Revision as of 20:04, 10 November 2010

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.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	240	-	?
SP short set	90	-	?
SP Future Watch	45	1250	1:18
SP Superstars	45	1250	1:18
Update short set	30	-	?
Update Future Watch	30	1500	1:18
Limited	180	50	?
Stars of Japan	30	-	3 per box
Buybacks	?	varies	?
Chirography	?	-	1:72
Chirography Gold	?	varies	?
Cooperstown Calling	?	-	1:24
Stars of Japan Game Ball	?	-	1:12
Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball	?	25	1:12
Stars of Japan Game Ball/Base Combo	?	-	1:576
Stars of Japan Gold Game Ball/Base Combo	?	25	1:576
Stars of Japan Game Bat	?	-	1:12
Stars of Japan Gold Game Bat	?	25	1:12
Stars of Japan Game Bat/Jersey Combo	?	-	1:576
Stars of Japan Gold Game Bat/Jersey Combo	?	25	1:576
Stars of Japan Game Jersey	?	-	1:12
Stars of Japan Gold Game Jersey	?	25	1:12
Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia	?	-	?
UD Exclusives Game Jersey	?	-	1:24
UD Exclusives Game Jersey Combos	?	-	1:24

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 Vizquiel

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 Bobby 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 Bobby 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

91 Ichiro Suzuki RC

92 Wilson Betemit

93 Adrian Hernandez

94 Juan Uribe

95 Travis Hafner

96 Morgan Ensberg

97 Sean Douglass

98 Juan Diaz RC

99 Erik Almonte RC

100 Ryan Freel

101 Elpidio Guzman

102 Christian Parker

103 Josh Fogg

104 Bert Snow

105 Horacio Ramirez RC

106 Ricardo Rodriguez

107 Tyler Walker

108 Jose Mieses

109 Billy Sylvester

110 Martin Vargas

111 Andres Torres

112 Greg Miller

113 Alexis Gomez

114 Grant Balfour

115 Henry Mateo

116 Esix Snead

117 Jackson Melian

118 Nate Teut

119 Tsuyoshi Shinjo RC

120 Carlos Valderrama

121 Johnny Estrada

122 Jason Michaels

123 William Ortega

124 Jason Smith

125 Brian Lawrence

126 Albert Pujols RC

127 Wilken Ruan

128 Josh Towers

129 Kris Keller

130 Nick Manness

131 Jack Wilson

132 Brandon Duckworth RC

133 Mike Penney

134 Jay Gibbons

135 Cesar Crespo

Superstars

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 Jr.

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

211 Mark Prior

212 Mark Teixeira

213 Bud Smith

214 Wilmy Caceres

215 Dave Williams

216 Delvin James

217 Endy Chavez

218 Doug Nickle

219 Bret Prinz

220 Troy Mattes

221 Duaner Sanchez

222 Dewon Brazelton

223 Brian Bowles

224 Donaldo Mendez

225 Jorge Julio

226 Matt White

227 Casey Fossum

228 Mike Rivera

229 Joe Kennedy

230 Kyle Lohse

231 Juan Cruz

232 Jeremy Affeldt

233 Brandon Lyon

234 Brian Roberts

235 Willie Harris

236 Pedro Santana

237 Rafael Soriano

238 Steve Green

239 Junior Spivey

240 Rob Mackowiak

Parallels

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 I. Suzuki/T. Shinjo

RS2 S. Hasegawa/H. Irabu

RS3 T. Ohka/M. Suzuki

RS4 T. Shinjo/H. Irabu

RS5 I. Suzuki/H. Nomo

RS6 T. Shinjo/M. Suzuki

RS7 T. Shinjo/K. Sasaki

RS8 H. Nomo/T. Ohka

RS9 I. Suzuki/M. Suzuki

RS10 H. Nomo/S. Hasegawa

RS11 H. Nomo/M. Yoshii

RS12 H. Nomo/H. Irabu

RS13 S. Hasegawa/K. Sasaki

RS14 S. Hasegawa/M. Suzuki

RS15 T. Shinjo/H. Nomo

RS16 T. Shinjo/T. Ohka

RS17 I. Suzuki/K. Sasaki

RS18 M. Yoshii/H. Irabu

RS19 I. Suzuki/T. Ohka

RS20 H. Irabu/K. Sasaki

RS21 T. Shinjo/M. Yoshii

RS22 I. Suzuki/S. Hasegawa

RS23 M. Suzuki/K. Sasaki

RS24 I. Suzuki/H. Irabu

RS25 T. Ohka/K. Sasaki

RS26 T. Shinjo/S. Hasegawa

RS27 M. Yoshii/K. Sasaki

RS28 H. Nomo/K. Sasaki

RS29 I. Suzuki/M. Yoshii

RS30 H. Nomo/M. Suzuki

Autographs & Game-Used

BuyBacks

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 2000 /145

Roger Clemens 1999 /150

Roger Clemens Expired EXCH

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 Supberafoil /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 1993 /22

Cal Ripken 1994 /99

Cal Ripken 1995 /37

Cal Ripken 1996 /16

Cal Ripken 1996 Checklist /10

Cal Ripken 1997 /23

Cal Ripken 1998 /11

Cal Ripken 2000 /266

Cal Ripken Expired EXCH

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 /79

Frank Thomas 1994 /165

Frank Thomas 1995 /3

Frank Thomas 1997 /34

Frank Thomas 1998 /10

Frank Thomas 2000 /302

Frank Thomas Expired EXCH

Mo Vaughn 1993 /94

Mo Vaughn 1994 /102

Mo Vaughn 1995 /129

Mo Vaughn 1995 Supberafoil /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

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.

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. The production figures for the Gold cards are in parenthesis.

AB Albert Belle (88)

AJ Andruw Jones (25)

AP Albert Pujols (5)

AR Alex Rodriguez /229 (3)

BS Ben Sheets (15)

CB Carlos Beltran (15)

CD Carlos Delgado (25)

CF Cliff Floyd (30)

CJ Chipper Jones /184 (10)

CR Cal Ripken /109 (8)

DD Darren Dreifort /206 (37)

DER Darin Erstad (17)

DES David Espinosa (79)

DJ David Justice (28)

DS Dane Sardinha (50)

DW David Wells (33)

EA Edgardo Alfonzo (13)

JC Jose Canseco

JD J.D. Drew (7)

JE Jim Edmonds (15)

JG Jason Giambi (16)

KG Ken Griffey Jr. /126 (30)

LG Luis Gonzalez /271 (20)

MB Milton Bradley (24)

MK Mark Kotsay /228 (14)

MS Mike Sweeney (29)

MV Mo Vaughn /103 (42)

MW Matt Williams (9)

PB Pat Burrell (5)

RF Rafael Furcal /222 (1)

RH Rick Helling /211 (32)

RJ Randy Johnson /143 (51)

RV Robin Ventura /92 (4)

RW Rondell White (22)

SG Shawn Green /82 (15)

SS Sammy Sosa /76 (21)

TIH Tim Hudson (15)

TL Travis Lee /226 (16)

TOG Tony Gwynn /76 (21)

TOH Todd Helton /152 (17)

TRG Troy Glaus (25)

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.

SPCR Cal Ripken

SPDM Doug Mientkiewicz

SPIS Ichiro Suzuki

SPJP Jorge Posada

SPKG Ken Griffey Jr.

SPLB Lance Berkman

SPMS Mike Sweeney

SPTG Tony Gwynn

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.

CCAD Andre Dawson

CCBM Bill Mazeroski

CCCR Cal Ripken

CCDM Don Mattingly

CCDW Dave Winfield

CCEM Eddie Murray

CCGC Gary Carter

CCGG Goose Gossage

CCJB Jeff Bagwell

CCKP Kirby Puckett

CCKS Kazuhiro Sasaki

CCMP Mike Piazza SP

CCMR Manny Ramirez SP

CCOS Ozzie Smith

CCPM Paul Molitor

CCPM Pedro Martinez SP

CCRM Roger Maris /243

CCRC Roger Clemens

CCRS Ryne Sandberg

CCSG Steve Garvey

CCTG Tony Gwynn

CCWB Wade Boggs

Stars of Japan Game Ball

BBHI Hideki Irabu

BBIS Ichiro Suzuki

BBKS Kazuhiro Sasaki

BBMY Masato Yoshii

BBSH Sigetoshi Hasegawa /30

BBTS Tsuyoshi Shinjo /50

Stars of Japan Game Ball-Base Combos

HIKS Hideki Irabu/Kaz Sasaki /30

HNKS Hideo Nomo/Kaz Sasaki /50

HNSH Nomo/Hasegawa

ISKS Ichiro/Kaz Sasaki /30

ISMY Ichiro/Yoshii

ISSH Ichiro/Sigetoshi Hasegawa /72

ISTS Ichiro/Tsuyoshi Shinjo /40

MSKS Mac Suzuki/Kaz Sasaki /30

MYKS Masato Yoshii/Kaz Sasaki /30

SHKS Sigetoshi Hasegawa/Kaz Sasaki /30

TOKS Ohka/Sasaki

TSHI Tsuyoshi Shinjo/Hideki Irabu /30

TSKS Tsuyoshi Shinjo/Kaz Sasaki /30

TSSH Tsuyoshi Shinjo/Sigetoshi Hasegawa /30

Stars of Japan Game Ball-Base Trio

BBBRS Kaz Sasaki/Ichiro/Hideo Nomo /30

Stars of Japan Game Base

HI Hideki Irabu /33

IS Ichiro Suzuki /23

KS Kazuhiro Sasaki /33

MS Mac Suzuki /23

MY Masato Yoshii /33

SH Sigetoshi Hasegawa /33

TO Tomokazu Ohka /33

TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo /33

Stars of Japan Game Bat

BHN Hideo Nomo /30

BMY Masato Yoshii

BTS Tsuyoshi Shinjo /30

Stars of Japan Game Jersey

JHN Hideo Nomo

JIS Ichiro Suzuki /260

JKS Kazuhiro Sasaki

JMY Masato Yoshii

JSH Shigetoshi Hasegawa

JTS Tsuyoshi Shinjo

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 Red Sox /14

SOS2 Babe Ruth 29.2 Inn /29

SOS3 Babe Ruth 94 Wins /94

SOS4 Babe Ruth 54 HRs /54

SOS5 Babe Ruth 59 HRs /59

SOS6 Babe Ruth 3 HRs '26 WS /26

SOS7 Babe Ruth 60 HRs in '27 /27

SOS8 Babe Ruth Called Shot /32

SOS9 Babe Ruth HR Title /20

SOS10 Babe Ruth HR Title /21

SOS11 Babe Ruth Christens Yankee Stadium /23

SOS12 Babe Ruth 46 HRs in '24 /24

SOS13 Babe Ruth 40 HRs in '26 /26

SOS14 Babe Ruth HR Title /27

SOS15 Babe Ruth 50 HRs in '28 /28

SOS16 Babe Ruth Leads Way /29

SOS17 Babe Ruth 49 HRs in '30 /30

SOS18 Babe Ruth Last Title /31

SOS19 Babe Ruth 1st All-Star Game /33

SOS20 Babe Ruth 1st HOF Class /36

SOS21 Babe Ruth Funeral at House That He Built /48

Sultan of Swatch Memorabilia Signature Cuts

JC1 Babe Ruth Jsy-Cut /1

JC2 Babe Ruth Jsy-Cut /1

JC3 Babe Ruth Jsy-Cut /1

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.

AR Alex Rodriguez

GS Gary Sheffield

JD Joe DiMaggio /243

KG Ken Griffey Jr.

MM Mickey Mantle /243

SS Sammy Sosa

UD Exclusives Game Jersey Combos

GD Ken Griffey, Jr./Joe DiMaggio /98

MD Mickey Mantle/Joe DiMaggio /98

MG Mickey Mantle/Ken Griffey, Jr. /98

RS Alex Rodriguez/Ozzie Smith

SD Sammy Sosa/Andre Dawson

SW Gary Sheffield/Dave Winfield