1998 Score

Description

1998 Score is a 270-card set that was distributed exclusively to retail outlets, twice, with a suggested retail price of $.99.

The original 1998 Score Baseball set was released in December, 1997. Four months later, Pinnacle Brands re-released '98 Score under the "Score: All-Star Edition" banner. The base cards in All-Star Edition packs are identical to the cards in '98 Score packs -- the only difference is the new inserts.

Distribution

Score: 36 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99)

All-Star Edition: 36 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $0.99)

Retail box: 6 packs, 10 cards per pack

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Score Odds	All-Star Edition Odds
Base	270	-	?	?
Showcase Series	160	-	1:7	1:7
Showcase Series Artist's Proof	160	-	1:35	1:35
All-Score Team	20	-	1:35	N/A
Complete Players	30	-	1:23	N/A
Epix	24	-	1:61	N/A
First Pitch	20	-	N/A	1:11
New Season	15	-	N/A	1:23
Loaded Lineup	10	-	N/A	1:45

Checklist

Promos

These six cards were distributed to dealers to preview the upcoming 1998 Score baseball release. These samples are parallel to the basic issue cards except for the large, black "SAMPLE" text running diagonally across the back of the card and the lack of any 1997 statistics (all replaced by 000's).

• 10 Alex Rodriguez
• 24 Mike Piazza
• 34 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 43 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 51 Chipper Jones
• 60 Carlos Delgado

Base Set

• 1 Andruw Jones
• 2 Dan Wilson
• 3 Hideo Nomo
• 4 Chuck Carr
• 5 Barry Bonds
• 6 Jack McDowell
• 7 Albert Belle
• 8 Francisco Cordova
• 9 Greg Maddux
• 10 Alex Rodriguez
• 11 Steve Avery
• 12 Chuck McElroy
• 13 Larry Walker
• 14 Hideki Irabu
• 15 Roberto Alomar
• 16 Neifi Perez
• 17 Jim Thome
• 18 Rickey Henderson
• 19 Andres Galarraga
• 20 Jeff Fassero
• 21 Kevin Young
• 22 Derek Jeter
• 23 Andy Benes
• 24 Mike Piazza
• 25 Todd Stottlemyre
• 26 Michael Tucker
• 27 Denny Neagle
• 28 Javy Lopez
• 29 Aaron Sele
• 30 Ryan Klesko
• 31 Dennis Eckersley
• 32 Quinton McCracken
• 33 Brian Anderson
• 34 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 35 Shawn Estes
• 36 Tim Wakefield
• 37 Jimmy Key
• 38 Jeff Bagwell
• 39 Edgardo Alfonzo
• 40 Mike Cameron
• 41 Mark McGwire
• 42 Tino Martinez
• 43 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 44 Curtis Goodwin
• 45 Bobby Ayala
• 46 Sandy Alomar
• 47 Bobby Jones
• 48 Omar Vizquel
• 49 Roger Clemens
• 50 Tony Gwynn
• 51 Chipper Jones
• 52 Ron Coomer
• 53 Dmitri Young
• 54 Brian Giles
• 55 Steve Finley
• 56 David Cone
• 57 Andy Pettitte
• 58 Wilton Guerrero
• 59 Deion Sanders
• 60 Carlos Delgado
• 61 Jason Giambi
• 62 Ozzie Guillen
• 63 Jay Bell
• 64 Barry Larkin
• 65 Sammy Sosa
• 66 Bernie Williams
• 67 Terry Steinbach
• 68 Scott Rolen
• 69 Melvin Nieves
• 70 Craig Biggio
• 71 Todd Greene
• 72 Greg Gagne
• 73 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
• 74 Mark McLemore
• 75 Darren Bragg
• 76 Brett Butler
• 77 Ron Gant
• 78 Mike DiFelice RC
• 79 Charles Nagy
• 80 Scott Hatteberg
• 81 Brady Anderson
• 82 Jay Buhner
• 83 Todd Hollandsworth
• 84 Geronimo Berroa
• 85 Jeff Suppan
• 86 Pedro Martinez
• 87 Roger Cedeno
• 88 Ivan Rodriguez
• 89 Jaime Navarro
• 90 Chris Hoiles
• 91 Nomar Garciaparra
• 92 Rafael Palmeiro
• 93 Darin Erstad
• 94 Kenny Lofton
• 95 Mike Timlin
• 96 Chris Clemons
• 97 Vinny Castilla
• 98 Charlie Hayes
• 99 Lyle Mouton
• 100 Jason Dickson
• 101 Justin Thompson
• 102 Pat Kelly
• 103 Chan Ho Park
• 104 Ray Lankford
• 105 Frank Thomas
• 106 Jermaine Allensworth
• 107 Doug Drabek
• 108 Todd Hundley
• 109 Carl Everett
• 110 Edgar Martinez
• 111 Robin Ventura
• 112 John Wetteland
• 113 Mariano Rivera
• 114 Jose Rosado
• 115 Ken Caminiti
• 116 Paul O'Neill
• 117 Tim Salmon
• 118 Eduardo Perez
• 119 Mike Jackson
• 120 John Smoltz
• 121 Brant Brown
• 122 John Mabry
• 123 Chuck Knoblauch
• 124 Reggie Sanders
• 125 Ken Hill
• 126 Mike Mussina
• 127 Chad Curtis
• 128 Todd Worrell
• 129 Chris Widger
• 130 Damon Mashore
• 131 Kevin Brown
• 132 Bip Roberts
• 133 Tim Naehring
• 134 Dave Martinez
• 135 Jeff Blauser
• 136 Dave Justice
• 137 Dave Hollins
• 138 Pat Hentgen
• 139 Darren Daulton
• 140 Ramon Martinez
• 141 Raul Casanova
• 142 Tom Glavine
• 143 J.T. Snow
• 144 Tony Graffanino
• 145 Randy Johnson
• 146 Orlando Merced
• 147 Jeff Juden
• 148 Darryl Kile
• 149 Ray Durham
• 150 Alex Fernandez
• 151 Joey Cora
• 152 Royce Clayton
• 153 Randy Myers
• 154 Charles Johnson
• 155 Alan Benes
• 156 Mike Bordick
• 157 Heathcliff Slocumb
• 158 Roger Bailey
• 159 Reggie Jefferson
• 160 Ricky Bottalico
• 161 Scott Erickson
• 162 Matt Williams
• 163 Robb Nen
• 164 Matt Stairs
• 165 Ismael Valdes
• 166 Lee Stevens
• 167 Gary DiSarcina
• 168 Brad Radke
• 169 Mike Lansing
• 170 Armando Benitez
• 171 Mike James
• 172 Russ Davis
• 173 Lance Johnson
• 174 Joey Hamilton
• 175 John Valentin
• 176 David Segui
• 177 David Wells
• 178 Delino DeShields
• 179 Eric Karros
• 180 Jim Leyritz
• 181 Raul Mondesi
• 182 Travis Fryman
• 183 Todd Zeile
• 184 Brian Jordan
• 185 Rey Ordonez
• 186 Jim Edmonds
• 187 Terrell Wade
• 188 Marquis Grissom
• 189 Chris Snopek
• 190 Shane Reynolds
• 191 Jeff Frye
• 192 Paul Sorrento
• 193 James Baldwin
• 194 Brian McRae
• 195 Fred McGriff
• 196 Troy Percival
• 197 Rich Amaral
• 198 Juan Guzman
• 199 Cecil Fielder
• 200 Willie Blair
• 201 Chili Davis
• 202 Gary Gaetti
• 203 B.J. Surhoff
• 204 Steve Cooke
• 205 Chuck Finley
• 206 Jeff Kent
• 207 Ben McDonald
• 208 Jeffrey Hammonds
• 209 Tom Goodwin
• 210 Billy Ashley
• 211 Wil Cordero
• 212 Shawon Dunston
• 213 Tony Phillips
• 214 Jamie Moyer
• 215 John Jaha
• 216 Troy O'Leary
• 217 Brad Ausmus
• 218 Garret Anderson
• 219 Wilson Alvarez
• 220 Kent Mercker
• 221 Wade Boggs
• 222 Mark Wohlers
• 223 Kevin Appier
• 224 Tony Fernandez
• 225 Ugueth Urbina
• 226 Gregg Jefferies
• 227 Mo Vaughn
• 228 Arthur Rhodes
• 229 Jorge Fabregas
• 230 Mark Gardner
• 231 Shane Mack
• 232 Jorge Posada
• NNO Checklist CL AS
• NNO Checklist CL

Rookies

• 233 Jose Cruz
• 234 Paul Konerko
• 235 Derrek Lee
• 236 Steve Woodard
• 237 Todd Dunwoody
• 238 Fernando Tatis
• 239 Jacob Cruz
• 240 Pokey Reese
• 241 Mark Kotsay
• 242 Matt Morris
• 243 Antone Williamson
• 244 Ben Grieve
• 245 Ryan McGuire
• 246 Lou Collier
• 247 Shannon Stewart
• 248 Brett Tomko
• 249 Bobby Estalella
• 250 Livan Hernandez
• 251 Todd Helton
• 252 Jaret Wright

Interleague Moments

• 253 Darryl Hamilton
• 254 Stan Javier
• 255 Glenallen Hill
• 256 Mark Gardner
• 257 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 258 Mike Mussina
• 259 Mike Piazza
• 260 Sammy Sosa
• 261 Todd Hundley
• 262 Eric Karros
• 263 Denny Neagle
• 264 Jeromy Burnitz
• 265 Greg Maddux
• 266 Tony Clark
• 267 Vladimir Guerrero

Checklists

• 268 Cal Ripken, Jr. CL UER
• 269 Ken Griffey, Jr. CL
• 270 Mark McGwire CL

Parallels

Showcase Series

This 160-card set is an all silver-foil partial parallel rendition of the base set. It is also available as a prismatic-foil "Artist's Proof" parallel.

• PP1 Andruw Jones
• PP2 Dan Wilson
• PP3 Hideo Nomo
• PP4 Neifi Perez
• PP5 Jim Thome
• PP6 Jeff Fassero
• PP7 Derek Jeter
• PP8 Andy Benes
• PP9 Michael Tucker
• PP10 Ryan Klesko
• PP11 Dennis Eckersley
• PP12 Jimmy Key
• PP13 Edgardo Alfonzo
• PP14 Mike Cameron
• PP15 Omar Vizquel
• PP16 Ron Coomer
• PP17 Dmitri Young
• PP18 Brian Giles
• PP19 Steve Finley
• PP20 Andy Pettitte
• PP21 Wilton Guerrero
• PP22 Deion Sanders
• PP23 Carlos Delgado
• PP24 Jason Giambi
• PP25 David Cone
• PP26 Jay Bell
• PP27 Sammy Sosa
• PP28 Barry Larkin
• PP29 Scott Rolen
• PP30 Todd Greene
• PP31 Bernie Williams
• PP32 Brett Butler
• PP33 Ron Gant
• PP34 Brady Anderson
• PP35 Craig Biggio
• PP36 Charles Nagy
• PP37 Jay Buhner
• PP38 Geronimo Berroa
• PP39 Jeff Suppan
• PP40 Rafael Palmeiro
• PP41 Darin Erstad
• PP42 Mike Timlin
• PP43 Vinny Castilla
• PP44 Carl Everett
• PP45 Robin Ventura
• PP46 John Wetteland
• PP47 Paul O'Neill
• PP48 Tim Salmon
• PP49 Mike Jackson
• PP50 John Smoltz
• PP51 Brant Brown
• PP52 Reggie Sanders
• PP53 Ken Hill
• PP54 Todd Worrell
• PP55 Bip Roberts
• PP56 Tim Naehring
• PP57 Darren Daulton
• PP58 Ramon Martinez
• PP59 Raul Casanova
• PP60 J.T. Snow
• PP61 Jeff Juden
• PP62 Royce Clayton
• PP63 Charles Johnson
• PP64 Alan Benes
• PP65 Reggie Jefferson
• PP66 Ricky Bottalico
• PP67 Scott Erickson
• PP68 Matt Williams
• PP69 Robb Nen
• PP70 Matt Stairs
• PP71 Ismael Valdes
• PP72 Brad Radke
• PP73 Armando Benitez
• PP74 Russ Davis
• PP75 Lance Johnson
• PP76 Joey Hamilton
• PP77 John Valentin
• PP78 David Segui
• PP79 David Wells
• PP80 Eric Karros
• PP81 Raul Mondesi
• PP82 Travis Fryman
• PP83 Todd Zeile
• PP84 Brian Jordan
• PP85 Rey Ordonez
• PP86 Jim Edmonds
• PP87 Marquis Grissom
• PP88 Shane Reynolds
• PP89 Paul Sorrento
• PP90 Brian McRae
• PP91 Fred McGriff
• PP92 Troy Percival
• PP93 Juan Guzman
• PP94 Cecil Fielder
• PP95 Chili Davis
• PP96 B.J. Surhoff
• PP97 Chuck Finley
• PP98 Jeff Kent
• PP99 Ben McDonald
• PP100 Jeffrey Hammonds
• PP101 Tom Goodwin
• PP102 Wil Cordero
• PP103 Tony Phillips
• PP104 John Jaha
• PP105 Garret Anderson
• PP106 Wilson Alvarez
• PP107 Wade Boggs
• PP108 Mark Wohlers
• PP109 Kevin Appier
• PP110 Mo Vaughn
• PP111 Ray Durham
• PP112 Alex Fernandez
• PP113 Barry Bonds
• PP114 Albert Belle
• PP115 Greg Maddux
• PP116 Alex Rodriguez
• PP117 Larry Walker
• PP118 Roberto Alomar
• PP119 Andres Galarraga
• PP120 Mike Piazza
• PP121 Denny Neagle
• PP122 Javy Lopez
• PP123 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• PP124 Shawn Estes
• PP125 Jeff Bagwell
• PP126 Mark McGwire
• PP127 Tino Martinez
• PP128 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• PP129 Sandy Alomar
• PP130 Bobby Jones
• PP131 Roger Clemens
• PP132 Tony Gwynn
• PP133 Chipper Jones
• PP134 Orlando Merced
• PP135 Todd Stottlemyre
• PP136 Delino DeShields
• PP137 Pedro Martinez
• PP138 Ivan Rodriguez
• PP139 Nomar Garciaparra
• PP140 Kenny Lofton
• PP141 Jason Dickson
• PP142 Justin Thompson
• PP143 Ray Lankford
• PP144 Frank Thomas
• PP145 Todd Hundley
• PP146 Edgar Martinez
• PP147 Mariano Rivera
• PP148 Jose Rosado
• PP149 Ken Caminiti
• PP150 Chuck Knoblauch
• PP151 Mike Mussina
• PP152 Kevin Brown
• PP153 Jeff Blauser
• PP154 Dave Justice
• PP155 Pat Hentgen
• PP156 Tom Glavine
• PP157 Randy Johnson
• PP158 Darryl Kile
• PP159 Joey Cora
• PP160 Randy Myers

Inserts

All Score Team

A Gold parallel of this set does exist; however, it is unclear how the Gold cards were distributed.

• 1 Mike Piazza
• 2 Ivan Rodriguez
• 3 Frank Thomas
• 4 Mark McGwire
• 5 Ryne Sandberg
• 6 Roberto Alomar
• 7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 8 Barry Larkin
• 9 Paul Molitor
• 10 Travis Fryman
• 11 Kirby Puckett
• 12 Tony Gwynn
• 13 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 14 Juan Gonzalez
• 15 Barry Bonds
• 16 Andruw Jones
• 17 Roger Clemens
• 18 Randy Johnson
• 19 Greg Maddux
• 20 Dennis Eckersley

Complete Players

This 30-card set features three photos of each of the ten listed players with full holographic foil stamping. There was also a Gold parallel of each card made; however, the Gold cards were randomly inserted into Score Team Set packs.

Score later produced another batch of Complete Players for the 1998 Score Rookie/Traded set. The Rookie/Traded Complete Players have a 1998 copyright date, while the Score Complete Players have a 1997 copyright.

• 1A Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 1B Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 1C Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 2A Mark McGwire
• 2B Mark McGwire
• 2C Mark McGwire
• 3A Derek Jeter
• 3B Derek Jeter
• 3C Derek Jeter
• 4A Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 4B Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 4C Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 5A Mike Piazza
• 5B Mike Piazza
• 5C Mike Piazza
• 6A Darin Erstad
• 6B Darin Erstad
• 6C Darin Erstad
• 7A Frank Thomas
• 7B Frank Thomas
• 7C Frank Thomas
• 8A Andruw Jones
• 8B Andruw Jones
• 8C Andruw Jones
• 9A Nomar Garciaparra
• 9B Nomar Garciaparra
• 9C Nomar Garciaparra
• 10A Manny Ramirez
• 10B Manny Ramirez
• 10C Manny Ramirez

Epix

Randomly inserted in Score packs at the rate of one in 61, this 24-card set features color photos of top players' most memorable games, plays, seasons and moments on Dot Matrix Hologram cards. Orange, Purple, and Emerald versions of this set were also produced. Printing-plate parallels, four (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) plates for each card also exist.

Additional cards were seeded into 1998 Pinnacle and Zenith packs in a cross-brand promotion.

Please see 1998 Pinnacle Epix for a complete checklist.

First Pitch

This set is exclusive to All-Star Edition packs.

• 1 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 2 Frank Thomas
• 3 Alex Rodriguez
• 4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 5 Chipper Jones
• 6 Juan Gonzalez
• 7 Derek Jeter
• 8 Mike Piazza
• 9 Andruw Jones
• 10 Nomar Garciaparra
• 11 Barry Bonds
• 12 Jeff Bagwell
• 13 Scott Rolen
• 14 Hideo Nomo
• 15 Roger Clemens
• 16 Mark McGwire
• 17 Greg Maddux
• 18 Albert Belle
• 19 Ivan Rodriguez
• 20 Mo Vaughn

Loaded Lineup

This set is exclusive to All-Star Edition packs.

• LL1 Chuck Knoblauch
• LL2 Tony Gwynn
• LL3 Frank Thomas
• LL4 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• LL5 Mike Piazza
• LL6 Barry Bonds
• LL7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• LL8 Paul Molitor
• LL9 Nomar Garciaparra
• LL10 Greg Maddux

New Season

This set is exclusive to All-Star Edition packs.

• NS1 Kenny Lofton
• NS2 Nomar Garciaparra
• NS3 Todd Helton
• NS4 Miguel Tejada
• NS5 Jaret Wright
• NS6 Alex Rodriguez
• NS7 Vladimir Guerrero
• NS8 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• NS9 Ben Grieve
• NS10 Travis Lee
• NS11 Jose Cruz, Jr.
• NS12 Paul Konerko
• NS13 Frank Thomas
• NS14 Chipper Jones
• NS15 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Autographs & Game-Used

Andruw Jones Gold All-Score Team Autograph

This special autographed card was created as a prize for Pinnacle's 1998 "Score with Score" hobby shop promotion. Dealers that ordered 1998 Score Baseball direct from Pinnacle or through one of their distributors were automatically entered into Pinnacle's hobby shop locator program. In December of 1997, all eligible shops were mailed a "Score with Score" contest ballot box and collector entry forms. Over the next several months, store customers could then fill out and submit forms. In the Spring of 1998, 600 lucky collectors were randomly selected winners. 100 people won actual Interleague game-used baseballs and 500 people won this special Andruw Jones autographed All-Score Team Gold card. The card is easy to differentiate from the more common All-Score Team inserts by it's bold gold (rather than silver) foil front and Jones' black ink signature.

16 Andruw Jones /500

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