1997 Stadium Club

Description

1997 Stadium Club is a 390-card set released in two series of 195 cards. The last 15 cards in each series (TSC 2000 cards 181-195 and Stadium Sluggers Cards 376-390) are both short-printed.

Cards wre printed one a noticeably thicker 20-point cardstock with holographic embossing.

Series One was released in February 1997, with Series Two, two months later.

Distribution

Series One Hobby/Retail: 24 packs per box, eight cards per pack (MSRP: $3). Series Two Hobby: 24 packs per box, nine cards per pack (MSRP: $3). Series Two retail: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $2). HTA (both series): 12 packs per box, 15 cards per pack (MSRP: $5).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds	HTA Odds
Base	390	-	?	?	?
short set	360	-	?	?	?
TSC 2000 (S1)	15	-	1:2	1:2	1:1
Stadium Sluggers (S2)	15	-	1:2	1:3	N/A
Matrix	120	-	1:12	1:12	1:6
Pure Gold	20	-	1:72	1:108	?
Instavision	22	-	1:24	1:24	1:12
Millennium	40	-	1:24	1:24	1:12
Firebrands (S1)	12	-	N/A	1:36	N/A
Patent Leather (S2)	13	-	N/A	1:36	N/A
Co-Signers	10	-	1:168	N/A	1:96

Checklist

Promos

Each Topps wholesale account received one of these three Pre-Production sample cards along with their order forms for 1997 Stadium Club Series One baseball. The cards were designed to provide wholesale customers with a sneak preview of the upcoming Stadium Club release. The design parallels the regular issue cards except for the PP-prefixed numbering. In addition, the term "Pre-Production Sample" replaces the line of 1996 statistics on back.

• PP1 Chipper Jones
• PP2 Kenny Lofton
• PP3 Gary Sheffield

Base Set

Series One

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Gary Sheffield
• 3 Kenny Lofton
• 4 Brian Jordan
• 5 Mark McGwire
• 6 Charles Nagy
• 7 Tim Salmon
• 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 9 Jeff Conine
• 10 Paul Molitor
• 11 Mariano Rivera
• 12 Pedro Martinez
• 13 Jeff Bagwell
• 14 Bobby Bonilla
• 15 Barry Bonds
• 16 Ryan Klesko
• 17 Barry Larkin
• 18 Jim Thome
• 19 Jay Buhner
• 20 Juan Gonzalez
• 21 Mike Mussina
• 22 Kevin Appier
• 23 Eric Karros
• 24 Steve Finley
• 25 Ed Sprague
• 26 Bernard Gilkey
• 27 Tony Phillips
• 28 Henry Rodriguez
• 29 John Smoltz
• 30 Dante Bichette
• 31 Mike Piazza
• 32 Paul O'Neill
• 33 Billy Wagner
• 34 Reggie Sanders
• 35 John Jaha
• 36 Eddie Murray
• 37 Eric Young
• 38 Roberto Hernandez
• 39 Pat Hentgen
• 40 Sammy Sosa
• 41 Todd Hundley
• 42 Mo Vaughn
• 43 Robin Ventura
• 44 Mark Grudzielanek
• 45 Shane Reynolds
• 46 Andy Pettitte
• 47 Fred McGriff
• 48 Rey Ordonez
• 49 Will Clark
• 50 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 51 Todd Worrell
• 52 Rusty Greer
• 53 Mark Grace
• 54 Tom Glavine
• 55 Derek Jeter
• 56 Rafael Palmeiro
• 57 Bernie Williams
• 58 Marty Cordova
• 59 Andres Galarraga
• 60 Ken Caminiti
• 61 Garret Anderson
• 62 Denny Martinez
• 63 Mike Greenwell
• 64 David Segui
• 65 Julio Franco
• 66 Rickey Henderson
• 67 Ozzie Guillen
• 68 Pete Harnisch
• 69 Chan Ho Park
• 70 Harold Baines
• 71 Mark Clark
• 72 Steve Avery
• 73 Brian Hunter
• 74 Pedro Astacio
• 75 Jack McDowell
• 76 Gregg Jefferies
• 77 Jason Kendall
• 78 Todd Walker
• 79 B.J. Surhoff
• 80 Moises Alou
• 81 Fernando Vina
• 82 Darryl Strawberry
• 83 Jose Rosado
• 84 Chris Gomez
• 85 Chili Davis
• 86 Alan Benes
• 87 Todd Hollandsworth
• 88 Jose Vizcaino
• 89 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 90 Ruben Rivera
• 91 Donovan Osborne
• 92 Doug Glanville
• 93 Gary DiSarcina
• 94 Brooks Kieschnick
• 95 Bobby Jones
• 96 Raul Casanova
• 97 Jermaine Allensworth
• 98 Kenny Rogers
• 99 Mark McLemore
• 100 Jeff Fassero
• 101 Sandy Alomar
• 102 Chuck Finley
• 103 Eric Owens
• 104 Billy McMillon
• 105 Dwight Gooden
• 106 Sterling Hitchcock
• 107 Doug Drabek
• 108 Paul Wilson
• 109 Chris Snopek
• 110 Al Leiter
• 111 Bob Tewksbury
• 112 Todd Greene
• 113 Jose Valentin
• 114 Delino DeShields
• 115 Mike Bordick
• 116 Pat Meares
• 117 Mariano Duncan
• 118 Steve Trachsel
• 119 Luis Castillo
• 120 Andy Benes
• 121 Donne Wall
• 122 Alex Gonzalez
• 123 Dan Wilson
• 124 Omar Vizquel
• 125 Devon White
• 126 Darryl Hamilton
• 127 Orlando Merced
• 128 Royce Clayton
• 129 William VanLandingham
• 130 Terry Steinbach
• 131 Jeff Blauser
• 132 Jeff Cirillo
• 133 Roger Pavlik
• 134 Danny Tartabull
• 135 Jeff Montgomery
• 136 Bob Higginson
• 137 Mike Grace
• 138 Kevin Elster
• 139 Brian Giles RC
• 140 Rod Beck
• 141 Ismael Valdes
• 142 Scott Brosius
• 143 Mike Fetters
• 144 Gary Gaetti
• 145 Mike Lansing
• 146 Glenallen Hill
• 147 Shawn Green
• 148 Mel Rojas
• 149 Joey Cora
• 150 John Smiley
• 151 Marvin Benard
• 152 Curt Schilling
• 153 Dave Nilsson
• 154 Edgar Renteria
• 155 Joey Hamilton
• 156 Carlos Garcia
• 157 Nomar Garciaparra
• 158 Kevin Ritz
• 159 Keith Lockhart
• 160 Justin Thompson
• 161 Terry Adams
• 162 Jamey Wright
• 163 Otis Nixon
• 164 Michael Tucker
• 165 Mike Stanley
• 166 Ben McDonald
• 167 John Mabry
• 168 Troy O'Leary
• 169 Mel Nieves
• 170 Bret Boone
• 171 Mike Timlin
• 172 Scott Rolen
• 173 Reggie Jefferson
• 174 Neifi Perez
• 175 Brian McRae
• 176 Tom Goodwin
• 177 Aaron Sele
• 178 Benito Santiago
• 179 Frank Rodriguez
• 180 Eric Davis

TSC 2000

• 181 Andruw Jones TSC 2000
• 182 Todd Walker TSC 2000
• 183 Wes Helms TSC 2000
• 184 Nelson Figueroa TSC 2000 RC
• 185 Vladimir Guerrero TSC 2000
• 186 Billy McMillon TSC 2000
• 187 Todd Helton TSC 2000
• 188 Nomar Garciaparra TSC 2000
• 189 Katsuhiro Maeda TSC 2000
• 190 Russell Branyan TSC 2000
• 191 Glendon Rusch TSC 2000
• 192 Bartolo Colon TSC 2000
• 193 Scott Rolen TSC 2000
• 194 Angel Echevarria TSC 2000
• 195 Bob Abreu TSC 2000

Series Two

Please note that cards 361 and 374 do not exist. Due to an error at the manufacturer both Mike Sweeney and Tom Pagnozzi had their cards numbered as 274. In addition, Jermaine Dye and Brant Brown both had their cards numbered as 351. These numbering errors were never corrected.

• 196 Greg Maddux
• 197 Joe Carter
• 198 Alex Ochoa
• 199 Ellis Burks
• 200 Ivan Rodriguez
• 201 Marquis Grissom
• 202 Trevor Hoffman
• 203 Matt Williams
• 204 Carlos Delgado
• 205 Ramon Martinez
• 206 Chuck Knoblauch
• 207 Juan Guzman
• 208 Derek Bell
• 209 Roger Clemens
• 210 Vladimir Guerrero
• 211 Cecil Fielder
• 212 Hideo Nomo
• 213 Frank Thomas
• 214 Greg Vaughn
• 215 Javy Lopez
• 216 Raul Mondesi
• 217 Wade Boggs
• 218 Carlos Baerga
• 219 Tony Gwynn
• 220 Tino Martinez
• 221 Vinny Castilla
• 222 Lance Johnson
• 223 Dave Justice
• 224 Rondell White
• 225 Dean Palmer
• 226 Jim Edmonds
• 227 Albert Belle
• 228 Alex Fernandez
• 229 Ryne Sandberg
• 230 Jose Mesa
• 231 David Cone
• 232 Troy Percival
• 233 Edgar Martinez
• 234 Jose Canseco
• 235 Kevin Brown
• 236 Ray Lankford
• 237 Karim Garcia
• 238 J.T. Snow
• 239 Dennis Eckersley
• 240 Roberto Alomar
• 241 John Valentin
• 242 Ron Gant
• 243 Geronimo Berroa
• 244 Manny Ramirez
• 245 Travis Fryman
• 246 Denny Neagle
• 247 Randy Johnson
• 248 Darin Erstad
• 249 Mark Wohlers
• 250 Ken Hill
• 251 Larry Walker
• 252 Craig Biggio
• 253 Brady Anderson
• 254 John Wetteland
• 255 Andruw Jones
• 256 Turk Wendell
• 257 Jason Isringhausen
• 258 Jaime Navarro
• 259 Sean Berry
• 260 Albie Lopez
• 261 Jay Bell
• 262 Bobby Witt
• 263 Tony Clark
• 264 Tim Wakefield
• 265 Brad Radke
• 266 Tim Belcher
• 267 Nerio Rodriguez
• 268 Roger Cedeno
• 269 Tim Naehring
• 270 Kevin Tapani
• 271 Joe Randa
• 272 Randy Myers
• 273 Dave Burba
• 274 Mike Sweeney
• 274 Tom Pagnozzi UER (Should have been numbered 374)
• 275 Danny Graves
• 276 Chad Mottola
• 277 Ruben Sierra
• 278 Norm Charlton
• 279 Scott Servais
• 280 Jacob Cruz
• 281 Mike Macfarlane
• 282 Rich Becker
• 283 Shannon Stewart
• 284 Gerald Williams
• 285 Jody Reed
• 286 Jeff D'Amico
• 287 Walt Weiss
• 288 Jim Leyritz
• 289 Francisco Cordova
• 290 F.P. Santangelo
• 291 Scott Erickson
• 292 Hal Morris
• 293 Ray Durham
• 294 Andy Ashby
• 295 Darryl Kile
• 296 Jose Paniagua
• 297 Mickey Tettleton
• 298 Joe Girardi
• 299 Rocky Coppinger
• 300 Bob Abreu
• 301 John Olerud
• 302 Paul Shuey
• 303 Jeff Brantley
• 304 Bob Wells
• 305 Kevin Seitzer
• 306 Shawon Dunston
• 307 Jose Herrera
• 308 Butch Huskey
• 309 Jose Offerman
• 310 Rick Aguilera
• 311 Greg Gagne
• 312 John Burkett
• 313 Mark Thompson
• 314 Alvaro Espinoza
• 315 Todd Stottlemyre
• 316 Al Martin
• 317 James Baldwin
• 318 Cal Eldred
• 319 Sid Fernandez
• 320 Mickey Morandini
• 321 Robb Nen
• 322 Mark Lemke
• 323 Pete Schourek
• 324 Marcus Jensen
• 325 Rich Aurilia
• 326 Jeff King
• 327 Scott Stahoviak
• 328 Ricky Otero
• 329 Antonio Osuna
• 330 Chris Hoiles
• 331 Luis Gonzalez
• 332 Wil Cordero
• 333 Johnny Damon
• 334 Mark Langston
• 335 Orlando Miller
• 336 Jason Giambi
• 337 Damian Jackson
• 338 David Wells
• 339 Bip Roberts
• 340 Matt Ruebel
• 341 Tom Candiotti
• 342 Wally Joyner
• 343 Jimmy Key
• 344 Tony Batista
• 345 Paul Sorrento
• 346 Ron Karkovice
• 347 Wilson Alvarez
• 348 John Flaherty
• 349 Rey Sanchez
• 350 John Vander Wal
• 351 Jermaine Dye
• 351 Brant Brown UER (should have been numbered 361)
• 352 Mike Hampton
• 353 Greg Colbrunn
• 354 Heathcliff Slocumb
• 355 Ricky Bottalico
• 356 Marty Janzen
• 357 Orel Hershiser
• 358 Rex Hudler
• 359 Amaury Telemaco
• 360 Darrin Fletcher
• 362 Russ Davis
• 363 Allen Watson
• 364 Mike Lieberthal
• 365 Dave Stevens
• 366 Jay Powell
• 367 Tony Fossas
• 368 Bob Wolcott
• 369 Mark Loretta
• 370 Shawn Estes
• 371 Sandy Martinez
• 372 Wendell Magee, Jr.
• 373 John Franco
• 375 Willie Adams

Stadium Sluggers

• 376 Chipper Jones SLUG
• 377 Mo Vaughn SLUG
• 378 Frank Thomas SLUG
• 379 Albert Belle SLUG
• 380 Andres Galarraga SLUG
• 381 Gary Sheffield SLUG
• 382 Jeff Bagwell SLUG
• 383 Mike Piazza SLUG
• 384 Mark McGwire SLUG
• 385 Ken Griffey, Jr. SLUG
• 386 Barry Bonds SLUG
• 387 Juan Gonzalez SLUG
• 388 Brady Anderson SLUG
• 389 Ken Caminiti SLUG
• 390 Jay Buhner SLUG

Parallels

TSC Matrix

This 120-card set partially parallels the first 60 cards of each series. Each Matrix card was reproduced with Power Matrix technology, giving the card fronts a glittering effect.

• 1 Chipper Jones
• 2 Gary Sheffield
• 3 Kenny Lofton
• 4 Brian Jordan
• 5 Mark McGwire
• 6 Charles Nagy
• 7 Tim Salmon
• 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 9 Jeff Conine
• 10 Paul Molitor
• 11 Mariano Rivera
• 12 Pedro Martinez
• 13 Jeff Bagwell
• 14 Bobby Bonilla
• 15 Barry Bonds
• 16 Ryan Klesko
• 17 Barry Larkin
• 18 Jim Thome
• 19 Jay Buhner
• 20 Juan Gonzalez
• 21 Mike Mussina
• 22 Kevin Appier
• 23 Eric Karros
• 24 Steve Finley
• 25 Ed Sprague
• 26 Bernard Gilkey
• 27 Tony Phillips
• 28 Henry Rodriguez
• 29 John Smoltz
• 30 Dante Bichette
• 31 Mike Piazza
• 32 Paul O'Neill
• 33 Billy Wagner
• 34 Reggie Sanders
• 35 John Jaha
• 36 Eddie Murray
• 37 Eric Young
• 38 Roberto Hernandez
• 39 Pat Hentgen
• 40 Sammy Sosa
• 41 Todd Hundley
• 42 Mo Vaughn
• 43 Robin Ventura
• 44 Mark Grudzielanek
• 45 Shane Reynolds
• 46 Andy Pettitte
• 47 Fred McGriff
• 48 Rey Ordonez
• 49 Will Clark
• 50 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 51 Todd Worrell
• 52 Rusty Greer
• 53 Mark Grace
• 54 Tom Glavine
• 55 Derek Jeter
• 56 Rafael Palmeiro
• 57 Bernie Williams
• 58 Marty Cordova
• 59 Andres Galarraga
• 60 Ken Caminiti
• 196 Greg Maddux
• 197 Joe Carter
• 198 Alex Ochoa
• 199 Ellis Burks
• 200 Ivan Rodriguez
• 201 Marquis Grissom
• 202 Trevor Hoffman
• 203 Matt Williams
• 204 Carlos Delgado
• 205 Ramon Martinez
• 206 Chuck Knoblauch
• 207 Juan Guzman
• 208 Derek Bell
• 209 Roger Clemens
• 210 Vladimir Guerrero
• 211 Cecil Fielder
• 212 Hideo Nomo
• 213 Frank Thomas
• 214 Greg Vaughn
• 215 Javy Lopez
• 216 Raul Mondesi
• 217 Wade Boggs
• 218 Carlos Baerga
• 219 Tony Gwynn
• 220 Tino Martinez
• 221 Vinny Castilla
• 222 Lance Johnson
• 223 Dave Justice
• 224 Rondell White
• 225 Dean Palmer
• 226 Jim Edmonds
• 227 Albert Belle
• 228 Alex Fernandez
• 229 Ryne Sandberg
• 230 Jose Mesa
• 231 David Cone
• 232 Troy Percival
• 233 Edgar Martinez
• 234 Jose Canseco
• 235 Kevin Brown
• 236 Ray Lankford
• 237 Karim Garcia
• 238 J.T. Snow
• 239 Dennis Eckersley
• 240 Roberto Alomar
• 241 John Valentin
• 242 Ron Gant
• 243 Geronimo Berroa
• 244 Manny Ramirez
• 245 Travis Fryman
• 246 Denny Neagle
• 247 Randy Johnson
• 248 Darin Erstad
• 249 Mark Wohlers
• 250 Ken Hill
• 251 Larry Walker
• 252 Craig Biggio
• 253 Brady Anderson
• 254 John Wetteland
• 255 Andruw Jones

Members Only Factory Set

The Members Only Factory Set features all 390 cards from the 1997 Stadium Club set, as well as the Millennium, Instavision, Firebrand, Patent Leather, and Pure Gold inserts. Sets were only available to members of the Topps Stadium Club and the words "TSC MEMBERS ONLY" are printed on each card.

Inserts

Pure Gold

This 20-card set features color action star player photos reproduced on 20 pt. embossed gold mirror foilboard. Cards 1-10 are in Series One, 11-20 in Series Two.

• PG1 Brady Anderson
• PG2 Albert Belle
• PG3 Dante Bichette
• PG4 Barry Bonds
• PG5 Jay Buhner
• PG6 Tony Gwynn
• PG7 Chipper Jones
• PG8 Mark McGwire
• PG9 Gary Sheffield
• PG10 Frank Thomas
• PG11 Juan Gonzalez
• PG12 Ken Caminiti
• PG13 Kenny Lofton
• PG14 Jeff Bagwell
• PG15 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• PG16 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• PG17 Mo Vaughn
• PG18 Mike Piazza
• PG19 Derek Jeter
• PG20 Andres Galarraga

Instavision

This 22-card set highlights some of the 1996 season's most exciting moments through exclusive holographic video action. The first ten cards were inserted into Series One packs, while the final 12 in Series Two.

• I1 Eddie Murray
• I2 Paul Molitor
• I3 Todd Hundley
• I4 Roger Clemens
• I5 Barry Bonds
• I6 Mark McGwire
• I7 Brady Anderson
• I8 Barry Larkin
• I9 Ken Caminiti
• I10 Hideo Nomo
• I11 Bernie Williams
• I12 Juan Gonzalez
• I13 Andy Pettitte
• I14 Albert Belle
• I15 John Smoltz
• I16 Brian Jordan
• I17 Derek Jeter
• I18 Ken Caminiti
• I19 John Wetteland
• I20 Brady Anderson
• I21 Andruw Jones
• I22 Jim Leyritz

Millennium

This 40-card embossed set features players whom Topps believed would establish themselves as the stars of the new millennium. Cards 1-20 are in Series One, while 21-40 in Series Two.

• M1 Derek Jeter
• M2 Mark Grudzielanek
• M3 Jacob Cruz
• M4 Ray Durham
• M5 Tony Clark
• M6 Chipper Jones
• M7 Luis Castillo
• M8 Carlos Delgado
• M9 Brant Brown
• M10 Jason Kendall
• M11 Alan Benes
• M12 Rey Ordonez
• M13 Justin Thompson
• M14 Jermaine Allensworth
• M15 Brian Hunter
• M16 Marty Cordova
• M17 Edgar Renteria
• M18 Karim Garcia
• M19 Todd Greene
• M20 Paul Wilson
• M21 Andruw Jones
• M22 Todd Walker
• M23 Alex Ochoa
• M24 Bartolo Colon
• M25 Wendell Magee, Jr.
• M26 Jose Rosado
• M27 Katsuhiro Maeda
• M28 Bob Abreu
• M29 Brooks Kieschnick
• M30 Derrick Gibson
• M31 Mike Sweeney
• M32 Jeff D'Amico
• M33 Chad Mottola
• M34 Chris Snopek
• M35 Jaime Bluma
• M36 Vladimir Guerrero
• M37 Nomar Garciaparra
• M38 Scott Rolen
• M39 Dmitri Young
• M40 Neifi Perez

Firebrands

This 12-card set is exclusive to Series One retail packs and feature redemption cards of 12 of the top sluggers. Due to circumstances beyond Topps' control, they were unable to insert the actual etched-wood cards into packs and had to resort to redemption cards, which expired September 30, 1997.

• F1 Jeff Bagwell
• F2 Albert Belle
• F3 Barry Bonds
• F4 Andres Galarraga
• F5 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• F6 Brady Anderson
• F7 Mark McGwire
• F8 Chipper Jones
• F9 Frank Thomas
• F10 Mike Piazza
• F11 Mo Vaughn
• F12 Juan Gonzalez

Patent Leather

This 13-card set, exclusive to Series Two retail packs, features cards printed on leather card stock.

• PL1 Ivan Rodriguez
• PL2 Ken Caminiti
• PL3 Barry Bonds
• PL4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• PL5 Greg Maddux
• PL6 Craig Biggio
• PL7 Andres Galarraga
• PL8 Kenny Lofton
• PL9 Barry Larkin
• PL10 Mark Grace
• PL11 Rey Ordonez
• PL12 Roberto Alomar
• PL13 Derek Jeter

Autographs & Game-Used

Co-Signers

This 10-card, dual-sided, dual-player Hobby and HTA-exclusive set features authentic signatures of two major league stand-outs. The first five cards were in Series One, and cards #CO6-#CO10 in Series Two.

All cards were intentionally issued with two variations, whereby one side of the card or the other had a holographic foil front.

• CO1 Derek Jeter / Andy Pettitte
• CO2 Paul Wilson / Todd Hundley
• CO3 Jermaine Dye / Mark Wohlers
• CO4 Scott Rolen / Gregg Jefferies
• CO5 Jason Kendall / Tim Holland
• CO6 Robin Ventura / Andy Benes
• CO7 Raul Mondesi / Eric Karros
• CO8 Nomar Garciaparra / Rey Ordonez
• CO9 Rondell White / Marty Cordova
• CO10 Tony Gwynn / Karim Garcia