1998 Paramount

Description

1998 Paramount is a 250-card set released by Pacific in the early May 1998. This product was Pacific's first English language-only baseball card set and as such, is licensed only by the MLBPA. At the time, Pacific's license with MLB Properties only allowed them to produce cards in Spanish. Despite the lack of league licensing, Pacific didn't bother to airbrush or otherwise conceal any team logos.

Distribution

Hobby: 36 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $1.49).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	250	-	?	?
Copper	250	-	one-per-pack	N/A
Gold	250	-	N/A	one-per-pack
Red	250	-	N/A	?
Platinum Blue	250	67	1:73	1:73
Holographic Silver	250	99	?	N/A
Team Checklists	30	-	2:37	2:37
Special Delivery	20	-	1:37	1:37
Fielder's Choice	20	-	1:73	1:73
Cooperstown Bound	10	-	1:361	1:361
Cooperstown Bound Pacific Proof	10	20	?	N/A

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Garret Anderson
• 2 Gary DiSarcina
• 3 Jim Edmonds
• 4 Darin Erstad
• 5 Cecil Fielder
• 6 Chuck Finley
• 7 Todd Greene
• 8 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• 9 Tim Salmon
• 10 Roberto Alomar
• 11 Brady Anderson
• 12 Joe Carter
• 13 Eric Davis
• 14 Ozzie Guillen
• 15 Mike Mussina
• 16 Rafael Palmeiro
• 17 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 18 B.J. Surhoff
• 19 Steve Avery
• 20 Nomar Garciaparra
• 21 Reggie Jefferson
• 22 Pedro Martinez
• 23 Tim Naehring
• 24 John Valentin
• 25 Mo Vaughn
• 26 James Baldwin
• 27 Albert Belle
• 28 Ray Durham
• 29 Benji Gil
• 30 Jaime Navarro
• 31 Magglio Ordonez RC
• 32 Frank Thomas
• 33 Robin Ventura
• 34 Sandy Alomar
• 35 Geronimo Berroa
• 36 Travis Fryman
• 37 Dave Justice
• 38 Kenny Lofton
• 39 Charles Nagy
• 40 Manny Ramirez
• 41 Jim Thome
• 42 Omar Vizquel
• 43 Jaret Wright
• 44 Raul Casanova
• 45 Frank Catalanotto RC
• 46 Tony Clark
• 47 Bob Higginson
• 48 Brian Hunter
• 49 Todd Jones
• 50 Bip Roberts
• 51 Justin Thompson
• 52 Kevin Appier
• 53 Johnny Damon
• 54 Jermaine Dye
• 55 Jeff King
• 56 Jeff Montgomery
• 57 Dean Palmer
• 58 Jose Rosado
• 59 Larry Sutton
• 60 Rick Aguilera
• 61 Marty Cordova
• 62 Pat Meares
• 63 Paul Molitor
• 64 Otis Nixon
• 65 Brad Radke
• 66 Terry Steinbach
• 67 Todd Walker
• 68 Hideki Irabu
• 69 Derek Jeter
• 70 Chuck Knoblauch
• 71 Tino Martinez
• 72 Paul O'Neill
• 73 Andy Pettitte
• 74 Mariano Rivera
• 75 Bernie Williams
• 76 Mark Bellhorn
• 77 Tom Candiotti
• 78 Jason Giambi
• 79 Ben Grieve
• 80 Rickey Henderson
• 81 Jason McDonald
• 82 Aaron Small
• 83 Miguel Tejada
• 84 Jay Buhner
• 85 Joey Cora
• 86 Jeff Fassero
• 87 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 88 Randy Johnson
• 89 Edgar Martinez
• 90 Alex Rodriguez
• 91 David Segui
• 92 Dan Wilson
• 93 Wilson Alvarez
• 94 Wade Boggs
• 95 Miguel Cairo
• 96 John Flaherty
• 97 Dave Martinez
• 98 Quinton McCracken
• 99 Fred McGriff
• 100 Paul Sorrento
• 101 Kevin Stocker
• 102 John Burkett
• 103 Will Clark
• 104 Juan Gonzalez
• 105 Rusty Greer
• 106 Roberto Kelly
• 107 Ivan Rodriguez
• 108 Fernando Tatis
• 109 John Wetteland
• 110 Jose Canseco
• 111 Roger Clemens
• 112 Jose Cruz
• 113 Carlos Delgado
• 114 Alex Gonzalez
• 115 Pat Hentgen
• 116 Ed Sprague
• 117 Shannon Stewart
• 118 Brian Anderson
• 119 Jay Bell
• 120 Andy Benes
• 121 Yamil Benitez
• 122 Jorge Fabregas
• 123 Travis Lee
• 124 Devon White
• 125 Matt Williams
• 126 Bob Wolcott
• 127 Andres Galarraga
• 128 Tom Glavine
• 129 Andruw Jones
• 130 Chipper Jones
• 131 Ryan Klesko
• 132 Javy Lopez
• 133 Greg Maddux
• 134 Denny Neagle
• 135 John Smoltz
• 136 Rod Beck
• 137 Jeff Blauser
• 138 Mark Grace
• 139 Lance Johnson
• 140 Mickey Morandini
• 141 Kevin Orie
• 142 Sammy Sosa
• 143 Aaron Boone
• 144 Bret Boone
• 145 Dave Burba
• 146 Lenny Harris
• 147 Barry Larkin
• 148 Reggie Sanders
• 149 Brett Tomko
• 150 Pedro Astacio
• 151 Dante Bichette
• 152 Ellis Burks
• 153 Vinny Castilla
• 154 Todd Helton
• 155 Darryl Kile
• 156 Jeff Reed
• 157 Larry Walker
• 158 Bobby Bonilla
• 159 Todd Dunwoody
• 160 Livan Hernandez
• 161 Charles Johnson
• 162 Mark Kotsay
• 163 Derrek Lee
• 164 Edgar Renteria
• 165 Gary Sheffield
• 166 Moises Alou
• 167 Jeff Bagwell
• 168 Derek Bell
• 169 Craig Biggio
• 170 Mike Hampton
• 171 Richard Hidalgo
• 172 Chris Holt
• 173 Shane Reynolds
• 174 Wilton Guerrero
• 175 Eric Karros
• 176 Paul Konerko
• 177 Ramon Martinez
• 178 Raul Mondesi
• 179 Hideo Nomo
• 180 Chan Ho Park
• 181 Mike Piazza
• 182 Ismael Valdes
• 183 Jeromy Burnitz
• 184 Jeff Cirillo
• 185 Todd Dunn
• 186 Marquis Grissom
• 187 John Jaha
• 188 Doug Jones
• 189 Dave Nilsson
• 190 Jose Valentin
• 191 Fernando Vina
• 192 Orlando Cabrera
• 193 Steve Falteisek
• 194 Mark Grudzielanek
• 195 Vladimir Guerrero
• 196 Carlos Perez
• 197 F.P. Santangelo
• 198 Jose Vidro
• 199 Rondell White
• 200 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 201 Carlos Baerga
• 202 John Franco
• 203 Bernard Gilkey
• 204 Todd Hundley
• 205 Butch Huskey
• 206 Bobby Jones
• 207 Brian McRae
• 208 John Olerud
• 209 Rey Ordonez
• 210 Ricky Bottalico
• 211 Bobby Estalella
• 212 Doug Glanville
• 213 Gregg Jefferies
• 214 Mike Lieberthal
• 215 Desi Relaford
• 216 Scott Rolen
• 217 Curt Schilling
• 218 Adrian Brown
• 219 Emil Brown
• 220 Francisco Cordova
• 221 Jose Guillen
• 222 Al Martin
• 223 Abraham Nunez
• 224 Tony Womack
• 225 Kevin Young
• 226 Alan Benes
• 227 Royce Clayton
• 228 Gary Gaetti
• 229 Ron Gant
• 230 Brian Jordan
• 231 Ray Lankford
• 232 Mark McGwire
• 233 Todd Stottlemyre
• 234 Kevin Brown
• 235 Ken Caminiti
• 236 Steve Finley
• 237 Tony Gwynn
• 238 Wally Joyner
• 239 Ruben Rivera
• 240 Greg Vaughn
• 241 Quilvio Veras
• 242 Barry Bonds
• 243 Jacob Cruz
• 244 Shawn Estes
• 245 Orel Hershiser
• 246 Stan Javier
• 247 Brian Johnson
• 248 Jeff Kent
• 249 Robb Nen
• 250 J.T. Snow

Parallels

All 250 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Copper (Hobby only)
• Gold (retail only)
• Red (exclusive to retail packs distributed by ANCO Distributing)
• Platinum Blue (print run of 67 copies, not serially numbered)
• Holographic Silver (serial-numbered to 99 copies; Hobby only)

Inaugural

Inaugural is a 50-card partial-parallel distributed to attendees of the SportsFest '98 card show in Philadelphia. To receive one (and only one) Inaugural card, collectors had to purchase and open an entire 36-pack box of 1998 Paramount at Pacific's SportsFest '98 corporate booth. Collector's could then take one (and only one) card from each of the 36 packs they just opened and have them embossed with a special "SportsFest '98" logo.

Each Inaugural card has the same "SportsFest '98" embossed logo, but in gold foil and are serial-numbered to 20.

• 1 Albert Belle
• 2 Barry Bonds
• 3 Barry Larkin
• 4 Ben Grieve
• 5 Bernie Williams
• 6 Bobby Bonilla
• 7 Brady Anderson
• 8 Chipper Jones
• 9 Craig Biggio
• 10 Curt Schilling
• 11 Dante Bichette
• 12 Dave Justice
• 13 Derek Jeter
• 14 Edgar Renteria
• 15 Frank Thomas
• 16 Gary Sheffield
• 17 Greg Maddux
• 18 Hideo Nomo
• 19 Ivan Rodriguez
• 20 Javy Lopez
• 21 Jay Buhner
• 22 Jeff Bagwell
• 23 Jim Edmonds
• 24 Jim Thome
• 25 Jose Cruz
• 26 Juan Gonzalez
• 27 Ken Caminiti
• 28 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 29 Larry Walker
• 30 Manny Ramirez
• 31 Mark Grace
• 32 Mark McGwire
• 33 Mike Piazza
• 34 Mo Vaughn
• 35 Nomar Garciaparra
• 36 Pat Hentgen
• 37 Paul Molitor
• 38 Rafael Palmeiro
• 39 Raul Mondesi
• 40 Reggie Sanders
• 41 Roberto Alomar
• 42 Roger Clemens
• 43 Ryan Klesko
• 44 Sammy Sosa
• 45 Scott Rolen
• 46 Tim Salmon
• 47 Tino Martinez
• 48 Tom Glavine
• 49 Tony Gwynn
• 50 Will Clark

Inserts

Team Checklists

• 1 Tim Salmon
• 2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 3 Nomar Garciaparra
• 4 Frank Thomas
• 5 Manny Ramirez
• 6 Tony Clark
• 7 Dean Palmer
• 8 Paul Molitor
• 9 Derek Jeter
• 10 Ben Grieve
• 11 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 12 Wade Boggs
• 13 Ivan Rodriguez
• 14 Roger Clemens
• 15 Matt Williams
• 16 Chipper Jones
• 17 Sammy Sosa
• 18 Barry Larkin
• 19 Larry Walker
• 20 Livan Hernandez
• 21 Jeff Bagwell
• 22 Mike Piazza
• 23 John Jaha
• 24 Vladimir Guerrero
• 25 Todd Hundley
• 26 Scott Rolen
• 27 Kevin Young
• 28 Mark McGwire
• 29 Tony Gwynn
• 30 Barry Bonds

Special Delivery

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Greg Maddux
• 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 4 Nomar Garciaparra
• 5 Pedro Martinez
• 6 Frank Thomas
• 7 Dave Justice
• 8 Larry Walker
• 9 Jeff Bagwell
• 10 Hideo Nomo
• 11 Mike Piazza
• 12 Vladimir Guerrero
• 13 Derek Jeter
• 14 Ben Grieve
• 15 Mark McGwire
• 16 Tony Gwynn
• 17 Barry Bonds
• 18 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 19 Alex Rodriguez
• 20 Jose Cruz

Fielder's Choice

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Greg Maddux
• 3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 4 Nomar Garciaparra
• 5 Frank Thomas
• 6 Dave Justice
• 7 Larry Walker
• 8 Jeff Bagwell
• 9 Hideo Nomo
• 10 Mike Piazza
• 11 Derek Jeter
• 12 Ben Grieve
• 13 Mark McGwire
• 14 Tony Gwynn
• 15 Barry Bonds
• 16 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 17 Alex Rodriguez
• 18 Wade Boggs
• 19 Ivan Rodriguez
• 20 Jose Cruz

Cooperstown Bound

Each Cooperstown Bound card is also available in a Hobby-exclusive Pacific Proof parallel, which is serial-numbered to 20 copies.

• 1 Greg Maddux
• 2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 3 Frank Thomas
• 4 Mike Piazza
• 5 Paul Molitor
• 6 Mark McGwire
• 7 Tony Gwynn
• 8 Barry Bonds
• 9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 10 Wade Boggs

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