1999 Finest
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)
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Hobby Odds | HTA Odds |
---|---|---|---|---|
Base | 300 | - | ? | ? |
short set | 200 | - | ? | ? |
Short-Prints | 100 | - | 1:1 | 2:1 |
Refractors | 300 | - | ? | ? |
Gold Refractors | 300 | 100 | ? | ? |
Split Screen Half Refractor (S1) | 14 | - | ? | ? |
Split Screen Full Refractor (S1) | 14 | - | ? | ? |
Prominent Figures (S1) | 50 | varies | ? | ? |
Leading Indicators (S1) | 10 | - | ? | ? |
Team Finest Blue (S2) | 20 | 1500 | ? | ? |
Team Finest Red (S2) | 20 | 500 | ? | ? |
Team Finest Gold (S2) | 20 | 250 | ? | ? |
Team Finest Blue Refractor (S2) | 20 | 150 | ? | ? |
Team Finest Red Refractor (S2) | 20 | 50 | ? | ? |
Team Finest Gold Refractor (S2) | 20 | 25 | ? | ? |
Peel and Reveal Sparkle (S2) | 20 | - | ? | ? |
Peel and Reveal Hyper Plaid (S2) | 20 | - | ? | ? |
Peel and Reveal Stadium Star (S2) | 20 | - | ? | ? |
Future's Finest (S2) | 10 | 500 | ? | ? |
Aaron Award Contenders (S2) | 10 | - | varies | varies |
Aaron Award Contenders Refractor (S2) | 10 | - | varies | varies |
Complements Half Refractor (S2) | 7 | - | ? | ? |
Complements Full Refractor (S2) | 7 | - | ? | ? |
Double Feature Half Refractor (S2) | 7 | - | ? | ? |
Double Feature Full Refractor (S2) | 7 | - | ? | ? |
Franchise Records (S2) | 10 | - | ? | ? |
Franchise Records Refractor (S2) | 10 | - | ? | ? |
Milestones (S2) | 40 | varies | ? | ? |
Checklist
Base Set
Series One
- 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
Series Two
- 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
Parallels
- Refractors
- Gold Refractors
Oversize
Inserts
Split Screen
Prominent Figures
- PF1 Mark McGwire HR 70
- PF2 Sammy Sosa HR 70
- PF3 Ken Griffey, Jr. HR 70
- PF4 Mike Piazza HR 70
- PF5 Juan Gonzalez HR 70
- PF6 Greg Vaughn HR 70
- PF7 Alex Rodriguez HR 70
- PF8 Manny Ramirez HR 70
- PF9 Jeff Bagwell HR 70
- PF10 Andres Galarraga HR 70
- PF11 Mark McGwire SLG 847
- PF12 Sammy Sosa SLG 847
- PF13 Juan Gonzalez SLG 847
- PF14 Ken Griffey, Jr. SLG 847
- PF15 Barry Bonds SLG 847
- PF16 Greg Vaughn SLG 847
- PF17 Larry Walker SLG 847
- PF18 Andres Galarraga SLG 847
- PF19 Jeff Bagwell SLG 847
- PF20 Albert Belle SLG 847
- PF21 Tony Gwynn BAT 424
- PF22 Mike Piazza BAT 424
- PF23 Larry Walker BAT 424
- PF24 Alex Rodriguez BAT 424
- PF25 John Olerud BAT 424
- PF26 Frank Thomas BAT 424
- PF27 Bernie Williams BAT 424
- PF28 Chipper Jones BAT 424
- PF29 Jim Thome BAT 424
- PF30 Barry Bonds BAT 424
- PF31 Juan Gonzalez RBI 190
- PF32 Sammy Sosa RBI 190
- PF33 Mark McGwire RBI 190
- PF34 Albert Belle RBI 190
- PF35 Ken Griffey, Jr. RBI 190
- PF36 Jeff Bagwell RBI 190
- PF37 Chipper Jones RBI 190
- PF38 Vinny Castilla RBI 190
- PF39 Alex Rodriguez RBI 190
- PF40 Andres Galarraga RBI 190
- PF41 Sammy Sosa TB 457
- PF42 Mark McGwire TB 457
- PF43 Albert Belle TB 457
- PF44 Ken Griffey, Jr. TB 457
- PF45 Jeff Bagwell TB 457
- PF46 Juan Gonzalez TB 457
- PF47 Barry Bonds TB 457
- PF48 Vladimir Guerrero TB 457
- PF49 Larry Walker TB 457
- PF50 Alex Rodriguez TB 457
Leading Indicators
- L1 Mark McGwire
- L2 Sammy Sosa
- L3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- L4 Greg Vaughn
- L5 Albert Belle
- L6 Juan Gonzalez
- L7 Andres Galarraga
- L8 Alex Rodriguez
- L9 Barry Bonds
- L10 Jeff Bagwell
Team Finest
- TF1 Greg Maddux
- TF2 Mark McGwire
- TF3 Sammy Sosa
- TF4 Juan Gonzalez
- TF5 Alex Rodriguez
- TF6 Travis Lee
- TF7 Roger Clemens
- TF8 Darin Erstad
- TF9 Todd Helton
- TF10 Mike Piazza
- TF11 Kerry Wood
- TF12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- TF13 Frank Thomas
- TF14 Jeff Bagwell
- TF15 Nomar Garciaparra
- TF16 Derek Jeter
- TF17 Chipper Jones
- TF18 Barry Bonds
- TF19 Tony Gwynn
- TF20 Ben Grieve
Peel and Reveal
- PR1 Kerry Wood
- PR2 Mark McGwire
- PR3 Sammy Sosa
- PR4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- PR5 Nomar Garciaparra
- PR6 Greg Maddux
- PR7 Derek Jeter
- PR8 Andres Galarraga
- PR9 Alex Rodriguez
- PR10 Frank Thomas
- PR11 Roger Clemens
- PR12 Juan Gonzalez
- PR13 Ben Grieve
- PR14 Jeff Bagwell
- PR15 Todd Helton
- PR16 Chipper Jones
- PR17 Barry Bonds
- PR18 Travis Lee
- PR19 Vladimir Guerrero
- PR20 Pat Burrell
Future's Finest
- FF1 Pat Burrell 500
- FF2 Troy Glaus 500
- FF3 Eric Chavez 500
- FF4 Ryan Anderson 500
- FF5 Ruben Mateo 500
- FF6 Gabe Kapler 500
- FF7 Alex Gonzalez 500
- FF8 Michael Barrett 500
- FF9 Adrian Beltre 500
- FF10 Fernando Seguignol 500
Aaron Award Contenders
- HA1 Juan Gonzalez
- HA2 Vladimir Guerrero
- HA3 Nomar Garciaparra
- HA4 Albert Belle
- HA5 Frank Thomas
- HA6 Sammy Sosa
- HA7 Alex Rodriguez
- HA8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- HA9 Mark McGwire
Complements
Double Feature
Franchise Records
- FR1 Frank Thomas
- FR2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- FR3 Mark McGwire
- FR4 Juan Gonzalez
- FR5 Nomar Garciaparra
- FR6 Mike Piazza
- FR7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
- FR8 Sammy Sosa
- FR9 Barry Bonds
- FR10 Tony Gwynn
Milestones
- M1 Tony Gwynn H 3000
- M2 Cal Ripken, Jr. H 3000
- M3 Wade Boggs H 3000
- M4 Ken Griffey, Jr. H 3000
- M5 Frank Thomas H 3000
- M6 Barry Bonds H 3000
- M7 Travis Lee H 3000
- M8 Alex Rodriguez H 3000
- M9 Derek Jeter H 3000
- M10 Vladimir Guerrero H 3000
- M11 Mark McGwire HR 500
- M12 Ken Griffey, Jr. HR 500
- M13 Vladimir Guerrero HR 500
- M14 Alex Rodriguez HR 500
- M15 Barry Bonds HR 500
- M16 Sammy Sosa HR 500
- M17 Albert Belle HR 500
- M18 Frank Thomas HR 500
- M19 Jose Canseco HR 500
- M20 Mike Piazza HR 500
- M21 Jeff Bagwell RBI 1400
- M22 Barry Bonds RBI 1400
- M23 Ken Griffey, Jr. RBI 1400
- M24 Albert Belle RBI 1400
- M25 Juan Gonzalez RBI 1400
- M26 Vinny Castilla RBI 1400
- M27 Mark McGwire RBI 1400
- M28 Alex Rodriguez RBI 1400
- M29 Nomar Garciaparra RBI 1400
- M30 Frank Thomas RBI 1400
- M31 Barry Bonds 2B 500
- M32 Albert Belle 2B 500
- M33 Ben Grieve 2B 500
- M34 Craig Biggio 2B 500
- M35 Vladimir Guerrero 2B 500
- M36 Nomar Garciaparra 2B 500
- M37 Alex Rodriguez 2B 500
- M38 Derek Jeter 2B 500
- M39 Ken Griffey, Jr. 2B 500
- M40 Brad Fullmer 2B 500