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2004 Upper Deck Play Ball hobby box

Description

2004 Upper Deck Play Ball is a 233-card set. The first 183 cards were issued in the Play Ball product in April, 2004. The set consists of two serial-numbered subsets: Rookie Portfolio (Cards #133-#162) and Classic Combos (#163-#183). Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield four serial-numbered cards, one die-cut card, eight parallels, two game-used memorabilia cards, and one autograph.

The last 50 cards in the set (cards #184-#233) are known as the Update Series and were distributed exclusively as a factory set inside Hobby boxes of 2004 Upper Deck Series Two. Each Series Two Hobby box came with an unmarked and shrink-wrapped Update Set box from one of four possible 2004 Upper Deck early-season products: Vintage, Play Ball, Reflections and SP Game Used Patch. Collectors had to break the shrink wrap to figure out which set they received. The odds of finding the Play Ball Update set were 1:4/sets.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4). 14 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	183	-	?
short set	132	-	4:1
Rookie Portfolio	30	2004	1:16
Classic Combos	21	1999	1:24
Blue	132	-	1:6
Red/Die Cut	132	175	?
Green	132	15	?
Purple	132	one-of-one	?
Home Run Heroics	40	-	1:24
Apparel Collection	42	-	1:24
Artist's Touch Jersey	34	250	?
Artist's Touch Jersey 50	35	50	?
Tools of the Stars Bat Card	14	-	1:48
Tools of the Stars Bat Card Level 1	14	250	?
Tools of the Stars Bat Card Level 2	11	25	?
Rookie Portfolio Signature	30	-	1:30
Signature Portfolio Black Ink	6	100	?
Signature Portfolio Blue Ink	6	25	?
Signature Portfolio Red Ink	6	10	?
Signature Portfolio Gold w/Black Ink	6	10	?
Signature Portfolio Gold w/Blue Ink	6	5	?
Signature Portfolio Gold w/Red Ink	6	one-of-one	?

Checklist

Base Set

1 Hideo Nomo
2 Curt Schilling
3 Barry Zito
4 Nomar Garciaparra
5 Yogi Berra
6 Randy Johnson
7 Jason Giambi
8 Sammy Sosa
9 David Ortiz
10 Derek Jeter
11 Warren Spahn
12 Mark Prior
13 Roger Clemens
14 Mike Piazza
15 Nolan Ryan
16 Joe DiMaggio
17 Alfonso Soriano
18 Brandon Webb
19 Shawn Green
20 Bob Feller
21 Mike Schmidt
22 Mark Teixeira
23 Pedro Martinez
24 Vladimir Guerrero
25 Rafael Furcal
26 Derrek Lee
27 Carlos Delgado
28 Mickey Mantle
29 Dontrelle Willis
30 Ted Williams
31 Vernon Wells
32 Alex Rodriguez
33 Brooks Robinson
34 Tom Seaver
35 Ernie Banks
36 Bob Gibson
37 Jim Thome
38 Mike Mussina
39 Eric Chavez
40 Roy Halladay
41 Eric Gagne
42 Jose Reyes
43 Jeff Bagwell
44 Rich Harden
45 Jeff Kent
46 Lance Berkman
47 Adam Dunn
48 Richie Sexson
49 Andruw Jones
50 Ichiro Suzuki
51 Edgar Renteria
52 Rocco Baldelli
53 Jim Edmonds
54 Magglio Ordonez
55 Austin Kearns
56 Garret Anderson
57 Manny Ramirez
58 Roy Oswalt
59 Gary Sheffield
60 Mark Mulder
61 Ben Sheets
62 Scott Rolen
63 Greg Maddux
64 Jose Contreras
65 Miguel Cabrera
66 Hank Blalock
67 Miguel Tejada
68 Albert Pujols
69 Hideki Matsui
70 Mike Lowell
71 Tim Hudson
72 Bret Boone
73 Ivan Rodriguez
74 Josh Beckett
75 Todd Helton
76 Brian Giles
77 Orlando Cabrera
78 Carlos Beltran
79 Jason Schmidt
80 Kerry Wood
81 Preston Wilson
82 Troy Glaus
83 Kevin Brown
84 Rafael Palmeiro
85 Chipper Jones
86 Reggie Sanders
87 Cliff Floyd
88 Corey Patterson
89 Kevin Millwood
90 Aaron Boone
91 Darin Erstad
92 Richard Hidalgo
93 Dmitri Young
94 Jeremy Bonderman
95 Larry Walker
96 Edgar Martinez
97 Jerome Williams
98 Luis Gonzalez
99 Roberto Alomar
100 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
101 Luis Matos
102 Andy Pettitte
103 Frank Thomas
104 Rondell White
105 Jody Gerut
106 Bartolo Colon
107 Johnny Damon
108 Ryan Klesko
109 Geoff Jenkins
110 Jorge Posada
111 Melvin Mora
112 Bernie Williams
113 Shannon Stewart
114 Bobby Abreu
115 Jose Guillen
116 Brandon Phillips
117 Jose Vidro
118 Mike Sweeney
119 Jacque Jones
120 Josh Phelps
121 Milton Bradley
122 Torii Hunter
123 Carl Crawford
124 Javier Vazquez
125 Juan Gonzalez
126 Travis Hafner
127 Ken Griffey, Jr.
128 Phil Nevin
129 Trot Nixon
130 Carlos Lee
131 Javy Lopez
132 Jay Gibbons

80 Kerry Wood

81 Preston Wilson

82 Troy Glaus

83 Kevin Brown

84 Rafael Palmeiro

85 Chipper Jones

86 Reggie Sanders

87 Cliff Floyd

88 Corey Patterson

89 Kevin Millwood

90 Aaron Boone

91 Darin Erstad

92 Richard Hidalgo

93 Dmitri Young

94 Jeremy Bonderman

95 Larry Walker

96 Edgar Martinez

97 Jerome Williams

98 Luis Gonzalez

99 Roberto Alomar

100 Jerry Hairston Jr.

101 Luis Matos

102 Andy Pettitte

103 Frank Thomas

104 Rondell White

105 Jody Gerut

106 Bartolo Colon

107 Johnny Damon

108 Ryan Klesko

109 Geoff Jenkins

110 Jorge Posada

111 Melvin Mora

112 Bernie Williams

113 Shannon Stewart

114 Bobby Abreu

115 Jose Guillen

116 Brandon Phillips

117 Jose Vidro

118 Mike Sweeney

119 Jacque Jones

120 Josh Phelps

121 Milton Bradley

122 Torii Hunter

123 Carl Crawford

124 Javier Vazquez

125 Juan Gonzalez

126 Travis Hafner

127 Ken Griffey Jr.

128 Phil Nevin

129 Trot Nixon

130 Carlos Lee

131 Javy Lopez

132 Jay Gibbons

Rookies

Rookies are serial-numbered to 2004.

133 Brandon Medders RC
134 Colby Miller RC
135 Dave Crouthers RC
136 Dennis Sarfate RC
137 Donald Kelly RC
138 Frank Brooks RC
139 Chris Aguila RC
140 Greg Dobbs RC
141 Ian Snell RC
142 Jake Woods RC
143 Jamie Brown RC
144 Jason Frasor RC
145 Jerome Gamble RC
146 Jesse Harper RC
147 Josh Labandeira RC
148 Justin Hampson RC
149 Justin Huisman RC
150 Justin Leone RC
151 Lincoln Holdzkom RC
152 Mike Bumatay RC
153 Mike Gosling RC
154 Mike Johnston RC
155 Mike Rouse RC
156 Nick Regilio RC
157 Ryan Meaux RC
158 Scott Dohmann RC
159 Sean Henn RC
160 Tim Bausher RC
161 Tim Bittner RC
162 Alec Zumwalt RC

133 Brandon Medders

134 Colby Miller

135 Dave Crouthers

136 Dennis Sarfate

137 Donald Kelly

138 Frank Brooks

139 Chris Aguila

140 Greg Dobbs

141 Ian Snell

142 Jake Woods

143 Jamie Brown

144 Jason Frasor

145 Jerome Gamble

146 Jesse Harper

147 Josh Labandeira

148 Justin Hampson

149 Justin Huisman

150 Justin Leone

151 Lincoln Holdzkom

152 Mike Bumatay

153 Mike Gosling

154 Mike Johnston

155 Mike Rouse

156 Nick Regilio

157 Ryan Meaux

158 Scott Dohmann

159 Sean Henn

160 Tim Bausher

161 Tim Bittner

162 Alec Zumwalt

Combos

Combos are serial-numbered to 1999.

163 Aaron Boone/Bret Boone/Barry Zito/Geoff Jenkins/Mark Prior

164 Alex Rodriguez/Albert Pujols/Edgar Renteria

165 Alfonso Soriano/Sammy Sosa

166 Bobby Abreu/Jim Thome

167 John Olerud/Ichiro/Bret Boone

168 Alfonso Soriano/Derek Jeter

169 Eric Chavez/Miguel Tejada

170 Troy Glaus/Garret Anderson/Jim Edmonds

171 Hank Blalock/Alex Rodriguez

172 Alex Rodriguez/Mark Teixeira/Michael Young/Rafael Palmeiro

173 Dontrelle Willis/Ivan Rodriguez

174 Jason Giambi/Derek Jeter

175 Joe DiMaggio/Mickey Mantle

176 Mickey Mantle/Ted Williams/Joe DiMaggio

177 Joe DiMaggio/Ted Williams

178 Nomar Garciaparra/Alfonso Soriano

179 Jason Giambi/Nomar Garciaparra

163 Barry Zito / Geoff Jenkins / Mark Prior / Bret Boone / Aaron Boone CC
164 Albert Pujols / Edgar Renteria / Alex Rodriguez CC
165 Alfonso Soriano / Sammy Sosa CC
166 Bobby Abreu / Jim Thome CC
167 Bret Boone / John Olerud / Ichiro CC
168 Derek Jeter / Alfonso Soriano CC
169 Eric Chavez / Miguel Tejada CC
170 Garret Anderson / Jim Edmonds / Troy Glaus CC
171 Hank Blalock / Alex Rodriguez CC
172 Alex Rodriguez / Mark Teixeira / Rafael Palmeiro / Michael Young CC
173 Ivan Rodriguez / Dontrelle Willis CC
174 Jason Giambi / Derek Jeter CC
175 Joe DiMaggio / Mickey Mantle CC
176 Joe DiMaggio / Mickey Mantle / Ted Williams CC
177 Joe DiMaggio / Ted Williams CC
178 Nomar Garciaparra / Alfonso Soriano CC
179 Nomar Garciaparra / Jason Giambi CC
180 Paul LoDuca / Hideo Nomo
181 Rafael Palmeiro / Alex Rodriguez / Michael Young
182 Ralph Kiner / Ted Williams
183 Aaron Boone / Derek Jeter / Kaz Matsui RC

Update Series

184 Jerry Gil RC
185 Jose Capellan RC
186 Tim Hamulack RC
187 Renyel Pinto RC
188 Carlos Vasquez RC*
189 Enemencio Pacheco RC*
190 Ronny Cedeno RC
191 Mariano Gomez RC*
192 Carlos Hines RC*
193 Mike Vento RC
194 David Aardsma RC
195 Hector Gimenez RC
196 Fernando Nieve RC
197 Chris Saenz RC
198 Shawn Hill RC
199 Angel Chavez RC
200 Scott Proctor RC
201 William Bergolla RC
202 Justin Germano RC
203 Onil Joseph RC*
204 Rusty Tucker RC*
205 Justin Knoedler RC
206 Casey Daigle RC
207 Edwin Moreno RC
208 Chad Bentz RC
209 Ryan Wing RC*
210 Shawn Camp
211 Eddy Rodriguez RC
212 Roman Colon RC
213 Jason Bartlett RC
214 Jorge Vasquez RC
215 Ivan Ochoa RC
216 Akinori Otsuka RC
217 Merkin Valdez RC
218 Shingo Takatsu RC
219 Chris Oxspring RC
220 Kevin Cave RC*
221 Ramon Ramirez RC
222 Orlando Rodriguez RC*
223 Lino Urdaneta RC
224 Franklyn Gracesqui RC
225 Mike Wuertz RC
226 Jorge Sequea RC*
227 Luis A. Gonzalez RC
228 Jason Szuminski RC
229 John Gall RC
230 Freddy Guzman RC
231 Jeff Bennett RC
232 Roberto Novoa RC
233 Kaz Matsui RC, UER (numbered #183)

Parallels

The first 132 cards in the base set are available in the following parallels.

Blue
Green (serial-numbered to 15 copies)
Purple (one-of-one)

Red/Die-Cut

The first 132 cards in the base set are available in a parallel that is serial-numbered to 175 copies. Cards #1-#42 have a Red border; while cards #43-#132 are Die-Cut.

Inserts

Home Run Heroics

HH-AB Aaron Boone

HH-AR Alex Rodriguez

HH-AS Alfonso Soriano

HH-BM Bill Mueller

HH-CD Carlos Delgado

HH-CR Cal Ripken Jr.

HH-EB Ernie Banks

HH-EM Eddie Mathews

HH-FR Frank Robinson

HH-HB Hank Blalock

HH-HK Harmon Killebrew

HH-HM Hideki Matsui

HH-JD Joe DiMaggio

HH-JG Jason Giambi

HH-KG Ken Griffey Jr.

HH-MC Miguel Cabrera

HH-MM Mickey Mantle

HH-MS Mike Schmidt

HH-RH Rickey Henderson

HH-RJ Randy Johnson

HH-RP Rafael Palmeiro

HH-RS Red Schoendienst

HH-SG Shawn Green

HH-SM Stan Musial

HH-SS Sammy Sosa

HH-TW Ted Williams

HH-WM Willie McCovey

HH-AR1 Alex Rodriguez

HH-CR1 Cal Ripken Jr.

HH-HM1 Hideki Matsui

HH-JD1 Joe DiMaggio

HH-KG1 Ken Griffey Jr.

HH-MM1 Mickey Mantle

HH-MM2 Mickey Mantle

HH-SS1 Sammy Sosa

HH-SS2 Sammy Sosa

HH-SS3 Sammy Sosa

HH-TW1 Ted Williams

HH-TW2 Ted Williams

HH-TW3 Ted Williams

Autographs & Game-Used

Apparel Collection

AC-AD Adam Dunn

AC-AP Albert Pujols

AC-AR Alex Rodriguez

AC-AS Alfonso Soriano

AC-BE Josh Beckett

AC-BH Bo Hart

AC-BW Bernie Williams

AC-BZ Barry Zito

AC-CD Carlos Delgado

AC-CJ Chipper Jones

AC-CS Curt Schilling

AC-DJ Derek Jeter

AC-DW Dontrelle Willis

AC-HA Roy Halladay

AC-HM Hideki Matsui

AC-HN Hideo Nomo

AC-IS Ichiro

AC-JB Jeff Bagwell

AC-JD Joe DiMaggio

AC-JG Jason Giambi

AC-JP Jorge Posada

AC-JT Jim Thome

AC-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.

AC-KW Kerry Wood

AC-LB Lance Berkman

AC-ML Mike Lowell

AC-MM Mickey Mantle

AC-MP Mark Prior

AC-MR Manny Ramirez

AC-MU Mike Mussina

AC-PI Mike Piazza

AC-PM Pedro Martinez

AC-RB Rocco Baldelli

AC-RF Rafael Furcal

AC-RH Rich Harden

AC-RJ Randy Johnson

AC-RO Roy Oswalt

AC-RP Rafael Palmeiro

AC-SS Sammy Sosa

AC-TG Troy Glaus

AC-TH Torii Hunter

AC-TW Ted Williams

Artist's Touch Jersey Card

Each Artist's Touch Jersey is serial-numbered to 250 copies, with a parallel numbered to 50 also available. Card #AT-ML is only available in the "50" set.

AT-AP Albert Pujols

AT-AR Alex Rodriguez

AT-AS Alfonso Soriano

AT-BH Bo Hart

AT-BW Bernie Williams

AT-BZ Barry Zito

AT-CD Carlos Delgado

AT-CJ Chipper Jones

AT-DJ Derek Jeter

AT-DW Dontrelle Willis

AT-HA Roy Halladay

AT-HM Hideki Matsui

AT-HN Hideo Nomo

AT-IS Ichiro

AT-JB Josh Beckett

AT-JG Jason Giambi

AT-JP Jorge Posada

AT-JT Jim Thome

AT-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.

AT-KW Kerry Wood

AT-LB Lance Berkman

AT-ML Mike Lowell

AT-MM Mike Mussina

AT-MP Mark Prior

AT-MR Manny Ramirez

AT-PI Mike Piazza

AT-PM Pedro Martinez

AT-RB Rocco Baldelli

AT-RF Rafael Furcal

AT-RJ Randy Johnson

AT-RO Roy Oswalt

AT-RP Rafael Palmeiro

AT-SS Sammy Sosa

AT-TG Troy Glaus

AT-TH Torii Hunter

Tools of the Stars Bat Card

Each Tools of the Stars Bat Card is also available in the following parallels.

Level 1 (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
Level 2 (serial-numbered to 25 copies)

Level 1 parallels are sequentially-numbered "TS-XX1" while Level 2 parallels are numbered "TS-XX2".

Cards #TS-CD2, #TS-KW2, and #TS-PI2 do not exist in the Level 2 set.

TS-AP Albert Pujols

TS-AR Alex Rodriguez

TS-AS Alfonso Soriano

TS-CD Carlos Delgado

TS-CJ Chipper Jones

TS-DJ Derek Jeter

TS-HM Hideki Matsui

TS-HN Hideo Nomo

TS-IS Ichiro

TS-JB Josh Beckett

TS-JT Jim Thome

TS-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.

TS-KW Kerry Wood

TS-PI Mike Piazza

Rookie Portfolio Signature

RP-AZ Alec Zumwalt

RP-BI Tim Bittner

RP-BM Brandon Medders

RP-CA Chris Aguila

RP-CM Colby Miller

RP-DC Dave Crouthers

RP-DK Donald Kelly

RP-DS Dennis Sarfate

RP-FB Frank Brooks

RP-GD Greg Dobbs

RP-HA Justin Hampson

RP-HU Justin Huisman

RP-IS Ian Snell

RP-JB Jamie Brown

RP-JF Jason Frasor

RP-JG Jerome Gamble

RP-JH Jesse Harper

RP-JL Josh Labandeira

RP-JW Jake Woods

RP-LE Justin Leone

RP-LH Lincoln Holdzkom

RP-MB Mike Bumatay

RP-MG Mike Gosling

RP-MJ Mike Johnston

RP-MR Mike Rouse

RP-NR Nick Regilio

RP-RM Ryan Meaux

RP-SD Scott Dohmann

RP-SH Sean Henn

RP-TB Tim Bausher

Signature Portfolio

Each Signature Portfolio is signed in Black Ink and serial-numbered to 100 copies. All are available in the following parallels.

Blue Ink (serial-numbered to 25 copies)
Red Ink ( serial-numbered to ten)
Golds w/Black Ink (serial-numbered to ten)
Gold w/Blue Ink (serial-numbered to five)
Gold w/Red Ink (one-of-one)

SP-BZ Barry Zito

SP-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.

SP-CY Carl Yastrzemski

SP-HM Hideki Matsui

SP-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.

SP-TS Tom Seaver