Description

1997 New Pinnacle is a 200-card set released in June 1997. Rather than issue a second series of Pinnacle Baseball, an entirely new set, complete with new checklist, new design, and new inserts was created. Although largely a lackluster product, New Pinnacle was the first baseball card set to randomly seed into packs the actual plates used to product the cards.

Distribution

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	200	-	?
Museum Collection	200	-	1:9
Artist's Proof	200	-	1:39
Press Plates	289	eight-for-each	1:1250
Spellbound	50	-	1:19
Keeping the Pace	18	-	1:89
Interleague Encounter	10	-	1:240

Checklist

Promos

This Alex Rodriguez card was sent to dealers in the order forms.

81 Alex Rodriguez

Base Set

1 Ken Griffey, Jr. G
2 Sammy Sosa B
3 Greg Maddux G
4 Matt Williams B
5 Jason Isringhausen R
6 Gregg Jefferies R
7 Chili Davis R
8 Paul O'Neill R
9 Larry Walker R
10 Ellis Burks B
11 Cliff Floyd R
12 Albert Belle G
13 Javy Lopez R
14 David Cone R
15 Jose Canseco B
16 Todd Zeile R
17 Bernard Gilkey B
18 Andres Galarraga B
19 Chris Snopek R
20 Tim Salmon B
21 Roger Clemens B
22 Reggie Sanders R
23 John Jaha R
24 Andy Pettitte B
25 Kenny Lofton G
26 Robb Nen R
27 John Wetteland B
28 Bobby Bonilla R
29 Hideo Nomo G
30 Cecil Fielder R
31 Garret Anderson R
32 Pat Hentgen R
33 Dave Justice R
34 Billy Wagner R
35 Al Leiter R
36 Mark Wohlers R
37 Rondell White R
38 Charles Johnson R
39 Mark Grace R
40 Pedro Martinez R
41 Tom Goodwin R
42 Manny Ramirez B
43 Greg Vaughn R
44 Brian Jordan B
45 Mike Piazza G
46 Roberto Hernandez R
47 Wade Boggs B
48 Scott Sanders R
49 Alex Gonzalez R
50 Kevin Brown R
51 Bob Higginson B
52 Ken Caminiti B
53 Derek Jeter G
54 Carlos Baerga R
55 Jay Buhner B
56 Tim Naehring R
57 Jeff Bagwell G
58 Steve Finley R
59 Kevin Appier R
60 Jay Bell R
61 Ivan Rodriguez B
62 Terrell Wade R
63 Rusty Greer R
64 Juan Guzman R
65 Fred McGriff R
66 Tino Martinez R
67 Ray Lankford R
68 Juan Gonzalez G
69 Ron Gant R
70 Jack McDowell R
71 Tony Gwynn B
72 Joe Carter B
73 Wilson Alvarez R
74 Jason Giambi R
75 Brian Hunter R
76 Michael Tucker R
77 Andy Benes R
78 Brady Anderson B
79 Ramon Martinez R
80 Troy Percival B
81 Alex Rodriguez G
82 Jim Thome B
83 Denny Neagle R
84 Rafael Palmeiro B
85 Jose Valentin R
86 Marc Newfield R
87 Mariano Rivera B
88 Alan Benes R
89 Jimmy Key R
90 Joe Randa R
91 Cal Ripken, Jr. G
92 Craig Biggio R
93 Dean Palmer R
94 Gary Sheffield B
95 Ismael Valdes R
96 John Valentin R
97 Johnny Damon R
98 Mo Vaughn G
99 Paul Sorrento R
100 Randy Johnson B
101 Raul Mondesi B
102 Roberto Alomar B
103 Royce Clayton R
104 Mark Grudzielanek R
105 Wally Joyner R
106 Wil Cordero R
107 Will Clark B
108 Chuck Knoblauch B
109 Derek Bell R
110 Henry Rodriguez R
111 Edgar Renteria R
112 Travis Fryman R
113 Eric Young R
114 Sandy Alomar R
115 Darin Erstad B
116 Barry Larkin B
117 Barry Bonds B
118 Frank Thomas G
119 Carlos Delgado R
120 Jason Kendall R
121 Todd Hollandsworth R
122 Jim Edmonds R
123 Chipper Jones G
124 Jeff Fassero R
125 Deion Sanders B
126 Matt Lawton R
127 Ryan Klesko R
128 Mike Mussina R
129 Paul Molitor B
130 Dante Bichette R
131 Bill Pulsipher R
132 Todd Hundley B
133 J.T. Snow R
134 Chuck Finley R
135 Shawn Green R
136 Charles Nagy R
137 Willie Greene R
138 Marty Cordova R
139 Eddie Murray R
140 Ryne Sandberg R
141 Alex Fernandez R
142 Mark McGwire G
143 Eric Davis R
144 Jermaine Dye R
145 Ruben Sierra R
146 Damon Buford R
147 John Smoltz B
148 Alex Ochoa R
149 Moises Alou R
150 Rico Brogna R
151 Terry Steinbach R
152 Jeff King R
153 Carlos Garcia R
154 Tom Glavine R
155 Edgar Martinez B
156 Kevin Elster R
157 Darryl Hamilton R
158 Jason Dickson R
159 Kevin Orie R
160 Bubba Trammell R
161 Jose Guillen B
162 Brant Brown R
163 Wendell Magee, Jr. R
164 Scott Spiezio R
165 Todd Walker B
166 Rod Myers R
167 Damon Mashore R
168 Wilton Guerrero B
169 Vladimir Guerrero G
170 Nomar Garciaparra B
171 Shannon Stewart R
172 Scott Rolen R
173 Bob Abreu R
174 Danny Patterson R
175 Andruw Jones G
176 Brian Giles R
177 Dmitri Young R
178 Cal Ripken, Jr. G
179 Chuck Knoblauch B
180 Alex Rodriguez G
181 Andres Galarraga R
182 Pedro Martinez R
183 Brady Anderson R
184 Barry Bonds B
185 Ivan Rodriguez B
186 Gary Sheffield B
187 Denny Neagle B
188 Mark McGwire B
189 Ellis Burks R
190 Alex Rodriguez G
191 Mike Piazza G
192 Barry Bonds B
193 Albert Belle G
194 Chipper Jones G
195 Juan Gonzalez G
196 Brady Anderson B
197 Frank Thomas G
198 Vladimir Guerrero R
199 Todd Walker R
200 Scott Rolen R

Parallels

Museum Collection

Artist's Proofs

Like they did in 1997 Pinnacle, the Artist's Proof parallel is fractured and features exclusive Dufex all-foil print technology in varying levels of scarcity. Unlike '97 Pinnacle, the colors used are Red, Blue and Green foil. The 125 Reds are scarce, 50 Blues are scarcer, and the 25 Greens represent the top stars with the scarcest printing. Each card is stamped with the "Artist's Proof" seal.

For brevity's sake, the designated color of each Artist's Proof in listed in the base set checklist with either a "R" "B" or "G."

Press Plates

These "cards" are the authentic aluminum plates that transfer the ink to the cardboard for each individual card back and front. Each plate displays an authentication seal on the back along with the personal signature of Pinnacle Chairman and CEO, Jerry Meyer. Each card has eight press plates for each of the four colors used in printing the front and the back. All cards from both the regular sets as well as the insert sets were inserted into packs. A collector who put together any combination of the four press plates from the same card front or back could return the plates to Pinnacle by August 22, 1997 and receive a "bounty" of $35,000. A sliding reward scale was imposed with a $30,000 bounty for plates received by August 29, 1997, $25,000 for those received by September 5, 1997, and $20,000 for those received after September 5 but before December 31, 1997. It is unknown if anyone managed to collect the bounty.

Inserts

Spellbound

This 50-card set features color action player photos superimposed over one of the letters of the player's name and printed on etched-foil cards. The completed set for each star player spells both the player's name and the word "Spellbound." The Players names are all spelled out individually per card. After each card number the letter signified on the card is noted.

Keeping The Pace

This 18-card set is printed on dot matrix holographic foil.

Interleague Encounter

This 10-card set features a double-front with a top AL star player on one side with a top NL mega-star on the filpside and the date of the first interleague match-up of the two teams.