2001 Topps Stars

Description

2001 Topps Stars is a 200-card set released exclusively to Topps' Home Team Advantage dealer network in June, 2001. The base set consists of 200 cards with no short prints or variations. The set primarily focuses on veterans with a small subset of Hall of Fame players and 22 rookie cards including Jose Reyes, Jake Peavy and Albert Pujols -- but not Ichiro Suzuki as he was not under contract to Topps at the time.

This would be the final Topps Stars product after a five year run.

Distribution

24 packs per box, six cards per pack. HTA Hobby stores only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	200	-	?
Gold	200	499	1:9
Onyx	200	99	1:48
Elimination	134	100	1:72
Progression	9	-	1:8
Player's Choice Awards	10	-	1:12
Player's Choice Awards Relics	10	-	1:530
Game-Gear Jerseys	15	-	1:61
Game-Gear Bats	21	-	1:187
Autographs	13	-	1:353
Game-Gear Autographed Jerseys	2	25	1:19,288
Game-Gear Autographed Bats	3	25	1:12,240

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Darin Erstad
• 2 Luis Gonzalez
• 3 Rafael Furcal
• 4 Dante Bichette
• 5 Sammy Sosa
• 6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 7 Jim Thome
• 8 Bob Higginson
• 9 Cliff Floyd
• 10 Lance Berkman
• 11 Eric Karros
• 12 Jeromy Burnitz
• 13 Jose Vidro
• 14 Benny Agbayani
• 15 Jorge Posada
• 16 Ramon Hernandez
• 17 Jason Kendall
• 18 Jeff Kent
• 19 John Olerud
• 20 Al Martin
• 21 Gerald Williams
• 22 Gabe Kapler
• 23 Carlos Delgado
• 24 Mariano Rivera
• 25 Javy Lopez
• 26 Paul Konerko
• 27 Daryle Ward
• 28 Mike Lieberthal
• 29 Tom Goodwin
• 30 Garret Anderson
• 31 Steve Finley
• 32 Brian Jordan
• 33 Nomar Garciaparra
• 34 Ray Durham
• 35 Sean Casey
• 36 Kenny Lofton
• 37 Dean Palmer
• 38 Jeff Bagwell
• 39 Mike Sweeney
• 40 Adrian Beltre
• 41 Richie Sexson
• 42 Vladimir Guerrero
• 43 Derek Jeter
• 44 Miguel Tejada
• 45 Doug Glanville
• 46 Brian Giles
• 47 Marvin Benard
• 48 Edgar Martinez
• 49 Edgar Renteria
• 50 Fred McGriff
• 51 Ivan Rodriguez
• 52 Brad Fullmer
• 53 Antonio Alfonseca
• 54 Tom Glavine
• 55 Warren Morris
• 56 Johnny Damon
• 57 Dmitri Young
• 58 Mo Vaughn
• 59 Randy Johnson
• 60 Greg Maddux
• 61 Carl Everett
• 62 Magglio Ordonez
• 63 Pokey Reese
• 64 Todd Helton
• 65 Preston Wilson
• 66 Richard Hidalgo
• 67 Jermaine Dye
• 68 Gary Sheffield
• 69 Geoff Jenkins
• 70 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 71 Paul O'Neill
• 72 Terrence Long
• 73 Bob Abreu
• 74 Kevin Young
• 75 J.T. Snow
• 76 Alex Rodriguez
• 77 Jim Edmonds
• 78 Mark McGwire
• 79 Tony Batista
• 80 Darrin Fletcher
• 81 Robb Nen
• 82 Jose Offerman
• 83 Travis Fryman
• 84 Joe Randa
• 85 Omar Vizquel
• 86 Tim Salmon
• 87 Andruw Jones
• 88 Albert Belle
• 89 Manny Ramirez
• 90 Frank Thomas
• 91 Barry Larkin
• 92 Neifi Perez
• 93 Luis Castillo
• 94 Moises Alou
• 95 Mark Quinn
• 96 Kevin Brown
• 97 Cristian Guzman
• 98 Mike Piazza
• 99 Bernie Williams
• 100 Jason Giambi
• 101 Scott Rolen
• 102 Phil Nevin
• 103 Rich Aurilia
• 104 Mike Cameron
• 105 Fernando Vina
• 106 Greg Vaughn
• 107 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 108 Raul Mondesi
• 109 Ben Molina
• 110 Pedro Martinez
• 111 Todd Hollandsworth
• 112 Jacque Jones
• 113 Rickey Henderson
• 114 Troy Glaus
• 115 Chipper Jones
• 116 Delino DeShields
• 117 Eric Young
• 118 Jose Valentin
• 119 Roberto Alomar
• 120 Jeff Cirillo
• 121 Mike Lowell
• 122 Julio Lugo
• 123 Shawn Green
• 124 Marquis Grissom
• 125 Matt Lawton
• 126 Jay Payton
• 127 Dave Justice
• 128 Eric Chavez
• 129 Pat Burrell
• 130 Ryan Klesko
• 131 Barry Bonds
• 132 Jay Buhner
• 133 J.D. Drew
• 134 Rafael Palmeiro
• 135 Shannon Stewart
• 136 Juan Gonzalez
• 137 Tony Womack
• 138 Carlos Lee
• 139 Derrek Lee
• 140 Ben Grieve
• 141 Ron Belliard
• 142 Stan Musial
• 143 Ernie Banks
• 144 Jim Palmer
• 145 Tony Perez
• 146 Duke Snider
• 147 Rod Carew
• 148 Warren Spahn
• 149 Yogi Berra
• 150 Juan Marichal
• 151 Eric Munson
• 152 Carlos Pena
• 153 Joe Crede
• 154 Ryan Anderson
• 155 Milton Bradley
• 156 Sean Burroughs
• 157 Corey Patterson
• 158 C.C. Sabathia
• 159 Ben Petrick
• 160 Aubrey Huff
• 161 Gookie Dawkins
• 162 Ben Sheets
• 163 Pablo Ozuna
• 164 Eric Valent
• 165 Rod Barajas
• 166 Chin-Feng Chen
• 167 Josh Hamilton
• 168 Keith Ginter
• 169 Vernon Wells
• 170 Dernell Stenson
• 171 Alfonso Soriano
• 172 Jason Marquis
• 173 Nick Johnson
• 174 Adam Everett
• 175 Jimmy Rollins
• 176 Ben Diggins
• 177 John Lackey
• 178 Scott Heard
• 179 Brian Hitchcox RC*
• 180 Odannis Ayala RC*
• 181 Scott Pratt RC*
• 182 Greg Runser RC*
• 183 Chris Russ RC*
• 184 Derek Thompson
• 185 Jason Jones RC
• 186 Dominic Rich RC*
• 187 Chad Petty RC*
• 188 Steve Smyth RC
• 189 Bryan Hebson RC
• 190 Danny Borrell RC*
• 191 Bob Keppel RC
• 192 Justin Wayne RC
• 193 Reggie Abercrombie RC
• 194 Travis Baptist RC
• 195 Shawn Fagan RC*
• 196 Jose Reyes RC
• 197 Chris Bass RC*
• 198 Albert Pujols RC
• 199 Luis Cotto RC*
• 200 Jake Peavy RC

Parallels

All 200 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Gold (serial-numbered to 499 copies)
• Onyx (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

Elimination

This 134-card partial-parallel was randomly inserted into packs as part of a game where winning cards could be redeemed for a chance to win an all-expense paid trip to the 2002 All-Star Game or a 2001 Topps factory set. Winning cards had to be exchanged by October 19, 2001.

Each card was limited, but not serial-numbered, to 100 copies.

• 1 Darin Erstad
• 2 Luis Gonzalez
• 3 Rafael Furcal
• 4 Dante Bichette
• 5 Sammy Sosa
• 6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 7 Jim Thome
• 8 Bob Higginson
• 9 Cliff Floyd
• 10 Lance Berkman
• 11 Eric Karros
• 12 Jeromy Burnitz
• 13 Jose Vidro
• 14 Benny Agbayani
• 15 Jorge Posada
• 16 Ramon Hernandez
• 17 Jason Kendall
• 18 Jeff Kent
• 19 John Olerud
• 20 Al Martin
• 21 Gerald Williams
• 22 Gabe Kapler
• 23 Carlos Delgado
• 25 Javy Lopez
• 26 Paul Konerko
• 27 Daryle Ward
• 28 Mike Lieberthal
• 29 Tom Goodwin
• 30 Garret Anderson
• 31 Steve Finley
• 32 Brian Jordan
• 33 Nomar Garciaparra
• 34 Ray Durham
• 35 Sean Casey
• 36 Kenny Lofton
• 37 Dean Palmer
• 38 Jeff Bagwell
• 39 Mike Sweeney
• 40 Adrian Beltre
• 41 Richie Sexson
• 42 Vladimir Guerrero
• 43 Derek Jeter
• 44 Miguel Tejada
• 45 Doug Glanville
• 46 Brian Giles
• 47 Marvin Benard
• 48 Edgar Martinez
• 49 Edgar Renteria
• 50 Fred McGriff
• 51 Ivan Rodriguez
• 52 Brad Fullmer
• 55 Warren Morris
• 56 Johnny Damon
• 57 Dmitri Young
• 58 Mo Vaughn
• 61 Carl Everett
• 62 Magglio Ordonez
• 63 Pokey Reese
• 64 Todd Helton
• 65 Preston Wilson
• 66 Richard Hidalgo
• 67 Jermaine Dye
• 68 Gary Sheffield
• 69 Geoff Jenkins
• 70 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 71 Paul O'Neill
• 72 Terrence Long
• 73 Bob Abreu
• 74 Kevin Young
• 75 J.T. Snow
• 76 Alex Rodriguez
• 77 Jim Edmonds
• 78 Mark McGwire
• 79 Tony Batista
• 80 Darrin Fletcher
• 82 Jose Offerman
• 83 Travis Fryman
• 84 Joe Randa
• 85 Omar Vizquel
• 86 Tim Salmon
• 87 Andruw Jones
• 88 Albert Belle
• 89 Manny Ramirez
• 90 Frank Thomas
• 91 Barry Larkin
• 92 Neifi Perez
• 93 Luis Castillo
• 94 Moises Alou
• 95 Mark Quinn
• 97 Cristian Guzman
• 98 Mike Piazza
• 99 Bernie Williams
• 100 Jason Giambi
• 101 Scott Rolen
• 102 Phil Nevin
• 103 Rich Aurilia
• 104 Mike Cameron
• 105 Fernando Vina
• 106 Greg Vaughn
• 107 Jose Cruz
• 108 Raul Mondesi
• 109 Ben Molina
• 111 Todd Hollandsworth
• 112 Jacque Jones
• 113 Rickey Henderson
• 114 Troy Glaus
• 115 Chipper Jones
• 116 Delino DeShields
• 117 Eric Young
• 118 Jose Valentin
• 119 Roberto Alomar
• 120 Jeff Cirillo
• 121 Mike Lowell
• 122 Julio Lugo
• 123 Shawn Green
• 124 Marquis Grissom
• 125 Matt Lawton
• 126 Jay Payton
• 127 Dave Justice
• 128 Eric Chavez
• 129 Pat Burrell
• 130 Ryan Klesko
• 131 Barry Bonds
• 132 Jay Buhner
• 133 J.D. Drew
• 134 Rafael Palmeiro
• 135 Shannon Stewart
• 136 Juan Gonzalez
• 137 Tony Womack
• 138 Carlos Lee
• 139 Derrek Lee
• 140 Ben Grieve
• 141 Ron Belliard
• 198 Albert Pujols

Inserts

Player's Choice Awards

This 10-card set features players nominated for various Player's Choice Awards for the 2000 baseball season. Each card has three players and the cards were inserted 1:12 packs.

• PCA1 Barry Bonds / Todd Helton / Carlos Delgado
• PCA2 Eric Davis / Gary Sheffield / Turk Wendell
• PCA3 Carlos Delgado / Alex Rodriguez / Frank Thomas
• PCA4 Pedro Martinez / David Wells / Andy Pettitte
• PCA5 Kazuhiro Sasaki / Mark Quinn / Terrence Long
• PCA6 Frank Thomas / Jay Buhner / Bob Higginson
• PCA7 Todd Helton / Barry Bonds / Jeff Kent
• PCA8 Randy Johnson / Tom Glavine / Greg Maddux
• PCA9 Rafael Furcal / Rick Ankiel / Jay Payton
• PCA10 Andres Galarraga / Moises Alou / Jeff D'Amico

Progression

The 9-card set features three players per card (one active, one retired, and one rookie/prospect) that all play the same position. The cards were inserted 1:8 packs

• P1 Ernie Banks / Alex Rodriguez / Felipe Lopez
• P2 Yogi Berra / Ivan Rodriguez / Ramon Hernandez
• P3 Tony Perez / Carlos Delgado / Eric Munson
• P4 Rod Carew / Roberto Alomar / Jose Ortiz
• P5 Stan Musial / Darin Erstad / Alex Escobar
• P6 Jim Palmer / Kevin Brown / Kurt Ainsworth
• P7 Duke Snider / Jim Edmonds / Vernon Wells
• P8 Warren Spahn / Randy Johnson / Rich Anderson
• P9 Juan Marichal / Bartolo Colon / Bobby Bradley

Autographs & Game-Used

Game Gear

Bats

This 21-card card set features game used bat chips from many of baseball’s rising stars. The cards were inserted in two differnt groups with Group A inserted at 1:216 packs and Group B at a rate of 1:1368 packs. The overall insert rate was 1:187 packs.

Most of the players featured in this set went on to have very good major league careers but by far the biggest prospects in this group at the time failed to have an impact at the major league level. Scott Rolen and Lance Berkman are by far the biggest names in this set.

• TSR-AB Adrian Beltre A
• TSR-AK Adam Kennedy A
• TSR-AP Adam Piatt A
• TSR-BD Ben Davis A
• TSR-CP Corey Patterson B
• TSR-ED Erubiel Durazo A
• TSR-EM Eric Munson A
• TSR-FL Felipe Lopez A
• TSR-FS Fernando Seguignol A
• TSR-GL George Lombard A
• TSR-GM Gary Matthews, Jr. A
• TSR-JE Juan Encarnacion A
• TSR-JDD J.D. Drew A
• TSR-LB Lance Berkman A
• TSR-MC Michael Cuddyer A
• TSR-NP Neifi Perez A
• TSR-RF Rafael Furcal B
• TSR-RS Richie Sexson A
• TSR-SB Sean Burroughs A
• TSR-SR Scott Rolen A
• TSR-TL Terrence Long B

Jerseys

The specific odds of finding a Game Gear Jersey are as follows.

Group A: 1:71/packs
Group B: 1:472/packs

• TSR-AJ Andruw Jones A
• TSR-BB Barry Bonds B
• TSR-CJ Chipper Jones A
• TSR-EA Edgardo Alfonzo A
• TSR-EM Edgar Martinez A
• TSR-FT Frank Thomas A
• TSR-JV Jose Vidro A
• TSR-LC Luis Castillo A
• TSR-MO Magglio Ordonez A
• TSR-MP Mike Piazza A
• TSR-RA Roberto Alomar A
• TSR-SS Sammy Sosa A
• TSR-TG Tony Gwynn A
• TSR-TH Todd Helton B
• TSR-SHS Shannon Stewart A

Autographs

Each Game Gear Autograph is a signed Relic card and serial-numbered to 25 copies. The specific odds of finding a Game Gear Autograph are as follows.

JSY: 1:19,288/packs BAT: 1:12,240/packs

• TSRA-BB Barry Bonds JSY
• TSRA-CP Corey Patterson BAT
• TSRA-RF Rafael Furcal BAT
• TSRA-TH Todd Helton JSY
• TSRA-TL Terrence Long BAT

Player's Choice Awards Relics

These "Relics" feature a ticket stub from the 2000 Player's Choice Awards.

• PCAR1 Carlos Delgado
• PCAR2 Eric Davis
• PCAR3 Carlos Delgado
• PCAR4 Pedro Martinez
• PCAR5 Terrence Long
• PCAR6 Frank Thomas
• PCAR7 Todd Helton
• PCAR8 Randy Johnson
• PCAR9 Rafael Furcal
• PCAR10 Andres Galarraga

Autographs

The 13-card set feature on-card autographs of some of baseball's great players. The cards were inserted in all packs at a rate of 1:353 packs. More than half the players had not returned their cards in time for packout and thus were inserted as exchange cards. The redemption cards expired on April 30, 2003. Eric Munson seems very misplaced to be in this set.

• TSA-CD Carlos Delgado
• TSA-DS Duke Snider EXCH
• TSA-EB Ernie Banks EXCH
• TSA-EM Eric Munson
• TSA-IR Ivan Rodriguez
• TSA-JM Juan Marichal EXCH
• TSA-JP Jim Palmer
• TSA-RC Rod Carew EXCH
• TSA-SM Stan Musial
• TSA-TH Todd Helton EXCH
• TSA-TP Tony Perez EXCH
• TSA-WS Warren Spahn
• TSA-YB Yogi Berra EXCH

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