Description

2004 Upper Deck First Pitch is a 300-card set released to retail outlets in February. Similar to Topps's Opening Day brand, First Pitch is a stripped-down rendition of the 2004 Upper Deck flagship brand. The first 270 cards parallel the 270-card 2004 Upper Deck Series One base set -- but with the addition of a "First Pitch" logo on the front.

The final 30 cards (#271-#300) are a selection of cards from the 2004 Upper Deck Series Two Star Rookies subset, and are short-printed.

Distribution

36 packs per box, five cards per pack. 20 boxes per case. Retail only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	300	-	?
short set	270	-	?
Star Rookies	30	-	1:4

Checklist

Base Set

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1 Dontrelle Willis
2 Edgar Gonzalez
3 Jose Reyes
4 Jae Weong Seo
5 Miguel Cabrera
6 Jesse Foppert
7 Mike Neu
8 Michael 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
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 Suzuki
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 Sidney Ponson
201 Ray Durham
202 Andres Galarraga
203 Benito Santiago
204 Jose Cruz
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 Lieberthal
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
261 Checklist - Hideki Matsui
262 Josh Beckett CL
263 Checklist - Dontrelle Willis
264 Checklist - Kevin Millwood
265 Checklist - Billy Wagner
266 Checklist - Rocco Baldelli
267 Checklist - Roger Clemens
268 Checklist - Rafael Palmeiro
269 Checklist - Miguel Cabrera
270 Checklist - Jose Contreras

Short-Prints

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271 Rickie Weeks
272 Delmon Young
273 Chien-Ming Wang
274 Rich Harden
275 Edwin Jackson
276 Dan Haren
277 Todd Wellemeyer
278 Prentice Redman
279 Ryan Wagner
280 Aaron Looper
281 Rick Roberts
282 Josh Willingham
283 Dave Crouthers RC*
284 Chris Capuano
285 Mike Gosling RC
286 Brian Sweeney
287 Don Kelly RC
288 Ryan Meaux RC*
289 Colin Porter
290 Jerome Gamble RC*
291 Colby Miller RC*
292 Ian Ferguson
293 Tim Bittner RC*
294 Jason Frasor RC
295 Brandon Medders RC
296 Mike Johnston RC
297 Tim Bausher RC*
298 Justin Leone RC
299 Sean Henn RC
300 Michel Hernandez

Inserts

First and Foremost Jumbos

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One oversized First and Foremost Jumbo card was inserted into each box as a boxtopper.

BW Brandon Webb
DH Dan Haren
DW Dontrelle Willis
EB Ernie Banks
GH George H.W. Bush
GW George W. Bush
HR Horacio Ramirez
JC Jose Contreras
JW Jerome Williams
LT Luis Tiant
MS Mike Schmidt
RH Rich Harden
RW Ryan Wagner
WF Whitey Ford

Spell & Win Diamond Collection Sweepstakes

Inserted into each 2004 Upper Deck First Pitch pack was a Spell & Win Diamond Collection Sweepstakes card. Each card had a letter, and if collectors were able to spell "DIAMOND COLLECTION," they could redeem their letters for one of 20 Ken Griffey, Jr. autographed baseballs. The promotion ended September 30th, 2004.

It is believed that the "T" was short-printed.

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