Description

1999 Finest is a 300-card set (produced by Topps) released in two series of 150 cards each. The set includes the following subsets: Gems (101-120), Sensations (121-130) Rookies (131-150/277-299), Sterling (251-265) and Gamers (266-276). Card number 300 is a special Hank Aaron/Mark McGwire tribute. Cards numbered from 101 through 150 and 251 through 300 were short printed and seeded at a rate of one per hobby, one per retail and two per Home Team Advantage pack.

Notable Rookie Cards include Pat Burrell, C.C. Sabathia and Alfonso Soriano.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5.00)

HTA: 10 packs per box, 13 cards per pack (MSRP: $10)

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Checklist

Base Set

1 Darin Erstad
2 Javy Lopez
3 Vinny Castilla
4 Jim Thome
5 Tino Martinez
6 Mark Grace
7 Shawn Green
8 Dustin Hermanson
9 Kevin Young
10 Tony Clark
11 Scott Brosius
12 Craig Biggio
13 Brian McRae
14 Chan Ho Park
15 Manny Ramirez
16 Chipper Jones
17 Rico Brogna
18 Quinton McCracken
19 J.T. Snow
20 Tony Gwynn
21 Juan Guzman
22 John Valentin
23 Rick Helling
24 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
25 Frank Thomas
26 Jorge Posada
27 Dmitri Young
28 Rick Reed
29 Kevin Tapani
30 Troy Glaus
31 Kenny Rogers
32 Jeromy Burnitz
33 Mark Grudzielanek
34 Mike Mussina
35 Scott Rolen
36 Neifi Perez
37 Brad Radke
38 Darryl Strawberry
39 Robb Nen
40 Moises Alou
41 Eric Young
42 Livan Hernandez
43 John Wetteland
44 Matt Lawton
45 Ben Grieve
46 Fernando Tatis
47 Travis Fryman
48 David Segui
49 Bobby Abreu
50 Nomar Garciaparra
51 Paul O'Neill
52 Jeff King
53 Francisco Cordova
54 John Olerud
55 Vladimir Guerrero
56 Fernando Vina
57 Shane Reynolds
58 Chuck Finley
59 Rondell White
60 Greg Vaughn
61 Ryan Minor
62 Tom Gordon
63 Damion Easley
64 Ray Durham
65 Orlando Hernandez
66 Bartolo Colon
67 Jaret Wright
68 Royce Clayton
69 Tim Salmon
70 Mark McGwire
71 Alex Gonzalez
72 Tom Glavine
73 Dave Justice
74 Omar Vizquel
75 Juan Gonzalez
76 Bob Higginson
77 Todd Walker
78 Dante Bichette
79 Kevin Millwood
80 Roger Clemens
81 Kerry Wood
82 Cal Ripken, Jr.
83 Jay Bell
84 Barry Bonds
85 Alex Rodriguez
86 Doug Glanville
87 Jason Kendall
88 Sean Casey
89 Aaron Sele
90 Derek Jeter
91 Andy Ashby
92 Rusty Greer
93 Rod Beck
94 Matt Williams
95 Mike Piazza
96 Wally Joyner
97 Barry Larkin
98 Eric Milton
99 Gary Sheffield
100 Greg Maddux
101 Ken Griffey, Jr. GEM
102 Frank Thomas GEM
103 Nomar Garciaparra GEM
104 Mark McGwire GEM
105 Alex Rodriguez GEM
106 Tony Gwynn GEM
107 Juan Gonzalez GEM
108 Jeff Bagwell GEM
109 Sammy Sosa GEM
110 Vladimir Guerrero GEM
111 Roger Clemens GEM
112 Barry Bonds GEM
113 Darin Erstad GEM
114 Mike Piazza GEM
115 Derek Jeter GEM
116 Chipper Jones GEM
117 Larry Walker GEM
118 Scott Rolen GEM
119 Cal Ripken, Jr. GEM
120 Greg Maddux GEM
121 Troy Glaus SENS
122 Ben Grieve SENS
123 Ryan Minor SENS
124 Kerry Wood SENS
125 Travis Lee SENS
126 Adrian Beltre SENS
127 Brad Fullmer SENS
128 Aramis Ramirez SENS
129 Eric Chavez SENS
130 Todd Helton SENS
131 Pat Burrell ROOK RC
132 Ryan Mills ROOK RC*
133 Austin Kearns ROOK RC
134 Josh McKinley ROOK RC*
135 Adam Everett ROOK RC
136 Marlon Anderson ROOK
137 Bruce Chen ROOK
138 Matt Clement ROOK
139 Alex Gonzalez ROOK
140 Roy Halladay ROOK
141 Calvin Pickering ROOK
142 Randy Wolf ROOK
143 Ryan Anderson ROOK
144 Ruben Mateo ROOK
145 Alex Escobar ROOK RC
146 Jeremy Giambi ROOK
147 Lance Berkman ROOK
148 Michael Barrett ROOK
149 Preston Wilson ROOK
150 Gabe Kapler ROOK
151 Roger Clemens
152 Jay Buhner
153 Brad Fullmer
154 Ray Lankford
155 Jim Edmonds
156 Jason Giambi
157 Bret Boone
158 Jeff Cirillo
159 Rickey Henderson
160 Edgar Martinez
161 Ron Gant
162 Mark Kotsay
163 Trevor Hoffman
164 Jason Schmidt
165 Brett Tomko
166 David Ortiz
167 Dean Palmer
168 Hideki Irabu
169 Mike Cameron
170 Pedro Martinez
171 Tom Goodwin
172 Brian Hunter
173 Al Leiter
174 Charles Johnson
175 Curt Schilling
176 Robin Ventura
177 Travis Lee
178 Jeff Shaw
179 Ugueth Urbina
180 Roberto Alomar
181 Cliff Floyd
182 Adrian Beltre
183 Tony Womack
184 Brian Jordan
185 Randy Johnson
186 Mickey Morandini
187 Todd Hundley
188 Jose Valentin
189 Eric Davis
190 Ken Caminiti
191 David Wells
192 Ryan Klesko
193 Garret Anderson
194 Eric Karros
195 Ivan Rodriguez
196 Aramis Ramirez
197 Mike Lieberthal
198 Will Clark
199 Rey Ordonez
200 Ken Griffey, Jr.
201 Jose Guillen
202 Scott Erickson
203 Paul Konerko
204 Johnny Damon
205 Larry Walker
206 Denny Neagle
207 Jose Offerman
208 Andy Pettitte
209 Bobby Jones
210 Kevin Brown
211 John Smoltz
212 Henry Rodriguez
213 Tim Belcher
214 Carlos Delgado
215 Andruw Jones
216 Andy Benes
217 Fred McGriff
218 Edgar Renteria
219 Miguel Tejada
220 Bernie Williams
221 Justin Thompson
222 Marty Cordova
223 Delino DeShields
224 Ellis Burks
225 Kenny Lofton
226 Steve Finley
227 Eric Chavez
228 Jose Cruz, Jr.
229 Marquis Grissom
230 Jeff Bagwell
231 Jose Canseco
232 Edgardo Alfonzo
233 Richie Sexson
234 Jeff Kent
235 Rafael Palmeiro
236 David Cone
237 Gregg Jefferies
238 Mike Lansing
239 Mariano Rivera
240 Albert Belle
241 Chuck Knoblauch
242 Derek Bell
243 Pat Hentgen
244 Andres Galarraga
245 Mo Vaughn
246 Wade Boggs
247 Devon White
248 Todd Helton
249 Raul Mondesi
250 Sammy Sosa
251 Nomar Garciaparra STER
252 Mark McGwire STER
253 Alex Rodriguez STER
254 Juan Gonzalez STER
255 Vladimir Guerrero STER
256 Ken Griffey, Jr. STER
257 Mike Piazza STER
258 Derek Jeter STER
259 Albert Belle STER
260 Greg Vaughn STER
261 Sammy Sosa STER
262 Greg Maddux STER
263 Frank Thomas STER
264 Mark Grace STER
265 Ivan Rodriguez STER
266 Roger Clemens GEM
267 Mo Vaughn GEM
268 Jim Thome GEM
269 Darin Erstad GEM
270 Chipper Jones GEM
271 Larry Walker GEM
272 Cal Ripken, Jr. GEM
273 Scott Rolen GEM
274 Randy Johnson GEM
275 Tony Gwynn GEM
276 Barry Bonds GEM
277 Sean Burroughs ROOK RC
278 J.M. Gold ROOK RC*
279 Carlos Lee ROOK
280 George Lombard ROOK
281 Carlos Beltran ROOK
282 Fernando Seguignol ROOK
283 Eric Chavez ROOK
284 Carlos Pena ROOK RC
285 Corey Patterson ROOK RC
286 Alfonso Soriano ROOK RC
287 Nick Johnson ROOK RC
288 Jorge Toca ROOK RC
289 A.J. Burnett ROOK RC
290 Andy Brown ROOK RC*
291 Doug Mientkiewicz ROOK RC
292 Bobby Seay ROOK RC*
293 Chip Ambres ROOK RC
294 C.C. Sabathia ROOK RC
295 Choo Freeman ROOK RC
296 Eric Valent ROOK RC
297 Matt Belisle ROOK RC
298 Jason Tyner ROOK RC
299 Masao Kida ROOK RC
300 Hank Aaron / Mark McGwire

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