Description

2003 SPx is a 199-card set released by Upper Deck in two series. The first 178 cards were issued as part of the regular SPx product, which was released in August, 2003. The first 125 cards make up the short set; however, 25 of those cards were short-printed and inserted at the rate of 1:4/packs. The next 35 cards make up a Rookie subset, with each serial-numbered to 999 copies. The remaining 18 cards (#161-#179) are all autographed rookies featuring a swatch of game-used memorabilia. Card #161 of Hideki Matsui is serial-numbered to 864 copies. Card #162 of Jose Contreras is serial-numbered to 800, but does NOT have a jersey swatch. The other 16 autographed rookies are serial-numbered to 1224.

The final 21 cards were randomly inserted inside Hobby boxes of 2003 Upper Deck Finite, which was issued in December, 2003. 15 additional Rookies and Prospects (cards #179-#193) were serial-numbered to 150 copies while six Autographed Rookies (cards #381-#387) were numbered to 355. It is unclear why the Update Series cards are skip-numbered.

Distribution

18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $7). 14 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	199	-	?
short set	100	-	?
SPs	25	-	1:4
Rookies	35	999	?
Hideki Matusi Autographed Game-Used Rookie	1	864	?
Jose Contreras Autographed Rookie	1	800	?
Autographed Game-Used Rookies	16	1224	?
Update Series Rookies	15	150	?
Update Series Autographed Rookies	6	355	?
Spectrum short set	125	varies	?
Spectrum Rookies	35	125	?
Spectrum Autographed Game-Used Rookies	18	25	?
Winning Materials Tier 1	80	375	?
Winning Materials Tier 2	80	250	?
Winning Materials Tier 3	80	175	?
Winning Materials Tier 4	84	50	?
Game Used Combos	42	varies	?
Young Stars Autograph Jersey	23	varies	?
Young Stars Autograph Jersey Spectrum	23	25	?
Stars Autograph Jersey	11	varies	?
Stars Autograph Jersey Spectrum	11	one-of-one	?

Checklist

Base Set

SPx Series

1 Darin Erstad
2 Garret Anderson
3 Tim Salmon
4 Troy Glaus
5 Luis Gonzalez
6 Randy Johnson
7 Curt Schilling
8 Lyle Overbay
9 Andruw Jones
10 Gary Sheffield
11 Rafael Furcal
12 Greg Maddux
13 Chipper Jones
14 Tony Batista
15 Rodrigo Lopez
16 Jay Gibbons
17 Byung-Hyun Kim
18 Johnny Damon
19 Derek Lowe
20 Nomar Garciaparra
21 Pedro Martinez
22 Manny Ramirez
23 Mark Prior
24 Kerry Wood
25 Corey Patterson
26 Sammy Sosa
27 Moises Alou
28 Magglio Ordonez
29 Frank Thomas
30 Paul Konerko
31 Bartolo Colon
32 Adam Dunn
33 Austin Kearns
34 Aaron Boone
35 Ken Griffey, Jr.
36 Omar Vizquel
37 C.C. Sabathia
38 Jason Davis
39 Travis Hafner
40 Brandon Phillips
41 Larry Walker
42 Preston Wilson
43 Jay Payton
44 Todd Helton
45 Carlos Pena
46 Eric Munson
47 Ivan Rodriguez
48 Josh Beckett
49 Alex Gonzalez
50 Roy Oswalt
51 Craig Biggio
52 Jeff Bagwell
53 Dontrelle Willis
54 Mike Sweeney
55 Carlos Beltran
56 Brent Mayne
57 Hideo Nomo
58 Rickey Henderson
59 Adrian Beltre
60 Miguel Cabrera
61 Kazuhisa Ishii
62 Ben Sheets
63 Richie Sexson
64 Torii Hunter
65 Jacque Jones
66 Joe Mays
67 Corey Koskie
68 A.J. Pierzynski
69 Jose Vidro
70 Vladimir Guerrero
71 Tom Glavine
72 Jose Reyes
73 Aaron Heilman
74 Mike Piazza
75 Jorge Posada
76 Mike Mussina
77 Robin Ventura
78 Mariano Rivera
79 Roger Clemens
80 Jason Giambi
81 Bernie Williams
82 Alfonso Soriano
83 Derek Jeter
84 Miguel Tejada
85 Eric Chavez
86 Tim Hudson
87 Barry Zito
88 Mark Mulder
89 Erubiel Durazo
90 Pat Burrell
91 Jim Thome
92 Bob Abreu
93 Brian Giles
94 Reggie Sanders
95 Kenny Lofton
96 Ryan Klesko
97 Sean Burroughs
98 Edgardo Alfonzo
99 Rich Aurilia
100 Jose Cruz
101 Barry Bonds
102 Mike Cameron
103 Kazuhiro Sasaki
104 Bret Boone
105 Ichiro
106 J.D. Drew
107 Jim Edmonds
108 Scott Rolen
109 Matt Morris
110 Tino Martinez
111 Albert Pujols
112 Damian Rolls
113 Carl Crawford
114 Rocco Baldelli
115 Hank Blalock
116 Alex Rodriguez
117 Kevin Mench
118 Rafael Palmeiro
119 Mark Teixeira
120 Shannon Stewart
121 Vernon Wells
122 Josh Phelps
123 Eric Hinske
124 Orlando Hudson
125 Carlos Delgado

Rookies

Each Rookie is serial-numbered to 999 copies.

126 Jason Roach RC
127 Dan Haren RC
128 Luis Ayala RC
129 Bo Hart RC
130 Wilfredo Ledezma RC
131 Rick Roberts RC*
132 Miguel Ojeda RC
133 Aquilino Lopez RC
134 Roger Deago RC
135 Arnie Munoz RC
136 Brent Hoard RC*
137 Terrmel Sledge RC
138 Ryan Cameron RC*
139 Prentice Redman RC
140 Clint Barmes RC
141 Jeremy Griffiths RC
142 Jon Leicester RC
143 Brandon Webb RC
144 Todd Wellemeyer RC
145 Felix Sanchez RC
146 Anthony Ferrari RC
147 Ian Ferguson RC*
148 Micheal Nakamura RC
149 Lew Ford RC
150 Nate Bland RC
151 David Matranga RC
152 Edgar Gonzalez RC
153 Carlos Mendez RC
154 Jason Gilfillan RC
155 Mike Neu RC
156 Jason Shiell RC
157 Jeff Duncan RC
158 Oscar Villarreal RC
159 Diegomar Markwell RC*
160 Joe Valentine RC

Autographed Game-Used Rookies

Each Autographed Game-Used Rookie is serial-numbered to 1224 copies EXCEPT ...

Card #161 is serial-numbered to 864 copies.
Card #162 is serial-numbered to 800 copies and does NOT contain a game-used swatch.

161 Hideki Matsui RC
162 Jose Contreras RC
163 Willie Eyre RC
164 Matt Bruback RC*
165 Rett Johnson RC*
166 Jeremy Griffiths
167 Francisco Cruceta RC
168 Fern Cabrera
169 Jhonny Peralta
170 Shane Bazzell RC*
172 Phil Seibel RC
173 Josh Willingham RC
174 Robby Hammock RC
175 Anderson Machado
176 David Sanders RC
177 Matt Kata RC
178 Heath Bell RC
171 Bob Madritsch

Update Series

Each Update Series card is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

179 Chad Gaudin RC
180 Chris Capuano RC
181 Danny Garcia RC
182 Delmon Young RC
183 Edwin Jackson RC
184 Greg Jones RC
185 Jeremy Bonderman RC
186 Jorge DePaula
187 Khalil Greene
188 Chad Cordero RC
189 Miguel Cabrera
190 Rich Harden
191 Rickie Weeks RC
192 Rosman Garcia RC
193 Tom Gregorio RC

Autographed Rookies

Each Update Series Autographed Rookie is serial-numbered to 355 copies. It is unclear why the set is skip-numbered.

381 Andrew Brown RC
382 Delmon Young
383 Colin Porter RC
385 Rickie Weeks
386 David Matranga
387 Bo Hart

Parallels

Spectrum parallels exist of cards 1-125. They are numbered with a SP- prefix.

Autographs & Game-Used

Game Used Combos

C-BK Jeff Kent

C-BK Jeff Bagwell

C-BM Barry Bonds

C-BT Barry Bonds

C-BT Ted Williams

C-CA Alex Rodriguez

C-CA Cal Ripken Jr.

C-CC Jose Contreras

C-CC Roger Clemens

C-CL Lou Gehrig

C-CL Cal Ripken Jr.

C-CM Jose Contreras

C-CM Pedro Martinez

C-EG Troy Glaus

C-EG Darin Erstad

C-FC Carlton Fisk

C-FC Gary Carter

C-GC Greg Maddux

C-GC Chipper Jones

C-GD Adam Dunn

C-GD Ken Griffey Jr.

C-GR Ken Griffey Jr.

C-GR Sammy Sosa

C-GS Alfonso Soriano

C-GS Jason Giambi

C-HJ Jason Giambi

C-HJ Hideki Matsui

C-HM Hideki Matsui

C-HM Mickey Mantle

C-IA Ichiro

C-IA Albert Pujols

C-JJ Andruw Jones

C-JJ Chipper Jones

C-MB Barry Bonds

C-MC Hideki Matsui

C-MC Jose Contreras

C-MD Derek Jeter

C-MD Mickey Mantle

C-MG Nomar Garciaparra

C-MG Pedro Martinez

C-MJ Derek Jeter

C-MJ Hideki Matsui

C-MR Mickey Mantle

C-MS Ichiro

C-MW Mickey Mantle

C-MW Ted Williams

C-NI Kazuhisa Ishii

C-NI Hideo Nomo

C-PM Fred McGriff_1

C-PM Rafael Palmeiro

C-PS Rafael Palmeiro

C-PS Sammy Sosa

C-RC Roger Clemens

C-RC Nolan Ryan

C-RG Nomar Garciaparra

C-RG Alex Rodriguez

C-RM Babe Ruth

C-RM Hideki Matsui

C-RR Cal Ripken Jr.

C-RR Scott Rolen

C-RS Tom Seaver

C-RS Nolan Ryan

C-RT Miguel Tejada

C-RT Alex Rodriguez

C-RY Nolan Ryan

C-RY Pedro Martinez

C-SB Sammy Sosa

C-SJ Randy Johnson

C-SJ Curt Schilling

C-SN Hideo Nomo

C-SN Ichiro

C-SP Sammy Sosa

C-SP Rafael Palmeiro

C-TB Thurman Munson

C-TB Yogi Berra

C-WG Ted Williams

C-WG Nomar Garciaparra

C-WM Pedro Martinez

C-WM Ted Williams

Stars Autograph Jersey

S-CJ Chipper Jones

S-CS Curt Schilling

S-JG Jason Giambi

S-KG Ken Griffey Jr.

S-LB Lance Berkman

S-LG Luis Gonzalez

S-MP Mark Prior

S-NM Nomar Garciaparra

S-PB Pat Burrell

S-SS Sammy Sosa

S-TG Troy Glaus

S-VG Vladimir Guerrero

Winning Materials Tier 1

WM-AJ1 Andruw Jones

WM-AP1 Albert Pujols

WM-AR1 Alex Rodriguez

WM-AS1 Alfonso Soriano

WM-BW1 Bernie Williams

WM-BZ1 Barry Zito

WM-CD1 Carlos Delgado

WM-CJ1 Chipper Jones

WM-CS1 Curt Schilling

WM-FT1 Frank Thomas

WM-GM1 Greg Maddux

WM-GS1 Gary Sheffield

WM-HM1 Hideki Matsui

WM-HN1 Hideo Nomo

WM-IR1 Ivan Rodriguez

WM-IS1 Ichiro

WM-JB1 Jeff Bagwell

WM-JG1 Jason Giambi

WM-JK1 Jeff Kent

WM-JT1 Jim Thome

WM-KG1 Ken Griffey Jr.

WM-LB1 Lance Berkman

WM-LG1 Luis Gonzalez

WM-MA1 Mark Prior

WM-MP1 Mike Piazza

WM-MR1 Manny Ramirez

WM-MT1 Miguel Tejada

WM-PB1 Pat Burrell

WM-PM1 Pedro Martinez

WM-RA1 Roberto Alomar

WM-RC1 Roger Clemens

WM-RF1 Rafael Furcal

WM-RJ1 Randy Johnson

WM-SG1 Shawn Green

WM-SS1 Sammy Sosa

WM-TG1 Tom Glavine

WM-TH1 Torii Hunter

WM-TO1 Todd Helton

WM-TR1 Troy Glaus

WM-VG1 Vladimir Guerrero

Winning Materials Tier 2

WM-AJ2 Andruw Jones

WM-AP2 Albert Pujols

WM-AR2 Alex Rodriguez

WM-AS2 Alfonso Soriano

WM-BW2 Bernie Williams

WM-BZ2 Barry Zito

WM-CD2 Carlos Delgado

WM-CJ2 Chipper Jones

WM-CS2 Curt Schilling

WM-FT2 Frank Thomas

WM-GM2 Greg Maddux

WM-GS2 Gary Sheffield

WM-HM2 Hideki Matsui

WM-HN2 Hideo Nomo

WM-IR2 Ivan Rodriguez

WM-IS2 Ichiro

WM-JB2 Jeff Bagwell

WM-JG2 Jason Giambi

WM-JK2 Jeff Kent

WM-JT2 Jim Thome

WM-KG2 Ken Griffey Jr.

WM-LB2 Lance Berkman

WM-LG2 Luis Gonzalez

WM-MA2 Mike Piazza

WM-MM2 Mickey Mantle

WM-MP2 Mark Prior

WM-MR2 Manny Ramirez

WM-MT2 Miguel Tejada

WM-PB2 Pat Burrell

WM-PM2 Pedro Martinez

WM-RA2 Roberto Alomar

WM-RC2 Roger Clemens

WM-RF2 Rafael Furcal

WM-RJ2 Randy Johnson

WM-SG2 Shawn Green

WM-SS2 Sammy Sosa

WM-TG2 Troy Glaus

WM-TH2 Torii Hunter

WM-TO2 Todd Helton

WM-TR2 Tom Glavine

WM-TW2 Ted Williams

WM-VG2 Vladimir Guerrero

Young Stars Autograph Jersey

YS-AD Adam Dunn

YS-AK Austin Kearns

YS-BM Brett Myers

YS-BP Brandon Phillips

YS-CG Chris George

YS-EH Eric Hinske

YS-HB Hank Blalock

YS-JA Jason Jennings

YS-JJ Jacque Jones

YS-JP Josh Phelps

YS-KA Kurt Ainsworth

YS-KS Kirk Saarloos

YS-MC Michael Cuddyer

YS-MK Mike Kinkade

YS-MT Mark Teixeira

YS-NJ Nick Johnson

YS-RB Rocco Baldelli

YS-RO Roy Oswalt

YS-SB Sean Burroughs

YS-JBa Josh Bard