2002 Sweet Spot

Description

2002 Sweet Spot is a 175-card set released by Upper Deck in October, 2002. Each 12-pack Hobby box will yield two game-used jersey cards, and in every third box will be a Sweet Spot Signature -- signed on a piece of leather.

Distribution

12 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $10). 16 boxes per case. Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds
Base	175	-	?
short set	90	-	?
Sweet Beginnings	40	1300	?
Sweet Beginnings Signatures	15	varies	?
Game Face	30	-	1:24
Game Face Blue	30	100	?
Swatches	25	-	1:12
USA Jerseys	17	-	1:12
Bat Barrels	28	varies	?
Signatures	25	varies	1:72
Legendary Signatures	16	varies	1:72
Mark McGwire Autograph Redemption	1	100	?

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Troy Glaus
• 2 Darin Erstad
• 3 Tim Hudson
• 4 Eric Chavez
• 5 Barry Zito
• 6 Miguel Tejada
• 7 Carlos Delgado
• 8 Eric Hinske
• 9 Ben Grieve
• 10 Jim Thome
• 11 C.C. Sabathia
• 12 Omar Vizquel
• 13 Ichiro Suzuki
• 14 Edgar Martinez
• 15 Bret Boone
• 16 Freddy Garcia
• 17 Tony Batista
• 18 Geronimo Gil
• 19 Alex Rodriguez
• 20 Rafael Palmeiro
• 21 Ivan Rodriguez
• 22 Hank Blalock
• 23 Juan Gonzalez
• 24 Nomar Garciaparra
• 25 Pedro Martinez
• 26 Manny Ramirez
• 27 Mike Sweeney
• 28 Carlos Beltran
• 29 Dmitri Young
• 30 Torii Hunter
• 31 Eric Milton
• 32 Corey Koskie
• 33 Frank Thomas
• 34 Mark Buehrle
• 35 Magglio Ordonez
• 36 Roger Clemens
• 37 Derek Jeter
• 38 Jason Giambi
• 39 Alfonso Soriano
• 40 Bernie Williams
• 41 Jeff Bagwell
• 42 Roy Oswalt
• 43 Lance Berkman
• 44 Greg Maddux
• 45 Chipper Jones
• 46 Gary Sheffield
• 47 Andruw Jones
• 48 Richie Sexson
• 49 Ben Sheets
• 50 Albert Pujols
• 51 Matt Morris
• 52 J.D. Drew
• 53 Sammy Sosa
• 54 Kerry Wood
• 55 Mark Prior
• 56 Moises Alou
• 57 Corey Patterson
• 58 Randy Johnson
• 59 Luis Gonzalez
• 60 Curt Schilling
• 61 Shawn Green
• 62 Kevin Brown
• 63 Paul Lo Duca
• 64 Adrian Beltre
• 65 Vladimir Guerrero
• 66 Jose Vidro
• 67 Javier Vazquez
• 68 Barry Bonds
• 69 Jeff Kent
• 70 Rich Aurilia
• 71 Mike Lowell
• 72 Josh Beckett
• 73 Brad Penny
• 74 Roberto Alomar
• 75 Mike Piazza
• 76 Jeromy Burnitz
• 77 Mo Vaughn
• 78 Phil Nevin
• 79 Sean Burroughs
• 80 Jeremy Giambi
• 81 Bob Abreu
• 82 Jimmy Rollins
• 83 Pat Burrell
• 84 Brian Giles
• 85 Aramis Ramirez
• 86 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 87 Adam Dunn
• 88 Austin Kearns
• 89 Todd Helton
• 90 Larry Walker

Sweet Beginnings

Each Sweet Beginnings card is serial-numbered to 1300 copies.

• 91 Earl Snyder RC
• 92 Jorge Padilla RC
• 93 Felix Escalona RC
• 94 John Foster RC
• 95 Brandon Puffer RC
• 96 Steve Bechler RC
• 97 Hansel Izquierdo RC
• 98 Chris Baker RC*
• 99 Jeremy Ward RC*
• 100 Kevin Frederick RC
• 101 Josh Hancock RC
• 102 Allan Simpson RC
• 103 Mitch Wylie RC*
• 104 Mark Corey RC
• 105 Victor Alvarez RC
• 106 Todd Donovan RC*
• 107 Nelson Castro RC*
• 108 Chris Booker RC
• 109 Corey Thurman RC
• 110 Kirk Saarloos RC
• 111 Michael Crudale RC
• 112 Jason Simontacchi RC
• 113 Ron Calloway RC
• 114 Brandon Backe RC
• 115 Tom Shearn RC
• 116 Oliver Perez RC
• 117 Kyle Kane RC*
• 118 Francis Beltran RC
• 119 So Taguchi RC
• 120 Doug Devore RC
• 121 Juan Brito RC
• 122 Cliff Bartosh RC
• 123 Eric Junge RC
• 124 Joe Orloski RC*
• 125 Scotty Layfield RC*
• 126 Jorge Sosa RC
• 127 Satoru Komiyama RC
• 128 Edwin Almonte RC
• 129 Takahito Nomura RC
• 130 John Ennis RC

Sweet Beginnings Signatures

Each Sweet Beginnings Signatures is serial-numbered to the production figures listed below.

• 131 Kazuhisa Ishii AU RC 100
• 132 Ben Howard AU RC 100
• 133 Aaron Cook AU RC 750
• 134 Anderson Machado AU RC 750
• 135 Luis Ugueto AU RC 750
• 136 Tyler Yates AU RC 750
• 137 Rodrigo Rosario AU RC 750
• 138 Jaime Cerda AU RC 750
• 139 Luis Martinez AU RC 750
• 140 Rene Reyes AU RC 750
• 141 Eric Good AU RC* 750
• 142 Matt Thornton AU RC 100
• 143 Steve Kent AU RC 750
• 144 Jose Valverde AU RC 750
• 145 Adrian Burnside AU RC* 750

Game Face

• 146 Barry Bonds
• 147 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 148 Alex Rodriguez
• 149 Jason Giambi
• 150 Chipper Jones
• 151 Nomar Garciaparra
• 152 Mike Piazza
• 153 Sammy Sosa
• 154 Derek Jeter
• 155 Jeff Bagwell
• 156 Albert Pujols
• 157 Ichiro Suzuki
• 158 Randy Johnson
• 159 Frank Thomas
• 160 Greg Maddux
• 161 Jim Thome
• 162 Scott Rolen
• 163 Shawn Green
• 164 Vladimir Guerrero
• 165 Troy Glaus
• 166 Carlos Delgado
• 167 Luis Gonzalez
• 168 Roger Clemens
• 169 Todd Helton
• 170 Eric Chavez
• 171 Rafael Palmeiro
• 172 Pedro Martinez
• 173 Lance Berkman
• 174 Josh Beckett
• 175 Sean Burroughs

Parallels

The 30 Game Face cards are also available in a Blue parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

Autographs & Game-Used

Swatches

• S-AR Alex Rodriguez
• S-BG Brian Giles
• S-BW Bernie Williams
• S-CJ Chipper Jones
• S-DE Darin Erstad
• S-EC Eric Chavez
• S-FT Frank Thomas
• S-GM Greg Maddux
• S-IR Ivan Rodriguez
• S-IS Ichiro
• S-JBa Jeff Bagwell
• S-JBe Josh Beckett
• S-JE Jim Edmonds
• S-JGI Jason Giambi
• S-JGO Juan Gonzalez
• S-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
• S-KI Kazuhisa Ishii
• S-LG Luis Gonzalez
• S-MP Mike Piazza
• S-OV Omar Vizquel
• S-PM Pedro Martinez
• S-SB Sean Burroughs
• S-SG Shawn Green
• S-SR Scott Rolen
• S-SS Sammy Sosa

USA Jerseys

• USA-AE Adam Everett
• USA-AK Adam Kennedy
• USA-BA Brent Abernathy
• USA-DB Dewon Brazelton
• USA-DG Danny Graves
• USA-DM Doug Mientkiewicz
• USA-EM Eric Munson
• USA-JG Jake Gautreau
• USA-JK Josh Karp
• USA-JM Joe Mauer
• USA-JR Jon Rauch
• USA-JW Justin Wayne
• USA-MP Mark Prior
• USA-MT Mark Teixeira
• USA-RO Roy Oswalt
• USA-TB Tagg Bozied
• USA-XN Xavier Nady

Bat Barrels

• B-AJ Andruw Jones 7
• B-AR Alex Rodriguez 6
• B-BG Brian Giles 4
• B-BW Bernie Williams 6
• B-CJ Chipper Jones 5
• B-FT Frank Thomas 6
• B-GM Greg Maddux 3
• B-GS Gary Sheffield 6
• B-IR Ivan Rodriguez 7
• B-IS Ichiro 2
• B-JD J.D. Drew 2
• B-JGo Juan Gonzalez 1
• B-JT Jim Thome 3
• B-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 7
• B-LG Luis Gonzalez 3
• B-LW Larry Walker 2
• B-MA Moises Alou 2
• B-MC Mark McGwire 1
• B-MO Magglio Ordonez 2
• B-PW Preston Wilson 1
• B-RA Roberto Alomar 4
• B-RAn Rick Ankiel 2
• B-RC Roger Clemens 1
• B-RP Rafael Palmeiro 1
• B-SG Shawn Green 4
• B-SS Sammy Sosa 5
• B-TG Tom Glavine 4
• B-TH Todd Helton 3

Signatures

• AD Adam Dunn 291
• AJ Andruw Jones 291
• AR Alex Rodriguez 291
• BB Barry Bonds EXCH 380
• BG Brian Giles 291
• BZ Barry Zito 291
• CD Carlos Delgado 291
• FG Freddy Garcia 145
• FT Frank Thomas 291
• HB Hank Blalock 291
• IS Ichiro 145
• JB Jeromy Burnitz 291
• JG Jason Giambi 291
• JT Jim Thome 291
• KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 291
• LB Lance Berkman 291
• LG Luis Gonzalez 291
• MPr Mark Prior 291
• MS Mike Sweeney 291
• RC Roger Clemens 194
• RO Roy Oswalt 291
• SB Sean Burroughs 291
• SR Scott Rolen 291
• SS Sammy Sosa 145
• TG Tom Glavine 291

Legendary Signatures

• L-AK Al Kaline 835
• L-AT Alan Trammell 843
• L-BP Boog Powell 944
• L-BR Brooks Robinson
• L-CR Cal Ripken, Jr. 194
• L-FJ Fergie Jenkins 857
• L-FL Fred Lynn 853
• L-GP Gaylord Perry 921
• L-JD Joe DiMaggio 50
• L-KH Keith Hernandez 906
• L-LA Luis Aparicio 485
• L-MM Mark McGwire 90
• L-PM Paul Molitor 852
• L-RF Rollie Fingers 866
• L-SG Steve Garvey 871
• L-SK Sandy Koufax 485

Mark McGwire Autograph Redemption

Randomly inserted into packs of 2002 Sweet Spot were 100 Mark McGwire Autograph redemption cards. Unlike a traditional autographed redemption card, collectors could send to Upper Deck any item they wished to have McGwire sign -- along with the redemption card. These cards expired September 12th, 2003.