1998 Crown Royale

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Description

Crown Royale is a 144-card die-cut set released by Pacific in September, 1998 exclusively to Hobby outlets. All base cards (and most inserts) are die-cut. There are no notable rookie cards in the set.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5.99).

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 144 - 4:1
Diamond Knights 25 - one-per-pack
Pillars of the Game 25 - one-per-pack
Firestone on Baseball 26 - 2:25
All-Stars 20 - 1:25
Home Run Fever 10 374 1:73
Cramer's Choice Premiums 10 - one-per-box
Cramer's Choice Premiums Autographs 10 10 ?
Firestone on Baseball Autographs 26 8 or 300 ?

Checklist

Base Set

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  • 1 Garret Anderson
  • 2 Jim Edmonds
  • 3 Darin Erstad
  • 4 Tim Salmon
  • 5 Jarrod Washburn
  • 6 Dave Dellucci RC
  • 7 Travis Lee
  • 8 Devon White
  • 9 Matt Williams
  • 10 Andres Galarraga
  • 11 Tom Glavine
  • 12 Andruw Jones
  • 13 Chipper Jones
  • 14 Ryan Klesko
  • 15 Javy Lopez
  • 16 Greg Maddux
  • 17 Walt Weiss
  • 18 Roberto Alomar
  • 19 Harold Baines
  • 20 Eric Davis
  • 21 Mike Mussina
  • 22 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 23 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 24 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 25 Pedro Martinez
  • 26 Troy O'Leary
  • 27 Mo Vaughn
  • 28 Tim Wakefield
  • 29 Mark Grace
  • 30 Mickey Morandini
  • 31 Sammy Sosa
  • 32 Kerry Wood
  • 33 Albert Belle
  • 34 Mike Caruso
  • 35 Ray Durham
  • 36 Frank Thomas
  • 37 Robin Ventura
  • 38 Bret Boone
  • 39 Sean Casey
  • 40 Barry Larkin
  • 41 Reggie Sanders
  • 42 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
  • 43 Dave Justice
  • 44 Kenny Lofton
  • 45 Manny Ramirez
  • 46 Jim Thome
  • 47 Omar Vizquel
  • 48 Jaret Wright
  • 49 Dante Bichette
  • 50 Ellis Burks
  • 51 Vinny Castilla
  • 52 Todd Helton
  • 53 Larry Walker
  • 54 Tony Clark
  • 55 Damion Easley
  • 56 Bob Higginson
  • 57 Cliff Floyd
  • 58 Livan Hernandez
  • 59 Derrek Lee
  • 60 Edgar Renteria
  • 61 Moises Alou
  • 62 Jeff Bagwell
  • 63 Derek Bell
  • 64 Craig Biggio
  • 65 Johnny Damon
  • 66 Jeff King
  • 67 Hal Morris
  • 68 Dean Palmer
  • 69 Bobby Bonilla
  • 70 Eric Karros
  • 71 Raul Mondesi
  • 72 Gary Sheffield
  • 73 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 74 Jeff Cirillo
  • 75 Marquis Grissom
  • 76 Fernando Vina
  • 77 Marty Cordova
  • 78 Pat Meares
  • 79 Paul Molitor
  • 80 Terry Steinbach
  • 81 Todd Walker
  • 82 Brad Fullmer
  • 83 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 84 Carl Pavano
  • 85 Rondell White
  • 86 Carlos Baerga
  • 87 Hideo Nomo
  • 88 John Olerud
  • 89 Rey Ordonez
  • 90 Mike Piazza
  • 91 Masato Yoshii RC
  • 92 Orlando Hernandez RC
  • 93 Hideki Irabu
  • 94 Derek Jeter
  • 95 Chuck Knoblauch
  • 96 Ricky Ledee
  • 97 Tino Martinez
  • 98 Paul O'Neill
  • 99 Bernie Williams
  • 100 Jason Giambi
  • 101 Ben Grieve
  • 102 Rickey Henderson
  • 103 Matt Stairs
  • 104 Bob Abreu
  • 105 Doug Glanville
  • 106 Scott Rolen
  • 107 Curt Schilling
  • 108 Jose Guillen
  • 109 Jason Kendall
  • 110 Jason Schmidt
  • 111 Kevin Young
  • 112 Delino DeShields
  • 113 Brian Jordan
  • 114 Ray Lankford
  • 115 Mark McGwire
  • 116 Tony Gwynn
  • 117 Wally Joyner
  • 118 Ruben Rivera
  • 119 Greg Vaughn
  • 120 Rich Aurilia
  • 121 Barry Bonds
  • 122 Bill Mueller
  • 123 Robb Nen
  • 124 Jay Buhner
  • 125 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 126 Edgar Martinez
  • 127 Shane Monahan
  • 128 Alex Rodriguez
  • 129 David Segui
  • 130 Rolando Arrojo RC
  • 131 Wade Boggs
  • 132 Quinton McCracken
  • 133 Fred McGriff
  • 134 Bobby Smith
  • 135 Will Clark
  • 136 Juan Gonzalez
  • 137 Rusty Greer
  • 138 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 139 Aaron Sele
  • 140 John Wetteland
  • 141 Jose Canseco
  • 142 Roger Clemens
  • 143 Carlos Delgado
  • 144 Shawn Green

Inserts

Diamond Knights

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  • 1 Andres Galarraga
  • 2 Chipper Jones
  • 3 Greg Maddux
  • 4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 5 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 6 Mo Vaughn
  • 7 Kerry Wood
  • 8 Frank Thomas
  • 9 Vinny Castilla
  • 10 Jeff Bagwell
  • 11 Craig Biggio
  • 12 Paul Molitor
  • 13 Mike Piazza
  • 14 Orlando Hernandez
  • 15 Derek Jeter
  • 16 Ricky Ledee
  • 17 Mark McGwire
  • 18 Tony Gwynn
  • 19 Barry Bonds
  • 20 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 21 Alex Rodriguez
  • 22 Wade Boggs
  • 23 Juan Gonzalez
  • 24 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 25 Jose Canseco

Pillars of the Game

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  • 1 Jim Edmonds
  • 2 Travis Lee
  • 3 Chipper Jones
  • 4 Greg Maddux / Tom Glavine / John Smoltz
  • 5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 6 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 7 Roberto Alomar
  • 8 Sammy Sosa
  • 9 Kerry Wood
  • 10 Frank Thomas
  • 11 Jim Thome
  • 12 Larry Walker
  • 13 Moises Alou
  • 14 Raul Mondesi
  • 15 Mike Piazza
  • 16 Hideki Irabu
  • 17 Bernie Williams
  • 18 Ben Grieve
  • 19 Scott Rolen
  • 20 Mark McGwire
  • 21 Tony Gwynn
  • 22 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 23 Alex Rodriguez
  • 24 Juan Gonzalez
  • 25 Roger Clemens

Firestone on Baseball

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This 26-card set features profiles from ESPN's Roy Firestone.

  • 1 Travis Lee
  • 2 Chipper Jones
  • 3 Greg Maddux
  • 4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 5 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 6 Mo Vaughn
  • 7 Kerry Wood
  • 8 Frank Thomas
  • 9 Manny Ramirez
  • 10 Larry Walker
  • 11 Gary Sheffield
  • 12 Paul Molitor
  • 13 Hideo Nomo
  • 14 Mike Piazza
  • 15 Ben Grieve
  • 16 Mark McGwire
  • 17 Tony Gwynn
  • 18 Barry Bonds
  • 19 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 20 Randy Johnson
  • 21 Alex Rodriguez
  • 22 Wade Boggs
  • 23 Juan Gonzalez
  • 24 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 25 Roger Clemens
  • 26 Roy Firestone / Tony Gwynn

All-Stars

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  • 1 Roberto Alomar
  • 2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 3 Kenny Lofton
  • 4 Jim Thome
  • 5 Derek Jeter
  • 6 David Wells
  • 7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 8 Alex Rodriguez
  • 9 Juan Gonzalez
  • 10 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 11 Gary Sheffield
  • 12 Chipper Jones
  • 13 Greg Maddux
  • 14 Walt Weiss
  • 15 Larry Walker
  • 16 Craig Biggio
  • 17 Mike Piazza
  • 18 Mark McGwire
  • 19 Tony Gwynn
  • 20 Barry Bonds

Home Run Fever

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Each Home Run Fever card is serial-numbered to 374 copies, although a number of cards WITHOUT serial numbers have emerged.

  • 1 Andres Galarraga
  • 2 Sammy Sosa
  • 3 Albert Belle
  • 4 Jim Thome
  • 5 Mark McGwire
  • 6 Greg Vaughn
  • 7 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 8 Alex Rodriguez
  • 9 Juan Gonzalez
  • 10 Jose Canseco

Cramer's Choice Premiums

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This 10-card set features an all-star team selected by Pacific Trading Cards CEO Mike Cramer. Each card measures 5" X 7" and one card was seeded into each Hobby box as a chiptopper.

  • 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 3 Alex Rodriguez
  • 4 Juan Gonzalez
  • 5 Travis Lee
  • 6 Chipper Jones
  • 7 Greg Maddux
  • 8 Kerry Wood
  • 9 Mark McGwire
  • 10 Tony Gwynn

Autographs

Firestone on Baseball Autographs

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Roy Firestone autographed a number of cards from his eponymously titled insert set. Each card is limited, but NOT serial-numbered, to only eight copies EXCEPT card #26 which is limited to 300.

  • 1 Travis Lee
  • 2 Chipper Jones
  • 3 Greg Maddux
  • 4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 5 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 6 Mo Vaughn
  • 7 Kerry Wood
  • 8 Frank Thomas
  • 9 Manny Ramirez
  • 10 Larry Walker
  • 11 Gary Sheffield
  • 12 Paul Molitor
  • 13 Hideo Nomo
  • 14 Mike Piazza
  • 15 Ben Grieve
  • 16 Mark McGwire
  • 17 Tony Gwynn
  • 18 Barry Bonds
  • 19 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 20 Randy Johnson
  • 21 Alex Rodriguez
  • 22 Wade Boggs
  • 23 Juan Gonzalez
  • 24 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 25 Roger Clemens
  • 26 Roy Firestone / Tony Gwynn

Cramer's Choice Premiums Autographs

This set parallels the Cramer's Choice set, and were randomly inserted into Hobby boxes as a box topper. Each card is serial-numbered to ten copies and is autographed NOT by the player, but by Mike Cramer.

  • 1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 3 Alex Rodriguez
  • 4 Juan Gonzalez
  • 5 Travis Lee
  • 6 Chipper Jones
  • 7 Greg Maddux
  • 8 Kerry Wood
  • 9 Mark McGwire
  • 10 Tony Gwynn