2005 Upper Deck ESPN

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Description

2005 Upper Deck ESPN is a 90-card set released in March 2005, to commemorate the cable network's 25th anniversary (which was actually in 2004). Each pack will yield one insert, while each 24-pack box will come with two Sports Center Swatches game-used cards. Each 20-box case should yield an autograph.

Distribution

Hobby/retail: 24 packs per box, nine cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99). 20 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 90 - 8:1
25th Anniversary 90 25 ?
Web Gems 25 - 1:5
Web Gems 25th Anniversary 25 25 ?
This Day in Baseball History 21 - 1:5
This Day in Baseball History 25th Anniversary 21 25 ?
ESPY Award Winners 20 - 1:5
ESPY Award Winners 25th Anniversary 20 25 ?
Magazine Covers 20 - 1:5
Magazine Covers 25th Anniversary 20 25 ?
Sports Century 14 - 1:5
Sports Century 25th Anniversary 14 25 ?
Sports Center Swatches 42 - 1:12
Ink 27 - AU
Sports Century Signatures 14 - AU

AU: Odds of finding an autograph: 1:480/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

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  • 1 Garret Anderson
  • 2 Troy Glaus
  • 3 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 4 Luis Gonzalez
  • 5 Randy Johnson
  • 6 Andruw Jones
  • 7 Chipper Jones
  • 8 J.D. Drew
  • 9 John Smoltz
  • 10 Miguel Tejada
  • 11 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 12 Curt Schilling
  • 13 David Ortiz
  • 14 Manny Ramirez
  • 15 Pedro Martinez
  • 16 Carlos Zambrano
  • 17 Greg Maddux
  • 18 Kerry Wood
  • 19 Mark Prior
  • 20 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 21 Sammy Sosa
  • 22 Carlos Lee
  • 23 Frank Thomas
  • 24 Magglio Ordonez
  • 25 Paul Konerko
  • 26 Adam Dunn
  • 27 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 28 Travis Hafner
  • 29 Victor Martinez
  • 30 Todd Helton
  • 31 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 32 Carl Pavano
  • 33 Josh Beckett
  • 34 Miguel Cabrera
  • 35 Mike Lowell
  • 36 Carlos Beltran
  • 37 Craig Biggio
  • 38 Jeff Bagwell
  • 39 Lance Berkman
  • 40 Roger Clemens
  • 41 Roy Oswalt
  • 42 Mike Sweeney
  • 43 Adrian Beltre
  • 44 Brad Penny
  • 45 Eric Gagne
  • 46 Shawn Green
  • 47 Steve Finley
  • 48 Ben Sheets
  • 49 Scott Podsednik
  • 50 Joe Mauer
  • 51 Johan Santana
  • 52 Torii Hunter
  • 53 Jose Vidro
  • 54 Livan Hernandez
  • 55 Jose Reyes
  • 56 Mike Piazza
  • 57 Tom Glavine
  • 58 Alex Rodriguez
  • 59 Bernie Williams
  • 60 Derek Jeter
  • 61 Gary Sheffield
  • 62 Hideki Matsui
  • 63 Kevin Brown
  • 64 Mike Mussina
  • 65 Eric Chavez
  • 66 Mark Mulder
  • 67 Tim Hudson
  • 68 Bobby Abreu
  • 69 Jim Thome
  • 70 Craig Wilson
  • 71 Jason Kendall
  • 72 Oliver Perez
  • 73 Brian Giles
  • 74 Jake Peavy
  • 75 Jason Schmidt
  • 76 Bret Boone
  • 77 Ichiro Suzuki
  • 78 Albert Pujols
  • 79 Jim Edmonds
  • 80 Larry Walker
  • 81 Scott Rolen
  • 82 Aubrey Huff
  • 83 Carl Crawford
  • 84 Alfonso Soriano
  • 85 Hank Blalock
  • 86 Mark Teixeira
  • 87 Michael Young
  • 88 Carlos Delgado
  • 89 Roy Halladay
  • 90 Vernon Wells

Parallels

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All 90 base cards are available in a 25th Anniversary parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies. Each card is an uncorrected error (UER) since ESPN's 25th Anniversary was in 2004.

Inserts

NOTE: All inserts are available in a 25th Anniversary parallel, which is serial-numbered to 25 copies. Each card is an uncorrected error (UER) since ESPN's 25th Anniversary was in 2004.

Magazine Covers

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  • MC-1 Roger Clemens
  • MC-2 Derek Jeter
  • MC-3 Pedro Martinez / Randy Johnson
  • MC-4 Nomar Garciaparra
  • MC-5 Manny Ramirez
  • MC-6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • MC-7 Mike Piazza
  • MC-8 Ichiro
  • MC-9 Vladimir Guerrero
  • MC-10 Randy Johnson
  • MC-11 A.J. Pierzynski / Doug Mientkiewicz / Jacque Jones / Torii Hunter
  • MC-12 Jason Giambi
  • MC-13 Jeff Kent
  • MC-14 Albert Pujols
  • MC-15 Kazuo Matsui
  • MC-16 Miguel Cabrera
  • MC-17 Alex Rodriguez
  • MC-18 Ivan Rodriguez
  • MC-19 Eric Gagne
  • MC-20 Albert Pujols / Jim Edmonds / Scott Rolen

ESPY Award Winners

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  • AW1 Gary Sheffield
  • AW2 Greg Maddux
  • AW3 Mike Piazza
  • AW4 Jeff Bagwell
  • AW5 Kenny Rogers
  • AW6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • AW7 Greg Maddux
  • AW8 Hideo Nomo
  • AW9 Javier Lopez
  • AW10 Jim Edmonds
  • AW11 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • AW12 Larry Walker
  • AW13 Nomar Garciaparra
  • AW14 Roger Clemens
  • AW15 David Wells
  • AW16 Sammy Sosa
  • AW17 Pedro Martinez
  • AW18 Andres Galarraga
  • AW19 Derek Jeter
  • AW20 Alfonso Soriano

Sports Century

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NOTE: Card #SC-3 (Willie Mays) was pulled from production, as Mays had signed an exclusive deal with Donruss-Playoff.

  • SC1 Babe Ruth
  • SC2 Jackie Robinson
  • SC4 Ty Cobb
  • SC5 Joe DiMaggio
  • SC6 Lou Gehrig
  • SC7 Mickey Mantle
  • SC8 Walter Johnson
  • SC9 Stan Musial
  • SC10 Satchel Paige
  • SC11 Bob Gibson
  • SC12 Roberto Clemente
  • SC13 Cy Young
  • SC14 Honus Wagner
  • SC15 Rogers Hornsby

This Day in Baseball History

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  • BH1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • BH2 Nolan Ryan
  • BH3 Nolan Ryan
  • BH4 Roger Clemens
  • BH5 Thurman Munson
  • BH6 Mickey Mantle
  • BH7 Ernie Banks
  • BH8 Roy Campanella
  • BH9 Yogi Berra
  • BH10 Mickey Mantle
  • BH11 Jackie Robinson
  • BH12 Joe DiMaggio
  • BH13 Bob Feller
  • BH14 Lou Gehrig
  • BH15 Ty Cobb
  • BH16 Babe Ruth
  • BH17 Walter Johnson
  • BH18 Rogers Hornsby
  • BH19 George Sisler
  • BH20 Cy Young
  • BH21 Mike Schmidt

Web Gems

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  • WG1 Adrian Beltre
  • WG2 Alex Rodriguez
  • WG3 Andruw Jones
  • WG4 Bernie Williams
  • WG5 Bret Boone
  • WG6 Cesar Izturis
  • WG7 Darin Erstad
  • WG8 Derek Jeter
  • WG9 Derrek Lee
  • WG10 Eric Chavez
  • WG11 Greg Maddux
  • WG12 Ichiro Suzuki
  • WG13 Ivan Rodriguez
  • WG14 Jim Edmonds
  • WG15 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • WG16 Larry Walker
  • WG17 Miguel Tejada
  • WG18 Mike Mussina
  • WG19 Nomar Garciaparra
  • WG20 Scott Rolen
  • WG21 Steve Finley
  • WG22 Todd Helton
  • WG23 Torii Hunter
  • WG24 Vernon Wells
  • WG25 Vladimir Guerrero

Autographs & Game-Used

Sports Center Swatches

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  • CP Corey Patterson
  • DJ Derek Jeter
  • DL Derrek Lee
  • DW David Wright
  • EC Eric Chavez
  • EG Eric Gagne
  • GA Garret Anderson
  • HB Hank Blalock
  • IR Ivan Rodriguez
  • IS Ichiro Suzuki
  • JD J.D. Drew
  • JE Jim Edmonds
  • JK Jeff Kent
  • JS Jason Schmidt
  • JT Jim Thome
  • KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • LB Lance Berkman
  • LO Derek Lowe
  • MC Miguel Cabrera
  • MM Mark Mulder
  • MS Mike Sweeney
  • MT Mark Teixeira
  • MY Michael Young
  • PK Paul Konerko
  • RB Rocco Baldelli
  • SA Johan Santana
  • TG Troy Glaus
  • TH Tim Hudson
  • VW Vernon Wells
  • GU-AB Adrian Beltre
  • GU-AD Adam Dunn
  • GU-AH Aubrey Huff
  • GU-AJ Andruw Jones
  • GU-AP Albert Pujols
  • GU-AS Alfonso Soriano
  • GU-BB Bret Boone
  • GU-BC Bartolo Colon
  • GU-BI Craig Biggio
  • GU-BS Ben Sheets
  • GU-BU B.J. Upton
  • GU-CB Carlos Beltran
  • GU-CC Carl Crawford

Ink

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  • INK-AB Adrian Beltre
  • INK-AL Al Leiter
  • INK-AR Alex Rios
  • INK-BS Ben Sheets
  • INK-BU B.J. Upton
  • INK-CB Chris Berman
  • INK-CK Casey Kotchman
  • INK-DJ Dave Justice
  • INK-DP Dan Patrick
  • INK-DW David Wright
  • INK-JE Derek Jeter
  • INK-JM Joe Morgan
  • INK-JO John Olerud
  • INK-JP Jake Peavy
  • INK-JV Jose Vidro
  • INK-JW Jayson Werth
  • INK-KE Jason Kendall
  • INK-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • INK-KM Kenny Mayne
  • INK-LC Linda Cohn
  • INK-MC Miguel Cabrera
  • INK-MV Mo Vaughn
  • INK-NG Nomar Garciaparra SP
  • INK-PG Peter Gammons SP
  • INK-PL Paul LoDuca
  • INK-RH Rich Harden
  • INK-SS Stuart Scott

Sports Century Signatures

  • BF Bob Feller
  • BR Brooks Robinson
  • CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • DM Don Mattingly
  • GG Goose Gossage
  • JP Jim Palmer
  • LA Luis Aparicio
  • LT Luis Tiant
  • MI Monte Irvin
  • MS Mike Schmidt
  • MW Maury Wills
  • NR Nolan Ryan
  • SC Steve Carlton
  • SL Sparky Lyle