2007 Topps 52
Description
2007 Topps 52 is a 227-card set released in December, 2007. The design is based on 1952 Topps (hence the name), but it often confused with the previous year's product and the more popular 2001 Topps Heritage set. Each 20-pack Hobby box will yield three on-card autographs.
Every base card in the set (with the exception of a Mickey Mantle card) was a rookie in 2007 and bears the MLBPA's "ROOKIE CARD" icon that had been introduced the previous year. However, since most players in this set had their "true" RC issued previously, the vast majority of the cards are "Parenth-RCs" (RC).
Ten cards, which are scattered throughout the set, have an "Action Image" variation -- 15 cards (#202 and #208-#221) are short-printed. Every third pack should yield either a variation or an SP.
Distribution
Hobby: 20 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $5). Eight boxes per case.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | Retail Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 218 | - | ? | ? |
| short set | 203 | - | 8:1 | 8:1 |
| SPs | 15 | - | 1:6 | 1:6 |
| Gimmicks | 10 | - | 1:6 | 1:6 |
| Black Back | 111 | - | 1:6 | N/A |
| Chrome | 95 | 1952 | 1:3 | 1:6 |
| Chrome Refractor | 95 | 552 | 1:9 | 1:25 |
| Chrome Gold Refractor | 95 | 52 | 1:89 | 1:300 |
| Dynamic Duos | 15 | - | 1:4 | 1:4 |
| Debut Flashbacks | 15 | - | 1:6 | 1:6 |
| Debut Flashbacks Chrome | 15 | 1952 | 1:16 | 1:46 |
| Debut Flashbacks Chrome Refractor | 15 | 552 | 1:55 | 1:170 |
| Debut Flashbacks Chrome Gold Refractor | 15 | 52 | 1:609 | 1:1700 |
| A-Rod Road to 500 | 25 | - | 1:20 | ? |
| Diamond Debut Tix | 22 | 20 | 1:649 | N/A |
| Signatures | 66 | varies | ? | ? |
| Signatures Red Ink | 66 | 52 | 1:88 | N/A |
| Signatures Combos | 10 | 25 | 1:1094 | N/A |
| A-Rod Road to 500 Autographs | 25 | one-of-one | ? | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
NOTE: Cards #198-#200 do not exist.
- 1 Akinori Iwamura RC
- 2 Angel Sanchez RC
- 3 Luis Hernandez (RC)
- 4 Joaquin Arias (RC)
- 5 Troy Tulowitzki (RC)
- 6 Jesus Flores RC
- 7 Mickey Mantle
- 8 Kory Casto (RC)
- 9 Tony Abreu RC
- 10 Kevin Kouzmanoff (RC)
- 11 Travis Buck (RC)
- 12 Kurt Suzuki (RC)
- 13 Matt DeSalvo (RC)
- 14 Jerry Owens (RC)
- 15 Alex Gordon RC
- 16 Jeff Baker (RC)
- 17 Ben Francisco (RC)
- 18 Nate Schierholtz (RC)
- 19 Nathan Haynes (RC)
- 20 Ryan Braun (RC)
- 21 Brian Barden RC
- 22 Sean Barker RC
- 23 Alejandro de Aza RC
- 24 Jamie Burke (RC)
- 25 Michael Bourn (RC)
- 26 Jeff Salazar (RC)
- 27 Chase Headley (RC)
- 28 Chris Basak RC
- 29 Mike Fontenot (RC)
- 30 Hunter Pence (RC)
- 31 Masumi Kuwata RC
- 32 Ryan Rowland-Smith RC
- 33 Tyler Clippard (RC)
- 34 Matt Lindstrom (RC)
- 35 Fred Lewis (RC)
- 36 Brett Carroll RC
- 37 Alexi Casilla RC
- 38 Nick Gorneault (RC)
- 39 Dennis Sarfate (RC)
- 40 Felix Pie (RC)
- 41 Miguel Montero (RC)
- 42 Danny Putnam (RC)
- 43 Shane Youman RC
- 44 Andy LaRoche (RC)
- 45 Jarrod Saltalamacchia (RC)
- 46 Kei Igawa RC
- 47 Don Kelly (RC)
- 48 Fernando Cortez (RC)
- 49 Travis Metcalf RC
- 50 Daisuke Matsuzaka RC
- 51 Edwar Ramirez RC
- 52 Ryan Sweeney (RC)
- 53 Shawn Riggans (RC)
- 54 Billy Sadler (RC)
- 55 Billy Butler (RC)
- 56 Andy Cavazos RC
- 57 Sean Henn (RC)
- 58 Brian Esposito (RC)
- 59 Brandon Morrow RC
- 60 Adam Lind (RC)
- 61 Joe Smith RC
- 62 Chris Stewart RC
- 63 Eulogio De La Cruz (RC)
- 64 Sean Gallagher (RC)
- 65 Carlos Gomez RC
- 66 Jailen Peguero RC
- 67 Juan Perez RC
- 68 Levale Speigner RC
- 69 Jamie Vermilyea RC
- 70 Delmon Young (RC)
- 71 Jo-Jo Reyes (RC)
- 72 Zack Segovia (RC)
- 73 Andy Sonnanstine RC
- 74 Chase Wright RC
- 75 Josh Fields (RC)
- 76 Jon Knott (RC)
- 77 Guillermo Rodriguez RC
- 78 Jon Coutlangus (RC)
- 79 Kevin Cameron RC
- 80 Mark Reynolds RC
- 81 Brian Stokes (RC)
- 82 Alberto Arias RC
- 83 Yoel Hernandez RC
- 84 David Murphy (RC)
- 85 Josh Hamilton (RC)
- 86 Justin Hampson (RC)
- 87 Doug Slaten RC
- 88 Joseph Bisenius RC
- 89 Troy Cate RC
- 90 Homer Bailey (RC)
- 91 Jacoby Ellsbury (RC)
- 92 Devern Hansack RC
- 93 Zach McClellan RC
- 94 Vinny Rottino (RC)
- 95 Elijah Dukes RC
- 96 Ryan Z. Braun (RC) UER: Autograph is of the "other" Ryan Braun, you know the 2011 NL MVP.
- 97 Lee Gardner (RC)
- 98 Joakim Soria RC
- 99 Jason Miller (RC)
- 100 Hideki Okajima RC
- 101 John Danks RC
- 102 Garrett Jones (RC)
- 103 Jensen Lewis RC
- 104 Clay Rapada RC
- 105 Kyle Kendrick RC
- 106 Eric Stults RC
- 107 Jared Burton RC
- 108 Julio DePaula RC
- 109 Jesse Litsch RC
- 110 Micah Owings (RC)
- 111 Cory Doyne (RC)
- 112 Jay Marshall RC
- 113 Mike Schultz RC
- 114 Juan Salas (RC)
- 115 Matt Chico (RC)
- 116 Brad Salmon RC
- 117 Jeff Bailey (RC)
- 118 Gustavo Molina RC
- 119 Brian Burres (RC)
- 120 Yovani Gallardo RC
- 121 Hector Gimenez (RC)
- 122 Kelvin Jimenez RC
- 123 Rick van den Hurk RC
- 124 Billy Petrick (RC)
- 125 Andrew Miller RC
- 126 Rocky Cherry RC
- 127 Jordan De Jong RC
- 128 Eric Hull RC
- 129 Kevin Mahar RC
- 130 Tim Lincecum RC
- 131 Garrett Olson (RC)
- 132 Neal Musser RC
- 133 Mike Rabelo RC
- 134 Dennis Dove (RC)
- 135 J.D. Durbin (RC)
- 136 Jose Garcia RC
- 137 Marcus McBeth (RC)
- 138 Curtis Thigpen (RC)
- 139 Mike Zagurski RC
- 140 Kevin Slowey (RC)
- 141 Dewon Day RC
- 142 Glen Perkins (RC)
- 143 Brian Wolfe (RC)
- 144 Dallas Braden RC
- 145 J.A. Happ RC
- 146 Lee Gronkiewicz RC
- 147 Cesar Jimenez RC
- 148 Mark McLemore (RC)
- 149 Connor Robertson RC
- 150 Phil Hughes (RC)
- 151 Matthew Brown RC
- 152 Ryan Feierabend (RC)
- 153 Brendan Ryan (RC)
- 154 Terry Evans RC
- 155 Eric Patterson (RC)
- 156 Patrick Misch (RC)
- 157 Darren Clarke RC
- 158 Kevin Melillo (RC)
- 159 Edwin Bellorin RC
- 160 Ubaldo Jimenez (RC)
- 161 Ryan Budde (RC)
- 162 Brian Buscher RC
- 163 Juan Gutierrez RC
- 164 Franklin Morales (RC)
- 165 Carmen Pignatiello (RC)
- 166 Jair Jurrjens (RC)
- 167 Manny Acosta (RC)
- 168 Ian Stewart RC
- 169 Daniel Barone (RC)
- 170 Justin Upton RC
- 171 Tommy Watkins RC
- 172 Ross Wolf RC
- 173 Jack Cassel RC
- 174 Asdrubal Cabrera RC
- 175 Mauro Zarate RC
- 176 Aaron Laffey RC
- 177 Marcus Gwyn RC
- 178 Danny Richar RC
- 179 Joel Hanrahan (RC)
- 180 Cameron Maybin RC
- 181 John Lannan RC
- 182 Shelley Duncan (RC)
- 183 Brandon Wood (RC)
- 184 Delwyn Young (RC)
- 185 Manny Parra (RC)
- 186 Ehren Wassermann RC
- 187 Jose Reyes RC
- 188 Jose Ascanio RC
- 190 Alvin Colina RC
- 191 Yunel Escobar (RC)
- 192 Carlos Maldonado (RC)
- 193 Dan Meyer (RC)
- 194 Scott Moore (RC)
- 195 Romulo Sanchez RC
- 196 Tom Shearn (RC)
- 197 Craig Stansberry (RC)
- 201 Joba Chamberlain RC
- 202 John Nelson SP (RC)
- 203 Phil Dumatrait (RC)
- 204 Brandon Moss (RC)
- 205 Beltran Perez (RC)
- 206 Drew Anderson RC
- 207 Brett Campbell RC
- 208 Andy Cannizaro SP RC
- 209 Travis Chick SP (RC)
- 210 Francisco Cruceta SP (RC)
- 211 Jose Diaz SP (RC)
- 212 Jeff Fiorentino SP (RC)
- 213 Tim Gradoville SP RC
- 214 Kevin Hooper SP (RC)
- 215 Philip Humber SP (RC)
- 216 Juan Lara SP RC
- 217 Mitch Maier SP RC
- 218 Juan Morillo SP (RC)
- 219 A.J. Murray SP RC
- 220 Chris Narveson SP (RC)
- 221 Oswaldo Navarro SP RC
Gimmicks
- 5 Troy Tulowitzki
- 20 Ryan Braun
- 30 Hunter Pence
- 50 Daisuke Matsuzaka
- 70 Delmon Young
- 100 Hideki Okajima
- 130 Tim Lincecum
- 150 Phil Hughes
- 170 Justin Upton
- 190 Joba Chamberlain
Parallels
Black Back
Black Backs are exclusive to Hobby packs, and parallel the first 106 cards plus the five listed below.
- 110 Micah Owings
- 113 Mike Schultz
- 115 Matt Chico
- 120 Yovani Gallardo
- 125 Andrew Miller
Chrome
95 base set cards are also available in a Chrome partial-parallel. Each Chrome is serial-numbered to 1952 copies and available in the following Refractor parallels.
- Refractor (serial-numbered to 552 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 52 copies)
- TCRC-1 Akinori Iwamura
- TCRC-2 Angel Sanchez
- TCRC-3 Luis Hernandez
- TCRC-4 Joaquin Arias
- TCRC-5 Troy Tulowitzki
- TCRC-6 Jesus Flores
- TCRC-7 Mickey Mantle
- TCRC-8 Kory Casto
- TCRC-9 Tony Abreu
- TCRC-10 Kevin Kouzmanoff
- TCRC-11 Travis Buck
- TCRC-12 Kurt Suzuki
- TCRC-13 Alejandro de Aza
- TCRC-14 Alex Gordon
- TCRC-15 Jerry Owens
- TCRC-16 Ryan Braun
- TCRC-17 Michael Bourn
- TCRC-18 Hunter Pence
- TCRC-19 Jeff Baker
- TCRC-20 Ben Francisco
- TCRC-21 Nate Schierholtz
- TCRC-22 Nathan Haynes
- TCRC-23 Andrew Miller
- TCRC-24 Sean Barker
- TCRC-25 Matt DeSalvo
- TCRC-26 Fred Lewis
- TCRC-27 Jamie Burke
- TCRC-28 Jeff Salazar
- TCRC-29 Chase Headley
- TCRC-30 Chris Basak
- TCRC-31 Mike Fontenot
- TCRC-32 Felix Pie
- TCRC-33 Masumi Kuwata
- TCRC-34 Daisuke Matsuzaka
- TCRC-35 Tim Lincecum
- TCRC-36 Jarrod Saltalamacchia
- TCRC-37 Tyler Clippard
- TCRC-38 Billy Butler
- TCRC-39 Matt Lindstrom
- TCRC-40 Brett Carroll
- TCRC-41 Alexi Casilla
- TCRC-42 Nick Gorneault
- TCRC-43 Matt Chico
- TCRC-44 Adam Lind
- TCRC-45 Miguel Montero
- TCRC-46 Danny Putnam
- TCRC-47 Delmon Young
- TCRC-48 Josh Fields
- TCRC-49 Carlos Gomez
- TCRC-50 Mark Reynolds
- TCRC-51 Shane Youman
- TCRC-52 Andy LaRoche
- TCRC-53 Kei Igawa
- TCRC-54 Don Kelly
- TCRC-55 Cameron Maybin
- TCRC-56 Travis Metcalf
- TCRC-57 Ubaldo Jimenez
- TCRC-58 Ryan Sweeney
- TCRC-59 Shawn Riggans
- TCRC-60 Jacoby Ellsbury
- TCRC-61 Andy Cavazos
- TCRC-62 Josh Hamilton
- TCRC-63 Homer Bailey
- TCRC-64 Sean Henn
- TCRC-65 Elijah Dukes
- TCRC-66 Brian Esposito
- TCRC-67 Brandon Morrow
- TCRC-68 Joe Smith
- TCRC-69 Chris Stewart
- TCRC-70 Eulogio De La Cruz
- TCRC-71 Sean Gallagher
- TCRC-72 Jailen Peguero
- TCRC-73 Juan Perez
- TCRC-74 Levale Speigner
- TCRC-75 Jamie Vermilyea
- TCRC-76 Hideki Okajima
- TCRC-77 Eric Patterson
- TCRC-78 Zack Segovia
- TCRC-79 Kyle Kendrick
- TCRC-80 Andy Sonnanstine
- TCRC-81 Chase Wright
- TCRC-82 Jon Knott
- TCRC-83 Guillermo Rodriguez
- TCRC-84 Jon Coutlangus
- TCRC-85 Kevin Cameron
- TCRC-86 Brian Stokes
- TCRC-87 Alberto Arias
- TCRC-88 Delwyn Young
- TCRC-89 David Murphy
- TCRC-90 Micah Owings
- TCRC-91 Yovani Gallardo
- TCRC-92 Justin Hampson
- TCRC-93 Doug Slaten
- TCRC-94 Justin Upton
- TCRC-95 Joba Chamberlain
Inserts
Dynamic Duos
- DD1 Tim Lincecum / Nate Schierholtz
- DD2 Joba Chamberlain / Phil Hughes
- DD3 Ryan Braun / Yovani Gallardo
- DD4 Kyle Kendrick / Michael Bourn
- DD5 Delmon Young / Elijah Dukes
- DD6 Hideki Okajima / Daisuke Matsuzaka
- DD7 Justin Upton / Mark Reynolds
- DD8 Eric Patterson / Felix Pie
- DD9 Josh Hamilton / Homer Bailey
- DD10 Ubaldo Jimenez / Troy Tulowitzki
- DD11 Alex Gordon / Billy Butler
- DD12 Delwyn Young / Andy LaRoche
- DD13 Andrew Miller / Cameron Maybin
- DD14 Joe Smith / Carlos Gomez
- DD15 David Murphy / Jarrod Saltalamacchia
Debut Flashbacks
Each Debut Flashback is also available in the following Chrome parallels.
- Chrome (serial-numbered to 1952 copies)
- Refractor (serial-numbered to 552 copies)
- Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 52 copies)
- DF1 Vladimir Guerrero
- DF2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- DF3 Pedro Martinez
- DF4 Carlos Delgado
- DF5 Gary Sheffield
- DF6 Curt Schilling
- DF7 Jorge Posada
- DF8 Miguel Tejada
- DF9 Trevor Hoffman
- DF10 Francisco Cordero
- DF11 Travis Hafner
- DF12 Paul Lo Duca
- DF13 Jimmy Rollins
- DF14 Magglio Ordonez
- DF15 Jim Edmonds
A Rod-Road to 500
See 2007 Topps A-Rod Road to 500.
Autographs & Game-Used
Diamond Debut Tix
Each Diamond Debut Tix Relic is serial-numbered to 20 copies and exclusive to Hobby packs, and features a ticket stub from the player's Major League debut.
- DDT-AD Alejandro de Aza
- DDT-AG Alex Gordon
- DDT-AL Andy LaRoche
- DDT-BB Billy Butler
- DDT-DB Dallas Braden
- DDT-DM Daisuke Matsuzaka
- DDT-HB Homer Bailey
- DDT-JAH J.A. Happ
- DDT-JC Joba Chamberlain
- DDT-JE Jacoby Ellsbury
- DDT-JH Josh Hamilton
- DDT-JL Jesse Litsch
- DDT-JM Jay Marshall
- DDT-JS Jarrod Saltalamacchia
- DDT-JU Justin Upton
- DDT-KS Kevin Slowey
- DDT-RB Ryan Braun
- DDT-TA Tony Abreu
- DDT-TB Travis Buck
- DDT-TC Tyler Clippard
- DDT-TL Tim Lincecum
- DDT-YG Yovani Gallardo
Signatures
Each Signature is also available in a Red Ink parallel, which is hand-numbered to 52 copies.
The odds of finding a specific Signature are as follows.
- Group A: 1:9/Hobby packs, 1:29/retail packs.
- Group B: 1:54/Hobby packs, 1:162/retail packs.
- Group C: 1:150/Hobby packs, 1:429/retail packs.
- Group D: 1:1049/Hobby packs, 1:3000/retail packs.
- Group E: 1:3149/Hobby packs, 1:19,065/retail packs.
- Group F: 1:4750/Hobby packs. 1:13,401/retail packs.
- 52S-AA Alberto Arias A
- 52S-AC Alexi Casilla A
- 52S-AG Alex Gordon C
- 52S-AI Akinori Iwamura C EXCH
- 52S-AL Andy LaRoche C
- 52S-AM Andrew Miller C EXCH
- 52S-AS Angel Sanchez B
- 52S-ASL Aaron Laffey A
- 52S-BB Brian Barden A
- 52S-BC Brett Carroll A
- 52S-BE Brian Esposito A
- 52S-BF Ben Francisco A
- 52S-BP Billy Petrick B
- 52S-BPB Brian Buscher B
- 52S-BS Brian Stokes C EXCH
- 52S-BW Brian Wolfe B
- 52S-CD Cory Doyne A
- 52S-CH Chase Headley B
- 52S-CM Cameron Maybin C
- 52S-CS Chris Stewart C
- 52S-CW Chase Wright C
- 52S-DC Darren Clarke A
- 52S-ER Edwar Ramirez A
- 52S-FC Francisco Cordero F
- 52S-FL Fred Lewis C
- 52S-FP Felix Pie C
- 52S-GS Gary Sheffield F
- 52S-HO Hideki Okajima C
- 52S-HP Hunter Pence C
- 52S-JA Joaquin Arias C
- 52S-JB Jared Burton C
- 52S-JC Jon Coutlangus C
- 52S-JCH Joba Chamberlain C
- 52S-JH Joel Hanrahan D
- 52S-JJR Jo-Jo Reyes C
- 52S-JL Jensen Lewis A
- 52S-JM Jason Miller D
- 52S-JP Jorge Posada F
- 52S-JR Jimmy Rollins F
- 52S-JRB Joseph Bisenius A
- 52S-JSS Jarrod Saltalamacchia C
- 52S-JU Justin Upton C
- 52S-KK Kevin Kouzmanoff C EXCH
- 52S-KS Kurt Suzuki C
- 52S-LS Levale Speigner A
- 52S-MB Michael Bourn C
- 52S-MBB Matthew Brown A
- 52S-MJZ Mike Zagurski B
- 52S-ML Matt Lindstrom C
- 52S-MM Mark McLemore B
- 52S-NG Nick Gorneault C
- 52S-NH Nathan Haynes A
- 52S-PD Phil Dumatrait B
- 52S-PH Phil Hughes C
- 52S-PL Paul Lo Duca F EXCH
- 52S-RB Ryan Braun C
- 52S-RC Rocky Cherry E
- 52S-RDB Ryan Budde B
- 52S-RZB Ryan Z. Braun C
- 52S-TB Travis Buck C
- 52S-TC Tyler Clippard C EXCH
- 52S-TL Tim Lincecum C
- 52S-TM Travis Metcalf C
- 52S-TPC Troy Cate A
- 52S-YG Yovani Gallardo C
- 52S-ZS Zack Segovia B
A-Rod Road to 500 Autographs
See 2007 Topps A-Rod Road to 500.
Signatures Combos
Each Signatures Combo is hand-numbered to 25 copies and exclusive to Hobby packs.
- 52SC-BP Ryan Braun / Hunter Pence
- 52SC-GB Alex Gordon / Ryan Braun
- 52SC-LB Matt Lindstrom / Michael Bourn EXCH
- 52SC-LG Andy LaRoche / Alex Gordon
- 52SC-LI Andy LaRoche / Akinori Iwamura
- 52SC-LM Tim Lincecum / Andrew Miller
- 52SC-LO Tim Lincecum / Hideki Okajima EXCH
- 52SC-ML Andrew Miller / Matt Lindstrom EXCH
- 52SC-OI Hideki Okajima / Akinori Iwamura
- 52SC-PB Hunter Pence / Michael Bourn
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