Description

2003 Finest is a 110-card set released by Topps exclusively to Hobby outlets in May, 2003. The last 10 cards in the base set make up an Autographed Rookie subset.

Each Hobby box contains three, six-pack mini boxes with either an autograph or a Relic card in every mini box.

Distribution

Three, s-xpack mini boxes plus one Uncirculated Gold X-Fractor per box (MSRP: $36 per mini box), 5 cards per pack. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds per mini box
Base	110	-	?
short set	100	-	?
Autographed Rookies	10	-	1:4
Refractor short set	100	-	one-per mini box
Refractor Autographed Rookies	10	199	1:34
X-Fractor	110	99	1:7
Uncirculated Gold X-Fractor	110	199	one per Hobby box
1993 Finest Buybacks	199	one-of-one	1:670
Bat Relics	27	-	1:2
Uniform Relics	22	-	1:24
Moments Refractor Autographs	13	-	1:3

Checklist

Base Set

1 Sammy Sosa
2 Paul Konerko
3 Todd Helton
4 Mike Lowell
5 Lance Berkman
6 Kazuhisa Ishii
7 A.J. Pierzynski
8 Jose Vidro
9 Roberto Alomar
10 Derek Jeter
11 Barry Zito
12 Jimmy Rollins
13 Brian Giles
14 Ryan Klesko
15 Rich Aurilia
16 Jim Edmonds
17 Aubrey Huff
18 Ivan Rodriguez
19 Eric Hinske
20 Barry Bonds
21 Darin Erstad
22 Curt Schilling
23 Andruw Jones
24 Jay Gibbons
25 Nomar Garciaparra
26 Kerry Wood
27 Magglio Ordonez
28 Austin Kearns
29 Jason Jennings
30 Jason Giambi
31 Tim Hudson
32 Edgar Martinez
33 Carl Crawford
34 Hee Seop Choi
35 Vladimir Guerrero
36 Jeff Kent
37 John Smoltz
38 Frank Thomas
39 Cliff Floyd
40 Mike Piazza
41 Mark Prior
42 Tim Salmon
43 Shawn Green
44 Bernie Williams
45 Jim Thome
46 John Olerud
47 Orlando Hudson
48 Mark Teixeira
49 Gary Sheffield
50 Ichiro
51 Tom Glavine
52 Torii Hunter
53 Craig Biggio
54 Carlos Beltran
55 Bartolo Colon
56 Jorge Posada
57 Pat Burrell
58 Edgar Renteria
59 Rafael Palmeiro
60 Alfonso Soriano
61 Brandon Phillips
62 Luis Gonzalez
63 Manny Ramirez
64 Garret Anderson
65 Ken Griffey, Jr.
66 A.J. Burnett
67 Mike Sweeney
68 Doug Mientkiewicz
69 Eric Chavez
70 Adam Dunn
71 Shea Hillenbrand
72 Troy Glaus
73 Rodrigo Lopez
74 Moises Alou
75 Chipper Jones
76 Bobby Abreu
77 Mark Mulder
78 Kevin Brown
79 Josh Beckett
80 Larry Walker
81 Randy Johnson
82 Greg Maddux
83 Johnny Damon
84 Omar Vizquel
85 Jeff Bagwell
86 Carlos Pena
87 Roy Oswalt
88 Richie Sexson
89 Roger Clemens
90 Miguel Tejada
91 Vicente Padilla
92 Phil Nevin
93 Edgardo Alfonzo
94 Bret Boone
95 Albert Pujols
96 Carlos Delgado
97 Jose Contreras RC
98 Scott Rolen
99 Pedro Martinez
100 Alex Rodriguez

Autographed Rookies

101 Adam LaRoche AU
102 Andy Marte AU RC
103 Daryl Clark AU RC*
104 J.D. Durbin AU RC
105 Craig Brazell AU RC
106 Brian Burgamy AU RC*
107 Tyler Johnson AU RC
108 Joey Gomes AU RC*
109 Bryan Bullington AU RC
110 Byron Gettis AU RC

Parallels

All 110 base cards (including the ten Autographed Rookies) are available in the following Refractor parallels.

Refractor (un-numbered EXCEPT for the Autographed Rookies which are serial-numbered to 199 copies)
X-Fractor (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

Uncirculated Gold X-Fractors

In celebration of Finest's tenth anniversary, each sealed Hobby box contained, packed as a box topper, one Uncirculated Gold X-Fractor serial-numbered to 199 copies.

Inserts

1993 Finest Buybacks

To commemorate Finest's tenth anniversary, Topps bought back one 199-card 1993 Finest base set and randomly inserted it into 2003 Finest packs. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your view of buybacks), Topps did not mark or stamp any of the cards. You got, essentially, a 1993 Finest common.

Autographs & Game-Used

Bat Relics

AD Adam Dunn H
AK Austin Kearns K
AP Albert Pujols I
AR Alex Rodriguez E
AS Alfonso Soriano H
BB Barry Bonds F
CJ Chipper Jones G
CR Cal Ripken, Jr. B
DM Dale Murphy I
GM Greg Maddux F
IR Ivan Rodriguez G
JB Jeff Bagwell D
JT Jim Thome D
KP Kirby Puckett K
LB Lance Berkman C
MP Mike Piazza E
MR Manny Ramirez I
MS Mike Schmidt C
MT Miguel Tejada I
NG Nomar Garciaparra A
PM Paul Molitor C
RC Rod Carew K
RCL Roger Clemens J
RH Rickey Henderson B
RP Rafael Palmeiro J
TH Todd Helton B
WB Wade Boggs G

Uniform Relics

AD Adam Dunn B
AJ Andruw Jones H
AP Albert Pujols D
AR Alex Rodriguez F
AS Alfonso Soriano A
BB Barry Bonds D
CJ Chipper Jones B
CS Curt Schilling B
EC Eric Chavez B
GM Greg Maddux C
LG Luis Gonzalez D
LW Larry Walker C
MM Mark Mulder C
MP Mike Piazza C
MR Manny Ramirez E
MSW Mike Sweeney F
RJ Randy Johnson H
RO Roy Oswalt G
RP Rafael Palmeiro E
SS Sammy Sosa D
TH Todd Helton F
WM Willie Mays A

Moments Refractor Autographs

NOTE: Card #JS packed out as a redemption card which expired April 30th, 2005.