Description

2004 Upper Deck is a 590-card set released in three series. Series One consists of a 270-card base set and was released in November, 2003. It is supplemented by the 270-card Series Two set that was released in May and a 50-card Update set was packaged into 2005 Upper Deck Series One Hobby boxes.

Each 24-pack Series One Hobby box yielded two game used cards and a 60-card 2003 Upper Deck Update factory set. Series Two Hobby boxes also contained 24 packs, and included one of four 50-card Update sets (Vintage, Play Ball, Reflections, or SP Game Used Patch).

High Gloss Factory Set

For the first time since 1996, Upper Deck's flagship product was released as a factory set. The set came packaged in a hardwood case (not unlike UD's 2000 Yankees & Dodgers Master Collections) and features all 540 Series One and Series Two cards, plus a redemption card good for the 50-card Update set. Each card, including the Updates, is covered with a special glossy coating which is even shinier than the UV-gloss Upper Deck normally uses.

Each factory set also came with a special Derek Jeter Bonus Pack. Each Bonus Pack contained three cards from a 25-card Derek Jeter set. In addition, every tenth Jeter Bonus Pack contains either A) A game-used Jeter jersey card serial-numbered to 99 copies; B) A Derek Jeter autographed card serial-numbered to 50; or C) An autographed and game-used Jeter jersey card serial-numbered to ten.

Only 9930 "High Gloss Factory Sets" were produced.

Due to the lack of "true" rookies in either series and the relatively long odds of pulling a Jeter "hit," the High Gloss Factory Set did not sell well and was discontinued after one year.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs plus one 2003 Upper Deck Update factory set per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $3); 12 boxes per case.

Retail: 24 packs per box, nine cards per pack (MSRP: $3); 12 boxes per case.

Blasters: Eight packs per box (MSRP: $19.99), nine cards per pack.

High Gloss Factory Set: 9930 sets produced.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	270	-	?	?
2003 Upper Deck Update Set	60	-	one set per-box	1;240
National Pride	20	-	1:6	1:6
Twenty-Five Salute	10	-	1:12	1:12
First Pitch	8	-	1:72	1:72
Magical Performances	42	-	1:96	N/A
Gold Magical Performances	42	50	N/A	1:1300
Matsui Chronicles	60	-	N/A	1:1
Headliners Jersey	42	-	1:48	1:96
Gold Headliners Jersey	42	100	?	?
Authentic Stars Jersey	42	-	1:48	1:96
Gold Authentic Stars Jersey	42	100	?	?
National Pride Jersey	42	-	1:24	1:48
Going Deep! Bats	36	varies	1:288	1:576
Gold Going Deep! Bats	36	50	?	?
Jersey Patch	30	varies	1:7500	?
Signature Stars Black Ink Autograph	20	varies	1:288	1:1800
Signature Stars Blue Ink Autograph	21	25	1:288	1:1800
Signature Stars Red Ink Autograph	20	10	1:288	1:1800
Rafael Palmeiro 500 Home Run Club	1	350	1:8700	1:8700
Autographed Rafael Palmeiro 500 Home Run Club	1	25	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

Star Rookies

1 Dontrelle Willis

2 Edgar Gonzalez

3 Jose Reyes

4 Jae Weong Seo

5 Miguel Cabrera

6 Jesse Foppert

7 Mike Neu

8 Micheal Nakamura

9 Luis Ayala

10 Jared Sandberg

11 Jhonny Peralta

12 Wilfredo Ledezma

13 Jason Roach

14 Kirk Saarloos

15 Cliff Lee

16 Bobby Hill

17 Lyle Overbay

18 Josh Hall

19 Joe Thurston

20 Matt Kata

21 Jeremy Bonderman

22 Julio Manon

23 Rodrigo Rosario

24 Robby Hammock

25 David Sanders

26 Miguel Ojeda

27 Mark Teixeira

28 Franklyn German

29 Ken Harvey

30 Xavier Nady

Veterans

31 Tim Salmon

32 Troy Glaus

33 Adam Kennedy

34 David Eckstein

35 Bengie Molina

36 Jarrod Washburn

37 Ramon Ortiz

38 Eric Chavez

39 Miguel Tejada

40 Chris Singleton

41 Jermaine Dye

42 John Halama

43 Tim Hudson

44 Barry Zito

45 Ted Lilly

46 Bobby Kielty

47 Kelvim Escobar

48 Josh Phelps

49 Vernon Wells

50 Roy Halladay

51 Orlando Hudson

52 Eric Hinske

53 Brandon Backe

54 Dewon Brazelton

55 Ben Grieve

56 Aubrey Huff

57 Toby Hall

58 Rocco Baldelli

59 Al Martin

60 Brandon Phillips

61 Omar Vizquel

62 C.C. Sabathia

63 Milton Bradley

64 Ricky Gutierrez

65 Matt Lawton

66 Danys Baez

67 Ichiro

68 Randy Winn

69 Carlos Guillen

70 Mark McLemore

71 Dan Wilson

72 Jamie Moyer

73 Joel Pineiro

74 Edgar Martinez

75 Tony Batista

76 Jay Gibbons

77 Jeff Conine

78 Melvin Mora

79 Geronimo Gil

80 Rodrigo Lopez

81 Jorge Julio

82 Rafael Palmeiro

83 Juan Gonzalez

84 Mike Young

85 Alex Rodriguez

86 Einar Diaz

87 Kevin Mench

88 Hank Blalock

89 Pedro Martinez

90 Byung-Hyun Kim

91 Derek Lowe

92 Jason Varitek

93 Manny Ramirez

94 John Burkett

95 Todd Walker

96 Nomar Garciaparra

97 Trot Nixon

98 Mike Sweeney

99 Carlos Febles

100 Mike MacDougal

101 Raul Ibanez

102 Jason Grimsley

103 Chris George

104 Brent Mayne

105 Dmitri Young

106 Eric Munson

107 A.J. Hinch

108 Andres Torres

109 Bobby Higginson

110 Shane Halter

111 Matt Walbeck

112 Torii Hunter

113 Doug Mientkiewicz

114 Lew Ford

115 Eric Milton

116 Eddie Guardado

117 Cristian Guzman

118 Corey Koskie

119 Magglio Ordonez

120 Mark Buehrle

121 Billy Koch

122 Jose Valentin

123 Paul Konerko

124 Carlos Lee

125 Jon Garland

126 Jason Giambi

127 Derek Jeter

128 Roger Clemens

129 Andy Pettitte

130 Jorge Posada

131 David Wells

132 Hideki Matsui

133 Mike Mussina

134 Jeff Bagwell

135 Craig Biggio

136 Morgan Ensberg

137 Richard Hidalgo

138 Brad Ausmus

139 Roy Oswalt

140 Billy Wagner

141 Octavio Dotel

142 Gary Sheffield

143 Andruw Jones

144 John Smoltz

145 Rafael Furcal

146 Javy Lopez

147 Shane Reynolds

148 Horacio Ramirez

149 Mike Hampton

150 Jung Bong

151 Ruben Quevedo

152 Ben Sheets

153 Geoff Jenkins

154 Royce Clayton

155 Glendon Rusch

156 John Vander Wal

157 Scott Podsednik

158 Jim Edmonds

159 Tino Martinez

160 Albert Pujols

161 Matt Morris

162 Woody Williams

163 Edgar Renteria

164 Jason Isringhausen

165 Jason Simontacchi

166 Kerry Robinson

167 Sammy Sosa

168 Joe Borowski

169 Tony Womack

170 Antonio Alfonseca

171 Corey Patterson

172 Mark Prior

173 Moises Alou

174 Matt Clement

175 Randall Simon

176 Randy Johnson

177 Luis Gonzalez

178 Craig Counsell

179 Miguel Batista

180 Steve Finley

181 Brandon Webb

182 Danny Bautista

183 Oscar Villarreal

184 Shawn Green

185 Brian Jordan

186 Fred McGriff

187 Andy Ashby

188 Rickey Henderson

189 Dave Roberts

190 Eric Gagne

191 Kazuhisa Ishii

192 Adrian Beltre

193 Vladimir Guerrero

194 Livan Hernandez

195 Ron Calloway

196 Sun Woo Kim

197 Wil Cordero

198 Brad Wilkerson

199 Orlando Cabrera

200 Barry Bonds

201 Ray Durham

202 Andres Galarraga

203 Benito Santiago

204 Jose Cruz Jr.

205 Jason Schmidt

206 Kirk Rueter

207 Felix Rodriguez

208 Mike Lowell

209 Luis Castillo

210 Derrek Lee

211 Andy Fox

212 Tommy Phelps

213 Todd Hollandsworth

214 Brad Penny

215 Juan Pierre

216 Mike Piazza

217 Jae Weong Seo

218 Ty Wigginton

219 Al Leiter

220 Roger Cedeno

221 Timo Perez

222 Aaron Heilman

223 Pedro Astacio

224 Joe McEwing

225 Ryan Klesko

226 Brian Giles

227 Mark Kotsay

228 Brian Lawrence

229 Rod Beck

230 Trevor Hoffman

231 Sean Burroughs

232 Bobby Abreu

233 Jim Thome

234 David Bell

235 Jimmy Rollins

236 Mike Liberthal

237 Vicente Padilla

238 Randy Wolf

239 Reggie Sanders

240 Jason Kendall

241 Jack Wilson

242 Jose Hernandez

243 Kip Wells

244 Carlos Rivera

245 Craig Wilson

246 Adam Dunn

247 Sean Casey

248 Danny Graves

249 Ryan Dempster

250 Barry Larkin

251 Reggie Taylor

252 Wily Mo Pena

253 Larry Walker

254 Mark Sweeney

255 Preston Wilson

256 Jason Jennings

257 Charles Johnson

258 Jay Payton

259 Chris Stynes

260 Juan Uribe

Season Highlights Checklists

261 Hideki Matsui

262 Barry Bonds

263 Dontrelle Willis

264 Kevin Millwood

265 Billy Wagner

266 Rocco Baldelli

267 Roger Clemens

268 Rafael Palmeiro

269 Miguel Cabrera

270 Jose Contreras

Parallels

Glossy

These super-glossy cards were only available in factory sets. (see above)

Inserts

First Pitch

This insert set shows various celebrities throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a game. It is numbered as a continuation of the "SP" insert series from the early-90s.

NOTES:

As per his contract, Gordie Howe is referred to as "Mr. Hockey" on card #SP8.

Card #SP9 was not produced. It is believed that #SP9 was to have been of long-time Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play announcer and actor Bob Uecker, but Uecker had signed an exclusive contract with Topps.

SP7 LeBron James

SP8 "Mr. Hockey"

SP10 Ernie Banks

SP11 Gen. Tommy Franks

SP12 Ben Affleck

SP13 Halle Berry

SP14 George H.W. Bush

SP15 George W. Bush

Twenty-Five Salute

This insert features ten different power hitters who all happen to wear uniform number 25.

S-1 Barry Bonds

S-2 Troy Glaus

S-3 Andruw Jones

S-4 Jay Gibbons

S-5 Jeremy Giambi

S-6 Jason Giambi

S-7 Jim Thome

S-8 Rafael Palmeiro

S-9 Carlos Delgado

S-10 Dmitri Young

Magical Performances

This 42-card, Hobby-exclusive, set commemorates the 100th season of New York Yankee baseball. A Gold version, serial-numbered to 100 copies, is exclusive to retail packs.

The set is heavily skewed towards active club members as the rights to Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Reggie Jackson (among others) were with other trading card companies.

1 Mickey Mantle

2 Mickey Mantle

3 Joe DiMaggio

4 Joe DiMaggio

5 Derek Jeter

6 Derek Jeter

7 Roger Clemens

8 Roger Clemens

9 Alfonso Soriano

10 Andy Pettitte

11 Hideki Matsui

12 Mike Mussina

13 Jorge Posada

14 Jason Giambi

15 David Wells

16 Mariano Rivera

17 Yogi Berra

18 Phil Rizzuto

19 Whitey Ford

20 Jose Contreras

21 Catfish Hunter

22 Mickey Mantle

23 Mickey Mantle

24 Joe DiMaggio

25 Joe DiMaggio

26 Derek Jeter

27 Derek Jeter

28 Roger Clemens

29 Roger Clemens

30 Alfonso Soriano

31 Andy Pettitte

32 Hideki Matsui

33 Mike Mussina

34 Jorge Posada

35 Jason Giambi

36 David Wells

37 Mariano Rivera

38 Yogi Berra

39 Phil Rizzuto

40 Whitey Ford

41 Jose Contreras

42 Catfish Hunter

The Matsui Chronicles

This 60-card retail-exclusive set commemorates Hideki Matsui's first season in the Major Leagues. All 60 cards are of Matsui, and for brevity's sake, are not individually checklisted below.

National Pride

This set features all 20 members of the 2003 USA Baseball National Team, including future MLB stars Huston Street, Justin Verlander and Dustin Pedroia.

1 Justin Orenduff

2 Micah Owings

3 Steven Register

4 Huston Street

5 Justin Verlander

6 Jered Weaver

7 Matt Campbell

8 Stephen Head

9 Mark Romanczuk

10 Jeff Clement

11 Mike Nickeas

12 Tyler Greene

13 Paul Janish

14 Jeff Larish

15 Eric Patterson

16 Dustin Pedroia

17 Michael Griffin

18 Brent Lillibridge

19 Danny Putnam

20 Seth Smith

Autographs & Game-Used

Authentic Stars Jersey

Each Authentic Star Jersey card is also available in a Gold parallel, serial-numbered to 100 copies.

AS-AJ Andruw Jones

AS-AP Albert Pujols

AS-AR Alex Rodriguez

AS-AS Alfonso Soriano

AS-BA Bobby Abreu

AS-BW Bernie Williams

AS-BZ Barry Zito

AS-CD Carlos Delgado

AS-CJ Chipper Jones

AS-CS Curt Schilling

AS-DE Darin Erstad

AS-EC Eric Chavez

AS-FT Frank Thomas

AS-GM Greg Maddux

AS-HB Hank Blalock

AS-HM Hideki Matsui

AS-IR Ivan Rodriguez

AS-IS Ichiro

AS-JB Jeff Bagwell

AS-JD J.D. Drew

AS-JG Jason Giambi

AS-JH Josh Beckett

AS-JK Jeff Kent

AS-KG Ken Griffey Jr.

AS-LW Larry Walker

AS-MI Mike Piazza

AS-MP Mark Prior

AS-MT Mark Teixeira

AS-PM Pedro Martinez

AS-PN Phil Nevin

AS-RB Rocco Baldelli

AS-RC Roger Clemens

AS-RJ Randy Johnson

AS-RO Roberto Alomar

AS-SG Shawn Green

AS-SS Sammy Sosa

AS-TG Troy Glaus

AS-TH Todd Helton

AS-TL Tom Glavine

AS-TM Tino Martinez

AS-TO Torii Hunter

AS-VG Vladimir Guerrero

Going Deep Bat

Each card is also available in a Gold version, serial-numbered to 50 copies.

NOTE: The known production figures for the "base" version are listed below.

GD-AJ Andruw Jones /12

GD-AP Albert Pujols

GD-AS Alfonso Soriano /53

GD-BA Bobby Abreu /110

GD-BW Bernie Williams /56

GD-CB Craig Biggio /89

GD-CJ Chipper Jones /69

GD-CP Corey Patterson /41

GD-CS Curt Schilling /57

GD-DE Darin Erstad

GD-DM Doug Mientkiewicz /123

GD-GA Garret Anderson

GD-HM Hideki Matsui /70

GD-HN Hideo Nomo

GD-JB Jeff Bagwell /92

GD-JE Jim Edmonds

GD-JL Javy Lopez /77

GD-JPA Jorge Posada

GD-JPO Jay Payton /100

GD-JT Jim Thome

GD-KG Ken Griffey Jr.

GD-KW Kerry Wood /108

GD-MO Magglio Ordonez

GD-MP Mike Piazza

GD-MT Miguel Tejada /23

GD-OV Omar Vizquel /115

GD-RA Rich Aurilia /102

GD-RB Rocco Baldelli

GD-RF Rafael Furcal

GD-RH Rickey Henderson /77

GD-RO Roberto Alomar

GD-SA Sandy Alomar Jr. /95

GD-SG Shawn Green /100

GD-SR Scott Rolen /77

GD-TG Troy Glaus /113

GD-TH Torii Hunter /115

Headliners Jersey

Each card is also available in a Gold version, serial-numbered to 100 copies.

NOTE: The known production figures for the "base" version are listed below.

HL-AD Adam Dunn

HL-BK Byung-Hyun Kim

HL-BS Benito Santiago

HL-CS Curt Schilling

HL-GM Greg Maddux

HL-HM Hideki Matsui

HL-IS Ichiro /153

HL-JB Josh Beckett

HL-JD Joe DiMaggio /153

HL-JE Jim Edmonds

HL-JH Jose Hernandez

HL-JR Jimmy Rollins

HL-JS Junior Spivey

HL-JT Jim Thome

HL-JV Jose Vidro

HL-KG Ken Griffey Jr.

HL-LB Lance Berkman

HL-LC Luis Castillo

HL-LG Luis Gonzalez

HL-MA Mariano Rivera

HL-MB Mark Buehrle

HL-ML Mike Lowell

HL-MM Mickey Mantle /97

HL-MO Magglio Ordonez

HL-MR Manny Ramirez

HL-MS Mike Sweeney

HL-MT Miguel Tejada

HL-MU Mike Mussina

HL-MY Matt Morris

HL-PK Paul Konerko

HL-PM Pedro Martinez

HL-RF Robert Fick

HL-RH Roy Halladay

HL-RK Ryan Klesko

HL-RO Roy Oswalt

HL-SG Shawn Green

HL-TB Tony Batista

HL-TG Tom Glavine

HL-TH Trevor Hoffman

HL-TW Ted Williams /153

HL-VG Vladimir Guerrero /153

Super Patches

NOTE: The stated odds of finding any Super Patch card are 1:7500. This set is broken down into three subsets, based on what part of the player's uniform the patch was taken. Each card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

Logos

AD Adam Dunn /8

AJ Andruw Jones /25

AP Albert Pujols /20

AR Alex Rodriguez /20

AS Alfonso Soriano /10

CJ Chipper Jones /25

CS Curt Schilling /20

GM Greg Maddux /25

HM Hideki Matsui /10

IS Ichiro /20

Numbers

IR Ivan Rodriguez /14

JB Jeff Bagwell /16

JG Jason Giambi /10

JK Jeff Kent /20

JT Jim Thome /25

KG Ken Griffey Jr. /15

LB Lance Berkman /10

MP Mark Prior /20

MR Manny Ramirez /18

SS Sammy Sosa /15

Stripes

MP Mike Piazza /30

PM Pedro Martinez /25

RB Rocco Baldelli /30

RC Roger Clemens /30

RJ Randy Johnson /30

RP Rafael Palmeiro /40

SS Sammy Sosa /30

TH Torii Hunter /30

TH Todd Helton /30

VG Vladimir Guerrero /40

Signature Stars

All "base" cards are signed with black ink and the known production figures are listed below. Each card is also available in the following parallels:

Blue Ink (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Red Ink (serial-numbered to 10)

NOTES:

The stated odds of finding any Signature Star, irregardless of ink color, is 1:288 packs making it a "case hit."

Hideki Matsui accidentally signed 324 copies of his card in Blue Ink and 25 in Black.

Jose Reyes did not sign any Black or Red Ink cards; only 25 Blue Ink cards.

All of Roger Clemens' cards packed out as redemptions.

SS-AG Andres Galarraga /248

SS-AH Aaron Heilman /49

SS-BG Bob Gibson /19

SS-BK Billy Koch /428

SS-CR Cal Ripken Jr. /69

SS-DR Dave Roberts /278

SS-HM Hideki Matsui /25

SS-IS1 Ichiro /19

SS-JRA Joe Randa /271

SS-JR Jose Reyes /25 (Blue Ink only)

SS-KI Kazuhiro Ishii /58

SS-MO Magglio Ordonez /377

SS-MU Mike Mussina /68

SS-NG Nomar Garciaparra /69

SS-NR1 Nolan Ryan /69

SS-RA Rich Aurilia /479

SS-RC Roger Clemens /19 EXCH

SS-RH Rich Harden /163

SS-RP Rafael Palmeiro /18

SS-TH Torii Hunter /374

SS-VG Vladimir Guerrero /68

National Pride Jerseys

The first 20 cards in this set parallel the National Pride insert set, only with game jersey swatches. Cards 21-40 repeat the same 20 players, in order, and are short-printed compared to cards #1-20. Cards #41 & #42 feature two recent USA Baseball National Team alumni: Delmon Young and Rickie Weeks.

1 Justin Orenduff

2 Micah Owings

3 Steven Register

4 Huston Street

5 Justin Verlander

6 Jered Weaver

7 Matt Campbell

8 Stephen Head

9 Mark Romanczuk

10 Jeff Clement

11 Mike Nickeas

12 Tyler Greene

13 Paul Janish

14 Jeff Larish

15 Eric Patterson

16 Dustin Pedroia

17 Michael Griffin

18 Brent Lillibridge

19 Danny Putnam

20 Seth Smith

21 Justin Orenduff SP

22 Micah Owings SP

23 Steven Register SP

24 Huston Street SP

25 Justin Verlander SP

26 Jered Weaver SP

27 Matt Campbell SP

28 Stephen Head SP

29 Mark Romanczuk SP

30 Jeff Clement SP

31 Mike Nickeas SP

32 Tyler Greene SP

33 Paul Janish SP

34 Jeff Larish SP

35 Eric Patterson SP

36 Dustin Pedroia SP

37 Michael Griffin SP

38 Brent Lillibridge SP

39 Danny Putnam SP

40 Seth Smith SP

41 Delmon Young SP

42 Rickie Weeks SP

Rafael Palmeiro A Piece of History 500 HR Club

Numbered as a continuation of the popular A Piece of History 500 HR Club set, this game-used bat card commemorates Rafael Palmeiro joining the 500 career home run club. A total of 350 serial-numbered copies were produced, with an autographed version limited (but curiously, not serial-numbered) to 25.

HR-RP Rafael Palmeiro /350

RP-AU Rafael Palmeiro /25 AU