Description

1999 Upper Deck Retro is a 110-card set best known for how it was packaged: Inside a tin lunchbox.

Each 24-pack lunchbox will yield one autograph.

Distribution

24 packs per lunchbox, six cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99). 12 lunchboxes per case. Hobby only.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	110	-	?
Gold	110	250	?
Platinum	110	one-of-one	?
Throwback Attack	15	-	1:5
Throwback Attack Level 2	15	500	?
Distant Replay	15	-	1:8
Distant Replay Level 2	15	100	?
Old School/New School	30	1000	?
Old School/New School Level 2	30	50	?
INKredible	34	-	1:24
INKredible Level 2	30	varies	?
Ted Williams A Piece of History 500 HR Club	1	350	?
Ted Williams A Piece of History 500 HR Club Autograph	1	9	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Mo Vaughn
2 Troy Glaus
3 Tim Salmon
4 Randy Johnson
5 Travis Lee
6 Matt Williams
7 Greg Maddux
8 Chipper Jones
9 Andruw Jones
10 Tom Glavine
11 Javy Lopez
12 Albert Belle
13 Cal Ripken, Jr.
14 Brady Anderson
15 Nomar Garciaparra
16 Pedro Martinez
17 Sammy Sosa
18 Mark Grace
19 Frank Thomas
20 Ray Durham
21 Sean Casey
22 Greg Vaughn
23 Barry Larkin
24 Manny Ramirez
25 Jim Thome
26 Jaret Wright
27 Kenny Lofton
28 Larry Walker
29 Todd Helton
30 Vinny Castilla
31 Tony Clark
32 Juan Encarnacion
33 Dean Palmer
34 Mark Kotsay
35 Alex Gonzalez
36 Shane Reynolds
37 Ken Caminiti
38 Jeff Bagwell
39 Craig Biggio
40 Carlos Febles
41 Carlos Beltran
42 Jeremy Giambi
43 Raul Mondesi
44 Adrian Beltre
45 Kevin Brown
46 Jeromy Burnitz
47 Jeff Cirillo
48 Corey Koskie
49 Todd Walker
50 Vladimir Guerrero
51 Michael Barrett
52 Mike Piazza
53 Robin Ventura
54 Edgardo Alfonzo
55 Derek Jeter
56 Roger Clemens
57 Tino Martinez
58 Orlando Hernandez
59 Chuck Knoblauch
60 Bernie Williams
61 Eric Chavez
62 Ben Grieve
63 Jason Giambi
64 Scott Rolen
65 Curt Schilling
66 Bob Abreu
67 Jason Kendall
68 Kevin Young
69 Mark McGwire
70 J.D. Drew
71 Eric Davis
72 Tony Gwynn
73 Trevor Hoffman
74 Barry Bonds
75 Robb Nen
76 Ken Griffey, Jr.
77 Alex Rodriguez
78 Jay Buhner
79 Carlos Guillen
80 Jose Canseco
81 Bobby Smith
82 Juan Gonzalez
83 Ivan Rodriguez
84 Rafael Palmeiro
85 Rick Helling
86 Jose Cruz, Jr.
87 David Wells
88 Carlos Delgado
89 Nolan Ryan
90 George Brett
91 Robin Yount
92 Paul Molitor
93 Dave Winfield
94 Steve Garvey
95 Ozzie Smith
96 Ted Williams
97 Don Mattingly
98 Mickey Mantle
99 Harmon Killebrew
100 Rollie Fingers
101 Kirk Gibson
102 Bucky Dent
103 Willie Mays
104 Babe Ruth
105 Gary Carter
106 Reggie Jackson
107 Frank Robinson
108 Ernie Banks
109 Eddie Murray
110 Mike Schmidt
TW Ted Williams
TWA Ted Williams

Parallels

All 110 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Gold (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
Platinum (one-of-one)

Inserts

Throwback Attack

Each Throwback Attack is also available in a Level 2 parallel, which is serial-numbered to 500 copies.

T1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
T2 Mark McGwire
T3 Sammy Sosa
T4 Roger Clemens
T5 J.D. Drew
T6 Alex Rodriguez
T7 Greg Maddux
T8 Mike Piazza
T9 Juan Gonzalez
T10 Mo Vaughn
T11 Cal Ripken, Jr.
T12 Frank Thomas
T13 Nomar Garciaparra
T14 Vladimir Guerrero
T15 Tony Gwynn

Distant Replay

Each Distant Replay is also available in a Level 2 parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

D1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
D2 Mark McGwire
D3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
D4 Greg Maddux
D5 Nomar Garciaparra
D6 Roger Clemens
D7 Alex Rodriguez
D8 Frank Thomas
D9 Mike Piazza
D10 Chipper Jones
D11 Juan Gonzalez
D12 Tony Gwynn
D13 Barry Bonds
D14 Ivan Rodriguez
D15 Derek Jeter

Old School/New School

Each Old School/New School is serial-numbered to 1000 copies and also available in a Level 2 parallel, which is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

S1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
S2 Alex Rodriguez
S3 Frank Thomas
S4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
S5 Chipper Jones
S6 Craig Biggio
S7 Greg Maddux
S8 Jeff Bagwell
S9 Juan Gonzalez
S10 Mark McGwire
S11 Mike Piazza
S12 Mo Vaughn
S13 Roger Clemens
S14 Sammy Sosa
S15 Tony Gwynn
S16 Gabe Kapler
S17 J.D. Drew
S18 Pat Burrell
S19 Roy Halladay
S20 Jeff Weaver
S21 Troy Glaus
S22 Vladimir Guerrero
S23 Michael Barrett
S24 Carlos Beltran
S25 Scott Rolen
S26 Nomar Garciaparra
S27 Warren Morris
S28 Alex Gonzalez
S29 Kyle Farnsworth
S30 Derek Jeter

Lunchboxes

Each 24-pack Hobby box came packaged in one of 17 tin lunchboxes. The eight dual-player lunchboxes were seeded at the rate of one-per 12-box case, and are short-printed.

1 Roger Clemens 2 Ken Griffey, Jr. 3 Mickey Mantle 4 Mark McGwire 5 Mike Piazza 6 Alex Rodriguez 7 Babe Ruth 8 Sammy Sosa 9 Ted Williams 10 Ken Griffey, Jr./Babe Ruth 11 Ken Griffey, Jr./Mickey Mantle 12 Ken Griffey, Jr./Mark McGwire 13 Ken Griffey, Jr./Ted Williams 14 Mickey Mantle/Babe Ruth 15 Mark McGwire/Mickey Mantle 16 Mark McGwire/Babe Ruth 17 Mark McGwire/Ted Williams

Autographs & Game-Used

INKredible

Cards of Eddie Murray and Sean Casey were available via redemption which ended April 15th, 2000.

Each INKredible autograph is also available in a Level 2 parallel, which is serial-numbered to the player's respective uniform jersey number.

AP Angel Pena
BD Bucky Dent
BW Bernie Williams
CBE Carlos Beltran
CJ Chipper Jones
DE Darin Erstad
DM Don Mattingly
DW Dave Winfield
EM Eddie Murray
FL Fred Lynn
GB George Brett
GK Gabe Kapler
HK Harmon Killebrew
IR Ivan Rodriguez
JR Ken Griffey, Jr.
KG Kirk Gibson
MR Manny Ramirez
NR Nolan Ryan
OZ Ozzie Smith
PB Pat Burrell
PM Paul Molitor
PO Paul O'Neill
RF Rollie Fingers
RG Rusty Greer
RY Robin Yount
SC Sean Casey
SG Steve Garvey
TC Tony Clark
TG Tony Gwynn
DWE David Wells

Ted Williams A Piece of History 500 HR Club

See Upper Deck A Piece of History 500 HR Club.