2001 SP Authentic

Description

2001 SP Authentic is a 240-card set issued in two separate releases. The first 180 cards were released as the SP Authentic set in September, 2001; while an additional 60-card Update set was distributed within Upper Deck Rookie Update packs in late December, 2001.

Each basic sealed box contained 24 packs plus two three-card bonus packs (one entitled Stars of Japan and another entitled Mantle Pinstripe Exclusives).

The basic set is broken into the following components: basic veterans (1-90), Future Watch (91-135) and Superstars (136-180). Each Future Watch and Superstar subset card from the first series is serial numbered of 1250 copies. Though odds were not released by the manufacturer, information supplied by dealers breaking several cases indicate on average one in every 18 packs contains one of these serial-numbered cards.

The Update set is broken down as follows: basic veterans (181-210) and Future Watch (211-240). Each Update Future Watch is serial numbered to 1500 copies. Notable Rookie Cards in the basic set include Albert Pujols, Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Ichiro Suzuki. Notable Rookie Cards in the Update set include Mark Prior and Mark Teixeira.

Distribution

SP Authentic: 24 packs plus one Pinstripe Exclusives and one Stars of Japan pack per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $4.99)

Update: 18 packs per box, four cards (at least one SP Authentic card) per pack.

Insertion Ratios

SP Authentic Series

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	180	-	?
short set	90	-	?
Future Watch	45	1250	1:18
Superstars	45	1250	1:18
Limited	180	50	?
Stars of Japan	30	-	3 per box
Cooperstown Calling Game Jersey	22	-	GU
UD Exclusives Game Jersey	6	-	GU
UD Exclusives Game Jersey Combos	6	-	GU
Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia	21	varies	?
Stars of Japan Game Bat	3	-	SJ
Stars of Japan Gold Game Bat	3	25	SJ
Stars of Japan Game Ball	6	-	SJ
Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball	6	25	SJ
Stars of Japan Game Base	8	-	SJ
Stars of Japan Gold Game Base	8	25	SJ
Stars of Japan Game Jersey	6	-	SJ
Stars of Japan Gold Game Jersey	6	25	SJ
Stars of Japan Game Ball/Base Combo	14	-	SJC
Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball/Base Combo	14	25	SJC
Stars of Japan Game Ball/Base Trio	1	30	SJC
Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball/Base Trio	1	25	SJC
Stars of Japan Game Bat/Jersey Combo	4	-	SJC
Stars of Japan Gold Game Bat/Jersey Combo	4	25	SJC
Chirography	41	-	CHIRO
Chirography Gold	41	varies	CHIRO
Buybacks	115	varies	1:144
Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia Signature Cuts	3	one-of-one	?

GU: Odds of finding a Cooperstown Calling, UD Exclusives or UD Exclusives Combo Game Jersey card: 1:24/packs.
SJ: Odds of finding a Stars of Japan game-used card: 1:12/Sons of Japan packs.
SJC: Odds of finding a Stars of Japan Combo game-used card: 1:576/Sons of Japan packs.
CHIRO: Odds of finding a Chirography or Chirography Gold autograph: 1:72/packs.

Rookie Update Series

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	60	-	?
Update short set	30	-	one-per-pack
Update Future Watch	30	1500	1:18
Chirography Update	8	250	?
Chirography Update Silver	8	100	?
Chirography Update Gold	8	25	?
Ichiro Rookie Buyback Autographs	4	varies	?

Checklist

Base Set

SP Authentic Series

• 1 Troy Glaus
• 2 Darin Erstad
• 3 Jason Giambi
• 4 Tim Hudson
• 5 Eric Chavez
• 6 Miguel Tejada
• 7 Jose Ortiz
• 8 Carlos Delgado
• 9 Tony Batista
• 10 Raul Mondesi
• 11 Aubrey Huff
• 12 Greg Vaughn
• 13 Roberto Alomar
• 14 Juan Gonzalez
• 15 Jim Thome
• 16 Omar Vizquel
• 17 Edgar Martinez
• 18 Freddy Garcia
• 19 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 20 Ivan Rodriguez
• 21 Rafael Palmeiro
• 22 Alex Rodriguez
• 23 Manny Ramirez
• 24 Pedro Martinez
• 25 Nomar Garciaparra
• 26 Mike Sweeney
• 27 Jermaine Dye
• 28 Bob Higginson
• 29 Dean Palmer
• 30 Matt Lawton
• 31 Eric Milton
• 32 Frank Thomas
• 33 Magglio Ordonez
• 34 David Wells
• 35 Paul Konerko
• 36 Derek Jeter
• 37 Bernie Williams
• 38 Roger Clemens
• 39 Mike Mussina
• 40 Jorge Posada
• 41 Jeff Bagwell
• 42 Richard Hidalgo
• 43 Craig Biggio
• 44 Greg Maddux
• 45 Chipper Jones
• 46 Andruw Jones
• 47 Rafael Furcal
• 48 Tom Glavine
• 49 Jeromy Burnitz
• 50 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 51 Mark McGwire
• 52 Jim Edmonds
• 53 Rick Ankiel
• 54 J.D. Drew
• 55 Sammy Sosa
• 56 Corey Patterson
• 57 Kerry Wood
• 58 Randy Johnson
• 59 Luis Gonzalez
• 60 Curt Schilling
• 61 Gary Sheffield
• 62 Shawn Green
• 63 Kevin Brown
• 64 Vladimir Guerrero
• 65 Jose Vidro
• 66 Barry Bonds
• 67 Jeff Kent
• 68 Livan Hernandez
• 69 Preston Wilson
• 70 Charles Johnson
• 71 Ryan Dempster
• 72 Mike Piazza
• 73 Al Leiter
• 74 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 75 Robin Ventura
• 76 Tony Gwynn
• 77 Phil Nevin
• 78 Trevor Hoffman
• 79 Scott Rolen
• 80 Pat Burrell
• 81 Bob Abreu
• 82 Jason Kendall
• 83 Brian Giles
• 84 Kris Benson
• 85 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 86 Barry Larkin
• 87 Sean Casey
• 88 Todd Helton
• 89 Mike Hampton
• 90 Larry Walker

Future Watch

Each Future Watch card is serial-numbered to 1250 copies.

• 91 Ichiro Suzuki FW RC
• 92 Wilson Betemit FW RC
• 93 Adrian Hernandez FW RC
• 94 Juan Uribe FW RC
• 95 Travis Hafner FW RC
• 96 Morgan Ensberg FW RC
• 97 Sean Douglass FW RC
• 98 Juan Diaz FW RC
• 99 Erick Almonte FW RC
• 100 Ryan Freel FW RC
• 101 Elpidio Guzman FW RC*
• 102 Christian Parker FW RC
• 103 Josh Fogg FW RC
• 104 Bert Snow FW RC*
• 105 Horacio Ramirez FW RC
• 106 Ricardo Rodriguez FW RC
• 107 Ty Walker FW RC
• 108 Jose Mieses FW RC*
• 109 Billy Sylvester FW RC*
• 110 Martin Vargas FW RC*
• 111 Andres Torres FW RC
• 112 Greg Miller FW RC*
• 113 Alexis Gomez FW RC
• 114 Grant Balfour FW RC
• 115 Henry Mateo FW RC
• 116 Esix Snead FW RC
• 117 Jackson Melian FW RC*
• 118 Nate Teut FW RC
• 119 Tsuyoshi Shinjo FW RC
• 120 Carlos Valderrama FW RC
• 121 Johnny Estrada FW RC
• 122 Jason Michaels FW RC
• 123 William Ortega FW RC
• 124 Jason Smith FW RC
• 125 Brian Lawrence FW RC
• 126 Albert Pujols FW RC
• 127 Wilkin Ruan FW RC
• 128 Josh Towers FW RC
• 129 Kris Keller FW RC
• 130 Nick Maness FW RC*
• 131 Jack Wilson FW RC
• 132 Brandon Duckworth FW RC
• 133 Mike Penney FW RC*
• 134 Jay Gibbons FW RC
• 135 Cesar Crespo FW RC

Superstars

Each Superstars card is serial-numbered to 1250 copies.

• 136 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 137 Mark McGwire
• 138 Derek Jeter
• 139 Alex Rodriguez
• 140 Sammy Sosa
• 141 Carlos Delgado
• 142 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 143 Pedro Martinez
• 144 Frank Thomas
• 145 Juan Gonzalez
• 146 Troy Glaus
• 147 Jason Giambi
• 148 Ivan Rodriguez
• 149 Chipper Jones
• 150 Vladimir Guerrero
• 151 Mike Piazza
• 152 Jeff Bagwell
• 153 Randy Johnson
• 154 Todd Helton
• 155 Gary Sheffield
• 156 Tony Gwynn
• 157 Barry Bonds
• 158 Nomar Garciaparra
• 159 Bernie Williams
• 160 Greg Vaughn
• 161 David Wells
• 162 Roberto Alomar
• 163 Jermaine Dye
• 164 Rafael Palmeiro
• 165 Andruw Jones
• 166 Preston Wilson
• 167 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 168 Pat Burrell
• 169 Jim Edmonds
• 170 Mike Hampton
• 171 Jeff Kent
• 172 Kevin Brown
• 173 Manny Ramirez
• 174 Magglio Ordonez
• 175 Roger Clemens
• 176 Jim Thome
• 177 Barry Zito
• 178 Brian Giles
• 179 Rick Ankiel
• 180 Corey Patterson

Update Series

• 181 Garret Anderson
• 182 Jermaine Dye
• 183 Shannon Stewart
• 184 Ben Grieve
• 185 Ellis Burks
• 186 John Olerud
• 187 Tony Batista
• 188 Ruben Sierra
• 189 Carl Everett
• 190 Neifi Perez
• 191 Tony Clark
• 192 Doug Mientkiewicz
• 193 Carlos Lee
• 194 Jorge Posada
• 195 Lance Berkman
• 196 Ken Caminiti
• 197 Ben Sheets
• 198 Matt Morris
• 199 Fred McGriff
• 200 Mark Grace
• 201 Paul LoDuca
• 202 Tony Armas
• 203 Andres Galarraga
• 204 Cliff Floyd
• 205 Matt Lawton
• 206 Ryan Klesko
• 207 Jimmy Rollins
• 208 Aramis Ramirez
• 209 Aaron Boone
• 210 Jose Ortiz

Future Watch

Each Future Watch card is serial-numbered to 1500 copies.

• 212 Mark Teixeira FW RC
• 213 Bud Smith FW RC
• 214 Wilmy Caceres FW RC*
• 215 Dave Williams FW RC
• 216 Delvin James FW RC
• 217 Endy Chavez FW RC
• 218 Doug Nickle FW RC
• 219 Bret Prinz FW RC
• 220 Troy Mattes FW RC
• 221 Duaner Sanchez FW RC
• 222 Dewon Brazelton FW RC
• 223 Brian Bowles FW RC
• 224 Donaldo Mendez FW RC
• 225 Jorge Julio FW RC
• 226 Matt White FW RC*
• 227 Casey Fossum FW RC
• 228 Mike Rivera FW RC
• 229 Joe Kennedy FW RC
• 230 Kyle Lohse FW RC
• 231 Juan Cruz FW RC
• 232 Jeremy Affeldt FW RC
• 233 Brandon Lyon FW RC
• 234 Brian Roberts FW RC
• 235 Willie Harris FW RC
• 236 Pedro Santana FW RC
• 237 Rafael Soriano FW RC
• 238 Steve Green FW RC
• 239 Junior Spivey FW RC
• 240 Rob MacKowiak FW RC

Parallels

Each of the first 180 SP Authentic cards is available as a "Limited" parallel. Each Limited card is serial-numbered to 50 copies.

Inserts

Stars of Japan

This 30-card, dual-player, set features a selection of Japanese stars active in Major League baseball at the time of issue. The cards were distributed in special Stars of Japan packs of which were available as a bonus pack within each sealed box of 2001 SP Authentic baseball. Each Stars of Japan pack contained three cards and one in every 12 packs contained a memorabilia card (see below)

• RS1 Ichiro Suzuki / Tsuyoshi Shinjo
• RS2 Shigetoshi Hasegawa / Hideki Irabu
• RS3 Tomo Ohka / Mac Suzuki
• RS4 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Hideki Irabu
• RS5 Ichiro Suzuki / Hideo Nomo
• RS6 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Mac Suzuki
• RS7 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Kazuhiro Sasaki
• RS8 Hideo Nomo / Tomo Ohka
• RS9 Ichiro Suzuki / Mac Suzuki
• RS10 Hideo Nomo / Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• RS11 Hideo Nomo / Masato Yoshii
• RS12 Hideo Nomo / Hideki Irabu
• RS13 Shigetoshi Hasegawa / Kazuhiro Sasaki
• RS14 Shigetoshi Hasegawa / Mac Suzuki
• RS15 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Hideo Nomo
• RS16 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Tomo Ohka
• RS17 Ichiro Suzuki / Kazuhiro Sasaki
• RS18 Masato Yoshii / Hideki Irabu
• RS19 Ichiro Suzuki / Tomo Ohka
• RS20 Hideki Irabu / Kazuhiro Sasaki
• RS21 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Masato Yoshii
• RS22 Ichiro Suzuki / Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• RS23 Mac Suzuki / Kazuhiro Sasaki
• RS24 Ichiro Suzuki / Hideki Irabu
• RS25 Tomo Ohka / Kazuhiro Sasaki
• RS26 Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• RS27 Masato Yoshii / Kazuhiro Sasaki
• RS28 Hideo Nomo / Kazuhiro Sasaki
• RS29 Ichiro Suzuki / Masato Yoshii
• RS30 Hideo Nomo / Mac Suzuki

Autographs & Game-Used

Cooperstown Calling Game Jersey

This 22-card set features a selection of players that were voted in (or were soon to be voted in) to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Each card features a swatch of game-used jersey incorporated into an attractive horizontal design. Though specific odds per pack were not released for this set, Upper Deck did release cumulative odds of 1:24 packs for finding a game-used jersey card from either of the Cooperstown Calling, UD Exclusives or UD Exclusives Combos sets within the SP Authentic product.

• CC-AD Andre Dawson
• CC-BM Bill Mazeroski
• CC-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
• CC-DM Don Mattingly
• CC-DW Dave Winfield
• CC-EM Eddie Murray
• CC-GC Gary Carter
• CC-GG Goose Gossage
• CC-JB Jeff Bagwell
• CC-KP Kirby Puckett
• CC-KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
• CC-MP Mike Piazza SP
• CC-MR Manny Ramirez SP
• CC-OS Ozzie Smith
• CC-PM Pedro Martinez SP
• CC-PM Paul Molitor
• CC-RC Roger Clemens
• CC-RM Roger Maris SP 243
• CC-RS Ryne Sandberg
• CC-SG Steve Garvey
• CC-TG Tony Gwynn
• CC-WB Wade Boggs

UD Exclusives Game Jersey

This 6-card set features a selection of superstars signed exclusively to Upper Deck for the rights to produce game-used jersey cards. Each card features a swatch of game-used jersey incorporated into an attractive horizontal design. Though specific odds per pack were not released for this set, Upper Deck did release cumulative odds of 1:24 packs for finding a game-used jersey card from either of the Cooperstown Calling, UD Exclusives or UD Exclusives Combos sets within the SP Authentic product. Shortly after release, representatives at Upper Deck publicly released print run information on several short prints. These quantities have been added to the end of the card description within our checklist.

• UD-AR Alex Rodriguez
• UD-GS Gary Sheffield
• UD-JD Joe DiMaggio 243
• UD-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
• UD-MM Mickey Mantle 243
• UD-SS Sammy Sosa

Combos

• UDC-GD Ken Griffey, Jr. / Joe DiMaggio 98
• UDC-MG Mickey Mantle / Ken Griffey, Jr. 98
• UDC-ND Mickey Mantle / Joe DiMaggio 98
• UDC-RS Alex Rodriguez / Ozzie Smith
• UDC-SD Sammy Sosa / Andre Dawson
• UDC-SW Gary Sheffield / Dave Winfield

Sultan of Swatch

This 21-card set features a selection of significant achievements from legendary slugger Babe Ruth's storied career. Each card features a swatch of game-used uniform (most likely pants) and is hand-numbered in blue ink on front to the year or statistical figure of the featured event ( i.e. card SOS3 highlights Ruth's 94 career wins as a pitcher, thus only 94 hand-numbered copies of that card were produced). Quantities on each card vary from as many as 94 copies to as few as 14 copies.

• SOS1 Babe Ruth BOS 14
• SOS2 Babe Ruth 29.2 IP 29
• SOS3 Babe Ruth 94 W 94
• SOS4 Babe Ruth 54 HR 54
• SOS5 Babe Ruth 59 HR 59
• SOS6 Babe Ruth 1926 WS 26
• SOS7 Babe Ruth 1927 60
• SOS8 Babe Ruth "The Called Shot" 32
• SOS9 Babe Ruth 1920 20
• SOS10 Babe Ruth 1921 21
• SOS11 Babe Ruth "Christens Yankee Stadium" 23
• SOS12 Babe Ruth 1924 24
• SOS13 Babe Ruth 1926 26
• SOS14 Babe Ruth 1927 27
• SOS15 Babe Ruth 1928 28
• SOS16 Babe Ruth 1929 29
• SOS17 Babe Ruth 1930 30
• SOS18 Babe Ruth 1931 31
• SOS19 Babe Ruth "First All-Star Game" 33
• SOS20 Babe Ruth HOF 36
• SOS21 Babe Ruth Funeral 48

Signature Cuts

There are three Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia Signature Cuts and each is hand-numbered to three copies. All three cards are, essentially, the same card (e.g. same design, same photo, etc.). With that said, all three cards are sequentially-numbered as "SOS-1," "SOS-2," and "SOS-3." Card #SOS-1 is hand-numbered "1/3" on the front, with cards SOS-2 and SOS-3 hand-numbered "2/3" and "3/3," respectively.

• JC1 Babe Ruth
• JC2 Babe Ruth
• JC3 Babe Ruth

Stars of Japan

NOTES

• All Stars of Japan game-used cards are exclusive to the Stars of Japan box-topper pack.
• The odds of finding a game-used card is 1:12 Stars of Japan packs.
• The odds of finding a Combo game-used card is 1:576 Stars of Japan packs.
• Each card is also available in a Gold parallel which is hand-numbered to 25 copies.

Game Jersey

NOTE: Ichiro's Game Jersey card packed out as a redemption which expired August 30th, 2004. After the expiration date, Upper Deck announced that only 260 Ichiro's were produced, although the cards were not numbered. In addition, Ichiro is unavailable in the Gold parallel.

• J-HN Hideo Nomo
• J-IS Ichiro Suzuki EXCH 260
• J-KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
• J-MY Masato Yoshii
• J-SH Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• J-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo

Game Ball

• BB-HI Hideki Irabu
• BB-IS Ichiro Suzuki
• BB-KS Kazuhiro Sasaki
• BB-MY Masato Yoshii
• BB-SH Shigetoshi Hasegawa 30
• BB-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo 50

Game Base

NOTE: The production figures listed below were issued by Upper Deck after the product's release. None of the cards are serial-numbered.

• HI Hideki Irabu 33
• IS Ichiro Suzuki 23
• KS Kazuhiro Sasaki 33
• MS Mac Suzuki 23
• MY Masato Yoshii 33
• SH Shigetoshi Hasegawa 33
• TO Tomo Ohka 33
• TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo 33

Game Bat

• B-HN Hideo Nomo 30
• B-MY Masato Yoshii
• B-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo 30

Game Bat-Jersey Combos

• BB-HS Shigetoshi Hasegawa / Tsuyoshi Shinjo
• JB-NN Hideo Nomo
• JB-SN Kazuhiro Sasaki / Hideo Nomo
• JJ-SH Kazuhiro Sasaki / Shigetoshi Hasegawa

Game Ball-Base Combos

• HI-KS Hideki Irabu / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
• HN-KS Hideo Nomo / Kazuhiro Sasaki 50
• HN-SH Hideo Nomo / Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• IS-KS Ichiro Suzuki / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
• IS-MY Ichiro Suzuki / Masato Yoshii
• IS-SH Ichiro Suzuki / Shigetoshi Hasegawa 72
• IS-TS Ichiro Suzuki / Tsuyoshi Shinjo 40
• MS-KS Mac Suzuki / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
• MY-KS Masato Yoshii / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
• SH-KS Shigetoshi Hasegawa / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
• TO-KS Tomo Ohka / Kazuhiro Sasaki
• TS-HI Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Hideki Irabu 30
• TS-KS Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Kazuhiro Sasaki 30
• TS-SH Tsuyoshi Shinjo / Shigetoshi Hasegawa 30

Game Ball-Base Trio

The Game-Ball-Base Trio card is limited, but not serial-numbered, to 30 copies.

• RS Kazuhiro Sasaki / Ichiro Suzuki / Hideo Nomo

Chirography

Signed Chirography inserts were brought back for the fourth straight year within SP Authentic. Over 40 players were featured in the 2001 issue, with announced odds of 1:72 packs. Each card features a horizontal design and a small black and white action photo of the player at the side to allow the maximum amount of room for the featured player's autograph (of which is typically found signed in blue ink).

Quantities produced for each card varied dramatically and shortly after the product was released, representatives at Upper Deck publicly announced print runs on a selection of the toughest cards to obtain. Those quantities have been added to our checklist following the featured player's name.

• AB Albert Belle
• AJ Andruw Jones
• ALP Albert Pujols
• AR Alex Rodriguez 229
• BS Ben Sheets
• CB Carlos Beltran
• CD Carlos Delgado
• CF Cliff Floyd
• CJ Chipper Jones 184
• CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 109
• DD Darren Dreifort 206
• DER Darin Erstad
• DES David Espinosa
• DJ Dave Justice
• DS Dane Sardinha
• DW David Wells
• EA Edgardo Alfonzo
• JC Jose Canseco
• JD J.D. Drew
• JE Jim Edmonds
• JG Jason Giambi
• KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 126
• LG Luis Gonzalez 271
• MB Milton Bradley
• MK Mark Kotsay 228
• MS Mike Sweeney
• MV Mo Vaughn 103
• MW Matt Williams
• PB Pat Burrell
• RF Rafael Furcal 222
• RH Rick Helling 211
• RJ Randy Johnson 143
• RV Robin Ventura 92
• RW Rondell White
• SG Shawn Green 82
• SS Sammy Sosa 76
• TIH Tim Hudson
• TL Travis Lee 226
• TOG Tony Gwynn 76
• TOH Todd Helton 152
• TRG Troy Glaus

Gold

In addition, each card (except for Jose Canseco) is available in a Gold parallel. The Gold Chirography's are serial-numbered to the player's uniform number.

• G-AB Albert Belle 88
• G-AJ Andruw Jones 25
• G-ALP Albert Pujols 5
• G-AR Alex Rodriguez 3
• G-BS Ben Sheets 15
• G-CB Carlos Beltran 15
• G-CD Carlos Delgado 25
• G-CF Cliff Floyd 30
• G-CJ Chipper Jones 10
• G-CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 8
• G-DD Darren Dreifort 37
• G-DER Darin Erstad 17
• G-DES David Espinosa 79
• G-DJ Dave Justice 28
• G-DS Dane Sardinha 50
• G-DW David Wells 33
• G-EA Edgardo Alfonzo 13
• G-JD J.D. Drew 7
• G-JE Jim Edmonds 15
• G-JG Jason Giambi 16
• G-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 30
• G-LG Luis Gonzalez 20
• G-MB Milton Bradley 24
• G-MK Mark Kotsay 14
• G-MS Mike Sweeney 29
• G-MV Mo Vaughn 42
• G-MW Matt Williams 9
• G-PB Pat Burrell 5
• G-RF Rafael Furcal 1
• G-RH Rick Helling 32
• G-RJ Randy Johnson 51
• G-RV Robin Ventura 4
• G-RW Rondell White 22
• G-SG Shawn Green 15
• G-SS Sammy Sosa 21
• G-TIH Tim Hudson 15
• G-TL Travis Lee 16
• G-TOG Tony Gwynn 21
• G-TOH Todd Helton 17
• G-TRG Troy Glaus 25

Buyback Autographs

For the third time in the history of the brand (including 1997 and 2000), Upper Deck incorporated Buyback cards into SP Authentic packs. Representatives from UD purchased varying quantities of actual previously released SP/SP Authentic cards ranging from 1993 to 2000. The cards were then signed by the featured ballplayer, hand-numbered in blue ink on front and affixed with a serial-numbered hologram sticker on back (note: it's believed all 2001 hologram sticker numbers begin with the letters "AAA"). In addition to the actual signed card, each Buyback was distributed with a 2 1/2" by 3 1/2" Authenticity Guarantee card. Each of these cards featured a hologram with a matching serial-number and a note of congratulations from Upper Deck's CEO Richard McWilliam. Our listings for these cards feature the year of the card followed by the quantity produced. Thus, "Edgardo Alfonzo 1995 77" indicates a 1995 SP Authentic Edgardo Alfonzo card of which 77 copies were made.

The following players were seeded into packs as exchange cards: Roger Clemens, Cal Ripken and Frank Thomas. Collectors did not know which card of these players they would receive until it was mailed to them. Exchange deadline was 8/30/04.

• Edgardo Alfonzo 1995 77
• Edgardo Alfonzo 1998 15
• Edgardo Alfonzo 2000 280
• Barry Bonds 1993 75
• Barry Bonds 1994 103
• Barry Bonds 1995 31
• Barry Bonds 1995 Superbafoil 2
• Barry Bonds 1996 49
• Barry Bonds 1997 15
• Barry Bonds 1998 15
• Barry Bonds 2000 146
• Roger Clemens 1999 EXCH 150
• Roger Clemens 2000 EXCH 145
• Carlos Delgado 1993 24
• Carlos Delgado 1994 272
• Carlos Delgado 1996 81
• Carlos Delgado 1997 8
• Carlos Delgado 1998 29
• Carlos Delgado 2000 169
• Jim Edmonds 1996 72
• Jim Edmonds 1997 38
• Jim Edmonds 1998 23
• Jason Giambi 1997 14
• Jason Giambi 1998 6
• Jason Giambi 2000 290
• Troy Glaus 2000 340
• Shawn Green 2000 340
• Ken Griffey, Jr. 1993 34
• Ken Griffey, Jr. 1994 182
• Ken Griffey, Jr. 1995 116
• Ken Griffey, Jr. 1995 Superbafoil 2
• Ken Griffey, Jr. 1996 53
• Ken Griffey, Jr. 1997 7
• Ken Griffey, Jr. 1998 8
• Ken Griffey, Jr. 2000 333
• Tony Gwynn 1993 101
• Tony Gwynn 1994 88
• Tony Gwynn 1995 179
• Tony Gwynn 1996 92
• Tony Gwynn 1997 9
• Tony Gwynn 1998 16
• Tony Gwynn 2000 95
• Todd Helton 2000 194
• Tim Hudson 2000 291
• Randy Johnson 1993 97
• Randy Johnson 1994 146
• Randy Johnson 1995 121
• Randy Johnson 1995 Superbafoil 6
• Randy Johnson 1996 78
• Randy Johnson 1997 8
• Randy Johnson 1998 12
• Randy Johnson 2000 213
• Andruw Jones 1997 20
• Andruw Jones 1998 12
• Andruw Jones 2000 336
• Chipper Jones 1993 13
• Chipper Jones 1995 118
• Chipper Jones 1996 72
• Chipper Jones 1997 15
• Chipper Jones 1998 11
• Chipper Jones 2000 303
• Cal Ripken, Jr. 1993 EXCH 22
• Cal Ripken, Jr. 1994 EXCH 99
• Cal Ripken, Jr. 1995 EXCH 37
• Cal Ripken, Jr. 1996 EXCH 16
• Cal Ripken, Jr. 1996 CL EXCH 10
• Cal Ripken, Jr. 1997 EXCH 23
• Cal Ripken, Jr. 1998 EXCH 11
• Cal Ripken, Jr. 2000 EXCH 266
• Alex Rodriguez 1995 117
• Alex Rodriguez 1995 Superbafoil 2
• Alex Rodriguez 1996 72
• Alex Rodriguez 1997 14
• Alex Rodriguez 1998 11
• Alex Rodriguez 2000 332
• Ivan Rodriguez 1993 89
• Ivan Rodriguez 1995 16
• Ivan Rodriguez 1995 Superbafoil 2
• Ivan Rodriguez 1996 64
• Ivan Rodriguez 1997 8
• Ivan Rodriguez 1998 13
• Ivan Rodriguez 2000 163
• Gary Sheffield 1993 82
• Gary Sheffield 1994 3
• Gary Sheffield 1995 70
• Gary Sheffield 1996 67
• Gary Sheffield 1997 43
• Gary Sheffield 1998 27
• Gary Sheffield 2000 146
• Sammy Sosa 1993 73
• Sammy Sosa 1994 19
• Sammy Sosa 1995 30
• Sammy Sosa 1996 9
• Sammy Sosa 1997 14
• Fernando Tatis 2000 267
• Frank Thomas 1993 EXCH 79
• Frank Thomas 1994 EXCH 165
• Frank Thomas 1995 EXCH 3
• Frank Thomas 1997 EXCH 34
• Frank Thomas 1998 EXCH 10
• Frank Thomas 2000 EXCH 302
• Mo Vaughn 1993 94
• Mo Vaughn 1994 102
• Mo Vaughn 1995 129
• Mo Vaughn 1995 SUperbafoil 3
• Mo Vaughn 1996 81
• Mo Vaughn 1997 36
• Mo Vaughn 1998 23
• Mo Vaughn 2000 309
• Robin Ventura 2000 340
• Matt Williams 2000 340

Chirography Update

These cards were randomly inserted into 2001 Upper Deck Rookie Update packs. Each card is serial-numbered to 250 copies with a Silver parallel numbered to 100 and a Gold parallel numbered to 25.

• SP-CJ Chipper Jones
• SP-CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
• SP-DM Doug Mientkiewicz
• SP-FT Frank Thomas
• SP-GM Greg Maddux
• SP-IS Ichiro Suzuki
• SP-JP Jorge Posada
• SP-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
• SP-LB Lance Berkman
• SP-MS Mike Sweeney
• SP-TG Tony Gwynn

Update Series Ichiro Rookie Autographed Buyback

Upper Deck bought-back sixteen copies of Ichiro's SP Authentic rookie card (#91), had Ichiro autographed them, and randomly inserted them into packs of Rookie Update. Each is hand-numbered to 50 copies -- for the aggregate number of Ichiro cards UD bought back for this promotion -- and features a UD Authentic hologram.

SP
SP Era: 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997
SP Authentic Era: 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010
SP Legendary Cuts: 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2011
SP Top Prospects: 1995 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001
Other SP Brands: 1995 SP Championship Series - 1999 SP Signature Edition - 2001 SP Game Bat Edition - 2001 SP Game Bat Milestone - 2001 SP Game Used - 2004 SP Game Used Patch - 2004 SP Prospects - 2007 SP Rookie Edition - 2012 SP Signature Edition