2005 Zenith

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Description

2005 Zenith is a 250-card set released by Donruss-Playoff in September, 2005. Conceived as a tribute to the brand released by Pinnacle Brands in the 1990s, each 18-pack Hobby box contained an autograph, a Z-Jersey card, and either a second autograph or second game-used card. Each pack contained one insert.

Distribution

Hobby: 18 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $5). 16 boxes per case.

Reviews

Insertion Ratios

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Hobby Odds Retail Odds
Base 250 - ? ?
Museum Collection 250 - 1:3 ?
Artist's Proofs Silver 250 - 1:16 ?
Artist's Proofs Gold 250 50 ? ?
Z-Silver 250 - N/A 1:2
Z-Gold 250 - N/A 1:18
Epix Orange Play 25 750 E ?
Epix Orange Game 25 500 E ?
Epix Orange Season 25 350 E ?
Epix Orange Moment 25 250 E ?
Epix Blue Play 25 500 E ?
Epix Blue Game 25 350 E ?
Epix Blue Season 25 250 E ?
Epix Blue Moment 25 150 E ?
Epix Purple Play 25 350 E ?
Epix Purple Game 25 250 E ?
Epix Purple Season 25 150 E ?
Epix Purple Moment 25 100 E ?
Epix Red Play 25 250 E ?
Epix Red Game 25 150 E ?
Epix Red Season 25 100 E ?
Epix Red Moment 25 50 E ?
Epix Emerald Play 25 150 E ?
Epix Emerald Game 25 100 E ?
Epix Emerald Season 25 75 E ?
Epix Emerald Moment 25 50 E ?
Epix Black Play 25 100 E ?
Epix Black Game 25 75 E ?
Epix Black Season 25 50 E ?
Epix Black Moment 25 25 E ?
Mozaics 16 - 1:8 ?
Spellbound 19 - 1:11 ?
Z-Team 25 - 1:11 ?
Z-Team Gold 25 100 ? ?
Red Hot 10 - 1:16 ?
White Hot 10 - 1:65 ?
Positions 9 - 1:21 ?
Team Zenith 11 - 1:31 ?
Team Zenith Gold 11 100 ? ?
Z-Jerseys 85 - * ?
Z-Jerseys Prime 77 varies * ?
Z-Bats 72 - * ?
Z-Combos 44 varies * ?
Z-Combos Prime 46 varies * ?
Spellbound Jerseys 15 varies * ?
Spellbound Jerseys Prime 15 varies * ?
Mozaics Materials Single 15 - * ?
Mozaics Materials Triple Jersey 8 - * ?
Mozaics Materials Triple Jersey Prime 8 - * ?
Red Hot Jerseys 10 varies * ?
Red Hot Jerseys Prime 10 varies * ?
Red Hot Bats 8 150 * ?
White Hot Jerseys 10 varies * ?
White Hot Jerseys Prime 10 varies * ?
White Hot Bats 8 50 * ?
Positions Materials 9 - * ?
Positions Materials Triple Jersey 7 varies * ?
Positions Materials Triple Jersey Prime 7 varies * ?
Team Zenith Jerseys 8 varies * ?
Team Zenith Jerseys Prime 6 25 * ?
Team Zenith Bats 6 varies * ?
Z-Graphs 76 varies ** ?
Roll Call Autographs 30 - 1:24 ?
Z-Jerseygraphs 59 varies ** ?
Z-Jerseygraphs Prime 61 varies ** ?
Z-Batgraphs 48 varies ** ?

Checklist

Promo

A 2005 Zenith promo card of Sandy Koufax was given out to attendees of the 2005 National Sports Collectors Convention.

  • NNO Sandy Koufax

Base Set

  • 1 Curt Schilling
  • 2 Jim Edmonds
  • 3 Ichiro
  • 4 Jody Gerut
  • 5 Carlos Beltran
  • 6 Miguel Tejada
  • 7 Ted Lilly
  • 8 Bobby Abreu
  • 9 Mark Teixeira
  • 10 Manny Ramirez
  • 11 Eric Gagne
  • 12 Adrian Beltre
  • 13 Dmitri Young
  • 14 Alfonso Soriano
  • 15 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 16 Carl Crawford
  • 17 David Ortiz
  • 18 Jose Guillen
  • 19 Miguel Cabrera
  • 20 Alex Rodriguez
  • 21 Brad Lidge
  • 22 Francisco Rodriguez
  • 23 Carlos Lee
  • 24 Ben Sheets
  • 25 Jason Schmidt
  • 26 Cesar Izturis
  • 27 Corey Patterson
  • 28 Marcus Giles
  • 29 Melvin Mora
  • 30 Yadier Molina
  • 31 Juan Pierre
  • 32 Aubrey Huff
  • 33 Rafael Furcal
  • 34 David Dellucci
  • 35 Jake Peavy
  • 36 Aramis Ramirez
  • 37 Javy Lopez
  • 38 Aaron Rowand
  • 39 Raul Ibanez
  • 40 Jason Bay
  • 41 Michael Young
  • 42 Ivan Rodriguez
  • 43 Derrek Lee
  • 44 Adam Dunn
  • 45 Eric Chavez
  • 46 Pedro Martinez
  • 47 Roy Oswalt
  • 48 Kevin Millwood
  • 49 Carlos Delgado
  • 50 Derek Jeter
  • 51 Johnny Damon
  • 52 Richie Sexson
  • 53 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 54 Edgar Renteria
  • 55 Carl Pavano
  • 56 Tim Wakefield
  • 57 Michael Barrett
  • 58 Johnny Estrada
  • 59 Jeff Kent
  • 60 Mark Loretta
  • 61 Greg Maddux
  • 62 Hank Blalock
  • 63 Moises Alou
  • 64 Brad Radke
  • 65 Brad Wilkerson
  • 66 Sean Casey
  • 67 Oliver Perez
  • 68 Scott Hatteberg
  • 69 Mike Lowell
  • 70 Kazuo Matsui
  • 71 Mark Prior
  • 72 Hideki Matsui
  • 73 Geoff Jenkins
  • 74 Gary Sheffield
  • 75 A.J. Burnett
  • 76 Vernon Wells
  • 77 Kenny Rogers
  • 78 Jose Reyes
  • 79 Victor Martinez
  • 80 Jorge Posada
  • 81 Rich Harden
  • 82 Travis Hafner
  • 83 Bret Boone
  • 84 Chipper Jones
  • 85 Bartolo Colon
  • 86 Scott Podsednik
  • 87 Coco Crisp
  • 88 Luis Castillo
  • 89 John Smoltz
  • 90 Andruw Jones
  • 91 Milton Bradley
  • 92 Torii Hunter
  • 93 Shawn Green
  • 94 Paul Konerko
  • 95 David Wells
  • 96 Scott Rolen
  • 97 Rodrigo Lopez
  • 98 Garret Anderson
  • 99 Tim Hudson
  • 100 Sammy Sosa
  • 101 Jason Varitek
  • 102 Lance Berkman
  • 103 Troy Glaus
  • 104 Carlos Guillen
  • 105 Jeff Bagwell
  • 106 Phil Nevin
  • 107 Freddy Garcia
  • 108 Jake Westbrook
  • 109 Marquis Grissom
  • 110 Johan Santana
  • 111 Kerry Wood
  • 112 Jose Vidro
  • 113 Mike Mussina
  • 114 Josh Beckett
  • 115 Matt Lawton
  • 116 Craig Biggio
  • 117 Reggie Sanders
  • 118 Jason Kendall
  • 119 Larry Walker
  • 120 Roger Clemens
  • 121 C.C. Sabathia
  • 122 Javier Vazquez
  • 123 Barry Zito
  • 124 Jon Lieber
  • 125 Kris Benson
  • 126 Jacque Jones
  • 127 Ray Durham
  • 128 Mark Kotsay
  • 129 Jack Wilson
  • 130 Bobby Crosby
  • 131 Todd Helton
  • 132 Lyle Overbay
  • 133 Jon Garland
  • 134 Roy Halladay
  • 135 Orlando Cabrera
  • 136 Danny Kolb
  • 137 Austin Kearns
  • 138 Paul Lo Duca
  • 139 Magglio Ordonez
  • 140 Rafael Palmeiro
  • 141 Omar Vizquel
  • 142 Mike Piazza
  • 143 Mark Mulder
  • 144 Dontrelle Willis
  • 145 Tom Glavine
  • 146 Khalil Greene
  • 147 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 148 Mike Sweeney
  • 149 Trot Nixon
  • 150 Randy Johnson
  • 151 Doug Mientkiewicz
  • 152 Jeromy Burnitz
  • 153 Brandon Webb
  • 154 Kevin Brown
  • 155 Carlos Zambrano
  • 156 Shingo Takatsu
  • 157 Erubiel Durazo
  • 158 Jason Isringhausen
  • 159 Corey Koskie
  • 160 Aaron Boone
  • 161 Joe Nathan
  • 162 Nick Johnson
  • 163 Michael Tucker
  • 164 Chris Carpenter
  • 165 Preston Wilson
  • 166 J.T. Snow
  • 167 Hideo Nomo
  • 168 Miguel Olivo
  • 169 Jarrod Washburn
  • 170 Derek Lowe
  • 171 Eric Milton
  • 172 Andy Pettitte
  • 173 Jason Giambi
  • 174 Richard Hidalgo
  • 175 Jayson Werth
  • 176 Juan Gonzalez
  • 177 Rocco Baldelli
  • 178 Steve Finley
  • 179 Frank Thomas
  • 180 Kenny Lofton
  • 181 Randy Winn
  • 182 Brandon McCarthy RC
  • 183 Lew Ford
  • 184 Mike Cameron
  • 185 Carlos Pena
  • 186 Brian Roberts
  • 187 Jeremy Bonderman
  • 188 Luis Gonzalez
  • 189 J.D. Drew
  • 190 Frank Catalanotto
  • 191 John Buck
  • 192 Pat Burrell
  • 193 Ryan Klesko
  • 194 Jermaine Dye
  • 195 Mariano Rivera
  • 196 Angel Berroa
  • 197 Victor Zambrano
  • 198 Joel Pineiro
  • 199 Jay Gibbons
  • 200 Albert Pujols
  • 201 Billy Wagner
  • 202 Darin Erstad
  • 203 Jim Thome
  • 204 Adam LaRoche
  • 205 Cliff Floyd
  • 206 Grady Sizemore
  • 207 Garrett Atkins
  • 208 Philip Humber RC
  • 209 Zack Greinke
  • 210 Wladimir Balentien RC
  • 211 Ubaldo Jimenez RC
  • 212 Dallas McPherson
  • 213 Justin Verlander RC
  • 214 Justin Morneau
  • 215 Chase Utley
  • 216 Casey Kotchman
  • 217 Tadahito Iguchi RC
  • 218 Hanley Ramirez
  • 219 Scott Kazmir
  • 220 J.J. Hardy
  • 221 Ambiorix Concepcion RC*
  • 222 Jeff Niemann RC
  • 223 David Wright
  • 224 Joe Mauer
  • 225 Rickie Weeks
  • 226 Yuniesky Betancourt RC
  • 227 Brady Clark
  • 228 Keiichi Yabu RC
  • 229 Delmon Young
  • 230 Nick Swisher
  • 231 George Brett
  • 232 Ryne Sandberg
  • 233 Mike Schmidt
  • 234 Tony Gwynn
  • 235 Rickey Henderson
  • 236 Ozzie Smith
  • 237 Reggie Jackson
  • 238 Steve Carlton
  • 239 Robin Yount
  • 240 Tom Seaver
  • 241 Ted Williams
  • 242 Don Mattingly
  • 243 Mark Grace
  • 244 Rod Carew
  • 245 Willie Mays
  • 246 Gary Carter
  • 247 Wade Boggs
  • 248 Dale Murphy
  • 249 Nolan Ryan
  • 250 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Parallels

All 250 base cards are available in the following parallels.

  • Museum Collection
  • Artist's Proofs Silver
  • Artist's Proofs Gold (serial-numbered to 50 copies)
  • Z-Silver (retail only)
  • Z-Gold (retail-only)

Inserts

Epix

Epix is a 96-card tribute to the multi-tier insert from 1998. Each of the 24 players has four cards: Play, Game, Season, and Moment; and is paralleled in one of six different colors: Orange, Blue, Purple, Red, Emerald, and Black.

Each card is serial-numbered to the production figures listed in the matrix below.

Play Game Season Moment
Orange 750 500 350 250
Blue 500 350 250 150
Purple 350 250 150 100
Red 250 150 100 50
Emerald 150 100 75 50
Black 100 75 50 25
  • 1 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 2 Alex Rodriguez
  • 3 Johan Santana
  • 4 Todd Helton
  • 5 Mark Teixeira
  • 6 Manny Ramirez
  • 7 Scott Rolen
  • 8 Gary Sheffield
  • 9 Miguel Cabrera
  • 10 Jim Thome
  • 11 Eric Chavez
  • 12 Roger Clemens
  • 13 Pedro Martinez
  • 14 Roy Oswalt
  • 15 Carlos Delgado
  • 16 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 17 Hideki Matsui
  • 18 Shawn Green
  • 19 Greg Maddux
  • 20 Ted Williams
  • 21 Don Mattingly
  • 22 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 23 George Brett
  • 24 Nolan Ryan
  • 25 Willie Mays

Mozaics

  • M-4 Mark Teixeira / Hank Blalock / Michael Young
  • M-5 Andruw Jones / Rafael Furcal / Johnny Estrada
  • M-6 Bobby Crosby / Eric Chavez / Barry Zito
  • M-8 Austin Kearns / Adam Dunn / Sean Casey
  • M-9 Jim Thome / Bobby Abreu / Pat Burrell
  • M-10 Lance Berkman / Jeff Bagwell / Craig Biggio
  • M-13 Dontrelle Willis / Mike Lowell / A.J. Burnett
  • M-16 Gary Sheffield / Hideki Matsui / Mike Mussina
  • M-15 Joe Mauer / Justin Morneau / Jacque Jones
  • M-14 Adrian Beltre / Jeremy Reed / Richie Sexson
  • M-12 J.D. Drew / Jeff Kent / Milton Bradley
  • M-11 Orlando Cabrera / Steve Finley / Darin Erstad
  • M-7 Shawn Green / Troy Glaus / Luis Gonzalez
  • M-3 Sammy Sosa / Miguel Tejada / Rafael Palmeiro
  • M-2 Albert Pujols / Jim Edmonds / Mark Mulder
  • M-1 Pedro Martinez / Carlos Beltran / Tom Glavine

Spellbound

  • 1 Greg Maddux
  • 2 Greg Maddux
  • 3 Greg Maddux
  • 4 Greg Maddux
  • 5 Roger Clemens
  • 6 Roger Clemens
  • 7 Roger Clemens
  • 8 Roger Clemens
  • 9 Roger Clemens
  • 10 Alex Rodriguez
  • 11 Alex Rodriguez
  • 12 Alex Rodriguez
  • 13 Alex Rodriguez
  • 14 Albert Pujols
  • 15 Albert Pujols
  • 16 Albert Pujols
  • 17 Albert Pujols
  • 18 Albert Pujols
  • 19 Albert Pujols

Z-Team

Each Z-Team is also available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

  • ZT-1 Albert Pujols
  • ZT-2 Carlos Beltran
  • ZT-3 Randy Johnson
  • ZT-4 Miguel Tejada
  • ZT-5 Ichiro Suzuki
  • ZT-6 Eric Gagne
  • ZT-7 Adrian Beltre
  • ZT-8 Alfonso Soriano
  • ZT-9 Jim Edmonds
  • ZT-10 David Ortiz
  • ZT-11 Curt Schilling
  • ZT-12 Mariano Rivera
  • ZT-13 Derek Jeter
  • ZT-14 Ivan Rodriguez
  • ZT-15 Johnny Damon
  • ZT-16 Mark Prior
  • ZT-17 Vernon Wells
  • ZT-18 Chipper Jones
  • ZT-19 Torii Hunter
  • ZT-20 Tim Hudson
  • ZT-21 Lance Berkman
  • ZT-22 Troy Glaus
  • ZT-23 Mike Piazza
  • ZT-24 Mark Mulder
  • ZT-25 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Red Hot

Each Red Hot is also availble in a White Hot parallel.

  • RH-1 Scott Rolen
  • RH-2 Johan Santana
  • RH-3 Josh Beckett
  • RH-4 Aubrey Huff
  • RH-5 Alfonso Soriano
  • RH-6 Jeff Bagwell
  • RH-7 Ted Williams
  • RH-8 Mark Prior
  • RH-9 Todd Helton
  • RH-10 Vladimir Guerrero

Positions

  • P-2 Ivan Rodriguez / Mike Piazza / Victor Martinez
  • P-3 Albert Pujols / Todd Helton / David Ortiz
  • P-5 Scott Rolen / Aramis Ramirez / Chipper Jones
  • P-6 Kazuo Matsui / Miguel Tejada / Michael Young
  • P-7 Brian Giles / Manny Ramirez / Shannon Stewart
  • P-8 Rocco Baldelli / Andruw Jones / Vernon Wells
  • P-9 Miguel Cabrera / Lance Berkman / Vladimir Guerrero
  • P-4 Marcus Giles / Mark Loretta / Bret Boone
  • P-1 Randy Johnson / Mark Prior / Roger Clemens

Team Zenith

Each Team Zenith is also available in a Gold parallel, which is serial-numbered to 100 copies.

  • 1 Ichiro Suzuki
  • 2 Jim Edmonds
  • 3 Hideki Matsui
  • 4 Alex Rodriguez
  • 5 Derek Jeter
  • 6 Alfonso Soriano
  • 7 Jim Thome
  • 8 Jorge Posada
  • 9 Barry Zito
  • 10 Curt Schilling
  • 11 Willie Mays

Autographs & Game-Used

Z-Jerseys

Prime

Z-Bats

Z-Combos

Prime

Spellbound Jerseys

Prime

Mozaics Materials

Triple Jersey

Prime

Red Hot

Jerseys

Prime

Bats

White Hot

Jerseys

Prime

Bats

Positions Materials

Triple Jersey

Prime

Team Zenith

Jerseys

Prime

Bats

Z-Graphs

Roll Call Autographs

Z-Jerseygraphs

Prime

Z-Batgraphs