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
- EM Eddie Murray
- BR Babe Ruth
- EB Ernie Banks
- EM Eddie Mathews
- FR Frank Robinson
- HA Hank Aaron
- HK Harmon Killebrew
- JF Jimmie Foxx
- MM Mickey Mantle
- MO Mel Ott
- MS Mike Schmidt
- RJ Reggie Jackson
- TW Ted Williams
- WM Willie McCovey
- WM Willie Mays
- NNO Instant Winner Card
- ARM Hank Aaron / Babe Ruth / Willie Mays
2002
These cards were released into packs of 2002 Upper Deck Series Two.
- MMC Mark McGwire
2003
These cards were released into packs of 2003 Upper Deck Series One.
- SS Sammy Sosa
2004
Cards from 2004 were released into the following packs:
- 2004 Upper Deck Series One: Rafael Palmeiro
- 2004 Upper Deck Etchings: Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 504HR Rafael Palmeiro
- KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
2008
These cards were released into packs of 2008 Upper Deck Series One.
- FT Frank Thomas
- JT Jim Thome
2009
This cards were released into packs of 2009 Upper Deck Series One.
- MR Manny Ramirez
2010
This cards were released into packs of 2010 Upper Deck.
- 500HR-GS Gary Sheffield