Description

2002 Upper Deck World Series Heroes is a 180-card set released in September, 2002. The set is subdivided into three subsets: 1) Cards #1-#90 are of players who had (as of 2002) played in a World Series; 2) Cards #91-#135 are the Fall Classic Phenoms (class of 2002 rookies); and #) Cards #136-#180, Future World Series Heroes, active players who (as of 2002) had yet to appear in a World Series. Both the Fall Classic Phenoms and Future World Series Heroes subsets are short-printed.

Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield one Classic Match-Ups Memorabilia card and one oversized World Series Patch box topper.

Distribution

24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $3). 20 boxes per case

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	180	-	?
short set	90	-	5:1
Fall Classic Phenoms	45	-	1:10
Future World Series Heroes	45	-	1:10
Classic Match-Ups Memorabilia	61	-	1:24
Patch Collection	98	298	one-per-box
Patch Collection Signatures	16	-	1:24/boxes

Checklist

Base Set

1 Catfish Hunter
2 Jimmy Foxx
3 Mark McGwire
4 Rollie Fingers
5 Rickey Henderson
6 Joe Carter
7 John Olerud
8 Roberto Alomar
9 Pat Hentgen
10 Devon White
11 Eddie Mathews
12 Greg Maddux
13 Chipper Jones
14 Tom Glavine
15 Andruw Jones
16 Dave Justice
17 Fred McGriff
18 Ryan Klesko
19 John Smoltz
20 Javy Lopez
21 Marquis Grissom
22 Robin Yount
23 Ozzie Smith
24 Frankie Frisch
25 Stan Musial
26 Randy Johnson
27 Luis Gonzalez
28 Matt Williams
29 Steve Finley
30 Sandy Koufax
31 Duke Snider
32 Kirk Gibson
33 Steve Garvey
34 Jackie Robinson
35 Don Drysdale
36 Juan Marichal
37 Mel Ott
38 Orlando Cepeda
39 Jim Thome
40 Manny Ramirez
41 Omar Vizquel
42 Lou Boudreau
43 Gary Sheffield
44 Moises Alou
45 Livan Hernandez
46 Edgar Renteria
47 Al Leiter
48 Tom Seaver
49 Gary Carter
50 Mike Piazza
51 Nolan Ryan
52 Robin Ventura
53 Mike Hampton
54 Jesse Orosco
55 Cal Ripken, Jr.
56 Brooks Robinson
57 Tony Gwynn
58 Kevin Brown
59 Curt Schilling
60 Cy Young
61 Honus Wagner
62 Willie Stargell
63 Wade Boggs
64 Carlton Fisk
65 Ken Griffey, Sr.
66 Joe Morgan
67 Johnny Bench
68 Barry Larkin
69 Jose Rijo
70 Ty Cobb
71 Kirby Puckett
72 Chuck Knoblauch
73 Harmon Killebrew
74 Mickey Mantle
75 Joe DiMaggio
76 Don Larsen
77 Thurman Munson
78 Roger Maris
79 Phil Rizzuto
80 Babe Ruth
81 Lou Gehrig
82 Billy Martin
83 Derek Jeter
84 Roger Clemens
85 Tino Martinez
86 Bernie Williams
87 Mariano Rivera
88 Andy Pettitte
89 David Wells
90 Jorge Posada
91 Rodrigo Rosario RC
92 Brandon Puffer RC
93 Franklyn German RC
94 Reed Johnson RC
95 Chris Baker RC*
96 John Ennis RC
97 Luis Martinez RC
99 So Taguchi RC
100 Michael Crudale RC
101 Francis Beltran RC
102 Steve Kent RC
103 Jorge Sosa RC
104 Felix Escalona RC
105 Jose Valverde RC
106 Doug Devore RC
107 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
108 Victor Alvarez RC
109 Eric Good RC*
110 Jorge Nunez RC*
111 Ron Calloway RC
112 Nelson Castro RC*
113 Matt Thornton RC
114 Luis Ugueto RC
115 Hansel Izquierdo RC
116 Jaime Cerda RC
117 Mark Corey RC
118 Tyler Yates RC
119 Satoru Komiyama RC
120 Steve Bechler RC
121 Ben Howard RC
122 Anderson Machado RC
123 Jorge Padilla RC
124 Eric Junge RC
125 Adrian Burnside RC*
126 Mike Gonzalez RC
127 Anastacio Martinez RC
128 Josh Hancock RC
129 Rene Reyes RC
130 Aaron Cook RC
131 Cam Esslinger RC*
132 Juan Brito RC
133 Miguel Asencio RC
134 Kevin Frederick RC
135 Edwin Almonte RC
136 Troy Glaus
137 Darin Erstad
138 Jeff Bagwell
139 Lance Berkman
140 Tim Hudson
141 Eric Chavez
142 Barry Zito
143 Carlos Delgado
144 Richie Sexson
145 Albert Pujols
146 Sammy Sosa
147 Kerry Wood
148 Greg Vaughn
149 Shawn Green
150 Vladimir Guerrero
151 Barry Bonds
152 C.C. Sabathia
153 Ichiro Suzuki
154 Freddy Garcia
155 Edgar Martinez
156 Josh Beckett
157 Cliff Floyd
158 Mo Vaughn
159 Jeromy Burnitz
160 Sean Burroughs
161 Phil Nevin
162 Scott Rolen
163 Brian Giles
164 Alex Rodriguez
165 Ivan Rodriguez
166 Juan Gonzalez
167 Rafael Palmeiro
168 Nomar Garciaparra
169 Pedro Martinez
170 Ken Griffey, Jr.
171 Adam Dunn
172 Todd Helton
173 Mike Sweeney
174 Carlos Beltran
175 Dmitri Young
176 Doug Mientkiewicz
177 Torii Hunter
178 Frank Thomas
179 Magglio Ordonez
180 Jason Giambi
98 Takaki Nomura RC

Manufactured Patches

Patch Collection

Inserted into each sealed Hobby box was 5" X 7" manufactured patch card commemorating each World Series played to that point. Only 298 copies of each patch card were produced; however, the cards are not serial-numbered. A limited number of autographed patches (see below) were also randomly inserted.

WS16 1916 World Series
WS19 1919 World Series
WS20 1920 World Series
WS22 1922 World Series
WS23 1923 World Series
WS24 1924 World Series
WS25 1925 World Series
WS27 1927 World Series
WS28 1928 World Series
WS31 1931 World Series
WS32 1932 World Series
WS34 1934 World Series
WS36 1936 World Series
WS37 1937 World Series
WS38 1938 World Series
WS39 1939 World Series
WS40 1940 World Series
WS41 1941 World Series
WS42 1942 World Series
WS43 1943 World Series
WS44 1944 World Series
WS35 1935 World Series
WS33 1933 World Series
WS30 1930 World Series
WS29 1929 World Series
WS26 1926 World Series
WS21 1921 World Series
WS18 1918 World Series
WS17 1917 World Series
WS15 1915 World Series
WS14 1914 World Series
WS13 1913 World Series
WS12 1912 World Series
WS11 1911 World Series
WS10 1910 World Series
WS9 1909 World Series
WS8 1908 World Series
WS7 1907 World Series
WS6 1906 World Series
WS5 1905 World Series
WS3 1903 World Series
WS45 1945 World Series
WS46 1946 World Series
WS47 1947 World Series
WS48 1948 World Series
WS49 1949 World Series
WS50 1950 World Series
WS51 1951 World Series
WS52 1952 World Series
WS53 1953 World Series
WS54 1954 World Series
WS55 1955 World Series
WS56 1956 World Series
WS57 1957 World Series
WS58 1958 World Series
WS59 1959 World Series
WS60 1960 World Series
WS61 1961 World Series
WS62 1962 World Series
WS63 1963 World Series
WS64 1964 World Series
WS65 1965 World Series
WS66 1966 World Series
WS67 1967 World Series
WS68 1968 World Series
WS69 1969 World Series
WS70 1970 World Series
WS71 1971 World Series
WS72 1972 World Series
WS73 1973 World Series
WS74 1974 World Series
WS75 1975 World Series
WS76 1976 World Series
WS77 1977 World Series
WS78 1978 World Series
WS79 1979 World Series
WS80 1980 World Series
WS81 1981 World Series
WS82 1982 World Series
WS83 1983 World Series
WS84 1984 World Series
WS85 1985 World Series
WS86 1986 World Series
WS87 1987 World Series
WS88 1988 World Series
WS89 1989 World Series
WS90 1990 World Series
WS91 1991 World Series
WS92 1992 World Series
WS93 1993 World Series
WS95 1995 World Series
WS96 1996 World Series
WS97 1997 World Series
WS98 1998 World Series
WS99 1999 World Series
WS00 2000 World Series
WS01 2001 World Series

Autographs & Game-Used

Classic Match-Ups Memorabilia

MU99c Chipper Jones / Mariano Rivera JSY
MU99b Paul O'Neill / John Smoltz PANTS
MU99a Greg Maddux / Derek Jeter JSY
MU99 Jorge Posada / Greg Maddux JSY
MU98a Trevor Hoffman / Bernie Williams JSY SP
MU98 Tony Gwynn / Bernie Williams PANTS
MU97 Jim Thome / Kevin Brown JSY
MU96b Kenny Rogers / Andruw Jones JSY
MU96a Tim Raines / Tom Glavine PANTS
MU96 Andruw Jones / Andy Pettitte JSY
MU95a Kenny Lofton / John Smoltz JSY
MU95 Dennis Martinez / David Justice JSY
MU93 Joe Carter / Curt Schilling JSY
MU91 Tom Glavine / Kirby Puckett JSY
MU90 Barry Larkin / Mark McGwire JSY SP
MU88 Mark McGwire / Kirk Gibson JSY SP
MU87 Ozzie Smith / Kirby Puckett JSY
MU86 Jesse Orosco / Roger Clemens JSY
MU84 Jack Morris / Tony Gwynn JSY
MU83 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Joe Morgan PANTS
MU82 Robin Yount / Ozzie Smith JSY
MU81 Steve Garvey / Dave Winfield JSY
MU78a Bill Russell / Thurman Munson JSY
MU78 Thurman Munson / Steve Garvey PANTS
MU76a Thurman Munson / Johnny Bench PANTS
MU76 Ken Griffey, Sr. / Thurman Munson JSY
MU74a Davey Lopes / Catfish Hunter JSY
MU74 Catfish Hunter / Steve Garvey JSY
MU73 Tom Seaver / Jim Hunter PANTS
MU72a Rollie Fingers / Johnny Bench JSY
MU72 Joe Morgan / Catfish Hunter JSY
MU69 Nolan Ryan / Brooks Robinson JSY
MU66 Don Drysdale / Brooks Robinson JSY SP
MU63 Sandy Koufax / Mickey Mantle JSY
MU62 Roger Maris / Juan Marichal PANTS
MU58 Yogi Berra / Eddie Mathews JSY
MU57 Eddie Mathews / Yogi Berra JSY
MU56a Don Larsen / Jackie Robinson PANTS
MU56 Don Larsen / Duke Snider PANTS
MU55 Mickey Mantle / Jackie Robinson PANTS
MU53 Jackie Robinson / Billy Martin PANTS
MU49 Duke Snider / Joe DiMaggio JSY
MU30 Jimmie Foxx / Frank Frisch PANTS
MU3 Honus Wagner / Cy Young PANTS
MU1h Luis Gonzalez / Mariano Rivera JSY SP
MU1g Paul O'Neill / Byung-Hyun Kim PANTS
MU1f Roger Clemens / Luis Gonzalez JSY
MU1e Curt Schilling / Tino Martinez JSY
MU1d Randy Johnson / Matt Williams JSY
MU1c David Justice / Curt Schilling JSY
MU1b Bernie Williams / Randy Johnson PANTS
MU1a Paul O'Neill / Curt Schilling PANTS
MU1 Mariano Rivera / Luis Gonzalez JSY
MUe John Franco / Derek Jeter JSY
MUd Edgardo Alfonzo / Mariano Rivera JSY
MUc Robin Ventura / Roger Clemens JSY
MUb Al Leiter / Derek Jeter JSY
MU Mike Piazza / Roger Clemens PANTS
MUa Andy Pettitte / Mike Piazza PANTS
MU9 Ty Cobb / Honus Wagner PANTS SP
MU36 Joe DiMaggio / Mel Ott PANTS SP

Patch Collection Signatures

WS55 Duke Snider
WS56 Don Larsen
WS65 Sandy Koufax
WS69 Nolan Ryan
WS70 Brooks Robinson
WS73 Tom Seaver
WS74 Rollie Fingers
WS75 Carlton Fisk
WS76 Joe Morgan
WS81 Steve Garvey
WS82 Ozzie Smith
WS83 Cal Ripken, Jr.
WS89 Mark McGwire
WS91 Kirby Puckett
WS93 Joe Carter
WS99 Roger Clemens