2005 Topps Cracker Jack

• Hobby Box
  Hobby Box

2005 Cracker Jack is a 250-card set was released in April, 2005. The set is similar to the previous year's set; however, unlike 2004 Topps Cracker Jack, it is not based on the 1914 Cracker Jack set. 50 cards scattered throughout the set are short-printed and seeded into packs at the rate of 1:3/packs.

Distribution

Hobby: 20 packs per box, eight cards plus one "Secret Surprise" per pack (MSRP: $3). 12 boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	250	-	7:1	?
short set	200	-	7:1	?
Short Prints	40	-	1:3	1:3
Red Mini	200	-	1:1	?
Short Print Red Mini	50	-	1:20	1:20
Blue Mini	250	50	?	?
Grey Mini	250	25	?	?
White Mini	250	one-of-one	1:6,189	6,413
Stickers	200	-	1:1	?
Short Print Stickers	50	-	1:10	1:10
1, 2, 3 Strikes You're Out	6	-	?	?
Take Me Out to the Ballgame Relics	84	-	?	?
Cracker Jack Autographs	10	50	1:258	1:258
Secret Surprise Signatures	20	-	?	?

Checklist

Base Set

The base set of 200 cards plus an additional 50 short prints make up the 250 card master set. Cards 196-218 feature prospect and rookies. Cards 219-229 feature players from the St. Louis Cardinals team that went to the World Series in 2004. Cards 230-240 feature players from the Boston Red Sox team that won the World Series in that year.

• 1 David Wright SP
• 2 Rafael Furcal
• 3 Alex Rodriguez (Portrait)
• 3 Alex Rodriguez SP (Fielding)
• 4 Victor Martinez SP
• 5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 6 Bobby Crosby SP
• 7 Ivan Rodriguez
• 8 Darin Erstad
• 9 Javy Lopez
• 10 Brian Giles
• 11 Aaron Rowand SP
• 12 Joe Torre MGR
• 13 Zack Greinke SP
• 14 Shannon Stewart
• 15 Jack Wilson
• 16 Jose Vidro
• 17 Josh Beckett
• 18 Barry Zito
• 19 Bret Boone
• 20 Greg Maddux
• 21 Carl Crawford SP
• 22 Mark Teixeira
• 23 Jason Schmidt
• 24 Kazuhisa Ishii
• 25 Mike Piazza
• 26 Daniel Cabrera SP
• 27 Mike Lieberthal
• 28 Gil Meche
• 29 Phil Nevin
• 30 Adrian Beltre SP
• 31 Chipper Jones SP
• 32 Zach Day
• 33 Ben Sheets
• 34 Carlos Zambrano
• 35 Melvin Mora
• 36 Joe Mauer
• 37 Ken Harvey
• 38 Bernie Williams
• 39 Mike Maroth
• 40 Eric Chavez
• 41 Matt Lawton SP
• 42 Ray Durham
• 43 Vernon Wells
• 44 Mike Lowell
• 45 Jim Thome
• 46 Joel Pineiro
• 47 Lance Berkman
• 48 Ryan Klesko
• 49 Adam Dunn
• 50 Vladimir Guerrero
• 51 Eric Gagne SP
• 52 Richie Sexson
• 53 Javier Vazquez
• 54 Roy Oswalt
• 55 Carlos Delgado
• 56 John Buck SP
• 57 Kenny Rogers
• 58 Sidney Ponson
• 59 Vicente Padilla
• 60 Mark Prior (Leg Up)
• 60 Mark Prior SP (Portrait)
• 61 A.J. Pierzynski
• 62 Aubrey Huff
• 63 Shea Hillenbrand
• 64 Carlos Guillen
• 65 Lyle Overbay
• 66 Al Leiter
• 67 Eric Hinske
• 68 Laynce Nix
• 69 Scott Hairston
• 70 Roger Clemens
• 71 Cesar Izturis SP
• 72 Shawn Green
• 73 Marcus Giles
• 74 Rafael Palmeiro
• 75a Gary Sheffield SP
• 75b Melky Cabrera SP
• 76 Juan Pierre
• 77 Pat Burrell
• 78 Sean Burroughs
• 79 Frank Thomas
• 80 Andruw Jones
• 81 C.C. Sabathia
• 82 Jeff Bagwell
• 83 Tom Glavine
• 84 Craig Wilson SP
• 85 Johan Santana (Throwing)
• 85 Johan Santana SP (Portrait)
• 86 Raul Ibanez
• 87 Sean Casey
• 88 Bucky Jacobsen
• 89 B.J. Upton
• 90 Bobby Abreu
• 91 Geoff Jenkins
• 92 Troy Glaus
• 93 Dontrelle Willis
• 94 Jose Lima
• 95 Rocco Baldelli
• 96 Aramis Ramirez
• 97 Paul Lo Duca
• 98 Torii Hunter
• 99 Jay Payton
• 100 Carlos Beltran
• 101 Jaret Wright
• 102 Jason Bay
• 103 Cliff Floyd
• 104 Mike Sweeney
• 105 Sammy Sosa
• 106 Khalil Greene SP
• 107 David DeJesus
• 108 Jermaine Dye
• 109 Miguel Cabrera
• 110 Miguel Tejada SP
• 111 Johnny Estrada SP
• 112 Ronnie Belliard SP
• 113 Austin Kearns
• 114 Erubiel Durazo
• 115 Preston Wilson
• 116 Hideo Nomo
• 117 Dmitri Young
• 118 Jon Lieber
• 119 Derrek Lee
• 120 Todd Helton
• 121 Omar Vizquel
• 122 Wily Mo Pena
• 123 J.D. Drew
• 124 Matt Holliday
• 125 Ichiro Suzuki
• 126 Mark Buehrle SP
• 127 Barry Bonds
• 128 Jeff Kent
• 129 Kerry Wood
• 130 Mariano Rivera
• 131 Nick Johnson
• 132 Randy Winn
• 133 Phil Garner
• 134 Jose Reyes
• 135a Michael Young SP
• 135b Ian Kinsler SP RC
• 136 Jose Contreras
• 137 Oliver Perez
• 138 Roy Halladay
• 139 Kevin Millwood
• 140 Jorge Posada
• 141 Mike Cameron
• 142 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 143 Chris Shelton
• 144 Luis Castillo
• 145 Alfonso Soriano
• 146 Ryan Drese SP
• 147 Mark Mulder
• 148 Jason Giambi
• 149 Travis Hafner
• 150 Randy Johnson
• 151 Paul Konerko SP
• 152 Mike Mussina
• 153 Brad Wilkerson
• 154 Tim Hudson
• 155 Garret Anderson
• 156 Chase Utley SP
• 157 Jamie Moyer
• 158 Scott Kazmir
• 159 Brett Myers
• 160 Kazuo Matsui
• 161 Orlando Hudson
• 162 Luis Gonzalez
• 163 Kevin Youkilis
• 164a Jason Kendall
• 164b Landon Powell SP
• 165 Hank Blalock
• 166 Mark Loretta SP
• 167 Miguel Cairo
• 168 Corey Patterson
• 169 Victor Zambrano
• 170 Magglio Ordonez
• 171 J.T. Snow
• 172 Randy Wolf
• 173 Rich Harden
• 174 Bartolo Colon
• 175 Derek Jeter
• 176 Casey Kotchman SP
• 177 Val Majewski
• 178 Grady Sizemore
• 179 Rickie Weeks
• 180 Robinson Cano
• 181 Nick Swisher SP
• 182 Ryan Howard
• 183 John Van Benschoten
• 184 Delmon Young
• 185 Aaron Hill
• 186 Chris Burke SP
• 187 Merkin Valdez
• 188 Jeremy Reed
• 189 Conor Jackson
• 190 Mark Teahen
• 191 Joey Gathright SP
• 192 Gavin Floyd
• 193 Joe Blanton
• 194 Jason Kubel
• 195 Jeff Francis
• 196 Angel Guzman SP
• 197 Dallas McPherson
• 198 Melky Cabrera RC
• 199 Jake Dittler
• 200 Elvys Quezada RC*
• 201 Ian Kinsler SP RC
• 202 Nate McLouth RC
• 203 Chris Seddon RC
• 204 Chad Orvella RC
• 205 Ian Bladergroen RC*
• 206 James Jurries SP RC*
• 207 Landon Powell RC
• 208 Eric Nielsen RC*
• 209 Chris Roberson RC
• 210 Andre Ethier RC
• 211 Chris Denorfia SP RC
• 212 Darren Fenster RC*
• 213 Jeremy West RC*
• 214 Sean Marshall RC
• 215 Ryan Sweeney RC
• 216 Steve Doetsch SP RC*
• 217 Kevin Melillo RC
• 218 Chip Cannon RC*
• 219 Tony LaRussa
• 220 Chris Carpenter
• 221a Edgar Renteria SP BOS
• 221b Edgar Renteria SP STL
• 222 Albert Pujols
• 223 Jim Edmonds
• 224 Jason Marquis
• 225 Scott Rolen SP
• 226 Larry Walker SP
• 227 Matt Morris
• 228 Mike Matheny SF
• 228 Mike Matheny SP STL
• 229 Jeromy Burnitz
• 230 Terry Francona
• 231 Johnny Damon SP
• 232 Keith Foulke
• 233 Trot Nixon
• 234 Manny Ramirez
• 235 David Ortiz SP
• 236a Pedro Martinez SP BOS
• 236b Pedro Martinez SP NYM
• 237 Curt Schilling
• 238 Kevin Millar
• 239 Bill Mueller
• 240 Mark Bellhorn
• NNO Josh Beckett SP

Parallel Sets

As with the previous year's set, several different mini parallels were seeded into packs at an overall rate of 1 per pack. The Red mini cards were the base parallels and were seeded 1 per pack while short prints were inserted at 1:20 hobby and retail. The short prints are the same as the base set. The mini stickers were also seeded 1 per pack with the short prints inserted at a rate of 1:20 hobby and retail. The short prints are the same as the base set. The Blue minis were inserted 1:75 hobby and retail packs and were serial numbered out of 50. There are no short prints in this set. The Grey minis were inserted 1:151 hobby and 1:150 retail packs and were serial numbered out of 25. There are no short prints in this set. The White mini parallels were numbered 1/1 and were seeded 1:3763 hobby and 1:3813 retail packs.

Autographs/Game Used

1 2 3 Strikes You're Out! Relics

A six card set inserted into packs at an overall rate of 1:204 retail or hobby packs. The cards feature major league pitchers, but 4 of the 6 players are not stars.

• CS Curt Schilling
  CS Curt Schilling
• JB Josh Beckett
  JB Josh Beckett
• JW - Jaret Wright
  JW - Jaret Wright
• RO Russ Ortiz
  RO Russ Ortiz

Number	Player	Team	GU
BR	Brad Radke	Twins	Jersey
CS	Curt Schilling	Red Sox	Jersey
JB	Josh Beckett	Marlins	Uniform
JW	Jaret Wright	Yankees	Jersey
RD	Ryan Drese	Rangers	Jersey
RO	Russ Ortiz	D-Backs	Jersey

Autographs

An 11 card set featuring on card autographs of some baseball's hottest players. The cards are in two groups, an A group serial numbered to 25 and a B group serial numbered to 50.

Secret Surprise Mini Autographs

A 21 card set that was split into six different groups. Only 100 copies of each Group A card were produced (according to Topps), but the cards are not serial numbered.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game Relics

The main game used insert set of the 2005 Cracker Jack set was the Take Me Out to the Ball Game Relics. An 84 card set featuring bat, uniform and jersey peices of major league players were inserted at an overall rate of 1:16 hobby and retail packs.