Description

2007 SP Authentic is a 162-card set released by Upper Deck on November 20, 2007. The By The Letter autographed manufactured letter patches that debuted in the previous year's product return, this time as part of the base set. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield two By The Letter cards.

In addition, a series of unannounced "gimmick" cards of Alex Rodriguez were randomly inserted into packs without prior notice -- although mostly received by The Hobby with ambivalence.

Distribution

24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $5). 12 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	162	-	?
short set	100	-	?
By The Letter Rookie Signatures	62	varies	*
EX ROD Gimmicks	5	-	?
Power	50	-	1:2
Speed	50	-	1:2
Autographed Parallels	46	5	?
By The Letter Rookie Signatures Full Name Redemptions	58	varies	?
By The Letter Signatures	90	varies	*
By The Letter Signatures Full Name Redemptions	52	varies	?
Chirography Dual	13	varies	**
Chirography Quad	6	5	**
Sign of the Times Dual	12	varies	**
Sign of the Times Triple	9	varies	**
Sign of the Times Quad	4	5	**

* Odds of finding a By The Letter Signature: 1:12/packs
** Odds of finding a multi-signed card: 1:288/packs

Checklist

Base Set

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1 Chipper Jones
2 Andruw Jones
3 John Smoltz
4 Carlos Quentin
5 Randy Johnson
6 Brandon Webb
7 Alfonso Soriano
8 Derrek Lee
9 Aramis Ramirez
10 Carlos Zambrano
11 Ken Griffey, Jr.
12 Adam Dunn
13 Josh Hamilton
14 Todd Helton
15 Jeff Francis
16 Matt Holliday
17 Hanley Ramirez
18 Dontrelle Willis
19 Miguel Cabrera
20 Lance Berkman
21 Roy Oswalt
22 Carlos Lee
23 Nomar Garciaparra
24 Derek Lowe
25 Juan Pierre
26 Rafael Furcal
27 Rickie Weeks
28 Prince Fielder
29 Ben Sheets
30 David Wright
31 Jose Reyes
32 Tom Glavine
33 Carlos Beltran
34 Cole Hamels
35 Jimmy Rollins
36 Ryan Howard
37 Jason Bay
38 Freddy Sanchez
39 Ian Snell
40 Jake Peavy
41 Greg Maddux
42 Trevor Hoffman
43 Matt Cain
44 Barry Zito
45 Ray Durham
46 Albert Pujols
47 Chris Carpenter
48 Jim Edmonds
49 Scott Rolen
50 Ryan Zimmerman
51 Felipe Lopez
52 Austin Kearns
53 Miguel Tejada
54 Erik Bedard
55 Daniel Cabrera
56 David Ortiz
57 Curt Schilling
58 Manny Ramirez
59 Jonathan Papelbon
60 Jim Thome
61 Paul Konerko
62 Bobby Jenks
63 Grady Sizemore
64 Victor Martinez
65 Travis Hafner
66 Ivan Rodriguez
67 Justin Verlander
68 Joel Zumaya
69 Jeremy Bonderman
70 Gil Meche
71 Mike Sweeney
72 Mark Teahen
73 Vladimir Guerrero
74 Howie Kendrick
75 Francisco Rodriguez
76 Johan Santana
77 Justin Morneau
78 Joe Mauer
79 Joe Nathan
80 Alex Rodriguez
81 Derek Jeter
82 Johnny Damon
83 Chien-Ming Wang
84 Rich Harden
85 Mike Piazza
86 Dan Haren
87 Ichiro
88 Felix Hernandez
89 Kenji Johjima
90 Adrian Beltre
91 Carl Crawford
92 Scott Kazmir
93 Delmon Young
94 Michael Young
95 Mark Teixeira
96 Eric Gagne
97 Hank Blalock
98 Vernon Wells
99 Roy Halladay
100 Frank Thomas

By The Letter Rookie Signatures

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Each By The Letter Rookie Signature is signed on a manufactured letter patch. Each player signed various letters, usually, one for each letter in their last name. Each card is serial-numbered, but only to the production run of that particular letter. The production figures listed below are the aggregate number of letters signed by the player.

101 Joaquin Arias AU (RC) 825
102 Jeff Baker AU (RC) 550
103 Michael Bourn AU (RC) 825
104 Brian Burres AU (RC) 900
105 Jared Burton AU RC 900
106 Ryan Braun AU (RC) 550
107 Yovani Gallardo AU (RC) 730
108 Hector Gimenez AU (RC) 800
109 Alex Gordon AU RC 600
110 Josh Hamilton AU (RC) 580
111 Justin Hampson AU (RC) 800
112 Sean Henn AU (RC) 750
113 Phil Hughes AU (RC) 600
114 Kei Igawa AU RC 275
115 Akinori Iwamura AU RC 260
116 Mark Reynolds AU RC 730
117 Homer Bailey AU (RC) 750
118 Kevin Kouzmanoff AU (RC) 850
119 Adam Lind AU (RC) 750
120 Carlos Gomez AU RC 700
121 Glen Perkins AU (RC) 800
122 Rick Vanden Hurk AU RC 820
123 Brad Salmon AU RC 900
124 Zack Segovia AU RC 800
125 Kurt Suzuki AU (RC) 750
126 Chris Stewart AU RC 800
127 Cesar Jimenez AU RC 870
128 Ryan Sweeney AU (RC) 580
129 Troy Tulowitzki AU (RC) 420
130 Chase Wright AU RC 900
131 Delmon Young AU (RC) 220
132 Tony Abreu AU RC 700
133 Brian Barden AU RC 900
134 Curtis Thigpen AU (RC) 730
135 Jon Coutlangus AU (RC) 450
136 Kevin Cameron AU RC 800
137 Billy Butler AU (RC) 900
138 Alexi Casilla AU RC 800
139 Kory Casto AU (RC) 825
140 Matt Chico AU (RC) 825
141 John Danks AU RC 825
142 Andrew Miller AU RC 600
143 Ben Francisco AU (RC) 810
144 Andy Gonzalez AU RC 850
145 Devern Hansack AU RC 800
146 Mike Rabelo AU RC 900
147 Tim Lincecum AU RC 580
148 Matt Lindstrom AU (RC) 810
149 Jay Marshall AU RC 850
150 Daisuke Matsuzaka AU RC 290
151 Miguel Montero AU (RC) 891
152 Micah Owings AU (RC) 450
153 Hunter Pence AU (RC) 825
154 Brandon Wood AU (RC) 750
155 Felix Pie AU (RC) 675
156 Danny Putnam AU (RC) 900
157 Andy LaRoche AU (RC) 580
158 Jarrod Saltalamacchia AU (RC) 800
159 Doug Slaten AU RC 900
160 Joe Smith AU RC 825
161 Justin Upton AU RC 500
162 Joba Chamberlain AU RC 500

EX ROD Gimmicks

With speculation as to his plans for the 2008 season and beyond, Upper Deck created these five unannounced "EX ROD" of Alex Rodriguez. Each card featuring the logo of a team he might have signed for, and the words "EX ROD" in place of his name.

Rodriguez wound up staying with the Yankees.

80 Alex Rodriguez Angels
80 Alex Rodriguez Dodgers
80 Alex Rodriguez Cubs
80 Alex Rodriguez Mets
80 Alex Rodriguez Red Sox

Parallels

Autograph Parallel

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Each Autograph Parallel is serial-numbered to five.

4 Carlos Quentin
6 Brandon Webb
8 Derrek Lee
9 Aramis Ramirez
11 Ken Griffey, Jr.
12 Adam Dunn
13 Josh Hamilton
16 Matt Holliday
17 Hanley Ramirez
18 Dontrelle Willis
20 Lance Berkman
22 Carlos Lee
26 Rafael Furcal
27 Rickie Weeks
28 Prince Fielder
29 Ben Sheets
32 Tom Glavine
34 Cole Hamels
37 Jason Bay
43 Matt Cain
50 Ryan Zimmerman
51 Felipe Lopez
52 Austin Kearns
55 Daniel Cabrera
56 David Ortiz
59 Jonathan Papelbon
60 Jim Thome
64 Victor Martinez
65 Travis Hafner
67 Justin Verlander
68 Joel Zumaya
69 Jeremy Bonderman
74 Howie Kendrick
79 Joe Nathan
81 Derek Jeter
84 Rich Harden
86 Dan Haren
88 Felix Hernandez
91 Carl Crawford
92 Scott Kazmir
93 Delmon Young
95 Mark Teixeira
98 Vernon Wells
99 Roy Halladay

By The Letter Rookie Signatures Full Redemption

Each redemption card was good for an entire set of By The Letter Rookie Autographs of that player. Each redemption card expired in 2009.

101 Joaquin Arias 5
102 Jeff Baker 5
103 Michael Bourn 5
104 Brian Burres 3
105 Jared Burton 3
106 Ryan Braun 2
107 Yovani Gallardo 2
108 Hector Gimenez 3
109 Alex Gordon 3
110 Josh Hamilton 2
111 Justin Hampson 3
112 Sean Henn 5
113 Phil Hughes 3
114 Kei Igawa 2
115 Akinori Iwamura 2
116 Mark Reynolds 2
117 Homer Bailey 3
118 Kevin Kouzmanoff 2
119 Adam Lind 5
120 Carlos Gomez 3
121 Glen Perkins 3
122 Rick Vanden Hurk 2
123 Brad Salmon 3
124 Zack Segovia 3
125 Kurt Suzuki 3
126 Chris Stewart 3
127 Cesar Jimenez 3
128 Ryan Sweeney 2
129 Troy Tulowitzki 3
130 Chase Wright 2
131 Delmon Young 3
132 Tony Abreu 3
133 Brian Barden 3
134 Curtis Thigpen 3
136 Kevin Cameron 3
137 Billy Butler 2
138 Alexi Casilla 5
139 Kory Casto 5
140 Matt Chico 5
141 John Danks 3
142 Andrew Miller 2
143 Ben Francisco 2
144 Andy Gonzalez 3
145 Devern Hansack 3
146 Mike Rabelo 1
147 Tim Lincecum 2
148 Matt Lindstrom 2
149 Jay Marshall 2
150 Daisuke Matsuzaka 2
151 Miguel Montero 5
153 Hunter Pence 5
154 Brandon Wood 3
155 Felix Pie 2
156 Danny Putnam 2
157 Andy LaRoche 3
158 Jarrod Saltalamacchia 5
159 Doug Slaten 3
160 Joe Smith 3

Inserts

Power

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AP-2 Albert Pujols
AP-3 Alex Rodriguez
AP-4 Alfonso Soriano
AP-5 Andruw Jones
AP-6 Aramis Ramirez
AP-7 Bill Hall
AP-8 Carlos Beltran
AP-9 Carlos Delgado
AP-10 Carlos Lee
AP-11 Chase Utley
AP-12 Chipper Jones
AP-13 Dan Uggla
AP-14 David Ortiz
AP-15 David Wright
AP-16 Derrek Lee
AP-17 Eric Chavez
AP-18 Frank Thomas
AP-19 Garrett Atkins
AP-20 Gary Sheffield
AP-21 Hideki Matsui
AP-22 J.D. Drew
AP-23 Jason Bay
AP-24 Jason Giambi
AP-25 Jeff Francoeur
AP-26 Jermaine Dye
AP-27 Jim Thome
AP-28 Justin Morneau
AP-29 Ken Griffey, Jr.
AP-30 Lance Berkman
AP-31 Magglio Ordonez
AP-32 Manny Ramirez
AP-33 Mark Teixeira
AP-34 Matt Holliday
AP-35 Miguel Cabrera
AP-36 Miguel Tejada
AP-37 Mike Piazza
AP-38 Nick Swisher
AP-39 Pat Burrell
AP-40 Paul Konerko
AP-41 Prince Fielder
AP-42 Richie Sexson
AP-43 Ryan Howard
AP-44 Sammy Sosa
AP-45 Todd Helton
AP-46 Travis Hafner
AP-47 Troy Glaus
AP-48 Vernon Wells
AP-49 Victor Martinez
AP-50 Vladimir Guerrero
AP-1 Adam Dunn

Speed

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AS-1 Alex Rios
AS-2 Alex Rodriguez
AS-3 Alfonso Soriano
AS-4 B.J. Upton
AS-5 Bobby Abreu
AS-6 Brandon Phillips
AS-7 Brian Roberts
AS-8 Carl Crawford
AS-9 Carlos Beltran
AS-10 Chase Utley
AS-11 Chone Figgins
AS-12 Chris Burke
AS-13 Chris Duffy
AS-14 Coco Crisp
AS-15 Corey Patterson
AS-16 Dave Roberts
AS-17 David Wright
AS-18 Derek Jeter
AS-19 Edgar Renteria
AS-20 Eric Byrnes
AS-21 Felipe Lopez
AS-22 Gary Matthews
AS-23 Grady Sizemore
AS-24 Hanley Ramirez
AS-25 Ian Kinsler
AS-26 Ichiro
AS-27 Jacque Jones
AS-28 Jimmy Rollins
AS-29 Johnny Damon
AS-30 Jose Reyes
AS-31 Juan Pierre
AS-32 Julio Lugo
AS-33 Kenny Lofton
AS-34 Luis Castillo
AS-35 Marcus Giles
AS-36 Melky Cabrera
AS-37 Mike Cameron
AS-38 Orlando Cabrera
AS-39 Rafael Furcal
AS-40 Randy Winn
AS-41 Rickie Weeks
AS-42 Rocco Baldelli
AS-43 Ryan Freel
AS-44 Ryan Theriot
AS-45 Scott Podsednik
AS-46 Shane Victorino
AS-47 Tadahito Iguchi
AS-48 Torii Hunter
AS-49 Vernon Wells
AS-50 Willy Taveras

Autographs

By the Letter Signatures

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Each By The Letter Signature is signed on a manufactured letter patch. Each player signed various letters, usually, one for each letter in their last name. Each card is serial-numbered, but only to the production run of that particular letter. The production figures listed below are the aggregate number of letters signed by the player.

BL-1 Derek Jeter 240
BL-2 Ken Griffey, Jr. 140
BL-4 Justin Verlander 435
BL-5 Adrian Gonzalez 1160
BL-8 Josh Beckett 285
BL-10 Aramis Ramirez 450
BL-11 Austin Kearns 1250
BL-12 B.J. Upton 380
BL-13 Boof Bonser 1275
BL-14 Bronson Arroyo 1150
BL-15 Troy Tulowitzki 900
BL-16 Felix Pie 525
BL-17 Alex Gordon 550
BL-18 Chris Duffy 1400
BL-19 Chris Young 1225
BL-20 Cliff Lee 1200
BL-21 Cole Hamels 570
BL-22 Adam Lind 900
BL-23 Akinori Iwamura 430
BL-24 Dan Uggla 500
BL-25 Dan Haren 525
BL-26 David Ortiz 170
BL-27 Felix Hernandez 260
BL-28 Tony Gwynn, Jr. 725
BL-29 Josh Hamilton 1200
BL-30 Phil Hughes 825
BL-31 Khalil Greene 300
BL-32 Dontrelle Willis 430
BL-33 Hanley Ramirez 875
BL-34 Howie Kendrick 1340
BL-35 Huston Street 700
BL-37 Jason Bay 575
BL-40 Joe Mauer 335
BL-41 Jonathan Papelbon 800
BL-42 Tim Lincecum 1180
BL-43 Matt Cain 1230
BL-44 Victor Martinez 600
BL-45 Roger Clemens 105
BL-46 Ryan Zimmerman 700
BL-47 Stephen Drew 395
BL-48 Travis Hafner 550
BL-49 Josh Willingham 1270
BL-50 Torii Hunter 500
BL-51 Billy Butler 600
BL-52 Justin Morneau 385
BL-53 Andy LaRoche 1445
BL-54 Brandon Wood 1250
BL-55 Hunter Pence 900
BL-56 Devern Hansack 1400
BL-58 Derrek Lee 245
BL-59 Prince Fielder 335
BL-60 Kevin Kouzmanoff 1200

Full Redemption

Each redemption card was good for an entire set of By The Letter Signatures of that player. Each redemption card expired in 2009.

BL-1 Derek Jeter 10
BL-2 Ken Griffey, Jr. 21
BL-4 Justin Verlander 18
BL-5 Adrian Gonzalez 40
BL-8 Josh Beckett 14
BL-10 Aramis Ramirez 21
BL-11 Austin Kearns 30
BL-12 B.J. Upton 25
BL-13 Boof Bonser 30
BL-14 Bronson Arroyo 30
BL-15 Troy Tulowitzki 20
BL-16 Felix Pie 15
BL-17 Alex Gordon 18
BL-18 Chris Duffy 25
BL-19 Chris Young 25
BL-20 Cliff Lee 15
BL-21 Cole Hamels 18
BL-22 Adam Lind 20
BL-23 Akinori Iwamura 14
BL-24 Dan Uggla 10
BL-25 Dan Haren 25
BL-26 David Ortiz 10
BL-27 Felix Hernandez 18
BL-28 Tony Gwynn, Jr. 25
BL-29 Josh Hamilton 24
BL-30 Phil Hughes 18
BL-31 Khalil Greene 18
BL-32 Dontrelle Willis 18
BL-33 Hanley Ramirez 14
BL-34 Howie Kendrick 18
BL-36 Ian Kinsler 21
BL-37 Jason Bay 15
BL-40 Joe Mauer 10
BL-41 Jonathan Papelbon 16
BL-42 Tim Lincecum 16
BL-43 Matt Cain 20
BL-44 Victor Martinez 16
BL-45 Roger Clemens 14
BL-46 Ryan Zimmerman 18
BL-47 Stephen Drew 20
BL-48 Travis Hafner 18
BL-49 Josh Willingham 20
BL-50 Torii Hunter 18
BL-51 Billy Butler 30
BL-52 Justin Morneau 14
BL-53 Andy LaRoche 21
BL-54 Brandon Wood 20
BL-55 Hunter Pence 15
BL-58 Derrek Lee 15
BL-59 Prince Fielder 21
BL-60 Kevin Kouzmanoff 20

Chirography

Dual

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CD-CG Eric Chavez / Alex Gordon 75
CD-CL Matt Cain / Tim Lincecum 175
CD-DR Stephen Drew / Hanley Ramirez EXCH 75
CD-HD Travis Hafner / Adam Dunn 75
CD-HW Dan Haren / Jered Weaver 175
CD-KH Scott Kazmir / Cole Hamels EXCH 175
CD-MI Daisuke Matsuzaka / Akinori Iwamura 75
CD-ML Andrew Miller / Tim Lincecum 175
CD-MZ Nick Markakis / Ryan Zimmerman 75
CD-RJ Cal Ripken, Jr. / Derek Jeter 75
CD-VH Justin Verlander / Felix Hernandez 175
CD-WH Vernon Wells / Torii Hunter EXCH 75
CD-WK Rickie Weeks / Ian Kinsler EXCH 175

Quads

Each Chirography Quads is serial-numbered to five. All six cards packed out as redemptions, which expired November 5th, 2008.

CQ-AHBT Jeff Baker / Garrett Atkins / Troy Tulowitzki / Matt Holliday EXCH
CQ-CJIH Roger Clemens / Keiu Igawa / Derek Jeter / Phil Hughes EXCH
CQ-CKUY Delmon Young / Carl Crawford / B.J. Upton / Scott Kazmir EXCH
CQ-SWGB Ben Sheets / Rickie Weeks / Tony Gwynn, Jr. / Ryan Braun EXCH
CQ-RMCM Cal Ripken, Jr. / Nick Markakis / Daniel Cabrera / Melvin Mora EXCH
CQ-JQYD Stephen Drew / Conor Jackson / Carlos Quentin / Chris B. Young EXCH

Sign of the Times

Duals

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SD-BP Josh Beckett / Jonathan Papelbon 75
SD-CH Eric Chavez / Rich Harden EXCH 75
SD-CJ Roger Clemens / Derek Jeter 75
SD-CL Matt Cain / Tim Lincecum 175
SD-FL Rafael Furcal / Andy LaRoche 175
SD-GD Ken Griffey, Jr. / Adam Dunn 75
SD-HM Travis Hafner / Victor Martinez 75
SD-SW Ben Sheets / Rickie Weeks EXCH 75
SD-TK Mark Teixeira / Ian Kinsler 75
SD-UY B.J. Upton / Delmon Young EXCH 75
SD-CW Miguel Cabrera / Dontrelle Willis 75
SD-VM Justin Verlander / Andrew Miller 75

Triples

Each Sign of the Times Triples is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

ST-CBK Roger Clemens / Josh Beckett / Scott Kazmir EXCH
ST-FLR Rafael Furcal / Felipe Lopez / Hanley Ramirez EXCH
ST-GHY Ken Griffey, Jr. / Torii Hunter / Chris B. Young EXCH
ST-HHM Cole Hamels / Felix Hernandez / Andrew Miller EXCH
ST-KKL Ian Kinsler / Howie Kendrick / Adam LInd EXCH
ST-MII Daisuke Matsuzaka / Akinori Iwamura / Kei Igawa EXCH
ST-NZP Joe Nathan / Joel Zumaya / Jonathan Papelbon EXCH
ST-TOH Jim Thome / David Ortiz / Travis Hafner EXCH
ST-RJD Cal Ripken, Jr. / Derek Jeter / Stephen Drew EXCH

Quads

Each Signs of the Times Quads is serial-numbered to five.

SQ-GKIB Alex Gordon / Ryan Braun / Kevin Kouzmanoff / Akinori Iwamura EXCH
SQ-GWHY Ken Griffey, Jr. / Torii Hunter / Vernon Wells / Chris B. Young EXCH
SQ-OMMH Daisuke Matsuzaka / Andrew Miller / Phil Hughes / Micah Owings EXCH
SQ-THOT Jim Thome / Travis Hafner / David Ortiz / Mark Teixeira EXCH

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