2000 Finest
Description
2000 Finest is a 288 card, dual series set. Series One was released in April 2000 as a 148-card set. Series Two product was released in July 2000 as a 140-card set.
The set includes 179-player cards, 20 Rookie Cards (cards 101-120) each serial numbered to 2000 and 20 second series Rookie Cards (cards 247-266) each serial numbered to 3000, 15 Features/Futures subset cards (cards 121-135), 10 Counterparts subset cards (numbers 267-276), and 20 Gems subset cards (numbers 136-145 and 277-286). The set also includes two versions of card number 146 Ken Griffey Jr. wearing his Reds uniform (a portrait and action shot).
Rookie Cards were seeded at a rate of 1:23 hobby/retail packs and 1:6 HTA packs. Features and Counterparts subset cards were inserted one every eight hobby and retail packs and one every three HTA packs. Gems subset cards were inserted one every 24 hobby and retail packs and one every nine HTA packs.
Finally, 20 "Graded Gems" exchange cards were randomly seeded into packs (10 per series). The lucky handful of collectors that found these cards could send them into Topps for a complete Gems subset, each of which was professionally graded "Gem Mint 10" by PSA.
Distribution
Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99)
HTA: 12 packs per box, 13 cards per pack (MSRP: $10)
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby/Retail Odds | HTA Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 287 | - | ? | ? |
| short-set | 201 | - | ? | ? |
| Series One Rookies | 20 | 2000 | 1:23 | 1:6 |
| Series Two Rookies | 20 | 3000 | 1:13 | 1:5 |
| Features | 15 | - | 1:8 | 1:3 |
| Counterparts | 10 | - | 1:8 | 1:3 |
| Gems | 20 | - | 1:24 | 1:9 |
| Short-Set Refractors | 201 | - | 1:24 | 1:9 |
| Series One Rookie Refractors | 20 | 500 | 1:93 | 1:23 |
| Series Two Rookie Refractors | 20 | 1000 | 1:49 | 1:11 |
| Features Refractors | 15 | - | 1:96 | 1:40 |
| Counterparts Refractors | 10 | - | 1:96 | 1:40 |
| Gems Refractors | 20 | - | 1:288 | 1:120 |
| Short-Set Gold Refractors | 201 | - | 1:240 | 1:100 |
| Series One Rookie Gold Refractors | 20 | 100 | 1:368 | 1:187 |
| Series Two Rookie Gold Refractors | 20 | 100 | 1:448 | 1:120 |
| Features Refractors | 15 | - | 1:960 | 1:400 |
| Counterparts Refractors | 10 | - | 1:960 | 1:400 |
| Gems Refractors | 20 | - | 1:2880 | 1:1200 |
| Ballpark Bounties | 30 | - | 1:24 | 1:12 |
| For the Record | 30 | varies | 1:71 | 1:33 |
| Going the Distance | 12 | - | 1:24 | 1:12 |
| Dreamcast | 10 | - | 1:36 | 1:13 |
| Moments | 4 | - | 1:9 | 1:4 |
| Moments Refractors | 4 | - | 1:20 | 1:9 |
| Autographed Moments Refractors | 4 | - | 1:425 | 1:196 |
Checklist
Base Set
Series One
1 Nomar Garciaparra
2 Chipper Jones
3 Erubiel Durazo
4 Robin Ventura
5 Garret Anderson
6 Dean Palmer
7 Mariano Rivera
8 Rusty Greer
9 Jim Thome
10 Jeff Bagwell
11 Jason Giambi
12 Jeromy Burnitz
13 Mark Grace
14 Russ Ortiz
15 Kevin Brown
16 Kevin Millwood
17 Scott Williamson
18 Orlando Hernandez
19 Todd Walker
20 Carlos Beltran
21 Ruben Rivera
22 Curt Schilling
23 Brian Giles
24 Eric Karros
25 Preston Wilson
26 Al Leiter
27 Juan Encarnacion
28 Tim Salmon
29 B.J. Surhoff
30 Bernie Williams
31 Lee Stevens
32 Pokey Reese
33 Mike Sweeney
34 Corey Koskie
35 Roberto Alomar
36 Tim Hudson
37 Tom Glavine
38 Jeff Kent
39 Mike Lieberthal
40 Barry Larkin
41 Paul O'Neill
42 Rico Brogna
43 Brian Daubach
44 Rich Aurilia
45 Vladimir Guerrero
46 Luis Castillo
47 Bartolo Colon
48 Kevin Appier
49 Mo Vaughn
50 Alex Rodriguez
51 Randy Johnson
52 Kris Benson
53 Tony Clark
54 Chad Allen
55 Larry Walker
56 Freddy Garcia
57 Paul Konerko
58 Edgardo Alfonzo
59 Brady Anderson
60 Derek Jeter
61 John Smoltz
62 Doug Glanville
63 Shannon Stewart
64 Greg Maddux
65 Mark McGwire
66 Gary Sheffield
67 Kevin Young
68 Tony Gwynn
69 Rey Ordonez
70 Cal Ripken Jr
71 Todd Helton
72 Brian Jordan
73 Jose Canseco
74 Luis Gonzalez
75 Barry Bonds
76 Jermaine Dye
77 Jose Offerman
78 Magglio Ordonez
79 Fred McGriff
80 Ivan Rodriguez
81 Josh Hamilton
82 Vernon Wells
83 Mark Mulder
84 John Patterson
85 Nick Johnson
86 Pablo Ozuna
87 A.J. Burnett
88 Jack Cust
89 Adam Piatt
90 Rob Ryan
91 Sean Burroughs
92 D'Angelo Jimenez
93 Chad Hermansen
94 Robert Fick
95 Ruben Mateo
96 Alex Escobar
97 Wily Mo Pena
98 Corey Patterson
99 Eric Munson
100 Pat Burrell
Rookies
NOTE: Each Rookie card is serial-numbered to 2000 copies.
101 Michael Tejera RC
102 Bobby Bradley RC
103 Larry Bigbie RC
104 B.J. Garbe RC
105 Josh Kalinowski RC
106 Brett Myers RC
107 Chris Mears RC
108 Aaron Rowand RC
109 Corey Myers RC
110 John Sneed RC
111 Ryan Christianson RC
112 Kyle Snyder RC
113 Mike Paradis RC
114 Chance Caple RC
115 Ben Christensen RC
116 Brad Baker RC
117 Rob Purvis RC
118 Rick Asadoorian RC
119 Ruben Salazar RC
120 Julio Zuleta RC
Features
121 Alex Rodriguez/Ken Griffey, Jr.
122 Nomar Garciaparra/Derek Jeter
123 Mark McGwire/Sammy Sosa
124 Randy Johnson/Pedro Martinez
125 Ivan Rodriguez/Mike Piazza
126 Manny Ramirez/Roberto Alomar
127 Chipper Jones/Andruw Jones
128 Cal Ripken, Jr./Tony Gwynn
129 Jeff Bagwell/Craig Biggio
130 Barry Bonds/Vladimir Guerrero
131 Nick Johnson/Alfonso Soriano
132 Josh Hamilton/Pat Burrell
133 Corey Patterson/Ruben Mateo
134 Larry Walker/Todd Helton
135 Rey Ordonez/Edgardo Alfonzo
Gems
136 Derek Jeter
137 Alex Rodriguez
138 Chipper Jones
139 Mike Piazza
140 Mark McGwire
141 Ivan Rodriguez
142 Cal Ripken Jr
143 Vladimir Guerrero
144 Randy Johnson
145 Jeff Bagwell
146A Ken Griffey, Jr. (action shot)
146B Ken Griffey, Jr. (portrait)
Series Two
147 Andruw Jones
148 Kerry Wood
149 Jim Edmonds
150 Pedro Martinez
151 Warren Morris
152 Trevor Hoffman
153 Ryan Klesko
154 Andy Pettitte
155 Frank Thomas
156 Damion Easley
157 Cliff Floyd
158 Ben Davis
159 John Valentin
160 Rafael Palmeiro
161 Andy Ashby
162 J.D. Drew
163 Jay Bell
164 Adam Kennedy
165 Manny Ramirez
166 John Halama
167 Octavio Dotel
168 Darin Erstad
169 Jose Lima
170 Andres Galarraga
171 Scott Rolen
172 Delino DeShields
173 J.T. Snow
174 Tony Womack
175 John Olerud
176 Jason Kendall
177 Carlos Lee
178 Eric Milton
179 Jeff Cirillo
180 Gabe Kapler
181 Greg Vaughn
182 Denny Neagle
183 Tino Martinez
184 Doug Mientkiewicz
185 Juan Gonzalez
186 Ellis Burks
187 Mike Hampton
188 Royce Clayton
189 Mike Mussina
190 Carlos Delgado
191 Ben Grieve
192 Fernando Tatis
193 Matt Williams
194 Rondell White
195 Shawn Green
196 Hideki Irabu
197 Troy Glaus
198 Roger Cedeno
199 Ray Lankford
200 Sammy Sosa
201 Kenny Lofton
202 Edgar Martinez
203 Mark Kotsay
204 David Wells
205 Craig Biggio
206 Ray Durham
207 Troy O'Leary
208 Rickey Henderson
209 Bobby Abreu
210 Neifi Perez
211 Carlos Febles
212 Chuck Knoblauch
213 Moises Alou
214 Omar Vizquel
215 Vinny Castilla
216 Javy Lopez
217 Johnny Damon
218 Roger Clemens
219 Miguel Tejada
220 Carl Everett
221 Matt Lawton
222 Albert Belle
223 Adrian Beltre
224 Dante Bichette
225 Raul Mondesi
226 Mike Piazza
227 Brad Penny
228 Kip Wells
229 Adam Everett
230 Ed Yarnall
231 Matt LeCroy
232 Jason Tyner
233 Rick Ankiel
234 Lance Berkman
235 Rafael Furcal
236 Dee Brown
237 Gookie Dawkins
238 Eric Valent
239 Peter Bergeron
240 Alfonso Soriano
241 Adam Dunn
242 Jorge Toca
243 Ryan Anderson
244 Jason Dellaero
245 Jason Grilli
246 Milton Bradley
Rookies
NOTE: All Rookies are serial-numbered to 3000 copies.
247 Scott Downs RC
248 Keith Reed RC
249 Edgar Cruz RC
250 Wes Anderson RC
251 Lyle Overbay RC
252 Mike Lamb RC
253 Vince Faison RC
254 Chad Alexander
255 Chris Wakeland RC
256 Aaron McNeal RC
257 Tomokazu Ohka RC
258 Ty Howington RC
259 Javier Colina RC
260 Jason Jennings
261 Ramon Santiago RC
262 Johan Santana RC
263 Quincy Foster RC
264 Junior Brignac RC
265 Rico Washington RC
266 Scott Sobkowiak RC
Counterparts
267 Pedro Martinez/Rick Ankiel
268 Manny Ramirez/Vladimir Guerrero
269 A.J. Burnett/Mark Mulder
270 Mike Piazza/Eric Munson
271 Josh Hamilton/Corey Patterson
272 Ken Griffey, Jr./Sammy Sosa
273 Derek Jeter/Alfonso Soriano
274 Mark McGwire/Pat Burrell
275 Chipper Jones/Cal Ripken, Jr.
276 Nomar Garciaparra/Alex Rodriguez
Gems
277 Pedro Martinez
278 Tony Gwynn
279 Barry Bonds
280 Juan Gonzalez
281 Larry Walker
282 Nomar Garciaparra
283 Ken Griffey, Jr.
284 Manny Ramirez
285 Shawn Green
286 Sammy Sosa
Parallels
Refractors
Refractors for the Series One Rookie subset are serial-numbered to 500 copies, and the Series Two Rookies are serial-numbered to 1000 copies.
Gold Refractors
Gold Refractors for the Rookie Subset are serial-numbered to 100 copies.
Oversize Gems
This oversize set parallels the Gems subset. One oversize card was inserted as a box topper in each Hobby box. The first 10 cards are in Series One while the second ten are in Series Two. Refractor parallels were inserted into HTA boxes.
1 Derek Jeter
2 Alex Rodriguez
3 Chipper Jones
4 Mike Piazza
5 Mark McGwire
6 Ivan Rodriguez
7 Cal Ripken
8 Vladimir Guerrero
9 Randy Johnson
10 Jeff Bagwell
11 Nomar Garciaparra
12 Ken Griffey Jr.
13 Manny Ramirez
14 Shawn Green
15 Sammy Sosa
16 Pedro Martinez
17 Tony Gwynn
18 Barry Bonds
19 Juan Gonzalez
20 Larry Walker
Inserts
Ballpark Bounties
Cards #BB1-BB15 were inserted into Series One packs while #BB16-BB30 were in Series Two.
BB1 Chipper Jones
BB2 Mike Piazza
BB3 Vladimir Guerrero
BB4 Sammy Sosa
BB5 Nomar Garciaparra
BB6 Manny Ramirez
BB7 Jeff Bagwell
BB8 Scott Rolen
BB9 Carlos Beltran
BB10 Pedro Martinez
BB11 Greg Maddux
BB12 Josh Hamilton
BB13 Adam Piatt
BB14 Pat Burrell
BB15 Alfonso Soriano
BB16 Alex Rodriguez
BB17 Derek Jeter
BB18 Cal Ripken
BB19 Larry Walker
BB20 Barry Bonds
BB21 Ken Griffey Jr.
BB22 Mark McGwire
BB23 Ivan Rodriguez
BB24 Andruw Jones
BB25 Todd Helton
BB26 Randy Johnson
BB27 Ruben Mateo
BB28 Corey Patterson
BB29 Sean Burroughs
BB30 Eric Munson
For the Record
FR1A Derek Jeter /318
FR1B Derek Jeter /408
FR1C Derek Jeter /314
FR2A Mark McGwire /330
FR2B Mark McGwire /402
FR2C Mark McGwire /330
FR3A Ken Griffey Jr. /331
FR3B Ken Griffey Jr. /405
FR3C Ken Griffey Jr. /327
FR4A Alex Rodriguez /331
FR4B Alex Rodriguez /405
FR4C Alex Rodriguez /327
FR5A Nomar Garciaparra /310
FR5B Nomar Garciaparra /390
FR5C Nomar Garciaparra /302
FR6A Cal Ripken /333
FR6B Cal Ripken /410
FR6C Cal Ripken /318
FR7A Sammy Sosa /355
FR7B Sammy Sosa /400
FR7C Sammy Sosa /353
FR8A Manny Ramirez /325
FR8B Manny Ramirez /410
FR8C Manny Ramirez /325
FR9A Mike Piazza /338
FR9B Mike Piazza /410
FR9C Mike Piazza /338
FR10A Chipper Jones /335
FR10B Chipper Jones /401
FR10C Chipper Jones /330
Going the Distance
GTD1 Tony Gwynn
GTD2 Alex Rodriguez
GTD3 Derek Jeter
GTD4 Chipper Jones
GTD5 Nomar Garciaparra
GTD6 Sammy Sosa
GTD7 Ken Griffey Jr.
GTD8 Vladimir Guerrero
GTD9 Mark McGwire
GTD10 Mike Piazza
GTD11 Manny Ramirez
GTD12 Cal Ripken
Dreamcast
DC1 Mark McGwire
DC2 Roberto Alomar
DC3 Chipper Jones
DC4 Derek Jeter
DC5 Barry Bonds
DC6 Ken Griffey Jr.
DC7 Sammy Sosa
DC8 Mike Piazza
DC9 Pedro Martinez
DC10 Randy Johnson
Moments
FM1 Chipper Jones
FM2 Ivan Rodriguez
FM3 Tony Gwynn
FM4 Wade Boggs
Autographs & Game-Used
Autographed Moments Refractors
FM1 Chipper Jones
FM2 Ivan Rodriguez
FM3 Tony Gwynn
FM4 Wade Boggs