1998 Stadium Club

Description

1998 Stadium Club is a 400-card set released in two series of 200 cards. For some strange reason, the first series is known as the "Odd Series" and contained the odd numbered base cards (1-399) and the Even Series included even numbered cards (2-400).

Two separate Cal Ripken, Jr. Sound Chip cards were distributed as box toppers in Home Team Advantage boxes.

Subsets include: Prime Rookies (even-numbered 332-354), Future Stars (odd-numbered 361-379), Draft Picks (odd-numbered 381-399) and Transactions (even-numbered 356-400).

Distribution

Retail: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $2)

Hobby: 24 packs per box, nine cards per pack (MSRP: $3)

HTA: 11 packs plus one Cal Ripken, Jr. "Screenplay Sound Chip" card per box, 15 cards per pack (MSRP: $5)

Insertion Ratios

Odd Series

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	HTA Odds
Base	200	-	?	?	?
First Day Issue	200	200	N/A	1:47	N/A
One of a Kind	200	150	1:21	N/A	1:13
Printing Plates	200	four for each	N/A	N/A	1:95
In the Wings	15	-	1:36	1:36	1:12
Never Compromise	20	-	1:12	1:12	1:4
1998 Bowman Veteran Previews	10	-	1:12	1:12	1:4
Triumvirate Luminous	24	-	N/A	1:54	N/A
Triumvirate Luminescent	24	-	N/A	1:192	N/A
Triumvirate Illuminator	24	-	N/A	1:384	N/A
Co-Signers	18	-	varies	N/A	varies

Even Series

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	HTA Odds
Base	200	-	?	?	?
First Day Issue	200	200	N/A	1:42	N/A
One of a Kind	200	150	1:24	N/A	1:14
Printing Plates	200	four for each	N/A	N/A	1:86
1998 Bowman Rookie Previews	10	-	1:12	1:12	1:4
Playing with Passion	10	-	1:12	1:12	1:4
Royal Court	20	-	1:36	1:36	1:12
Triumvirate Luminous	30	-	N/A	1:54	N/A
Triumvirate Luminescent	30	-	N/A	1:192	N/A
Triumvirate Illuminator	30	-	N/A	1:384	N/A
Co-Signers	18	-	varies	N/A	varies

Checklist

Promos

This six-card set was produced to promote the Odd Series of 1998 Stadium Club Baseball. As a result, this set is sequentially-numbered with odd numbers.

• PP1 Derek Jeter
• PP3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• PP5 Roger Clemens
• PP7 Vladimir Guerrero
• PP9 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• PP11 Kevin Brown

Base Set

NOTE: Odd numbered cards (i.e. 1, 3, 5 ... 399) were in first series packs, while even-numbered cards (2, 4, 6 ... 400) were in the second series.

Odd Series

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 3 Vladimir Guerrero
• 5 John Franco
• 7 Rusty Greer
• 9 Brett Tomko
• 11 Mike Cameron
• 13 Bernie Williams
• 15 Jason Dickson
• 17 Brian Jordan
• 19 Scott Spiezio
• 21 Jim Thome
• 23 Livan Hernandez
• 25 Chris Gomez
• 27 Willie Greene
• 29 Johnny Damon
• 31 Chuck Knoblauch
• 33 Tony Clark
• 35 Vinny Castilla
• 37 Reggie Jefferson
• 39 Jermaine Allensworth
• 41 Heathcliff Slocumb
• 43 Barry Bonds
• 45 Chan Ho Park
• 47 Jeff Cirillo
• 49 Craig Biggio
• 51 Mark Clark
• 53 F.P. Santangelo
• 55 Edgar Renteria
• 57 Jimmy Key
• 59 Curt Schilling
• 61 Andy Ashby
• 63 Orel Hershiser
• 65 Scott Servais
• 67 Javy Lopez
• 69 Miguel Tejada
• 71 Reggie Sanders
• 73 Dean Palmer
• 75 David Wells
• 77 Albert Belle
• 79 Brian Hunter
• 81 Darren Oliver
• 83 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 85 Derrek Lee
• 87 Rey Ordonez
• 89 Jeff Kent
• 91 Manny Ramirez
• 93 Doug Glanville
• 95 Andy Benes
• 97 Mike Matheny
• 99 Keith Lockhart
• 101 Roger Clemens
• 103 Mark Bellhorn
• 105 Darin Erstad
• 107 Wilson Alvarez
• 109 George Williams
• 111 Shawn Estes
• 113 Tony Gwynn
• 115 Terry Steinbach
• 117 Andy Pettitte
• 119 Deivi Cruz
• 121 Scott Hatteberg
• 123 Todd Dunwoody
• 125 Royce Clayton
• 127 Tom Glavine
• 129 Terry Adams
• 131 Dan Wilson
• 133 Mickey Morandini
• 135 Juan Encarnacion
• 137 Magglio Ordonez RC
• 139 Todd Helton
• 141 Esteban Loaiza
• 143 Jeff Fassero
• 145 Butch Huskey
• 147 Brian Giles
• 149 John Smoltz
• 151 Jose Valentin
• 153 Ed Sprague
• 155 Carlos Perez
• 157 Bobby Bonilla
• 159 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 161 Rich Loiselle RC
• 163 Larry Walker
• 165 Jeff Montgomery
• 167 James Baldwin
• 169 Kevin Appier
• 171 Nomar Garciaparra
• 173 Armando Benitez
• 175 Ismael Valdes
• 177 Paul Sorrento
• 179 Kevin Elster
• 181 Carlos Baerga
• 183 Ryan McGuire
• 185 Ron Gant
• 187 Scott Karl
• 189 Randall Simon
• 191 Jaret Wright
• 193 John Valentin
• 195 Mike Sweeney
• 197 Jaime Navarro
• 199 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 201 Billy Wagner
• 203 Mark McGwire
• 205 Rico Brogna
• 207 Chad Curtis
• 209 Neifi Perez
• 211 Quilvio Veras
• 213 Kirk Rueter
• 215 Cal Eldred
• 217 Todd Greene
• 219 Ricky Bottalico
• 221 Rich Becker
• 223 Ivan Rodriguez
• 225 Deion Sanders
• 227 Mark Kotsay
• 229 Ryan Klesko
• 231 Luis Gonzalez
• 233 Michael Tucker
• 235 Ariel Prieto
• 237 Omar Vizquel
• 239 Justin Thompson
• 241 Derek Jeter
• 243 Jose Offerman
• 245 Jason Kendall
• 247 Mike Bordick
• 249 Darrin Fletcher
• 251 Ramon Martinez
• 253 Mark Grace
• 255 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• 257 Brad Ausmus
• 259 Doug Jones
• 261 Chuck Finley
• 263 David Segui
• 265 Tim Salmon
• 267 Alex Fernandez
• 269 B.J. Surhoff
• 271 Edgar Martinez
• 273 Eduardo Perez
• 275 Kevin Young
• 277 Brad Radke
• 279 Joe Girardi
• 281 Jeff Frye
• 283 Scott Erickson
• 285 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• 287 Willie McGee
• 289 Ugueth Urbina
• 291 Fernando Tatis
• 293 Bernard Gilkey
• 295 Matt Karchner
• 297 Damion Easley
• 299 Ellis Burks
• 301 Jermaine Dye
• 303 Ron Coomer
• 305 Bob Higginson
• 307 Jon Nunnally
• 309 Jason Schmidt
• 311 Sterling Hitchcock
• 313 Shane Reynolds
• 315 Scott Rolen
• 317 Dave Justice
• 319 Bobby Jones
• 321 Tim Wakefield
• 323 David Cone
• 325 Jose Canseco
• 327 Gerald Williams
• 329 Mark Gardner
• 331 Kevin Brown
• 333 Jed Hansen
• 335 John Thomson
• 337 Mike Piazza
• 339 Ray Durham
• 341 Kevin Polcovich
• 343 Darryl Hamilton
• 345 Kevin Orie
• 347 Juan Guzman
• 349 Rick Aguilera
• 351 Bobby Witt
• 353 Matt Morris
• 355 Todd Zeile
• 357 Alex Gonzalez
• 359 Joey Cora

Future Stars

• 361 Adrian Beltre FS
• 363 A.J. Hinch FS
• 365 Alex Gonzalez FS
• 367 Mike Stoner FS RC*
• 369 Kevin McGlinchy FS
• 371 Kris Benson FS
• 373 Dermal Brown FS
• 375 Eric Milton FS
• 377 Preston Wilson FS
• 379 Travis Lee FS

Draft Picks

• 381 Vernon Wells DP
• 383 J.J. Davis DP
• 385 Michael Cuddyer DP RC
• 387 Chris Enochs DP RC*
• 389 Jason Dellaero DP
• 391 Mark Mangum DP
• 393 Adam Kennedy DP
• 395 Jack Cust DP RC
• 397 Jon Garland DP
• 399 Aaron Akin DP

Even Series

• 2 Frank Thomas
• 4 Ellis Burks
• 6 Paul Molitor
• 8 Todd Hundley
• 10 Eric Karros
• 12 Jim Edmonds
• 14 Denny Neagle
• 16 Sammy Sosa
• 18 Jose Vidro
• 20 Jay Buhner
• 22 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
• 24 Roberto Alomar
• 26 John Wetteland
• 28 Gregg Jefferies
• 30 Barry Larkin
• 32 Mo Vaughn
• 34 Marty Cordova
• 36 Jeff King
• 38 Mariano Rivera
• 40 Livan Hernandez
• 42 Jacob Cruz
• 44 Dave Magadan
• 46 Jeremi Gonzalez
• 48 Delino DeShields
• 50 Benito Santiago
• 52 Fernando Vina
• 54 Pep Harris
• 56 Jeff Bagwell
• 58 Bartolo Colon
• 60 Steve Finley
• 62 John Burkett
• 64 Pokey Reese
• 66 Todd Jones
• 68 Robin Ventura
• 70 Raul Casanova
• 72 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 74 Todd Stottlemyre
• 76 Troy Percival
• 78 Pat Hentgen
• 80 Richard Hidalgo
• 82 Mark Wohlers
• 84 Hideo Nomo
• 86 Stan Javier
• 88 Randy Johnson
• 90 Brian McRae
• 92 Trevor Hoffman
• 94 Todd Walker
• 96 Jason Schmidt
• 98 Tim Naehring
• 100 Jose Rosado
• 102 Pedro Astacio
• 104 Paul O'Neill
• 106 Mike Lieberthal
• 108 Mike Mussina
• 110 Cliff Floyd
• 112 Mark Grudzielanek
• 114 Alan Benes
• 116 Greg Maddux
• 118 Dave Nilsson
• 120 Carlos Delgado
• 122 John Olerud
• 124 Garret Anderson
• 126 Dante Powell
• 128 Gary DiSarcina
• 130 Raul Mondesi
• 132 Al Martin
• 134 Rafael Palmeiro
• 136 Jim Pittsley
• 138 Will Clark
• 140 Kelvim Escobar
• 142 John Jaha
• 144 Harold Baines
• 146 Pat Meares
• 148 Ramiro Mendoza
• 150 Felix Martinez
• 152 Brad Rigby
• 154 Mike Hampton
• 156 Ray Lankford
• 158 Bill Mueller
• 160 Charles Nagy
• 162 Al Leiter
• 164 Chris Hoiles
• 166 Francisco Cordova
• 168 Mark McLemore
• 170 Jamey Wright
• 172 Matt Franco
• 174 Jeromy Burnitz
• 176 Lance Johnson
• 178 Rondell White
• 180 Jason Giambi
• 182 Russ Davis
• 184 Eric Young
• 186 Manny Alexander
• 188 Brady Anderson
• 190 Tim Belcher
• 192 Dante Bichette
• 194 Darren Bragg
• 196 Craig Counsell
• 198 Todd Dunn
• 200 Juan Gonzalez
• 202 Tino Martinez
• 204 Jeff D'Amico
• 206 Todd Hollandsworth
• 208 Tom Goodwin
• 210 Derek Bell
• 212 Greg Vaughn
• 214 Arthur Rhodes
• 216 Bill Taylor
• 218 Mario Valdez
• 220 Frank Rodriguez
• 222 Roberto Duran RC
• 224 Mike Jackson
• 226 Tony Womack
• 228 Steve Trachsel
• 230 Ken Cloude
• 232 Gary Gaetti
• 234 Shawn Green
• 236 Kirt Manwaring
• 238 Matt Beech
• 240 Bret Boone
• 242 Ken Caminiti
• 244 Kevin Tapani
• 246 Jose Guillen
• 248 Dustin Hermanson
• 250 Dave Hollins
• 252 Hideki Irabu
• 254 Jason Isringhausen
• 256 Brian Johnson
• 258 Andruw Jones
• 260 Jeff Shaw
• 262 Gary Sheffield
• 264 John Smiley
• 266 J.T. Snow
• 268 Matt Stairs
• 270 Keith Foulke
• 272 Shannon Stewart
• 274 Wally Joyner
• 276 Eli Marrero
• 278 Jamie Moyer
• 280 Troy O'Leary
• 282 Jose Offerman
• 284 Sean Berry
• 286 Felix Heredia
• 288 Alex Rodriguez
• 290 Jon Lieber
• 292 Chris Stynes
• 294 Joey Hamilton
• 296 Paul Wilson
• 298 Kevin Millwood RC
• 300 Jerry DiPoto
• 302 Travis Lee
• 304 Matt Williams
• 306 Jorge Fabregas
• 308 Jay Bell
• 310 Andy Benes
• 312 Jeff Suppan
• 314 Willie Blair
• 316 Wilson Alvarez
• 318 Fred McGriff
• 320 Wade Boggs
• 322 Tony Saunders
• 324 Roberto Hernandez
• 326 Kevin Stocker
• 328 Quinton McCracken
• 330 Ben Grieve

Prime Rookies

• 332 Mike Lowell RC
• 334 Abraham Nunez
• 336 Masato Yoshii RC
• 338 Brad Fullmer
• 340 Kerry Wood
• 342 Russ Johnson
• 344 David Ortiz
• 346 Mike Caruso
• 348 Ruben Rivera
• 350 Bobby Estalella
• 352 Paul Konerko
• 354 Carl Pavano

Transactions

• 356 Kevin Brown
• 358 Chuck Knoblauch
• 360 Mike Lansing
• 362 Dennis Eckersley
• 364 Kenny Lofton
• 366 Henry Rodriguez
• 368 Darryl Kile
• 370 Walt Weiss
• 372 Cecil Fielder
• 374 Rod Beck
• 376 Travis Fryman
• 378 Chili Davis
• 380 Jim Leyritz
• 382 Joe Carter
• 384 Marquis Grissom
• 386 Rickey Henderson
• 388 Andres Galarraga
• 390 Robb Nen
• 392 Jeff Blauser
• 394 Bob Abreu
• 396 Jose Vizcaino
• 398 Pedro Martinez
• 400 Jeff Conine

Parallels

All 400 cards are available in the following parallels.

• First Day Issue (serial-numbered to 200 copies; exclusive to retail packs)
• One of a Kind (serial-numbered to 150 copies; exclusive to Hobby and HTA packs)
• Printing Plates (set of four for each card; exclusive to HTA packs)

Inserts

In the Wings

• W1 Juan Encarnacion
• W2 Brad Fullmer
• W3 Ben Grieve
• W4 Todd Helton
• W5 Richard Hidalgo
• W6 Russ Johnson
• W7 Paul Konerko
• W8 Mark Kotsay
• W9 Derrek Lee
• W10 Travis Lee
• W11 Eli Marrero
• W12 David Ortiz
• W13 Randall Simon
• W14 Shannon Stewart
• W15 Fernando Tatis

Never Compromise

• NC1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• NC2 Ivan Rodriguez
• NC3 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• NC4 Frank Thomas
• NC5 Tony Gwynn
• NC6 Mike Piazza
• NC7 Randy Johnson
• NC8 Greg Maddux
• NC9 Roger Clemens
• NC10 Derek Jeter
• NC11 Chipper Jones
• NC12 Barry Bonds
• NC13 Larry Walker
• NC14 Jeff Bagwell
• NC15 Barry Larkin
• NC16 Ken Caminiti
• NC17 Mark McGwire
• NC18 Manny Ramirez
• NC19 Tim Salmon
• NC20 Paul Molitor

1998 Bowman Previews

See 1998 Bowman.

Playing With Passion

• P1 Bernie Williams
• P2 Jim Edmonds
• P3 Chipper Jones
• P4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• P5 Craig Biggio
• P6 Juan Gonzalez
• P7 Alex Rodriguez
• P8 Tino Martinez
• P9 Mike Piazza
• P10 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Royal Court

• 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 2 Frank Thomas
• 3 Mike Piazza
• 4 Chipper Jones
• 5 Mark McGwire
• 6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 7 Jeff Bagwell
• 8 Barry Bonds
• 9 Juan Gonzalez
• 10 Alex Rodriguez
• 11 Travis Lee
• 12 Paul Konerko
• 13 Todd Helton
• 14 Ben Grieve
• 15 Mark Kotsay

Triumvirate

Trimuvirate is a 54-card die-cut set exclusive to retail packs. The set is grouped into 18, three-card "Triumvirates" (usually three players on the same team) with each individual card sequentially-numbered with an A, B, or C suffix. Each card is die-cut so that when all three cards in a Triumvirate are together, they form one larger card. Triumvirates T1-T8 are exclusive to Series One or "Odd Series" retail packs and have a "saw blade" design; while T9-T18 are in Even Series (Series Two) packs and have a "Glove" design.

Each card is available in three different editions.

• Luminous (Chrome finish)
• Luminescent (Chrome Refractor finish)
• Illuminator (Acetate card with Refractor-like finish)

Luminous is considered the "base" version with Luminescent and Illuminator as parallels. Luminescent and Illuminator can be difficult to differentiate, particularly when viewing online, or just from the front. The above pictures of Ken Griffey, Jr's. T16B show the easiest visual cue. Luminous and Luminescent (top) maintain a similar pattern across the entire back of the card. The Illuminator (bottom) features the silhouette of the player image from the front of the card.

Copyright information, MLB and MLBPA Logos, and card number are also moved from their normal locations on the back, to spaces that fit within the player's silhouette.

• T1A Chipper Jones
• T1B Andruw Jones
• T1C Kenny Lofton
• T2A Derek Jeter
• T2B Bernie Williams
• T2C Tino Martinez
• T3A Jay Buhner
• T3B Edgar Martinez
• T3C Ken Griffey, Jr.
• T4A Albert Belle
• T4B Robin Ventura
• T4C Frank Thomas
• T5A Brady Anderson
• T5B Cal Ripken, Jr.
• T5C Rafael Palmeiro
• T6A Mike Piazza
• T6B Raul Mondesi
• T6C Eric Karros
• T7A Vinny Castilla
• T7B Andres Galarraga
• T7C Larry Walker
• T8A Jim Thome
• T8B Manny Ramirez
• T8C Dave Justice
• T9A Mike Mussina
• T9B Greg Maddux
• T9C Randy Johnson
• T10A Mike Piazza
• T10B Sandy Alomar
• T10C Ivan Rodriguez
• T11A Mark McGwire
• T11B Tino Martinez
• T11C Frank Thomas
• T12A Roberto Alomar
• T12B Chuck Knoblauch
• T12C Craig Biggio
• T13A Cal Ripken, Jr.
• T13B Chipper Jones
• T13C Ken Caminiti
• T14A Derek Jeter
• T14B Nomar Garciaparra
• T14C Alex Rodriguez
• T15A Barry Bonds
• T15B Dave Justice
• T15C Albert Belle
• T16A Bernie Williams
• T16B Ken Griffey, Jr.
• T16C Ray Lankford
• T17A Tim Salmon
• T17B Larry Walker
• T17C Tony Gwynn
• T18A Paul Molitor
• T18B Edgar Martinez
• T18C Juan Gonzalez

Cal Ripken, Jr. Screenplays Sound Chips

Packed into every HTA box as a box topper, is a lenticular card of Cal Ripken. Built into the card is a speaker and microchip containing around 15 seconds of audio play-by-play. Card SC1 was inserted into every Odd Series HTA box, while card SC2 was put into each Even Series HTA box.

• SC1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• SC2 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Autographs

Co-Signers

Exclusive to Hobby and HTA packs, this 36-card set features on-card autographs of two different players. Cards CS1-CS18 were in Odd Series packs, while CS19-CS36 were in the Even Series. Each player signed three different cards with three different players at three different scarcities. Group "A" cards are the scarcest while group "C" is the most available.

The specific odds of finding a Co-Signer are as follows.

• Odd Series Group A: 1:4372 Hobby, 1:2623 HTA
• Odd Series Group B: 1:1457 Hobby, 1:874 HTA
• Odd Series Group C: 1:121 Hobby, 1:73 HTA
• Even Series Group A: 1:4702 Hobby, 1:2821 HTA
• Even Series Group B: 1:1567 Hobby, 1:940 HTA
• Even Series Group C: 1:131 Hobby, 1:78 HTA

NOTE: Sandy Alomar, Jr. told Beckett in 1998 that he and his brother Roberto signed only 25 copies of their Even Series Group A card -- although no cards in this set are serial-numbered.

• CS1 Nomar Garciaparra / Scott Rolen A
• CS2 Nomar Garciaparra / Derek Jeter B
• CS3 Nomar Garciaparra / Eric Karros C
• CS4 Scott Rolen / Derek Jeter C
• CS5 Scott Rolen / Eric Karros B
• CS6 Derek Jeter / Eric Karros A
• CS7 Travis Lee / Jose Cruz, Jr. B
• CS8 Travis Lee / Mark Kotsay C
• CS9 Travis Lee / Paul Konerko A
• CS10 Jose Cruz, Jr. / Mark Kotsay A
• CS11 Jose Cruz, Jr. / Paul Konerko C
• CS12 Mark Kotsay / Paul Konerko B
• CS13 Tony Gwynn / Larry Walker A
• CS14 Tony Gwynn / Mark Grudzielanek C
• CS15 Tony Gwynn / Andres Galarraga B
• CS16 Larry Walker / Mark Grudzielanek B
• CS17 Larry Walker / Andres Galarraga C
• CS18 Andres Galarraga / Mark Grudzielanek A
• CS19 Sandy Alomar, Jr. / Roberto Alomar A
• CS20 Sandy Alomar, Jr. / Andy Pettitte C
• CS21 Sandy Alomar, Jr. / Tino Martinez B
• CS22 Roberto Alomar / Andy Pettitte B
• CS23 Roberto Alomar / Tino Martinez C
• CS24 Andy Pettitte / Tino Martinez A
• CS25 Tony Clark / Todd Hundley A
• CS26 Tony Clark / Tim Salmon B
• CS27 Tony Clark / Robin Ventura C
• CS28 Todd Hundley / Tim Salmon C
• CS29 Todd Hundley / Robin Ventura B
• CS30 Tim Salmon / Robin Ventura A
• CS31 Roger Clemens / Randy Johnson B
• CS32 Roger Clemens / Jaret Wright A
• CS33 Roger Clemens / Matt Morris C
• CS34 Randy Johnson / Jaret Wright C
• CS35 Randy Johnson / Matt Morris A
• CS36 Jaret Wright / Matt Morris B

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