1999 Crown Royale

Description

1999 Crown Royale is a 144-card, all-die-cut, set released in September, 1999. 18 of the base cards are short-printed and seeded at the rate of 1:8/packs; however, there are no notable rookies.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5.99). Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	144	-	4:1
short set	126	-	4:1
SPs	18	-	1:8
Limited	144	99	1:32
Opening Day	144	72	1:25
Pillars of the Game	25	-	one-per-pack
Pivotal Players	25	-	one-per-pack
Master Performers	20	-	2:25
Century 21	10	-	1:25
Living Legends	10	375	?
Cramer's Choice Premiums	10	-	*
Cramer's Choice Dark Blue	10	35	*
Cramer's Choice Green	10	30	*
Cramer's Choice Red	10	25	*
Cramer's Choice Light Blue	10	20	*
Cramer's Choice Gold	10	10	*
Cramer's Choice Purple Autographed	10	one-of-one	*
Gold Crown Die Cut Premiums	10	1036	6:10/boxes

* Stated odds of finding any Cramer's Choice card: one-per sealed Hobby box.

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Jim Edmonds
• 2 Darin Erstad
• 3 Troy Glaus
• 4 Tim Salmon
• 5 Mo Vaughn
• 6 Jay Bell
• 7 Steve Finley
• 8 Randy Johnson
• 9 Travis Lee
• 10 Matt Williams
• 11 Andruw Jones
• 12 Chipper Jones
• 13 Brian Jordan
• 14 Ryan Klesko
• 15 Javy Lopez
• 16 Greg Maddux
• 17 Randall Simon SP
• 18 Albert Belle
• 19 Will Clark
• 20 Delino DeShields
• 21 Mike Mussina
• 22 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 23 Nomar Garciaparra
• 24 Pedro Martinez
• 25 Jose Offerman
• 26 John Valentin
• 27 Mark Grace
• 28 Lance Johnson
• 29 Henry Rodriguez
• 30 Sammy Sosa
• 31 Kerry Wood
• 32 Mike Caruso
• 33 Ray Durham
• 34 Magglio Ordonez
• 35 Brian Simmons SP
• 36 Frank Thomas
• 37 Mike Cameron
• 38 Barry Larkin
• 39 Greg Vaughn
• 40 Dmitri Young
• 41 Roberto Alomar
• 42 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 43 Dave Justice
• 44 Kenny Lofton
• 45 Manny Ramirez
• 46 Jim Thome
• 47 Dante Bichette
• 48 Vinny Castilla
• 49 Todd Helton
• 50 Larry Walker
• 51 Tony Clark
• 52 Damion Easley
• 53 Bob Higginson
• 54 Brian Hunter
• 55 Gabe Kapler SP
• 56 Jeff Weaver SP RC
• 57 Cliff Floyd
• 58 Alex Gonzalez SP
• 59 Mark Kotsay
• 60 Derrek Lee
• 61 Preston Wilson SP
• 62 Moises Alou
• 63 Jeff Bagwell
• 64 Derek Bell
• 65 Craig Biggio
• 66 Ken Caminiti
• 67 Carlos Beltran SP
• 68 Johnny Damon
• 69 Carlos Febles SP
• 70 Jeff King
• 71 Kevin Brown
• 72 Todd Hundley
• 73 Eric Karros
• 74 Raul Mondesi
• 75 Gary Sheffield
• 76 Jeromy Burnitz
• 77 Jeff Cirillo
• 78 Marquis Grissom
• 79 Fernando Vina
• 80 Chad Allen SP RC
• 81 Matt Lawton
• 82 Doug Mientkiewicz SP RC
• 83 Brad Radke
• 84 Todd Walker
• 85 Michael Barrett SP
• 86 Brad Fullmer
• 87 Vladimir Guerrero
• 88 Wilton Guerrero
• 89 Ugueth Urbina
• 90 Bobby Bonilla
• 91 Rickey Henderson
• 92 Rey Ordonez
• 93 Mike Piazza
• 94 Robin Ventura
• 95 Roger Clemens
• 96 Orlando Hernandez
• 97 Derek Jeter
• 98 Chuck Knoblauch
• 99 Tino Martinez
• 100 Bernie Williams
• 101 Eric Chavez SP
• 102 Jason Giambi
• 103 Ben Grieve
• 104 Tim Raines
• 105 Marlon Anderson SP
• 106 Doug Glanville
• 107 Scott Rolen
• 108 Curt Schilling
• 109 Brian Giles
• 110 Jose Guillen
• 111 Jason Kendall
• 112 Kevin Young
• 113 J.D. Drew SP
• 114 Jose Jimenez SP
• 115 Ray Lankford
• 116 Mark McGwire
• 117 Fernando Tatis
• 118 Matt Clement SP
• 119 Tony Gwynn
• 120 Trevor Hoffman
• 121 Wally Joyner
• 122 Reggie Sanders
• 123 Barry Bonds
• 124 Ellis Burks
• 125 Jeff Kent
• 126 J.T. Snow
• 127 Freddy Garcia SP RC
• 128 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 129 Edgar Martinez
• 130 Alex Rodriguez
• 131 David Segui
• 132 Rolando Arrojo
• 133 Wade Boggs
• 134 Jose Canseco
• 135 Quinton McCracken
• 136 Fred McGriff
• 137 Juan Gonzalez
• 138 Rusty Greer
• 139 Rafael Palmeiro
• 140 Ivan Rodriguez
• 141 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 142 Carlos Delgado
• 143 Shawn Green
• 144 Roy Halladay SP

Parallels

All 144 cards are available in the following parallels.

• Limited (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Opening Day (serial-numbered to 72 copies)

Player's Choice

This 11-card partial-parallel was produced for, and given away at, the 1999 MLBPA Player's Choice Award Show. Each card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

• 8 Randy Johnson 43
• 10 Matt Williams 40
• 16 Greg Maddux 24
• 22 Cal Ripken, Jr. 156
• 30 Sammy Sosa 193
• 41 Roberto Alomar 79
• 61 Preston Wilson 31
• 67 Carlos Beltran 68
• 91 Rickey Henderson 57
• 127 Freddy Garcia 47
• 139 Rafael Palmeiro 52

Inserts

Century 21

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 Nomar Garciaparra
• 3 Sammy Sosa
• 4 Frank Thomas
• 5 Mike Piazza
• 6 J.D. Drew
• 7 Mark McGwire
• 8 Tony Gwynn
• 9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 10 Alex Rodriguez

Cramer's Choice Premiums

Cramer's Choice is a 10-card over-sized set featuring a team of all-stars selected by Pacific Trading Cards CEO Mike Cramer. Each sealed Hobby box contained one card packed as a chiptopper.

In addition, each Cramer's Choice Premium card is also available in the following parallels.

• Dark Blue (serial-numbered to 35 copies)
• Green (serial-numbered to 30 copies)
• Red (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
• Light Blue (serial-numbered 20 copies)
• Gold (serial-numbered to ten copies)
• Purple (one-of-one and autographed by Mike Cramer)

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 Nomar Garciaparra
• 3 Sammy Sosa
• 4 Frank Thomas
• 5 Mike Piazza
• 6 Derek Jeter
• 7 J.D. Drew
• 8 Mark McGwire
• 9 Tony Gwynn
• 10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Gold Crown Die-Cut Premiums

This six-card over-sized set was packed as chiptoppers in selected Hobby boxes. Each is serial-numbered to 1036 copies.

• 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 Mike Piazza
• 3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 4 Tony Gwynn
• 5 Mark McGwire
• 6 J.D. Drew

Living Legends

Each Living Legends card is serial-numbered to 375 copies.

• 1 Greg Maddux
• 2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 3 Nomar Garciaparra
• 4 Sammy Sosa
• 5 Frank Thomas
• 6 Mike Piazza
• 7 Mark McGwire
• 8 Tony Gwynn
• 9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 10 Alex Rodriguez

Master Performers

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Greg Maddux
• 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 4 Nomar Garciaparra
• 5 Sammy Sosa
• 6 Frank Thomas
• 7 Raul Mondesi
• 8 Vladimir Guerrero
• 9 Mike Piazza
• 10 Roger Clemens
• 11 Derek Jeter
• 12 Scott Rolen
• 13 J.D. Drew
• 14 Mark McGwire
• 15 Tony Gwynn
• 16 Barry Bonds
• 17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 18 Alex Rodriguez
• 19 Juan Gonzalez
• 20 Ivan Rodriguez

Pillars of the Game

• 1 Mo Vaughn
• 2 Chipper Jones
• 3 Greg Maddux
• 4 Albert Belle
• 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 6 Nomar Garciaparra
• 7 Sammy Sosa
• 8 Frank Thomas
• 9 Manny Ramirez
• 10 Jeff Bagwell
• 11 Raul Mondesi
• 12 Vladimir Guerrero
• 13 Mike Piazza
• 14 Roger Clemens
• 15 Derek Jeter
• 16 Bernie Williams
• 17 Ben Grieve
• 18 J.D. Drew
• 19 Mark McGwire
• 20 Tony Gwynn
• 21 Barry Bonds
• 22 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 23 Alex Rodriguez
• 24 Juan Gonzalez
• 25 Ivan Rodriguez

Pivotal Players

Two separate parallels of this set were given away to attendees at the 1999 MLB All-Star Game FanFest in Boston and the 1999 National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlanta. To get the cards, collectors had to open a full box of any 1999 Pacific baseball product at their corporate booth. Each card is foil-stamped with the logo of the respective card show.

The NSCC cards are all serial-numbered to 20 copies each, but the FanFest cards are not.

• 1 Mo Vaughn
• 2 Chipper Jones
• 3 Greg Maddux
• 4 Albert Belle
• 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 6 Nomar Garciaparra
• 7 Sammy Sosa
• 8 Frank Thomas
• 9 Manny Ramirez
• 10 Craig Biggio
• 11 Raul Mondesi
• 12 Vladimir Guerrero
• 13 Mike Piazza
• 14 Roger Clemens
• 15 Derek Jeter
• 16 Bernie Williams
• 17 Ben Grieve
• 18 Scott Rolen
• 19 J.D. Drew
• 20 Mark McGwire
• 21 Tony Gwynn
• 22 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 23 Alex Rodriguez
• 24 Juan Gonzalez
• 25 Ivan Rodriguez