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=Insertion Ratios=
=Insertion Ratios=
===SP Authentic Series===


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!Odds
!Odds
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|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||240||-||?
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||180||-||?
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|SP short set||90||-||?
|short set||90||-||?
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|SP Future Watch||45||1250||1:18
|Future Watch||45||1250||1:18
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|SP Superstars||45||1250||1:18
|Superstars||45||1250||1:18
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|Update short set||30||-||?
|Limited||180||50||?
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|Update Future Watch||30||1500||1:18
|Stars of Japan||30||-||3 per box
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|Cooperstown Calling Game Jersey||22||-||GU
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|UD Exclusives Game Jersey||6||-||GU
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|UD Exclusives Game Jersey Combos||6||-||GU
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|Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia||21||varies||?
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|Stars of Japan Game Bat||3||-||SJ
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|Stars of Japan Gold Game Bat||3||25||SJ
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|Stars of Japan Game Ball||6||-||SJ
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|Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball||6||25||SJ
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|Stars of Japan Game Base||8||-||SJ
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|Limited||180||50||?
|Stars of Japan Gold Game Base||8||25||SJ
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|Stars of Japan||30||-||3 per box
|Stars of Japan Game Jersey||6||-||SJ
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|Buybacks||?||varies||?
|Stars of Japan Gold Game Jersey||6||25||SJ
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|Chirography||?||-||1:72
|Stars of Japan Game Ball/Base Combo||14||-||SJC
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|Chirography Gold||?||varies||?
|Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball/Base Combo||14||25||SJC
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|Cooperstown Calling||?||-||1:24
|Stars of Japan Game Ball/Base Trio||1||30||SJC
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|Stars of Japan Game Ball||?||-||1:12
|Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball/Base Trio||1||25||SJC
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|Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball||?||25||1:12
|Stars of Japan Game Bat/Jersey Combo||4||-||SJC
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|Stars of Japan Game Ball/Base Combo||?||-||1:576
|Stars of Japan Gold Game Bat/Jersey Combo||4||25||SJC
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|Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball/Base Combo||?||25||1:576
|Chirography||41||-||CHIRO
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|Stars of Japan Game Bat||?||-||1:12
|Chirography Gold||40||varies||CHIRO
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|Stars of Japan Gold Game Bat||?||25||1:12
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|Stars of Japan Game Bat/Jersey Combo||?||-||1:576
|Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia Signature Cuts||1||3||?
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GU: Odds of finding a Cooperstown Calling, UD Exclusives or UD Exclusives Combo Game Jersey card: 1:24/packs.<br />
SJ: Odds of finding a Stars of Japan game-used card: 1:12/Sons of Japan packs.<br />
SJC: Odds of finding a Stars of Japan Combo game-used card: 1:576/Sons of Japan packs.<br />
CHIRO: Odds of finding a Chirography or Chirography Gold autograph: 1:72/packs.<br />
 
===Rookie Update Series===
 
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|Stars of Japan Gold Game Bat/Jersey Combo||?||25||1:576
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|Stars of Japan Game Jersey||?||-||1:12
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|Stars of Japan Gold Game Jersey||?||25||1:12
|Update Future Watch||30||1500||1:18
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|Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia||?||-||?
|Chirography Update||8||250||?
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|UD Exclusives Game Jersey||?||-||1:24
|Chirography Update Silver||8||100||?
|-
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|UD Exclusives Game Jersey Combos||?||-||1:24
|Chirography Update Gold||8||25||?
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|Ichiro Rookie Buyback Autographs||4||varies||?
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===SP Authentic Series===
===SP Authentic Series===


1 Troy Glaus
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2 Darin Erstad
 
3 Jason Giambi
 
4 Tim Hudson
 
5 Eric Chavez
 
6 Miguel Tejada
 
7 Jose Ortiz
 
8 Carlos Delgado
 
9 Tony Batista
 
10 Raul Mondesi
 
11 Aubrey Huff
 
12 Greg Vaughn
 
13 Roberto Alomar
 
14 Juan Gonzalez
 
15 Jim Thome
 
16 Omar Vizquiel
 
17 Edgar Martinez
 
18 Freddy Garcia
 
19 Cal Ripken, Jr.  
 
20 Ivan Rodriguez
 
21 Rafael Palmeiro
 
22 Alex Rodriguez
 
23 Manny Ramirez
 
24 Pedro Martinez
 
25 Nomar Garciaparra
 
26 Mike Sweeney
 
27 Jermaine Dye
 
28 Bobby Higginson
 
29 Dean Palmer
 
30 Matt Lawton
 
31 Eric Milton
 
32 Frank Thomas
 
33 Magglio Ordonez
 
34 David Wells
 
35 Paul Konerko
 
36 Derek Jeter
 
37 Bernie Williams
 
38 Roger Clemens
 
39 Mike Mussina
 
40 Jorge Posada
 
41 Jeff Bagwell
 
42 Richard Hidalgo
 
43 Craig Biggio
 
44 Greg Maddux
 
45 Chipper Jones
 
46 Andruw Jones
 
47 Rafael Furcal
 
48 Tom Glavine
 
49 Jeromy Burnitz
 
50 Jeffrey Hammonds
 
51 Mark McGwire
 
52 Jim Edmonds
 
53 Rick Ankiel
 
54 J.D. Drew
 
55 Sammy Sosa
 
56 Corey Patterson
 
57 Kerry Wood
 
58 Randy Johnson
 
59 Luis Gonzalez
 
60 Curt Schilling
 
61 Gary Sheffield
 
62 Shawn Green
 
63 Kevin Brown
 
64 Vladimir Guerrero
 
65 Jose Vidro
 
66 Barry Bonds
 
67 Jeff Kent
 
68 Livan Hernandez
 
69 Preston Wilson
 
70 Charles Johnson
 
71 Ryan Dempster
 
72 Mike Piazza
 
73 Al Leiter
 
74 Edgardo Alfonzo
 
75 Robin Ventura
 
76 Tony Gwynn
 
77 Phil Nevin
 
78 Trevor Hoffman
 
79 Scott Rolen
 
80 Pat Burrell
 
81 Bobby Abreu
 
82 Jason Kendall
 
83 Brian Giles
 
84 Kris Benson
 
85 Ken Griffey, Jr.  
 
86 Barry Larkin
 
87 Sean Casey
 
88 Todd Helton
 
89 Mike Hampton
 
90 Larry Walker  


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====Future Watch====
====Future Watch====


91 Ichiro Suzuki RC
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92 Wilson Betemit
 
93 Adrian Hernandez
 
94 Juan Uribe
 
95 Travis Hafner
 
96 Morgan Ensberg  
 
97 Sean Douglass
 
98 Juan Diaz  RC
 
99 Erik Almonte RC
 
100 Ryan Freel
 
101 Elpidio Guzman
 
102 Christian Parker
 
103 Josh Fogg
 
104 Bert Snow
 
105 Horacio Ramirez RC
 
106 Ricardo Rodriguez
 
107 Tyler Walker
 
108 Jose Mieses 
 
109 Billy Sylvester
 
110 Martin Vargas
 
111 Andres Torres
 
112 Greg Miller
 
113 Alexis Gomez
 
114 Grant Balfour
 
115 Henry Mateo
 
116 Esix Snead
 
117 Jackson Melian
 
118 Nate Teut
 
119 Tsuyoshi Shinjo RC
 
120 Carlos Valderrama
 
121 Johnny Estrada
 
122 Jason Michaels
 
123 William Ortega
 
124 Jason Smith
 
125 Brian Lawrence
 
126 Albert Pujols RC
 
127 Wilken Ruan
 
128 Josh Towers


129 Kris Keller
Each Future Watch card is serial-numbered to 1250 copies.
 
130 Nick Manness
 
131 Jack Wilson
 
132 Brandon Duckworth RC
 
133 Mike Penney
 
134 Jay Gibbons
 
135 Cesar Crespo


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====Superstars====
====Superstars====


136 Ken Griffey, Jr.  
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137 Mark McGwire


138 Derek Jeter
Each Superstars card is serial-numbered to 1250 copies.


139 Alex Rodriguez
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140 Sammy Sosa
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141 Carlos Delgado
 
142 Cal Ripken, Jr.
 
143 Pedro Martinez
 
144 Frank Thomas
 
145 Juan Gonzalez
 
146 Troy Glaus
 
147 Jason Giambi
 
148 Ivan Rodriguez
 
149 Chipper Jones
 
150 Vladimir Guerrero
 
151 Mike Piazza
 
152 Jeff Bagwell
 
153 Randy Johnson
 
154 Todd Helton
 
155 Gary Sheffield
 
156 Tony Gwynn
 
157 Barry Bonds
 
158 Nomar Garciaparra
 
159 Bernie Williams
 
160 Greg Vaughn
 
161 David Wells
 
162 Roberto Alomar
 
163 Jermaine Dye
 
164 Rafael Palmeiro
 
165 Andruw Jones
 
166 Preston Wilson
 
167 Edgardo Alfonzo
 
168 Pat Burrell
 
169 Jim Edmonds
 
170 Mike Hampton
 
171 Jeff Kent
 
172 Kevin Brown
 
173 Manny Ramirez
 
174 Magglio Ordonez
 
175 Roger Clemens
 
176 Jim Thome
 
177 Barry Zito
 
178 Brian Giles
 
179 Rick Ankiel
 
180 Corey Patterson


===Update Series===
===Update Series===


181 Garret Anderson     
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182 Jermaine Dye
 
183 Shannon Stewart
 
184 Ben Grieve
 
185 Ellis Burks
 
186 John Olerud
 
187 Tony Batista
 
188 Ruben Sierra
 
189 Carl Everett
 
190 Neifi Perez
 
191 Tony Clark
 
192 Doug Mientkiewicz
 
193 Carlos Lee
 
194 Jorge Posada
 
195 Lance Berkman
 
196 Ken Caminiti
 
197 Ben Sheets
 
198 Matt Morris
 
199 Fred McGriff
 
200 Mark Grace
 
201 Paul LoDuca
 
202 Tony Armas Jr.
 
203 Andres Galarraga
 
204 Cliff Floyd
 
205 Matt Lawton
 
206 Ryan Klesko
 
207 Jimmy Rollins
 
208 Aramis Ramirez
 
209 Aaron Boone
 
210 Jose Ortiz


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====Future Watch====
====Future Watch====


211 Mark Prior
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212 Mark Teixeira
Each Future Watch card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.


213 Bud Smith
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214 Wilmy Caceres
==Parallels==
 
215 Dave Williams
 
216 Delvin James
 
217 Endy Chavez
 
218 Doug Nickle


219 Bret Prinz
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220 Troy Mattes
Each of the first 180 SP Authentic cards is available as a "Limited" parallel.  Each Limited card is serial-numbered to 50 copies.
 
221 Duaner Sanchez
 
222 Dewon Brazelton
 
223 Brian Bowles
 
224 Donaldo Mendez
 
225 Jorge Julio
 
226 Matt White
 
227 Casey Fossum
 
228 Mike Rivera
 
229 Joe Kennedy
 
230 Kyle Lohse
 
231 Juan Cruz
 
232 Jeremy Affeldt
 
233 Brandon Lyon
 
234 Brian Roberts
 
235 Willie Harris
 
236 Pedro Santana
 
237 Rafael Soriano
 
238 Steve Green
 
239 Junior Spivey
 
240 Rob Mackowiak
 
==Parallels==


==Inserts==
==Inserts==


===Stars of Japan===
===Stars of Japan===
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This 30-card, dual-player, set features a selection of Japanese stars active in Major League baseball at the time of issue. The cards were distributed in special Stars of Japan packs of which were available as a bonus pack within each sealed box of 2001 SP Authentic baseball. Each Stars of Japan pack contained three cards and one in every 12 packs contained a memorabilia card (see below)
This 30-card, dual-player, set features a selection of Japanese stars active in Major League baseball at the time of issue. The cards were distributed in special Stars of Japan packs of which were available as a bonus pack within each sealed box of 2001 SP Authentic baseball. Each Stars of Japan pack contained three cards and one in every 12 packs contained a memorabilia card (see below)


RS1 I. Suzuki/T. Shinjo
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RS3 T. Ohka/M. Suzuki
 
RS4 T. Shinjo/H. Irabu
 
RS5 I. Suzuki/H. Nomo
 
RS6 T. Shinjo/M. Suzuki
 
RS7 T. Shinjo/K. Sasaki
 
RS8 H. Nomo/T. Ohka
 
RS9 I. Suzuki/M. Suzuki
 
RS10 H. Nomo/S. Hasegawa
 
RS11 H. Nomo/M. Yoshii
 
RS12 H. Nomo/H. Irabu
 
RS13 S. Hasegawa/K. Sasaki
 
RS14 S. Hasegawa/M. Suzuki
 
RS15 T. Shinjo/H. Nomo
 
RS16 T. Shinjo/T. Ohka
 
RS17 I. Suzuki/K. Sasaki
 
RS18 M. Yoshii/H. Irabu
 
RS19 I. Suzuki/T. Ohka
 
RS20 H. Irabu/K. Sasaki
 
RS21 T. Shinjo/M. Yoshii
 
RS22 I. Suzuki/S. Hasegawa
 
RS23 M. Suzuki/K. Sasaki
 
RS24 I. Suzuki/H. Irabu
 
RS25 T. Ohka/K. Sasaki
 
RS26 T. Shinjo/S. Hasegawa     
 
RS27 M. Yoshii/K. Sasaki
 
RS28 H. Nomo/K. Sasaki
 
RS29 I. Suzuki/M. Yoshii
 
RS30 H. Nomo/M. Suzuki


==Autographs & Game-Used==
==Autographs & Game-Used==


===BuyBacks===
===Cooperstown Calling Game Jersey===
 
For the third time in the history of the brand (including 1997 and 2000), Upper Deck incorporated Buyback cards into SP Authentic packs. Representatives from UD purchased varying quantities of actual previously released SP/SP Authentic cards ranging from 1993 to 2000. The cards were then signed by the featured ballplayer, hand-numbered in blue ink on front and affixed with a serial-numbered hologram sticker on back (note: it's believed all 2001 hologram sticker numbers begin with the letters "AAA"). In addition to the actual signed card, each Buyback was distributed with a 2 1/2" by 3 1/2" Authenticity Guarantee card. Each of these cards featured a hologram with a matching serial-number and a note of congratulations from Upper Deck's CEO Richard McWilliam. Our listings for these cards feature the year of the card followed by the quantity produced. Thus, "Edgardo Alfonzo 1995 /77" indicates a 1995 SP Authentic Edgardo Alfonzo card of which 77 copies were made.
 
The following players were seeded into packs as exchange cards: Roger Clemens, Cal Ripken and Frank Thomas. Collectors did not know which card of these players they would receive until it was mailed to them. Exchange deadline was 8/30/04.
 
Edgardo Alfonzo 1995 /77
 
Edgardo Alfonzo 1998 /15
 
Edgardo Alfonzo 2000 /280
 
Barry Bonds 1993 /75
 
Barry Bonds 1994 /103
 
Barry Bonds 1995 /31
 
Barry Bonds 1995 Superbafoil /2
 
Barry Bonds 1996 /49
 
Barry Bonds 1997 /15
 
Barry Bonds 1998 /15
 
Barry Bonds 2000 /146
 
Roger Clemens 2000 /145
 
Roger Clemens 1999 /150
 
Roger Clemens Expired EXCH
 
Carlos Delgado 1993 /24
 
Carlos Delgado 1994 /272
 
Carlos Delgado 1996 /81
 
Carlos Delgado 1997 /8
 
Carlos Delgado 1998 /29
 
Carlos Delgado 2000 /169
 
Jim Edmonds 1996 /72
 
Jim Edmonds 1997 /38
 
Jim Edmonds 1998 /23
 
Jason Giambi 1997 /14
 
Jason Giambi 1998 /6
 
Jason Giambi 2000 /290
 
Troy Glaus 2000 /340
 
Shawn Green 2000 /340
 
Ken Griffey Jr. 1993 /34   
 
Ken Griffey Jr. 1994 /182
 
Ken Griffey Jr. 1995 /116
 
Ken Griffey Jr. 1995 Supberafoil /2
 
Ken Griffey Jr. 1996 /53
 
Ken Griffey Jr. 1997 /7
 
Ken Griffey Jr. 1998 /8
 
Ken Griffey Jr. 2000 /333
 
Tony Gwynn 1993 /101
 
Tony Gwynn 1994 /88
 
Tony Gwynn 1995 /179
 
Tony Gwynn 1996 /92
 
Tony Gwynn 1997 /9
 
Tony Gwynn 1998 / 16
 
Tony Gwynn 2000 /95
 
Todd Helton 2000 /194
 
Tim Hudson 2000 /291
 
Randy Johnson 1993 /97
 
Randy Johnson 1994 /146
 
Randy Johnson 1995 /121
 
Randy Johnson 1995 Superbafoil /6
 
Randy Johnson 1996 /78
 
Randy Johnson 1997 /8
 
Randy Johnson 1998 /12
 
Randy Johnson 2000 /213
 
Andruw Jones 1997 /20
 
Andruw Jones 1998 /12
 
Andruw Jones 2000 /336
 
Chipper Jones 1993 /13
 
Chipper Jones 1995 /118
 
Chipper Jones 1996 /72
 
Chipper Jones 1997 /15
 
Chipper Jones 1998 /11
 
Chipper Jones 2000 /303
 
Cal Ripken 1993 /22


Cal Ripken 1994 /99
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Cal Ripken 1995 /37
 
Cal Ripken 1996 /16
 
Cal Ripken 1996 Checklist /10
 
Cal Ripken 1997 /23
 
Cal Ripken 1998 /11
 
Cal Ripken 2000 /266
 
Cal Ripken Expired EXCH
 
Alex Rodriguez 1995 /117
 
Alex Rodriguez 1995 Superbafoil /2
 
Alex Rodriguez 1996 /72
 
Alex Rodriguez 1997 /14
 
Alex Rodriguez 1998 /11
 
Alex Rodriguez 2000 /332
 
Ivan Rodriguez 1993 /89
 
Ivan Rodriguez 1995 /16
 
Ivan Rodriguez 1995 Superbafoil /2
 
Ivan Rodriguez 1996 /64
 
Ivan Rodriguez 1997 /8
 
Ivan Rodriguez 1998 /13
 
Ivan Rodriguez 2000 /163
 
Gary Sheffield 1993 /82
 
Gary Sheffield 1994 /3
 
Gary Sheffield 1995 /70
 
Gary Sheffield 1996 /67
 
Gary Sheffield 1997 /43
 
Gary Sheffield 1998 /27
 
Gary Sheffield 2000 /146
 
Sammy Sosa 1993 /73
 
Sammy Sosa 1994 /19
 
Sammy Sosa 1995 /30
 
Sammy Sosa 1996 /9
 
Sammy Sosa 1997 /14
 
Fernando Tatis 2000 /267
 
Frank Thomas 1993 /79
 
Frank Thomas 1994 /165
 
Frank Thomas 1995 /3
 
Frank Thomas 1997 /34
 
Frank Thomas 1998 /10
 
Frank Thomas 2000 /302
 
Frank Thomas Expired EXCH
 
Mo Vaughn 1993 /94
 
Mo Vaughn 1994 /102
 
Mo Vaughn 1995 /129
 
Mo Vaughn 1995 Supberafoil /3
 
Mo Vaughn 1996 /81
 
Mo Vaughn 1997 /36
 
Mo Vaughn 1998 /23
 
Mo Vaughn 2000 /309
 
Robin Ventura 2000 /340
 
Matt Williams 2000 /340
 
===Chirography===
 
Signed Chirography inserts were brought back for the fourth straight year within SP Authentic. Over 40 players were featured in the 2001 issue, with announced odds of 1:72 packs. Each card features a horizontal design and a small black and white action photo of the player at the side to allow the maximum amount of room for the featured player's autograph (of which is typically found signed in blue ink). Quantities produced for each card varied dramatically and shortly after the product was released, representatives at Upper Deck publicly announced print runs on a selection of the toughest cards to obtain. Those quantities have been added to our checklist following the featured player's name.
 
In addition, each card (except for Jose Canseco) is available in a Gold parallel.  The Gold Chirography's are serial-numbered to the player's uniform number.  The production figures for the Gold cards are in parenthesis. 
 
AB Albert Belle  (88)
 
AJ Andruw Jones (25)
 
AP Albert Pujols (5)
 
AR Alex Rodriguez /229 (3)
 
BS Ben Sheets  (15)
 
CB Carlos Beltran  (15)
 
CD Carlos Delgado  (25)
 
CF Cliff Floyd (30)
 
CJ Chipper Jones /184 (10)
 
CR Cal Ripken /109 (8)
 
DD Darren Dreifort /206 (37)
 
DER Darin Erstad (17)
 
DES David Espinosa (79)
 
DJ David Justice (28)
 
DS Dane Sardinha (50)
 
DW David Wells (33)
 
EA Edgardo Alfonzo (13)
 
JC Jose Canseco
 
JD J.D. Drew (7)
 
JE Jim Edmonds  (15)
 
JG Jason Giambi (16)
 
KG Ken Griffey Jr. /126 (30)
 
LG Luis Gonzalez /271 (20)
 
MB Milton Bradley (24)
 
MK Mark Kotsay /228 (14)
 
MS Mike Sweeney (29)
 
MV Mo Vaughn /103 (42)
 
MW Matt Williams  (9)
 
PB Pat Burrell  (5)
 
RF Rafael Furcal /222 (1)
 
RH Rick Helling /211 (32)
 
RJ Randy Johnson /143 (51)
 
RV Robin Ventura /92 (4)
 
RW Rondell White (22)
 
SG Shawn Green /82 (15)
 
SS Sammy Sosa /76 (21)
 
TIH Tim Hudson (15)
 
TL Travis Lee /226 (16)
 
TOG Tony Gwynn /76 (21)
 
TOH Todd Helton /152 (17)
 
TRG Troy Glaus (25)
 
===Chirography Update===
 
These cards were randomly inserted into 2001 Upper Deck Rookie Update packs.  Each card is serial-numbered to 250 copies with a Silver parallel numbered to 100 and a Gold parallel numbered to 25.
 
SPCR Cal Ripken
 
SPDM Doug Mientkiewicz
 
SPIS Ichiro Suzuki
 
SPJP Jorge Posada
 
SPKG Ken Griffey Jr.
 
SPLB Lance Berkman
 
SPMS Mike Sweeney
 
SPTG Tony Gwynn
 
===Cooperstown Calling Game Jersey===


This 22-card set features a selection of players that were voted in (or were soon to be voted in) to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Each card features a swatch of game-used jersey incorporated into an attractive horizontal design. Though specific odds per pack were not released for this set, Upper Deck did release cumulative odds of 1:24 packs for finding a game-used jersey card from either of the Cooperstown Calling, UD Exclusives or UD Exclusives Combos sets within the SP Authentic product.
This 22-card set features a selection of players that were voted in (or were soon to be voted in) to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Each card features a swatch of game-used jersey incorporated into an attractive horizontal design. Though specific odds per pack were not released for this set, Upper Deck did release cumulative odds of 1:24 packs for finding a game-used jersey card from either of the Cooperstown Calling, UD Exclusives or UD Exclusives Combos sets within the SP Authentic product.


CCAD Andre Dawson 
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===UD Exclusives Game Jersey===


CCBM Bill Mazeroski
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CCCR Cal Ripken
This 6-card set features a selection of superstars signed exclusively to Upper Deck for the rights to produce game-used jersey cards. Each card features a swatch of game-used jersey incorporated into an attractive horizontal design. Though specific odds per pack were not released for this set, Upper Deck did release cumulative odds of 1:24 packs for finding a game-used jersey card from either of the Cooperstown Calling, UD Exclusives or UD Exclusives Combos sets within the SP Authentic product. Shortly after release, representatives at Upper Deck publicly released print run information on several short prints. These quantities have been added to the end of the card description within our checklist.
 
CCDM Don Mattingly
 
CCDW Dave Winfield
 
CCEM Eddie Murray
 
CCGC Gary Carter


CCGG Goose Gossage
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====Combos====


CCJB Jeff Bagwell
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CCKP Kirby Puckett
 
CCKS Kazuhiro Sasaki
 
CCMP Mike Piazza  SP
 
CCMR Manny Ramirez  SP
 
CCOS Ozzie Smith
 
CCPM Paul Molitor
 
CCPM Pedro Martinez SP
 
CCRM Roger Maris /243
 
CCRC Roger Clemens
 
CCRS Ryne Sandberg
 
CCSG Steve Garvey
 
CCTG Tony Gwynn
 
CCWB Wade Boggs
 
===Stars of Japan Game Ball===
 
BBHI Hideki Irabu 
 
BBIS Ichiro Suzuki
 
BBKS Kazuhiro Sasaki
 
BBMY Masato Yoshii
 
BBSH Sigetoshi Hasegawa /30
 
BBTS Tsuyoshi Shinjo /50
 
===Stars of Japan Game Ball-Base Combos===
 
HIKS Hideki Irabu/Kaz Sasaki /30
 
HNKS Hideo Nomo/Kaz Sasaki /50
 
HNSH Nomo/Hasegawa
 
ISKS Ichiro/Kaz Sasaki /30
 
ISMY Ichiro/Yoshii
 
ISSH Ichiro/Sigetoshi Hasegawa /72
 
ISTS Ichiro/Tsuyoshi Shinjo /40
 
MSKS Mac Suzuki/Kaz Sasaki /30
 
MYKS Masato Yoshii/Kaz Sasaki /30
 
SHKS Sigetoshi Hasegawa/Kaz Sasaki /30
 
TOKS Ohka/Sasaki
 
TSHI Tsuyoshi Shinjo/Hideki Irabu /30
 
TSKS Tsuyoshi Shinjo/Kaz Sasaki /30
 
TSSH Tsuyoshi Shinjo/Sigetoshi Hasegawa /30
 
===Stars of Japan Game Ball-Base Trio===
 
BBBRS Kaz Sasaki/Ichiro/Hideo Nomo /30
 
===Stars of Japan Game Base===
 
HI Hideki Irabu /33
 
IS Ichiro Suzuki /23
 
KS Kazuhiro Sasaki /33
 
MS Mac Suzuki /23
 
MY Masato Yoshii /33
 
SH Sigetoshi Hasegawa /33
 
TO Tomokazu Ohka /33
 
TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo /33
 
===Stars of Japan Game Bat===
 
BHN Hideo Nomo /30
 
BMY Masato Yoshii
 
BTS Tsuyoshi Shinjo /30
 
===Stars of Japan Game Jersey===
 
JHN Hideo Nomo 
 
JIS Ichiro Suzuki /260
 
JKS Kazuhiro Sasaki
 
JMY Masato Yoshii
 
JSH Shigetoshi Hasegawa
 
JTS Tsuyoshi Shinjo


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===Sultan of Swatch===
===Sultan of Swatch===


This 21-card set features a selection of significant achievements from legendary slugger Babe Ruth's storied career. Each card features a swatch of game-used uniform (most likely pants) and is hand-numbered in blue ink on front to the year or statistical figure of the featured event ( i.e. card SOS3 highlights Ruth's 94 career wins as a pitcher, thus only 94 hand-numbered copies of that card were produced). Quantities on each card vary from as many as 94 copies to as few as 14 copies.  
This 21-card set features a selection of significant achievements from legendary slugger Babe Ruth's storied career. Each card features a swatch of game-used uniform (most likely pants) and is hand-numbered in blue ink on front to the year or statistical figure of the featured event ( i.e. card SOS3 highlights Ruth's 94 career wins as a pitcher, thus only 94 hand-numbered copies of that card were produced). Quantities on each card vary from as many as 94 copies to as few as 14 copies.  


SOS1 Babe Ruth Red Sox /14
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====Signature Cuts====


SOS2 Babe Ruth 29.2 Inn /29
There are three Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia Signature Cuts and each is hand-numbered to three copies. All three cards are, essentially, the same card (e.g. same design, same photo, etc.).  With that said, all three cards are sequentially-numbered as "SOS-1," "SOS-2," and "SOS-3."  Card #SOS-1 is hand-numbered "1/3" on the front, with cards SOS-2 and SOS-3 hand-numbered "2/3" and "3/3," respectively.


SOS3 Babe Ruth 94 Wins /94
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SOS4 Babe Ruth 54 HRs /54
===Stars of Japan===


SOS5 Babe Ruth 59 HRs /59
'''NOTES'''


SOS6 Babe Ruth 3 HRs '26 WS /26
* All Stars of Japan game-used cards are exclusive to the Stars of Japan box-topper pack.
* The odds of finding a game-used card is 1:12 Stars of Japan packs.
* The odds of finding a Combo game-used card is 1:576 Stars of Japan packs.
* Each card is also available in a Gold parallel which is hand-numbered to 25 copies.


SOS7 Babe Ruth 60 HRs in '27 /27
====Game Jersey====


SOS8 Babe Ruth Called Shot /32
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SOS9 Babe Ruth HR Title /20
'''NOTE:''' Ichiro's Game Jersey card packed out as a redemption which expired August 30th, 2004.  After the expiration date, Upper Deck announced that only 260 Ichiro's were produced, although the cards were not numbered.  In addition, Ichiro is unavailable in the Gold parallel.


SOS10 Babe Ruth HR Title /21
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====Game Ball====


SOS11 Babe Ruth Christens Yankee Stadium /23
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====Game Base====


SOS12 Babe Ruth 46 HRs in '24 /24
'''NOTE:''' The production figures listed below were issued by Upper Deck after the product's release.  None of the cards are serial-numbered.


SOS13 Babe Ruth 40 HRs in '26 /26
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====Game Bat====


SOS14 Babe Ruth HR Title /27
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====Game Bat-Jersey Combos====


SOS15 Babe Ruth 50 HRs in '28 /28
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SOS16 Babe Ruth Leads Way /29
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====Game Ball-Base Combos====


SOS17 Babe Ruth 49 HRs in '30 /30
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SOS18 Babe Ruth Last Title /31
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====Game Ball-Base Trio====


SOS19 Babe Ruth 1st All-Star Game /33
The Game-Ball-Base Trio card is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 30 copies.


SOS20 Babe Ruth 1st HOF Class /36
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===Chirography===


SOS21 Babe Ruth Funeral at House That He Built /48
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===Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia Signature Cuts===
Signed Chirography inserts were brought back for the fourth straight year within SP Authentic. Over 40 players were featured in the 2001 issue, with announced odds of 1:72 packs. Each card features a horizontal design and a small black and white action photo of the player at the side to allow the maximum amount of room for the featured player's autograph (of which is typically found signed in blue ink).


JC1 Babe Ruth Jsy-Cut /1
Shortly after the product was released, Upper Deck publicly announced print runs on a selection of the toughest cards to obtain -- although these cards are NOT serial-numbered.  Those quantities have been added to our checklist following the featured player's name.


JC2 Babe Ruth Jsy-Cut /1
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====Gold====


JC3 Babe Ruth Jsy-Cut /1
In addition, each card (except for Jose Canseco) is available in a Gold parallel.  The Gold Chirography's are serial-numbered to the player's uniform number.


===UD Exclusives Game Jersey===
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This 6-card set features a selection of superstars signed exclusively to Upper Deck for the rights to produce game-used jersey cards. Each card features a swatch of game-used jersey incorporated into an attractive horizontal design. Though specific odds per pack were not released for this set, Upper Deck did release cumulative odds of 1:24 packs for finding a game-used jersey card from either of the Cooperstown Calling, UD Exclusives or UD Exclusives Combos sets within the SP Authentic product. Shortly after release, representatives at Upper Deck publicly released print run information on several short prints. These quantities have been added to the end of the card description within our checklist.
===Buyback Autographs===


AR Alex Rodriguez      
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GS Gary Sheffield   
For the third time in the history of the brand (including 1997 and 2000), Upper Deck incorporated Buyback cards into SP Authentic packs. Representatives from UD purchased varying quantities of actual previously released SP/SP Authentic cards ranging from 1993 to 2000. The cards were then signed by the featured ballplayer, hand-numbered in blue ink on front and affixed with a serial-numbered hologram sticker on back (note: it's believed all 2001 hologram sticker numbers begin with the letters "AAA"). In addition to the actual signed card, each Buyback was distributed with a 2 1/2" by 3 1/2" Authenticity Guarantee card. Each of these cards featured a hologram with a matching serial-number and a note of congratulations from Upper Deck's CEO Richard McWilliam. Our listings for these cards feature the year of the card followed by the quantity produced. Thus, "Edgardo Alfonzo 1995 77" indicates a 1995 SP Authentic Edgardo Alfonzo card of which 77 copies were made.


JD Joe DiMaggio /243
The following players were seeded into packs as exchange cards: Roger Clemens, Cal Ripken and Frank Thomas. Collectors did not know which card of these players they would receive until it was mailed to them. Exchange deadline was 8/30/04.


KG Ken Griffey Jr.
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===Chirography Update===


MM Mickey Mantle /243
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SS Sammy Sosa
These cards were randomly inserted into 2001 Upper Deck Rookie Update packs.  Each card is serial-numbered to 250 copies with a Silver parallel numbered to 100 and a Gold parallel numbered to 25.
 
===UD Exclusives Game Jersey Combos===
 
GD Ken Griffey, Jr./Joe DiMaggio /98
 
MD Mickey Mantle/Joe DiMaggio /98


MG Mickey Mantle/Ken Griffey, Jr. /98
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RS Alex Rodriguez/Ozzie Smith
===Update Series Ichiro Rookie Autographed Buyback===


SD Sammy Sosa/Andre Dawson
Upper Deck bought-back sixteen copies of Ichiro's SP Authentic rookie card (#91), had Ichiro autographed them, and randomly inserted them into packs of Rookie Update.  Each is hand-numbered to 50 copies -- for the aggregate number of Ichiro cards UD bought back for this promotion -- and features a UD Authentic hologram.


SW Gary Sheffield/Dave Winfield
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Description

2001 SP Authentic is a 240-card set issued in two separate releases. The first 180 cards were released as the SP Authentic set in September, 2001; while an additional 60-card Update set was distributed within Upper Deck Rookie Update packs in late December, 2001.

Each basic sealed box contained 24 packs plus two three-card bonus packs (one entitled Stars of Japan and another entitled Mantle Pinstripe Exclusives).

The basic set is broken into the following components: basic veterans (1-90), Future Watch (91-135) and Superstars (136-180). Each Future Watch and Superstar subset card from the first series is serial numbered of 1250 copies. Though odds were not released by the manufacturer, information supplied by dealers breaking several cases indicate on average one in every 18 packs contains one of these serial-numbered cards.

The Update set is broken down as follows: basic veterans (181-210) and Future Watch (211-240). Each Update Future Watch is serial numbered to 1500 copies. Notable Rookie Cards in the basic set include Albert Pujols, Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Ichiro Suzuki. Notable Rookie Cards in the Update set include Mark Prior and Mark Teixeira.

Distribution

SP Authentic: 24 packs plus one Pinstripe Exclusives and one Stars of Japan pack per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99)

Update: 18 packs per box, four cards (at least one SP Authentic card) per pack.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

SP Authentic Series

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 180 - ?
short set 90 - ?
Future Watch 45 1250 1:18
Superstars 45 1250 1:18
Limited 180 50 ?
Stars of Japan 30 - 3 per box
Cooperstown Calling Game Jersey 22 - GU
UD Exclusives Game Jersey 6 - GU
UD Exclusives Game Jersey Combos 6 - GU
Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia 21 varies ?
Stars of Japan Game Bat 3 - SJ
Stars of Japan Gold Game Bat 3 25 SJ
Stars of Japan Game Ball 6 - SJ
Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball 6 25 SJ
Stars of Japan Game Base 8 - SJ
Stars of Japan Gold Game Base 8 25 SJ
Stars of Japan Game Jersey 6 - SJ
Stars of Japan Gold Game Jersey 6 25 SJ
Stars of Japan Game Ball/Base Combo 14 - SJC
Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball/Base Combo 14 25 SJC
Stars of Japan Game Ball/Base Trio 1 30 SJC
Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball/Base Trio 1 25 SJC
Stars of Japan Game Bat/Jersey Combo 4 - SJC
Stars of Japan Gold Game Bat/Jersey Combo 4 25 SJC
Chirography 41 - CHIRO
Chirography Gold 40 varies CHIRO
Buybacks 115 varies 1:144
Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia Signature Cuts 1 3 ?

GU: Odds of finding a Cooperstown Calling, UD Exclusives or UD Exclusives Combo Game Jersey card: 1:24/packs.
SJ: Odds of finding a Stars of Japan game-used card: 1:12/Sons of Japan packs.
SJC: Odds of finding a Stars of Japan Combo game-used card: 1:576/Sons of Japan packs.
CHIRO: Odds of finding a Chirography or Chirography Gold autograph: 1:72/packs.

Rookie Update Series

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 60 - ?
Update short set 30 - one-per-pack
Update Future Watch 30 1500 1:18
Chirography Update 8 250 ?
Chirography Update Silver 8 100 ?
Chirography Update Gold 8 25 ?
Ichiro Rookie Buyback Autographs 4 varies ?

Checklist

Base Set

SP Authentic Series

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  • 1 Troy Glaus
  • 2 Darin Erstad
  • 3 Jason Giambi
  • 4 Tim Hudson
  • 5 Eric Chavez
  • 6 Miguel Tejada
  • 7 Jose Ortiz
  • 8 Carlos Delgado
  • 9 Tony Batista
  • 10 Raul Mondesi
  • 11 Aubrey Huff
  • 12 Greg Vaughn
  • 13 Roberto Alomar
  • 14 Juan Gonzalez
  • 15 Jim Thome
  • 16 Omar Vizquel
  • 17 Edgar Martinez
  • 18 Freddy Garcia
  • 19 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 20 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 21 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 22 Alex Rodriguez
  • 23 Manny Ramirez
  • 24 Pedro Martinez
  • 25 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 26 Mike Sweeney
  • 27 Jermaine Dye
  • 28 Bob Higginson
  • 29 Dean Palmer
  • 30 Matt Lawton
  • 31 Eric Milton
  • 32 Frank Thomas
  • 33 Magglio Ordonez
  • 34 David Wells
  • 35 Paul Konerko
  • 36 Derek Jeter
  • 37 Bernie Williams
  • 38 Roger Clemens
  • 39 Mike Mussina
  • 40 Jorge Posada
  • 41 Jeff Bagwell
  • 42 Richard Hidalgo
  • 43 Craig Biggio
  • 44 Greg Maddux
  • 45 Chipper Jones
  • 46 Andruw Jones
  • 47 Rafael Furcal
  • 48 Tom Glavine
  • 49 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 50 Jeffrey Hammonds
  • 51 Mark McGwire
  • 52 Jim Edmonds
  • 53 Rick Ankiel
  • 54 J.D. Drew
  • 55 Sammy Sosa
  • 56 Corey Patterson
  • 57 Kerry Wood
  • 58 Randy Johnson
  • 59 Luis Gonzalez
  • 60 Curt Schilling
  • 61 Gary Sheffield
  • 62 Shawn Green
  • 63 Kevin Brown
  • 64 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 65 Jose Vidro
  • 66 Barry Bonds
  • 67 Jeff Kent
  • 68 Livan Hernandez
  • 69 Preston Wilson
  • 70 Charles Johnson
  • 71 Ryan Dempster
  • 72 Mike Piazza
  • 73 Al Leiter
  • 74 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 75 Robin Ventura
  • 76 Tony Gwynn
  • 77 Phil Nevin
  • 78 Trevor Hoffman
  • 79 Scott Rolen
  • 80 Pat Burrell
  • 81 Bob Abreu
  • 82 Jason Kendall
  • 83 Brian Giles
  • 84 Kris Benson
  • 85 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 86 Barry Larkin
  • 87 Sean Casey
  • 88 Todd Helton
  • 89 Mike Hampton
  • 90 Larry Walker

Future Watch

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Each Future Watch card is serial-numbered to 1250 copies.

  • 91 Ichiro Suzuki FW RC
  • 92 Wilson Betemit FW RC
  • 93 Adrian Hernandez FW RC
  • 94 Juan Uribe FW RC
  • 95 Travis Hafner FW RC
  • 96 Morgan Ensberg FW RC
  • 97 Sean Douglass FW RC
  • 98 Juan Diaz FW RC
  • 99 Erick Almonte FW RC
  • 100 Ryan Freel FW RC
  • 101 Elpidio Guzman FW RC*
  • 102 Christian Parker FW RC
  • 103 Josh Fogg FW RC
  • 104 Bert Snow FW RC*
  • 105 Horacio Ramirez FW RC
  • 106 Ricardo Rodriguez FW RC
  • 107 Ty Walker FW RC
  • 108 Jose Mieses FW RC*
  • 109 Billy Sylvester FW RC*
  • 110 Martin Vargas FW RC*
  • 111 Andres Torres FW RC
  • 112 Greg Miller FW RC*
  • 113 Alexis Gomez FW RC
  • 114 Grant Balfour FW RC
  • 115 Henry Mateo FW RC
  • 116 Esix Snead FW RC
  • 117 Jackson Melian FW RC*
  • 118 Nate Teut FW RC
  • 119 Tsuyoshi Shinjo FW RC
  • 120 Carlos Valderrama FW RC
  • 121 Johnny Estrada FW RC
  • 122 Jason Michaels FW RC
  • 123 William Ortega FW RC
  • 124 Jason Smith FW RC
  • 125 Brian Lawrence FW RC
  • 126 Albert Pujols FW RC
  • 127 Wilkin Ruan FW RC
  • 128 Josh Towers FW RC
  • 129 Kris Keller FW RC
  • 130 Nick Maness FW RC*
  • 131 Jack Wilson FW RC
  • 132 Brandon Duckworth FW RC
  • 133 Mike Penney FW RC*
  • 134 Jay Gibbons FW RC
  • 135 Cesar Crespo FW RC

Superstars

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Each Superstars card is serial-numbered to 1250 copies.

  • 136 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 137 Mark McGwire
  • 138 Derek Jeter
  • 139 Alex Rodriguez
  • 140 Sammy Sosa
  • 141 Carlos Delgado
  • 142 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 143 Pedro Martinez
  • 144 Frank Thomas
  • 145 Juan Gonzalez
  • 146 Troy Glaus
  • 147 Jason Giambi
  • 148 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 149 Chipper Jones
  • 150 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 151 Mike Piazza
  • 152 Jeff Bagwell
  • 153 Randy Johnson
  • 154 Todd Helton
  • 155 Gary Sheffield
  • 156 Tony Gwynn
  • 157 Barry Bonds
  • 158 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 159 Bernie Williams
  • 160 Greg Vaughn
  • 161 David Wells
  • 162 Roberto Alomar
  • 163 Jermaine Dye
  • 164 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 165 Andruw Jones
  • 166 Preston Wilson
  • 167 Edgardo Alfonzo
  • 168 Pat Burrell
  • 169 Jim Edmonds
  • 170 Mike Hampton
  • 171 Jeff Kent
  • 172 Kevin Brown
  • 173 Manny Ramirez
  • 174 Magglio Ordonez
  • 175 Roger Clemens
  • 176 Jim Thome
  • 177 Barry Zito
  • 178 Brian Giles
  • 179 Rick Ankiel
  • 180 Corey Patterson

Update Series

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  • 181 Garret Anderson
  • 182 Jermaine Dye
  • 183 Shannon Stewart
  • 184 Ben Grieve
  • 185 Ellis Burks
  • 186 John Olerud
  • 187 Tony Batista
  • 188 Ruben Sierra
  • 189 Carl Everett
  • 190 Neifi Perez
  • 191 Tony Clark
  • 192 Doug Mientkiewicz
  • 193 Carlos Lee
  • 194 Jorge Posada
  • 195 Lance Berkman
  • 196 Ken Caminiti
  • 197 Ben Sheets
  • 198 Matt Morris
  • 199 Fred McGriff
  • 200 Mark Grace
  • 201 Paul LoDuca
  • 202 Tony Armas
  • 203 Andres Galarraga
  • 204 Cliff Floyd
  • 205 Matt Lawton
  • 206 Ryan Klesko
  • 207 Jimmy Rollins
  • 208 Aramis Ramirez
  • 209 Aaron Boone
  • 210 Jose Ortiz

Future Watch

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Each Future Watch card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.

  • 212 Mark Teixeira FW RC
  • 213 Bud Smith FW RC
  • 214 Wilmy Caceres FW RC*
  • 215 Dave Williams FW RC
  • 216 Delvin James FW RC
  • 217 Endy Chavez FW RC
  • 218 Doug Nickle FW RC
  • 219 Bret Prinz FW RC
  • 220 Troy Mattes FW RC
  • 221 Duaner Sanchez FW RC
  • 222 Dewon Brazelton FW RC
  • 223 Brian Bowles FW RC
  • 224 Donaldo Mendez FW RC
  • 225 Jorge Julio FW RC
  • 226 Matt White FW RC*
  • 227 Casey Fossum FW RC
  • 228 Mike Rivera FW RC
  • 229 Joe Kennedy FW RC
  • 230 Kyle Lohse FW RC
  • 231 Juan Cruz FW RC
  • 232 Jeremy Affeldt FW RC
  • 233 Brandon Lyon FW RC
  • 234 Brian Roberts FW RC
  • 235 Willie Harris FW RC
  • 236 Pedro Santana FW RC
  • 237 Rafael Soriano FW RC
  • 238 Steve Green FW RC
  • 239 Junior Spivey FW RC
  • 240 Rob MacKowiak FW RC

Parallels

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Each of the first 180 SP Authentic cards is available as a "Limited" parallel. Each Limited card is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

Inserts

Stars of Japan

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This 30-card, dual-player, set features a selection of Japanese stars active in Major League baseball at the time of issue. The cards were distributed in special Stars of Japan packs of which were available as a bonus pack within each sealed box of 2001 SP Authentic baseball. Each Stars of Japan pack contained three cards and one in every 12 packs contained a memorabilia card (see below)

  • RS1 Ichiro Suzuki / Tsuyoshi Shinjo
  • RS2 Shigetoshi Hasegawa / Hideki Irabu
  • RS3 Tomo Ohka / Mac Suzuki
  • RS4 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Hideki Irabu
  • RS5 Ichiro Suzuki / Hideo Nomo
  • RS6 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Mac Suzuki
  • RS7 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • RS8 Hideo Nomo / Tomo Ohka
  • RS9 Ichiro Suzuki / Mac Suzuki
  • RS10 Hideo Nomo / Shigetoshi Hasegawa
  • RS11 Hideo Nomo / Masato Yoshii
  • RS12 Hideo Nomo / Hideki Irabu
  • RS13 Shigetoshi Hasegawa / Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • RS14 Shigetoshi Hasegawa / Mac Suzuki
  • RS15 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Hideo Nomo
  • RS16 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Tomo Ohka
  • RS17 Ichiro Suzuki / Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • RS18 Masato Yoshii / Hideki Irabu
  • RS19 Ichiro Suzuki / Tomo Ohka
  • RS20 Hideki Irabu / Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • RS21 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Masato Yoshii
  • RS22 Ichiro Suzuki / Shigetoshi Hasegawa
  • RS23 Mac Suzuki / Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • RS24 Ichiro Suzuki / Hideki Irabu
  • RS25 Tomo Ohka / Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • RS26 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Shigetoshi Hasegawa
  • RS27 Masato Yoshii / Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • RS28 Hideo Nomo / Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • RS29 Ichiro Suzuki / Masato Yoshii
  • RS30 Hideo Nomo / Mac Suzuki

Autographs & Game-Used

Cooperstown Calling Game Jersey

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This 22-card set features a selection of players that were voted in (or were soon to be voted in) to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Each card features a swatch of game-used jersey incorporated into an attractive horizontal design. Though specific odds per pack were not released for this set, Upper Deck did release cumulative odds of 1:24 packs for finding a game-used jersey card from either of the Cooperstown Calling, UD Exclusives or UD Exclusives Combos sets within the SP Authentic product.

  • CC-AD Andre Dawson
  • CC-BM Bill Mazeroski
  • CC-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • CC-DM Don Mattingly
  • CC-DW Dave Winfield
  • CC-EM Eddie Murray
  • CC-GC Gary Carter
  • CC-GG Goose Gossage
  • CC-JB Jeff Bagwell
  • CC-KP Kirby Puckett
  • CC-KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • CC-MP Mike Piazza SP
  • CC-MR Manny Ramirez SP
  • CC-OS Ozzie Smith
  • CC-PM Pedro Martinez SP
  • CC-PM Paul Molitor
  • CC-RC Roger Clemens
  • CC-RM Roger Maris SP 243
  • CC-RS Ryne Sandberg
  • CC-SG Steve Garvey
  • CC-TG Tony Gwynn
  • CC-WB Wade Boggs

UD Exclusives Game Jersey

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This 6-card set features a selection of superstars signed exclusively to Upper Deck for the rights to produce game-used jersey cards. Each card features a swatch of game-used jersey incorporated into an attractive horizontal design. Though specific odds per pack were not released for this set, Upper Deck did release cumulative odds of 1:24 packs for finding a game-used jersey card from either of the Cooperstown Calling, UD Exclusives or UD Exclusives Combos sets within the SP Authentic product. Shortly after release, representatives at Upper Deck publicly released print run information on several short prints. These quantities have been added to the end of the card description within our checklist.

  • UD-AR Alex Rodriguez
  • UD-GS Gary Sheffield
  • UD-JD Joe DiMaggio 243
  • UD-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • UD-MM Mickey Mantle 243
  • UD-SS Sammy Sosa

Combos

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  • UDC-GD Ken Griffey, Jr. / Joe DiMaggio 98
  • UDC-MG Mickey Mantle / Ken Griffey, Jr. 98
  • UDC-ND Mickey Mantle / Joe DiMaggio 98
  • UDC-RS Alex Rodriguez / Ozzie Smith
  • UDC-SD Sammy Sosa / Andre Dawson
  • UDC-SW Gary Sheffield / Dave Winfield

Sultan of Swatch

This 21-card set features a selection of significant achievements from legendary slugger Babe Ruth's storied career. Each card features a swatch of game-used uniform (most likely pants) and is hand-numbered in blue ink on front to the year or statistical figure of the featured event ( i.e. card SOS3 highlights Ruth's 94 career wins as a pitcher, thus only 94 hand-numbered copies of that card were produced). Quantities on each card vary from as many as 94 copies to as few as 14 copies.

  • SOS1 Babe Ruth BOS 14
  • SOS2 Babe Ruth 29.2 IP 29
  • SOS3 Babe Ruth 94 W 94
  • SOS4 Babe Ruth 54 HR 54
  • SOS5 Babe Ruth 59 HR 59
  • SOS6 Babe Ruth 1926 WS 26
  • SOS7 Babe Ruth 1927 60
  • SOS8 Babe Ruth "The Called Shot" 32
  • SOS9 Babe Ruth 1920 20
  • SOS10 Babe Ruth 1921 21
  • SOS11 Babe Ruth "Christens Yankee Stadium" 23
  • SOS12 Babe Ruth 1924 24
  • SOS13 Babe Ruth 1926 26
  • SOS14 Babe Ruth 1927 27
  • SOS15 Babe Ruth 1928 28
  • SOS16 Babe Ruth 1929 29
  • SOS17 Babe Ruth 1930 30
  • SOS18 Babe Ruth 1931 31
  • SOS19 Babe Ruth "First All-Star Game" 33
  • SOS20 Babe Ruth HOF 36
  • SOS21 Babe Ruth Funeral 48

Signature Cuts

There are three Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia Signature Cuts and each is hand-numbered to three copies. All three cards are, essentially, the same card (e.g. same design, same photo, etc.). With that said, all three cards are sequentially-numbered as "SOS-1," "SOS-2," and "SOS-3." Card #SOS-1 is hand-numbered "1/3" on the front, with cards SOS-2 and SOS-3 hand-numbered "2/3" and "3/3," respectively.

  • JC1 Babe Ruth
  • JC2 Babe Ruth
  • JC3 Babe Ruth

Stars of Japan

NOTES

  • All Stars of Japan game-used cards are exclusive to the Stars of Japan box-topper pack.
  • The odds of finding a game-used card is 1:12 Stars of Japan packs.
  • The odds of finding a Combo game-used card is 1:576 Stars of Japan packs.
  • Each card is also available in a Gold parallel which is hand-numbered to 25 copies.

Game Jersey

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NOTE: Ichiro's Game Jersey card packed out as a redemption which expired August 30th, 2004. After the expiration date, Upper Deck announced that only 260 Ichiro's were produced, although the cards were not numbered. In addition, Ichiro is unavailable in the Gold parallel.

  • J-HN Hideo Nomo
  • J-IS Ichiro Suzuki EXCH 260
  • J-KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • J-MY Masato Yoshii
  • J-SH Shigetoshi Hasegawa
  • J-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo

Game Ball

  • BB-HI Hideki Irabu
  • BB-IS Ichiro Suzuki
  • BB-KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • BB-MY Masato Yoshii
  • BB-SH Shigetoshi Hasegawa 30
  • BB-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo 50

Game Base

NOTE: The production figures listed below were issued by Upper Deck after the product's release. None of the cards are serial-numbered.

  • HI Hideki Irabu 33
  • IS Ichiro Suzuki 23
  • KS Kazuhiro Sasaki 33
  • MS Mac Suzuki 23
  • MY Masato Yoshii 33
  • SH Shigetoshi Hasegawa 33
  • TO Tomo Ohka 33
  • TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo 33

Game Bat

  • B-HN Hideo Nomo 30
  • B-MY Masato Yoshii
  • B-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo 30

Game Bat-Jersey Combos

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  • BB-HS Shigetoshi Hasegawa / Tsuyoshi Shinjo
  • JB-NN Hideo Nomo
  • JB-SN Kazuhiro Sasaki / Hideo Nomo
  • JJ-SH Kazuhiro Sasaki / Shigetoshi Hasegawa

Game Ball-Base Combos

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  • HI-KS Hideki Irabu / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
  • HN-KS Hideo Nomo / Kazuhiro Sasaki 50
  • HN-SH Hideo Nomo / Shigetoshi Hasegawa
  • IS-KS Ichiro Suzuki / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
  • IS-MY Ichiro Suzuki / Masato Yoshii
  • IS-SH Ichiro Suzuki / Shigetoshi Hasegawa 72
  • IS-TS Ichiro Suzuki / Tsuyoshi Shinjo 40
  • MS-KS Mac Suzuki / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
  • MY-KS Masato Yoshii / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
  • SH-KS Shigetoshi Hasegawa / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
  • TO-KS Tomo Ohka / Kazuhiro Sasaki
  • TS-HI Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Hideki Irabu 30
  • TS-KS Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
  • TS-SH Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Shigetoshi Hasegawa 30

Game Ball-Base Trio

The Game-Ball-Base Trio card is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 30 copies.

  • RS Kazuhiro Sasaki / Ichiro Suzuki / Hideo Nomo

Chirography

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Signed Chirography inserts were brought back for the fourth straight year within SP Authentic. Over 40 players were featured in the 2001 issue, with announced odds of 1:72 packs. Each card features a horizontal design and a small black and white action photo of the player at the side to allow the maximum amount of room for the featured player's autograph (of which is typically found signed in blue ink).

Shortly after the product was released, Upper Deck publicly announced print runs on a selection of the toughest cards to obtain -- although these cards are NOT serial-numbered. Those quantities have been added to our checklist following the featured player's name.

  • AB Albert Belle
  • AJ Andruw Jones
  • ALP Albert Pujols
  • AR Alex Rodriguez 229
  • BS Ben Sheets
  • CB Carlos Beltran
  • CD Carlos Delgado
  • CF Cliff Floyd
  • CJ Chipper Jones 184
  • CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 109
  • DD Darren Dreifort 206
  • DER Darin Erstad
  • DES David Espinosa
  • DJ Dave Justice
  • DS Dane Sardinha
  • DW David Wells
  • EA Edgardo Alfonzo
  • JC Jose Canseco
  • JD J.D. Drew
  • JE Jim Edmonds
  • JG Jason Giambi
  • KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 126
  • LG Luis Gonzalez 271
  • MB Milton Bradley
  • MK Mark Kotsay 228
  • MS Mike Sweeney
  • MV Mo Vaughn 103
  • MW Matt Williams
  • PB Pat Burrell
  • RF Rafael Furcal 222
  • RH Rick Helling 211
  • RJ Randy Johnson 143
  • RV Robin Ventura 92
  • RW Rondell White
  • SG Shawn Green 82
  • SS Sammy Sosa 76
  • TIH Tim Hudson
  • TL Travis Lee 226
  • TOG Tony Gwynn 76
  • TOH Todd Helton 152
  • TRG Troy Glaus

Gold

In addition, each card (except for Jose Canseco) is available in a Gold parallel. The Gold Chirography's are serial-numbered to the player's uniform number.

  • G-AB Albert Belle 88
  • G-AJ Andruw Jones 25
  • G-ALP Albert Pujols 5
  • G-AR Alex Rodriguez 3
  • G-BS Ben Sheets 15
  • G-CB Carlos Beltran 15
  • G-CD Carlos Delgado 25
  • G-CF Cliff Floyd 30
  • G-CJ Chipper Jones 10
  • G-CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 8
  • G-DD Darren Dreifort 37
  • G-DER Darin Erstad 17
  • G-DES David Espinosa 79
  • G-DJ Dave Justice 28
  • G-DS Dane Sardinha 50
  • G-DW David Wells 33
  • G-EA Edgardo Alfonzo 13
  • G-JD J.D. Drew 7
  • G-JE Jim Edmonds 15
  • G-JG Jason Giambi 16
  • G-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 30
  • G-LG Luis Gonzalez 20
  • G-MB Milton Bradley 24
  • G-MK Mark Kotsay 14
  • G-MS Mike Sweeney 29
  • G-MV Mo Vaughn 42
  • G-MW Matt Williams 9
  • G-PB Pat Burrell 5
  • G-RF Rafael Furcal 1
  • G-RH Rick Helling 32
  • G-RJ Randy Johnson 51
  • G-RV Robin Ventura 4
  • G-RW Rondell White 22
  • G-SG Shawn Green 15
  • G-SS Sammy Sosa 21
  • G-TIH Tim Hudson 15
  • G-TL Travis Lee 16
  • G-TOG Tony Gwynn 21
  • G-TOH Todd Helton 17
  • G-TRG Troy Glaus 25

Buyback Autographs

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For the third time in the history of the brand (including 1997 and 2000), Upper Deck incorporated Buyback cards into SP Authentic packs. Representatives from UD purchased varying quantities of actual previously released SP/SP Authentic cards ranging from 1993 to 2000. The cards were then signed by the featured ballplayer, hand-numbered in blue ink on front and affixed with a serial-numbered hologram sticker on back (note: it's believed all 2001 hologram sticker numbers begin with the letters "AAA"). In addition to the actual signed card, each Buyback was distributed with a 2 1/2" by 3 1/2" Authenticity Guarantee card. Each of these cards featured a hologram with a matching serial-number and a note of congratulations from Upper Deck's CEO Richard McWilliam. Our listings for these cards feature the year of the card followed by the quantity produced. Thus, "Edgardo Alfonzo 1995 77" indicates a 1995 SP Authentic Edgardo Alfonzo card of which 77 copies were made.

The following players were seeded into packs as exchange cards: Roger Clemens, Cal Ripken and Frank Thomas. Collectors did not know which card of these players they would receive until it was mailed to them. Exchange deadline was 8/30/04.

  • Edgardo Alfonzo 1995 77
  • Edgardo Alfonzo 1998 15
  • Edgardo Alfonzo 2000 280
  • Barry Bonds 1993 75
  • Barry Bonds 1994 103
  • Barry Bonds 1995 31
  • Barry Bonds 1995 Superbafoil 2
  • Barry Bonds 1996 49
  • Barry Bonds 1997 15
  • Barry Bonds 1998 15
  • Barry Bonds 2000 146
  • Roger Clemens 1999 EXCH 150
  • Roger Clemens 2000 EXCH 145
  • Carlos Delgado 1993 24
  • Carlos Delgado 1994 272
  • Carlos Delgado 1996 81
  • Carlos Delgado 1997 8
  • Carlos Delgado 1998 29
  • Carlos Delgado 2000 169
  • Jim Edmonds 1996 72
  • Jim Edmonds 1997 38
  • Jim Edmonds 1998 23
  • Jason Giambi 1997 14
  • Jason Giambi 1998 6
  • Jason Giambi 2000 290
  • Troy Glaus 2000 340
  • Shawn Green 2000 340
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. 1993 34
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. 1994 182
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. 1995 116
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. 1995 Superbafoil 2
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. 1996 53
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. 1997 7
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. 1998 8
  • Ken Griffey, Jr. 2000 333
  • Tony Gwynn 1993 101
  • Tony Gwynn 1994 88
  • Tony Gwynn 1995 179
  • Tony Gwynn 1996 92
  • Tony Gwynn 1997 9
  • Tony Gwynn 1998 16
  • Tony Gwynn 2000 95
  • Todd Helton 2000 194
  • Tim Hudson 2000 291
  • Randy Johnson 1993 97
  • Randy Johnson 1994 146
  • Randy Johnson 1995 121
  • Randy Johnson 1995 Superbafoil 6
  • Randy Johnson 1996 78
  • Randy Johnson 1997 8
  • Randy Johnson 1998 12
  • Randy Johnson 2000 213
  • Andruw Jones 1997 20
  • Andruw Jones 1998 12
  • Andruw Jones 2000 336
  • Chipper Jones 1993 13
  • Chipper Jones 1995 118
  • Chipper Jones 1996 72
  • Chipper Jones 1997 15
  • Chipper Jones 1998 11
  • Chipper Jones 2000 303
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. 1993 EXCH 22
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. 1994 EXCH 99
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. 1995 EXCH 37
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. 1996 EXCH 16
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. 1996 CL EXCH 10
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. 1997 EXCH 23
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. 1998 EXCH 11
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. 2000 EXCH 266
  • Alex Rodriguez 1995 117
  • Alex Rodriguez 1995 Superbafoil 2
  • Alex Rodriguez 1996 72
  • Alex Rodriguez 1997 14
  • Alex Rodriguez 1998 11
  • Alex Rodriguez 2000 332
  • Ivan Rodriguez 1993 89
  • Ivan Rodriguez 1995 16
  • Ivan Rodriguez 1995 Superbafoil 2
  • Ivan Rodriguez 1996 64
  • Ivan Rodriguez 1997 8
  • Ivan Rodriguez 1998 13
  • Ivan Rodriguez 2000 163
  • Gary Sheffield 1993 82
  • Gary Sheffield 1994 3
  • Gary Sheffield 1995 70
  • Gary Sheffield 1996 67
  • Gary Sheffield 1997 43
  • Gary Sheffield 1998 27
  • Gary Sheffield 2000 146
  • Sammy Sosa 1993 73
  • Sammy Sosa 1994 19
  • Sammy Sosa 1995 30
  • Sammy Sosa 1996 9
  • Sammy Sosa 1997 14
  • Fernando Tatis 2000 267
  • Frank Thomas 1993 EXCH 79
  • Frank Thomas 1994 EXCH 165
  • Frank Thomas 1995 EXCH 3
  • Frank Thomas 1997 EXCH 34
  • Frank Thomas 1998 EXCH 10
  • Frank Thomas 2000 EXCH 302
  • Mo Vaughn 1993 94
  • Mo Vaughn 1994 102
  • Mo Vaughn 1995 129
  • Mo Vaughn 1995 SUperbafoil 3
  • Mo Vaughn 1996 81
  • Mo Vaughn 1997 36
  • Mo Vaughn 1998 23
  • Mo Vaughn 2000 309
  • Robin Ventura 2000 340
  • Matt Williams 2000 340

Chirography Update

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These cards were randomly inserted into 2001 Upper Deck Rookie Update packs. Each card is serial-numbered to 250 copies with a Silver parallel numbered to 100 and a Gold parallel numbered to 25.

  • SP-CJ Chipper Jones
  • SP-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • SP-DM Doug Mientkiewicz
  • SP-FT Frank Thomas
  • SP-GM Greg Maddux
  • SP-IS Ichiro Suzuki
  • SP-JP Jorge Posada
  • SP-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • SP-LB Lance Berkman
  • SP-MS Mike Sweeney
  • SP-TG Tony Gwynn

Update Series Ichiro Rookie Autographed Buyback

Upper Deck bought-back sixteen copies of Ichiro's SP Authentic rookie card (#91), had Ichiro autographed them, and randomly inserted them into packs of Rookie Update. Each is hand-numbered to 50 copies -- for the aggregate number of Ichiro cards UD bought back for this promotion -- and features a UD Authentic hologram.

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