Description

2002 Topps Gallery is a 200-card, all-painted, set released in June, 2002. Each 24-pack Hobby box will yield one of 10 variations, and every other box a Relic.

Distribution

Hobby: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $3)

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards	Total Cards	Numbered To	Hobby Odds	Retail Odds
Base	200	-	?	?
Variation Level 1	10	-	1:24	1:24
Variation Level 2	10	-	1:4065	1:4065
Printing Plates	200	four for each	1:1211	1:1211
Heritage	25	-	1:12	1:12
Bucks	1	-	1:127	1:127
Heritage Uniform Relics	9	-	1:85	1:85
Original Bat Relics	15	-	1:169	1:169
Autographs	10	-	1:240	1:240
Heritage Autographs	3	25	1:13,595	1:14,064

Checklist

Base Set

1 Jason Giambi
2 Mark Grace
3 Bret Boone
4 Antonio Alfonseca
5 Kevin Brown
6 Cristian Guzman
7 Magglio Ordonez
8 Luis Gonzalez
9 Jorge Posada
10 Roberto Alomar
11 Mike Sweeney
12 Jeff Kent
13 Matt Morris
14 Alfonso Soriano
15 Adam Dunn
16 Neifi Perez
17 Todd Walker
18 J.D. Drew
19 Eric Chavez
20 Alex Rodriguez
21 Ray Lankford
22 Roger Cedeno
23 Chipper Jones
24 Josh Beckett
25 Mike Piazza
26 Freddy Garcia
27 Todd Helton
28 Tino Martinez
29 Kazuhiro Sasaki
30 Curt Schilling
31 Mark Buehrle
32 John Olerud
33 Brad Radke
34 Steve Sparks
35 Jason Tyner
36 Jeff Shaw
37 Mariano Rivera
38 Russ Ortiz
39 Richard Hidalgo
40 Carl Everett
41 John Burkett
42 Tim Hudson
43 Mike Hampton
44 Orlando Cabrera
45 Barry Zito
46 C.C. Sabathia
47 Chan Ho Park
48 Tom Glavine
49 Aramis Ramirez
50 Lance Berkman
51 Al Leiter
52 Phil Nevin
53 Javier Vazquez
54 Troy Glaus
55 Tsuyoshi Shinjo
56 Albert Pujols
57 John Smoltz
58 Derek Jeter
59 Robb Nen
60 Jason Kendall
61 Eric Gagne
62 Vladimir Guerrero
63 Corey Patterson
64 Rickey Henderson
65 Jack Wilson
66 Jason LaRue
67 Sammy Sosa
68 Ken Griffey, Jr.
69 Randy Johnson
70 Nomar Garciaparra
71 Ivan Rodriguez
72 J.T. Snow
73 Darryl Kile
74 Andruw Jones
75 Brian Giles
76 Pedro Martinez
77 Jeff Bagwell
78 Rafael Palmeiro
79 Ryan Dempster
80 Jeff Cirillo
81 Geoff Jenkins
82 Brandon Duckworth
83 Roger Clemens
84 Fred McGriff
85 Hideo Nomo
86 Larry Walker
87 Sean Casey
88 Trevor Hoffman
89 Robert Fick
90 Armando Benitez
91 Jeromy Burnitz
92 Bernie Williams
93 Carlos Delgado
94 Troy Percival
95 Nate Cornejo
96 Derrek Lee
97 Jose Ortiz
98 Brian Jordan
99 Jose Cruz
100 Ichiro
101 Jose Mesa
102 Tim Salmon
103 Bud Smith
104 Paul LoDuca
105 Juan Pierre
106 Ben Grieve
107 Russell Branyan
108 Bob Abreu
109 Moises Alou
110 Richie Sexson
111 Jerry Hairston, Jr.
112 Marlon Anderson
113 Juan Gonzalez
114 Craig Biggio
115 Carlos Beltran
116 Eric Milton
117 Cliff Floyd
118 Rich Aurilia
119 Adrian Beltre
120 Jason Bere
121 Darin Erstad
122 Ben Sheets
123 Johnny Damon
124 Jimmy Rollins
125 Shawn Green
126 Greg Maddux
127 Mark Mulder
128 Bartolo Colon
129 Shannon Stewart
130 Ramon Ortiz
131 Kerry Wood
132 Ryan Klesko
133 Preston Wilson
134 Roy Oswalt
135 Rafael Furcal
136 Eric Karros
137 Nick Neugebauer
138 Doug Mientkiewicz
139 Paul Konerko
140 Bobby Higginson
141 Garret Anderson
142 Wes Helms
143 Brent Abernathy
144 Scott Rolen
145 Dmitri Young
146 Jim Thome
147 Raul Mondesi
148 Pat Burrell
149 Gary Sheffield
150 Miguel Tejada
151 Brandon Inge
152 Carlos Pena
153 Jason Lane
154 Nathan Haynes
155 Hank Blalock
156 Juan Cruz
157 Morgan Ensberg
158 Sean Burroughs
159 Ed Rogers
160 Nick Johnson
161 Orlando Hudson
162 Anastacio Martinez RC
163 Jeremy Affeldt
164 Brandon Claussen
165 Deivis Santos
166 Mike Rivera
167 Carlos Silva
168 Val Pascucci
169 Xavier Nady
170 David Espinosa
171 Dan Phillips RC*
172 Tony Fontana RC*
173 Juan Silvestre
174 Henry Pichardo RC*
175 Pablo Arias RC*
176 Brett Roneberg RC*
177 Chad Qualls RC
178 Greg Sain RC*
179 Rene Reyes RC
180 So Taguchi RC
181 Dan Johnson RC
182 Justin Backsmeyer RC*
183 Juan M. Gonzalez RC*
184 Jason Ellison RC*
185 Kazuhisa Ishii RC
186 Joe Mauer
187 James Shanks RC*
188 Kevin Cash RC
189 J.J. Trujillo RC
190 Jorge Padilla RC
191 Nolan Ryan
192 George Brett
193 Ryne Sandberg
194 Robin Yount
195 Tom Seaver
196 Mike Schmidt
197 Frank Robinson
198 Harmon Killebrew
199 Kirby Puckett
200 Don Mattingly

Variations

Ten players have two variations. The more common variation (also known as "Variation 1") were inserted at the rate of one-per-box. "Variation 2" is much, much, scarcer, and limited (but not serial-numbered) to 25 copies.

The website Trader Cracks has assembled a visual guide to the Variation 1 cards.

1 Jason Giambi Blue background
20 Alex Rodriguez Gray jersey
25 Mike Piazza Black jersey
27 Todd Helton Blue background
56 Albert Pujols Red Hat
58 Derek Jeter Blue background
67 Sammy Sosa Black Bat
71 Ivan Rodriguez Blue jersey
76 Pedro Martinez Red Shirt
100 Ichiro Empty dugout

Parallels

A set of four Printing Plates were randomly inserted for each base card.

Inserts

Heritage

GH-AK Al Kaline 54
GH-AR Alex Rodriguez 98
GH-BR Brooks Robinson 57
GH-BBO Bret Boone 93
GH-CJ Chipper Jones 91
GH-CY Carl Yastrzemski 60
GH-GM Greg Maddux 87
GH-JG Jason Giambi 91TT
GH-KG Ken Griffey, Jr. 89TT
GH-LG Luis Gonzalez 91
GH-MM Mark McGwire 85
GH-MP Mike Piazza 93
GH-MS Mike Schmidt 73
GH-NR Nolan Ryan 68
GH-PM Pedro Martinez 93
GH-RA Roberto Alomar 88
GH-RC Roger Clemens 85
GH-RJ Reggie Jackson 69
GH-RY Robin Yount 75
GH-SG Shawn Green 92
GH-SM Stan Musial 58
GH-SS Sammy Sosa 90
GH-TG Tony Gwynn 83
GH-TS Tom Seaver 67
GH-TSH Tsuyoshi Shinjo 01

Bucks

This card is a $5 gift certificate good towards the purchase of an original Topps Gallery artwork.

NNO Nolan Ryan

Autographs & Game-Used

Heritage Uniform Relics

GHR-AR Alex Rodriguez A
GHR-CJ Chipper Jones B
GHR-GM Greg Maddux A
GHR-LG Luis Gonzalez A
GHR-MP Mike Piazza A
GHR-PM Pedro Martinez A
GHR-TG Tony Gwynn A
GHR-TS Tsuyoshi Shinjo A
GHR-BBO Bret Boone A

Original Bat Relics

GO-AJ Andruw Jones
GO-AP Albert Pujols
GO-AR Alex Rodriguez
GO-AS Alfonso Soriano
GO-BW Bernie Williams
GO-BBO Bret Boone
GO-CD Carlos Delgado
GO-CJ Chipper Jones
GO-JC Jose Canseco
GO-JG Juan Gonzalez
GO-LG Luis Gonzalez
GO-MP Mike Piazza
GO-TG Tony Gwynn
GO-TH Todd Helton
GO-TM Tino Martinez

Autographs

GA-BBO Bret Boone A
GA-JD J.D. Drew B
GA-JL Jason Lane C
GA-JP Jorge Posada A
GA-JS Juan Silvestre C
GA-LB Lance Berkman A
GA-LG Luis Gonzalez B
GA-MO Magglio Ordonez A
GA-SG Shawn Green A

Heritage Autographs

Each Heritage Autograph is serial-numbered to 25 copies.

GHA-LG Luis Gonzalez
GHA-SG Shawn Green
GHA-BBO Bret Boone