2004 Topps Cracker Jack

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Description

The 2004 Topps Cracker Jack set, based on the 1914 Cracker Jack set, consists of 250 total cards; 197 base cards, 3 base variations, 40 short prints and 10 short print variations. The design is the same, however the size of the cards have been resized to today's standard format. Several players from the original set are also reprinted in this set including Nap Lajoie, Bert Shotton, and Branch Rickey. Some of cards backs are upside-down, a tribute of the original 1914 cards as they made to fit inside a special album.

Distribution

Hobby Boxes contained 24 packs of eight cards. Each pack included one mini parallel and a "Secret Suprise" pack. In addition, each sealed Hobby box came with a bag of Cracker Jack.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	297	-	7:1	?
Red Mini	250	-	1:1	?
Stickers	200	-	1:1	?
Short Prints	40	-	1:3	1:3
Blue Mini	200	-	1:10	1:10
Short Print Stickers	50	-	1:10	1:10
Short Print Red Mini	50	-	1:20	1:20
Blue Short Print Mini	50	-	1:60	1:60
Cracker Jack Autographs	6	?	1:258	1:258
Vintage Buyback	?	-	1:2,598	1:3,084
White Mini	250	1	1:6,189	6,413
Team Topps Legends	?	?	1:755,000	?
Base Variations	3	-	?	?
Short Print Variations	10	-	?	?
Secret Surprise Signatures	11	?	?	?
1, 2, 3 Strikes You're Out	18	?	?	?
Take Me Out to the Ballgame Relics	54	?	?	?

Reviews

http://www.stalegum.com/2004/05/test-post-2004-cracker-jack-baseball-2.html

Checklist

Base Set

1 Jose Reyes SP

2 Edgar Renteria

3 Albert Pujols Portriat

4 Garret Anderson

5 Bobby Abreu

6 Andruw Jones

7 Jeff Kent

8 Magglio Ordonez

9 Kris Benson

10 Luis Gonzalez

11 Corey Patterson

12 Connie Mack (MGR)

13 Vernon Wells SP

14 Jim Edmonds

15 Bret Boone

16 Travis Lee

17 Alex Rodriguez SP

18 Erubiel Durazo

19 Brett Myers

20 Scott Rolen SP

21 Paul Lo Duca

22 Geoff Jenkins

23 Charles Comiskey (OWN)

24 Cliff Floyd

25 Jim Thome Batting

26 Russ Ortiz

27 Bill Mueller

28 Kenny Lofton

29 Jay Gibbons

30 Ken Griffey Jr.

31 Jeff Bagwell

32 Jose Lima

33 Brad Radke

34 Ramon Hernandez

35 Brian Giles SP

36 Jeremy Bonderman

37 Jerome Williams

38 Rafael Palmeiro

39 Scott Podsednik

40 Rafael Furcal

41 Roy Oswalt

42 Orlando Hudson

43 Todd Helton

44 Kerry Wood

45 Tom Glavine

46 David Eckstein

47 Trot Nixon

48 Preston Wilson

49 Bernie Williams

50 Eric Gagne SP

51 Ichiro Suzuki SP

52 Juan Gonzalez

53 Torii Hunter

54 Bartolo Colon

55 Dick Hoblitzel ERR

56 Al Leiter

57 Johnny Damon

58 Larry Walker

59 Brian Jordan

60 Richie Sexson SP

61 Orlando Cabrera

62 Jason Phillips

63 Phil Nevin

64 John Olerud

65 Miguel Tejada

66 Nap La Joie ERR

67 C.C. Sabathia

68 Ty Wigginton

69 Troy Glaus

70 Mike Piazza

71 Craig Biggio

72 Cristian Guzman

73 Dmitri Young

74 Roger Clemens

75 Runelvys Hernandez

76 Nomar Garciaparra

77 Mark Mulder

78 Derek Lowe

79 Paul Konerko

80 Sammy Sosa SP

81 Vladimir Guerrero

82 Xavier Nady

83 Joel Pineiro

84 Chipper Jones

85 Manny Ramirez

86 Burt Shotten ERR

87 Raul Ibanez SP

88 Eric Chavez

89 Frank Catalanotto

90 Dontrelle Willis

91 Roy Halladay

92 Jermaine Dye

93 Jason Kendall

94 Jacque Jones

95 Gary Sheffield Braves

96 Mike Lieberthal

97 Adam Dunn

98 Carl Crawford

99 Reggie Sanders

100 Mark Prior SP

101 Luis Matos

102 Barry Zito

103 Randy Johnson

104 Kevin Brown

105 Pat Burrell

106 Steve Finley

107 Moises Alou

108 David Ortiz SP

109 Austin Kearns SP

110 Carlos Beltran

111 Shawn Green

112 Javier Vazquez

113 Hideo Nomo

114 Kazuhisa Ishii

115 Corey Koskie

116 Kevin Millwood

117 Randy Wolf

118 Darin Erstad

119 Fernando Vina

120 Pedro Martinez

121 Melvin Mora

122 Carl Everett

123 Matt Morris

124 Greg Maddux

125 Jason Schmidt

126 Mark Teixeira SP

127 Randy Winn

128 Rich Aurilia

129 Vicente Padilla

130 Tim Hudson

131 Marlon Byrd

132 Jae Weong Seo

133 Branch Rickey MG

134 A.J. Pierzynski

135 Ryan Klesko

136 Eric Hinske

137 Mike Cameron

138 Roberto Alomar

139 Jarrod Washburn

140 Curt Schilling D'backs

141 Omar Vizquel

142 Mike Sweeney

143 Wade Miller

144 Jose Vidro

145 Rich Harden SP

146 Eric Munson

147 Lance Berkman

148 Mark Buehrle

149 Carlos Delgado

150 Sean Burroughs

151 Kevin Millar

152 Frank Thomas

153 Adrian Beltre

154 Shannon Stewart

155 Johan Santana

156 Edgardo Alfonzo

157 Jose Cruz Jr.

158 Sidney Ponson

159 Edgar Martinez

160 Jamie Moyer

161 Tony Batista

162 Wes Helms

163 Brandon Webb SP

164 Gil Meche

165 Marcus Giles SP

166 Angel Berroa SP

167 Rocco Baldelli SP

168 Michael Young

169 Esteban Loaiza

170 Casey Blake

171 Jody Gerut

172 Bo Hart SP

173 Kelvim Escobar

174 Aaron Guiel

175 Javy Lopez SP

176 Aubrey Huff

177 Hank Blalock

178 Edwin Jackson

179 Delmon Young SP

180 Bobby Jenks

181 Felix Pie

182 Jeremy Reed SP

183 Aaron Hill

184 Casey Kotchman SP

185 Grady Sizemore

186 Joe Mauer SP

187 Ryan Harvey

188 Neal Cotts

189 Victor Martinez

190 Rene Reyes

191 Eric Duncan

192 B.J. Upton SP

193 Khalil Greene SP

194 Bobby Crosby

195 Rickie Weeks SP

196 Zack Greinke SP

197 Laynce Nix

198 Vito Chiaravalloti SP RC

199 Estee Harris RC

200 Jon Knott SP RC

201 Dioner Navarro RC

202 Craig Ansman RC

203 Travis Blackley RC

204 Yadier Molina RC

205 Rodney Choy Foo RC

206 Kyle Sleeth SP RC

207 Jeff Allison RC

208 Josh Labandeira RC

209 Lastings Milledge SP RC

210 Rudy Guillen SP RC

211 Blake Hawksworth SP RC

212 David Aardsma RC

213 Shawn Hill RC

214 Erick Aybar SP RC

215 Ervin Santana RC

216 Tim Stauffer SP RC

217 Merkin Valdez RC

218 Jack McKeon MGR

219 Jeff Conine

220 Josh Beckett SP

221 Luis Castillo

222 Mike Lowell

223 Juan Pierre

224 Ivan Rodriguez Marlins

225 A.J. Burnett

226 Miguel Cabrera SP

227 Jeffrey Loria OWN

228 Joe Torre MG

229 Jason Giambi Portrait

230 Aaron Boone

231 Jose Contreras

232 Derek Jeter SP

233 Ruben Sierra

234 Mike Mussina

235 Mariano Rivera

236 Jorge Posada SP

237 Alfonso Soriano

NNO Alex Rodriguez Yanks

Variations

These three cards pay tribute to the original 1915 Cracker Jacks, by misspelling the last names of three players. All three are produced in the same quantity as the regular base card, and are considered part of the short-set.

55 Dick Hoblitzell COR

66 Nap Lajoie COR

86 Burt Shotton COR

Short Print Variations

These ten variations are short-printed and are available in the same quantity as the other 40 base-set SPs. Three of the variations show a different pose, four have different card numbers, and the other three show players who had just been traded in the uniforms of their new team.

3 Albert Pujols (swinging pose)

17 Alex Rodriguez (short print has #17 on back, base card in un-numbered)

25 Jim Thome (fielding pose)

80 Felix Pie (short print has #80 on back, same as Sammy Sosa; base card is #181)

95 Gary Sheffield (Yankees)

104 Edwin Jackson (short print has #104 on back, same as Kevin Brown; base card is #178)

140 Curt Schilling (Red Sox)

224 Ivan Rodriguez (Tigers)

229 Jason Giambi (fielding pose)

236 Dioner Navarro (short print has #236 on back, same as Jorge Posada; base card is #201)

Parallels

Minis

Each pack contained a mini-sized card measuring the same size as the original 1915 Cracker Jack cards. Every one of the 197 base cards, 40 SPs, three variations and 10 SP variations, is available in the following parallels:

Red (Base: one-per-pack; SPs: 1:20)

Blue (Base: 1:10; SPs: 1:40)

Stickers

Each wax pack came with a "Secret Suprise," which would yield either an autograph, relic, or a sticker parallel. The stickers are virtually identical to the one-per-pack minis in both size and appearance.

Red (Base: one-per-pack; SPs 1:20)

White (one-of-one)

Autographed & Game-Used

Mini Autographs

Topps stated these could be found on average of 1 in 258 packs.

Gary Sheffield (50)

Javier Vasquez

Brandon Webb

Marcus Giles

Luis Castillo

Miguel Cabrera

Secret Surprise Signatures

Aubrey Huff

Brian Giles

Cliff Floyd

Dustin McGowan

Dontrelle Willis

Felix Pie

Jerome Williams

Mike Lamb

Merkin Valdez

Scott Posednik

Scott Rolen

1-2-3 Strikes You're Out

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Take Me Out to the Ballgame Relics

Group C

AP2 Albert Pujols Bat

AR2 Alex Rodriguez

Group G

AP Albert Pujols Uniform