2003 Upper Deck Play Ball
Description
2003 Upper Deck Play Ball is a 104-card set released in February, 2003. The base set was designed to evoke the 1941 Play Ball set.
The set consists of two, 15-card, short-printed subsets: Summer of '41 (cards #74-88) and Ted Williams Tribute (#89-103). Card #104 was added late in the production run, but was not SPed.
Distribution
Boxes contain 24 packs, 5 cards per pack
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 104 | - | ? |
| short set | 74 | - | ? |
| Ted Williams Tribute | 15 | - | 1:24 |
| Summer of '41 | 15 | - | 1:24 |
| Red Backs short set | 74 | - | one-per-pack |
| Red Backs SPs | 30 | - | 1:96 |
| 1941 Series | 104 | - | 1:2 |
| Original Artwork Redemptions | 90 | one-of-one | ? |
| 1941 Play Ball Reprints | 25 | - | 1:2 |
| Yankee Clipper 1941 Hitting Streak, Games 1-41 | 41 | - | 1:12 |
| Yankee Clipper 1941 Hitting Streak, Games 42-56 cards | 15 | - | 1:24 |
| Play Ball Jerseys Tier 1 | 21 | - | 1:82 |
| Play Ball Jerseys Tier 1 Gold | 21 | 25 | ? |
| Play Ball Jerseys Tier 2 | 21 | 150 | ? |
| Play Ball Jerseys Tier 2 Signatures | 12 | 50 | ? |
| Play Ball Jerseys Tier 2 Arod | 1 | 285 | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Troy Glaus
- 2 Darin Erstad
- 3 Randy Johnson
- 4 Luis Gonzalez
- 5 Curt Schilling
- 6 Tom Glavine
- 7 Chipper Jones
- 8 Greg Maddux
- 9 Andruw Jones
- 10 Pedro Martinez
- 11 Manny Ramirez
- 12 Nomar Garciaparra
- 13 Billy Williams
- 14 Sammy Sosa
- 15 Kerry Wood
- 16 Mark Prior
- 17 Ernie Banks
- 18 Frank Thomas
- 19 Joe Morgan
- 20 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 21 Adam Dunn
- 22 Jim Thome
- 23 Todd Helton
- 24 Larry Walker
- 25 Lance Berkman
- 26 Roy Oswalt
- 27 Jeff Bagwell
- 28 Nolan Ryan
- 29 Mike Sweeney
- 30 Shawn Green
- 31 Hideo Nomo
- 32 Kazuhisa Ishii
- 33 Richie Sexson
- 34 Robin Yount
- 35 Harmon Killebrew
- 36 Torii Hunter
- 37 Vladimir Guerrero
- 38 Roberto Alomar
- 39 Mike Piazza
- 40 Tom Seaver
- 41 Phil Rizzuto
- 42 Yogi Berra
- 43 Mike Mussina
- 44 Roger Clemens
- 45 Derek Jeter
- 46 Jason Giambi
- 47 Bernie Williams
- 48 Alfonso Soriano
- 49 Catfish Hunter
- 50 Barry Zito
- 51 Eric Chavez
- 52 Tim Hudson
- 53 Rollie Fingers
- 54 Miguel Tejada
- 55 Pat Burrell
- 56 Brian Giles
- 57 Willie Stargell
- 58 Phil Nevin
- 59 Orlando Cepeda
- 60 Barry Bonds
- 61 Jeff Kent
- 62 Willie McCovey
- 63 Ichiro
- 64 Stan Musial
- 65 Albert Pujols
- 66 J.D. Drew
- 67 Scott Rolen
- 68 Mark McGwire
- 69 Alex Rodriguez
- 70 Juan Gonzalez
- 71 Ivan Rodriguez
- 72 Rafael Palmeiro
- 73 Carlos Delgado
- 74 Ted Williams S41
- 75 Hank Greenberg S41
- 76 Joe DiMaggio S41
- 77 Lefty Gomez S41
- 78 Tommy Henrich S41
- 79 Pee Wee Reese S41
- 80 Mel Ott S41
- 81 Carl Hubbell S41
- 82 Jimmie Foxx S41
- 83 Joe Cronin S41
- 84 Charlie Gehringer S41
- 85 Frank Hayes S41
- 86 Babe Dahlgren S41
- 87 Dolph Camilli S41
- 88 Johnny VanderMeer S41
- 89 Ted Williams TRIB
- 90 Ted Williams TRIB
- 91 Ted Williams TRIB
- 92 Ted Williams TRIB
- 93 Ted Williams TRIB
- 94 Ted Williams TRIB
- 95 Ted Williams TRIB
- 96 Ted Williams TRIB
- 97 Ted Williams TRIB
- 98 Ted Williams TRIB
- 99 Ted Williams TRIB
- 100 Ted Williams TRIB
- 101 Ted Williams TRIB
- 102 Ted Williams TRIB
- 103 Ted Williams TRIB
- 104 Hideki Matsui RC