2005 Upper Deck ESPN

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.

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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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