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, Jr
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, Jr.
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

Rookie Cup Reprints

This set serves as a pseudo-parallel of the first 150 cards of the base set, featuring reprints of their original Topps Rookie Cup-bearing card. Please refer to the base set checklist for a full checklist. Each Hobby pack contained two reprints, while retail packs had one.

A Chrome edition was exclusive to Hobby boxes, and was packaged in it's own wrapper and inserted as a box topper. Each Chrome Rookie Cup Reprint was serial-numbered to 25 copies and available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 15 copies)
Gold Refractor (one-of-one)

Manufactured Relics

Original Relics

This unique 428-card, Hobby-exclusive, set features various All-Star Rookie winner's Topps cards that were bought-back for this set. Topps then cut-out the Rookie Cup from the original card and replaced it with a manufactured metal relic in the shape of a Rookie Cup. The cut-out original and the manu-relic Cup were then glued onto a second copy of the bought back card, giving it the appearance of an original card. Each is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

Jim Abbott 90 3
Tommie Agee 67 1
Gary Alexander 78 10
Andy Allanson 87 6
Bernie Allen 63 1
Richie Allen 65 1
Bob Allison 60 6
Sandy Alomar, Jr 91 3
Moises Alou 93 3
Brian Anderson 95 2
Garret Anderson 96 1
Kevin Appier 91 1
Jerry Augustine 77 6
Doug Ault 78 10
Jeff Bagwell 92 1
Stan Bahnsen 69 1
Bob Bailor 78 EXCH 10
Rocco Baldelli 04 1
Tony Batista 97 1
Ross Baumgarten 80 1
Jim Baxes 60 6
Jason Bay 05 7
Tim Belcher 89 2
Carlos Beltran 00 3
Johnny Bench 69 1
Alan Benes 97 3
Bruce Berenyi 82 6
Angel Berroa 04 3
Damon Berryhill 89 2
Curt Blefary 66 1
Mike Boddicker 84 6
Bobby Bonds 69 1
Juan Bonilla 82 EXCH 6
Bob Boone 74 1
Rick Bosetti 79 7
Greg Briley 90 1
Greg Brock 84 3
Hubie Brooks 82 6
Chris Brown 86 3
Byron Browne 67 1
Tom Browning 86 5
Mike Brumley 65 1
Tom Brunansky 83 EXCH 6
Jay Buhner 89 3
Wally Bunker 65 1
Ellis Burks 88 3
Britt Burns 81 EXCH 3
Pat Burrell 01 3
Daniel Cabrera 05 3
Miguel Cairo 99 3
Bert Campaneris 65 1
Casey Candaele 88 2
Jose Canseco 87 1
Jose Cardenal 66 1
Rod Carew 68 1
Gary Carter 76 1
Rico Carty 65 1
Mike Caruso 99 3
John Castino 80 1
Andujar Cedeno 92 2
Bob Chance 65 1
Dean Chance 63 1
Joe Charboneau 81 2
Ed Charles 63 1
Tony Clark 97 3
Mark Clear 80 1
Rich Coggins 74 10
Jim Coker 61 10
Vince Coleman 85 1
Tony Conigliaro 65 1
Jeff Conine 94 3
Steve Cooke 94 3
Doug Corbett 81 6
Wil Cordero 94 2
Marty Cordova 96 2
Pat Corrales 66 1
Bobby Cox 69 1
Jose Cruz, Jr. 98 3
Tim Cullen 68 1
Ray Culp 64 1
Tony Curry 61 1
Jack Curtis 62 1
Milt Cuyler 92 3
John D'Acquisto 75 7
Brian Daubach 00 1
Vic Davalillo 64 1
Alvin Davis 85 1
Ben Davis 00 3
Chili Davis 83 6
Glenn Davis 86 3
Tommy Davis 61 1
Andre Dawson 78 1
Bucky Dent 75 7
Delino DeShields 91 2
Jason Dickson 98 1
Dick Dietz 68 1
Bill Doran 84 6
Dan Driessen 74 EXCH 6
Adam Dunn 02 2
Mike Dunne 88 2
Ray Durham 96 3
Jermaine Dye 97 1
Cal Eldred 93 2
Mark Ellis 03 1
Nick Esasky 84 2
Cecil Espy 89 3
Chuck Estrada 61 1
Bobby Etheridge 68 1
Ron Fairly 60 1
Mark Fidrych 77 1
Brian Fisher 86 6
Mike Fitzgerald 85 2
Dave Fleming 93 3
Barry Foote 75 1
Dan Ford 76 10
Julio Franco 84 2
Woodie Fryman 67 6
Rafael Furcal 01 EXCH 5
Rich Gale 79 7
Dave Gallagher 89 1
Ron Gant 89 2
Carlos Garcia 94 3
Damaso Garcia 81 7
Nomar Garciaparra 98 6
Jerry Garvin 78 10
Jim Gentile 61 1
Bob Geren 90 1
Jody Gerut 04 2
Paul Gibson 89 3
Geronimo Gil 03 2
Dan Gladden 85 3
Chris Gomez 95 3
Leo Gomez 92 3
Jesse Gonder 64 1
Alex Gonzalez 00 2
Luis Gonzalez 92 2
Mike Gonzalez 05 3
Dwight Gooden 85 1
Tom Gordon 90 6
Mark Grace 89 2
Dan Graham 81 7
Pumpsie Green 60 2
Shawn Green 96 2
Khalil Greene 05 3
Ben Grieve 99 3
Ken Griffey, Jr. 90 3
Alfredo Griffin 80 1
Greg Gross 75 EXCH 7
Wayne Gross 78 7
John Grubb 74 EXCH 6
Wilton Guerrero 98 1
Jose Guillen 98 3
Ozzie Guillen 86 3
Jackie Gutierrez 85 6
John Halama 00 1
Jimmie Hall 64 1
Mel Hall 84 EXCH 5
Bob Hamelin 95 3
Joey Hamilton 95 2
Ron Hansen 61 1
Mike Hargrove 75 6
Tommy Harper 64 1
Bo Hart 04 3
Scott Hatteberg 98 3
Tommy Helms 67 1
Todd Helton 99 1
Larry Herndon 77 6
Eric Hinske 03 1
A.J. Hinch 99 2
Larry Hisle 70 1
Glenn Hoffman 81 2
Todd Hollandsworth 97 3
Matt Holliday 05 3
Gary Holman 69 1
Bob Horner 79 6
Frank Howard 60 1
Dick Howser 62 EXCH 6
Kent Hrbek 83 5
Dick Hughes 68 1
Randy Hundley 67 1
Todd Hundley 93 2
Jeff Huson 91 2
Pete Incaviglia 87 6
Mike Ivie 76 10
Al Jackson 63 1
Sonny Jackson 67 1
Brook Jacoby 85 6
Julian Javier 61 6
Gregg Jefferies 90 3
Jason Jennings 03 2
Derek Jeter 97 1
Manny Jimenez 63 1
Dave Johnson 67 1
John Henry Johnson 79 7
Nick Johnson 03 3
Andruw Jones 98 2
Chipper Jones 96 3
Cleon Jones 67 1
Randy Jones 74 6
Ruppert Jones 78 7
Felix Jose 91 3
Wally Joyner 87 3
Dave Justice 91 1
Eric Karros 93 5
Bob Kearney 84 5
Austin Kearns 03 2
Jason Kendall 97 1
Adam Kennedy 01 1
Jeff Kent 93 2
Wayne Kirby 94 EXCH 5
Ron Kittle 84 EXCH 6
Ryan Klesko 95 3
Chuck Knoblauch 92 1
Billy Koch 00 2
Jerry Koosman 69 1
Joe Koppe 60 6
Corey Koskie 00 2
Mark Kotsay 99 3
Jose Laboy 70 1
Mike Lamb 01 2
Mark Langston 85 EXCH 7
Hal Lanier 65 1
Ray Lankford 92 2
Mike Lansing 94 2
Adam LaRoche 05 3
Bill Laskey 83 EXCH 6
Tim Laudner 83 6
Mark Leiter 92 2
Chet Lemon 77 7
Jeffrey Leonard 80 1
Rufino Linares 82 3
Frank Linzy 66 7
Pat Listach 93 2
Scott Livingstone 93 2
Kenny Lofton 93 1
Terrence Long 01 3
Dave Lopes 74 1
Javy Lopez 95 2
Marcelino Lopez 66 6
Al Luplow 63 1
Fred Lynn 76 1
John Mabry 96 2
Bill Madlock 75 1
Dave Marshall 69 1
J.C. Martin 62 6
Carlos Martinez 90 3
Carmelo Martinez 85 6
Gary Matthews 74 7
Joe Mauer 05 6
Carlos May 70 1
Lee May 68 1
Bake McBride 75 1
Bill McCool 65 1
Oddibe McDowell 86 3
Roger McDowell 86 1
Willie McGee 83 1
Mark McGwire 88 2
Greg McMichael 94 2
Larry Milbourne 75 7
Aaron Miles 05 3
Orlando Miller 96 2
Bengie Molina 01 3
Bob Molinaro 79 7
Paul Molitor 79 1
Rick Monday 68 1
Raul Mondesi 95 1
Don Money 70 1
John Montefusco 76 7
Joe Morgan 66 1
Hal Morris 91 2
Warren Morris 00 2
Damian Moss 03 3
Eddie Murray 78 1
Rich Murray 81 5
Jeff Musselman 88 2
Mike Nagy 70 1
Bill Nahorodny 79 7
Dave Nelson 69 1
Steve Nicosia 80 1
Matt Nokes 88 2
Hideo Nomo 96 1
Rich Nye 68 1
Ron Oester 81 6
Al Oliver 70 1
Jose Oliva 95 2
Tony Oliva 65 1
Miguel Olivo 04 3
Magglio Ordonez 99 2
Al Osuna 92 3
Roy Oswalt 02 7
Jim O'Toole 60 1
Mitchell Page 78 7
Larry Parrish 76 EXCH 7
John Patterson 95 2
Jay Payton 01 2
Al Pedrique 88 2
Tony Pena 82 2
Carlos Perez 96 3
Tony Perez 66 1
Gary Peters 64 6
Rick Peters 81 6
Rico Petrocelli 66 1
Mike Piazza 94 2
Tom Poquette 77 10
Scott Podsednik 04 3
Boog Powell 62 1
Hosken Powell 79 7
Kirby Puckett 85 1
Albert Pujols 02 2
Pat Putnam 80 1
Mark Quinn 01 2
Scott Radinsky 91 1
Tim Raines 82 6
Manny Ramirez 95 1
Joe Randa 97 3
Willie Randolph 77 7
Mark Redman 01 3
Jerry Remy 76 6
Dave Revering 79 EXCH 10
Jim Rice 76 1
Earnie Riles 86 3
Cal Ripken, Jr. 83 6
Floyd Robinson 62 1
Bob Rodgers 63 1
Steve Rogers 74 6
Scott Rolen 98 2
Jimmy Rollins 02 6
Johnny Romano 60 6
Jerry Royster 77 10
Dave Rozema 78 10
Bruce Ruffin 87 2
C.C. Sabathia 02 7
Chris Sabo 89 3
Mark Salas 86 7
Tim Salmon 94 5
Billy Sample 80 1
Juan Samuel 85 3
Alex Sanchez 99 2
Jesus Sanchez 99 1
Ryne Sandberg 83 1
Reggie Sanders 93 3
F.P. Santangelo 97 3
Ramon Santiago 03 2
Ron Santo 61 1
Kazuhiro Sasaki 01 2
Tony Saunders 98 3
Steve Sax 83 2
Paul Schaal 66 6
Don Schwall 62 1
Tom Seaver 68 1
Kevin Seitzer 88 2
Larry Sheets 86 EXCH 6
Gary Sheffield 90 7
Tsuyoshi Shinjo 02 7
Chris Singleton 00 1
Ted Sizemore 70 1
Terrmel Sledge 05 3
Bobby Smith 99 2
Charlie Smith 62 1
Lonnie Smith 81 5
Ozzie Smith 79 1
Reggie Smith 68 1
J.T. Snow 94 3
Cory Snyder 87 2
Alfonso Soriano 02 1
Rusty Staub 64 1
Dick Stigman 61 10
Darryl Strawberry 84 1
Ichiro Suzuki 02 3
Dale Sveum 87 3
Ron Swoboda 66 1
Frank Tanana 75 1
Danny Tartabull 87 EXCH 3
Willie Tasby 60 6
Mark Teixeira 04 1
Garry Templeton 77 6
Jerry Terrell 74 7
Andres Thomas 87 3
Lee Thomas 62 1
Gary Thomasson 74 7
Jason Thompson 77 7
Robby Thompson 87 3
Scot Thompson 80 1
Joe Torre 62 1
Hector Torres 69 1
Chad Tracy 05 EXCH 3
Tom Tresh 63 1
Tom Underwood 76 7
Del Unser 69 1
Fernando Valenzuela 82 3
Ed Vande Berg 83 6
Robin Ventura 91 1
Tom Veryzer 76 10
Billy Wagner 97 2
Larry Walker 91 3
Tim Wallach 82 2
Jerome Walton 90 1
Pete Ward 64 1
Claudell Washington 75 1
Brandon Webb 04 3
Al Weis 64 1
Walt Weiss 89 2
Devon White 88 3
Fred Whitfield 63 1
Ty Wigginton 04 1
Brad Wilkerson 03 3
Billy Williams 62 1
Walt Williams 68 1
Dontrelle Willis 04 2
Bump Wills 78 6
Craig Wilson 02 6
Mookie Wilson 82 6
Preston Wilson 00 3
Jake Wood 62 1
Kerry Wood 99 1
Shawn Wooten 02 3
Todd Worrell 87 2
Craig Worthington 90 1
Butch Wynegar 77 EXCH 10
Dmitri Young 98 2
Matt Young 84 3
Bernie Carbo 71 1
Don Baylor 73 1
Jack Brohamer 73 1
Willie Montanez 72 1
Mike Greenwell 88 2
Jim Perry 60 1
Ivan Rodriguez 92 6

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographs

Each Autograph is also available in the following parallels.

Silver (serial-numbered to five)
Gold (one-of-one; Hobby only)

RC-AD Andre Dawson A
RC-AJ Andruw Jones B
RC-AP Albert Pujols B
RC-BP Boog Powell A
RC-BW Brad Wilkerson A
RC-CJ Chipper Jones A
RC-CK Chuck Knoblauch A
RC-CR Cal Ripken, Jr. B
RC-DJ Davey Johnson A
RC-DRJ Dan Johnson A
RC-DS Darryl Strawberry A
RC-DW Dontrelle Willis A
RC-EK Eric Karros A
RC-GS Gary Sheffield B
RC-JB Johnny Bench B
RC-JBA Jason Bay A
RC-JD Jermaine Dye A EXCH
RC-JR Jim Rice B
RC-JT Joe Torre B
RC-MG Mark Grace A
RC-MK Mark Kotsay A
RC-MR Manny Ramirez B
RC-PM Paul Molitor B
RC-RF Rafael Furcal A
RC-RM Roger McDowell A
RC-RS Ron Swoboda A
RC-RSA Ron Santo A
RC-TS Tom Seaver B
RC-DJU Dave Justice

Dual Autographs

Dual Autographs are exclusive to Hobby packs.

DRC-BW Jason Bay / Dontrelle Willis
DRC-CS Brent Cox / Tom Seaver
DRC-DR John Drennen / Manny Ramirez
DRC-EF Yunel Escobar / Rafael Furcal
DRC-GS Mark Grace / Ron Santo
DRC-MM Jacob Marceaux / Roger McDowell
DRC-PG Mark Pawelek / Mark Grace
DRC-RTW Ryan Tucker / Dontrelle Willis
DRC-SP Brandon Snyder / Boog Powell
DRC-TS Wade Townsend / Tom Seaver
DRC-TW Troy Tulowitzki / Walt Weiss
DRC-WD Brad Wilkerson / Andre Dawson
DRC-WM Kevin Whelan / Roger McDowell