Description

1998 Paramount is a 250-card set released by Pacific in the early May 1998. This product was Pacific's first English language-only baseball card set and as such, is licensed only by the MLBPA. At the time, Pacific's license with MLB Properties only allowed them to produce cards in Spanish. Despite the lack of league licensing, Pacific didn't bother to airbrush or otherwise conceal any team logos.

Distribution

Hobby: 36 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	250	-	?	?
Copper	250	-	one-per-pack	N/A
Gold	250	-	N/A	one-per-pack
Red	250	-	N/A	?
Platinum Blue	250	-	1:73	1:73
Holographic Silver	250	99	?	N/A
Team Checklists	30	-	2:37	2:37
Special Delivery	20	-	1:37	1:37
Fielder's Choice	20	-	1:73	1:73
Cooperstown Bound	10	-	1:361	1:361
Cooperstown Bound Pacific Proof	10	20	?	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

1 Garret Anderson
2 Gary DiSarcina
3 Jim Edmonds
4 Darin Erstad
5 Cecil Fielder
6 Chuck Finley
7 Todd Greene
8 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
9 Tim Salmon
10 Roberto Alomar
11 Brady Anderson
12 Joe Carter
13 Eric Davis
14 Ozzie Guillen
15 Mike Mussina
16 Rafael Palmeiro
17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
18 B.J. Surhoff
19 Steve Avery
20 Nomar Garciaparra
21 Reggie Jefferson
22 Pedro Martinez
23 Tim Naehring
24 John Valentin
25 Mo Vaughn
26 James Baldwin
27 Albert Belle
28 Ray Durham
29 Benji Gil
30 Jaime Navarro
31 Magglio Ordonez RC
32 Frank Thomas
33 Robin Ventura
34 Sandy Alomar
35 Geronimo Berroa
36 Travis Fryman
37 Dave Justice
38 Kenny Lofton
39 Charles Nagy
40 Manny Ramirez
41 Jim Thome
42 Omar Vizquel
43 Jaret Wright
44 Raul Casanova
45 Frank Catalanotto RC
46 Tony Clark
47 Bob Higginson
48 Brian Hunter
49 Todd Jones
50 Bip Roberts
51 Justin Thompson
52 Kevin Appier
53 Johnny Damon
54 Jermaine Dye
55 Jeff King
56 Jeff Montgomery
57 Dean Palmer
58 Jose Rosado
59 Larry Sutton
60 Rick Aguilera
61 Marty Cordova
62 Pat Meares
63 Paul Molitor
64 Otis Nixon
65 Brad Radke
66 Terry Steinbach
67 Todd Walker
68 Hideki Irabu
69 Derek Jeter
70 Chuck Knoblauch
71 Tino Martinez
72 Paul O'Neill
73 Andy Pettitte
74 Mariano Rivera
75 Bernie Williams
76 Mark Bellhorn
77 Tom Candiotti
78 Jason Giambi
79 Ben Grieve
80 Rickey Henderson
81 Jason McDonald
82 Aaron Small
83 Miguel Tejada
84 Jay Buhner
85 Joey Cora
86 Jeff Fassero
87 Ken Griffey, Jr.
88 Randy Johnson
89 Edgar Martinez
90 Alex Rodriguez
91 David Segui
92 Dan Wilson
93 Wilson Alvarez
94 Wade Boggs
95 Miguel Cairo
96 John Flaherty
97 Dave Martinez
98 Quinton McCracken
99 Fred McGriff
100 Paul Sorrento
101 Kevin Stocker
102 John Burkett
103 Will Clark
104 Juan Gonzalez
105 Rusty Greer
106 Roberto Kelly
107 Ivan Rodriguez
108 Fernando Tatis
109 John Wetteland
110 Jose Canseco
111 Roger Clemens
112 Jose Cruz
113 Carlos Delgado
114 Alex Gonzalez
115 Pat Hentgen
116 Ed Sprague
117 Shannon Stewart
118 Brian Anderson
119 Jay Bell
120 Andy Benes
121 Yamil Benitez
122 Jorge Fabregas
123 Travis Lee
124 Devon White
125 Matt Williams
126 Bob Wolcott
127 Andres Galarraga
128 Tom Glavine
129 Andruw Jones
130 Chipper Jones
131 Ryan Klesko
132 Javy Lopez
133 Greg Maddux
134 Denny Neagle
135 John Smoltz
136 Rod Beck
137 Jeff Blauser
138 Mark Grace
139 Lance Johnson
140 Mickey Morandini
141 Kevin Orie
142 Sammy Sosa
143 Aaron Boone
144 Bret Boone
145 Dave Burba
146 Lenny Harris
147 Barry Larkin
148 Reggie Sanders
149 Brett Tomko
150 Pedro Astacio
151 Dante Bichette
152 Ellis Burks
153 Vinny Castilla
154 Todd Helton
155 Darryl Kile
156 Jeff Reed
157 Larry Walker
158 Bobby Bonilla
159 Todd Dunwoody
160 Livan Hernandez
161 Charles Johnson
162 Mark Kotsay
163 Derrek Lee
164 Edgar Renteria
165 Gary Sheffield
166 Moises Alou
167 Jeff Bagwell
168 Derek Bell
169 Craig Biggio
170 Mike Hampton
171 Richard Hidalgo
172 Chris Holt
173 Shane Reynolds
174 Wilton Guerrero
175 Eric Karros
176 Paul Konerko
177 Ramon Martinez
178 Raul Mondesi
179 Hideo Nomo
180 Chan Ho Park
181 Mike Piazza
182 Ismael Valdes
183 Jeromy Burnitz
184 Jeff Cirillo
185 Todd Dunn
186 Marquis Grissom
187 John Jaha
188 Doug Jones
189 Dave Nilsson
190 Jose Valentin
191 Fernando Vina
192 Orlando Cabrera
193 Steve Falteisek
194 Mark Grudzielanek
195 Vladimir Guerrero
196 Carlos Perez
197 F.P. Santangelo
198 Jose Vidro
199 Rondell White
200 Edgardo Alfonzo
201 Carlos Baerga
202 John Franco
203 Bernard Gilkey
204 Todd Hundley
205 Butch Huskey
206 Bobby Jones
207 Brian McRae
208 John Olerud
209 Rey Ordonez
210 Ricky Bottalico
211 Bobby Estalella
212 Doug Glanville
213 Gregg Jefferies
214 Mike Lieberthal
215 Desi Relaford
216 Scott Rolen
217 Curt Schilling
218 Adrian Brown
219 Emil Brown
220 Francisco Cordova
221 Jose Guillen
222 Al Martin
223 Abraham Nunez
224 Tony Womack
225 Kevin Young
226 Alan Benes
227 Royce Clayton
228 Gary Gaetti
229 Ron Gant
230 Brian Jordan
231 Ray Lankford
232 Mark McGwire
233 Todd Stottlemyre
234 Kevin Brown
235 Ken Caminiti
236 Steve Finley
237 Tony Gwynn
238 Wally Joyner
239 Ruben Rivera
240 Greg Vaughn
241 Quilvio Veras
242 Barry Bonds
243 Jacob Cruz
244 Shawn Estes
245 Orel Hershiser
246 Stan Javier
247 Brian Johnson
248 Jeff Kent
249 Robb Nen
250 J.T. Snow

Parallels

All 250 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Copper (Hobby only)
Gold (retail only)
Red (exclusive to retail packs distributed by ANCO Distributing)
Platinum Blue
Holographic Silver (serial-numbered to 99 copies; Hobby only)

Inaugural

Inaugural is a 50-card partial-parallel distributed to attendees of the SportsFest '98 card show in Philadelphia. To receive one (and only one) Inaugural card, collectors had to purchase and open an entire 36-pack box of 1998 Paramount at Pacific's SportsFest '98 corporate booth. Collector's could then take one (and only one) card from each of the 36 packs they just opened and have them embossed with a special "SportsFest '98" logo.

Each Inaugural card has the same "SportsFest '98" embossed logo, but in gold foil and are serial-numbered to 20.

1 Albert Belle
2 Barry Bonds
3 Barry Larkin
4 Ben Grieve
5 Bernie Williams
6 Bobby Bonilla
7 Brady Anderson
8 Chipper Jones
9 Craig Biggio
10 Curt Schilling
11 Dante Bichette
12 Dave Justice
13 Derek Jeter
14 Edgar Renteria
15 Frank Thomas
16 Gary Sheffield
17 Greg Maddux
18 Hideo Nomo
19 Ivan Rodriguez
20 Javy Lopez
21 Jay Buhner
22 Jeff Bagwell
23 Jim Edmonds
24 Jim Thome
25 Jose Cruz
26 Juan Gonzalez
27 Ken Caminiti
28 Ken Griffey, Jr.
29 Larry Walker
30 Manny Ramirez
31 Mark Grace
32 Mark McGwire
33 Mike Piazza
34 Mo Vaughn
35 Nomar Garciaparra
36 Pat Hentgen
37 Paul Molitor
38 Rafael Palmeiro
39 Raul Mondesi
40 Reggie Sanders
41 Roberto Alomar
42 Roger Clemens
43 Ryan Klesko
44 Sammy Sosa
45 Scott Rolen
46 Tim Salmon
47 Tino Martinez
48 Tom Glavine
49 Tony Gwynn
50 Will Clark

Inserts

Team Checklists

1 Tim Salmon
2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
3 Nomar Garciaparra
4 Frank Thomas
5 Manny Ramirez
6 Tony Clark
7 Dean Palmer
8 Paul Molitor
9 Derek Jeter
10 Ben Grieve
11 Ken Griffey, Jr.
12 Wade Boggs
13 Ivan Rodriguez
14 Roger Clemens
15 Matt Williams
16 Chipper Jones
17 Sammy Sosa
18 Barry Larkin
19 Larry Walker
20 Livan Hernandez
21 Jeff Bagwell
22 Mike Piazza
23 John Jaha
24 Vladimir Guerrero
25 Todd Hundley
26 Scott Rolen
27 Kevin Young
28 Mark McGwire
29 Tony Gwynn
30 Barry Bonds

Special Delivery

1 Chipper Jones
2 Greg Maddux
3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
4 Nomar Garciaparra
5 Pedro Martinez
6 Frank Thomas
7 Dave Justice
8 Larry Walker
9 Jeff Bagwell
10 Hideo Nomo
11 Mike Piazza
12 Vladimir Guerrero
13 Derek Jeter
14 Ben Grieve
15 Mark McGwire
16 Tony Gwynn
17 Barry Bonds
18 Ken Griffey, Jr.
19 Alex Rodriguez
20 Jose Cruz

Fielder's Choice

1 Chipper Jones
2 Greg Maddux
3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
4 Nomar Garciaparra
5 Frank Thomas
6 Dave Justice
7 Larry Walker
8 Jeff Bagwell
9 Hideo Nomo
10 Mike Piazza
11 Derek Jeter
12 Ben Grieve
13 Mark McGwire
14 Tony Gwynn
15 Barry Bonds
16 Ken Griffey, Jr.
17 Alex Rodriguez
18 Wade Boggs
19 Ivan Rodriguez
20 Jose Cruz

Cooperstown Bound

Each Cooperstown Bound card is also available in a Hobby-exclusive Pacific Proof parallel, which is serial-numbered to 20 copies.

1 Greg Maddux
2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
3 Frank Thomas
4 Mike Piazza
5 Paul Molitor
6 Mark McGwire
7 Tony Gwynn
8 Barry Bonds
9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
10 Wade Boggs