1996 Summit

Description

1996 Summit is a 200-card, single-series, set produced by Pinnacle Brands and released in July 1996. Their slogan on the box read "Half The Battle Is Knowing What To Collect...Pinnacle." The Big Bang Mirage insert set was touted as "the first-ever floating hologram" card. "Tilt the Mirage card into the light to witness a holographic image floating off the card. You've never sen anything like it!"

1996 Summit also held a contest to win every box of 1997 Pinnacle Branded Product (all sports). In order to win you had to collect the entire 16-card Mirage insert set (which in itself was seeded at 1:72 packs then the cards had to carry the same sequential number!) This is virtually impossible to attain.

Distribution

Hobby: 18 packs per box, seven cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99)

Retail: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	200	-	?	?
Above and Beyond	200	-	1:4	?
Artist's Proof	200	-	1:36	?
Ballparks	18	8000	1:7	?
Hitters Inc.	16	4000	1:36	?
Big Bang	16	600	1:72	?
Big Bang Mirage	16	600	1:72	?
Positions	9	1500	N/A	1:50

Checklist

Base Set

1 Mike Piazza

2 Matt Williams

3 Tino Martinez

4 Reggie Sanders

5 Ray Durham

6 Brad Radke

7 Jeff Bagwell

8 Ron Gant

9 Lance Johnson

10 Kevin Seitzer

11 Dante Bichette

12 Ivan Rodriguez

13 Jim Abbott

14 Greg Colbrunn

15 Rondell White

16 Shawn Green

17 Gregg Jefferies

18 Omar Vizquel

19 Cal Ripken, Jr.

20 Mark McGwire

21 Wally Joyner

22 Chili Davis

23 Jose Canseco

24 Royce Clayton

25 Jay Bell

26 Travis Fryman

27 Jeff King

28 Todd Hundley

29 Joe Vitiello

30 Russ Davis

31 Mo Vaughn

32 Raul Mondesi

33 Ray Lankford

34 Mike Stanley

35 B.J. Surhoff

36 Greg Vaughn

37 Todd Stottlemyre

38 Carlos Delgado

39 Kenny Lofton

40 Hideo Nomo

41 Sterling Hitchcock

42 Pete Schourek

43 Edgardo Alfonzo

44 Ken Hill

45 Ken Caminiti

46 Bob Higginson

47 Michael Tucker

48 David Cone

49 Cecil Fielder

50 Brian L. Hunter

51 Charles Johnson

52 Bobby Bonilla

53 Eddie Murray

54 Kenny Rogers

55 Jim Edmonds

56 Trevor Hoffman

57 Kevin Mtchell

58 Ruben Sierra

59 Benji Gil

60 Juan Gonzalez

61 Larry Walker

62 Jack McDowell

63 Shawon Dunston

64 Andy Benes

65 Jay Buhner

66 Rickey Henderson

67 Alex Gonzalez

68 Mike Kelly

69 Fred McGriff

70 Ryne Sandberg

71 Ernie Young

72 Kevin Appier

73 Moises Alou

74 John Jaha

75 J.T. Snow

76 Jim Thome

77 Kirby Puckett

78 Hal Morris

79 Robin Ventura

80 Ben McDonald

81 Tim Salmon

82 Albert Belle

83 Marquis Grissom

84 Alex Rodriguez

85 Manny Ramirez

86 Ken Griffey, Jr.

87 Sammy Sosa

88 Frank Thomas

89 Lee Smith

90 Marty Cordova

91 Greg Maddux

92 Lenny Dykstra

93 Butch Huskey

94 Garret Anderson

95 Mike Bordick

96 Dave Justice

97 Chad Curtis

98 Carlos Baerga

99 Jason Isringhausen

100 Gary Sheffield

101 Roger Clemens

102 Ozzie Smith

103 Ramon Martinez

104 Paul O'Neill

105 Will Clark

106 Tom Glavine

107 Barry Bonds

108 Barry Larkin

109 Derek Bell

110 Randy Johnson

111 Jeff Conine

112 John Mabry

113 Julian Tavarez

114 Gary DiSarcina

115 Andres Galarraga

116 Marc Newfield

117 Frank Rodriguez

118 Brady Anderson

119 Mike Mussina

120 Orlando Merced

121 Melvin Nieves

122 Brian Jordan

123 Rafael Palmeiro

124 Johnny Damon

125 Wil Cordero

126 Chipper Jones

127 Eric Karros

128 Darren Daulton

129 Vinny Castilla

130 Joe Carter

131 Bernie Williams

132 Bernard Gilkey

133 Bret Boone

134 Tony Gwynn

135 Dave Nilsson

136 Ryan Klesko

137 Paul Molitor

138 John Olerud

139 Craig Biggio

140 John Valentin

141 Chuck Knoblauch

142 Edgar Martinez

143 Rico Brogna

144 Dean Palmer

145 Mark Grace

146 Roberto Alomar

147 Alex Fernandez

148 Andre Dawson

149 Wade Boggs

150 Mark Lewis

151 Gary Gaetti

152 Paul Wilson / Roger Clemens DV

153 Rey Ordonez / Ozzie Smith DV

154 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Derek Jeter DV

155 Andy Benes / Alan Benes DV

156 Mike Piazza / Jason Kendall DV

157 Frank Thomas / Ryan Klesko DV

158 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Johnny Damon DV

159 Sammy Sosa / Karim Garcia DV

160 Raul Mondesi / Tim Salmon DV

161 Chipper Jones / Matt Williams DV

162 Rey Ordonez

163 Bob Wolcott

164 Brooks Kieschnick

165 Steve Gibralter

166 Bob Abreu

167 Greg Zaun

168 Tavo Alvarez

169 Sal Fasano

170 George Arias

171 Derek Jeter

172 Livan Hernandez RC

173 Alan Benes

174 George Williams

175 John Wasdin

176 Chan Ho Park

177 Paul Wilson

178 Jeff Suppan

179 Quinton McCracken

180 Wilton Guerrero RC

181 Eric Owens

182 Felipe Crespo

183 LaTroy Hawkins

184 Jason Schmidt

185 Terrell Wade

186 Mike Grace RC

187 Chris Snopek

188 Jason Kendall

189 Todd Hollandsworth

190 Jim Pittsley

191 Jermaine Dye

192 Mike Busby RC

193 Richard Hidalgo

194 Tyler Houston

195 Jimmy Haynes

196 Karim Garcia

197 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL

198 Frank Thomas CL

199 Greg Maddux CL

200 Cal Ripken, Jr. CL

Parallels

All 200 cards are available in the following parallels.

• Above and Beyond

• Artist's Proof

In addition, each and every base card that came out of the seven-card retail packs was printed on foil board.

Inserts

Ballparks

Each Ballparks insert is serial-numbered to 8000 copies.

1 Cal Ripken, Jr.

2 Albert Belle

3 Dante Bichette

4 Mo Vaughn

5 Ken Griffey, Jr.

6 Derek Jeter

7 Juan Gonzalez

8 Greg Maddux

9 Frank Thomas

10 Ryne Sandberg

11 Mike Piazza

12 Johnny Damon

13 Barry Bonds

14 Jeff Bagwell

15 Paul Wilson

16 Tim Salmon

17 Kirby Puckett

18 Tony Gwynn

Hitters Inc.

Each Hitters Inc. insert is serial-numbered to 4000 copies. A Ryan Klesko promo card was also distributed to Hobby dealers.

1 Tony Gwynn

2 Mo Vaughn

3 Tim Salmon

4 Ken Griffey, Jr.

5 Sammy Sosa

6 Frank Thomas

7 Wade Boggs

8 Albert Belle

9 Cal Ripken, Jr.

10 Manny Ramirez

11 Ryan Klesko

12 Dante Bichette

13 Mike Piazza

14 Chipper Jones

15 Ryne Sandberg

16 Matt Williams

S11 Ryan Klesko

Big Bang

Each Big Bang insert is serial-numbered to 600 copies. In addition, there is a "Big Bang Mirage" parallel, also serial-numbered to 600 copies. When a Mirage card is held in direct sunlight or under a light bulb, a floating baseball that seems to levitate could be seen in the background.

Collectors that managed to piece together a complete set of Big Bang Mirage cards could then send it in to Pinnacle in exchange for one box of every 1997 Pinnacle baseball product. Collectors that managed to piece together a complete set with matching serial numbers could exchange that set for one box of every 1997 Pinnacle product from every sport.

1 Frank Thomas

2 Ken Griffey, Jr.

3 Albert Belle

4 Mo Vaughn

5 Barry Bonds

6 Cal Ripken, Jr.

7 Jeff Bagwell

8 Mike Piazza

9 Ryan Klesko

10 Manny Ramirez

11 Tim Salmon

12 Dante Bichette

13 Sammy Sosa

14 Raul Mondesi

15 Chipper Jones

16 Garret Anderson

Positions

Randomly inserted exclusively in the rare seven-card retail packs at the rate of 1:50, this nine-card set features the three best players at each position. Each card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.

1 Frank Thomas / Jeff Bagwell / Mo Vaughn

2 Craig Biggio / Roberto Alomar / Chuck Knoblauch

3 Chipper Jones / Jim Thome / Matt Williams

4 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Alex Rodriguez / Barry Larkin

5 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez / Charles Johnson

6 Greg Maddux / Hideo Nomo / Randy Johnson

7 Barry Bonds / Albert Belle / Ryan Klesko

8 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Jim Edmonds / Johnny Damon

9 Sammy Sosa / Manny Ramirez / Chris Sheff