Description

2002 Topps Reserve is a 150-card "bonus box" product release in July, 2002. The last 15 cards in the base set make up a serial-numbered (numbered to 999 copies) First Year Player subset.

Each 10-pack Hobby box also includes, as a bonus, one autographed mini-helmet.

Distribution

10 packs plus one autographed mini-helmet per box, five cards per pack. Six boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	-	?	?
short set	135	-	5:1
First Year Players	15	999	1:24
Parallel	150	150	1:12
Uniform Relics	24	-	1:5
Bat Relics	20	-	1:12
Baseball Relics	2	100	1:1761
Patch Relics	21	25	1:668
Autograph Mini-Helmets	18	varies	one-per-box
Autograph Mini-Helmets Gold	18	25	?

Checklist

Base Set

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1 Alex Rodriguez
2 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
3 Craig Biggio
4 Troy Glaus
5 Mike Rivera
6 Curt Schilling
7 Garret Anderson
8 Ben Sheets
9 Todd Helton
10 Paul Konerko
11 Sammy Sosa
12 Bud Smith
13 Jeff Bagwell
14 Albert Pujols
15 Jose Vidro
16 Carlos Delgado
17 Torii Hunter
18 Jerry Hairston
19 Troy Percival
20 Vladimir Guerrero
21 Geoff Jenkins
22 Carlos Pena
23 Juan Gonzalez
24 Raul Mondesi
25 Jimmy Rollins
26 Mariano Rivera
27 Jorge Posada
28 Magglio Ordonez
29 Roberto Alomar
30 Randy Johnson
31 Xavier Nady
32 Terrence Long
33 Chipper Jones
34 Rich Aurilia
35 Aramis Ramirez
36 Jim Thome
37 Bret Boone
38 Angel Berroa
39 Jeff Conine
40 Cliff Floyd
41 Pedro Martinez
42 J.D. Drew
43 Kazuhiro Sasaki
44 Jon Rauch
45 Orlando Hudson
46 Scott Rolen
47 Rafael Furcal
48 Brad Penny
49 Miguel Tejada
50 Orlando Cabrera
51 Bob Abreu
52 Darin Erstad
53 Edgar Martinez
54 Ben Grieve
55 Shawn Green
56 Ivan Rodriguez
57 Josh Beckett
58 Ray Durham
59 Jason Hart
60 Nathan Haynes
61 Jason Giambi
62 Eric Chavez
63 Matt Morris
64 Lance Berkman
65 Jeff Kent
66 Andruw Jones
67 Brian Giles
68 Morgan Ensberg
69 Pat Burrell
70 Ken Griffey, Jr.
71 Carlos Beltran
72 Ichiro Suzuki
73 Larry Walker
74 J.J. Putz RC
75 Mike Piazza
76 Rafael Palmeiro
77 Mark Prior
78 Toby Hall
79 Pokey Reese
80 Mike Mussina
81 Omar Vizquel
82 Shannon Stewart
83 Jeromy Burnitz
84 Bernie Williams
85 C.C. Sabathia
86 Mike Hampton
87 Kevin Brown
88 Juan Cruz
89 Jeff Weaver
90 Jason Lane
91 Adam Dunn
92 Jose Cruz
93 Marlon Anderson
94 Jeff Cirillo
95 Mark Buehrle
96 Austin Kearns
97 Tim Hudson
98 Brian Jordan
99 Phil Nevin
100 Barry Bonds
101 Derek Jeter
102 Javier Vazquez
103 Jason Kendall
104 Jim Edmonds
105 Kenny Kelly
106 Juan Pena
107 Mark Grace
108 Roger Clemens
109 Barry Zito
110 Greg Vaughn
111 Greg Maddux
112 Richie Sexson
113 Jermaine Dye
114 Kerry Wood
115 Matt Lawton
116 Sean Casey
117 Gary Sheffield
118 Preston Wilson
119 Cristian Guzman
120 Mike Sweeney
121 Neifi Perez
122 Paul LoDuca
123 Luis Gonzalez
124 Ryan Klesko
125 Alfonso Soriano
126 Bobby Higginson
127 Juan Pierre
128 Moises Alou
129 Roy Oswalt
130 Nomar Garciaparra
131 Fred McGriff
132 Edgardo Alfonzo
133 Johnny Damon
134 Dewon Brazelton
135 Mark Mulder

First Year Players

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Each First Year Player is serial-numbered to 999 copies.

136 So Taguchi RC
137 Mario Ramos RC
138 Dan Johnson RC
139 Hansel Izquierdo RC
140 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
141 Jon Switzer RC
142 Chris Tritle RC*
143 Chris Snelling RC
144 Chone Figgins RC
145 Dan Phillips RC*
146 John Rodriguez RC
147 Colt Griffin RC*
148 Jonny Gomes RC
149 Josh Barfield RC
150 Joe Mauer RC

Parallels

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Each of the 150 base cards are also available in a Parallel (Topps did not give the parallel a formal name) that is serial-numbered to 150 copies.

Autographs & Game-Used

Uniform Relics

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These cards were issued at differing odds depending on which group and we have included those odds in our set information.

Group A: 1:376/packs
Group B: 1:179/packs
Group C: 1:10/packs
Group D: 1:14/packs
Group E: 1:16/packs

AJ Andruw Jones D
AP Albert Pujols E
AR Alex Rodriguez C
BB Barry Bonds E
BBO Bret Boone C
CJ Chipper Jones C
CS Curt Schilling E
DE Darin Erstad D
FT Frank Thomas C
GM Greg Maddux C
IR Ivan Rodriguez D
KS Kazuhiro Sasaki C
KW Kerry Wood E
LG Luis Gonzalez C
MM Mark Mulder C
MO Magglio Ordonez D
MP Mike Piazza C
NG Nomar Garciaparra D
PM Pedro Martinez A
RJ Randy Johnson B
RP Rafael Palmeiro C
SR Scott Rolen C
TG Tony Gwynn E
TH Todd Helton C

Bat Relics

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Group A: 1:1563/packs
Group B: 1:1180/packs
Group C: 1:61/packs
Group D: 1:219/packs
Group E: 1:31/packs
Group F: 1:179/packs
Group G: 1:135/packs
Group H: 1:46/packs

AJ Andruw Jones E
AP Albert Pujols F
AR Alex Rodriguez E
AS Alfonso Soriano E
BB Barry Bonds A
BW Bernie Williams E
CD Carlos Delgado C
CJ Chipper Jones C
FT Frank Thomas E
IR Ivan Rodriguez E
JB Jeff Bagwell E
JG Juan Gonzalez D
LG Luis Gonzalez C
MP Mike Piazza H
RA Roberto Alomar B
RH Rickey Henderson C
RP Rafael Palmeiro C
TG Tony Gwynn H
TM Tino Martinez C
TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo G

Baseball Relics

Both Baseball Relics are serial-numbered to 100 copies.

AR Alex Rodriguez
I Ichiro Suzuki

Patch Relics

Each Patch Relic is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

AJ Andruw Jones
BB Barry Bonds
CD Carlos Delgado
CJ Chipper Jones
CS Curt Schilling
DE Darin Erstad
FT Frank Thomas
GM Greg Maddux
IR Ivan Rodriguez
JG Juan Gonzalez
KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
KW Kerry Wood
LG Luis Gonzalez
MO Magglio Ordonez
MP Mike Piazza
PM Pedro Martinez
RJ Randy Johnson
RP Rafael Palmeiro
SR Scott Rolen
TG Tony Gwynn
TH Todd Helton

Autograph Mini-Helmets

Each Autograph Mini-Helmet is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below. In addition, each player signed 25 helmets in Gold ink.

Each Autograph Mini-Helmet is a stock, off-the-shelf, souvenir mini-sized Riddell batting helmet. Topps instructed each player to autograph the brim of the helmet, without taking it out of it's display box. The bottom of the red display box has a sticker indicating the player's name and serial-number.

Topps then packaged each signed mini-helmet (still in it's red factory Riddell display box) inside a shrink-wrapped white slip-case.

Roberto Alomar 975
Moises Alou 975
Lance Berkman 975
Bret Boone 475
Eric Chavez 475
Adam Dunn 975
Cliff Floyd 975
Troy Glaus 475
Luis Gonzalez 225
Todd Helton 225
Magglio Ordonez 975
Rafael Palmeiro 475
Albert Pujols 475
Alex Rodriguez 475
Scott Rolen 975
Jimmy Rollins 975
Alfonso Soriano 475
Barry Zito 975