2016 Finest
Description
2016 Finest is a 110-card set released May 18th. Each Hobby Master box will yield two autographs.
Changes in Hobby Distribution
On April 22nd, Topps announced drastic changes in 2016 Finest's distribution. Those Hobby dealers who pre-ordered Finest directly from Topps would have their orders honored. (Finest was solicited to Hobby dealers from November 25th, 2015 to January 13th, 2016 at a direct price of around $600 for an eight-box case.) However, reportedly due to low sales, Topps would not make Finest available to Hobby distributors or to online retailers and instead would sell it directly on the Topps.com website for $99.99 a box or $799.89 for an eight-box case.
Distribution
Two, six-pack miniboxes per box, five cards per pack ($99.99 at Topps.com). Eight boxes per case ($799.89 at Topps.com).
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 110 | - | ? |
| short set | 100 | - | ? |
| SPs | 10 | - | 1:30 |
| Refractors | 100 | - | 1:3 |
| Prism Refractor | 100 | - | 1:6 |
| Purple Refractor | 100 | 250 | 1:12 |
| Blue Refractor | 100 | 150 | 1:18 |
| Green Refractor | 100 | 99 | 1:24 |
| Gold Refractor | 100 | 50 | 1:42 |
| Orange Refractor short set | 100 | 25 | 1:84 |
| Orange Refractor SPs | 10 | 25 | 1:834 |
| Red Refractor short set | 100 | 5 | 1:420 |
| Red Refractor SPs | 10 | 5 | 1:4128 |
| SuperFractor short set | 100 | one-of-one | 1:2088 |
| SuperFractor SPs | 10 | one-of-one | 1:19,812 |
| Printing Plates | 100 | four for each | 1:522 |
| Franchise Finest | 30 | - | 1:3 |
| Franchise Finest Orange Refractor | 30 | 25 | 1:282 |
| Franchise Finest Red Refractor | 30 | 5 | 1:1386 |
| Franchise Finest SuperFractor | 30 | one-of-one | 1:6834 |
| 1996 Finest Intimidators | 20 | - | 1:8 |
| 1996 Finest Intimidators Orange Refractor | 20 | 25 | 1:420 |
| 1996 Finest Intimidators Red Refractor | 20 | 5 | 1:2088 |
| 1996 Finest Intimidators SuperFractor | 20 | one-of-one | 1:10,428 |
| Firsts | 10 | - | 1:12 |
| Firsts Orange Refractor | 10 | 25 | 1:834 |
| Firsts Red Refractor | 10 | 5 | 1:4128 |
| Firsts SuperFractor | 10 | one-of-one | 1:19,812 |
| Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts | 10 | - | 1:96 |
| Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Orange Refractor | 10 | 25 | 1:834 |
| Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Red Refractor | 10 | 5 | 1:4128 |
| Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts SuperFractor | 10 | one-of-one | 1:19,812 |
| Autographs | 43 | - | 1:6 |
| Autographs Blue Refractor | 43 | 150 | 1:48 |
| Autographs Green Refractor | 43 | 99 | 1:66 |
| Autographs Gold Refractor | 43 | 50 | 1:96 |
| Autographs Purple Refractor | 43 | 30 | 1:192 |
| Autographs Orange Refractor | 43 | 25 | 1:180 |
| Autographs Red Refractor | 43 | 5 | 1:900 |
| Autographs SuperFractor | 43 | one-of-one | 1:4500 |
| Autographs Printing Plates | 43 | four for each | 1:1122 |
| Greats Autographs | 12 | - | 1:108 |
| Greats Autographs Gold Refractor | 12 | 50 | 1:450 |
| Greats Autographs Orange Refractor | 12 | 25 | 1:810 |
| Greats Autographs Red Refractor | 12 | 5 | 1:3360 |
| Greats Autographs SuperFractor | 12 | one-of-one | 1:16,506 |
| Greats Autographs Printing Plates | 12 | four for each | 1:4212 |
| Franchise Finest Autographs | 7 | - | 1:396 |
| Franchise Finest Autographs Printing Plates | 7 | four for each | 1:6192 |
| 1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs | 5 | 25 | 1:816 |
| 1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs Printing Plates | 5 | four for each | 1:5082 |
| Firsts Autographs | 7 | - | 1:138 |
| Firsts Autographs Blue Refractor | 7 | 150 | 1:228 |
| Firsts Autographs Green Refractor | 7 | 99 | 1:294 |
| Firsts Autographs Gold Refractor | 7 | 50 | 1:582 |
| Firsts Autographs Orange Refractor | 7 | 25 | 1:1152 |
| Firsts Autographs Red Refractor | 7 | 5 | 1:5832 |
| Firsts Autographs SuperFractor | 7 | one-of-one | 1:28,302 |
| Firsts Autographs Printing Plates | 7 | four for each | 1:7080 |
| Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Autographs | 10 | 5 | 1:4044 |
| Originals Autographs | 5 | 20 | 1:1020 |
| Mystery Autographs | 1 | - | 1:2022 |
| Mystery Autographs Orange Refractor | 1 | 25 | ? |
| Mystery Autographs SuperFractor | 1 | one-of-one | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Mike Trout
- 2 Ryan Howard
- 3 Edwin Encarnacion
- 4 Dee Gordon
- 5 Evan Longoria
- 6 Jake Arrieta
- 7 Jose Abreu
- 8 Frankie Montas RC
- 9 Matt Harvey
- 10 Ichiro
- 11 A.J. Pollock
- 12 Ian Kinsler
- 13 Salvador Perez
- 14 Buster Posey
- 15 Corey Kluber
- 16 Jose Peraza RC
- 17 Greg Bird RC
- 18 Trea Turner RC
- 19 Joc Pederson
- 20 J.D. Martinez
- 21 Carl Edwards, Jr. RC
- 22 Carlos Correa
- 23 Cole Hamels
- 24 Joey Votto
- 25 Kenta Maeda RC
- 26 Dellin Betances
- 27 Ketel Marte RC
- 28 Brian McCann
- 29 Troy Tulowitzki
- 30 Dallas Keuchel
- 31 Byron Buxton
- 32 David Ortiz
- 33 Rob Refsnyder RC
- 34 Tyson Ross
- 35 Mookie Betts
- 36 Charlie Blackmon
- 37 Francisco Lindor
- 38 Sonny Gray
- 39 Jose Altuve
- 40 Chris Sale
- 41 Brian Dozier
- 42 Luis Severino RC
- 43 Robinson Cano
- 44 Josh Donaldson
- 45 Adrian Beltre
- 46 Jose Fernandez
- 47 Andrew McCutchen
- 48 Ryan Braun
- 49 Noah Syndergaard
- 50 Clayton Kershaw
- 51 Michael Brantley
- 52 Felix Hernandez
- 53 Yu Darvish
- 54 Andrew Miller
- 55 Eric Hosmer
- 56 Peter O'Brien RC
- 57 Wil Myers
- 58 Corey Seager RC
- 59 George Springer
- 60 Brandon Crawford
- 61 Jacob deGrom
- 62 Alcides Escobar
- 63 Yoenis Cespedes
- 64 Gary Sanchez RC
- 65 Miguel Cabrera
- 66 Gerrit Cole
- 67 Kyle Schwarber RC
- 68 Jorge Soler
- 69 Miguel Sano RC
- 70 Brandon Phillips
- 71 Maikel Franco
- 72 Craig Kimbrel
- 73 Dustin Pedroia
- 74 Matt Holliday
- 75 Henry Owens RC
- 76 Anthony Rizzo
- 77 David Wright
- 78 Giancarlo Stanton
- 79 Nolan Arenado
- 80 Kyle Seager
- 81 Mark Melancon
- 82 Raul Mondesi, Jr. RC
- 83 Carlos Carrasco
- 84 Matt Carpenter
- 85 David Price
- 86 Todd Frazier
- 87 Rusney Castillo
- 88 Madison Bumgarner
- 89 Starling Marte
- 90 Zack Greinke
- 91 Hector Olivera RC
- 92 Kolten Wong
- 93 Christian Yelich
- 94 Max Kepler RC
- 95 Jason Kipnis
- 96 Prince Fielder
- 97 Stephen Piscotty RC
- 98 Jorge Lopez RC
- 99 Jon Lester
- 100 Bryce Harper
SPs
NOTE: The ten base set short-prints are all Refractors. There are no "plain vanilla" non-Refractor cards.
- 101 Adam Jones SP
- 102 Aroldis Chapman SP
- 103 Aaron Nola SP RC
- 104 Matt Harvey SP
- 105 Wade Davis SP
- 106 Paul Goldschmidt SP
- 107 Max Scherzer SP
- 108 Michael Conforto SP RC
- 109 Freddie Freeman SP
- 110 Kris Bryant SP
Parallels
Refractors
All 100 base cards, but NOT the ten SPs (cards #1-#100) are available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Refractors
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
- Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
- Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
SP Refractors
All 100 base cards AND the ten SPs are available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
NOTE: The "base" version of the ten short-prints (cards #101-#110) are all Refractors. There is no non-Refractor "plain vanilla" base versions of these cards.
Inserts
All inserts are Refractors. All are also available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Franchise Finest
- FF-AJ Adam Jones
- FF-AM Andrew McCutchen
- FF-AR Anthony Rizzo
- FF-BD Brian Dozier
- FF-BH Bryce Harper
- FF-BM Brian McCann
- FF-BP Buster Posey
- FF-CK Clayton Kershaw
- FF-CS Chris Sale
- FF-DO David Ortiz
- FF-EH Eric Hosmer
- FF-EL Evan Longoria
- FF-FF Freddie Freeman
- FF-FH Felix Hernandez
- FF-GS Giancarlo Stanton
- FF-JA Jose Altuve
- FF-JD Josh Donaldson
- FF-JV Joey Votto
- FF-MB Michael Brantley
- FF-MC Miguel Cabrera
- FF-MCA Matt Carpenter
- FF-MH Matt Harvey
- FF-MT Mike Trout
- FF-NA Nolan Arenado
- FF-PF Prince Fielder
- FF-PG Paul Goldschmidt
- FF-RB Ryan Braun
- FF-RH Ryan Howard
- FF-SG Sonny Gray
- FF-WM Wil Myers
1996 Finest Intimidators
- 96FI-AP Albert Pujols
- 96FI-BJ Bo Jackson
- 96FI-CS Chris Sale
- 96FI-DO David Ortiz
- 96FI-EE Edwin Encarnacion
- 96FI-EG Evan Gattis
- 96FI-FT Frank Thomas
- 96FI-GS Giancarlo Stanton
- 96FI-I Ichiro
- 96FI-JC Jose Canseco
- 96FI-MH Matt Harvey
- 96FI-MM Mark McGwire
- 96FI-MP Mike Piazza
- 96FI-NR Nolan Ryan
- 96FI-PF Prince Fielder
- 96FI-RC Roger Clemens
- 96FI-RJ Randy Johnson
- 96FI-VG Vladimir Guerrero
- 96FI-YC Yoenis Cespedes
- 96FI-YD Yu Darvish
Firsts
- FF-AN Aaron Nola
- FF-CS Corey Seager
- FF-HO Hector Olivera
- FF-HOW Henry Owens
- FF-KS Kyle Schwarber
- FF-LS Luis Severino
- FF-MC Michael Conforto
- FF-MS Miguel Sano
- FF-SP Stephen Piscotty
- FF-TT Trea Turner
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts
- FCA-KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
- FCA-KG2 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
- FCA-KG3 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
- FCA-KG4 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
- FCA-KG5 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
- FCA-KG6 Ken Griffey, Jr. Mariners
- FCA-KG7 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
- FCA-KG8 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
- FCA-KG9 Ken Griffey, Jr. Reds
- FCA-KG10 Ken Griffey, Jr. White Sox
Autographs & Game-Used
Autographs
Each Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
- Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 30 copies)
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
- FA-AG Andres Galarraga
- FA-AJ Andruw Jones
- FA-AM Andrew Miller
- FA-AP A.J. Pollock
- FA-BH Bryce Harper
- FA-BPA Byung-Ho Park
- FA-BPO Buster Posey
- FA-BS Blake Swihart
- FA-CB Craig Biggio
- FA-CC Carlos Correa
- FA-CD Carlos Delgado
- FA-CDI Corey Dickerson
- FA-CE Carl Edwards, Jr.
- FA-CKL Corey Kluber
- FA-CM Carlos Martinez
- FA-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
- FA-DK Dallas Keuchel
- FA-DN Daniel Norris
- FA-FF Freddie Freeman
- FA-FL Francisco Lindor
- FA-HO Hector Olivera
- FA-I Ichiro
- FA-JAL Jose Altuve
- FA-JD Jacob deGrom
- FA-JKR John Kruk
- FA-JR J.T. Realmuto
- FA-KB Kris Bryant
- FA-KC Kole Calhoun
- FA-KMA Kenta Maeda
- FA-KW Kolten Wong
- FA-MC Matt Cain
- FA-MT Mike Trout
- FA-OV Omar Vizquel
- FA-RB Ryan Braun
- FA-RF Rollie Fingers
- FA-RM Raul Mondesi, Jr.
- FA-RR Rob Refsnyder
- FA-SM Starling Marte
- FA-SMA Steven Matz
- FA-SP Stephen Piscotty
- FA-TT Trea Turner
- FA-WD Wade Davis
- FA-YD Yu Darvish
Greats Autographs
Each Greats Autograph is serial-numbered to the figures listed below and also available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
- FGA-AK Al Kaline 200
- FGA-CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 60
- FGA-DM Don Mattingly 50
- FGA-EM Edgar Martinez 300
- FGA-HA Hank Aaron 40
- FGA-JG Juan Gonzalez 300
- FGA-JS John Smoltz 90
- FGA-MP Mike Piazza 50
- FGA-NR Nolan Ryan 60
- FGA-RC Rod Carew 150
- FGA-SK Sandy Koufax 40
- FGA-VG Vladimir Guerrero 150
Franchise Finest Autographs
Each Franchise Finest Autograph is serial-numbered to the figures listed below and also available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
- FFIA-BP Buster Posey 40
- FFIA-CK Clayton Kershaw 50
- FFIA-EL Evan Longoria 50
- FFIA-FH Felix Hernandez
- FFIA-JA Jose Altuve 150
- FFIA-MT Mike Trout 40
- FFIA-WM Wil Myers 100
1996 Finest Intimidators Autographs
Each 1996 Finest Intimidators Autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies.
- 96FIA-BJ Bo Jackson
- 96FIA-MM Mark McGwire
- 96FIA-NR Nolan Ryan
- 96FIA-RC Roger Clemens
- 96FIA-YD Yu Darvish
Firsts Autographs
Each Firsts Autograph is also available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
- Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to five)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Printing Plates (set of four for each card)
- FFA-AN Aaron Nola
- FFA-CS Corey Seager
- FFA-HOW Henry Owens EXCH
- FFA-KS Kyle Schwarber EXCH
- FFA-LS Luis Severino
- FFA-MC Michael Conforto EXCH
- FFA-MS Miguel Sano
Ken Griffey, Jr. Career Die-Cuts Autographs
Each Career Die-Cuts Autograph is serial-numbered to five.
- FCA-KG1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FCA-KG2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FCA-KG3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FCA-KG4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FCA-KG5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FCA-KG6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FCA-KG7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FCA-KG8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FCA-KG9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FCA-KG10 Ken Griffey, Jr.
Originals Autographs
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Each Originals Autograph is a buyback and serial-numbered to 20 copies.
- Billy Wagner
- Chipper Jones
- Cal Ripken, Jr.
- John Smoltz
- Randy Johnson
Mystery Autographs
These three autographed cards were available only through a Mystery Redemption card that was randomly inserted into 2016 Finest packs. The redemption card (which expired April 30th, 2018) was good for all three autographs. Redemptions for the following parallels were also available.
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- FMR-1 Trevor Story
- FMR-2 Nomar Mazara
- FMR-3 Julio Urias
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