1999 Finest

Description

1999 Finest is a 300-card set (produced by Topps) released in two series of 150 cards each. The set includes the following subsets: Gems (101-120), Sensations (121-130) Rookies (131-150/277-299), Sterling (251-265) and Gamers (266-276). Card number 300 is a special Hank Aaron/Mark McGwire tribute. Cards numbered from 101 through 150 and 251 through 300 were short printed and seeded at a rate of one per hobby, one per retail and two per Home Team Advantage pack.

Notable Rookie Cards include Pat Burrell, C.C. Sabathia and Alfonso Soriano.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $5.00)

HTA: 10 packs per box, 13 cards per pack (MSRP: $10)

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	HTA Odds
Base	300	-	?	?
short set	200	-	?	?
Short-Prints	100	-	1:1	2:1
Refractors	300	-	1:12	1:5
Gold Refractors	300	100	varies	varies
Split Screen Half Refractor (S1)	14	-	1:28	1:13
Split Screen Full Refractor (S1)	14	-	1:82	1:42
Prominent Figures (S1)	50	varies	varies	varies
Leading Indicators (S1)	10	-	1:24	1:10
Team Finest Blue (S1)	10	1500	1:82	1:38
Team Finest Blue (S2)	10	1500	1:57	1:26
Team Finest Red (S1)	10	500	N/A	1:25
Team Finest Red (S2)	10	500	N/A	1:18
Team Finest Gold (S1)	10	250	N/A	1:51
Team Finest Gold (S2)	10	250	N/A	1:37
Team Finest Blue Refractor (S1)	10	150	1:816	1:377
Team Finest Blue Refractor (S2)	10	150	1:571	1:263
Team Finest Red Refractor (S1)	10	50	N/A	1:254
Team Finest Red Refractor (S2)	10	50	N/A	1:182
Team Finest Gold Refractor (S1)	10	25	N/A	1:510
Team Finest Gold Refractor (S2)	10	25	N/A	1:369
Peel and Reveal Sparkle (S2)	20	-	1:30	1:15
Peel and Reveal Hyperplaid (S2)	20	-	1:60	1:30
Peel and Reveal Stadium Stars (S2)	20	-	1:120	1:60
Future's Finest (S2)	10	500	1:171	?
Aaron Award Contenders (S2)	9	-	varies	varies
Aaron Award Contenders Refractor (S2)	9	-	varies	varies
Complements Half Refractor (S2)	7	-	1:56	1:27
Complements Full Refractor (S2)	7	-	1:168	1:81
Double Feature Half Refractor (S2)	7	-	1:56	1:27
Double Feature Full Refractor (S2)	7	-	1:168	1:81
Franchise Records (S2)	10	-	1:129	1:63
Franchise Records Refractor (S2)	10	-	1:378	1:189
Milestones (S2)	40	varies	1:29	?

Checklist

Base Set

Series One

• 1 Darin Erstad
• 2 Javy Lopez
• 3 Vinny Castilla
• 4 Jim Thome
• 5 Tino Martinez
• 6 Mark Grace
• 7 Shawn Green
• 8 Dustin Hermanson
• 9 Kevin Young
• 10 Tony Clark
• 11 Scott Brosius
• 12 Craig Biggio
• 13 Brian McRae
• 14 Chan Ho Park
• 15 Manny Ramirez
• 16 Chipper Jones
• 17 Rico Brogna
• 18 Quinton McCracken
• 19 J.T. Snow
• 20 Tony Gwynn
• 21 Juan Guzman
• 22 John Valentin
• 23 Rick Helling
• 24 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 25 Frank Thomas
• 26 Jorge Posada
• 27 Dmitri Young
• 28 Rick Reed
• 29 Kevin Tapani
• 30 Troy Glaus
• 31 Kenny Rogers
• 32 Jeromy Burnitz
• 33 Mark Grudzielanek
• 34 Mike Mussina
• 35 Scott Rolen
• 36 Neifi Perez
• 37 Brad Radke
• 38 Darryl Strawberry
• 39 Robb Nen
• 40 Moises Alou
• 41 Eric Young
• 42 Livan Hernandez
• 43 John Wetteland
• 44 Matt Lawton
• 45 Ben Grieve
• 46 Fernando Tatis
• 47 Travis Fryman
• 48 David Segui
• 49 Bobby Abreu
• 50 Nomar Garciaparra
• 51 Paul O'Neill
• 52 Jeff King
• 53 Francisco Cordova
• 54 John Olerud
• 55 Vladimir Guerrero
• 56 Fernando Vina
• 57 Shane Reynolds
• 58 Chuck Finley
• 59 Rondell White
• 60 Greg Vaughn
• 61 Ryan Minor
• 62 Tom Gordon
• 63 Damion Easley
• 64 Ray Durham
• 65 Orlando Hernandez
• 66 Bartolo Colon
• 67 Jaret Wright
• 68 Royce Clayton
• 69 Tim Salmon
• 70 Mark McGwire
• 71 Alex Gonzalez
• 72 Tom Glavine
• 73 Dave Justice
• 74 Omar Vizquel
• 75 Juan Gonzalez
• 76 Bob Higginson
• 77 Todd Walker
• 78 Dante Bichette
• 79 Kevin Millwood
• 80 Roger Clemens
• 81 Kerry Wood
• 82 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 83 Jay Bell
• 84 Barry Bonds
• 85 Alex Rodriguez
• 86 Doug Glanville
• 87 Jason Kendall
• 88 Sean Casey
• 89 Aaron Sele
• 90 Derek Jeter
• 91 Andy Ashby
• 92 Rusty Greer
• 93 Rod Beck
• 94 Matt Williams
• 95 Mike Piazza
• 96 Wally Joyner
• 97 Barry Larkin
• 98 Eric Milton
• 99 Gary Sheffield
• 100 Greg Maddux
• 101 Ken Griffey, Jr. GEM
• 102 Frank Thomas GEM
• 103 Nomar Garciaparra GEM
• 104 Mark McGwire GEM
• 105 Alex Rodriguez GEM
• 106 Tony Gwynn GEM
• 107 Juan Gonzalez GEM
• 108 Jeff Bagwell GEM
• 109 Sammy Sosa GEM
• 110 Vladimir Guerrero GEM
• 111 Roger Clemens GEM
• 112 Barry Bonds GEM
• 113 Darin Erstad GEM
• 114 Mike Piazza GEM
• 115 Derek Jeter GEM
• 116 Chipper Jones GEM
• 117 Larry Walker GEM
• 118 Scott Rolen GEM
• 119 Cal Ripken, Jr. GEM
• 120 Greg Maddux GEM
• 121 Troy Glaus SENS
• 122 Ben Grieve SENS
• 123 Ryan Minor SENS
• 124 Kerry Wood SENS
• 125 Travis Lee SENS
• 126 Adrian Beltre SENS
• 127 Brad Fullmer SENS
• 128 Aramis Ramirez SENS
• 129 Eric Chavez SENS
• 130 Todd Helton SENS
• 131 Pat Burrell ROOK RC
• 132 Ryan Mills ROOK RC*
• 133 Austin Kearns ROOK RC
• 134 Josh McKinley ROOK RC*
• 135 Adam Everett ROOK RC
• 136 Marlon Anderson ROOK
• 137 Bruce Chen ROOK
• 138 Matt Clement ROOK
• 139 Alex Gonzalez ROOK
• 140 Roy Halladay ROOK
• 141 Calvin Pickering ROOK
• 142 Randy Wolf ROOK
• 143 Ryan Anderson ROOK
• 144 Ruben Mateo ROOK
• 145 Alex Escobar ROOK RC
• 146 Jeremy Giambi ROOK
• 147 Lance Berkman ROOK
• 148 Michael Barrett ROOK
• 149 Preston Wilson ROOK
• 150 Gabe Kapler ROOK

Series Two

• 151 Roger Clemens
• 152 Jay Buhner
• 153 Brad Fullmer
• 154 Ray Lankford
• 155 Jim Edmonds
• 156 Jason Giambi
• 157 Bret Boone
• 158 Jeff Cirillo
• 159 Rickey Henderson
• 160 Edgar Martinez
• 161 Ron Gant
• 162 Mark Kotsay
• 163 Trevor Hoffman
• 164 Jason Schmidt
• 165 Brett Tomko
• 166 David Ortiz
• 167 Dean Palmer
• 168 Hideki Irabu
• 169 Mike Cameron
• 170 Pedro Martinez
• 171 Tom Goodwin
• 172 Brian Hunter
• 173 Al Leiter
• 174 Charles Johnson
• 175 Curt Schilling
• 176 Robin Ventura
• 177 Travis Lee
• 178 Jeff Shaw
• 179 Ugueth Urbina
• 180 Roberto Alomar
• 181 Cliff Floyd
• 182 Adrian Beltre
• 183 Tony Womack
• 184 Brian Jordan
• 185 Randy Johnson
• 186 Mickey Morandini
• 187 Todd Hundley
• 188 Jose Valentin
• 189 Eric Davis
• 190 Ken Caminiti
• 191 David Wells
• 192 Ryan Klesko
• 193 Garret Anderson
• 194 Eric Karros
• 195 Ivan Rodriguez
• 196 Aramis Ramirez
• 197 Mike Lieberthal
• 198 Will Clark
• 199 Rey Ordonez
• 200 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 201 Jose Guillen
• 202 Scott Erickson
• 203 Paul Konerko
• 204 Johnny Damon
• 205 Larry Walker
• 206 Denny Neagle
• 207 Jose Offerman
• 208 Andy Pettitte
• 209 Bobby Jones
• 210 Kevin Brown
• 211 John Smoltz
• 212 Henry Rodriguez
• 213 Tim Belcher
• 214 Carlos Delgado
• 215 Andruw Jones
• 216 Andy Benes
• 217 Fred McGriff
• 218 Edgar Renteria
• 219 Miguel Tejada
• 220 Bernie Williams
• 221 Justin Thompson
• 222 Marty Cordova
• 223 Delino DeShields
• 224 Ellis Burks
• 225 Kenny Lofton
• 226 Steve Finley
• 227 Eric Chavez
• 228 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 229 Marquis Grissom
• 230 Jeff Bagwell
• 231 Jose Canseco
• 232 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 233 Richie Sexson
• 234 Jeff Kent
• 235 Rafael Palmeiro
• 236 David Cone
• 237 Gregg Jefferies
• 238 Mike Lansing
• 239 Mariano Rivera
• 240 Albert Belle
• 241 Chuck Knoblauch
• 242 Derek Bell
• 243 Pat Hentgen
• 244 Andres Galarraga
• 245 Mo Vaughn
• 246 Wade Boggs
• 247 Devon White
• 248 Todd Helton
• 249 Raul Mondesi
• 250 Sammy Sosa
• 251 Nomar Garciaparra STER
• 252 Mark McGwire STER
• 253 Alex Rodriguez STER
• 254 Juan Gonzalez STER
• 255 Vladimir Guerrero STER
• 256 Ken Griffey, Jr. STER
• 257 Mike Piazza STER
• 258 Derek Jeter STER
• 259 Albert Belle STER
• 260 Greg Vaughn STER
• 261 Sammy Sosa STER
• 262 Greg Maddux STER
• 263 Frank Thomas STER
• 264 Mark Grace STER
• 265 Ivan Rodriguez STER
• 266 Roger Clemens GEM
• 267 Mo Vaughn GEM
• 268 Jim Thome GEM
• 269 Darin Erstad GEM
• 270 Chipper Jones GEM
• 271 Larry Walker GEM
• 272 Cal Ripken, Jr. GEM
• 273 Scott Rolen GEM
• 274 Randy Johnson GEM
• 275 Tony Gwynn GEM
• 276 Barry Bonds GEM
• 277 Sean Burroughs ROOK RC
• 278 J.M. Gold ROOK RC*
• 279 Carlos Lee ROOK
• 280 George Lombard ROOK
• 281 Carlos Beltran ROOK
• 282 Fernando Seguignol ROOK
• 283 Eric Chavez ROOK
• 284 Carlos Pena ROOK RC
• 285 Corey Patterson ROOK RC
• 286 Alfonso Soriano ROOK RC
• 287 Nick Johnson ROOK RC
• 288 Jorge Toca ROOK RC
• 289 A.J. Burnett ROOK RC
• 290 Andy Brown ROOK RC*
• 291 Doug Mientkiewicz ROOK RC
• 292 Bobby Seay ROOK RC*
• 293 Chip Ambres ROOK RC
• 294 C.C. Sabathia ROOK RC
• 295 Choo Freeman ROOK RC
• 296 Eric Valent ROOK RC
• 297 Matt Belisle ROOK RC
• 298 Jason Tyner ROOK RC
• 299 Masao Kida ROOK RC
• 300 Hank Aaron / Mark McGwire

Parallels

All 300 cards are available in the following parallels.

• Refractors

• Gold Refractors (serial-numbered to 100 copies)

Inserts

Aaron Award Contenders

Randomly inserted into Series two packs at different rates depending on the player, this nine-card set features players vying for the Hank Aaron Award. Card #1 is the toughest to pull and each card gets progressively easier to pull as you go down the checklist. These cards are also available as a Refractor, which is also structured the same as the regular inserts.

• HA1 Juan Gonzalez
• HA2 Vladimir Guerrero
• HA3 Nomar Garciaparra
• HA4 Albert Belle
• HA5 Frank Thomas
• HA6 Sammy Sosa
• HA7 Alex Rodriguez
• HA8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• HA9 Mark McGwire

Complements

This seven-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology. On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half. There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards.

In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.

• C1 Mike Piazza / Ivan Rodriguez
• C2 Tony Gwynn / Wade Boggs
• C3 Kerry Wood / Roger Clemens
• C4 Juan Gonzalez / Sammy Sosa
• C5 Derek Jeter / Nomar Garciaparra
• C6 Mark McGwire / Frank Thomas
• C7 Vladimir Guerrero / Andruw Jones

Double Feature

This seven-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology. On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half. There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards.

In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.

• DF1 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Alex Rodriguez
• DF2 Chipper Jones / Andruw Jones
• DF3 Darin Erstad / Mo Vaughn
• DF4 Craig Biggio / Jeff Bagwell
• DF5 Ben Grieve / Eric Chavez
• DF6 Albert Belle / Cal Ripken, Jr.
• DF7 Scott Rolen / Pat Burrell

Franchise Records

This ten-card set features all-time and single-season franchise statistic holders. Also available as a Refractor.

• FR1 Frank Thomas
• FR2 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• FR3 Mark McGwire
• FR4 Juan Gonzalez
• FR5 Nomar Garciaparra
• FR6 Mike Piazza
• FR7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• FR8 Sammy Sosa
• FR9 Barry Bonds
• FR10 Tony Gwynn

Future's Finest

Each of these Series Two cards is serial-numbered to 500 copies.

• FF1 Pat Burrell
• FF2 Troy Glaus
• FF3 Eric Chavez
• FF4 Ryan Anderson
• FF5 Ruben Mateo
• FF6 Gabe Kapler
• FF7 Alex Gonzalez
• FF8 Michael Barrett
• FF9 Adrian Beltre
• FF10 Fernando Seguignol

Leading Indicators

Inserted into Series One packs, this 10-card set highlights the 1998 home run totals of superstar players and printed on cards using a heat-sensitive, thermal-ink technology. When a collector touched the baseball field background in left, center, or right field, the heat from his finger revealed the pictured player's '98 home run totals in that direction.

• L1 Mark McGwire
• L2 Sammy Sosa
• L3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• L4 Greg Vaughn
• L5 Albert Belle
• L6 Juan Gonzalez
• L7 Andres Galarraga
• L8 Alex Rodriguez
• L9 Barry Bonds
• L10 Jeff Bagwell

Milestones

Similar to the Prominent Figures insert in Series One, this 40-card set features the players who have the highest statistics in four categories: Hits, Home Runs, RBI and Doubles. The cards are printed with Refractor technology and are serial-numbered based on the category as follows: Hits to 3000, Home Runs to 500, RBI to 1400, and Doubles to 500.

• M1 Tony Gwynn H 3000
• M2 Cal Ripken, Jr. H 3000
• M3 Wade Boggs H 3000
• M4 Ken Griffey, Jr. H 3000
• M5 Frank Thomas H 3000
• M6 Barry Bonds H 3000
• M7 Travis Lee H 3000
• M8 Alex Rodriguez H 3000
• M9 Derek Jeter H 3000
• M10 Vladimir Guerrero H 3000
• M11 Mark McGwire HR 500
• M12 Ken Griffey, Jr. HR 500
• M13 Vladimir Guerrero HR 500
• M14 Alex Rodriguez HR 500
• M15 Barry Bonds HR 500
• M16 Sammy Sosa HR 500
• M17 Albert Belle HR 500
• M18 Frank Thomas HR 500
• M19 Jose Canseco HR 500
• M20 Mike Piazza HR 500
• M21 Jeff Bagwell RBI 1400
• M22 Barry Bonds RBI 1400
• M23 Ken Griffey, Jr. RBI 1400
• M24 Albert Belle RBI 1400
• M25 Juan Gonzalez RBI 1400
• M26 Vinny Castilla RBI 1400
• M27 Mark McGwire RBI 1400
• M28 Alex Rodriguez RBI 1400
• M29 Nomar Garciaparra RBI 1400
• M30 Frank Thomas RBI 1400
• M31 Barry Bonds 2B 500
• M32 Albert Belle 2B 500
• M33 Ben Grieve 2B 500
• M34 Craig Biggio 2B 500
• M35 Vladimir Guerrero 2B 500
• M36 Nomar Garciaparra 2B 500
• M37 Alex Rodriguez 2B 500
• M38 Derek Jeter 2B 500
• M39 Ken Griffey, Jr. 2B 500
• M40 Brad Fullmer 2B 500

Peel and Reveal

All cards in this acetate set came covered with an opaque coating on both sides of the card that must be peeled off. Each card is available in the following parallels.

• Sparkle (common)

• Hyperplaid (uncommon)

• Stadium Star (rare)

• PR1 Kerry Wood
• PR2 Mark McGwire
• PR3 Sammy Sosa
• PR4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• PR5 Nomar Garciaparra
• PR6 Greg Maddux
• PR7 Derek Jeter
• PR8 Andres Galarraga
• PR9 Alex Rodriguez
• PR10 Frank Thomas
• PR11 Roger Clemens
• PR12 Juan Gonzalez
• PR13 Ben Grieve
• PR14 Jeff Bagwell
• PR15 Todd Helton
• PR16 Chipper Jones
• PR17 Barry Bonds
• PR18 Travis Lee
• PR19 Vladimir Guerrero
• PR20 Pat Burrell

Prominent Figures

This 50-card, Series One set features ten superstars in each of five statistical categories and printed with Refractor technology. Each card is serial-numbered to the single season record in that particular category. The categories are: Home Runs (with an insertion rate of 1:1,749) and serial-numbered to 70, Slugging Percentage (1:145) numbered to 847, Batting Average (1:289) numbered to 424, Runs Batted In (1:644) numbered to 190, and Total Bases (1:268) numbered to 457.

• PF1 Mark McGwire HR 70
• PF2 Sammy Sosa HR 70
• PF3 Ken Griffey, Jr. HR 70
• PF4 Mike Piazza HR 70
• PF5 Juan Gonzalez HR 70
• PF6 Greg Vaughn HR 70
• PF7 Alex Rodriguez HR 70
• PF8 Manny Ramirez HR 70
• PF9 Jeff Bagwell HR 70
• PF10 Andres Galarraga HR 70
• PF11 Mark McGwire SLG 847
• PF12 Sammy Sosa SLG 847
• PF13 Juan Gonzalez SLG 847
• PF14 Ken Griffey, Jr. SLG 847
• PF15 Barry Bonds SLG 847
• PF16 Greg Vaughn SLG 847
• PF17 Larry Walker SLG 847
• PF18 Andres Galarraga SLG 847
• PF19 Jeff Bagwell SLG 847
• PF20 Albert Belle SLG 847
• PF21 Tony Gwynn BAT 424
• PF22 Mike Piazza BAT 424
• PF23 Larry Walker BAT 424
• PF24 Alex Rodriguez BAT 424
• PF25 John Olerud BAT 424
• PF26 Frank Thomas BAT 424
• PF27 Bernie Williams BAT 424
• PF28 Chipper Jones BAT 424
• PF29 Jim Thome BAT 424
• PF30 Barry Bonds BAT 424
• PF31 Juan Gonzalez RBI 190
• PF32 Sammy Sosa RBI 190
• PF33 Mark McGwire RBI 190
• PF34 Albert Belle RBI 190
• PF35 Ken Griffey, Jr. RBI 190
• PF36 Jeff Bagwell RBI 190
• PF37 Chipper Jones RBI 190
• PF38 Vinny Castilla RBI 190
• PF39 Alex Rodriguez RBI 190
• PF40 Andres Galarraga RBI 190
• PF41 Sammy Sosa TB 457
• PF42 Mark McGwire TB 457
• PF43 Albert Belle TB 457
• PF44 Ken Griffey, Jr. TB 457
• PF45 Jeff Bagwell TB 457
• PF46 Juan Gonzalez TB 457
• PF47 Barry Bonds TB 457
• PF48 Vladimir Guerrero TB 457
• PF49 Larry Walker TB 457
• PF50 Alex Rodriguez TB 457

Split Screen

This 14-card set features two players paired together on the same card and printed using a "split Refractor" technology. On half the cards, the player on the left is refracting and the player on the right is not; the opposite for the other half. There are no "plain vanilla" non-refracting cards.

In addition there is also a "full Refractor" parallel.

• SS1 Mark McGwire / Sammy Sosa
• SS2 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Alex Rodriguez
• SS3 Nomar Garciaparra / Derek Jeter
• SS4 Barry Bonds / Albert Belle
• SS5 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Tony Gwynn
• SS6 Manny Ramirez / Juan Gonzalez
• SS7 Frank Thomas / Andres Galarraga
• SS8 Scott Rolen / Chipper Jones
• SS9 Ivan Rodriguez / Mike Piazza
• SS10 Kerry Wood / Roger Clemens
• SS11 Greg Maddux / Tom Glavine
• SS12 Troy Glaus / Eric Chavez
• SS13 Ben Grieve / Todd Helton
• SS14 Travis Lee / Pat Burrell

Team Finest

The first 10 cards were distributed in first series packs and 11-20 in second series packs, and are available in the following parallels.

• Blue (serial-numbered to 1500 copies)

• Red (serial-numbered to 500)

• Gold (serial-numbered to 250)

• Blue Refractor (serial-numbered to 150)

• Red Refractor (serial-numbered to 50)

• Gold Refractor (serial-numbered to 25)

The Red, Red Refractor, Gold, and Gold Refractors are exclusive to Jumbo packs.

• TF1 Greg Maddux
• TF2 Mark McGwire
• TF3 Sammy Sosa
• TF4 Juan Gonzalez
• TF5 Alex Rodriguez
• TF6 Travis Lee
• TF7 Roger Clemens
• TF8 Darin Erstad
• TF9 Todd Helton
• TF10 Mike Piazza
• TF11 Kerry Wood
• TF12 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• TF13 Frank Thomas
• TF14 Jeff Bagwell
• TF15 Nomar Garciaparra
• TF16 Derek Jeter
• TF17 Chipper Jones
• TF18 Barry Bonds
• TF19 Tony Gwynn
• TF20 Ben Grieve