1999 Skybox Premium

Description

1999 SkyBox Premium is a 300-card set released exclusively to Hobby outlets in the Summer of 1999.

In an effort to try to satisfy both set collectors and "prospectors," two different versions of each Rookie/Prospect card (cards #223-272) were created. The commonly available versions feature close-up shots of the players. The parallel versions feature full-body action shots. Pat Burrell, A.J. Burnett, and Clay Bellinger (father of Cody Bellinger) are the only notable rookies.

Distribution

24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $2.69). Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	300	-
Action	50	-
Star Rubies	300	50	?
Star Rubies Action	50	15	?
Live Bats	15	-	1:7
Soul of the Game	15	-	1:14
Diamond Debuts	15	-	1:49
Show Business	15	-	1:70
Intimidation Nation	15	99	?
Autographics	52	-	1:68
Autographics Blue Ink	52	50	?

Checklist

Promo

• 83 Ben Grieve

Base Set

• 1 Alex Rodriguez
• 2 Sidney Ponson
• 3 Shawn Green
• 4 Dan Wilson
• 5 Rolando Arrojo
• 6 Roberto Alomar
• 7 Matt Anderson
• 8 David Segui
• 9 Alex Gonzalez
• 10 Edgar Renteria
• 11 Benito Santiago
• 12 Todd Stottlemyre
• 13 Rico Brogna
• 14 Troy Glaus
• 15 Al Leiter
• 16 Pedro Martinez
• 17 Paul O'Neill
• 18 Manny Ramirez
• 19 Scott Rolen
• 20 Curt Schilling
• 21 Bobby Abreu
• 22 Robb Nen
• 23 Andy Pettitte
• 24 John Wetteland
• 25 Bobby Bonilla
• 26 Darin Erstad
• 27 Shawn Estes
• 28 John Franco
• 29 Nomar Garciaparra
• 30 Rick Helling
• 31 Dave Justice
• 32 Chuck Knoblauch
• 33 Quinton McCracken
• 34 Kenny Rogers
• 35 Brian Giles
• 36 Armando Benitez
• 37 Trevor Hoffman
• 38 Charles Johnson
• 39 Travis Lee
• 40 Tom Glavine
• 41 Rondell White
• 42 Orlando Hernandez
• 43 Mickey Morandini
• 44 Darryl Kile
• 45 Greg Vaughn
• 46 Gregg Jefferies
• 47 Mark McGwire
• 48 Kerry Wood
• 49 Jeromy Burnitz
• 50 Ron Gant
• 51 Vinny Castilla
• 52 Doug Glanville
• 53 Juan Guzman
• 54 Dustin Hermanson
• 55 Jose Hernandez
• 56 Bob Higginson
• 57 A.J. Hinch
• 58 Randy Johnson
• 59 Eli Marrero
• 60 Rafael Palmeiro
• 61 Carl Pavano
• 62 Brett Tomko
• 63 Jose Guillen
• 64 Mike Lieberthal
• 65 Jim Abbott
• 66 Dante Bichette
• 67 Jeff Cirillo
• 68 Eric Davis
• 69 Delino DeShields
• 70 Steve Finley
• 71 Mark Grace
• 72 Jason Kendall
• 73 Jeff Kent
• 74 Desi Relaford
• 75 Ivan Rodriguez
• 76 Shannon Stewart
• 77 Geoff Jenkins
• 78 Ben Grieve
• 79 Cliff Floyd
• 80 Jason Giambi
• 81 Rod Beck
• 82 Derek Bell
• 83 Will Clark
• 84 David Dellucci
• 85 Joey Hamilton
• 86 Livan Hernandez
• 87 Barry Larkin
• 88 Matt Mantei
• 89 Dean Palmer
• 90 Chan Ho Park
• 91 Jim Thome
• 92 Miguel Tejada
• 93 Justin Thompson
• 94 David Wells
• 95 Bernie Williams
• 96 Jeff Bagwell
• 97 Derrek Lee
• 98 Devon White
• 99 Jeff Shaw
• 100 Brad Radke
• 101 Mark Grudzielanek
• 102 Javy Lopez
• 103 Mike Sirotka
• 104 Robin Ventura
• 105 Andy Ashby
• 106 Juan Gonzalez
• 107 Albert Belle
• 108 Andy Benes
• 109 Jay Buhner
• 110 Ken Caminiti
• 111 Roger Clemens
• 112 Mike Hampton
• 113 Pete Harnisch
• 114 Mike Piazza
• 115 J.T. Snow
• 116 John Olerud
• 117 Tony Womack
• 118 Todd Zeile
• 119 Tony Gwynn
• 120 Brady Anderson
• 121 Sean Casey
• 122 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 123 Carlos Delgado
• 124 Edgar Martinez
• 125 Jose Mesa
• 126 Shane Reynolds
• 127 John Valentin
• 128 Mo Vaughn
• 129 Kevin Young
• 130 Jay Bell
• 131 Aaron Boone
• 132 John Smoltz
• 133 Mike Stanley
• 134 Bret Saberhagen
• 135 Tim Salmon
• 136 Mariano Rivera
• 137 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 138 Jose Offerman
• 139 Troy Percival
• 140 Greg Maddux
• 141 Frank Thomas
• 142 Steve Avery
• 143 Kevin Millwood
• 144 Sammy Sosa
• 145 Larry Walker
• 146 Matt Williams
• 147 Mike Caruso
• 148 Todd Helton
• 149 Andruw Jones
• 150 Ray Lankford
• 151 Craig Biggio
• 152 Ugueth Urbina
• 153 Wade Boggs
• 154 Derek Jeter
• 155 Wally Joyner
• 156 Mike Mussina
• 157 Gregg Olson
• 158 Henry Rodriguez
• 159 Reggie Sanders
• 160 Fernando Tatis
• 161 Dmitri Young
• 162 Rick Aguilera
• 163 Marty Cordova
• 164 Johnny Damon
• 165 Ray Durham
• 166 Brad Fullmer
• 167 Chipper Jones
• 168 Bobby Smith
• 169 Omar Vizquel
• 170 Todd Hundley
• 171 David Cone
• 172 Royce Clayton
• 173 Ryan Klesko
• 174 Jeff Montgomery
• 175 Magglio Ordonez
• 176 Billy Wagner
• 177 Masato Yoshii
• 178 Jason Christiansen
• 179 Chuck Finley
• 180 Tom Gordon
• 181 Wilton Guerrero
• 182 Rickey Henderson
• 183 Sterling Hitchcock
• 184 Kenny Lofton
• 185 Tino Martinez
• 186 Fred McGriff
• 187 Matt Stairs
• 188 Neifi Perez
• 189 Bob Wickman
• 190 Barry Bonds
• 191 Jose Canseco
• 192 Damion Easley
• 193 Jim Edmonds
• 194 Juan Encarnacion
• 195 Travis Fryman
• 196 Tom Goodwin
• 197 Rusty Greer
• 198 Roberto Hernandez
• 199 B.J. Surhoff
• 200 Scott Brosius
• 201 Brian Jordan
• 202 Paul Konerko
• 203 Ismael Valdes
• 204 Eric Milton
• 205 Adrian Beltre
• 206 Tony Clark
• 207 Bartolo Colon
• 208 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 209 Moises Alou
• 210 Wilson Alvarez
• 211 Kevin Brown
• 212 Orlando Cabrera
• 213 Vladimir Guerrero
• 214 Jose Rosado
• 215 Raul Mondesi
• 216 David Nilsson
• 217 Carlos Perez
• 218 Jason Schmidt
• 219 Richie Sexson
• 220 Gary Sheffield
• 221 Fernando Vina
• 222 Todd Walker

Prospects (portrait)

• 223 Scott Sauerbeck RC
• 224 Pascual Matos RC
• 225 Kyle Farnsworth RC
• 226 Freddy Garcia RC
• 227 David Lundquist RC
• 228 Jolbert Cabrera RC
• 229 Dan Perkins RC
• 230 Warren Morris
• 231 Carlos Febles
• 232 Brett Hinchliffe RC
• 233 Jason Phillips RC
• 234 Glen Barker RC
• 235 Jose Macias RC
• 236 Joe Mays RC
• 237 Chad Allen RC
• 238 Miguel Del Toro RC
• 239 Chris Singleton
• 240 Jesse Garcia RC
• 241 Kris Benson
• 242 Clay Bellinger RC
• 243 Scott Williamson
• 244 Masao Kida RC
• 245 Guillermo Garcia RC
• 246 A.J. Burnett RC
• 247 Bo Porter RC
• 248 Pat Burrell RC
• 249 Carlos Lee
• 250 Jeff Weaver RC
• 251 Ruben Mateo
• 252 J.D. Drew
• 253 Jeremy Giambi
• 254 Gary Bennett RC
• 255 Edwards Guzman RC
• 256 Ramon E. Martinez RC
• 257 Giomar Guevara RC
• 258 Joe McEwing RC
• 259 Tom Davey RC
• 260 Gabe Kapler
• 261 Ryan Rupe RC
• 262 Kelly Dransfeldt RC
• 263 Michael Barrett
• 264 Eric Chavez
• 265 Orber Moreno RC
• 266 Marlon Anderson
• 267 Carlos Beltran
• 268 Doug Mientkiewicz RC
• 269 Roy Halladay
• 270 Torii Hunter
• 271 Stan Spencer
• 272 Alex Gonzalez

Spring Fling

• 273 Mark McGwire
• 274 Scott Rolen
• 275 Jeff Bagwell
• 276 Derek Jeter
• 277 Tony Gwynn
• 278 Frank Thomas
• 279 Sammy Sosa
• 280 Nomar Garciaparra
• 281 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 282 Albert Belle
• 283 Kerry Wood
• 284 Greg Maddux
• 285 Barry Bonds
• 286 Juan Gonzalez
• 287 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 288 Alex Rodriguez
• 289 Ben Grieve
• 290 Travis Lee
• 291 Mo Vaughn
• 292 Mike Piazza
• 293 Roger Clemens
• 294 J.D. Drew
• 295 Randy Johnson
• 296 Chipper Jones
• 297 Vladimir Guerrero

Checklists

• 298 Nomar Garciaparra
• 299 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 300 Mark McGwire

Parallels

Action

Each of the 50 Rookie/Prospect subset cards (#223-272) are available in an "Action" parallel. Whereas each of the base cards have a close-up "portrait" photo on the front, the "Action" cards have an action photo. Collectors attempting to complete a set should note that there are no other markings on the Action cards designating them such.

Star Rubies

Each of the 300 base cards are available in a "Star Ruby" parallel which is serial-numbered to 50 copies. In addition the 50 "Action" parallels (see above) were also made as Star Rubies. The Action Star Rubies are all numbered to only fifteen copies, each.

Inserts

Live Bats

• 1LB Juan Gonzalez
• 2LB Mark McGwire
• 3LB Jeff Bagwell
• 4LB Frank Thomas
• 5LB Mike Piazza
• 6LB Nomar Garciaparra
• 7LB Alex Rodriguez
• 8LB Scott Rolen
• 9LB Travis Lee
• 10LB Tony Gwynn
• 11LB Derek Jeter
• 12LB Ben Grieve
• 13LB Chipper Jones
• 14LB Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 15LB Cal Ripken, Jr.

Soul of the Game

• 1SG Alex Rodriguez
• 2SG Vladimir Guerrero
• 3SG Chipper Jones
• 4SG Derek Jeter
• 5SG Tony Gwynn
• 6SG Scott Rolen
• 7SG Juan Gonzalez
• 8SG Mark McGwire
• 9SG Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 10SG Jeff Bagwell
• 11SG Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 12SG Frank Thomas
• 13SG Mike Piazza
• 14SG Nomar Garciaparra
• 15SG Sammy Sosa

Diamond Debuts

• 1DD Eric Chavez
• 2DD Kyle Farnsworth
• 3DD Ryan Rupe
• 4DD Jeremy Giambi
• 5DD Marlon Anderson
• 6DD J.D. Drew
• 7DD Carlos Febles
• 8DD Joe McEwing
• 9DD Jeff Weaver
• 10DD Alex Gonzalez
• 11DD Chad Allen
• 12DD Michael Barrett
• 13DD Gabe Kapler
• 14DD Carlos Lee
• 15DD Edwards Guzman

Show Business

• 1SB Mark McGwire
• 2SB Tony Gwynn
• 3SB Nomar Garciaparra
• 4SB Juan Gonzalez
• 5SB Roger Clemens
• 6SB Chipper Jones
• 7SB Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 8SB Alex Rodriguez
• 9SB Orlando Hernandez
• 10SB Greg Maddux
• 11SB Mike Piazza
• 12SB Frank Thomas
• 13SB Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 14SB Scott Rolen
• 15SB Derek Jeter

Intimidation Nation

Each Intimidation Nation card is serial-numbered to 99 copies.

• 1 IN Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 2 IN Tony Gwynn
• 3 IN Nomar Garciaparra
• 4 IN Frank Thomas
• 5 IN Mike Piazza
• 6 IN Mark McGwire
• 7 IN Scott Rolen
• 8 IN Chipper Jones
• 9 IN Greg Maddux
• 10 IN Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 11 IN Juan Gonzalez
• 12 IN Derek Jeter
• 13 IN J.D. Drew
• 14 IN Roger Clemens
• 15 IN Alex Rodriguez

Autographs & Game-Used

Autographics

Each card is also available in a Blue Ink parallel, which is serial-numbered to 50 copies. In addition, the set is NOT sequentially-numbered; therefore, we have checklisted it below in alphabetical order.

• Roberto Alomar
• Paul Bako
• Michael Barrett
• Kris Benson
• Micah Bowie
• Roosevelt Brown
• A.J. Burnett
• Pat Burrell
• Ken Caminiti
• Royce Clayton
• Edgard Clemente
• Bartolo Colon
• J.D. Drew
• Damion Easley
• Derrin Ebert
• Mario Encarnacion
• Juan Encarnacion
• Troy Glaus
• Tom Glavine
• Juan Gonzalez SP
• Shawn Green
• Wilton Guerrero
• Jose Guillen
• Tony Gwynn
• Mark Harriger
• Todd Hollandsworth
• Scott Hunter
• Gabe Kapler
• Scott Karl
• Mike Kinkade
• Ray Lankford
• Barry Larkin
• Matt Lawton
• Ricky Ledee
• Travis Lee
• Eli Marrero
• Ruben Mateo
• Joe McEwing
• Doug Mientkiewicz
• Russ Ortiz
• Jim Parque
• Robert Person
• Alex Rodriguez
• Scott Rolen
• Benj Sampson
• Luis Saturria
• Curt Schilling
• David Segui
• Fernando Tatis
• Peter Tucci
• Javier Vazquez
• Robin Ventura