1996 Collector's Choice

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1996 UD Collector's Choice Series 2 box

Description

1996 Collector's Choice is a 790-card, two series, set. The first 365 cards were released in November, 1995. Randomly inserted into all Series One packs were three different "Post-Season Highlights" exchange cards. Each card could then be sent to Upper Deck, and the collector would then receive one of three, ten-card, Post-Season Highlight subsets (cards 366-395). Series Two was released in June, 1996 and contained another 365 cards (396-760). The final 30-cards (#761-790) make up an Update subset and were available via a wrapper redemption offer. All 790 cards were available in the Collector's Choice Factory set.

Distribution

Series One Wax: 36 packs per box, 12 cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99)

Series Two Wax: 40 packs per box, 14 cards per pack (MESP: $1.29)

Wal-Mart Exclusive "A Cut Above" packs: five cards plus one Ken Griffey, Jr. "A Cut Above" insert per pack (MSRP: $0.97)

Factory Sets

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	790	-	?
Silver Signature	730	-	1:1
Gold Signature	730	-	1:36
Nomo Scrapbook (S2)	5	-	1:12
You Make the Play (S1)	90	-	1:1
You Make the Play Gold Signature (S1)	90	-	1:36
Griffey A Cut Above	10	-	1:1
You Crash the Game Silver (S2)	90	-	1:5
You Crash the Game Gold (S2)	90	-	1:50

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

Post-Season Highlights

Randomly inserted into Series One packs at the rate of 1:11 were three different Post-Season Highlights exchange cards. Collector who found one of the exchange cards could then mail it back to Upper Deck and receive a pack of 10 Post-Season Highlight cards. All 30 Post-Season Highlight cards are sequentially-numbered as an extension of the Series One base set, but with a "T" suffix.

All 30 cards were included in the 1996 Collector's Choice factory set.

• 366T Tony Pena DS
• 367T Jim Thome DS
• 368T Don Mattingly DS
• 369T Jim Leyritz DS
• 370T Ken Griffey, Jr. DS
• 371T Edgar Martinez DS
• 372T Pete Schourek DS
• 373T Mark Lewis DS
• 374T Chipper Jones DS
• 375T Fred McGriff DS
• 376T Javy Lopez LCS
• 377T Fred McGriff LCS
• 378T Charlie O'Brien LCS
• 379T Mike Devereaux LCS
• 380T Mark Wohlers LCS
• 381T Bob Wolcott LCS
• 382T Manny Ramirez LCS
• 383T Jay Buhner LCS
• 384T Orel Hershiser LCS
• 385T Kenny Lofton LCS
• 386T Greg Maddux WS
• 387T Javy Lopez WS
• 388T Kenny Lofton WS
• 389T Eddie Murray WS
• 390T Luis Polonia WS
• 391T Pedro Borbon WS
• 392T Jim Thome WS
• 393T Orel Hershiser WS
• 394T David Justice WS
• 395T Tom Glavine WS

Series Two

• 448 Jay Canizaro
• 449 Enrique Wilson
• 450 Bob Abreu
• 451 Dwight Smith
• 452 Jeff Blauser
• 453 Steve Avery
• 454 Brad Clontz
• 455 Tom Glavine
• 456 Mike Mordecai
• 457 Rafael Belliard
• 458 Greg McMichael
• 459 Pedro Borbon
• 460 Ryan Klesko
• 461 Terrell Wade
• 462 Brady Anderson
• 463 Roberto Alomar
• 464 Bobby Bonilla
• 465 Mike Mussina
• 466 Cesar Devarez
• 467 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 468 Mike Devereaux
• 469 B.J. Surhoff
• 470 Rafael Palmeiro
• 471 John Valentin
• 472 Mike Greenwell
• 473 Dwayne Hosey
• 474 Tim Wakefield
• 475 Jose Canseco
• 476 Aaron Sele
• 477 Stan Belinda
• 478 Mike Stanley
• 479 Jamie Moyer
• 480 Mo Vaughn
• 481 Randy Velarde
• 482 Gary DiSarcina
• 483 Jorge Fabregas
• 484 Rex Hudler
• 485 Chuck Finley
• 486 Tim Wallach
• 487 Eduardo Perez
• 488 Scott Sanderson
• 489 J.T. Snow
• 490 Sammy Sosa
• 491 Terry Adams
• 492 Matt Franco
• 493 Scott Servais
• 494 Frank Castillo
• 495 Ryne Sandberg
• 496 Rey Sanchez
• 497 Steve Trachsel
• 498 Jose Hernandez
• 499 Dave Martinez
• 500 Babe Ruth FC
• 501 Ty Cobb FC
• 502 Walter Johnson FC
• 503 Christy Mathewson FC
• 504 Honus Wagner FC
• 505 Robin Ventura
• 506 Jason Bere
• 507 Mike Cameron RC
• 508 Ron Karkovice
• 509 Matt Karchner
• 510 Harold Baines
• 511 Kirk McCaskill
• 512 Larry Thomas
• 513 Danny Tartabull
• 514 Steve Gibralter
• 515 Bret Boone
• 516 Jeff Branson
• 517 Kevin Jarvis
• 518 Xavier Hernandez
• 519 Eric Owens
• 520 Barry Larkin
• 521 Dave Burba
• 522 John Smiley
• 523 Paul Assenmacher
• 524 Chad Ogea
• 525 Orel Hershiser
• 526 Alan Embree
• 527 Tony Pena
• 528 Omar Vizquel
• 529 Mark Clark
• 530 Albert Belle
• 531 Charles Nagy
• 532 Herbert Perry
• 533 Darren Holmes
• 534 Ellis Burks
• 535 Billy Swift
• 536 Armando Reynoso
• 537 Curtis Leskanic
• 538 Quinton McCracken
• 539 Steve Reed
• 540 Larry Walker
• 541 Walt Weiss
• 542 Bryan Rekar
• 543 Tony Clark
• 544 Steve Rodriguez
• 545 C.J. Nitkowski
• 546 Todd Steverson
• 547 Jose Lima
• 548 Phil Nevin
• 549 Chris Gomez
• 550 Travis Fryman
• 551 Mark Lewis
• 552 Alex Arias
• 553 Marc Valdes
• 554 Kevin Brown
• 555 Jeff Conine
• 556 John Burkett
• 557 Devon White
• 558 Pat Rapp
• 559 Jay Powell
• 560 Gary Sheffield
• 561 Jim Dougherty
• 562 Todd Jones
• 563 Tony Eusebio
• 564 Darryl Kile
• 565 Doug Drabek
• 566 Mike Simms
• 567 Derrick May
• 568 Donne Wall RC
• 569 Greg Swindell
• 570 Jim Pittsley
• 571 Bob Hamelin
• 572 Mark Gubicza
• 573 Chris Haney
• 574 Keith Lockhart
• 575 Mike Macfarlane
• 576 Les Norman
• 577 Joe Randa
• 578 Chris Stynes
• 579 Greg Gagne
• 580 Raul Mondesi
• 581 Delino DeShields
• 582 Pedro Astacio
• 583 Antonio Osuna
• 584 Brett Butler
• 585 Todd Worrell
• 586 Mike Blowers
• 587 Felix Rodriguez
• 588 Ismael Valdes
• 589 Ricky Bones
• 590 Greg Vaughn
• 591 Mark Loretta
• 592 Cal Eldred
• 593 Chuck Carr
• 594 Dave Nilsson
• 595 John Jaha
• 596 Scott Karl
• 597 Pat Listach
• 598 Jose Valentin
• 599 Mike Trombley
• 600 Paul Molitor
• 601 Dave Hollins
• 602 Ron Coomer
• 603 Matt Walbeck
• 604 Roberto Kelly
• 605 Rick Aguilera
• 606 Pat Mahomes
• 607 Jeff Reboulet
• 608 Rich Becker
• 609 Tim Scott
• 610 Pedro Martinez
• 611 Kirk Rueter
• 612 Tavo Alvarez
• 613 Yamil Benitez
• 614 Darrin Fletcher
• 615 Mike Lansing
• 616 Henry Rodriguez
• 617 Tony Tarasco
• 618 Alex Ochoa
• 619 Tim Bogar
• 620 Bernard Gilkey
• 621 Dave Mlicki
• 622 Brent Mayne
• 623 Ryan Thompson
• 624 Pete Harnisch
• 625 Lance Johnson
• 626 Jose Vizcaino
• 627 Doug Henry
• 628 Scott Kamieniecki
• 629 Jim Leyritz
• 630 Ruben Sierra
• 631 Pat Kelly
• 632 Joe Girardi
• 633 John Wetteland
• 634 Melido Perez
• 635 Paul O'Neill
• 636 Jorge Posada
• 637 Bernie Williams
• 638 Mark Acre
• 639 Mike Bordick
• 640 Mark McGwire
• 641 Fausto Cruz
• 642 Ernie Young
• 643 Todd Van Poppel
• 644 Craig Paquette
• 645 Brent Gates
• 646 Pedro Munoz
• 647 Andrew Lorraine
• 648 Sid Fernandez
• 649 Jim Eisenreich
• 650 Johnny Damon AFL
• 651 Dustin Hermanson AFL
• 652 Joe Randa AFL
• 653 Michael Tucker AFL
• 654 Alan Benes AFL
• 655 Chad Fonville AFL
• 656 David Bell AFL
• 657 Jon Nunnally AFL
• 658 Chan Ho Park AFL
• 659 LaTroy Hawkins AFL
• 660 Jamie Brewington AFL
• 661 Quinton McCracken AFL
• 662 Tim Unroe AFL
• 663 Jeff Ware AFL
• 664 Todd Greene AFL
• 665 Andrew Lorraine AFL
• 666 Ernie Young AFL
• 667 Toby Borland
• 668 Lenny Webster
• 669 Benito Santiago
• 670 Gregg Jefferies
• 671 Darren Daulton
• 672 Curt Schilling
• 673 Mark Whiten
• 674 Todd Zeile
• 675 Jay Bell
• 676 Paul Wagner
• 677 Dave Clark
• 678 Nelson Liriano
• 679 Ramon Morel
• 680 Charlie Hayes
• 681 Angelo Encarnacion
• 682 Al Martin
• 683 Jacob Brumfield
• 684 Mike Kingery
• 685 Carlos Garcia
• 686 Tom Pagnozzi
• 687 David Bell
• 688 Todd Stottlemyre
• 689 Jose Oliva
• 690 Ray Lankford
• 691 Mike Morgan
• 692 John Frascatore
• 693 John Mabry
• 694 Mark Petkovsek
• 695 Alan Benes
• 696 Steve Finley
• 697 Marc Newfield
• 698 Andy Ashby
• 699 Marc Kroon
• 700 Wally Joyner
• 701 Joey Hamilton
• 702 Dustin Hermanson
• 703 Scott Sanders
• 704 Marty Cordova AW
• 705 Hideo Nomo AW
• 706 Mo Vaughn AW
• 707 Barry Larkin AW
• 708 Randy Johnson AW
• 709 Greg Maddux AW
• 710 Mark McGwire AW
• 711 Ron Gant AW
• 712 Andujar Cedeno
• 713 Brian Johnson
• 714 J.R. Phillips
• 715 Rod Beck
• 716 Sergio Valdez
• 717 Marvin Benard RC
• 718 Steve Scarsone
• 719 Rich Aurilia RC
• 720 Matt Williams
• 721 John Patterson
• 722 Shawn Estes
• 723 Russ Davis
• 724 Rich Amaral
• 725 Edgar Martinez
• 726 Norm Charlton
• 727 Paul Sorrento
• 728 Luis Sojo
• 729 Arquimedez Pozo
• 730 Jay Buhner
• 731 Chris Bosio
• 732 Chris Widger
• 733 Kevin Gross
• 734 Darren Oliver
• 735 Dean Palmer
• 736 Matt Whiteside
• 737 Luis Ortiz
• 738 Roger Pavlik
• 739 Damon Buford
• 740 Juan Gonzalez
• 741 Rusty Greer
• 742 Lou Frazier
• 743 Pat Hentgen
• 744 Tomas Perez
• 745 Juan Guzman
• 746 Otis Nixon
• 747 Robert Perez
• 748 Ed Sprague

Update

The final 30 cards in the 1996 Collector's Choice set were made available to collectors through a wrapper redemption offer. All 30 cards are also available in the 1996 Collector's Choice factory set.

• 761 Randy Myers UPD
• 762 Kent Mercker UPD
• 763 David Wells UPD
• 764 Tom Gordon UPD
• 765 Wil Cordero UPD
• 766 Dave Magadan UPD
• 767 Doug Jones UPD
• 768 Kevin Tapani UPD
• 769 Curtis Goodwin UPD
• 770 Julio Franco UPD
• 771 Jack McDowell UPD
• 772 Al Leiter UPD
• 773 Sean Berry UPD
• 774 Bip Roberts UPD
• 775 Jose Offerman UPD
• 776 Ben McDonald UPD
• 777 Dan Serafini UPD
• 778 Ryan McGuire UPD
• 779 Tim Raines UPD
• 780 Tino Martinez UPD
• 781 Kenny Rogers UPD
• 782 Bob Tewksbury UPD
• 783 Rickey Henderson UPD
• 784 Ron Gant UPD
• 785 Gary Gaetti UPD
• 786 Andy Benes UPD
• 787 Royce Clayton UPD
• 788 Darryl Hamilton UPD
• 789 Ken Hill UPD
• 790 Erik Hanson UPD

Parallels

With the exception of the 30 Post-Season Highlight (cards 366-395) and 30 Update cards (#761-790), all 730 base cards are available in the following parallels.

• Silver Signature

• Gold Signature

Inserts

You Make the Play

On card from this 90-card set was inserted into each Series One pack. Forty-five players are featured on two different cards. The cards measure just about the standard-size but have rounded corners and were meant to be played as part of a game.

In addition to being inserted into packs, dealers also were offered extra You Make the Play cards depending on how many cases ordered. A dealer who ordered one case received two 12-card packs of these cards for a total of 24 cards. Meanwhile, a dealer who ordered two cases received six 12-card packs for a total of 72 packs.

Customers could also receive 12 of these cards by sending 10 wrappers and $2 to an a mail-in order. This offer expired on May 15, 1996.

This set is also available in a Gold Signature parallel.

1 Kevin Appier

1A Kevin Appier

2 Carlos Baerga

2A Carlos Baerga

3 Jeff Bagwell

3A Jeff Bagwell

4 Jay Bell

4A Jay Bell

5 Albert Belle

5A Albert Belle

6 Craig Biggio

6A Craig Biggio

7 Wade Boggs

7A Wade Boggs

8 Barry Bonds

8A Barry Bonds

9 Bobby Bonilla

9A Bobby Bonilla

10 Jose Canseco

10A Jose Canseco

11 Joe Carter

11A Joe Carter

12 Darren Daulton

12A Darren Daulton

13 Cecil Fielder

13A Cecil Fielder

14 Ron Gant

14A Ron Gant

15 Juan Gonzalez

15A Juan Gonzalez

16 Ken Griffey, Jr.

16A Ken Griffey, Jr.

17 Tony Gwynn

17A Tony Gwynn

18 Randy Johnson

18A Randy Johnson

19 Chipper Jones

19A Chipper Jones

20 Barry Larkin

20A Barry Larkin

21 Kenny Lofton

21A Kenny Lofton

22 Greg Maddux

22A Greg Maddux

23 Don Mattingly

23A Don Mattingly

24 Fred McGriff

24A Fred McGriff

25 Mark McGwire

25A Mark McGwire

26 Paul Molitor

26A Paul Molitor

27 Raul Mondesi

27A Raul Mondesi

28 Eddie Murray

28A Eddie Murray

29 Hideo Nomo

29A Hideo Nomo

30 Jon Nunnally

30A Jon Nunnally

31 Mike Piazza

31A Mike Piazza

32 Kirby Puckett

32A Kirby Puckett

33 Cal Ripken

33A Cal Ripken

34 Alex Rodriguez

34A Alex Rodriguez

35 Tim Salmon

35A Tim Salmon

36 Gary Sheffield

36A Gary Sheffield

37 Lee Smith

37A Lee Smith

38 Ozzie Smith

38A Ozzie Smith

39 Sammy Sosa

39A Sammy Sosa

40 Frank Thomas

40A Frank Thomas

41 Greg Vaughn

41A Greg Vaughn

42 Mo Vaughn

42A Mo Vaughn

43 Larry Walker

43A Larry Walker

44 Rondell White

44A Rondell White

45 Matt Williams

45A Matt Williams

You Crash the Game

This 90-card set features 30 of the game top sluggers on three different game cards. If the featured player hit a home run during the series specified on the card, it was then eligible to be redeemed for a super premium Cell Card of the same player. The postmark expiration date for exchanging winning cards was November 18th, 1996.

This set is also available in a Gold parallel.

CG1A Chipper Jones

CG1B Chipper Jones

CG1C Chipper Jones

CG2A Fred McGriff

CG2B Fred McGriff

CG2C Fred McGriff

CG3A Rafael Palmeiro

CG3B Rafael Palmeiro

CG3C Rafael Palmeiro

CG4A Cal Ripken

CG4B Cal Ripken

CG4C Cal Ripken

CG5A Jose Canseco

CG5B Jose Canseco

CG5C Jose Canseco

CG6A Mo Vaughn

CG6B Mo Vaughn

CG6C Mo Vaughn

CG7A Jim Edmonds

CG7B Jim Edmonds

CG7C Jim Edmonds

CG8A Tim Salmon

CG8B Tim Salmon

CG8C Tim Salmon

CG9A Sammy Sosa

CG9B Sammy Sosa

CG9C Sammy Sosa

CG10A Frank Thomas

CG10B Frank Thomas

CG10C Frank Thomas

CG11A Albert Belle

CG11B Albert Belle

CG11C Albert Belle

CG12A Manny Ramirez

CG12B Manny Ramirez

CG12C Manny Ramirez

CG13A Jim Thome

CG13B Jim Thome

CG13C Jim Thome

CG14A Dante Bichette

CG14B Dante Bichette

CG14C Dante Bichette

CG15A Vinny Castilla

CG15B Vinny Castilla

CG15C Vinny Castilla

CG16A Larry Walker

CG16B Larry Walker

CG16C Larry Walker

CG17A Cecil Fielder

CG17B Cecil Fielder

CG17C Cecil Fielder

CG18A Gary Sheffield

CG18B Gary Sheffield

CG18C Gary Sheffield

CG19A Jeff Bagwell

CG19B Jeff Bagwell

CG19C Jeff Bagwell

CG20A Eric Karros

CG20B Eric Karros

CG20C Eric Karros

CG21A Mike Piazza

CG21B Mike Piazza

CG21C Mike Piazza

CG22A Ken Caminiti

CG22B Ken Caminiti

CG22C Ken Caminiti

CG23A Barry Bonds

CG23B Barry Bonds

CG23C Barry Bonds

CG24A Matt Williams

CG24B Matt Williams

CG24C Matt Williams

CG25A Jay Buhner

CG25B Jay Buhner

CG25C Jay Buhner

CG26A Ken Griffey, Jr.

CG26B Ken Griffey, Jr.

CG26C Ken Griffey, Jr.

CG27A Ron Gant

CG27B Ron Gant

CG27C Ron Gant

CG28A Juan Gonzalez

CG28B Juan Gonzalez

CG28C Juan Gonzalez

CG29A Mickey Tettleton

CG29B Mickey Tettleton

CG29C Mickey Tettleton

CG30A Joe Carter

CG30B Joe Carter

CG30C Joe Carter

You Crash the Game Redemption

This 27-card, skip-numbered, set features transparent color player images of the home run hitters from the Collectors Choice Crash the Game regular set in a wood-like frame highlighted with silver foil. The cards were available via mail on a card-by-card basis in exchange for winning Silver or Gold Crash cards. The set parallels the You Crash the Game set; however, three players (Tim Salmon, Larry Walker, and Joe Carter) did not have any winning YCtG cards. Therefore, this set is complete without cards #CG8, CG16 and CG30.

Cal Ripken Jr. Insert

See 1996 Upper Deck

Griffey A Cut Above

This 10-card, die-cut, set was exclusive to specially marked packs sold at Wal-Mart stored. Each six-card pack contained five base cards and one A Cut Above insert. Packs retailed for $0.97.

CA1 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA2 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA3 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA4 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA5 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA6 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA7 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA8 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA9 Ken Griffey, Jr.

CA10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Nomo Scrapbook

This five-card set was randomly inserted into Series Two packs.

1 Hideo Nomo

2 Hideo Nomo

3 Hideo Nomo

4 Hideo Nomo

5 Hideo Nomo