Description

1999 Crown Royale is a 144-card, all-die-cut, set released in September, 1999. 18 of the base cards are short-printed and seeded at the rate of 1:8/packs; however, there are no notable rookies.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5.99). Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	144	-	?
short set	126	-	?
SPs	18	-	1:8
Limited	144	99	1:32
Opening Day	144	72	1:25
Pillars of the Game	25	-	one-per-pack
Pivotal Players	25	-	one-per-pack
Master Performers	20	-	2:25
Century 21	10	-	1:25
Living Legends	10	375	?
Cramer's Choice Premiums	10	-	*
Cramer's Choice Dark Blue	10	35	*
Cramer's Choice Green	10	30	*
Cramer's Choice Red	10	25	*
Cramer's Choice Light Blue	10	20	*
Cramer's Choice Gold	10	10	*
Cramer's Choice Purple Autographed	10	one-of-one	*
Gold Crown Die Cut Premiums	10	1036	6:10/boxes

* Stated odds of finding any Cramer's Choice card: one-per sealed Hobby box.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Jim Edmonds
2 Darin Erstad
3 Troy Glaus
4 Tim Salmon
5 Mo Vaughn
6 Jay Bell
7 Steve Finley
8 Randy Johnson
9 Travis Lee
10 Matt Williams
11 Andruw Jones
12 Chipper Jones
13 Brian Jordan
14 Ryan Klesko
15 Javy Lopez
16 Greg Maddux
17 Randall Simon SP
18 Albert Belle
19 Will Clark
20 Delino DeShields
21 Mike Mussina
22 Cal Ripken, Jr.
23 Nomar Garciaparra
24 Pedro Martinez
25 Jose Offerman
26 John Valentin
27 Mark Grace
28 Lance Johnson
29 Henry Rodriguez
30 Sammy Sosa
31 Kerry Wood
32 Mike Caruso
33 Ray Durham
34 Magglio Ordonez
35 Brian Simmons SP
36 Frank Thomas
37 Mike Cameron
38 Barry Larkin
39 Greg Vaughn
40 Dmitri Young
41 Roberto Alomar
42 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
43 Dave Justice
44 Kenny Lofton
45 Manny Ramirez
46 Jim Thome
47 Dante Bichette
48 Vinny Castilla
49 Todd Helton
50 Larry Walker
51 Tony Clark
52 Damion Easley
53 Bob Higginson
54 Brian Hunter
55 Gabe Kapler SP
56 Jeff Weaver SP RC
57 Cliff Floyd
58 Alex Gonzalez SP
59 Mark Kotsay
60 Derrek Lee
61 Preston Wilson SP
62 Moises Alou
63 Jeff Bagwell
64 Derek Bell
65 Craig Biggio
66 Ken Caminiti
67 Carlos Beltran SP
68 Johnny Damon
69 Carlos Febles SP
70 Jeff King
71 Kevin Brown
72 Todd Hundley
73 Eric Karros
74 Raul Mondesi
75 Gary Sheffield
76 Jeromy Burnitz
77 Jeff Cirillo
78 Marquis Grissom
79 Fernando Vina
80 Chad Allen SP RC
81 Matt Lawton
82 Doug Mientkiewicz SP RC
83 Brad Radke
84 Todd Walker
85 Michael Barrett SP
86 Brad Fullmer
87 Vladimir Guerrero
88 Wilton Guerrero
89 Ugueth Urbina
90 Bobby Bonilla
91 Rickey Henderson
92 Rey Ordonez
93 Mike Piazza
94 Robin Ventura
95 Roger Clemens
96 Orlando Hernandez
97 Derek Jeter
98 Chuck Knoblauch
99 Tino Martinez
100 Bernie Williams
101 Eric Chavez SP
102 Jason Giambi
103 Ben Grieve
104 Tim Raines
105 Marlon Anderson SP
106 Doug Glanville
107 Scott Rolen
108 Curt Schilling
109 Brian Giles
110 Jose Guillen
111 Jason Kendall
112 Kevin Young
113 J.D. Drew SP
114 Jose Jimenez SP
115 Ray Lankford
116 Mark McGwire
117 Fernando Tatis
118 Matt Clement SP
119 Tony Gwynn
120 Trevor Hoffman
121 Wally Joyner
122 Reggie Sanders
123 Barry Bonds
124 Ellis Burks
125 Jeff Kent
126 J.T. Snow
127 Freddy Garcia SP RC
128 Ken Griffey, Jr.
129 Edgar Martinez
130 Alex Rodriguez
131 David Segui
132 Rolando Arrojo
133 Wade Boggs
134 Jose Canseco
135 Quinton McCracken
136 Fred McGriff
137 Juan Gonzalez
138 Rusty Greer
139 Rafael Palmeiro
140 Ivan Rodriguez
141 Jose Cruz, Jr.
142 Carlos Delgado
143 Shawn Green
144 Roy Halladay SP

Parallels

All 144 cards are available in the following parallels.

Limited (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
Opening Day (serial-numbered to 72 copies)

Player's Choice

This 11-card partial-parallel was produced for, and given away at, the 1999 MLBPA Player's Choice Award Show. Each card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

8 Randy Johnson 43
10 Matt Williams 40
16 Greg Maddux 24
22 Cal Ripken, Jr. 156
30 Sammy Sosa 193
41 Roberto Alomar 79
61 Preston Wilson 31
67 Carlos Beltran 68
91 Rickey Henderson 57
127 Freddy Garcia 47
139 Rafael Palmeiro 52

Inserts

Pillars of the Game

1 Mo Vaughn
2 Chipper Jones
3 Greg Maddux
4 Albert Belle
5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
6 Nomar Garciaparra
7 Sammy Sosa
8 Frank Thomas
9 Manny Ramirez
10 Jeff Bagwell
11 Raul Mondesi
12 Vladimir Guerrero
13 Mike Piazza
14 Roger Clemens
15 Derek Jeter
16 Bernie Williams
17 Ben Grieve
18 J.D. Drew
19 Mark McGwire
20 Tony Gwynn
21 Barry Bonds
22 Ken Griffey, Jr.
23 Alex Rodriguez
24 Juan Gonzalez
25 Ivan Rodriguez

Pivotal Players

1 Mo Vaughn
2 Chipper Jones
3 Greg Maddux
4 Albert Belle
5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
6 Nomar Garciaparra
7 Sammy Sosa
8 Frank Thomas
9 Manny Ramirez
10 Craig Biggio
11 Raul Mondesi
12 Vladimir Guerrero
13 Mike Piazza
14 Roger Clemens
15 Derek Jeter
16 Bernie Williams
17 Ben Grieve
18 Scott Rolen
19 J.D. Drew
20 Mark McGwire
21 Tony Gwynn
22 Ken Griffey, Jr.
23 Alex Rodriguez
24 Juan Gonzalez
25 Ivan Rodriguez

Master Performers

1 Chipper Jones
2 Greg Maddux
3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
4 Nomar Garciaparra
5 Sammy Sosa
6 Frank Thomas
7 Raul Mondesi
8 Vladimir Guerrero
9 Mike Piazza
10 Roger Clemens
11 Derek Jeter
12 Scott Rolen
13 J.D. Drew
14 Mark McGwire
15 Tony Gwynn
16 Barry Bonds
17 Ken Griffey, Jr.
18 Alex Rodriguez
19 Juan Gonzalez
20 Ivan Rodriguez

Century 21

1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
2 Nomar Garciaparra
3 Sammy Sosa
4 Frank Thomas
5 Mike Piazza
6 J.D. Drew
7 Mark McGwire
8 Tony Gwynn
9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
10 Alex Rodriguez

Living Legends

Each Living Legends card is serial-numbered to 375 copies.

1 Greg Maddux
2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
3 Nomar Garciaparra
4 Sammy Sosa
5 Frank Thomas
6 Mike Piazza
7 Mark McGwire
8 Tony Gwynn
9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
10 Alex Rodriguez

Cramer's Choice Premiums

Cramer's Choice is a 10-card over-sized set featuring a team of all-stars selected by Pacific Trading Cards CEO Mike Cramer. Each sealed Hobby box contained one card packed as a chiptopper.

In addition, each Cramer's Choice Premium card is also available in the following parallels.

Dark Blue (serial-numbered to 35 copies)
Green (serial-numbered to 30 copies)
Red (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Light Blue (serial-numbered 20 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to ten copies)
Purple (one-of-one and autographed by Mike Cramer)

1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
2 Nomar Garciaparra
3 Sammy Sosa
4 Frank Thomas
5 Mike Piazza
6 Derek Jeter
7 J.D. Drew
8 Mark McGwire
9 Tony Gwynn
10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Gold Crown Die-Cut Premiums

This six-card over-sized set was packed as chiptoppers in selected Hobby boxes. Each is serial-numbered to 1036 copies.

1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
2 Mike Piazza
3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
4 Tony Gwynn
5 Mark McGwire
6 J.D. Drew