Upper Deck A Piece of History 500 HR Club
Description
The Upper Deck A Piece of History 500 HR Club, is a multi-brand, game-used set featuring all members (except Barry Bonds) of the 500 Home Run Club.
Beginning in 1999, Upper Deck inserted into various products cards featuring a piece of a game-used bat. The first group of 15 cards were randomly inserted into 1999 and early 2000 Upper Deck baseball sets.
As more players reached the 500 HR milestone, new cards were added.
With the exception of Babe Ruth, approximately 350 of each card was produced. Only 50 Babe Ruth's were made.
Checklist
1999-2000
A Piece of History cards from the original 1999-2000 run were released in the following products:
- 1999 SP Authentic: Ernie Banks
- 1999 SP Signature: Mel Ott
- 1999 SPx: Willie Mays
- 1999 UD Choice: Eddie Murray
- 1999 UD Ionix: Frank Robinson
- 1999 Upper Deck Series Two: Babe Ruth
- 1999 Upper Deck Century Legends: Jimmie Foxx
- 1999 Upper Deck Challengers for 70: Harmon Killebrew
- 1999 Upper Deck HoloGrFx: Eddie Mathews and Willie McCovey
- 1999 Upper Deck MVP: Mike Schmidt
- 1999 Upper Deck Ovation: Mickey Mantle
- 1999 Upper Deck Retro: Ted Williams
- 2000 Black Diamond: Reggie Jackson
- 2000 Upper Deck Series One: Hank Aaron
2002
- MMC Mark McGwire Series Two
2003
- SS Sammy Sosa Series Two
2004
- 504HR Rafael Palmeiro Series One
- KG Ken Griffey, Jr. Etchings
2008
- FT Frank Thomas Series One
- JT Jim Thome Series One
2009
- MR Manny Ramirez Series One
2010
- 500HR-GS Gary Sheffield