2005 Upper Deck ESPN

Description

2005 Upper Deck ESPN is a 90-card set released in March, 2005, to commemorate the cable network's 25th anniversary (which was actually in 2004).

Distribution

Hobby/retail: 24 packs per box, ten cards per pack (MSRP: $2). 20 boxes per case.

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Odds
Base	90	-	?
25th Anniversary	90	25	?
Web Gems	25	-	1:5
Web Gems 25th Anniversary	25	25	?
This Day in Baseball History	21	-	1:5
This Day in Baseball History 25th Anniversary	21	25	?
ESPY Award Winners	20	-	1:5
ESPY Award Winners 25th Anniversary	20	25	?
ESPN Magazine Covers	20	-	1:5
ESPN Magazine Covers 25th Anniversary	20	25	?
Sports Century	14	-	1:5
Sports Century 25th Anniversary	14	25	?
Sportscenter Swatches	42	-	1:12
ESPN Ink	27	-	AU
Sports Century Signatures	14	-	AU

AU: Odds of finding an autograph: 1:480/packs.

Checklist

Base Set

• 1 Garret Anderson
• 2 Troy Glaus
• 3 Vladimir Guerrero
• 4 Luis Gonzalez
• 5 Randy Johnson
• 6 Andruw Jones
• 7 Chipper Jones
• 8 J.D. Drew
• 9 John Smoltz
• 10 Miguel Tejada
• 11 Rafael Palmeiro
• 12 Curt Schilling
• 13 David Ortiz
• 14 Manny Ramirez
• 15 Pedro Martinez
• 16 Carlos Zambrano
• 17 Greg Maddux
• 18 Kerry Wood
• 19 Mark Prior
• 20 Nomar Garciaparra
• 21 Sammy Sosa
• 22 Carlos Lee
• 23 Frank Thomas
• 24 Magglio Ordonez
• 25 Paul Konerko
• 26 Adam Dunn
• 27 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 28 Travis Hafner
• 29 Victor Martinez
• 30 Todd Helton
• 31 Ivan Rodriguez
• 32 Carl Pavano
• 33 Josh Beckett
• 34 Miguel Cabrera
• 35 Mike Lowell
• 36 Carlos Beltran
• 37 Craig Biggio
• 38 Jeff Bagwell
• 39 Lance Berkman
• 40 Roger Clemens
• 41 Roy Oswalt
• 42 Mike Sweeney
• 43 Adrian Beltre
• 44 Brad Penny
• 45 Eric Gagne
• 46 Shawn Green
• 47 Steve Finley
• 48 Ben Sheets
• 49 Scott Podsednik
• 50 Joe Mauer
• 51 Johan Santana
• 52 Torii Hunter
• 53 Jose Vidro
• 54 Livan Hernandez
• 55 Jose Reyes
• 56 Mike Piazza
• 57 Tom Glavine
• 58 Alex Rodriguez
• 59 Bernie Williams
• 60 Derek Jeter
• 61 Gary Sheffield
• 62 Hideki Matsui
• 63 Kevin Brown
• 64 Mike Mussina
• 65 Eric Chavez
• 66 Mark Mulder
• 67 Tim Hudson
• 68 Bobby Abreu
• 69 Jim Thome
• 70 Craig Wilson
• 71 Jason Kendall
• 72 Oliver Perez
• 73 Brian Giles
• 74 Jake Peavy
• 75 Jason Schmidt
• 76 Bret Boone
• 77 Ichiro Suzuki
• 78 Albert Pujols
• 79 Jim Edmonds
• 80 Larry Walker
• 81 Scott Rolen
• 82 Aubrey Huff
• 83 Carl Crawford
• 84 Alfonso Soriano
• 85 Hank Blalock
• 86 Mark Teixeira
• 87 Michael Young
• 88 Carlos Delgado
• 89 Roy Halladay
• 90 Vernon Wells

Parallels

25th Anniversary Parallel cards are numbered to 25 which include all 90 base, ESPN The Magazine Covers, ESPY Award Winners, Sports Century, This Day in Baseball History and Web Gems.

Inserts

ESPN Magazine Covers

• MC-1 Roger Clemens
• MC-2 Derek Jeter
• MC-3 Pedro Martinez / Randy Johnson
• MC-4 Nomar Garciaparra
• MC-5 Manny Ramirez
• MC-6 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• MC-7 Mike Piazza
• MC-8 Ichiro
• MC-9 Vladimir Guerrero
• MC-10 Randy Johnson
• MC-11 A.J. Pierzynski / Doug Mientkiewicz / Jacque Jones / Torii Hunter
• MC-12 Jason Giambi
• MC-13 Jeff Kent
• MC-14 Albert Pujols
• MC-15 Kazuo Matsui
• MC-16 Miguel Cabrera
• MC-17 Alex Rodriguez
• MC-18 Ivan Rodriguez
• MC-19 Eric Gagne
• MC-20 Albert Pujols / Jim Edmonds / Scott Rolen

MC-1 Roger Clemens

MC-2 Derek Jeter

MC-3 Pedro Martinez/Randy Johnson

MC-4 Nomar Garciaparra

MC-5 Manny Ramirez

MC-6 Ken Griffey Jr.

MC-7 Mike Piazza

MC-8 Ichiro

MC-9 Vladimir Guerrero

MC-10 Randy Johnson

MC-11 A.J. Pierzynski/Doug Mientkiewicz/Jacque Jones/Torii Hunter

MC-12 Jason Giambi

MC-13 Jeff Kent

MC-14 Albert Pujols

MC-15 Kazuo Matsui

MC-16 Miguel Cabrera

MC-17 Alex Rodriguez

MC-18 Ivan Rodriguez

MC-19 Eric Gagne

MC-20 Albert Pujols/Jim Edmonds/Scott Rolen

ESPY Award Winners

• AW1 Gary Sheffield
• AW2 Greg Maddux
• AW3 Mike Piazza
• AW4 Jeff Bagwell
• AW5 Kenny Rogers
• AW6 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• AW7 Greg Maddux
• AW8 Hideo Nomo
• AW9 Javier Lopez
• AW10 Jim Edmonds
• AW11 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• AW12 Larry Walker
• AW13 Nomar Garciaparra
• AW14 Roger Clemens
• AW15 David Wells
• AW16 Sammy Sosa
• AW17 Pedro Martinez
• AW18 Andres Galarraga
• AW19 Derek Jeter
• AW20 Alfonso Soriano

Sports Century

NOTE: Card #SC-3 (Willie Mays) was pulled from production, as Mays had signed an exclusive deal with Donruss-Playoff.

• SC1 Babe Ruth
• SC2 Jackie Robinson
• SC4 Ty Cobb
• SC5 Joe DiMaggio
• SC6 Lou Gehrig
• SC7 Mickey Mantle
• SC8 Walter Johnson
• SC9 Stan Musial
• SC10 Satchel Paige
• SC11 Bob Gibson
• SC12 Roberto Clemente
• SC13 Cy Young
• SC14 Honus Wagner
• SC15 Rogers Hornsby

This Day in Baseball History

• BH1 Cal Ripken, Jr.
• BH2 Nolan Ryan
• BH3 Nolan Ryan
• BH4 Roger Clemens
• BH5 Thurman Munson
• BH6 Mickey Mantle
• BH7 Ernie Banks
• BH8 Roy Campanella
• BH9 Yogi Berra
• BH10 Mickey Mantle
• BH11 Jackie Robinson
• BH12 Joe DiMaggio
• BH13 Bob Feller
• BH14 Lou Gehrig
• BH15 Ty Cobb
• BH16 Babe Ruth
• BH17 Walter Johnson
• BH18 Rogers Hornsby
• BH19 George Sisler
• BH20 Cy Young
• BH21 Mike Schmidt

Web Gems

• WG1 Adrian Beltre
• WG2 Alex Rodriguez
• WG3 Andruw Jones
• WG4 Bernie Williams
• WG5 Bret Boone
• WG6 Cesar Izturis
• WG7 Darin Erstad
• WG8 Derek Jeter
• WG9 Derrek Lee
• WG10 Eric Chavez
• WG11 Greg Maddux
• WG12 Ichiro Suzuki
• WG13 Ivan Rodriguez
• WG14 Jim Edmonds
• WG15 Ken Griffey, Jr.
• WG16 Larry Walker
• WG17 Miguel Tejada
• WG18 Mike Mussina
• WG19 Nomar Garciaparra
• WG20 Scott Rolen
• WG21 Steve Finley
• WG22 Todd Helton
• WG23 Torii Hunter
• WG24 Vernon Wells
• WG25 Vladimir Guerrero

Autographs & Game-Used

Sports Center Swatches

• CP Corey Patterson
• DJ Derek Jeter
• DL Derrek Lee
• DW David Wright
• EC Eric Chavez
• EG Eric Gagne
• GA Garret Anderson
• HB Hank Blalock
• IR Ivan Rodriguez
• IS Ichiro Suzuki
• JD J.D. Drew
• JE Jim Edmonds
• JK Jeff Kent
• JS Jason Schmidt
• JT Jim Thome
• KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
• LB Lance Berkman
• LO Derek Lowe
• MC Miguel Cabrera
• MM Mark Mulder
• MS Mike Sweeney
• MT Mark Teixeira
• MY Michael Young
• PK Paul Konerko
• RB Rocco Baldelli
• SA Johan Santana
• TG Troy Glaus
• TH Tim Hudson
• VW Vernon Wells
• GU-AB Adrian Beltre
• GU-AD Adam Dunn
• GU-AH Aubrey Huff
• GU-AJ Andruw Jones
• GU-AP Albert Pujols
• GU-AS Alfonso Soriano
• GU-BB Bret Boone
• GU-BC Bartolo Colon
• GU-BI Craig Biggio
• GU-BS Ben Sheets
• GU-BU B.J. Upton
• GU-CB Carlos Beltran
• GU-CC Carl Crawford

GU-AB Adrian Beltre

GU-AD Adam Dunn

GU-AH Aubrey Huff

GU-AJ Andruw Jones

GU-AP Albert Pujols

GU-AS Alfonso Soriano

GU-BB Bret Boone

GU-BC Bartolo Colon

GU-BI Craig Biggio

GU-BS Ben Sheets

GU-BU B.J. Upton

GU-CB Carlos Beltran

GU-CC Carl Crawford

GU-CP Corey Patterson

GU-DJ Derek Jeter

GU-DL Derrek Lee

GU-DW David Wright (SP)

GU-EC Eric Chavez

GU-EG Eric Gagne

GU-GA Garret Anderson

GU-HB Hank Blalock

GU-IR Ivan Rodriguez

GU-IS Ichiro

GU-JD J.D. Drew

GU-JE Jim Edmonds

GU-JK Jeff Kent

GU-JS Jason Schmidt

GU-JT Jim Thome

GU-KG Ken Griffey Jr.

GU-LB Lance Berkman

GU-LO Derek Lowe

GU-MC Miguel Cabrera

GU-MM Mark Mulder

GU-MS Mike Sweeney

GU-MT Mark Teixeira

GU-MY Michael Young (SP)

GU-PK Paul Konerko

GU-RB Rocco Baldelli

GU-SA Johan Santana

GU-TG Troy Glaus

GU-TH Tim Hudson

GU-VW Vernon Wells

ESPN Ink

• INK-AB Adrian Beltre
• INK-AL Al Leiter
• INK-AR Alex Rios
• INK-BS Ben Sheets
• INK-BU B.J. Upton
• INK-CB Chris Berman
• INK-CK Casey Kotchman
• INK-DJ Dave Justice
• INK-DP Dan Patrick
• INK-DW David Wright
• INK-JE Derek Jeter
• INK-JM Joe Morgan
• INK-JO John Olerud
• INK-JP Jake Peavy
• INK-JV Jose Vidro
• INK-JW Jayson Werth
• INK-KE Jason Kendall
• INK-KG Ken Griffey, Jr.
• INK-KM Kenny Mayne
• INK-LC Linda Cohn
• INK-MC Miguel Cabrera
• INK-MV Mo Vaughn
• INK-NG Nomar Garciaparra SP
• INK-PG Peter Gammons SP
• INK-PL Paul LoDuca
• INK-RH Rich Harden
• INK-SS Stuart Scott

Sports Century Signatures

• BF Bob Feller
• BR Brooks Robinson
• CR Cal Ripken, Jr.
• DM Don Mattingly
• GG Goose Gossage
• JP Jim Palmer
• LA Luis Aparicio
• LT Luis Tiant
• MI Monte Irvin
• MS Mike Schmidt
• MW Maury Wills
• NR Nolan Ryan
• SC Steve Carlton
• SL Sparky Lyle