Description

2002 Finest is a 110-card set released by Topps exclusive to Hobby outlets in the Summer of 2002. In a radical overhaul for the brand, the last ten cards in the base set make up an Autographed First Year Player subset -- the first time autographed cards were included in the base set. In addition, 2002 marked the debut of the "mini box" packaging Finest would be known for in future years. Each six-pack mini box would yield one Autographed First Year Player card.

Distribution

Three, six-pack mini boxes per box (MSRP: $50 mini box), five cards per pack. 12 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds per mini box
Base	110	-	?
short set	100	-	?
Autographed First Year Player	10	-	1:2 AU/GU
Refractor	110	499	1:2
X-Fractor	110	299	1:3
X-Fractor w/Protector	110	99	1:7
Jersey Relics	24	-	1:4 AU/GU
Bat Relics	15	-	1:12 AU/GU
Moments Autographs	15	-	1:3 AU/GU

AU/GU: Each mini box will yield either an autograph or Relic.

Checklist

Base Set

1 Mike Mussina
2 Steve Sparks
3 Randy Johnson
4 Orlando Cabrera
5 Jeff Kent
6 Carlos Delgado
7 Ivan Rodriguez
8 Jose Cruz, Jr.
9 Jason Giambi
10 Brad Penny
11 Moises Alou
12 Mike Piazza
13 Ben Grieve
14 Derek Jeter
15 Roy Oswalt
16 Pat Burrell
17 Preston Wilson
18 Kevin Brown
19 Barry Bonds
20 Phil Nevin
21 Aramis Ramirez
22 Carlos Beltran
23 Chipper Jones
24 Curt Schilling
25 Jorge Posada
26 Alfonso Soriano
27 Cliff Floyd
28 Rafael Palmeiro
29 Terrence Long
30 Ken Griffey, Jr.
31 Jason Kendall
32 Jose Vidro
33 Jermaine Dye
34 Bob Higginson
35 Albert Pujols
36 Miguel Tejada
37 Jim Edmonds
38 Barry Zito
39 Jimmy Rollins
40 Rafael Furcal
41 Omar Vizquel
42 Kazuhiro Sasaki
43 Brian Giles
44 Darin Erstad
45 Mariano Rivera
46 Troy Percival
47 Mike Sweeney
48 Vladimir Guerrero
49 Troy Glaus
50 So Taguchi RC
51 Edgardo Alfonzo
52 Roger Clemens
53 Eric Chavez
54 Alex Rodriguez
55 Cristian Guzman
56 Jeff Bagwell
57 Bernie Williams
58 Kerry Wood
59 Ryan Klesko
60 Ichiro
61 Larry Walker
62 Nomar Garciaparra
63 Craig Biggio
64 J.D. Drew
65 Juan Pierre
66 Roberto Alomar
67 Luis Gonzalez
68 Bud Smith
69 Magglio Ordonez
70 Scott Rolen
71 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
72 Paul Konerko
73 Garret Anderson
74 Tim Hudson
75 Adam Dunn
76 Gary Sheffield
77 Johnny Damon
78 Todd Helton
79 Geoff Jenkins
80 Shawn Green
81 C.C. Sabathia
82 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
83 Rich Aurilia
84 Mike Hampton
85 Ben Sheets
86 Andruw Jones
87 Richie Sexson
88 Jim Thome
89 Sammy Sosa
90 Greg Maddux
91 Pedro Martinez
92 Jeromy Burnitz
93 Raul Mondesi
94 Bret Boone
95 Jerry Hairston
96 Mike Rivera
97 Juan Cruz
98 Morgan Ensberg
99 Nathan Haynes
100 Xavier Nady

Autographed First Year Players

101 Nic Jackson AU RC*
102 Mauricio Lara AU RC*
103 Freddy Sanchez AU RC
104 Clint Nageotte AU RC
105 Beltran Perez AU RC
106 Garett Gentry AU RC* UER (mispelled "Garrett")
107 Chad Qualls AU RC
108 Jason Bay AU RC
109 Michael Hill AU RC*
110 Brian Tallet AU RC

Parallels

All 110 base cards (including the Autographed First-Year Player cards) are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 299 copies)
X-Fractor w/Protector (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

NOTE: For the "X-Fractor w/Protector" cards, Topps brought back the much maligned peel-away "Protector" that was standard on all Topps cards from 1995-1999.

Inserts

Autographs & Game-Used