2002 Upper Deck Prospect Premieres

Description

2002 Upper Deck Prospect Premieres is a 109-card set released in November, 2002. Like the previous year's set, it was designed to compete with Topps' Bowman brands, and features NO current Major League players. As a result, this product is NOT licensed by the MLB Players Association and none of the cards are considered "true" rookie cards -- although the set is licensed by MLB and the players are depicted in their Major League uniforms.

Cards number 61 through 85 feature game-worn jersey swatches while cards 86-97 feature player's autographs. Cards 98-109 feature tribute cards to recently retired superstars Cal Ripken, Jr. and Mark McGwire along with Yankee great Joe DiMaggio.

Card #17 erroneously packed out with the wrong photo. A corrected version of the card was made available to collectors a few months after the product went live via a mail exchange program directly from Upper Deck.

Unlike the 2001 version, the set features key non-rookie "rookies" of Jon Lester, Curtis Granderson Nick Swisher, Joe Mauer, Prince Fielder, Zack Greinke, and B.J. Upton.

Each 18-pack Hobby box should yield one base set jersey card and one base set autograph.

Distribution

18 packs per box, four cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	109	-	?
short set	72	-	?
Future Gems Jerseys	25	-	1:18
Signed Future Gems	12	-	1:18
Heroes of Baseball	90	-	one-per-pack
Heroes of Baseball Quads	24	85	*
Heroes of Baseball Quads	8	25	*
Future Gems Quads	33	600	*

• One over-sized Quad per sealed box.

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Josh Rupe
• 2 Blair Johnson
• 3 Jason Pridie
• 4 Tim Gilhooly
• 5 Kennard Jones
• 6 Darrell Rasner
• 7 Adam Donachie
• 8 Josh Murray
• 9 Brian Dopirak
• 10 Jason Cooper
• 11 Zach Hammes
• 12 Jon Lester
• 13 Kevin Jepsen
• 14 Curtis Granderson
• 15 David Bush
• 16 Joel Guzman
• 17 Matt Pender ERR (Photo is Curtis Granderson)
• 17 Matt Pender COR EXCH
• 18 Derick Grigsby
• 19 Jeremy Reed
• 20 Jonathan Broxton
• 21 Jesse Crain
• 22 Justin Jones
• 23 Brian Slocum
• 24 Brian McCann
• 25 Francisco Liriano
• 26 Fred Lewis
• 27 Steve Stanley
• 28 Chris Snyder
• 29 Dan Cevette
• 30 Kiel Fisher
• 31 Brandon Weeden
• 32 Pat Osborn
• 33 Taber Lee
• 34 Dan Ortmeier
• 35 Josh Johnson
• 36 Val Majewski
• 37 Larry Broadway
• 38 Joey Gomes
• 39 Eric Thomas
• 40 James Loney
• 41 Charlie Morton
• 42 Mark McLemore
• 43 Matt Craig
• 44 Ryan Rodriguez
• 45 Rich Hill
• 46 Bob Malek
• 47 Justin Maureau
• 48 Randy Braun
• 49 Brian Grant
• 50 Tyler Davidson
• 51 Travis Hanson
• 52 Kyle Boyer
• 53 James Holcomb
• 54 Ryan Williams
• 55 Ben Crockett
• 56 Adam Greenberg
• 57 John Baker
• 58 Matt Carson
• 59 Jonathan George
• 60 David Jensen

Jerseys

• 61 Nick Swisher
• 62 Brent Cleven
• 63 Royce Ring
• 64 Mike Nixon
• 65 Ricky Barrett
• 66 Russ Adams
• 67 Joe Mauer
• 68 Jeff Francoeur
• 69 Joe Blanton
• 70 Micah Schilling
• 71 John McCurdy
• 72 Sergio Santos
• 73 Josh Womack
• 74 Jared Doyle
• 75 Ben Fritz
• 76 Greg D. Miller
• 77 Luke Hagerty
• 78 Matt Whitney
• 79 Dan Meyer
• 80 Billl Murphy
• 81 Zach Segovia
• 82 Steve Obenchain
• 83 Matt Clanton
• 84 Mark Teahen
• 85 Kyle Pawelczyk

Autographs

• 85 Kyle Pawelczyk
• 86 Khalil Greene
• 87 Joe Saunders
• 88 Jeremy Hermida
• 89 Drw Meyer
• 90 Jeff Francis
• 91 Scott Moore
• 92 Prince Fielder
• 93 Zack Greinke
• 94 Chris Gruler
• 95 Scott Kazmir
• 96 B.J. Upton
• 97 Clint Evers

Tributes

• 98 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 99 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• 100 Mark McGwire
• 101 Mark McGwire
• 102 Mark McGwire
• 103 Mark McGwire
• 104 Mark McGwire
• 105 Joe DiMaggio
• 106 Joe DiMaggio
• 107 Joe DiMaggio
• 108 Joe DiMaggio
• 109 Joe DiMaggio

Inserts

Heroes of Baseball

Patterned after the Baseball Heroes inserts of the 90s, this 90-card set features nine different players on ten different cards.

• HCR Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HCR1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HCR2 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HCR3 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HCR4 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HCR5 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HCR6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HCR7 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HCR8 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HCR9 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• HJD Joe DiMaggio
• HJD1 Joe DiMaggio
• HJD2 Joe DiMaggio
• HJD3 Joe DiMaggio
• HJD4 Joe DiMaggio
• HJD5 Joe DiMaggio
• HJD6 Joe DiMaggio
• HJD7 Joe DiMaggio
• HJD8 Joe DiMaggio
• HJD9 Joe DiMaggio
• HJM Joe Morgan
• HJM1 Joe Morgan
• HJM2 Joe Morgan
• HJM3 Joe Morgan
• HJM4 Joe Morgan
• HJM5 Joe Morgan
• HJM6 Joe Morgan
• HJM7 Joe Morgan
• HJM8 Joe Morgan
• HJM9 Joe Morgan
• HMC Mark McGwire
• HMC1 Mark McGwire
• HMC2 Mark McGwire
• HMC3 Mark McGwire
• HMC4 Mark McGwire
• HMC5 Mark McGwire
• HMC6 Mark McGwire
• HMC7 Mark McGwire
• HMC8 Mark McGwire
• HMC9 Mark McGwire
• HMM Mickey Mantle
• HMM1 Mickey Mantle
• HMM2 Mickey Mantle
• HMM3 Mickey Mantle
• HMM4 Mickey Mantle
• HMM5 Mickey Mantle
• HMM6 Mickey Mantle
• HMM7 Mickey Mantle
• HMM8 Mickey Mantle
• HMM9 Mickey Mantle
• HOS Ozzie Smith
• HOS1 Ozzie Smith
• HOS2 Ozzie Smith
• HOS3 Ozzie Smith
• HOS4 Ozzie Smith
• HOS5 Ozzie Smith
• HOS6 Ozzie Smith
• HOS7 Ozzie Smith
• HOS8 Ozzie Smith
• HOS9 Ozzie Smith
• HTG Tony Gwynn
• HTG1 Tony Gwynn
• HTG2 Tony Gwynn
• HTG3 Tony Gwynn
• HTG4 Tony Gwynn
• HTG5 Tony Gwynn
• HTG6 Tony Gwynn
• HTG7 Tony Gwynn
• HTG8 Tony Gwynn
• HTG9 Tony Gwynn
• HTS Tom Seaver
• HTS1 Tom Seaver
• HTS2 Tom Seaver
• HTS3 Tom Seaver
• HTS4 Tom Seaver
• HTS5 Tom Seaver
• HTS6 Tom Seaver
• HTS7 Tom Seaver
• HTS8 Tom Seaver
• HTS9 Tom Seaver
• HWS Willie Stargell
• HWS1 Willie Stargell
• HWS2 Willie Stargell
• HWS3 Willie Stargell
• HWS4 Willie Stargell
• HWS5 Willie Stargell
• HWS6 Willie Stargell
• HWS7 Willie Stargell
• HWS8 Willie Stargell
• HWS9 Willie Stargell

Heroes of Baseball Quads

These 5" X 7" jumbos reprint four cards from the Heroes of Baseball insert set. The eight single-player Quads are all serial-numbered to 25 copies, while the remaining 24 multi-player Quads are serial-numbered to 85 copies. Each sealed Hobby box contains either a Heroes of Baseball Quad or a Future Gems Quad.

• Joe DiMaggio / Tony Gwynn / Tony Gwynn / Joe DiMag 85
• Joe DiMaggio / Tony Gwynn / Cal Ripken, Jr. / Cal 85
• Joe DiMaggio / Mickey Mantle / Willie Stargell / M 85
• Tony Gwynn / Tony Gwynn / Ozzie Smith / Willie Sta 85
• Tony Gwynn / Willie Stargell / Joe DiMaggio / Joe 85
• Toyn Gwynn / Willie Stargell / Cal Ripken, Jr. / O 85
• Mickey Mantle / Mark McGwire / Joe Morgan / Tom Se 85
• Mickey Mantle / Tom Seaver / Mickey Mantle / Tom S 85
• Mark McGwire / Joe Morgan / Mark McGwire / Joe Mor 85
• Mark McGwire / Cal Ripken, Jr. / Tony Gwynn / Joe 85
• Mark McGwire / Tome Seaver / Joe Morgan / Ozzie Sm 85
• Joe Morgan / Tony Gwynn / Joe Morgan / Tony Gwynn 85
• Joe Morgan / Joe DiMaggio / Mickey Mantle / Cap Ri 85
• Joe Morgan / Joe DiMaggio / Willie Stargell / Tony 85
• Ozzie Smith / Joe DiMaggio / Ozzie Smith / Willie 85
• Ozzie Smith / Mark McGwire / Willie Stargell / Ton 85
• Ozzie Smith / Tom Seaver / Tom Seaver / Mark McGwi 85
• Cal Ripken, Jr. / Mickey Mantle / Joe DiMaggio / J 85
• Cal Ripken, Jr. / Mark McGwire / Cal Ripken, Jr. / 85
• Tom Seaver / Joe DiMaggio / Tom Seaver / Joe DiMag 85
• Tom Seaver / Joe Morgan / Ozzie Smith / Willie Sta 85
• Tom Seaver / Cal Ripken, Jr. / Mark McGwire / Mick 85
• Willie Stargell / Ozzie Smith / Ozzie Smith / Will 85
• Willie Stargell / Ozzie Smith / Tom Seaver / Joe M 85
• Joe DiMaggio 25
• Tony Gwynn 25
• Mickey Mantle 25
• Mark McGwire 25
• Joe Morgan 25
• Cal Ripken, Jr. 25
• Tom Seaver 25
• Ozzie Smith 25

Future Gems Quads

This 33-card set features four different cards on a 5" X 7" panel and are serial-numbered to 600 copies. Each sealed Hobby box contains either a Future Gems Quad or a Heroes of Baseball Quad.

• David Bush / Matt Craig / Josh Johnson / Brian McC
• Jason Cooper / Jonathan George / Larry Broadway /
• Matt Craig / Josh Murray / Brian McCann / Jason Pridie
• Jesse Crain / Brian Grant / Curtis Granderson / Jo
• Tyler Davidson / Val Majewski / Justin Jones / Dan
• Joe DiMaggio / Jon Lester / Mark McGwire / Mark Mc
• Jonathan George / Jeremy Reed / Adam Donachie / Ma
• Jonathan George / Eric Thomas / Irvin Guzman / Kie
• Tim Gilhooly / Brandon Weeden / Brian Slocum / Bri
• Brian Grant / Rich Hill / Joey Gomes / Joe DiMaggio
• Derick Grisby / Bob Malek / James Loney / Fred Lew
• Zach Hammes / James Holcomb / Cal Ripken, Jr. / Ke
• Rich Hill / Mark McGwire / Brian Grant / Matt Cars
• James Holcomb / David Jensen / Kennard Jones / Rya
• David Jensen / Francisco Liriano / Ryan Williams /
• Josh Johnson / Jessie Crain / Adam Greenberg / Cur
• Jon Lester / Jonathan George / Adam Donachie / Mar
• Francisco Liriano / Mark McGwire / Travis Hanson /
• Val Majewski / Charlie Morton / Daniel Cevette / J
• Bob Malek / Zach Hammes / Fred Lewis / Cal Ripken, Jr.
• Justin Maureau / Joe DiMaggio / Chris Snyder / Mar
• Mark McGwire / Bob Malek / Joe DiMaggio / Kyle Boy
• Charlie Morton / David Bush / Joey Gomes / Josh Jo
• Josh Murray / Mark McGwire / Jason Pridie / Joe DiMaggio
• Matt Pender / Mark McGwire / Mark McLemore / Ryan
• Jason Pridie / Josh Murray / Matt Craig / Brian Mc
• Jeremy Reed / Josh Johnson / Matt Carson / Adam Gr
• Cal Ripken, Jr. / Jason Cooper / Matt Carson / Lar
• Ryan Rodriguez / Eric Thomas / Pat Osborn / Randy
• Josh Rupe / Tyler Davidson / John Baker / Justin J
• Eric Thomas / Derick Grisby / Randy Braun / James
• Eric Thomas / Matt Pender / Kiel Fisher / Mark McL
• Brandon Weeden / Rich Hill / Brian Dopirak / Brian

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