1995 Select Certified

Description

1995 Select Certified Edition is a 135-card, "super-premium" set, and was released exclusively to Hobby outlets in November 1995. Due to the baseball strike of 1994-1995 Select slashed production of Certified by 34% of the regular Select set. Designed to compete with Topps' Finest brand, the cards are made with 24-point metallic stock and are double laminated.

Rookie Cards in this set include Bobby Higginson and Hideo Nomo. Card number 18 was never printed; Cal Ripken is featured on a special card numbered 2131, which is included in the complete set of 135.

Based on announced production figures, 63,210 20-pack wax boxes were produced resulting in each base card having 56,186 copies.

Distribution

20 packs per box, six cards per pack plus one of seven checklist cards (MSRP: $3.99).

The packaging was complex relative to baseball cards. The seven cards were wrapped in cellophane wrapper inside a piece of folded cardboard inside a mini cardboard box which itself was wrapped in plastic. Each pack had the anti-drug message "Be Strong. Don't Use Drugs." written on the side.

Collation data from one box. Base Set Completion: 82% (111 of 135); Duplicates: 9; Gold Team Insert Completion: 8% (1 of 12); Mirror Gold parallel 02% (3 of 135); Certified Future Insert Completion 10% (1 of 10); Potential Unlimited 5% (1 of 20)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	135	56,186 +	?
Checklists	7	-	1:1
Mirror Gold	135	1873 +	1:5
Certified Future	10	6654 +	1:19
Potential Unlimited	20	1975	1:32
Gold Team	12	2570 +	1:41

+ Calculated production figures.

Checklist

Promos

This eight-card set was issued to preview the '95 Select Certified set. Each card has the word "SAMPLE" printed diagonally on both sides. The Cal Ripken, Jr. card is done in the style of the Gold Team insert.

• 2 Reggie Sanders
• 3GT Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 10 Mo Vaughn
• 39 Mike Piazza
• 50 Mark McGwire
• 75 Roberto Alomar
• 89 Larry Walker
• 110 Ray Durham

Base Set

• 1 Barry Bonds
• 2 Reggie Sanders
• 3 Terry Steinbach
• 4 Eduardo Perez
• 5 Frank Thomas
• 6 Wil Cordero
• 7 John Olerud
• 8 Deion Sanders
• 9 Mike Mussina
• 10 Mo Vaughn
• 11 Will Clark
• 12 Chili Davis
• 13 Jimmy Key
• 14 Eddie Murray
• 15 Bernard Gilkey
• 16 David Cone
• 17 Tim Salmon
• 19 Steve Ontiveros
• 20 Andres Galarraga
• 21 Don Mattingly
• 22 Kevin Appier
• 23 Paul Molitor
• 24 Edgar Martinez
• 25 Andy Benes
• 26 Rafael Palmeiro
• 27 Barry Larkin
• 28 Gary Sheffield
• 29 Wally Joyner
• 30 Wade Boggs
• 31 Rico Brogna
• 32 Eddie Murray 3000th Hit
• 33 Kirby Puckett
• 34 Bobby Bonilla
• 35 Hal Morris
• 36 Moises Alou
• 37 Javy Lopez
• 38 Chuck Knoblauch
• 39 Mike Piazza
• 40 Travis Fryman
• 41 Rickey Henderson
• 42 Jim Thome
• 43 Carlos Baerga
• 44 Dean Palmer
• 45 Kirk Gibson
• 46 Bret Saberhagen
• 47 Cecil Fielder
• 48 Manny Ramirez
• 49 Derek Bell
• 50 Mark McGwire
• 51 Jim Edmonds
• 52 Robin Ventura
• 53 Ryan Klesko
• 54 Jeff Bagwell
• 55 Ozzie Smith
• 56 Albert Belle
• 57 Darren Daulton
• 58 Jeff Conine
• 59 Greg Maddux
• 60 Lenny Dykstra
• 61 Randy Johnson
• 62 Fred McGriff
• 63 Ray Lankford
• 64 Dave Justice
• 65 Paul O'Neill
• 66 Tony Gwynn
• 67 Matt Williams
• 68 Dante Bichette
• 69 Craig Biggio
• 70 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 71 J.T. Snow
• 72 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 73 Jay Bell
• 74 Joe Carter
• 75 Roberto Alomar
• 76 Benji Gil
• 77 Ivan Rodriguez
• 78 Raul Mondesi
• 79 Cliff Floyd
• 80 Eric Karros / Mike Piazza / Raul Mondesi
• 81 Royce Clayton
• 82 Billy Ashley
• 83 Joey Hamilton
• 84 Sammy Sosa
• 85 Jason Bere
• 86 Dennis Martinez
• 87 Greg Vaughn
• 88 Roger Clemens
• 89 Larry Walker
• 90 Mark Grace
• 91 Kenny Lofton
• 92 Carlos Perez RC
• 93 Roger Cedeno
• 94 Scott Ruffcorn
• 95 Jim Pittsley
• 96 Andy Pettitte
• 97 James Baldwin
• 98 Hideo Nomo RC
• 99 Ismael Valdes
• 100 Armando Benitez
• 101 Jose Malave
• 102 Bobby Higginson RC
• 103 LaTroy Hawkins
• 104 Russ Davis
• 105 Shawn Green
• 106 Joe Vitiello
• 107 Chipper Jones
• 108 Shane Andrews
• 109 Jose Oliva
• 110 Ray Durham
• 111 Jon Nunnally
• 112 Alex Gonzalez
• 113 Vaughn Eshelman
• 114 Marty Cordova
• 115 Mark Grudzielanek RC
• 116 Brian L. Hunter
• 117 Charles Johnson
• 118 Alex Rodriguez
• 119 David Bell
• 120 Todd Hollandsworth
• 121 Joe Randa
• 122 Derek Jeter
• 123 Frank Rodriguez
• 124 Curtis Goodwin
• 125 Bill Pulsipher
• 126 John Mabry
• 127 Julian Tavarez
• 128 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 129 Orlando Miller
• 130 Juan Acevedo RC
• 131 Jeff Cirillo
• 132 Roberto Petagine
• 133 Antonio Osuna
• 134 Michael Tucker
• 135 Garret Anderson
• 2131 Cal Ripken, Jr. TRIB

Parallels

Each card is available in a Mirror Gold parallel. Each card has a gold-colored holographic foil layer which, combined with the metallic cardstock of the fronts, gives it the appearance of a Finest Refractor.

Inserts

Checklists

Each pack contained one of seven checklists. The checklists are printed on a noticeably thinner cardstock.

• 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 2 Frank Thomas
• 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 4 Jeff Bagwell
• 5 Mike Piazza
• 6 Barry Bonds
• 7 Manny Ramirez / Raul Mondesi

Certified Future

Ten of the leading 1995 rookie players are included in this set.

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Curtis Goodwin
• 3 Hideo Nomo
• 4 Shawn Green
• 5 Ray Durham
• 6 Todd Hollandsworth
• 7 Brian L. Hunter
• 8 Carlos Delgado
• 9 Michael Tucker
• 10 Alex Rodriguez

Potential Unlimited

This 20-card, all-Dufex, set was randomly inserted into packs and limited (but not serial-numbered) to 1975 copies. Each card has the statement "1 of 1,975" on the back.

A special parallel version was also produced as box toppers. The box toppers have a different Dufex pattern, a "micro-etched version" and were seeded at the rate of 1:3.5/boxes. Each box topper card is limited (but not serial-numbered) to 903 copies.

• 1 Cliff Floyd
• 2 Manny Ramirez
• 3 Raul Mondesi
• 4 Scott Ruffcorn
• 5 Billy Ashley
• 6 Alex Gonzalez
• 7 Midre Cummings
• 8 Charles Johnson
• 9 Garret Anderson
• 10 Hideo Nomo
• 11 Chipper Jones
• 12 Curtis Goodwin
• 13 Frank Rodriguez
• 14 Shawn Green
• 15 Ray Durham
• 16 Todd Hollandsworth
• 17 Brian L. Hunter
• 18 Carlos Delgado
• 19 Michael Tucker
• 20 Alex Rodriguez

Gold Team

This 12-card set features some of the leading players in baseball on gaudy, double-sided, all-gold-foil, Dufex cards.

• 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 2 Frank Thomas
• 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 4 Jeff Bagwell
• 5 Mike Piazza
• 6 Barry Bonds
• 7 Matt Williams
• 8 Don Mattingly
• 9 Will Clark
• 10 Tony Gwynn
• 11 Kirby Puckett
• 12 Jose Canseco