L.Walker/N.Garciaparra LL
462 K.Griffey Jr./M.McGwire LL
463 M.Ramirez/M.McGwire LL
464 P.Martinez/R.Johnson LL
465 P.Martinez/R.Johnson LL
466 D.Jeter/L.Gonzalez LL
467 L.Walker/M.Ramirez LL
468 Tony Gwynn 20CB
469 Mark McGwire 20CB
470 Frank Thomas 20CB
471 Harold Baines 20CB
472 Roger Clemens 20CB
473 John Franco 20CB
474 John Franco 20CB
475E K.Griffey Jr. MM 50 HR 1997
475D K.Griffey Jr. MM 1992 AS MVP
475C K.Griffey Jr. MM HR Dad
475B K.Griffey Jr. MM 1997 MVP
475A K.Griffey Jr. MM 350th HR
476E B.Bonds MM 1992 MVP
476D B.Bonds MM 1990 MVP
476C B.Bonds MM 1993 MVP
476B B.Bonds MM 40HR/40SB
476A B.Bonds MM 400HR/400SB
477E S.Sosa MM HR's 61/62
477D S.Sosa MM 1998 MVP
477C S.Sosa MM 60 HR 1999
477A S.Sosa MM 20 HR June
477B S.Sosa MM 66 HR 1998
478D D.Jeter MM Wins 1996 WS
478E D.Jeter MM 17 GM Hit Streak
478C D.Jeter MM Wins 1998 WS
478B D.Jeter MM Wins 1999 WS
478A D.Jeter MM 1996 ROY
479B A.Rodriguez MM 100th HR
479C A.Rodriguez MM 1996 POY
479D Rodriguez MM Wins 1 Million
479E Rodriguez MM 96 B Leader
479A A.Rodriguez MM 40HR/40SB