2011 Finest
This article is about a set that was just released.
Some information may change as more facts become known.
Description
2011 Finest is a 100-card set that was released on October 11, 2011. In a change for the brand, Topps has pushed back the release of Finest from just before Opening Day, to just before the end of the season. Another change is the elimination of the much-maligned manufactured letter patches and rookie redemptions.
The base set consists of 100 veteran cards with 19 autographed rookies. Each autographed rookie will be serial-numbered and seeded at the rate of one-per 12-pack box. Each box will also include an autographed rookie dual relic, two Finest Moments inserts, and six Refractor parallels.
Distribution
Six cards per pack; two, six-pack, mini boxes per box (MSRP: $50). Hobby only.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
---|---|---|---|
Base | 100 | - | 5:1 |
Refractors | 100 | ? | ? |
X-Fractors | 100 | 299 | ? |
Green Refractor | 100 | 199 | ? |
Orange Refractor | 100 | 99 | ? |
Gold Refractor | 100 | 50 | ? |
Red Refractor | 100 | 25 | ? |
Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor | 100 | 10 | ? |
Purple Refractor | 100 | 5 | ? |
Canary Diamond Refractor | 100 | one-of-one | ? |
SuperFractor | 100 | one-of-one | ? |
Printing Plates | 100 | four-for-each | ? |
Finest Foundations | 15 | - | ? |
Finest Foundations Orange Refractor | 15 | ? | ? |
Finest Foundations Purple Refractor | 15 | ? | ? |
Finest Freshmen | 17 | ? | ? |
Finest Freshmen Orange Refractor | 17 | ? | ? |
Finest Freshmen Purple Refractor | 17 | ? | ? |
Finest Moments | 18 | ? | ? |
Finest Moments Orange Refractor | 18 | ? | ? |
Finest Moments Purple Refractor | 18 | ? | ? |
Autographed Rookies Refractor | 19 | ? | ? |
Autographed Rookies X-Fractor | 19 | 299 | ? |
Autographed Rookies Green Refractor | 19 | 199 | ? |
Autographed Rookies Orange Refractor | 19 | 99 | ? |
Autographed Rookies Gold Rafractor | 19 | 59 | ? |
Autographed Rookies Red Refractor | 19 | 25 | ? |
Autographed Rookies Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor | 19 | 10 | ? |
Autographed Rookies Purple Refractor | 19 | 5 | ? |
Autographed Rookies SuperFractor | 19 | one-of-one | ? |
Autographed Rookies Printing Plate | 19 | four-for-each | ? |
Rookie Jumbo Patch Orange Refractor | 25 | 10 | ? |
Rookie Jumbo Patch Purple Refractor | 25 | 5 | ? |
Rookie Jumbo Patch SuperFractor | 25 | one-of-one | ? |
Autographed Rookies Relic Refractor | 25 | 499 | ? |
Autographed Rookies Relic Green Refractor | 25 | 149 | ? |
Autographed Rookies Relic Gold Refractor | 25 | 99 | ? |
Autographed Rookies Relic Red Refractor | 25 | 25 | ? |
Autographed Relic Finest Moments | 18 | 274 | ? |
Autographed Relic Finest Moments Green Refractor | 18 | 74 | ? |
Autographed Relic Finest Moments Gold Refractor | 18 | 20 | ? |
Autographed Relic Finest Moments Purple Refractor | 18 | 5 | ? |
Autographed Relic Finest Moments SuperFractor | 18 | one-of-one | ? |
60th Anniversary Autographs | 3 | 60 | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Hanley Ramirez
- 2 Jason Heyward
- 3 Buster Posey
- 4 Mark Teixeira
- 5 Evan Longoria
- 6 Chase Utley
- 7 Ryan Braun
- 8 Felix Hernandez
- 9 Hunter Pence
- 10 Adrian Gonzalez
- 11 Nick Markakis
- 12 Miguel Cabrera
- 13 Paul Konerko
- 14 Ryan Zimmerman
- 15 Troy Tulowitzki
- 16 Chipper Jones
- 17 Torii Hunter
- 18 B.J. Upton
- 19 Michael Young
- 20 Ryan Howard
- 21 Andre Ethier
- 22 Justin Verlander
- 23 Clay Buchholz
- 24 Cole Hamels
- 25 Albert Pujols
- 26 Adrian Beltre
- 27 Zack Greinke
- 28 Derek Jeter
- 29 Jacoby Ellsbury
- 30 Dan Uggla
- 31 Adam Dunn
- 32 Matt Kemp
- 33 Starlin Castro
- 34 Brian McCann
- 35 David Wright
- 36 Tim Lincecum
- 37 David Price
- 38 Jayson Werth
- 39 Roy Oswalt
- 40 Ichiro
- 41 Jose Bautista
- 42 Robinson Cano
- 43 David Ortiz
- 44 Mike Stanton
- 45 Roy Halladay
- 46 Justin Upton
- 47 Joey Votto
- 48 Andrew McCutchen
- 49 Matt Holliday
- 50 Alex Rodriguez
- 51 Jon Lester
- 52 Jered Weaver
- 53 Kevin Youkilis
- 54 Ike Davis
- 55 Joe Mauer
- 56 Carl Crawford
- 57 Cliff Lee
- 58 Josh Hamilton
- 59 Stephen Strasburg
- 60 Prince Fielder
- 61 Sergio Santos RC
- 62 Randall Delgado RC
- 63 Eric Hosmer RC
- 64 Julio Teheran RC
- 65 Danny Duffy RC
- 66 J. P. Arencibia RC
- 67 Domonic Brown RC
- 68 Mike Minor RC
- 69 Brett Wallace RC
- 70 Jerry Sands RC
- 71 Mark Trumbo RC
- 72 Freddie Freeman RC
- 73 Tsuyoshi Nishioka RC
- 74 Jeremy Hellickson RC
- 75 Kyle Drabek RC
- 76 Dustin Ackley RC
- 77 Brandon Beachy RC
- 78 Brent Morel RC
- 79 Dillon Gee RC
- 80 Chris Sale RC
- 81 Alex Cobb RC
- 82 Dee Gordon RC
- 83 Brandon Belt RC
- 84 Zach Britton RC
- 85 Craig Kimbrel RC
- 86 Michael Pineda RC
- 87 Andrew Cashner RC
- 88 Jordan Walden RC
- 89 Alexi Ogando RC
- 90 Jake McGee RC
- 91 Hector Noesi RC
- 92 Darwin Barney RC
- 93 Ben Revere RC
- 94 Mike Trout RC
- 95 Danny Espinosa RC
- 96 Aaron Crow RC
- 97 Anthony Rizzo RC
- 98 Mike Moustakas RC
- 99 Eduardo Sanchez RC
- 100 Daniel Descalso RC
Parallels
All 100 base cards are available in the following Refractor parallels. On average, each six-pack mini box should yield three Refractors of various colors.
- Refractor
- X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
- Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor (serial-numbered to ten copies)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)
- Canary Diamond Refractor (one-of-one)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Framed Printing Plates (four-for-each)
Inserts
NOTE: Each six-pack mini box should yield one card from the three insert sets below. All inserts are also available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to ten copies)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to five copies)
Finest Freshmen
- FFR1 Freddie Freeman
- FFR2 Domonic Brown
- FFR3 Jordan Walden
- FFR4 Aroldis Chapman
- FFR5 Zach Britton
- FFR6 Mark Trumbo
- FFR7 Brett Wallace
- FFR8 Alexi Ogando
- FFR9 Tsuyoshi Nishioka
- FFR10 Jeremy Hellickson
- FFR11 Brent Morel
- FFR12 J.P. Arencibia
- FFR13 Andrew Cashner
- FFR14 Eric Hosmer
- FFR15 Craig Kimbrel
- FFR16 Kyle Drabek
- FFR17 Michael Pineda
Finest Foundations
- FF1 Albert Pujols
- FF2 Roy Halladay
- FF3 Adrian Gonzalez
- FF4 Ryan Howard
- FF5 Alex Rodriguez
- FF6 Evan Longoria
- FF7 Buster Posey
- FF8 Robinson Cano
- FF9 Tim Lincecum
- FF10 Jason Heyward
- FF11 Troy Tulowitzki
- FF12 Ichiro
- FF13 Stephen Strasburg
- FF14 Hanley Ramirez
- FF15 Derek Jeter
Finest Moments
- FM1 Joe Mauer
- FM2 Carl Crawford
- FM3 Robinson Cano
- FM4 Andrew McCutchen
- FM5 Cliff Lee
- FM6 Nick Markakis
- FM7 Roy Halladay
- FM8 Ryan Howard
- FM9 David Wright
- FM10 Buster Posey
- FM11 Jason Heyward
- FM12 Josh Hamilton
- FM13 Alex Rodriguez
- FM14 Chase Utley
- FM15 David Ortiz
- FM16 CC Sabathia
- FM17 Stephen Strasburg
- FM18 Ike Davis
Autographs & Game-Used
Finest Autographed Rookies
Unlike previous years, the rookies will be available both autographed and un-autographed. Every other six-pack mini box will contain an Autographed Rookie card.
Each Autographed Rookie card will be serial-numbered, but the exact production has yet to be revealed.
It appears that all cards in this set will be autographed on-card.
It does not appear that any of the Autographed Rookies will be available in a non-Refractor, or "plain vanilla" versions.
All 19 of the Autographed Rookies are available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
- X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
- Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 149 copies)
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Framed Printing Plates (four-for-each)
- 63 Eric Hosmer
- 66 Brandon Belt
- 69 Brett Wallace
- 70 Jerry Sands
- 71 Mark Trumbo
- 72 Freddie Freeman
- 73 Tsuyoshi Nishioka
- 78 Brent Morel
- 79 Dillon Gee
- 82 Dee Gordon
- 83 Zach Britton EXCH
- 84 Mike Trout
- 86 Michael Pineda
- 95 Danny Espinosa
- 96 Aaron Crow
- 97 Anthony Rizzo
- 98 Mike Moustakas EXCH
- 99 Eduardo Sanchez
- 100 Daniel Descalso
- 105 Eduardo Nunez
Finest Autographed Rookie Dual Relics
Mini-boxes NOT containing an Autographed Rookie, will instead yield an Autographed Rookie Dual Relic. Each card will have a sticker autograph on a card with two different pieces of game-used memorabilia.
Again, like with the Autographed Rookies, each Autographed Rookie Dual Relic card will be serial-numbered, but the exact production has yet to be revealed.
All 25 cards are available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
- Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 149 copies)
- NOT SURE THIS ONE EXISTS - Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Die-Cut Mosaic Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- Framed Printing Plates (four-for-each)
- 61 Sergio Santos
- 62 Eduardo Nunez
- 64 Julio Teheran
- 65 Danny Duffy
- 68 Mike Minor
- 70 Jerry Sands
- 72 Freddie Freeman
- 74 Jeremy Hellickson
- 75 Kyle Drabek
- 77 Brandon Beachy
- 79 Dillon Gee
- 80 Chris Sale
- 81 Alex Cobb
- 84 Zach Britton
- 85 Craig Kimbrel
- 86 Michael Pineda
- 87 Andrew Cashner
- 88 Jordan Walden
- 89 Alexi Ogando
- 91 Hector Noesi
- 92 Darwin Barney
- 93 Ben Revere
- 96 Aaron Crow
- 97 Carlos Peguero
- 98 Ivan DeJesus, Jr.
Finest Rookie Jumbo Patches
The 25 Rookie Jumbo Patches are only available in the following Refractors.
- Orange Refractor (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
Finest Moments Autographed Relics
The Finest Moments Autographed Relic will be seeded as a "case hit." The set is essentially a parallel of the Finest Moments insert set featuring a sticker autograph coupled with a relic swatch.
Each card is available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Refractor (serial-numbered to 274 copies)
- Green Refractor (serial-numbered to 74 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 20 copies)
- Purple Refractor (serial-numbered to 5 copies)
- SuperFractor (one-of-one)
- FMA1 Joe Mauer
- FMA2 Carl Crawford EXCH
- FMA3 Robinson Cano (Some with Oval Stickers)
- FMA4 Andrew McCutchen *
- FMA5 Cliff Lee
- FMA6 Nick Markakis
- FMA7 Roy Halladay
- FMA8 Ryan Howard
- FMA9 David Wright
- FMA10 Buster Posey *
- FMA11 Jason Heyward
- FMA12 Josh Hamilton
- FMA13 Alex Rodriguez
- FMA14 Chase Utley
- FMA15 David Ortiz
- FMA16 CC Sabathia
- FMA17 Stephen Strasburg
- FMA18 Ike Davis
- FMA22 Adrian Gonzalez