Description

2005 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes is a 200-card set released in August, 2005. The base set is based on the popular Baseball Heroes inserts of the 1990s, with the last 100 cards are serial-numbered to 575 copies each.

Each eight-card tin "pack" contains five base cards, one short-printed base set numbered to 575, one parallel serial-numbered to 199 copies or fewer, and either an autographed or game-used card numbered to 99 or fewer.

Distribution

Eight cards per tin (MSRP: $60). 30 tins per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	200	-	6:1
short set	100	-	5:1
Short Prints	100	575	one-per-pack
Emerald	200	199	PAR
Red	200	75	PAR
Blue	200	10	PAR
Gold	200	one-of-one	PAR
Memorabilia Emerald	100	99	GU
Memorabilia Red	100	99	GU
Memorabilia Blue	100	99	GU
Memorabilia Bronze	100	50	GU
Memorabilia Silver	100	15	GU
Memorabilia Gold	100	one-of-one	GU
Memorabilia Short Prints	90	10	GU
Signature Emerald	100	99	AU
Signature Red	100	49	AU
Signature Blue	100	20	AU
Signature Gold	100	one-of-one	AU
Signature Memorabilia	100	15	AU
Signature Patches	90	5	AU
Signature Cuts	20	varies	AU

PAR: One parallel per tin.
GU: Odds of finding a game-used card: 2:3/tins.
AU: Odds of finding an autograph: 1:3/tins.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Bob Feller
2 Bob Feller
3 Bob Feller
4 Bob Feller
5 Bob Feller
6 Brooks Robinson
7 Brooks Robinson
8 Brooks Robinson
9 Brooks Robinson
10 Brooks Robinson
11 Cal Ripken, Jr.
12 Cal Ripken, Jr.
13 Cal Ripken, Jr.
14 Cal Ripken, Jr.
15 Cal Ripken, Jr.
16 Carl Yastrzemski
17 Carl Yastrzemski
18 Carl Yastrzemski
19 Carl Yastrzemski
20 Carl Yastrzemski
21 Don Mattingly
22 Don Mattingly
23 Don Mattingly
24 Don Mattingly
25 Don Mattingly
26 Tom Seaver
27 Tom Seaver
28 Tom Seaver
29 Tom Seaver
30 Tom Seaver
31 Harmon Killebrew
32 Harmon Killebrew
33 Harmon Killebrew
34 Harmon Killebrew
35 Harmon Killebrew
36 Jim Palmer
37 Jim Palmer
38 Jim Palmer
39 Jim Palmer
40 Jim Palmer
41 Mike Schmidt
42 Mike Schmidt
43 Mike Schmidt
44 Mike Schmidt
45 Mike Schmidt
46 Ozzie Smith
47 Ozzie Smith
48 Ozzie Smith
49 Ozzie Smith
50 Ozzie Smith
51 Paul Molitor
52 Paul Molitor
53 Paul Molitor
54 Paul Molitor
55 Paul Molitor
56 Al Kaline
57 Al Kaline
58 Al Kaline
59 Al Kaline
60 Al Kaline
61 Robin Yount
62 Robin Yount
63 Robin Yount
64 Robin Yount
65 Robin Yount
66 Ryne Sandberg
67 Ryne Sandberg
68 Ryne Sandberg
69 Ryne Sandberg
70 Ryne Sandberg
71 Stan Musial
72 Stan Musial
73 Stan Musial
74 Stan Musial
75 Stan Musial
76 Steve Carlton
77 Steve Carlton
78 Steve Carlton
79 Steve Carlton
80 Steve Carlton
81 Tony Gwynn
82 Tony Gwynn
83 Tony Gwynn
84 Tony Gwynn
85 Tony Gwynn
86 Wade Boggs
87 Wade Boggs
88 Wade Boggs
89 Wade Boggs
90 Wade Boggs
91 Will Clark
92 Will Clark
93 Will Clark
94 Will Clark
95 Will Clark
96 Yogi Berra
97 Yogi Berra
98 Yogi Berra
99 Yogi Berra
100 Yogi Berra

Short Prints

Each card is serial-numbered to 575 copies.

101 Babe Ruth
102 Babe Ruth
103 Babe Ruth
104 Babe Ruth
105 Babe Ruth
106 Roger Maris
107 Roger Maris
108 Roger Maris
109 Roger Maris
110 Roger Maris
111 Don Drysdale
112 Don Drysdale
113 Don Drysdale
114 Don Drysdale
115 Don Drysdale
116 Eddie Mathews
117 Eddie Mathews
118 Eddie Mathews
119 Eddie Mathews
120 Eddie Mathews
121 Honus Wagner
122 Honus Wagner
123 Honus Wagner
124 Honus Wagner
125 Honus Wagner
126 Jackie Robinson
127 Jackie Robinson
128 Jackie Robinson
129 Jackie Robinson
130 Jackie Robinson
131 Jimmie Foxx
132 Jimmie Foxx
133 Jimmie Foxx
134 Jimmie Foxx
135 Jimmie Foxx
136 Joe DiMaggio
137 Joe DiMaggio
138 Joe DiMaggio
139 Joe DiMaggio
140 Joe DiMaggio
141 Johnny Mize
142 Johnny Mize
143 Johnny Mize
144 Johnny Mize
145 Johnny Mize
146 Lefty Grove
147 Lefty Grove
148 Lefty Grove
149 Lefty Grove
150 Lefty Grove
151 Lou Gehrig
152 Lou Gehrig
153 Lou Gehrig
154 Lou Gehrig
155 Lou Gehrig
156 Mel Ott
157 Mel Ott
158 Mel Ott
159 Mel Ott
160 Mel Ott
161 Mickey Mantle
162 Mickey Mantle
163 Mickey Mantle
164 Mickey Mantle
165 Mickey Mantle
166 Roberto Clemente
167 Roberto Clemente
168 Roberto Clemente
169 Roberto Clemente
170 Roberto Clemente
171 Rogers Hornsby
172 Rogers Hornsby
173 Rogers Hornsby
174 Rogers Hornsby
175 Rogers Hornsby
176 Roy Campanella
177 Roy Campanella
178 Roy Campanella
179 Roy Campanella
180 Roy Campanella
181 Satchel Paige
182 Satchel Paige
183 Satchel Paige
184 Satchel Paige
185 Satchel Paige
186 Ted Williams
187 Ted Williams
188 Ted Williams
189 Ted Williams
190 Ted Williams
191 Thurman Munson
192 Thurman Munson
193 Thurman Munson
194 Thurman Munson
195 Thurman Munson
196 Ty Cobb
197 Ty Cobb
198 Ty Cobb
199 Ty Cobb
200 Ty Cobb

Inserts

Tins

Each "pack" came packaged in one of four different tin boxes.

1 Ty Cobb
2 Lou Gehrig
3 Babe Ruth
4 Ted Williams

Parallels

All 200 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Emerald (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
Blue (serial-numbered to ten)
Red (one-of-one)

Autographs & Game-Used

Most of the autographs and game-used cards are pesudo-parallels of the base set. For brevity's sake, please refer to the base set checklist for these checklists.

Memorabilia

Memorabilia cards for the first 100 cards in the base set are available in the following colors.

NOTE: There is no "base" version.

Emerald (serial-numbered to 99)
Red (serial-numbered to 99)
Blue (serial-numbered to 99)
Bronze (serial-numbered to 50)
Silver (serial-numbered to 15)
Gold (one-of-one)

Memorabilia cards for the second set of 100 base cards (cards #101-#200) are all serial-numbered to ten copies, with NO parallels.

Signature

Signature cards for the first 100 cards in the base set are available in the following colors.

NOTE: There is no "base" version.

Emerald (serial-numbered to 99)
Red (serial-numbered to 49)
Blue (serial-numbered to 20)
Gold (one-of-one)

Signature Memorabilia

Signature Memorabilia cards for the first 100 cards in the base set are serial-numbered to 15 copies, with a patch parallel serial-numbered to five also available.

Signature Cuts

105 Babe Ruth 1
110 Roger Maris 4
115 Don Drysdale 10
120 Eddie Mathews 10
125 Honus Wagner 4
130 Jackie Robinson 4
135 Jimmie Foxx 2
140 Joe DiMaggio 5
145 Johnny Mize 10
150 Lefty Grove 10
155 Lou Gehrig 1
160 Mel Ott 3
165 Mickey Mantle 5
170 Roberto Clemente 3
175 Rogers Hornsby 1
180 Roy Campanella 3
185 Satchel Paige 4
190 Ted Williams 5
195 Thurman Munson 2
200 Ty Cobb 2