2008 Upper Deck Spectrum

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Description

2008 Upper Deck Spectrum is a 145-card set released April 8th, 2008. Just like the previous year's product, each card is printed on foilboard.

Each 20-pack Hobby box will yield two game-used memorabilia cards, two autographs, and one Spectrum of Stars celebrity autograph.

Distribution

Hobby: 20 packs per box, five cards per pack. 14 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 145 - ? ?
short set 100 - ? ?
Autographed Rookies 45 - AU ?
Orange Parallel 100 399 ? ?
Green Parallel (short set) 100 199 ? ?
Green Parallel Autographed Rookies 45 - AU ?
Red Parallel 100 99 ? ?
Blue Parallel 100 25 ? ?
Gold Parallel (short set) 100 one-of-one ? ?
Gold Parallel Autographed Rookies 45 10 AU ?
Printing Plates 145 four for each PLATE ?
Yankee Stadium Legacy ? - 1:4 ?
Derek Jeter Retrospectrum 100 - ? ?
Derek Jeter Retrospectrum Red 100 99 ? ?
Derek Jeter Retrospectrum Printing Plates 100 four for each PLATE ?
Swatches 100 99 GU ?
Swatches Orange 100 75 GU ?
Swatches Green 100 50 GU ?
Swatches Red 100 35 GU ?
Swatches Purple 100 varies GU ?
Swatches Light Blue 100 15 GU ?
Swatches Green Patch 100 15 GU ?
Swatches Light Gray Patch 100 5 GU ?
Swatches Dark Gray 100 one-of-one GU ?
Swatches Dual 65 99 GU ?
Swatches Autographs 65 varies AU ?
Three Star Swatches 20 75 GU ?
Four Star Swatches 15 15 GU ?
Retrospectrum Swatches 100 - GU ?
Retrospectrum Swatches Red 100 45 GU ?
Retrospectrum Patches 100 25 GU ?
Retrospectrum Swatches Printing Plates 100 four for each GU ?
Yankee Stadium Legacy Memorabilia ? - 1:280 ?
Derek Jeter Retrospectrum Autographs 100 2 AU ?
Spectrum of Stars Signatures 38 - SOS ?
Spectrum of Stars Signatures Die-Cut 37 25 SOS ?
Buyback Autographs 24 varies AU ?
Celebrity Cut Signature 149 one-of-one ? ?
Signs of History ? - ? ?

GU: Odds of finding a game-used memorabilia card: 1:10/Hobby packs.
AU: Odds of finding an autograph: 1:10/Hobby packs.
SOS: Odds of finding a Spectrum of Stars Signature: 1:20/Hobby packs.
PLATE: Odds of finding a Printing Plate: 1:280/Hobby packs.

Checklist

Base Set

  • 1 Chris B. Young
  • 2 Brandon Webb
  • 3 Eric Byrnes
  • 4 John Smoltz
  • 5 Chipper Jones
  • 6 Jeff Francoeur
  • 7 Mark Teixeira
  • 8 Brian Roberts
  • 9 Erik Bedard
  • 10 Miguel Tejada
  • 11 Nick Markakis
  • 12 David Ortiz
  • 13 Daisuke Matsuzaka
  • 14 Manny Ramirez
  • 15 Jonathan Papelbon
  • 16 Josh Beckett
  • 17 Alfonso Soriano
  • 18 Carlos Zambrano
  • 19 Derrek Lee
  • 20 Aramis Ramirez
  • 21 Paul Konerko
  • 22 Jermaine Dye
  • 23 Jim Thome
  • 24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 25 Brandon Phillips
  • 26 Adam Dunn
  • 27 Grady Sizemore
  • 28 Fausto Carmona
  • 29 Victor Martinez
  • 30 Travis Hafner
  • 31 Matt Holliday
  • 32 Troy Tulowitzki
  • 33 Todd Helton
  • 34 Magglio Ordonez
  • 35 Justin Verlander
  • 36 Gary Sheffield
  • 37 Miguel Cabrera
  • 38 Hanley Ramirez
  • 39 Dan Uggla
  • 40 Carlos Lee
  • 41 Roy Oswalt
  • 42 Lance Berkman
  • 43 Hunter Pence
  • 44 Alex Gordon
  • 45 David DeJesus
  • 46 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 47 Kelvim Escobar
  • 48 Chone Figgins
  • 49 Brad Penny
  • 50 Takashi Saito
  • 51 Russell Martin
  • 52 Prince Fielder
  • 53 Ryan Braun
  • 54 JJ Hardy
  • 55 Johan Santana
  • 56 Justin Morneau
  • 57 Torii Hunter
  • 58 Joe Mauer
  • 59 Carlos Beltran
  • 60 David Wright
  • 61 Carlos Delgado
  • 62 Jose Reyes
  • 63 Derek Jeter
  • 64 Alex Rodriguez
  • 65 Robinson Cano
  • 66 Hideki Matsui
  • 67 Mariano Rivera
  • 68 Dan Haren
  • 69 Nick Swisher
  • 70 Eric Chavez
  • 71 Jimmy Rollins
  • 72 Ryan Howard
  • 73 Cole Hamels
  • 74 Chase Utley
  • 75 Freddy Sanchez
  • 76 Jason Bay
  • 77 Ian Snell
  • 78 Greg Maddux
  • 79 Jake Peavy
  • 80 Chris Young
  • 81 Barry Zito
  • 82 Tim Lincecum
  • 83 Omar Vizquel
  • 84 Felix Hernandez
  • 85 Ichiro
  • 86 Richie Sexson
  • 87 Albert Pujols
  • 88 Scott Rolen
  • 89 Chris Carpenter
  • 90 Delmon Young
  • 91 Carl Crawford
  • 92 B.J. Upton
  • 93 Michael Young
  • 94 Hank Blalock
  • 95 Sammy Sosa
  • 96 Roy Halladay
  • 97 Alex Rios
  • 98 Vernon Wells
  • 99 Ryan Zimmerman
  • 100 Dmitri Young

Autographed Rookies

  • 101 Alberto Gonzalez AU RC
  • 102 Bill Murphy AU (RC)
  • 103 Bill White AU RC
  • 104 Billy Buckner AU (RC)
  • 105 Brandon Jones AU RC
  • 106 Bronson Sardinha AU (RC)
  • 107 Chin-Lung Hu AU (RC)
  • 108 Chris Seddon AU (RC)
  • 109 Clay Buchholz AU (RC)
  • 110 Clint Sammons AU (RC)
  • 111 Daric Barton AU (RC)
  • 112 Dave Davidson AU RC
  • 113 Donny Lucy AU (RC)
  • 114 Emilio Bonifacio AU RC
  • 115 Eugenio Velez AU RC
  • 116 Felipe Paulino AU RC
  • 117 Harvey Garcia AU (RC)
  • 118 Ian Kennedy AU RC
  • 119 J.R. Towles AU RC
  • 120 Jeff Clement AU (RC)
  • 121 Jerry Blevins AU RC
  • 122 Joe Koshansky AU (RC)
  • 123 Joey Votto AU (RC)
  • 124 Jonathan Albaladejo AU RC
  • 125 Jonathan Meloan AU RC
  • 126 Jose Morales AU (RC)
  • 127 Josh Anderson AU (RC)
  • 128 Josh Newman AU RC
  • 129 Justin Maxwell AU RC
  • 130 Justin Ruggiano AU RC
  • 131 Kevin Hart AU (RC)
  • 132 Lance Broadway AU (RC)
  • 133 Luis Mendoza AU (RC)
  • 134 Luke Hochevar AU RC
  • 135 Nyjer Morgan AU (RC)
  • 136 Rob Johnson AU (RC)
  • 137 Ross Detwiler AU RC
  • 138 Ross Ohlendorf AU RC
  • 139 Ryan Hanigan AU RC
  • 140 Seth Smith AU (RC)
  • 141 Steve Pearce AU RC
  • 142 Troy Patton AU (RC)
  • 143 Wladimir Balentien AU (RC)
  • 144 Colt Morton AU RC
  • 145 Carlos Muniz AU RC

Parallels

All 100 short-set cards are available in the following parallels.

  • Orange (serial-numbered to 399 copies)
  • Green (serial-numbered to 199 copies)
  • Red (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Blue (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Gold (one-of-one)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Autographed Rookies

All 45 Autographed Rookies are available in the following parallels.

  • Green Parallel
  • Gold Parallel (serial-numbered to ten)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Inserts

Yankee Stadium Legacy

See 2008 Upper Deck Yankee Stadium Legacy.

Derek Jeter Retrospectrum

Derek Jeter Retrospectrum is a massive 100-card tribute set. With each card featuring Derek Jeter, it would be tedious to include the entire checklist. Each card is also available in the following parallels.

  • Red (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Autographs & Game-Used

Swatches

Each Swatch is serial-numbered to 99 copies and also available in the following parallels.

  • Orange (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
  • Green (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Red (serial-numbered to 35 copies)
  • Purple (varies, see below)
  • Light Blue (serial-numbered to fifteen)
  • Green Patch (serial-numbered to fifteen)
  • Light Gray Patch (serial-numbered to five)
  • Dark Gray (one-of-one)

Dual

Each Swatches Dual is serial-numbered to 99 copies.

Autographs

Three Star Swatches

Each Three Star Swatches is serial-numbered to 75 copies.

Four Star Swatches

Each Four Star Swatches is serial-numbered to fifteen.

Retrospectrum Swatches

Each Retrospectrum Swatch is also available in the following parallels.

  • Red (serial-numbered to 45 copies)
  • Patches (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
  • Printing Plates (set of four for each card)

Yankee Stadium Legacy Memorabilia

See 2008 Upper Deck Yankee Stadium Legacy

Derek Jeter Retrospectrum Autographs

Spectrum of Stars Signatures

Each Spectrum of Stars Signatures is also available in a Die-Cut parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

Buyback Autographs

Celebrity Cut Signature

Each Celebrity Cut Signature is a one-of-one. The checklist below was provided by Upper Deck; however, very few of these cards have emerged on the secondary market. It's not exactly clear of any of these cards even exist.

  • CCS-1 Danny Aiello
  • CCS-2 Woody Allen
  • CCS-3 Roseanne Arnold
  • CCS-4 Kevin Bacon
  • CCS-5 Christian Bale
  • CCS-6 Warren Beatty
  • CCS-7 Halle Berry
  • CCS-8 Tom Brokaw
  • CCS-9 Jimmy Buffett
  • CCS-10 James Caan
  • CCS-11 Nicolas Cage
  • CCS-12 Jackie Chan
  • CCS-13 Joan Collins
  • CCS-14 Phil Collins
  • CCS-15 Harry Connick, Jr.
  • CCS-16 Jackie Cooper
  • CCS-17 Alice Cooper
  • CCS-18 Bill Cosby
  • CCS-19 Kevin Costner
  • CCS-20 Courteney Cox
  • CCS-21 Billy Crystal
  • CCS-22 Macaulay Culkin
  • CCS-23 Jamie Lee Curtis
  • CCS-24 John Cusack
  • CCS-25 Matt Damon
  • CCS-26 Ted Danson
  • CCS-27 Doris Day
  • CCS-28 Robert DeNiro
  • CCS-29 Danny Devito
  • CCS-30 Ellen DeGeneres
  • CCS-31 Dana Delaney
  • CCS-32 John Denver
  • CCS-33 Neil Diamond
  • CCS-34 Cameron Diaz
  • CCS-35 Leonardo DiCaprio
  • CCS-36 Vincent D'Onofrio
  • CCS-37 Michael Douglas
  • CCS-38 Kirk Douglas
  • CCS-39 Minnie Driver
  • CCS-40 David Duchovny
  • CCS-41 Robert Duvall
  • CCS-42 Clint Eastwood
  • CCS-43 Gloria Estefan
  • CCS-44 Dennis Farina
  • CCS-45 Calista Flockhart
  • CCS-46 Bridget Fonda
  • CCS-47 Peter Fonda
  • CCS-48 Harrison Ford
  • CCS-49 Andy Garcia
  • CCS-50 Richard Gere
  • CCS-51 John Glenn
  • CCS-52 John Goodman
  • CCS-53 Kelsey Grammar
  • CCS-54 Seth Green
  • CCS-55 Larry Hagman
  • CCS-56 Ed Harris
  • CCS-57 David Haselhoff
  • CCS-58 Teri Hatcher
  • CCS-59 Ethan Hawke
  • CCS-60 Hugh Hefner
  • CCS-61 Don Henley
  • CCS-62 Paris Hilton
  • CCS-63 Elizabeth Hurley
  • CCS-64 Billy Idol
  • CCS-65 Julio Iglesias
  • CCS-66 Michael Imperioli
  • CCS-67 Hugh Jackman
  • CCS-68 Ashley Judd
  • CCS-69 Casey Kasem
  • CCS-70 Michael Keaton
  • CCS-71 Stephen King
  • CCS-72 Kris Kristofferson
  • CCS-73 Ashton Kutcher
  • CCS-74 Diane Lane
  • CCS-75 Angela Lansbury
  • CCS-76 Jude Law
  • CCS-77 Jason Lee
  • CCS-78 David Lee Roth
  • CCS-79 Jay Leno
  • CCS-80 Sophia Loren
  • CCS-81 Howie Mandel
  • CCS-82 Joe Mantegna
  • CCS-83 Steve Martin
  • CCS-84 Brian May
  • CCS-85 Ian McShane
  • CCS-86 Paul McCartney
  • CCS-87 Ed McMahon
  • CCS-88 Ricardo Montalban
  • CCS-89 Demi Moore
  • CCS-90 Van Morrison
  • CCS-91 Mike Myers
  • CCS-92 Bob Newhart
  • CCS-93 Wayne Newton
  • CCS-94 Chuck Norris
  • CCS-95 Conan O'Brien
  • CCS-96 Rosie O'Donnell
  • CCS-97 Al Pacino
  • CCS-98 Gwyneth Paltrow
  • CCS-99 Joe Pantoliano
  • CCS-100 Sarah Jessica Parker
  • CCS-101 Matthew Perry
  • CCS-102 Joe Pesci
  • CCS-103 Stone Phillips
  • CCS-104 Roman Polanski
  • CCS-105 Natalie Portman
  • CCS-106 Bill Pullman
  • CCS-107 Aidan Quinn
  • CCS-108 Bonnie Raitt
  • CCS-109 Billy Ray Cyrus
  • CCS-110 Lou Reed
  • CCS-111 Keanu Reeves
  • CCS-112 Burt Reynolds
  • CCS-113 Ving Rhames
  • CCS-114 Christina Ricci
  • CCS-115 Kelly Ripa
  • CCS-116 Tim Robbins
  • CCS-117 Kurt Russell
  • CCS-118 Meg Ryan
  • CCS-119 Winona Ryder
  • CCS-120 Rob Schnieder
  • CCS-121 David Schwimmer
  • CCS-122 Tom Selleck
  • CCS-123 Chloe Sevigny
  • CCS-124 Charlie Sheen
  • CCS-125 Martin Sheen
  • CCS-126 Brooke Shields
  • CCS-127 Jeremy Sisto
  • CCS-128 Patty Smyth
  • CCS-129 David Spade
  • CCS-130 Britney Spears
  • CCS-131 Sylvester Stallone
  • CCS-132 Ringo Starr
  • CCS-133 Ben Stiller
  • CCS-134 Sting
  • CCS-135 Patrick Swayze
  • CCS-136 Marisa Tomei
  • CCS-137 John Travolta
  • CCS-138 Alex Trebek
  • CCS-139 Donald Trump
  • CCS-140 Kathleen Turner
  • CCS-141 John Turturro
  • CCS-142 Jean Claude Van Damme
  • CCS-143 Barbara Walters
  • CCS-144 Denzel Washington
  • CCS-145 Sigourney Weaver
  • CCS-146 Raquel Welch
  • CCS-147 Andy Williams (Singer)
  • CCS-148 Oprah Winfrey
  • CCS-149 Sandra Bullock

Signs of History Cut Signatures

See 2008 Upper Deck Signs of History Cut Signatures