2008 SPx
Description
2008 SPx is a 152-card set released by Upper Deck on May 21, 2008. Each pack contains either an autograph or a game-used memorabilia card. The last 52 cards in the base set are all autographed.
A typical ten-pack Hobby box will yield three Ken Griffey, Jr. inserts serial-numbered to 725 copies, five game-used memorabilia cards, one game-used patch, and four autographs.
Each ten-box Hobby case should include: one Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero Memorabilia card numbered to 25, one Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero Boxscore card, one Babe Ruth American Legend Boxscore card, two Mystery Rookie Redemptions, and one Yankee Stadium Legacy Memorabilia card.
Distribution
Ten packs plus one Silver autograph box topper per box, three cards per pack (MSRP: $10). Ten boxes per case. Hobby only.
Reviews
Insertion Ratios
| Cards | Total Cards | Numbered To | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 152 | - | ? |
| short set | 100 | - | 2:1 |
| Rookie Signatures | 52 | - | * |
| Mystery Rookie Redemptions | 7 | - | 1:50 |
| Silver | 45 | - | *** |
| Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero | 100 | 725 | ? |
| Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero Box Score | 100 | ? | 1:100 |
| Babe Ruth American Legend | 100 | ? | 1:100 |
| Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero Memorabilia | 100 | 25 | ** |
| Winning Materials SPx 150 | 100 | 150 | ** |
| Winning Materials SPx Die-Cut 150 | 100 | 150 | ** |
| Winning Materials Jersey Number 125 | 100 | 125 | ** |
| Winning Materials MLB 125 | 100 | 125 | ** |
| Winning Materials Baseball | 100 | 99 | ** |
| Winning Materials Team Initials | 100 | 99 | ** |
| Winning Materials UD Logo | 100 | 99 | ** |
| Winning Materials Position 75 | 100 | 75 | ** |
| Winning Materials Limited Patch Team Initials | 100 | 50 | **** |
| Winning Materials Dual SPx | 100 | 50 | ** |
| Winning Materials Dual Limited Patch SPx | 100 | 50 | **** |
| Winning Materials Dual Jersey Number | 100 | 35 | ** |
| Winning Materials Dual Team Initials | 100 | 25 | ** |
| Winning Materials Dual Limited Patch Team Initials | 100 | 25 | **** |
| Winning Materials Dual MLB 20 | 100 | 20 | ** |
| Winning Materials Dual Position 20 | 100 | 20 | ** |
| Winning Materials Triple SPx | 100 | 15 | ** |
| Winning Materials Triple Limited Patch | 100 | 15 | **** |
| Winning Materials Triple Team Initials | 100 | 10 | ** |
| Winning Materials Trios | 42 | 75 | ** |
| Winning Materials Trios Silver Limited Patch | 42 | 25 | **** |
| Winning Materials Trios Gold 25 | 42 | 25 | ** |
| Winning Materials Trios Gold 15 | 42 | 15 | ** |
| Superstar Signatures | 15 | - | * |
| Superstar Signatures Silver | 15 | - | *** |
| Young Star Signatures | 35 | - | * |
| Young Star Signatures Silver | 35 | - | *** |
| Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero Signature | 100 | 3 | * |
| Winning Materials Autographs | 46 | 20 | * |
| Winning Materials Triple Swatch Autographs | 46 | 5 | * |
* Odds of finding an autograph: Four per box
** Odds of finding a game-used memorabilia card: Five per box
*** Odds of finding an Silver autograph: One per box
**** Odds of finding a game-used patch card: One per box
Checklist
Base Set
- 1 Brandon Webb
- 2 Chris B. Young
- 3 Eric Byrnes
- 4 Dan Haren
- 5 Mark Teixeira
- 6 Chipper Jones
- 7 John Smoltz
- 8 Erik Bedard
- 9 Nick Markakis
- 10 Brian Roberts
- 11 David Ortiz
- 12 Curt Schilling
- 13 Manny Ramirez
- 14 Daisuke Matsuzaka
- 15 Josh Beckett
- 16 Derrek Lee
- 17 Alfonso Soriano
- 18 Carlos Zambrano
- 19 Aramis Ramirez
- 20 Jermaine Dye
- 21 Jim Thome
- 22 Nick Swisher
- 23 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- 24 Adam Dunn
- 25 Brandon Phillips
- 26 Grady Sizemore
- 27 Victor Martinez
- 28 CC Sabathia
- 29 Travis Hafner
- 30 Matt Holliday
- 31 Todd Helton
- 32 Troy Tulowitzki
- 33 Magglio Ordonez
- 34 Gary Sheffield
- 35 Justin Verlander
- 36 Curtis Granderson
- 37 Miguel Cabrera
- 38 Hanley Ramirez
- 39 Dan Uggla
- 40 Miguel Tejada
- 41 Lance Berkman
- 42 Hunter Pence
- 43 Carlos Lee
- 44 Alex Gordon
- 45 David DeJesus
- 46 Vladimir Guerrero
- 47 Jered Weaver
- 48 Torii Hunter
- 49 Andruw Jones
- 50 Rafael Furcal
- 51 Russell Martin
- 52 Brad Penny
- 53 Ryan Braun
- 54 Prince Fielder
- 55 J.J. Hardy
- 56 Justin Morneau
- 57 Johan Santana
- 58 Joe Mauer
- 59 Delmon Young
- 60 Jose Reyes
- 61 David Wright
- 62 Carlos Beltran
- 63 Pedro Martinez
- 64 Chien-Ming Wang
- 65 Alex Rodriguez
- 66 Derek Jeter
- 67 Robinson Cano
- 68 Hideki Matsui
- 69 Joe Blanton
- 70 Jack Cust
- 71 Cole Hamels
- 72 Jimmy Rollins
- 73 Ryan Howard
- 74 Chase Utley
- 75 Jason Bay
- 76 Freddy Sanchez
- 77 Jake Peavy
- 78 Greg Maddux
- 79 Adrian Gonzalez
- 80 Barry Zito
- 81 Omar Vizquel
- 82 Tim Lincecum
- 83 Ichiro Suzuki
- 84 Felix Hernandez
- 85 Kenji Johjima
- 86 Albert Pujols
- 87 Scott Rolen
- 88 Chris Carpenter
- 89 Rick Ankiel
- 90 Scott Kazmir
- 91 Carl Crawford
- 92 B.J. Upton
- 93 Michael Young
- 94 Josh Hamilton
- 95 Hank Blalock
- 96 Roy Halladay
- 97 Vernon Wells
- 98 Alex Rios
- 99 Ryan Zimmerman
- 100 Dmitri Young
Rookie Signatures
- 101 Bill Murphy (RC)
- 102 Emilio Bonifacio RC
- 103 Brandon Jones RC
- 104 Clint Sammons (RC)
- 105 Clay Buchholz (RC)
- 106 Kevin Hart (RC)
- 107 Donny Lucy (RC)
- 108 Lance Broadway (RC)
- 109 Joey Votto (RC)
- 110 Ryan Hanigan RC
- 111 Joe Koshansky (RC)
- 112 Josh Newman RC
- 113 Seth Smith (RC)
- 114 Chris Seddon (RC)
- 115 Harvey Garcia (RC)
- 116 Felipe Paulino RC
- 117 J.R. Towles RC
- 118 Josh Anderson (RC)
- 119 Troy Patton (RC)
- 120 Billy Buckner (RC)
- 121 Luke Hochevar RC
- 122 Chin-Lung Hu (RC)
- 123 Jonathan Meloan RC
- 124 Jose Morales (RC)
- 125 Carlos Muniz RC
- 126 Alberto Gonzalez RC
- 127 Bronson Sardinha (RC)
- 128 Ian Kennedy RC
- 129 Ross Ohlendorf RC
- 130 Daric Barton (RC)
- 131 Jerry Blevins RC
- 132 Dave Davidson RC
- 133 Nyjer Morgan (RC)
- 134 Steve Pearce RC
- 135 Colt Morton RC
- 136 Eugenio Velez RC
- 137 Jeff Clement (RC)
- 138 Rob Johnson (RC)
- 139 Wladimir Balentien (RC)
- 140 Justin Ruggiano RC
- 141 Bill White RC
- 142 Luis Mendoza (RC)
- 143 Jonathan Albaladejo RC
- 144 Justin Maxwell RC
- 145 Ross Detwiler RC
Mystery Rookie Redemptions
Seven Mystery Rookie Redemption cards (sequentially-numbered #RR1-#RR7) were randomly inserted into SPx packs. Over the course of the 2008 season, Upper Deck would reveal the player each card was good for. Collectors had until June 30th, 2010 to redeem their cards. Since the fulfilled cards were sequentially-numbered as part of the SPx base set, they are eligible for the "RC" tag.
The three biggest rookie cards in the SPx set (Evan Longoria, Max Scherzer, and Clayton Kershaw) all packed out as Mystery Rookie Redemptions -- something to be aware of if you're in the market for unopened wax.
- 146 Jay Bruce EXCH (RC)
- 147 Carlos Gonzalez EXCH (RC)
- 148 Evan Longoria EXCH RC
- 149 Collin Balester EXCH (RC)
- 150 Max Scherzer EXCH RC
- 151 Clayton Kershaw EXCH RC
- 152 Alexei Ramirez EXCH RC
Parallels
Rookie Signatures Silver
The first 45 cards in the Rookie Signatures (cards #101-#145) are available in a Silver parallel. One Silver card was inserted into each sealed Hobby box as a box topper.
Inserts
Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero
This 100-card set, similar to a Cal Ripken, Jr. insert in the previous year's product, celebrates the career of Ken Griffey, Jr. Since all 100 cards are of Griffey, displaying the full checklist would be repetitive. Each card is serial-numbered to 725 copies.
Boxscore
Again, just like last year's Cal Ripken set, a parallel featuring a box score from a game Griffey played in is also available. Each card is labelled a "1 of 1," which, technically, is true. Unlike the Ripken set from last year, the exact number of games being commemorated is unknown. It should be noted that, coming into the 2008 season, Griffey had played 2760 games.
Babe Ruth American Legend Boxscore
Similar to the Griffey and Ripken sets, is a 100-card tribute to Babe Ruth. Unlike the Griffey and Ripken sets, Upper Deck didn't bother with a base set and only included the "1 of 1" Boxscore cards. Again, there are multiple ones-of-one for each card, and the exact number of games being commemorated was not revealed by Upper Deck. However, Ruth played in 2504 career games.
Yankee Stadium Legacy
See 2008 Upper Deck Yankee Stadium Legacy.
Autographs & Game-Used
Ken Griffey, Jr. American Hero
All 100 cards in the American Hero insert (see above) are also available in a Memorabilia and Signature parallel. The Memorabilia card is serial-numbered to 25 copies, and each Signature is numbered to three.
Winning Materials
Winning Materials is a massive 100-card game-used set available in an almost absurd number of parallels. The base versions is serial-numbered to 199 copies, and also available in the following parallels.
- Die-Cut (serial-numbered to 150 copies)
- Jersey Number (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
- MLB (serial-numbered to 125 copies)
- Team Initials (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Baseballs (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Upper Deck Logo (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
- Position (serial-numbered to 75 copies)
- Dual Jersey Number (serial-numbered to 35 copies)
- Dual Team Initials (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Dual MLB (serial-numbered to 20 copies)
- Dual Baseballs (serial-numbered to 20 copies)
- Dual Position (serial-numbered to 20 copies)
- Dual Limited Patch (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
- Dual Limited Patch Team Initials (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Triple (serial-numbered to 15 copies)
- Triple Team Initials (serial-numbered to 10 copies)
- Triple Limited Patch (serial-numbered to 15 copies)
- WM-AB A.J. Burnett
- WM-AE Andre Ethier
- WM-AG Adrian Gonzalez
- WM-AH Aaron Harang
- WM-AJ Andruw Jones
- WM-AK Austin Kearns
- WM-AL Adam LaRoche
- WM-AP Albert Pujols
- WM-AP2 Andy Pettitte
- WM-AR Aaron Rowand
- WM-AS Alfonso Soriano
- WM-BA Bobby Abreu
- WM-BC Bartolo Colon
- WM-BE Adrian Beltre
- WM-BG Brian Giles
- WM-BM Brian McCann
- WM-BS Ben Sheets
- WM-BU B.J. Upton
- WM-BW Billy Wagner
- WM-CA Chris Carpenter
- WM-CB Carlos Beltran
- WM-CC Chad Cordero
- WM-CD Carlos Delgado
- WM-CG Carlos Guillen
- WM-CH Chris Burke
- WM-CJ Chipper Jones
- WM-CK Casey Kotchman
- WM-CL Carlos Lee
- WM-CS Curt Schilling
- WM-CU Chase Utley
- WM-CZ Carlos Zambrano
- WM-DH Dan Haren
- WM-DJ Derek Jeter
- WM-DL Derrek Lee
- WM-DO David Ortiz
- WM-DU Dan Uggla
- WM-DW Dontrelle Willis
- WM-DY Jermaine Dye
- WM-EC Eric Chavez
- WM-FH Felix Hernandez
- WM-FL Francisco Liriano
- WM-GA Garrett Atkins
- WM-GA2 Garret Anderson
- WM-GJ Geoff Jenkins
- WM-GM Greg Maddux
- WM-GO Alex Gordon
- WM-GR Curtis Granderson
- WM-GS Grady Sizemore
- WM-HA Cole Hamels
- WM-HB Hank Blalock
- WM-HE Todd Helton
- WM-HO Trevor Hoffman
- WM-HR Hanley Ramirez
- WM-HU Torii Hunter
- WM-IR Ivan Rodriguez
- WM-JA Conor Jackson
- WM-JB Josh Barfield
- WM-JD J.D. Drew
- WM-JE Jim Edmonds
- WM-JF Jeff Francoeur
- WM-JG Jason Giambi
- WM-JH Jhonny Peralta
- WM-JJ J.J. Hardy
- WM-JK Jeff Kent
- WM-JM Joe Mauer
- WM-JN Joe Nathan
- WM-JO Josh Beckett
- WM-JP Jake Peavy
- WM-JR Jose Reyes
- WM-JS Johan Santana
- WM-JT Jim Thome
- WM-JV Jason Varitek
- WM-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
- WM-KJ Kenji Johjima
- WM-KY Kevin Youkilis
- WM-LB Lance Berkman
- WM-LG Luis Gonzalez
- WM-MC Miguel Cabrera
- WM-MH Matt Holliday
- WM-MO Justin Morneau
- WM-MR Manny Ramirez
- WM-MT Mark Teixeira
- WM-MY Michael Young
- WM-OR Magglio Ordonez
- WM-PA Jonathan Papelbon
- WM-PF Prince Fielder
- WM-PM Pedro Martinez
- WM-PO Jorge Posada
- WM-RA Aramis Ramirez
- WM-RF Rafael Furcal
- WM-RH Roy Halladay
- WM-RJ Randy Johnson
- WM-RO Roy Oswalt
- WM-SM John Smoltz
- WM-TE Miguel Tejada
- WM-TH Tim Hudson
- WM-TR Travis Hafner
- WM-VE Justin Verlander
- WM-VG Vladimir Guerrero
- WM-VW Vernon Wells
Autographs
Each Winning Materials Autograph is serial-numbered to 20 copies, with a Triple Swatch parallel numbered to five also available.
- WM-AE Andre Ethier
- WM-AH Aaron Harang
- WM-AK Austin Kearns
- WM-AL Adam LaRoche
- WM-AR Aaron Rowand
- WM-AT Garrett Atkins
- WM-BG Brian Giles
- WM-BM Brian McCann
- WM-BS Ben Sheets
- WM-BU B.J. Upton
- WM-CH Chris Burke
- WM-CK Casey Kotchman
- WM-CL Carlos Lee
- WM-DH Dan Haren
- WM-DJ Derek Jeter
- WM-DL Derrek Lee
- WM-DU Dan Uggla
- WM-EC Eric Chavez
- WM-FH Felix Hernandez
- WM-FL Francisco Liriano
- WM-GO Alex Gordon
- WM-GR Curtis Granderson
- WM-HA Cole Hamels
- WM-HB Hank Blalock
- WM-HR Hanley Ramirez
- WM-HU Torii Hunter
- WM-JH Jhonny Peralta
- WM-JN Joe Nathan
- WM-JO Josh Beckett
- WM-JT Jim Thome
- WM-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
- WM-LB Lance Berkman
- WM-LG Luis Gonzalez
- WM-MH Matt Holliday
- WM-MO Justin Morneau
- WM-MT Mark Teixeira
- WM-PA Jonathan Papelbon
- WM-PF Prince Fielder
- WM-RA Aramis Ramirez
- WM-RH Roy Halladay
- WM-RJ Randy Johnson
- WM-RO Roy Oswalt
- WM-TH Tim Hudson
- WM-TR Travis Hafner
- WM-VE Justin Verlander
- WM-VW Vernon Wells
Winning Trios
Each Winning Trios is serial-numbered to 75 copies and also available in the following parallels.
- Gold "TRI" (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- Gold "333" (serial-numbered to 15 copies)
- Silver Limited Patch (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
- AGK Garret Anderson / Vladimir Guerrero / Casey Kotchman
- BHJ Adrian Beltre / Felix Hernandez / Kenji Johjima
- BSS Josh Beckett / Johan Santana / CC Sabathia
- CRP Chris Carpenter / Scott Rolen / Albert Pujols
- CRU Miguel Cabrera / Hanley Ramirez / Dan Uggla
- DBR Carlos Delgado / Carlos Beltran / Jose Reyes
- DOP Carlos Delgado / David Ortiz / Albert Pujols
- GHL Yovani Gallardo / Phil Hughes / Tim Lincecum
- GIB Alex Gordon / Akinori Iwamura / Ryan Braun
- GJP Ken Griffey, Jr. / Derek Jeter / Albert Pujols
- GMW Tom Glavine / Pedro Martinez / Billy Wagner
- HAH Todd Helton / Garrett Atkins / Matt Holliday
- HDF Travis Hafner / Adam Dunn / Prince Fielder
- HFB J.J. Hardy / Prince Fielder / Ryan Braun
- HRR J.J. Hardy / Jose Reyes / Hanley Ramirez
- HSS Travis Hafner / Grady Sizemore / CC Sabathia
- JBH Andruw Jones / Carlos Beltran / Torii Hunter
- JDY Conor Jackson / Stephen Drew / Chris B. Young
- JRR Chipper Jones / Scott Rolen / Aramis Ramirez
- JST Chipper Jones / John Smoltz / Mark Teixeira
- KFE Jeff Kent / Rafael Furcal / Andre Ethier
- KUY Scott Kazmir / B.J. Upton / Delmon Young
- LBO Carlos Lee / Lance Berkman / Roy Oswalt
- LCL Noah Lowry / Matt Cain / Tim Lincecum
- LSZ Derrek Lee / Alfonso Soriano / Carlos Zambrano
- MGS Greg Maddux / Tom Glavine / John Smoltz
- MHP Greg Maddux / Trevor Hoffman / Jake Peavy
- MPB Victor Martinez / Jhonny Peralta / Josh Barfield
- MSM Justin Morneau / Johan Santana / Joe Mauer
- OGV Magglio Ordonez / Curtis Granderson / Justin Verlander
- PJP Andy Pettitte / Derek Jeter / Jorge Posada
- RJC Alex Rodriguez / Derek Jeter / Robinson Cano
- RMM Ivan Rodriguez / Victor Martinez / Joe Mauer
- SBP Curt Schilling / Josh Beckett / Jonathan Papelbon
- SOH Ben Sheets / Roy Oswalt / Aaron Harang
- SRG Gary Sheffield / Ivan Rodriguez / Carlos Guillen
- TDB Jim Thome / Jermaine Dye / Mark Buehrle
- UHR Chase Utley / Cole Hamels / Aaron Rowand
- UKU Chase Utley / Ian Kinsler / Dan Uggla
- VOY Jason Varitek / David Ortiz / Kevin Youkilis
- WHB Vernon Wells / Roy Halladay / A.J. Burnett
- ZPH Carlos Zambrano / Jake Peavy / Aaron Harang
Yankee Stadium Legacy Memorabilia
See 2008 Upper Deck Yankee Stadium Legacy.
Superstar Signatures
Each Superstar Signature is also available in a Silver parallel, which is randomly inserted inside box topper packs.
- BW Brandon Webb
- DJ Derek Jeter EXCH
- DM Daisuke Matsuzaka
- DU Dan Uggla
- HR Hanley Ramirez
- KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
- MH Matt Holliday
- MT Mark Teixeira
- PF Prince Fielder
- PM Pedro Martinez
- SR Scott Rolen
- TG Tom Glavine
- TH Travis Hafner
- VG Vladimir Guerrero
- VM Victor Martinez
Young Star Signatures
Each Young Star Signature is also available in a Silver parallel, which is randomly inserted inside box topper packs.
- YSS-AC Alexi Casilla
- YSS-AE Andre Ethier
- YSS-BB Brian Bannister
- YSS-BM Brian McCann
- YSS-BU Brian Burres
- YSS-CD Chris Duncan
- YSS-CH Cole Hamels
- YSS-CY Chris B. Young
- YSS-FC Fausto Carmona
- YSS-FL Francisco Liriano
- YSS-IK Ian Kinsler
- YSS-JA Joaquin Arias
- YSS-JD John Danks
- YSS-JJ Josh Johnson
- YSS-JL James Loney
- YSS-JS Jarrod Saltalamacchia
- YSS-JV Justin Verlander
- YSS-JW Josh Willingham
- YSS-JZ Joel Zumaya
- YSS-KK Kevin Kouzmanoff
- YSS-MA Nick Markakis
- YSS-MC Matt Chico
- YSS-MF Mike Fontenot
- YSS-MO Micah Owings
- YSS-MR Mark Reynolds
- YSS-NM Nate McLouth
- YSS-PH Phil Hughes
- YSS-RB Ryan Braun
- YSS-RG Ryan Garko
- YSS-RM Russell Martin
- YSS-SD Stephen Drew
- YSS-SH James Shields
- YSS-TB Travis Buck
- YSS-TG Tom Gorzelanny
- YSS-TT Troy Tulowitzki
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