2000 SP Authentic hobby box

Description

2000 SP Authentic is a 194-card set released in two series. The first 135 cards were issued in July as part of the SP Authentic product and included a 15-card Superstars and a 30-card Future Watch subset, each being serial-numbered to 2500 copies. The final 59 cards were released in December as part of the 2000 Upper Deck Rookie Update product. The Rookie Update series contained another 29 Future Watch cards, each serial-numbered to 1700 copies.

Distribution

SP Series: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). Hobby only.

Rookie Update Series: 15 packs per box, four cards per pack (at least one is from SP Authentic). Hobby Only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	194	-	?
short set (SP series)	90	-	?
Superstars (SP Series)	15	2500	?
Future Watch (SP Series)	30	2500	?
Future Watch (Update Series)	29	1700	?
short set (Update Series)	30	-	?
Limited (SP Series)	135	100	?
Limited Gold (SP Series)	135	one-of-one	?
United Nations (SP Series)	10	-	1:4
Midsummer Classics (SP Series)	10	-	1:12
Premiere Performers (SP Series)	10	-	1:12
Cornerstones (SP Series)	7	-	1:23
Supremacy (SP Series)	7	-	1:23
DiMaggio Memorabilia (SP Series)	3	varies	?
Chirography (SP Series)	42	-	1:23
Chirography Gold (SP Series)	42	varies	?
Buyback Autographs (SP Series)	179	varies	1:95
A Piece of History 300 Hit Club Tris Speaker/Paul Waner (SP Series)	2	350	?
A Piece of History 300 Hit Club Tris Speaker/Paul Waner Cut Signature (SP Series)	2	5	?

Checklist

Base Set

SP Authentic Series

1 Mo Vaughn
2 Troy Glaus
3 Jason Giambi
4 Tim Hudson
5 Eric Chavez
6 Shannon Stewart
7 Raul Mondesi
8 Carlos Delgado
9 Jose Canseco
10 Vinny Castilla
11 Greg Vaughn
12 Manny Ramirez
13 Roberto Alomar
14 Jim Thome
15 Richie Sexson
16 Alex Rodriguez
17 Freddy Garcia
18 John Olerud
19 Albert Belle
20 Cal Ripken, Jr.
21 Mike Mussina
22 Ivan Rodriguez
23 Gabe Kapler
24 Rafael Palmeiro
25 Nomar Garciaparra
26 Pedro Martinez
27 Carl Everett
28 Carlos Beltran
29 Jermaine Dye
30 Juan Gonzalez
31 Dean Palmer
32 Corey Koskie
33 Jacque Jones
34 Frank Thomas
35 Paul Konerko
36 Magglio Ordonez
37 Bernie Williams
38 Derek Jeter
39 Roger Clemens
40 Mariano Rivera
41 Jeff Bagwell
42 Craig Biggio
43 Jose Lima
44 Moises Alou
45 Chipper Jones
46 Greg Maddux
47 Andruw Jones
48 Andres Galarraga
49 Jeromy Burnitz
50 Geoff Jenkins
51 Mark McGwire
52 Fernando Tatis
53 J.D. Drew
54 Sammy Sosa
55 Kerry Wood
56 Mark Grace
57 Matt Williams
58 Randy Johnson
59 Erubiel Durazo
60 Gary Sheffield
61 Kevin Brown
62 Shawn Green
63 Vladimir Guerrero
64 Michael Barrett
65 Barry Bonds
66 Jeff Kent
67 Russ Ortiz
68 Preston Wilson
69 Mike Lowell
70 Mike Piazza
71 Mike Hampton
72 Robin Ventura
73 Edgardo Alfonzo
74 Tony Gwynn
75 Ryan Klesko
76 Trevor Hoffman
77 Scott Rolen
78 Bob Abreu
79 Mike Lieberthal
80 Curt Schilling
81 Jason Kendall
82 Brian Giles
83 Kris Benson
84 Ken Griffey, Jr.
85 Sean Casey
86 Pokey Reese
87 Barry Larkin
88 Larry Walker
89 Todd Helton
90 Jeff Cirillo

Superstars

Each Superstar is serial-numbered to 2500 copies.

91 Ken Griffey, Jr.
92 Mark McGwire
93 Chipper Jones
94 Derek Jeter
95 Shawn Green
96 Pedro Martinez
97 Mike Piazza
98 Alex Rodriguez
99 Jeff Bagwell
100 Cal Ripken, Jr.
101 Sammy Sosa
102 Barry Bonds
103 Jose Canseco
104 Nomar Garciaparra
105 Ivan Rodriguez

Future Watch

Each Future Watch is serial-numbered to 2500 copies.

106 Rick Ankiel FW
107 Pat Burrell FW
108 Vernon Wells FW
109 Nick Johnson FW
110 Kip Wells FW
111 Matt Riley FW
112 Alfonso Soriano FW
113 Josh Beckett FW
114 Danys Baez FW RC
115 Travis Dawkins FW
116 Eric Gagne FW
117 Mike Lamb FW RC
118 Eric Munson FW
119 Wilfredo Rodriguez FW RC
120 Kazuhiro Sasaki FW RC
121 Chad Hutchinson FW
122 Peter Bergeron FW
123 Wascar Serrano FW RC
124 Tony Armas, Jr. FW
125 Ramon Ortiz FW
126 Adam Kennedy FW
127 Joe Crede FW
128 Roosevelt Brown FW
129 Mark Mulder FW
130 Brad Penny FW
131 Terrence Long FW
132 Ruben Mateo FW
133 Wily Mo Pena FW
134 Rafael Furcal FW
135 Mario Encarnacion FW

Rookie Update Series

Future Watch

Each Future Watch is serial-numbered to 1700 copies.

NOTES

Card #165 does not exist.
Upper Deck had acquired the USA Baseball license, and included select members of the Gold Medal winning 2000 USA Olympic baseball team.

136 Barry Zito FW RC
137 Aaron McNeal FW RC*
138 Timo Perez FW RC
139 Sun Woo Kim FW RC
140 Xavier Nady FW USA RC
141 Matt Wheatland FW USA RC*
142 Brent Abernathy FW USA RC
143 Cory Vance FW USA RC
144 Scott Heard FW USA RC*
145 Mike Meyers FW RC*
146 Ben Diggins FW USA RC
147 Luis Matos FW RC
148 Ben Sheets FW USA RC
149 Kurt Ainsworth FW USA RC
150 Dave Krynzel FW USA RC
151 Alex Cabrera FW RC
152 Mike Tonis FW USA RC
153 Dane Sardinha FW USA RC
154 Keith Ginter FW USA RC
155 David Espinosa FW USA RC*
156 Joe Torres FW RC*
157 Daylan Holt FW USA RC*
158 Koyie Hill FW USA RC
159 Brad Wilkerson FW USA RC
160 Juan Pierre FW RC
161 Matt Ginter FW RC
162 Dane Artman FW USA RC*
163 Jon Rauch FW USA RC
164 Sean Burnett FW USA RC

short set

166 Darin Erstad
167 Ben Grieve
168 David Wells
169 Fred McGriff
170 Bob Wickman
171 Al Martin
172 Melvin Mora
173 Ricky Ledee
174 Dante Bichette
175 Mike Sweeney
176 Bob Higginson
177 Matt Lawton
178 Charles Johnson
179 David Justice
180 Richard Hidalgo
181 B.J. Surhoff
182 Richie Sexson
183 Jim Edmonds
184 Rondell White
185 Curt Schilling
186 Tom Goodwin
187 Jose Vidro
188 Ellis Burks
189 Henry Rodriguez
190 Mike Bordick
191 Eric Owens
192 Travis Lee
193 Kevin Young
194 Aaron Boone
195 Todd Hollandsworth

Parallels

All 135 SP Authentic Series cards are available in the following Limited parallels.

Limited (serial-numbered to 100 copies)
Limited Gold (one-of-one)

Inserts

Autographs & Game-Used