Description

2012 Topps Tribute is a 90-card set released March 7th, 2012. Each pack will yield either an autograph or a relic card and a serial-numbered parallel. With the exception of the "Tribute to the Stars" set, which were all sticker autographs, all autographs will be on-card.

New for 2012, all autographs and Relics will come out of the pack encased in a plastic holder.

Tribute to the Stars Redemption Program

Originally, the "Tribute to the Stars" autographs were to have been seeded into packs as a second "hit" per pack. However, TttS were eventually seeded into packs as THE hit in the pack. To rectify the situation, Topps announced that any Tribute to the Stars card pulled from a pack could be redeemed for a free pack of 2011 Bowman Sterling.

Collectors will receive their TttS Autograph back along with the Bowman Sterling pack; however, the individual serial number will be registered and be ineligible from receiving another Bowman Sterling pack again.

This offer expired March 9th, 2013

Distribution

Six packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $50). Hobby only. Eight boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	90	-	?
Bronze	90	299	*
Blue	90	199	*
Green	90	75	*
Orange	90	50	*
Gold	90	25	*
Red	90	5	*
Purple	90	one-of-one	*
Printing Plates	90	four-for-each	*
Autographs	?	99	1:2
Blue Autograph	?	50	?
Orange Autograph	?	25	?
Gold Autograph	?	15	?
Red Autograph	?	5	?
Purple Autograph	?	one-of-one	?
Onyx Autograph	?	one-of-one	?
Autographed Printing Plates	?	four-for-each	?
Tribute to the Stars Autograph	?	24	?
Purple Tribute to the Stars Autograph	?	one-of-one	?
World Series Swatches	?	99	?
Blue World Series Swatches	?	50	?
Orange World Series Swatches	?	25	?
Gold World Series Swatches	?	15	?
Red World Series Swatches	?	10	?
Purple World Series Swatches	?	one-of-one	?
Championship Material	?	99	?
Blue Championship Material	?	50	?
Orange Championship Material	?	25	?
Gold Championship Material	?	15	?
Red Championship Material	?	10	?
Purple Championship Material	?	one-of-one	?
Retired Remnants	?	99	?
Blue Retired Remnants	?	50	?
Orange Retired Remnants	?	25	?
Gold Retired Remnants	?	15	?
Red Retired Remnants	?	10	?
Purple Retired Remnants	?	one-of-one	?
Positions of Power	?	99	?
Blue Positions of Power	?	50	?
Orange Positions of Power	?	25	?
Gold Positions of Power	?	15	?
Red Positions of Power	?	10	?
Purple Positions of Power	?	one-of-one	?
Superstar Swatches	?	99	?
Blue Superstar Swatches	?	50	?
Orange Superstar Swatches	?	25	?
Gold Superstar Swatches	?	15	?
Red Superstar Swatches	?	10	?
Purple Superstar Swatches	?	one-of-one	?
Debut Digits	?	99	?
Blue Debut Digits	?	50	?
Orange Debut Digits	?	25	?
Gold Debut Digits	?	15	?
Red Debut Digits	?	10	?
Purple Debut Digits	?	one-of-one	?
Prime Patches Relics	25	24	?
Purple Prime Patches Relics	25	one-of-one	?

* Each pack will yield one serial-numbered parallel.

Checklist

Base Set

20 Orlando Cepeda
19 Carlton Fisk
18 Prince Fielder
17 Duke Snider
16 Joe DiMaggio
15 Andre Dawson
14 Yogi Berra
13 Ty Cobb
12 Eddie Mathews
11 Starlin Castro
10 Robinson Cano
9 Miguel Cabrera
8 Ralph Kiner
7 Ryan Braun
6 Lance Berkman
5 Johnny Bench
1 Hank Aaron
2 Luis Aparicio
3 Jose Bautista
4 Albert Belle
31 Mike Napoli
30 Felix Hernandez
29 Juan Marichal
28 Josh Hamilton
27 Roy Halladay
21 Yovani Gallardo
22 Lou Gehrig
23 Bob Gibson
24 Adrian Gonzalez
25 Carlos Gonzalez
26 Rollie Fingers
99 Willie Stargell
98 Rod Carew
97 Bob Feller
96 Carl Yastrzemski
95 Warren Spahn
94 Ernie Banks
93 Babe Ruth
92 Jackie Robinson
91 Roberto Clemente
90 Ryan Zimmerman
89 Jacoby Ellsbury
88 Eddie Murray
87 Jered Weaver
86 Joey Votto
85 Justin Verlander
84 Chase Utley
65 Ken Griffey, Jr.
64 Hanley Ramirez
63 Tony Gwynn
62 Albert Pujols
61 Buster Posey
60 Andy Pettitte
59 Dustin Pedroia
58 Paul O'Neill
57 Stan Musial
56 Wade Boggs
55 Paul Molitor
54 Michael Young
53 Willie McCovey
52 Willie Mays
51 Joe Mauer
50 Edgar Martinez
49 Roger Maris
48 Mickey Mantle
47 Evan Longoria
46 Tim Lincecum
45 Nelson Cruz
44 Cliff Lee
43 Harmon Killebrew
42 Sandy Koufax
41 Ian Kinsler
40 Clayton Kershaw
39 Ian Kennedy
38 Matt Kemp
37 Al Kaline
32 Matt Holliday
33 Ryan Howard
34 Reggie Jackson
35 Derek Jeter
36 Larry Doby
100 Lou Brock
83 Justin Upton
82 Troy Tulowitzki
81 Frank Thomas
80 Mark Teixeira
79 Giancarlo Stanton
78 John Smoltz
77 Tom Seaver
76 Red Schoendienst
75 Mike Schmidt
74 David Freese
73 Ryne Sandberg
72 CC Sabathia
71 Nolan Ryan
70 Alex Rodriguez
69 Frank Robinson
68 Brooks Robinson
67 Mariano Rivera
66 Cal Ripken, Jr.

91 Roberto Clemente

92 Jackie Robinson

93 Babe Ruth

94 Ernie Banks

95 Warren Spahn

96 Carl Yastrzemski

97 Bob Feller

98 Rod Carew

99 Willie Stargell

100 Lou Brock

Parallels

All 90 base cards are available in the following parallels.

Bronze (serial-numbered to 299 copies)

Blue (serial-numbered to 199 copies)

Green (serial-numbered to 75 copies)

Black (serial-numbered to 60 copies)

Orange (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Gold (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Red (serial-numbered to five copies)

Purple (one-of-one)

Printing Plates (four-for-each)

Autographs & Game-Used

NOTE: Cards are numbered with a TA prefix. For example, the Banks card is TA-EB.

Autographs

Each Autograph is serial-numbered to 99 copies and are available in the following parallels.

Blue (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
Orange (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Gold (serial-numbered to 15 copies)
Red (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
Purple (one-of-one)
Onyx (signed with a silver pen, one-of-one)
Printing Plates (four-for-each)

TA-AB Albert Belle
TA-AB1 Albert Belle
TA-AC Alex Cobb
TA-ACH Aroldis Chapman
TA-ACH1 Aroldis Chapman
TA-AD Andre Dawson
TA-AE Andre Ethier
TA-AG Adrian Gonzalez
TA-AJ Adam Jones
TA-AJ1 Adam Jones
TA-AL1 Adam Lind
TA-AL2 Adam Lind
TA-AM1 Andrew McCutchen
TA-AM2 Andrew McCutchen
TA-AO1 Alexi Ogando
TA-AO2 Alexi Ogando
TA-AO3 Alexi Ogando
TA-AP Andy Pettitte
TA-APU Albert Pujols
TA-AR2 Aramis Ramirez
TA-ARI Anthony Rizzo
TA-ARI2 Anthony Rizzo
TA-BB1 Bert Blyleven
TA-BB2 Brandon Beachy
TA-BB3 Brandon Beachy
TA-BBE1 Brandon Belt
TA-BBE2 Brandon Belt
TA-BBL Bert Blyleven
TA-BG1 Brett Gardner
TA-BGI Bob Gibson
TA-BMC Brian McCann
TA-BP Buster Posey
TA-BPH Brandon Phillips
TA-CC Carl Crawford
TA-CF Carlton Fisk
TA-CG Carlos Gonzalez
TA-CG1 Carlos Gonzalez
TA-CH Chris Heisey
TA-CKE1 Clayton Kershaw
TA-CKE2 Clayton Kershaw
TA-CRI Cal Ripken, Jr.
TA-CYA Carl Yastrzemski
TA-DA Dustin Ackley
TA-DA1 Dustin Ackley
TA-DE Danny Espinosa
TA-DE1 Dennis Eckersley
TA-DE2 Dennis Eckersley
TA-DG1 Dee Gordon
TA-DG2 Dee Gordon
TA-DH1 Daniel Hudson
TA-DH2 Daniel Hudson
TA-DM Don Mattingly
TA-DMU Dale Murphy
TA-DP Dustin Pedroia
TA-DP1 Dustin Pedroia
TA-DU1 Dan Uggla
TA-EA Elvis Andrus
TA-EB Ernie Banks
TA-EH1 Eric Hosmer
TA-EH2 Eric Hosmer
TA-EL1 Evan Longoria
TA-EM1 Edgar Martinez
TA-EM2 Edgar Martinez
TA-EN Eduardo Nunez
TA-EN1 Eduardo Nunez
TA-EN2 Eduardo Nunez
TA-FF Freddie Freeman
TA-FH Felix Hernandez
TA-FH1 Felix Hernandez
TA-FJ Fergie Jenkins
TA-FR Frank Robinson
TA-FT Frank Thomas
TA-GF George Foster
TA-GG1 Gio Gonzalez
TA-GG2 Gio Gonzalez
TA-HA Hank Aaron
TA-IDA Ike Davis
TA-IKE Ian Kennedy
TA-IKE1 Ian Kennedy
TA-IKE2 Ian Kennedy
TA-IKI1 Ian Kinsler
TA-IKI2 Ian Kinsler
TA-IKI3 Ian Kinsler
TA-IN Ivan Nova
TA-IN1 Ivan Nova
TA-JA J.P. Arencibia
TA-JB Johnny Bench
TA-JBR Jay Bruce
TA-JBR1 Jay Bruce
TA-JC1 Johnny Cueto
TA-JC2 Johnny Cueto
TA-JG Jaime Garcia
TA-JG1 Jaime Garcia
TA-JG2 Jaime Garcia
TA-JH Jason Heyward
TA-JH1 Jeremy Hellickson
TA-JH2 Jeremy Hellickson
TA-JJ Josh Johnson
TA-JJ1 Jon Jay
TA-JJ2 Jon Jay
TA-JMA Joe Mauer
TA-JMO Jesus Montero
TA-JMO1 Jesus Montero
TA-JMO2 Jesus Montero
TA-JR Jim Rice
TA-JR1 Jim Rice
TA-JS John Smoltz
TA-JTE Julio Teheran
TA-JTE1 Julio Teheran
TA-JU1 Justin Upton
TA-JW1 Jered Weaver
TA-JW2 Jered Weaver
TA-JWA Jordan Walden
TA-JWK Jemile Weeks
TA-JWK1 Jemile Weeks
TA-JZ1 Jordan Zimmermann
TA-JZ2 Jordan Zimmermann
TA-KGJ Ken Griffey, Jr.
TA-LA Luis Aparicio
TA-LM Logan Morrison
TA-MB1 Madison Bumgarner
TA-MB2 Madison Bumgarner
TA-MCA Miguel Cabrera
TA-MG1 Matt Garza
TA-MG2 Matt Garza
TA-MH Matt Holliday
TA-MK1 Matt Kemp
TA-MK2 Matt Kemp
TA-MK3 Matt Kemp
TA-MM1 Mike Minor
TA-MM2 Mike Minor
TA-MMI1 Minnie Minoso
TA-MMI2 Minnie Minoso
TA-MML Mitch Moreland
TA-MMO Matt Moore
TA-MMO1 Matt Moore
TA-MMO2 Matt Moore
TA-MMS1 Mike Morse
TA-MMS2 Mike Morse
TA-MMU Mike Moustakas
TA-MP1 Michael Pineda
TA-MP2 Michael Pineda
TA-MP3 Michael Pineda
TA-MS Mike Schmidt
TA-MST Giancarlo Stanton
TA-MT1 Mark Trumbo
TA-MT2 Mark Trumbo
TA-MT3 Mark Trumbo
TA-MT4 Mark Trumbo
TA-MTR Mike Trout
TA-MTR1 Mike Trout
TA-MTR2 Mike Trout
TA-NC Nelson Cruz
TA-NE1 Nathan Eovaldi
TA-NE2 Nathan Eovaldi
TA-NE3 Nathan Eovaldi
TA-NR Nolan Ryan
TA-NW Neil Walker
TA-PF Prince Fielder
TA-PM Paul Molitor
TA-PO1 Paul O'Neill
TA-PO2 Paul O'Neill
TA-PO3 Paul O'Neill
TA-PS1 Pablo Sandoval
TA-PS2 Pablo Sandoval
TA-RB Ryan Braun
TA-RC Robinson Cano
TA-RC1 Robinson Cano
TA-RD Randall Delgado
TA-RJ Reggie Jackson
TA-RS Red Schoendienst
TA-RSA Ryne Sandberg
TA-RZ Ryan Zimmerman
TA-SC1 Starlin Castro
TA-SC2 Starlin Castro
TA-SC3 Starlin Castro
TA-SK Sandy Koufax
TA-SM Stan Musial
TA-SP Salvador Perez
TA-SP1 Salvador Perez
TA-TH1 Tommy Hanson
TA-TH2 Tommy Hanson
TA-THU Tim Hudson
TA-UJ Ubaldo Jimenez
TA-WM Willie Mays
TA-WMC Willie McCovey
TA-YD Yu Darvish

Ernie Banks

Tribute to the Stars Autographs

Each Tribute to the Stars autograph is serial-numbered to 24 copies with a one-of-one Purple parallel also available.

World Series Swatches

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

Blue (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Orange (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Gold (serial-numbered to 15 copies)

Red (serial-numbered to ten copies)

Purple (one-of-one)

Al Kaline
Andy Pettitte
Bert Blyleven
Bob Lemon
Bruce Sutter
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Duke Snider
Dave Winfield
Eddie Murray
Eddie Mathews
Frank Robinson
George Brett
Gary Carter
Hank Aaron
Hoyt Wilhelm
Johnny Bench
Joe DiMaggio
Luis Aparicio
Lou Brock
Lou Gehrig
Mickey Mantle
Mike Schmidt
Nolan Ryan
Ozzie Smith
Paul Molitor
Paul O'Neill
Phil Rizzuto
Roberto Clemente
Reggie Jackson
Roger Maris
Red Schoendienst
Sparky Anderson
Steve Carlton
Stan Musial
Willie Mays
Willie Stargell

Championship Materials

Each Championship Materials card is serial-numbered to 99 copies and are available in the following parallels.

Blue (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Orange (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Gold (serial-numbered to 15 copies)

Red (serial-numbered to ten copies)

Purple (one-of-one)

Retired Remnants

Each Retired Remnant is serial-numbered to 99 copies (some are serial-numbered to 49 copies) and are available in the following parallels.

Players with the alternate amounts include Banks, Clemente & DiMaggio.

Blue (serial-numbered to 50 copies; some are serial-numbered to 30)

Orange (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Gold (serial-numbered to 15 copies)

Red (serial-numbered to 10 copies)

Purple (one-of-one)

Ernie Banks

Roberto Clemente

Positions of Power

Each Positions of Power card is serial-numbered to 99 copies and are available in the following parallels.

Blue (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Orange (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Gold (serial-numbered to 15 copies)

Red (serial-numbered to ten copies)

Purple (one-of-one)

Superstar Swatches

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

Blue (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Orange (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Gold (serial-numbered to 15 copies)

Red (serial-numbered to ten copies)

Purple (one-of-one)

Albert Pujols
Carlos Gonzalez
Cliff Lee
CC Sabathia
Derek Jeter
David Ortiz
Dustin Pedroia
David Price
Evan Longoria
Felix Hernandez
Jose Bautista
Jacoby Ellsbury
Josh Hamilton
Joe Mauer
Jose Reyes
Justin Upton
Justin Verlander
Jered Weaver
Miguel Cabrera
Roy Halladay
Stephen Strasburg
Tim Lincecum
Troy Tulowitzki

Debut Digits

Each Debut Digit is serial-numbered to 99 copies and are available in the following parallels.

Blue (serial-numbered to 50 copies)

Orange (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Gold (serial-numbered to 15 copies)

Red (serial-numbered to ten copies)

Purple (one-of-one)

Prime Patches

Each Prime Patch is serial-numbered to 24 copies with a one-of-one Purple parallel also available.