1992 Upper Deck

Description

1992 Upper Deck is an 800-card set released in two series of 700 and 100 cards. This would be the final year of Upper Deck's "Lo/Hi" set scheme.

Distribution

Wax: 36 packs per box, 15 cards per pack (MSRP: $1). 20 boxes per case.

Jumbo: 20 packs per box, 27 cards per pack (MSRP: $2.19).

Factory Sets.

Insertion Ratios

Lo Series

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Wax Odds	Jumbo Odds
Base	700	-	15:1	27:1
SPs	1	-	?	?
Ted Williams Baseball Heroes	10	-	?	?
Ted Williams Hologram	1	-	?	?
Home Run Heroes	26	-	N/A	one-per-pack
Heroes of Baseball	4	-	HERO
Ted Williams Autograph	1	2500	?	?
Heroes of Baseball Autographs	3	3000	HERO	?

HERO: Exclusive to Heroes of Baseball packs.

Hi Series

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Wax Odds	Jumbo Odds
Lo Series Base	700	-	13:1	23:1
Hi Series Base	100	-	2:1	4:1
SPs	1	-	?	?
Johnny Bench / Joe Morgan Baseball Heroes	10	-	?	?
Ted Williams' Best	20	-	?	N/A
Scouting Report	25	-	N/A	one-per-pack
College Players of the Year Hologram	3	-	?	?
Heroes Highlights	10	-	HERO	N/A
Bench/Morgan Autographs	1	2500	?	?

HERO: Exclusive to Heroes Highlights packs.

Checklist

Base Set

Low Series

Star Rookies

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National League Team Checklists

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Top Prospects

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Bloodlines

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American League Team Checklists

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American League Diamond Skills

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Hi Series

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National League Diamond Skills

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Diamond Debuts

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Parallels

Gold Hologram

All cards issued in factory sets were stamped with a Gold hologram (as opposed to the silver hologram in the pack-inserted cards).

Inserts

SP

As they did last year, Upper Deck included an "SP" card in each series at the rate of one in every three or four boxes. Card #SP3 was inserted into Lo-Series packs, while #SP4 was in Hi-Series. #SP4 was a promotional vehicle for the 1992 movie Mr. Baseball staring Tom Selleck and (in a cameo as a New York Yankee) Frank Thomas.

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Ted Williams Baseball Heroes

This set is exclusive to Lo-Series Packs.

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Box Bottoms

On the bottom of each Lo-Series wax box was an oversized (5 1/4" X 7 1/4") rendition of a Ted Williams Baseball Heroes card. The entire set is represented except the checklist and header cards.

Ted Williams Hologram

This hologram -- which is a rendition of the Ted Williams Baseball Heroes checklist card -- was inserted into Lo-Series packs.

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Home Run Heroes

This set features each team's leader in homers for the 1991 season, with one card inserted into each Lo-Series Jumbo pack. The design is similar to the previous year's Silver Sluggers insert.

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Heroes of Baseball

For the second straight year, Upper Deck organized a series of "Old-Timers Game" events at MLB ballparks. In conjunction with these games, Upper Deck also organized a cardshow. Dealers who setup at Heroes of Baseball card shows were entitled to purchase a special run of 1992 Upper Deck Lo-Series boxes that contained an exclusive Heroes of Baseball insert set. The set features three of the participants plus a a fourth card of all three players painted by Vernon Wells, Jr. Autographs of all three players were randomly inserted (see below).

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Johnny Bench / Joe Morgan Baseball Heroes

This set was inserted into Hi-Series packs.

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Box Bottoms

On the bottom of each Hi-Series wax box was an oversized (5 1/4" X 7 1/4") rendition of a Bench/Morgan Baseball Heroes card. The entire set is represented except the checklist and header cards.

Ted Williams' Best

This set featured Ted Williams' personal selections for the best hitters in baseball and was exclusive to Hi-Series wax packs.

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Scouting Report

One card from this set was inserted into each Hi-Series Jumbo pack.

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College Players of the Year Hologram

These three holograms feature the 1989, 91, and 92 winners of the Golden Spikes Award -- the "Heisman Trophy" of college baseball. The holograms were inserted in Hi-Series packs.

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Heroes Highlights

Just like the Heroes of Baseball cards (see above), dealers who setup at Upper Deck-promoted Heroes of Baseball card shows were entitled to purchase a special run of 1992 Upper Deck Hi-Series boxes that contained an exclusive Heroes Highlights insert set -- although dealers who appeared at the first event in Anaheim, California could purchase Lo-Series boxes that had these cards.

Compared to the Heroes of Baseball inserts, there were noticeably fewer Heroes Highlights packs produced, making it one of the tougher inserts of the "Junk Wax" era. A promotional sheet handed out by Upper Deck has the set production number at 76,400 copies -- although it's probably lower.

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Heroes of Baseball Holographic Team Logo Stickers

Randomly inserted into 1992 Upper Deck Baseball Low-Series packs were Heroes of Baseball Holographic Team Logo Stickers. In 1992, MLB Properties decreed that packs of non-Topps baseball cards no longer had to be issued with an additional product (e.g. a sticker or a puzzle piece). However, since they were the last of the licensees to issue their annual flagship card set, Upper Deck had already begun printing the 1992 edition of their Holographic Team Logo Stickers. Rather than let the stickers go to waste, they were inserted into Low Series packs at the rate of around five or six in a box.

Each sticker measures 3 1/2" X 2 1/2" and has rounded corners. All 26 teams plus the two 1993 expansion teams (Florida and Colorado) are represented. In addition, each sticker is marked with the date Upper Deck's Heroes of Baseball promotion would appear in that city.

Autographs & Game-Used

Williams & Bench/Morgan Heroes Autographs

Each card is hand-numbered to 2500 copies. Both Johnny Bench AND Joe Morgan signed all 2500 cards.

NOTE: Each pack-inserted autograph has a diamond shaped hologram on the back, as opposed to the fan-shaped hologram on the unautographed version.

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Heroes of Baseball Autographs

These three cards were exclusive to the special Heroes of Baseball packs and are hand-numbered to 3000 copies.

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Upper Deck (flagship)
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Upper Deck (flagship) Update Sets: 1991 Upper Deck Final Edition - 2009 Upper Deck Update
Upper Deck (flagship) Parallel Brands: 1999 Upper Deck Encore - First Edition: 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - First Pitch: 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - Special F/X: 1998 - 2006
Upper Deck Prospect Premieres: 2001 - 2002 - 2003
Upper Deck Japan: 2001