1995 Select
Description
1995 Select was a single-series, 251-card set, released exclusively to Hobby outlets in the Summer of 1995. As with the previous year's Select, only 4950, 24-box cases were produced with each individual box bearing a unique serial-number.
A special card of Hideo Nomo (#251) was issued later in the year to those dealers who ordered a specific number of cases directly from Pinnacle Brands. Despite not being issued in packs, the card is attainable on the secondary market and a set is considered complete with it; however, it is not considered a "true" rookie card.
Distribution
24 packs per box, 12 cards per pack. 24 boxes per case. 4950 cases per series produced. (MSRP: $1.99). Hobby exclusive.
Reviews
Collation data from one box. Base Set Completion: 94% (236 of 250); Duplicates: 0; Artist's Proof Insert Completion: .004% (1 of 250); Can't Miss Insert Completion: .08% (1 of 12); Big Sticks Insert Completion .08% (1 of 12); Sure Shot Insert Completion 10% (1 of 10)
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 250 | 135,543 | ? |
| Artist's Proof | 250 | 475* | 1:24 |
| Can't Miss | 12 | 9900* | 1:24 |
| Big Sticks | 12 | 4950* | 1:48 |
| Sure Shots | 10 | 3168* | 1:90 |
*All production figures are calculated - no cards were actually serial-numbered and individual print runs were never officially announced.
Checklist
Promos
These four cards were distributed to dealers to promote the upcoming 1995 Select set and featured cards from the Showtime subset. All cards have the word "SAMPLE" diagonally printed on both sides.
- 34 Roberto Alomar
- 37 Jeff Bagwell
- 241 Alex Rodriguez
- NNO Title Card
Base Set
- 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 2 Robin Ventura
- 3 Al Martin
- 4 Jeff Frye
- 5 Darryl Strawberry
- 6 Chan Ho Park
- 7 Steve Avery
- 8 Bret Boone
- 9 Danny Tartabull
- 10 Dante Bichette
- 11 Rondell White
- 12 Dave McCarty
- 13 Bernard Gilkey
- 14 Mark McGwire
- 15 Ruben Sierra
- 16 Wade Boggs
- 17 Mike Piazza
- 18 Jeffrey Hammonds
- 19 Mike Mussina
- 20 Darryl Kile
- 21 Greg Maddux
- 22 Frank Thomas
- 23 Kevin Appier
- 24 Jay Bell
- 25 Kirk Gibson
- 26 Pat Hentgen
- 27 Joey Hamilton
- 28 Bernie Williams
- 29 Aaron Sele
- 30 Delino DeShields
- 31 Danny Bautista
- 32 Jim Thome
- 33 Rikkert Faneyte
- 34 Roberto Alomar
- 35 Paul Molitor
- 36 Allen Watson
- 37 Jeff Bagwell
- 38 Jay Buhner
- 39 Marquis Grissom
- 40 Jim Edmonds
- 41 Ryan Klesko
- 42 Fred McGriff
- 43 Tony Tarasco
- 44 Darren Daulton
- 45 Marc Newfield
- 46 Barry Bonds
- 47 Bobby Bonilla
- 48 Greg Pirkl
- 49 Steve Karsay
- 50 Bob Hamelin
- 51 Javy Lopez
- 52 Barry Larkin
- 53 Kevin Young
- 54 Sterling Hitchcock
- 55 Tom Glavine
- 56 Carlos Delgado
- 57 Darren Oliver
- 58 Cliff Floyd
- 59 Tim Salmon
- 60 Albert Belle
- 61 Salomon Torres
- 62 Gary Sheffield
- 63 Ivan Rodriguez
- 64 Charles Nagy
- 65 Eduardo Perez
- 66 Terry Steinbach
- 67 Dave Justice
- 68 Jason Bere
- 69 Dave Nilsson
- 70 Brian Anderson
- 71 Billy Ashley
- 72 Roger Clemens
- 73 Jimmy Key
- 74 Wally Joyner
- 75 Andy Benes
- 76 Ray Lankford
- 77 Jeff Kent
- 78 Moises Alou
- 79 Kirby Puckett
- 80 Joe Carter
- 81 Manny Ramirez
- 82 J.R. Phillips
- 83 Matt Mieske
- 84 John Olerud
- 85 Andres Galarraga
- 86 Juan Gonzalez
- 87 Pedro Martinez
- 88 Dean Palmer
- 89 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 90 Brian Jordan
- 91 Hal Morris
- 92 Lenny Dykstra
- 93 Wil Cordero
- 94 Tony Gwynn
- 95 Alex Gonzalez
- 96 Cecil Fielder
- 97 Mo Vaughn
- 98 John Valentin
- 99 Will Clark
- 100 Geronimo Pena
- 101 Don Mattingly
- 102 Charles Johnson
- 103 Raul Mondesi
- 104 Reggie Sanders
- 105 Royce Clayton
- 106 Reggie Jefferson
- 107 Craig Biggio
- 108 Jack McDowell
- 109 James Mouton
- 110 Mike Greenwell
- 111 David Cone
- 112 Matt Williams
- 113 Garret Anderson
- 114 Carlos Garcia
- 115 Alex Fernandez
- 116 Deion Sanders
- 117 Chili Davis
- 118 Mike Kelly
- 119 Jeff Conine
- 120 Kenny Lofton
- 121 Rafael Palmeiro
- 122 Chuck Knoblauch
- 123 Ozzie Smith
- 124 Carlos Baerga
- 125 Brett Butler
- 126 Sammy Sosa
- 127 Ellis Burks
- 128 Bret Saberhagen
- 129 Doug Drabek
- 130 Dennis Martinez
- 131 Paul O'Neill
- 132 Travis Fryman
- 133 Brent Gates
- 134 Rickey Henderson
- 135 Randy Johnson
- 136 Mark Langston
- 137 Greg Colbrunn
- 138 Jose Rijo
- 139 Bryan Harvey
- 140 Dennis Eckersley
- 141 Ron Gant
- 142 Carl Everett
- 143 Jeff Granger
- 144 Ben McDonald
- 145 Kurt Abbott
- 146 Jim Abbott
- 147 Jason Jacome
- 148 Rico Brogna
- 149 Cal Eldred
- 150 Rich Becker
- 151 Pete Harnisch
- 152 Roberto Petagine
- 153 Jacob Brumfield
- 154 Todd Hundley
- 155 Roger Cedeno
- 156 Harold Baines
- 157 Steve Dunn
- 158 Tim Belk
- 159 Marty Cordova
- 160 Russ Davis
- 161 Jose Malave
- 162 Brian L. Hunter
- 163 Andy Pettitte
- 164 Brooks Kieschnick
- 165 Midre Cummings
- 166 Frank Rodriguez
- 167 Chad Mottola
- 168 Brian Barber
- 169 Tim Unroe
- 170 Shane Andrews
- 171 Kevin Flora
- 172 Ray Durham
- 173 Chipper Jones
- 174 Butch Huskey
- 175 Ray McDavid
- 176 Jeff Cirillo
- 177 Terry Pendleton
- 178 Scott Ruffcorn
- 179 Ray Holbert
- 180 Joe Randa
- 181 Jose Oliva
- 182 Andy Van Slyke
- 183 Albie Lopez
- 184 Chad Curtis
- 185 Ozzie Guillen
- 186 Chad Ogea
- 187 Dan Wilson
- 188 Tony Fernandez
- 189 John Smoltz
- 190 Willie Greene
- 191 Darren Lewis
- 192 Orlando Miller
- 193 Kurt Miller
- 194 Andrew Lorraine
- 195 Ernie Young
- 196 Jimmy Haynes
- 197 Raul Casanova
- 198 Joe Vitiello
- 199 Brad Woodall
- 200 Juan Acevedo RC
- 201 Michael Tucker
- 202 Shawn Green
- 203 Alex Rodriguez
- 204 Julian Tavarez
- 205 Jose Lima
- 206 Wilson Alvarez
- 207 Rich Aude
- 208 Armando Benitez
- 209 Dwayne Hosey
- 210 Gabriel White
- 211 Joey Eischen
- 212 Bill Pulsipher
- 213 Robby Thompson
- 214 Toby Borland
- 215 Rusty Greer
- 216 Fausto Cruz
- 217 Luis Ortiz
- 218 Duane Singleton
- 219 Troy Percival
- 220 Gregg Jefferies
- 221 Mark Grace
- 222 Mickey Tettleton
- 223 Phil Plantier
- 224 Larry Walker
- 225 Ken Caminiti
- 226 Dave Winfield
- 227 Brady Anderson
- 228 Kevin Brown
- 229 Andujar Cedeno
- 230 Roberto Kelly
- 231 Jose Canseco
Showtime
- 232 Scott Ruffcorn
- 233 Billy Ashley
- 234 J.R. Phillips
- 235 Chipper Jones
- 236 Charles Johnson
- 237 Midre Cummings
- 238 Brian L. Hunter
- 239 Garret Anderson
- 240 Shawn Green
- 241 Alex Rodriguez
Checklists
- 242 Frank Thomas
- 243 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 244 Albert Belle
- 245 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- 246 Barry Bonds
- 247 Raul Mondesi
- 248 Mike Piazza
- 249 Jeff Bagwell
- 250 Jeff Bagwell / Frank Thomas / Ken Griffey, Jr. / M
Hideo Nomo "Rookie"
A special card of Hideo Nomo (#251) was issued later in the year to those dealers who ordered a specific number of cases directly from Pinnacle Brands. Despite not being issued in packs, the card is attainable on the secondary market and a set is considered complete with it; however, it is not considered a "true" rookie card.
- 251S Hideo Nomo
Parallels
Artist's Proof
Artist's Proofs fully paralleled the base set and featured a holographic finish over the areas of the card fronts with gold foil. Based upon the announced print run of 4950, 24-box cases, collectors were quickly able to calculate that, although each card was not serial-numbered, only 475 copies of each Artist's Proof were produced, which was a very low print run total at the time. Artist's Proofs were seeded into packs at the rate of 1:24, or one-per-box.
Like with the base set, a Hideo Nomo Artist's Proof was randomly distributed directly to Hobby dealers and never inserted in packs.
Inserts
Can't Miss
This 12-card set featured the top young starts of 1995 on a blood red and black gradient design with a Dufex finish.
- CM1 Cliff Floyd
- CM2 Ryan Klesko
- CM3 Charles Johnson
- CM4 Raul Mondesi
- CM5 Manny Ramirez
- CM6 Billy Ashley
- CM7 Alex Gonzalez
- CM8 Carlos Delgado
- CM9 Garret Anderson
- CM10 Alex Rodriguez
- CM11 Chipper Jones
- CM12 Shawn Green
Big Sticks
This 12-card set featured the top power hitters in the game at the time on against a grey and black bordered background with the player's team logo printed on holographic foil which was dubbed by Pinnacle as "Gold Rush technology".
- BS1 Frank Thomas
- BS2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- BS3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- BS4 Mike Piazza
- BS5 Don Mattingly
- BS6 Will Clark
- BS7 Tony Gwynn
- BS8 Jeff Bagwell
- BS9 Barry Bonds
- BS10 Paul Molitor
- BS11 Matt Williams
- BS12 Albert Belle
Sure Shots
This 10-card set featured players selected in the first round of the 1994 MLB Draft touted by Select as "Tomorrow's Superstars" on a gold Dufex finish.
- SS1 Ben Grieve
- SS2 Kevin Witt
- SS3 Mark Farris (Never Played in Major Leagues)
- SS4 Paul Konerko
- SS5 Dustin Hermanson
- SS6 Ramon Castro
- SS7 McKay Christensen
- SS8 Brian Buchanan
- SS9 Paul Wilson
- SS10 Terrence Long
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