Description

2005 Topps Rookie Cup is a 160-card set released January 10, 2006. As the name of the product suggests, the checklist features players who were previous winners of Topps' annual All-Star Rookie Team. The final ten cards in the set feature 2005 Draft Picks and all come autographed.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, seven cards per pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	160	-	?	?
short set	150	-	?	?
First Year Autographs	10	-	1:62	1:155
Red	150	499	?	?
Red First Year Autographs	10	399	1:68	1:174
Orange	150	399	1:5	1:21
Orange First Year Autographs	10	299	1:91	1:232
Yellow	150	299	1:4	1:18
Yellow First Year Autographs	10	199	1:137	1:349
Green	150	199	1:8	1:33
Green First Year Autographs	10	99	1:274	1:703
Blue	150	50	1:29	1:130
Blue First Year Autographs	10	50	1:548	1:1385
Silver	150	5	1:300	1:1200
Silver First Year Autographs	10	5	1:5483	1:13,400
Gold	150	one-of-one	1:1004	N/A
Gold First Year Autographs	10	one-of-one	1:15,840	N/A
Printing Plates	160	four for each	1:251	?
Reprints	150	-	two-per-pack	one-per-pack
Chrome Reprints	150	25	1:2/boxes	N/A
Chrome Refractor Reprints	150	15	1:3/boxes	N/A
Chrome Gold Refractor Reprints	150	one-of-one	1:42/boxes	N/A
Original Relics	428	varies	?	?
Autographs	29	-	?	?
Silver Autographs	29	5	1:2458	1:3622
Gold Autographs	29	one-of-one	1:5281	N/A
Dual Autographs	13	-	1:118	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

1 Pat Corrales
2 Ron Santo
3 Joe Torre
4 Boog Powell
5 Tom Tresh
6 Jonny Gomes
7 Rico Carty
8 Bert Campaneris
9 Tony Oliva
10 Ron Swoboda
11 Tony Perez
12 Joe Morgan
13 Davey Johnson
14 Cleon Jones
15 Tom Seaver
16 Rod Carew
17 Rick Monday
18 Johnny Bench
19 Bobby Cox
20 Jerry Koosman
21 Al Oliver
22 Lou Piniella
23 Larry Bowa
24 Chris Chambliss
25 Bill Buckner
26 Don Baylor
27 Buddy Bell
28 Carlton Fisk
29 Gary Matthews
30 Dave Lopes
31 Bob Boone
32 Bill Madlock
33 Claudell Washington
34 Jim Rice
35 Gary Carter
36 Willie Randolph
37 Chet Lemon
38 Andre Dawson
39 Eddie Murray
40 Paul Molitor
41 Ozzie Smith
42 Jeffrey Leonard
43 Lonnie Smith
44 Mookie Wilson
45 Tim Wallach
46 Tim Raines
47 Fernando Valenzuela
48 Cal Ripken, Jr.
49 Ryne Sandberg
50 Willie McGee
51 Darryl Strawberry
52 Julio Franco
53 Brook Jacoby
54 Dwight Gooden
55 Roger McDowell
56 Ozzie Guillen
57 Vince Coleman
58 Pete Incaviglia
59 Wally Joyner
60 Jose Canseco
61 Cory Snyder
62 Devon White
63 Walt Weiss
64 Mark Grace
65 Ron Gant
66 Chris Sabo
67 Jay Buhner
68 Gary Sheffield
69 Gregg Jefferies
70 Ken Griffey, Jr.
71 Tom Gordon
72 Jim Abbott
73 Dave Justice
74 Larry Walker
75 Sandy Alomar
76 Chuck Knoblauch
77 Jeff Bagwell
78 Luis Gonzalez
79 Ivan Rodriguez
80 Eric Karros
81 Jeff Kent
82 Kenny Lofton
83 Moises Alou
84 Reggie Sanders
85 Jeff Conine
86 J.T. Snow
87 Tim Salmon
88 Mike Piazza
89 Manny Ramirez
90 Ryan Klesko
91 Javy Lopez
92 Chipper Jones
93 Ray Durham
94 Garret Anderson
95 Shawn Green
96 Hideo Nomo
97 Jermaine Dye
98 Tony Clark
99 Joe Randa
100 Derek Jeter
101 Jason Kendall
102 Billy Wagner
103 Andruw Jones
104 Dmitri Young
105 Scott Rolen
106 Nomar Garciaparra
107 Jose Cruz
108 Scott Hatteberg
109 Mark Kotsay
110 Todd Helton
111 Miguel Cairo
112 Magglio Ordonez
113 Kerry Wood
114 Preston Wilson
115 Alex Gonzalez
116 Carlos Beltran
117 Rafael Furcal
118 Pat Burrell
119 Adam Kennedy
120 Terrence Long
121 Jay Payton
122 Bengie Molina
123 Albert Pujols
124 Craig Wilson
125 Alfonso Soriano
126 Jimmy Rollins
127 Adam Dunn
128 Ichiro Suzuki
129 Roy Oswalt
130 C.C. Sabathia
131 Brad Wilkerson
132 Nick Johnson
133 Eric Hinske
134 Austin Kearns
135 Dontrelle Willis
136 Mark Teixeira
137 Rocco Baldelli
138 Scott Podsednik
139 Brandon Webb
140 Jason Bay
141 Adam LaRoche
142 Khalil Greene
143 Joe Mauer
144 Matt Holliday
145 Chad Tracy
146 Garrett Atkins
147 Tadahito Iguchi
148 Russ Adams
149 Huston Street
150 Dan Johnson

First Year Autographs

151 Brent Cox
152 John Drennen
153 Ryan Tucker
154 Yunel Escobar
155 Jacob Marceaux
156 Mark Pawelek
157 Brandon Snyder
158 Wade Townsend
159 Troy Tulowitzki
160 Kevin Whelan

Parallels

All 160 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Red (serial-numbered to 499 copies; First Year Autographs numbered to 399)
Orange (serial-numbered to 399 copies; First Year Autographs numbered to 299)
Yellow (serial-numbered to 299 copies; First Year Autographs numbered to 199)
Green (serial-numbered to 199 copies; First Year Autographs numbered to 99)
Blue (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Silver (serial-numbered to five)
Gold (one-of-one)

Inserts

Autographs & Game-Used