Description

1996 Zenith is a 150-card "super-premium" set released by Pinnacle Brands in August, 1996. The set contains the subset: Honor Roll (131-150). In lieu of traditional statistics, the backs carry a hit location chart and player statistics.

The only prominent Rookie Card is of Darin Erstad.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $3.99). Hobby only

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	150	-	?
Artist's Proof	150	-	1:36
Mozaics	25	-	1:10
Diamond Club	20	-	1:24
Real Diamond Club	20	-	1:350
Z-Team	18	-	1:72

Checklist

Base Set

1 Ken Griffey Jr.

2 Ozzie Smith

3 Greg Maddux

4 Rondell White

5 Mark McGwire

6 Jim Thome

7 Ivan Rodriguez

8 Marc Newfield

9 Travis Fryman

10 Fred McGriff

11 Shawn Green

12 Mike Piazza

13 Dante Bichette

14 Tino Martinez

15 Sterling Hitchcock

16 Ryne Sandberg

17 Rico Brogna

18 Roberto Alomar

19 Barry Larkin

20 Bernie Williams

21 Gary Sheffield

22 Frank Thomas

23 Gregg Jefferies

24 Jeff Bagwell

25 Marty Cordova

26 Jim Edmonds

27 Jay Bell

28 Ben McDonald

29 Barry Bonds

30 Mo Vaughn

31 Johnny Damon

32 Dean Palmer

33 Ismael Valdes

34 Manny Ramirez

35 Edgar Martinez

36 Cecil Fielder

37 Ryan Klesko

38 Ray Lankford

39 Tim Salmon

40 Joe Carter

41 Jason Isringhausen

42 Rickey Henderson

43 Lenny Dykstra

44 Andre Dawson

45 Paul O'Neill

46 Ray Durham

47 Raul Mondesi

48 Jay Buhner

49 Eddie Murray

50 Henry Rodriguez

51 Hal Morris

52 Mike Mussina

53 Wally Joyner

54 Will Clark

55 Chipper Jones

56 Brian Jordan

57 Larry Walker

58 Wade Boggs

59 Melvin Nieves

60 Charles Johnson

61 Juan Gonzalez

62 Carlos Delgado

63 Reggie Sanders

64 Brian L. Hunter

65 Edgardo Alfonzo

66 Kenny Lofton

67 Paul Molitor

68 Mike Bordick

69 Garret Anderson

70 Orlando Merced

71 Craig Biggio

72 Chuck Knoblauch

73 Mark Grace

74 Jack McDowell

75 Randy Johnson

76 Cal Ripken

77 Matt Williams

78 Benji Gil

79 Moises Alou

80 Robin Ventura

81 Greg Vaughn

82 Carlos Baerga

83 Roger Clemens

84 Hideo Nomo

85 Pedro Martinez

86 John Valentin

87 Andres Galarraga

88 Andy Pettitte

89 Derek Bell

90 Kirby Puckett

91 Tony Gwynn

92 Brady Anderson

93 Derek Jeter

94 Michael Tucker

95 Albert Belle

96 David Cone

97 J.T. Snow

98 Tom Glavine

99 Alex Rodriguez

100 Sammy Sosa

101 Karim Garcia

102 Alan Benes

103 Chad Mottola

104 Robin Jennings

105 Bob Abreu

106 Tony Clark

107 George Arias

108 Jermaine Dye

109 Jeff Suppan

110 Ralph Milliard RC

111 Ruben Rivera

112 Billy Wagner

113 Jason Kendall

114 Mike Grace RC

115 Edgar Renteria

116 Jason Schmidt

117 Paul Wilson

118 Rey Ordonez

119 Rocky Coppinger RC

120 Wilton Guerrero RC

121 Brooks Kieschnick

122 Raul Casanova

123 Alex Ochoa

124 Chan Ho Park

125 John Wasdin

126 Eric Owens

127 Justin Thompson

128 Chris Snopek

129 Terrell Wade

130 Darin Erstad RC

131 Albert Belle HON

132 Cal Ripken HON

133 Frank Thomas HON

134 Greg Maddux HON

135 Ken Griffey Jr. HON

136 Mo Vaughn HON

137 Chipper Jones HON

138 Mike Piazza HON

139 Ryan Klesko HON

140 Hideo Nomo HON

141 Roberto Alomar HON

142 Manny Ramirez HON

143 Gary Sheffield HON

144 Barry Bonds HON

145 Matt Williams HON

146 Jim Edmonds HON

147 Derek Jeter HON

148 Sammy Sosa HON

149 Kirby Puckett HON

150 Tony Gwynn HON

Parallels

All 150 base set cards are available in an "Artist's Proof" parallel.

Inserts

Mozaics

This 25-card set features three teammates on Dufex cards.

1 Maddux/Jones/Klesko

2 Gonzalez/Clark/Rodriguez

3 Thomas/Ventura/Durham

4 Bonds/Williams/Fernandez

5 Griffey/Johnson/Rodriguez

6 Sosa/Sandberg/Grace

7 Edmonds/Salmon/Anderson

8 Ripken/Alomar/Mussina

9 Clemens/Vaughn/Valentin

10 Larkin/Sanders/Morris

11 Lankford/Jordan/Smith

12 Bichette/Walker/Galarraga

13 Piazza/Nomo/Mondesi

14 McDonald/Vaughn/Seitzer

15 Carter/Delgado/Gonzalez

16 Sheffield/Johnson/Conine

17 White/Alou/Rodriguez

18 Ramirez/Belle/Baerga

19 Puckett/Molitor/Knoblauch

20 Gwynn/Henderson/Joyner

21 McGwire/Bordick/Brosius

22 Boggs/B. Williams/O'Neill

23 Bell/Merced/Kendall

24 Brogna/Wilson/Isringhausen

25 Bagwell/Biggio/Bell

Diamond Club

This 20-card set honors the top performers on a "Spectrotech" card design printed on thick foil stock with etched highlights.

A limited number of Diamond Club cards feature an actual diamond chip mounted on the card.

1 Albert Belle

2 Mo Vaughn

3 Ken Griffey Jr.

4 Mike Piazza

5 Cal Ripken

6 Jermaine Dye

7 Jeff Bagwell

8 Frank Thomas

9 Alex Rodriguez

10 Ryan Klesko

11 Roberto Alomar

12 Sammy Sosa

13 Matt Williams

14 Gary Sheffield

15 Ruben Rivera

16 Darin Erstad

17 Randy Johnson

18 Greg Maddux

19 Karim Garcia

20 Chipper Jones

Z-Team

Z-Team is an 18-card set printed on clear, micro-etched, acetate.

The entire set was also available as promo cards. The promo cards, with have the word "SAMPLE" written diagonally on both sides of the card, were given away to Pinnacle's dealer network, and to collectors on the Pinnacle Brands website. These cards were made available after the 1996 Pinnacle Aficionado First Pitch Preview Cards offer was exhausted.

1 Ken Griffey Jr.

2 Albert Belle

3 Cal Ripken

4 Frank Thomas

5 Greg Maddux

6 Mo Vaughn

7 Chipper Jones

8 Mike Piazza

9 Ryan Klesko

10 Hideo Nomo

11 Roberto Alomar

12 Manny Ramirez

13 Gary Sheffield

14 Barry Bonds

15 Matt Williams

16 Jim Edmonds

17 Kirby Puckett

18 Sammy Sosa